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In a Chapman University poll of 1541 adult Americans about their fears and anxieties, number one by a country mile, with 58%, was the fear of corrupt government officials. This is yet another piece of the puzzle that explains why our media is so out of touch and why our pundits have been so wrong about everything for so long.

I’ve never watched Meet the Press, so I obviously didn’t see David Gregory’s pathetic attempt to play gotcha by unveiling a magazine while interviewing someone from the National Rifle Association. And even when it was revealed that Gregory had broken D.C. law by possessing this supposedly dangerous object (basically a metal box with a spring), I didn’t care.After all, gun control is a foolish policy (as even some leftists and foreigners are slowly beginning to realize). And surely cops have better things to do, after all, than arrest a callow journalist for something that shouldn’t be against the law in...

Open Letter to: Congressman John Boehner Congressman Eric Cantor Congressman Frank Wolf US House of Representatives Washington, DC January 24, 2011 Dear Sirs, We the people elected you Republicans to be the controlling party of the US House of Representatives last Nov, 2010 to hold the Democrats and Barack Hussein Obama accountable. The Democrat controlled House of 2008 did not vet Mr. Obama. After promising to be “transparent,” Obama was allowed by the Democrat House of 2008 to not be “transparent” about being a “natural born” citizen. The 2008 House did not vet him. Your most current comments about this...

"Academics, environmentalists and federal investigators have accused the administration since the April spill of downplaying scientific findings, misrepresenting data and most recently misconstruing the opinions of experts it solicited. "Meanwhile, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, Transocean Ltd., is renewing its argument that federal investigators are in danger of allowing the blowout preventer, a key piece of evidence, to corrode as it awaits forensic analysis. Testing had not begun as of last week, the company says, some two months after it was raised from the seafloor."

Stock prices are increasing because interest rates are falling … not because of a better economy. What will happen to stock prices, pension funds, 401 K accounts, when interest rates increase again? ... Obama called on Republicans in his Saturday radio address to compromise, join his team, on implementing change … when it has been the Democrats who have not compromised or included the Republicans since 2007 when Democrats took control of Congress. He said that America wants his agenda, and that people are just frustrated with the economy, but not his agenda. Boehner says that Republicans were elected on...

A Senate Republican is asking for information on any role first lady Michelle Obama's office may have played in her husband's decision to fire the watchdog for the federal AmeriCorps program over his investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa requested that Alan Solomont, chairman of the government-run Corporation for National and Community Service, which runs the AmeriCorps program, provide "any and all records, e-mail, memoranda, documents, communications or other information" related to contacts with officials in the first lady's office. Michelle Obama's former chief of staff, Jackie Norris, is expected to join the national service...

"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time." --Thomas Jefferson For all of our nation's history, there have been tactical battles between opposing political ideologies -- liberals (leftists) who want to liberate us from constitutional rule of law, and conservatives who strive to conserve rule of law. Great political capital has been, and continues to be, expended by the Left in order to offend our Constitution, and by the Right in order to defend it. Amid the din and rhetoric of the current lineup of tactical contests, I ask that you venture up to the...

Today, the Senate takes action on the DREAM Act (S.2205). This proposed measure is just another example of Washington's relentless push for amnesty for illegal aliens. By continuing to ignore the will of the American people, these legislators thumb their collective noses at the rule of law. Now is the time for all of us to act! The Democrats are pushing this measure which they say is designed to allow school-aged kids to stay in the U.S. (amnesty) to attend college. The Heritage Foundation describes the bill, saying, "The bill purports to grant amnesty to individuals unlawfully in the United...

(New Jersey Democrat) Gov. James E. McGreevey's downfall came at the hands of a former staffer named Golan Cipel. But in the state Archives, which keeps the papers of governors and their aides dating to the 1700s, there is no record of Cipel's work.

Globalist Treachery by Paul R. Hollrah It was early April 1997 when I received a frantic telephone call from Washington. “You need to get on your horse and get here ASAP. We have a job to do… a very big job.” As it was explained, the U.S. patent system was under attack by a coalition of globalist forces including the President and Vice President of the United States, the congressional leadership (Republican and Democrat), the Japanese government, the Chinese government, the National Association of Manufacturers, and eighty or ninety of America’s largest multinational corporations, including Microsoft, IBM, Motorola, and scores...

The Corruption Perceptions Index is a poll of polls, reflecting the perceptions of business people and country analysts, both resident and non-resident. This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index draws on 18 surveys provided to Transparency International between 2002 and 2004, conducted by 12 independent institutions. Countries with a score of higher than 9, with very low levels of perceived corruption, are predominantly rich countries, namely Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. “But the poorest countries, most of which are in the bottom half of the index, are in greatest need of support in fighting corruption,” said Eigen. On...

Please sign the petition to have Fl Sen Jim King removed from office pursuant to the requirements detailed on the petition.

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Florida Department of Children and Families cares for thousands of children who can't go home. But hidden in the DCF files are signs of a disturbing trend. This is the story of a little girl who really didn't have a chance in life. We're protecting her identity, but feel you need to hear her story. We'll call her Katie. She could be the poster child for the statement "You can't pick your parents." Amber Christopher knows why her daughter was taken from her by DCF. "I wasn't providing a safe environment for her at all." Katie...

<p>Lawmakers turn to them when issues are complex and speed is essential.</p> <p>TALLAHASSEE -- When Terri Schiavo's life hung in the balance in October, somewhere between her family's wishes and the consciences of legislators and the governor, Sarah Bascom was running on a moment's notice and sometimes less.</p>

As I do each year, I post this as a reminder to all of my fellow Freepers that our freedoms and liberties hang by a thin thread. On Sunday, February 28, 1993, at 9:30 AM, nearly 100 heavily armed agents from Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco and Firearms arrived at the Branch Davidian Compound in central Texas, near Waco. They didn't go to Mt. Carmel to attend morning worship services, they went to execute a search warrant for illegal gun parts. After debarking from the cattle trailers and trucks that they arrived in, they immediately shot the dogs and puppies near...

<p>December 21, 2003 -- A U.S. Attorney is endangering the nation's only jury conviction of terrorists since 9/11. Tuesday, three men convicted in the first post-9/11 terror trial were supposed to be sentenced. Instead, these members of Detroit's "sleeper cell" may go free. Their defense attorneys are getting help from an unlikely source - U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins, the Justice Department's top official in Detroit, who is leading the way to overturn these convictions.</p>

Remember the Pentagon's $600 hammer? Its $1,000 toilet seat? Those 1983 revelations of profiligate defense spending touched off months of hearings and recriminations. Almost overlooked amid the hubbub was the man who started it all -- an unassuming Iowa farmer named Charles Ernest Grassley. Until the Pentagon follies, no one paid the junior senator from the Hawkeye State much notice. Nor did anyone have great expectations for this Republican who was labeled an Iowa bumpkin destined for a single term. But don't underestimate Grassley. Since acting on whistleblower complaints about defense spending 20 years ago, Grassley has taken on fraud...

Chvala To Resign Senate Leadership Seat Senate Majority Leader Faces 90 Years In Prison If Convicted POSTED: 3:53 p.m. EDT October 17, 2002 UPDATED: 12:46 a.m. EDT October 18, 2002 MADISON, Wis. -- Prosecutors have charged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala with 20 criminal counts, including extortion, misconduct in public office and filing false reports with the state Elections Board. If convicted on these felonies, he faces up to 90 years in prison and $200,000 in fines. The charges against Chvala, who is an attorney, break down like this -- three counts of extortion, seven counts of misconduct in public...

MIAMI -- The head of the Miami-Dade County Christian Coalition, a key figure in a battle to repeal anti-discrimination protections for gay men and lesbians, was arrested on Friday for allegedly lying on the petitions that propelled a referendum on whether voters should repeal the measure onto the Sept. 10 ballot.

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