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We told you so. That's what conservative Republican leaders in Bakersfield are saying about GOP Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy after reading media descriptions of him as a moderate on abortion and other social issues. They say that's not the way McCarthy described himself when he ran as a conservative in last year's primary election against Bakersfield Councilman Mike Maggard. They didn't believe McCarthy then, and they say his two faces are now being exposed. McCarthy says they're all wet. No matter what the media says about him, he insists he is a anti-abortion conservative on social issues and he has the...

. . . McCarthy started out working free for Thomas, but soon was put on the payroll. He stayed 15 years, becoming the congressman's chief of staff in the district, where the McCarthy family goes back four generations. His great-grandfather was a cattle rancher, grandfather a railroader and father a fire chief. McCarthy is the first Republican. He became national Young Republicans chairman, won a seat on the Kern Community College board and last year was elected to the Assembly. McCarthy leans to the middle. He supports most abortion rights, but opposes spending tax dollars on abortions. . .

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury returned an indictment of Sheldon Silver, the former New York State Assembly speaker, for federal corruption charges on Thursday, federal prosecutors said.

Despite the “standing ovation” John Boehner received from his caucus on Wednesday, Judge Andrew Napolitano says he believes the Speaker will be replaced before the next debt ceiling deadline.

This timeless clip from "Network is always relevant, but perhaps more so this weekend. I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are going bust. Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's no one anywhere that seems to know what to do with us. Now into it. ....and we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had 15 homicides...

Does anyone have a link to the "METRO MALE" magazine cover that gets posted here quite frequently? The one with the guy in the fur lined coat. Sorry to start a whole new thread but I searched mightily for it last night. I'm usually pretty good at finding images on the Internet but this one has eluded me. I did multiple site specific searches on FR and nothing. Maybe I'm using the wrong terms. I have something really good I want to use it for. If you have a copy of any size or have a link to it I...

<p>Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., was arrested Wednesday in Framingham after undercover FBI agents delivered weapons Ferdaus allegedly sought for the alleged plan. The stash included what he thought was 25 pounds of C-4 explosives, as well as three grenades and six fully-automatic AK-47 assault, a press release from the Department of Justice reads.</p>

Thousands of women are to take to the streets of London in revealing outfits next month as the global SlutWalk phenomenon reaches Britain. A Canadian policeman who told women to stop dressing like 'sluts' to avoid being raped sparked the worldwide protest movement that could see more than 5,000 women march through the capital. Thousands of members of SlutWalk have already marched in cities across the U.S and Canada to display anger at Pc Michael Sanguinetti's comments, made in a health and safety talk to students at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Outrage: Comments from a Canadian police officer...

Federal agencies often head to college campuses, job fairs or buy newspaper classified ads to announce new job openings. But the Transportation Security Administration is reaching out with pepperoni and cheese. "A Career Where X-Ray Vision and Federal Benefits Come Standard," reads a TSA ad appearing on pizza boxes across the Washington region. "Washington Reagan National Airport and Washington-Dulles International Airport are now hiring Transportation Security Officers," the ad said. "See yourself in a vital role for Homeland Security. Be part of a dynamic security team protecting airports and skies as you proudly secure your future." (A hungry and intrepid...

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled against the Obama administration's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a blow to the White House which had hoped the ban would provide time to ensure other wells are operating safely.

Snow continues to fall in the foothills and Sierra Nevada, even dusting valley communities, but the weather system will continue moving southeast, leaving the Sacramento region later today. Places such as Roseville, El Dorado Hills and even Galt got various amounts of snow, while it has piled up at higher elevations. .... "We actually had some (snow) here at the weather office at Watt and El Camino," said National Weather Service meteorologist Angus Barkhuff. "This is certainly an unusually cold weather system for California. It's not often we get to see some snowflakes here in the Sacramento area."

SACRAMENTO, CA - With bone-chilling temperatures and the possibility of Sacramento snow in the forecast beginning Sunday night, Sacramento's Loaves and Fishes announced the opening of a temporary shelter for the homeless. The Delaney Center at 12th and Ahern streets in Sacramento was expected to open at 7 p.m. Sunday and could accomodate up to 50 people, according to Loaves and Fishes pastor David Moss. "This isn't just bone-chilling weather. This is life-threatening weather," Moss said. Forecasts called for temperatures to drop to 32 degrees Sunday night.

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Tom McClintock says the federal government has wasted enough money subsidizing solar power, calculating that it would take 22,000 acres of solid solar panels to duplicate the energy from a single nuclear plant. "This is an industry that exists solely off the dole, by the dole, and for the dole," McClintock said in a speech on the House floor last month. Two weeks later, he proclaimed that Congress was "disconnected from reality" as he accused environmentalists of producing a water crisis in his home state of California "for the enjoyment and prosperity of the Delta smelt."

In the critical November 3rd special election for New York’s 23rd Congressional District, Rep. McClintock has endorsed the Conservative candidate, Doug Hoffman. Doug Hoffman believes in the Conservative values and principles which are sorely lacking in Washington. Doug Hoffman shares Rep. McClintock’s opposition to the government takeover of our healthcare, the government bailout boondoggle, and Cap and Tax energy proposal. Doug has also signed the No New Taxes and the No Earmarks Pledge. Doug Hoffman stands as the real Conservative candidate in the race. In recent days polling is showing that Doug has pulled into the lead, but he needs...

Tom McClintock has announced four healthcare town halls in Placer County, Lassen County, Nevada County and El Dorado County. The original health care town hall in Cameron Park, El Dorado County September 5th has been moved to a larger location due to the anticipated crowd size: ELDORADO COUNTY, CA McCLINTOCK TOWNHALL Saturday, Sept. 5th 4:30 pm Ponderosa High School 3661 Ponderosa Rd Shingle Springs, CA 95682 PLACER COUNTY/ROSEVILLE, CA McCLINTOCK TOWNHALL Tuesday, Sept. 1, 6:00 pm Granite Bay High School 1 Grizzly Way Granite Bay, CA 95746 NEVADA COUNTY/GRASS VALLEY, CA McCLINTOCK TOWNHALL Friday, Sept. 4, 6:00 pm Grass Valley...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today named Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) as the new Ranking Member of the Water and Power Subcommittee. McClintock will take over the position from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) who was recently selected to serve as Ranking Member of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee on the Education and Labor Committee. “Rep. McClintock has shown tremendous dedication and leadership on a number of natural resources issues,” said Ranking Member Hastings. “As California faces a severe water crisis, it is more important than ever to have leaders in Congress, like McClintock, who...

NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly three in 10 Americans say Fox News Channel has been too critical of President Barack Obama. Pollsters for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found a partisan divide. Forty-four percent of Democrats say Fox has been too tough on Obama, while 18 percent of Republicans said that. Either way, Fox has a winning formula: Fox News has solidified its hold on first place in the ratings since Obama took office, with Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Back's shows doing particularly well. Although MSNBC has positioned itself as a left-leaning network in prime...

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would allow banks to immediately pay back Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to the U.S. Treasury. Some banks that accepted TARP funding are now facing obstacles in how they will pay the money back to the government. “It is a travesty that banks seeking to repay taxpayer money should be prohibited from doing so after taxpayers were promised that repayment would be made as soon as humanly possible,” McClintock said in a press statement. The bill is narrowly written to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to require the Secretary...

WASHINGTON -- As the politics of water grow more intense on Capitol Hill, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock is skeptical that there's a shortage in California, even though the governor has declared a drought emergency. "Don't forget we have the most water-rich region in the state," said McClintock, a newcomer on the House Natural Resources Committee, who represents California's 4th Congressional District. "And yet our communities are in ... drought alerts, not because of a shortage of water, but because of water that the environmental regulations allow us to use." It is becoming a common refrain for some Republicans in Washington:...

Just in time for Earth Day. An example of the most annoying aspects of environmentalism I experience in my daily life; flawed products. In the name of feel-good, arbitrary symbolism we are stuck with poor quality, ineffective junk like this paper coffee cup that leaked on my desk this morning.