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TOPEKA — You didn't need to stray from the south lawn of the Kansas Capitol to see the opposite poles of the state budget debate Wednesday. In the morning, hundreds of people with developmental disabilities and their supporters in "Can you see me now?" T-shirts tied more than 4,000 blue ribbons on a fence, urging lawmakers to raise taxes to restore funding cuts and reduce waiting lists for disability services.

Iran has struck a secret deal with Zimbabwe to mine its untapped uranium reserves in a move to secure raw material for its steadily expanding nuclear programme. The agreement was sealed last month during a visit to Tehran by a close aide to Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who last weekend celebrated 30 years in power, The Sunday Telegraph has learned. In return for supplying oil, which Zimbabwe desperately needs to keep its faltering economy moving, Iran has been promised access to potentially huge deposits of uranium ore – which can be converted into the basic fuel for nuclear power...

Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, April 28. We will start at 9 a.m. at Maner Conference Center (17th and Western, Topeka), and end the day with an AFP rally on the Statehouse steps. Registration and check-in begin at 8 a.m., with a book signing session beginning at 8:30 a.m. Seating is first-come, first-served so please arrive promptly! April 28 is the first day of the Legislature’s veto session, when the state budget and votes on tax increases will be decided so it will be critical to show your opposition to tax increases. The $20 registration fee includes lunch, materials...

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The Australian Federal Police have raided two boats owned by the anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd at the behest of Japanese authorities. Both the Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker were raided by AFP officers as they docked in Hobart on Saturday. Their arrival marked the end of their summer campaign, chasing and clashing with the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean. The Steve Irwin arrived to Princes Wharf about 8.30am (AEDT) - engine problems had cut short this season's campaign. It was greeted by a crowd of well wishers but federal police officers were also there - armed...

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 4, 2010 Contact: Phil Kerpen or James Valvo (703) 224-3200 Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. House Candidate Dave Funk -Signs No Climate Tax Pledge- Washington, DC—The free market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today applauded Iowa U.S. House candidate Dave Funk (3rd District) for signing the group’s “No Climate Tax Pledge.” Funk joins more than 400 lawmakers and candidates on the federal, state and local levels pledging to “oppose legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.” “The one thing elected officials should be able to agree on...

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police agents are believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run car accident less than 12 hours after arriving in Israel to investigate the use of passports of three Australians in last month's Dubai assassination. In an extraordinary turn of events, a car screeched out of the car park under the Australian Embassy in Tel Aviv and hit a woman riding a bicycle, who was not seriously injured. But the car did not stop, instead continuing on its high-speed journey. The Australian Embassy last night confirmed it was investigating the incident but would not confirm that the car...

AFP Announces "CUT VIRGINIA SPENDING TOUR" AFP-VA is going after Senators who want to increase your taxes rather than cut wasteful programs! *Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, or Thursday as we travel across Virginia to rally against the LIBERAL Senate plan to raise your taxes* Yesterday, we applauded the House of Delegates while blasting the Senate as legislators unveiled their plans to close a more than $4 billion budget deficit. This week, we are traveling to a city near you to unveil AFP-Virginia’s "Commonsense Model Budget." The model budget provides an overview of where cuts SHOULD be made. Copies of...

We converged on the House of Representatives in November with our Congressional House Calls – both in Washington, D.C. and their home districts – to let them know we don’t want this brand of health reform. We want reform that puts patients first. That bill passed by an extremely narrow margin, showing Congress is divided on this issue. Now the fight has turned to the Senate, and it’s down to the wire. We face hundreds of billions in escalating costs, new taxes, and government-forced health insurance backed by penalties of fines and jail time. We face the possibility of spending...

In one week, President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference. It is almost certain the President will commit the United States to an energy rationing scheme that makes us accountable to U.N. bureaucrats, kills jobs here, dramatically raises the price of gasoline and electricity, and infringes on our personal and national freedoms -- all in the name of an unproven radical global warming ideology. As part of Americans for Prosperity’s ongoing Hot Air Tour, we will be hosting a viewing party in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania at the Radisson Hotel Valley...

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Sign up online to take one of our free buses down to Washington, DC from New Jersey on November 5th to oppose the government take over of our health care! Click here for more about the rallyBus Schedule from NJ on Nov 5 to DC. Click link for reservation for the free trip! * 6:30 am Blue Heron Park and Ride located off of Rte 15 at the Blue Heron Exit in Sparta. * 7:00 am Ridgewood Park and Ride located on Rte 17 south in Ridgewood * 8:30 am Shore mall behind Value City, 6725 Black Horse Pike, Egg...

A day after being a "no-show", the embattled leader of American Police Force appeared Friday morning for a hearing in a Torrance California courtroom.

A convicted con artist from California who roiled a southeastern Montana community with his unlikely bid to take over its empty jail says he intends to return to the state to pursue a military training center. *snip* The company struck a deal last month with unwitting officials in rural Hardin, Mont. to take over its never-used, 464-bed jail. The plan unraveled after media revelations about Hilton's criminal past sparked an investigation by Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock. In his first interview since the jail proposal's collapse, Hilton tells The Associated Press that his intentions had been honest but his "tainted"...

The Tax Preparation Industry Allie Winegar Duzett, October 15, 2009 Can you believe that it can cost you more to pay your taxes than you actually pay in taxes? “Last year, Americans spent more than $250 billion on tax preparation,” Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com told the audience at the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) summit on Defending the American Dream, held on October 3, 2009. “It costs us twice as much to comply with the tax code as it costs us in taxes, total,” Morrissey asserted, illustrating his point that our current tax system is “ridiculous.” “Ironically, what prompted our Founding...

Join the HANDS OFF MY HEALTHCARE EXPRESS as it travels across Virginia with Gov. George Allen, Oct. 14-16 Some in Washington think Americans’ passion at August town halls was a fluke, but you and I know better. As the details of legislation are released by Congress, the level of government intrusion attached to health care reform becomes a frightening reality. The promise that ‘if you like what you have, you can keep it’ rings hollow when people see the reality of what Congress is proposing It’s no wonder Congress is trying to keep the shocking details hidden from the public...

Liberals Without SIN by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 13, 2009 Radio host Herman Cain was a popular presenter at the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Defending the American Dream Summit on October 3, 2009. Cain began his speech by quoting the entire second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence—without a teleprompter, much to the audience’s delight. Cain focused his presentation on the idea of conversion: in a world with so many liberals, Cain argued, conservatives need to step up and “save the savable,” those liberals who have not yet lost the ability to see the light. “Don’t go after ‘em all,”...

No You Can’t by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 13, 2009 U. S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Car.) was given the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) George Washington Award on October 3 at the 2009 Defending the American Dream Summit for his outstanding work to promote American freedom in the United States Senate. Sen. DeMint’s acceptance speech focused largely on victory for American freedom, and how Americans can make it happen. “We know in this room that when the government says ‘yes we can,’ we need to stand up and say ‘no, you can’t,’” he began, with enthusiastic audience support. He continued...

Oh Canada by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 09, 2009 Dallas Woodhouse spoke at the recent Defending the American Dream Summit, hosted by Americans for Prosperity (AFP). Woodhouse has recently garnered attention because of the interesting relationship between him and his brother Brad: Dallas is a state director of the conservative AFP Foundation, and his liberal brother is the White House Communications Director. Dallas focused on this relationship to begin his speech. “Growing up, my brother had to believe in redistribution—he wanted to redistribute the good looks and talent from me to him,” Woodhouse began. “The other day Newsweek wrote a...

The Second American Revolution by: Allie Winegar Duzett, October 08, 2009 “This is the real second American Revolution,” Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal announced to the applauding audience at the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Defending the American Dream Summit on October 3, 2009. Moore began by addressing the economic troubles America faces today. “It was really very depressing to me to see that we now have an unemployment rate that’s just below ten percent, the highest it’s been in twenty-six years,” Moore said. “It is one of the great tragedies of the past fifty years that we have...