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Reaching an Aug. 24 agreement with the federal government, the world's largest search engine company turned over $500 million in revenues from its AdWords online advertising business, which accepted the illegal importation of drugs from Canada. “The Department of Justice will continue to hold accountable companies who in their bid for profits violate federal law and put at risk the health and safety of American consumers,” said Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, who announced the settlement.

With almost 200 million users monthly of the Gmail service alone, there’s no shortage of juicy email content from which Google can serve up a cacophony of those automated “creepy” integrated advertising links in and around your email messages based upon your email habits. When Google launched its Buzz product and automatically opted all of its users IN rather than OUT, the outcry for privacy and data protection was deafening.

The announcement of a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the Google’s trade practices and an ongoing Congressional investigation has some in Washington predicting the end of the Internet, as we know it. But before writing the Internet’s obituary, it is critical to take a step back and examine what is really going on.

Google executives are denying that the company provided the Obama campaign special access to a new, yet-to-be released advertising program, “something a sales representative from the search and advertising giant had claimed in an email.”

If you haven’t previously read about who Judith Faulkner is, it’s imperative – especially if you live in Wisconsin – to read this post first, Will Money & Power in Wisconsin Politics Influence Health Care Policy?, particularly the last third of it. You see, it turns out that one of the biggest backers of liberal politicians and big labor in Wisconsin is actually none other than….an evil corporation!

The Dodd Financial Services bill is another power-grab.

ATTENTION MASSACHUSETTS! Please join fellow Patriots tomorrow to let Senator Brown know we do not want any more nationalism of industry...say no to the Bank Takeover! Stop trying to destroy American Exceptionalism...no more bailouts, no more nationalization...stay strong Senator Brown! When: Sunday April 25th, 3:00 pm Where: The steps of the Capital, facing Boston Common This is MA's LAST CHANCE to tell Senator Brown how they feel before he is back in the Beltway, surrounded by lobbyists and pressure

Jon has put his love for America on full display in the song American Heart. This unapologetic love song is spectacular...and he is helping our wounded warriors too!

Winston Churchill – the statesman who defined champagne as “bottled sunshine” – often suffered bouts of deep depression. He called that frequent companion his “black dog.” After their drubbing in 2008 and Obama’s legislative tsunami – pausing, not ending in the enactment of the healthcare reform bill – some Republicans appear ready to settle in for a long political winter with Churchill’s black dog curled up at their feet.

Allen West's brilliant speech and Jon David's love song to America....

Recently I had a conversation with Big Government contributor Maura Flynn in which we discussed the gravity of the health care crisis in this country. We didn’t necessarily agree on every issue. But what became clear, was that we became soberly aware of what we didn’t know. What resulted from this conversation is the 60 second video below.. Please remove your partisan hat, and take a moment to view this. It’s important….for all of us.

What kind of parents would genetically enhance their kids and seal a contract to send them to the past? Tough times require tough decisions.

Memorial Day 2009, however, marks the first of what may be 25 Memorial Days that Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna will spend behind bars in Ft. Leavenworth. In March of this year, Behenna was sentenced to 25 years for killing known Al Qaeda operative Ali Mansur. Behenna has maintained, and forensic evidence supports, that the killing occurred in self-defense

Vanity...for those interested in the National Review post-election cruise.

The thought of Sen. John Kerry and a president named Barack Obama loose on the streets of Washington, D.C. sounds like an idea for a horror movie. But it would just be a sequel to a disaster movie that the people in Massachusetts have already seen -- one which stars Kerry and Gov. Deval Patrick.

Holy Moley....did you know Kerry supports our Veterans??? Get the Tums...

"Naming the school after someone who signed up to serve in an illegal war promotes the board's political pro-war message.Both my sons will attend this school. Both of them will know that it was named after someone who willingly signed up to take part in an illegal war defending, mainly, business interests

Here is the video you wanted to see....GOE meets Code Pink in NJ

Victory in New Jersey In solidarity with our friends in Berkeley , on Sunday, April 27th, The Gathering of Eagles told Susie Benjamin and her friends from Code Pink that they were not welcome in New Jersey . What a great day for Eagles and Freepers!

That's a lot of martial bling, especially for an officer who hadn't seen combat until five years ago. Unfortunately, brazen preening and "ribbon creep" among the Army's modern-day upper crust have trumped the time-honored military virtues of humility, duty and personal reserve.