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(I am finally back home where I can get to my photo editing software, so this report is a few hours late, but…) Over 50,000 patriotic Americans attended the 2010 edition of Freedom Works’s 9/12 March on the Capitol. Americans from all over the country attended and I below have a few particularly interesting stories you need to hear. But after an exhausting yet exhilarating day on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., I finally have a few minutes to sit down and relate to you some of the things I saw this day. The day...

federal government hired a New Orleans man for $18,000 to appraise whether news stories about its actions in the Gulf oil spill were positive or negative for the Obama administration, which was keenly sensitive to comparisons between its response and former President George W. Bush's much-maligned reaction to Hurricane Katrina. also spent $10,000 for just over three minutes of video showing a routine offshore rig inspection for news organizations but couldn't say whether any ran the footage. And it awarded a $216,625 no-bid contract for a survey of seabirds to an environmental group that has criticized what it calls the...

Former Republican governor Arne Carlson, today (Monday, Sept. 13) endorsed Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner, for governor. “This is not about Tom Horner — it’s about us,” said Carlson, speaking on the State Capitol about Minnesota voters. “His (Horner’s) election is in our best interest,” said Carlson. . . . Still a Republican, says Carlson “Oh course I’m a Republican,” said Carlson, who has long distanced himself from the party, when a reporter asked about his party status.

Monday, September 13, 2010 Time to Declare War on Israel This article was written by A. Barton Hinkle and published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on September 10, 2010.The latest issue of Time purports to explain "Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace." (Hint: Blame the money-grubbing Jews!) There will be earnest efforts to point out why this is nonsense, but they will fall on deaf ears. These days a defense of Israel requires stronger measures. And perhaps nothing could do Israel more good than for the United States to declare war on it. After all, if you want to win the...

ROME, GA (NBC) - About 50 people attended the funeral for Don Unsworth, a northwest Georgia businessman, father, grandfather and husband. Described by family as lively, humorous and politically conservative, Mr. Unsworth's newspaper obituary reflected all those qualities with the following request: "In lieu of flowers the family respectfully asks that donations be sent to the American Cancer Society, or to the campaign of anybody who is running against President Barack Obama in 2012."

Tomorrow, the voters in seven states and the District of Columbia go to the polls to conclude the primary election season. The most closely-watched race on the ballot will be the race between long-time at-large liberal Republican Congressman Mike Castle and Tea Party-backed conservative insurgent Christine O’Donnell for the Republican nomination for the open Senate seat previously vacated by Joe Biden. ... The Castle-O’Donnell race has become perhaps the most divisive primary of this cycle within the conservative movement, for reasons I’ll explain in a moment. There are a couple of important questions at stake that are worth considering, which...

The Army is picking off Pakistani infiltrators left and right, because - as we have said many times - it has finally gotten its act together and is completely prepared. The infiltrators are not a problem now. But the civil police have not been able to switch to non-lethal means to control protestors. Another four demonstrators were shot when they stoned a police chief's convoy. Well, we feel bad for the people of Kashmir, but having made their bed they must now lie in it. India pulled out the Army, and most of the Border security Force, leaving local and...

Even female Christian students asked to send in pictures of them wearing traditional Muslim head covering for graduation ceremony. Faculty claims it is just 'customary,' but not compulsory Roee Nahmias Published: 09.13.10, 20:08 / Israel News Share on TwitterShare on Facebook share Al-Azhar University, located in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, is obligating female students to wear a hijab even if they are Christian, according to a report published on Saturday on the London-based website Elaph. The report added that female students ahead of graduation were recently asked to send in passport-sized photos of themselves wearing the traditional Muslim head covering...

Glenn Beck TV thread September 13th 2010 Welcome to the GLENN BECK television thread...Stand. Never give up. Never give in. We are another day closer to the 2010 elections. All Beckerheads, infidels, sick twisted freaks, ilks and lurkers are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the thread.

The 9th Circuit of Appeals has reaffirmed the right of software companies to circumvent the first-sale doctrine by “licensing” rather then “selling” its products. The significance of this ruling cannot be overstated—it could singlehandedly destroy the used software market. In 2005, one Timothy Vernor bought a sealed copy of AutoCAD Release 14 at a garage sale. In 2007, Vernor purchased four used copies of Release 14 from an authorized dealer, Cardwell/Thomas & Associates (CTA). He subsequently placed all but two copies on eBay, and in each instance, Autodesk appealed to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), alleging copyright infringement. In...

Monday September 13, 2010 Manslaughter Case against Massachusetts Abortionist Begins Today By Kathleen GilbertBOSTON, September 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The trial into charges of involuntary manslaughter against a Massachusetts abortionist whose botched abortion killed Laura Hope Smith, 22, begins Monday, exactly three years after the young woman's death, according to an Associated Press report.Prosecutors charged Dr. Rapin Osathanondh of Cape Cod with manslaughter in July 2008 in connection with the death of Smith, 22, whose heart stopped during an abortion. Osathanondh resigned his license in February 2008, the same day the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine issued charges...

Is it Muslim or Moslem? When Baby Boomers were children it was Moslem. The American Heritage Dictionary (1992) noted, "Moslem is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam." No more. Now, almost everybody uses Muslim. According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the...

Despite campaign promises to the contrary, the Department of Justice under President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder hasn’t stopped raiding marijuana dispensaries operating in states where sale of the drug is legal for medical purposes. But the DOJ has demonstrated one marked change now that it’s under Democratic control: The department has stopped publicizing medical marijuana raids, both by requesting that more cases be sealed under court order and by refusing to distribute press releases. Late last week, DEA and FBI agents raided five medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada. In July, DEA agents raided the home of 65-year-old...

Seems to me that some people here like to focus on what's missing in Islam and ignore what is present. The behavior of those who want to burn copies of the Quran is repugnant to the Catholic Church, because it is based on the same kind of hatred and fear that drove the Nazis, Communists, French revolutionaries, Mexican revolutionaries and many other movements that oppressed people because of their faith, ethnicity, race, political influence or all the above. The Vatican is trying to recognize goodness and truth where ever its found. The mistake made by previous popes, regarding Islam, was...

Several months ago, I did a series on the many misadventures of Bill Gates and his “philanthropic” use of money through the Gates Foundation. A new video brings into clear focus exactly what direction this is all taking for Bill: Yes, the founder of Microsoft is, indeed, in favor of the coming death panels, the ones we were all told would not exist, while constantly being reminded of how insane Sarah Palin was for suggesting it. But wait…suddenly, it seems they are in vogue. Death panels fit in nicely will Bill’s other “visionary” ideas for the future of mankind, such...

CNS News reports that Newt Gingrich spoke at the Faith and Freedom Conference this past Friday and predicted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would retire after the elections. He also predicts that Reid will lose his re-election. “I think you’re going to see Speaker John Boehner and I think you’re going to see retired former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I think there’s a very good chance that you’re going to see Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and you’re going to see defeated Harry Reid”, Gingrich said to the audience.

Tea Party-backed candidate Christine O'Donnell has taken the lead over Rep. Mike Castle in the bare-knuckle race for the Republican Senate nomination in Delaware, according to a new poll. The survey released by Public Policy Polling shows the race within the margin of error. O'Donnell leads Castle 47-44 percent. The surge comes just at the right time for O'Donnell, with Delaware's primary set for Tuesday along with contests in six other states. The Republican establishment in Delaware has engaged in a tough and personal battle with O'Donnell, criticizing her history of financial troubles while O'Donnell has described Castle as too...

Here is video of a new ad put out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s opponent – John Dennis – that portrays Pelosi as the “Wicked Witch of the West” from the Wizard of Oz. Wow, is that ad cheesy – but it certainly makes the point!

Pronto Pizza – La Serena, Chile This creator of this restaurant should be thrown in jail. You’re looking at a picture of what should be called The Hawaiian Bastard. It arrived half-cooked. I had to dig through a thicket of shredded ham, pineapple and –yes – cherries before finding a bite that seemed reasonable. Imagine if candy was made out of ham. No, don’t imagine it as delicious. Imagine it as foul! That’s what this pizza tasted like. With additional pieces of uncooked, shredded, part-skim mozzarella. Oh, and let’s discuss the concept of cherries on pizza: No. End of...

The sins of child protective agencies are many, and many have detailed them at length. I’ve tossed my hat in that ring on occasion. Mostly, CPS agencies tend to over-interfere in families. I recently ran a piece based on a blog in the New York Times written by attorney Chris Gottlieb. She’s an attorney whose largely thankless job it is to try to defend parents targeted by CPS. Most of her clients are poor, and they find themselves criticized for infractions as bizarre as feeding the child Chinese take-out and allowing it to play in a sprinkler. What Gottlieb didn’t...