Senator DeMint and "Secret Bills"
Posted in Government, Politics on Aug 24th, 2010
In this video from May 2010, Senator Jim DeMint warns how 94% of the bills in the senate pass in secret by unanimous consent without anyone actually reading the bill.
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Posted in Government, Politics on Aug 24th, 2010
In this video from May 2010, Senator Jim DeMint warns how 94% of the bills in the senate pass in secret by unanimous consent without anyone actually reading the bill.
Posted in Government, Politics on Jul 14th, 2010
Reaching out beyond the grave . . . We believe that Mom would say she was mortified to have taken a large role in the election of Harry Reid to U.S. Congress. Let the record show Charlotte was displeased with his work. Please, in lieu of flowers, vote for another more worthy candidate. via Charlotte [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on May 27th, 2010
KSFO’s Brian Sussman interviews Tea Party members from former communist countries during a communist demonstration while Obama visited San Francisco on May 25.
A message from Roy Blunt on tax day:
Posted in Politics on Mar 3rd, 2010
Surprise! Surprise! It turns out that the “grassroots” organizer of the “progressive alternative” to the Tea Parties, the Coffee Party, has been exposed as an Obama political operative. . . . In fact, a simple internet search (which the NY Times apparently is not capable of doing) reveals that Park organized the Coffee Party for [...]
Posted in Government, Health, Politics on Feb 25th, 2010
File this under “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” The democrats can’t get conservative talk radio shut down, so they’re going to try to join it! The Democratic National Committee’s Organizing for America has quietly launched an initiative aimed at making Obama supporters’ voices heard on the largely conservative airwaves. “The fate of health [...]
Posted in Government on Feb 18th, 2010
The democrats have been in charge for over a year now and what have we gotten? Nothing, except a mound of debt. Where is the outrage now, Senator Pelosi? Pelosi: Where Are the Jobs, Mr. President?.
Posted in Politics on Feb 13th, 2010
It’s going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries “uncle” Twitter / Jim DeMint: It’s going to keep snowing ….
Posted in Government, Politics on Jan 29th, 2010
Obama has said that if anyone has any better ideas to please submit them. Done! GOP Solutions for America – GOP.gov.
Posted in Politics on Jan 18th, 2010
The Senate’s embattled majority leader is moving ahead with an “African Americans for Harry Reid” event this week as he seeks to weather a political firestorm sparked by his racially insensitive remarks about President Barack Obama.
Posted in Government, Health, Politics on Dec 24th, 2009
Merry Christmas. Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone – Yahoo! News.
Posted in Politics on Oct 3rd, 2009
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz blames the Republican Party for the Chicago Olympic loss. Schultz says the loss is the “failure of Republican party and right-wing talkers,” and even goes as far as to say, “what the Republicans did rivals Jane Fonda sitting on a gun in North Vietnam.” Of course, he doesn’t tell you what it [...]
Posted in Education, Government, Health, Politics on Aug 24th, 2009
I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to [...]
Posted in Fun, Government, Politics on May 19th, 2009
When you got to laugh to keep from crying . . .
Posted in Government, Politics, The Church on Apr 13th, 2009
The annual White House Easter Egg Roll is one of the oldest annual events of the White House going back to 1878. Some say that Dollie Madison started the event, while others believe that origins of the event go all the way back to President Lincoln. Either way, the tradition has been around for nearly [...]
Posted in Government, Gun Control, Politics on Apr 9th, 2009
The Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) released a “strategic report” in late February regarding the modern militia movement. Much of the eight-page report details the history of the militia movement. This report was released to law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The report claims that conditions are now right for an emergence of the militia [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Feb 20th, 2009
Question is, will Obama and his cronies listen? Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”. “In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Feb 13th, 2009
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Posted in Government, Politics on Jan 28th, 2009
We now have a new president. President Obama. There, I’ve said it. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be. The media keeps telling us that this inauguration was a “historical event.” Why? They say because he is the first African-American president of the United States. I’m tired of hyphenated Americans. My ancestors [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Nov 20th, 2008
Referring to taxes in the presidential debate, Obama said, "I don’t mind paying a little more." Obama and anyone else that claims they don’t mind paying more taxes needs to put their money where their mouth is. After all, it’s all about sharing the wealth. Here’s how to do it: On your Form 1040 where [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 19th, 2008
Peggy Joseph thinks she won’t need to worry about paying for her gas, mortgage, and who knows what else, under Barack Obama. So…tell us who will pay it, or help her pay it? Michelle Malkin has an article about Peggy Joseph that is right on.
Posted in Government, Politics on Nov 1st, 2008
Proposition C Green Mandates Threaten All Utility Services Vote NO Proposition C (Proposed through citizen initiative petition) Official Ballot Title: (What you will see in the voting booth) Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass and hydropower with [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Oct 31st, 2008
Proposition B Political Payback Threatens Home Healthcare Vote NO Proposition B (Proposed through citizen initiative petition) Official Ballot Title: (What you will see in the voting booth) Shall Missouri law be amended to enable the elderly and Missourians with disabilities to continue living independently in their homes by creating the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Oct 30th, 2008
Proposition A Casino Expansion With More False Promises Vote NO Proposition A (Proposed through citizen initiative petition) Official Ballot Title: (What you will see in the voting booth) Shall Missouri law be amended to: • repeal the current individual maximum loss limit for gambling; • prohibit any future loss limits; • require identification to enter [...]
Posted in Government, Politics on Oct 29th, 2008
Constitutional Amendment 4 Stormwater Infrastructure Bonds Vote YES Constitutional Amendment 4 (Proposed by the Missouri General Assembly, SJR 45, 2008) Official Ballot Title: (What you will see in the voting booth) Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change provisions relating to the financing of stormwater control projects by: • limiting availability of grants and [...]