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The left has figured out several methods that successfully work to divide the left and the right. One of their cleverest ways is stirring up race wars, because it has the extra benefit of making the right look bad. The playbook goes like this: Spread the word nonstop that Democrats help minorities and Republicans are racist (never mind that it was mostly Democrats in Congress who opposed ending segregation —  people don’t pay close attention to history). Once this false mantra has been established, label a broad range of normal behavior by conservatives as racist (it doesn’t matter if some...

Child custody and support laws have become more onerous over the last 50 years due to fewer parents staying together and women becoming equally as capable as men at earning a living outside the home.  Instead of reflecting these changes, the laws have lagged behind, continuing to favor mothers over fathers. The laws generally award primary custody to the parent who spent more time at home with the children and less time working, even if the difference was miniscule. The other parent is then ordered to pay a crushing amount of child support, sometimes on top of alimony. In a...

Increasingly more risque Super Bowl commercials are being accepted to play during the game. At the same time, ads with a Christian message are flat-out rejected. The Super Bowl is the most-watched television program in America. It draws an average audience of 106.5 million viewers. 50 percent of viewers keep the volume up during its renowned commercials, and 15 percent of viewers tune in for the commercials only. The 42 minutes of commercials during the Super Bowl have become known for pushing the limits of what is considered acceptable to network censors, the FCC, and the public. Many advertisers like...

The City of Tucson's blatant 7 percent bid preferences are now over. The concept commonly known as "affirmative action" in America has a noble beginning. Originated during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history - the "civil rights" era - affirmative action was launched in 1961 to usher in a policy of nondiscrimination. By the mid-1960s, affirmative action had been transformed into a series of policies and programs whose purpose was to increase the number of "minorities" in the public workplace, in public contracting, and in public college enrollment. Throughout its history, it has been widely acknowledged that...

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Hauge, a Democrat, filed a complaint against a respected gun club just two months before he is up for reelection. His opponent is a member of that gun club. Hauge has attempted to criminally prosecute the gun club's Executive Officer three times already, but each time the charges were dismissed by a judge. Hauge has appealed. With the county suffering financially, some suspect Hauge is engaging in a political vendetta.   The Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club (KRRC) has been a landmark along Seabeck Highway in Kitsap County, Washington since 1926. Its website url is...

A former Arizona Democrat Party chairman and a union boss are behind a sham taxpayers group that urges a no vote on all Arizona propositions, including Prop. 107 which would ban race and gender preferences. In reality, most taxpayer groups support voting yes on most of the propositions. There is a deceitful effort underway by the opponents of several Arizona ballot propositions. It is being run by a sham organization calling itself "Arizona Taxpayers Association." This front group is putting up bright red signs across Arizona that say "Vote No on All Ballot Propositions" and "Vote No on Propositions 106,...

Tea Party candidates beat liberal establishment Republicans in several high-profile races across the country. They're doing well in almost every general election poll now. The losing candidates and establishment GOP better not thwart the will of Republican voters and spoil it for them.  This year is proving to be a successful one for Tea Party candidates. They have successfully defeated many establishment liberal Republicans in high-profile Congressional and Senatorial Republican primary races around the country. This happened despite the establishment Republican leadership pouring money into primaries backing the more liberal candidates. The most stunning upset yet took place on September...

The Arizona Republic has gone on a jihad against Andrew Thomas, printing nonstop "news articles" and editorials against him in an over-the-top offensive attempt to influence the election and defeat him in Tuesday's primary. Now, they are refusing to print his op-eds.  Republican candidate for Attorney General Andrew Thomas disclosed today that the editorial page editors of the Arizona Republic have refused to publish a response to the newspaper's latest editorial jihad against him unless his campaign agreed to write only what the editors specifically allow. In response to this latest outrage, and just as he didn't seek their endorsement...

Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas explains  how the liberal Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have avoided prosecution and instead brazenly retaliated against himself and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  A prosecutor must seek justice regardless of a defendant's wealth, connections or position. Unfortunately, Arizona prosecutors who try to follow this standard come under public attack.Throughout the recent controversies in Maricopa County, a clear theme has developed. On one side are the elites-the political establishment, courts, major media-supporting the board of supervisors no matter the evidence of wrongdoing and egregious taxpayer abuses. On the other side are the people. They have a...

An Iraq War veteran and 9-11 survivor explains why a mosque should not be built at Ground Zero.  I am a loving guy. There was no one deployed to Iraq who enjoyed socializing with families and the kids one meets on patrol more. If I could have gotten away with it, I'd have adopted at least two Iraqi kids, one boy and one girl from Nasser Wa Salaam (both played in the exact same place three of my brothers were killed while inspecting an IED).I look at my youtube videos all the time and wonder how those two kids are...

Only a year and half into President Obama's administration, Pamela Geller of the blog Atlas Shrugs, along with Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, have already found enough deeply disturbing information about Obama's presidency to fill a book. No relevant subject is left untouched. The book covers in detail his close ties to radical Islam, his unsettling views on Israel and Jews, his socialist leanings, and his attempts to subvert U.S. authority to internationalism. The theme of The Post -American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America, is how Obama has at best changed, at worst destroyed the presidency; he...

A coalition of Arizona state-wide, Tea Party and like-minded Conservative groups came together  today, to announce they are all endorsing JD Hayworth to be the next United States Senator from Arizona.    Lee Earle, member of the conservative, AZ2010 Project group stated, "J.D. has listened to more Arizona citizen's than any other candidate." Arizona's state Tea Party Patriots coordinator, Pam Stevenson stated, "There is no question of J.D.'s conservative values. The American Conservative Union gave him a life-time rating of 97.6%." In part, the Groups' joint endorsement reads: There is only one U.S. Senate candidate in Arizona who has put his promises in writing,...

Hi, I am Larry Chesley but friends call me "Lucky." I was a Prisoner of War in Vietnam for 2,494 days, not quite 7 years. John McCain was a Prisoner of War for 1,966 days. We both served honorably as prisoners. That is where any similarity between John and I ends. Our politics could not be further apart.At the Mesa Town Hall last night, I asked the audience three questions. I ask the people of Arizona those three questions today. No. 1: When McCain loses this election, do you think he will stay in Arizona? And they said no. No....

The campaign of U.S. Senate Candidate J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) today distributed to 300,000 Arizona voters a web-based advertisement highlighting Sen. John McCain's bait-and-switch campaign finance trickery. McCain transferred $4.65 million from his failed and lackluster 2008 Presidential campaign to his current campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate. That money was given to McCain while he was trying to defeat a liberal Democrat for President, but instead he saved it to run against a conservative Republican for Senate. Meanwhile, a separate organization is instructing McCain contributors how to get their 2008 contributions refunded. To go to organization's website, CLICK HERE.Click...

"John McCain wants us to now believe, in his own words, that he was never for amnesty," JD Hayworth said. "But the truth is in this ad. John was for amnesty yesterday, today and will be for it tomorrow." Hayworth said voters who support SB 1070 and oppose amnesty for illegal aliens have an opportunity to make their voices heard on Aug 24th in the Republican Primary by voting for him. McCain said, "I helped author with Senator Kennedy comprehensive immigration reform and fought for it twice." Similarly, Obama said, "I stood with Ted Kennedy and John McCain and took...

McCain calls Hayworth a "pig." He desperately defends his flip-flops and record of voting for the billion dollar pork TARP bailouts which included $150 billion in earmarks, co-sponsoring amnesty with Ted Kennedy and cap and trade legislation with Joe Lieberman, and voting against tax cuts twice. Hayworth easily proves that he is much more conservative than McCain on the very things McCain has been attacking him on - pork and earmarks.  In their second, and likely final, Senate primary debate, JD Hayworth again easily defeated John McCain. McCain avoided discussing real issues, where he has a record of flip-flopping in...

The Chairman of the Arizona Latino Republican Association (ALRA), Jesse Hernandez, is expected to announce that he and ALRA have signed on to a federal immigration lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice. ALRA will be represented by Freedom Watch, Inc. - a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom in the United States and around the world. The organization is participating in the lawsuit to demonstrate support for Arizona and challenge the Obama Administration on the issue of state's rights. ALRA is the first Hispanic organization to publicly challenge the U.S. Department of Justice in support of SB...

It was apparent last night why McCain has only agreed to participate in two Senate debates with JD Hayworth, because of the awkwardness attempting to explain his flip-flopping back to the right now that it is an election year. Both debates between the two candidates are taking place well into the primary, after McCain has had months to spend $6 million in smear attack ads against JD. $5 million of that was leftover from prior campaigning, including $1.1 million from convicted Ponzi scheme criminal Scott Rothstein - the top contributor to two of his 2008 presidential campaign funds. Unlike other...

Maricopa County officials have voted to retain a mediator to approve payouts to themselves of frivolous claims against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Such blatant self-dealing by government officials was made possible by Arizona's judiciary - including some of the judges now seeking millions of dollars in greedy, undeserved payouts.       As part of his campaign for Attorney General, which includes a promise to seek judicial reform, Andrew Thomas noted today that the $46 million fraud on the taxpayers now occurring in Maricopa County is the result of an unaccountable state judiciary.   Today's...

Today the extra votes may superficially seem to benefit us as Latinos, but tomorrow a ruling on another issue could easily cut against us. The right to vote is one of our most cherished rights. To have it diluted and restricted for some is an affront to the equal opportunities our nation provides. Phoenix, AZ - ALRA Chairman, Jesse Hernandez, commented on the recent federal court decision of the State of New York. "On behalf of ALRA, we are appalled at the gigantic step backwards a New York federal court and the New York suburb of Port Chester have taken...