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-- “By comparison, President George W. Bush had held 88 fundraisers and President Clinton, 76, at this point in their first terms.” --“ While Obama hit the road to raise money for endangered House and Senate Democrats in 2010 congressional elections, he has appeared at 37 fundraisers this year to benefit his own campaign, according to Doherty's tally. That's more than three times the 11 fundraisers George W. Bush held for his own campaign at this point in his first term.”

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Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries {Excerpted] OBJECTIVES To estimate the national incidence of adverse events for hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries, assess the preventability of such events, and estimate associated costs to Medicare. Findings: An estimated 13.5 percent of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse events during their hospital stays. An additional 13.5 percent of Medicare beneficiaries experienced events during their hospital stays that resulted in temporary harm. Physician reviewers determined that 44 percent of adverse and temporary harm events were clearly or likely preventable. Hospital care associated with adverse events and temporary harm events cost Medicare an estimated...

Last Thursday I went to one of the most moving events I’d been to here in D.C. – The Wounded Warrior Experience. It was put on by the American Veterans Center and the Military Order of the Purple Heart and it was a live taping of an interview with two disabled veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Army Captain Ryan Kules and Corpsman James Raffetto we’re two of the wounded veterans interviewed and they we’re both amazing. Kules lost a leg and an arm while serving in Iraq and Raffetto lost both legs and arm while serving in Afghanistan. Neither seemed...

America your portion has been measured in full and the time of true shaking has come ! Now watch as I touch your pocketbooks , watch as I annihilate the sin in your lives and watch as All this occurs I set the captives free and destroy the rebellious as korah for I shall swallow up sin and it's roots . I shall cleanse this nation as never before . There shall be crevasses where there has been great rivers allowing the ocean in , Deserts where there has been pools of great waters , Mountains where there has been...

Yesterday I posted YouTube part 1 of the recent Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance/Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Today I made a new YouTube video, showing more cars, and added a political twist. You'll see sport cars, hot-rods, Formula 1 cars, and extreeeme luxury sedans. This freep is still dazed, as he attended all 5 days of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion which just finished. A key part of that is the Concours d'Elegance --the biggest and most fancy in all the world. My photos are from all over the different recent gatherings on the Peninsula; the YouTube slide music video link...

So you’re on your way to the Holy Land and you can’t wait to get to Jerusalem for your first glimpse of the city that’s holy to more than half the population of the world. What are the essentials you should bring along to make your trip that much more enjoyable?

Enjoy and this is me, o7jimmy!

Tomorrow, tea party groups are holding events all over the state protesting higher taxes, bigger government and rising debt. There are at least 25 known rallies occurring, in every corner of Michigan. “This will be a peaceful protest,” said William Gupton of the Lapeer County Tea Party Patriots. “We pay special tribute to our veterans who fought for our right to do this.” Gupton’s group is leading an event in downtown Lapeer at 2 pm which features speakers discussing economic issues as well as a World War II veteran. Many events also showcase live music and an assortment of food...

Great tax day Tea Party event took place in Orlando on April 12th! A large crowd of Florida patriots enjoyed the following line-up! 540 WFLA's Bud Hedinger (emcee) House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Nationally syndicated radio show host Mike Gallagher Tea Party founding mother Lisa Feroli State Rep. Scott Plakon Dr. Jack Cassell Fair Tax's Marc Maneri And of course the Florida District 8 candidates were on hand to meet and greet attendees. We Florida patriots will make sure Grayson goes home on November 2nd! Our Florida primary on August 24th will be a special...

It is done my children on behalf of you I have stepped through reproach leaving the stone transformed into a blessing not a blockade for I AM The Way , The Truth and The Life yet now will you answer my call on behalf of me "The Great Commission" and release and expand My kingdom as "I Am" in you , now on behalf of The Father . So let it be so , walk in my discipline and answer my call for truly it is my Sacred Heart in you that beats out The Father's will daily . "Come...

Jason Mattera, author of "Obama Zombies", a NYT bestseller, has been named editor of Human Events. This is great news folks, as it's a sign of the times. Mattera is a fearless, conservative activist who's pistol-whipped the likes of John Kerry and Mr. Smalley himself. See his videos on youtube if you don't believe me.I've read OBAMA ZOMBIES, and all I can say is that it is a MUST READ FOR ALL CONSERVATIVES. This guy Jason knows how to skewer liberalism on camera and in print. I LEARNED so much from OBAMA ZOMBIES. The data will shock you!

We are having a Tea Party on Sept 26, 2009 at 2 pm. We had our 9/12 Tea Party on Sept 12 but due to rain many of you couldn't make it. We want to go again so we can all make it this time. So this is a ReDo 9/12 Event!! We will be discussing current events and a new idea we have for "Cleaning House & Senate". Please bring any ideas, and invite anyone you like, especially if they are opposite minded. This is a family event so bring the kids and you'll need to bring is a...

Military Veteran, House Raided, Losing House, Current Recession. On 08-24-09, my house which I am losing was raided and my family was treated extremely poorly(injuries). There was nothing found and yet my son was arrested and charged. 40-days later, no court date. Banks received the bailout and yet are not willing to really help because its better for them to receive the additional funds if they forclose. Obama, what the hell, divide up the bailout, give it to the working class that pays taxes. No ? Gee financial recovery for everyone, banks(mortgages), auto mfgr's, farmers, buisness in genral, faster recovery...

The Economic Club of Southwest Michigan is using Sarah Palin's name to promote an event to which it hasn't yet even invited her to attend. But what can we expect from an outfit that considers left-wing columnist Tom Friedman to be a "world-renown leader"?  From The Herald-Palladium: In announcing its 2009-10 speakers lineup Friday, the club offered the teaser that former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin might speak to the club. Palin, who recently resigned as Alaska's governor, has not begun accepting speaking invitations. But when she does the club will invite her, said Club President Michael Cook. If she...

Worst Ice Jam Flooding in Decades FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-108 Governor Palin Surveys Flood Damage in Interior May 7, 2009, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin traveled to the Interior today to survey areas ravaged by the worst ice jam flooding in decades. The governor was joined by Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director John Madden. Weather permitting, the governor will meet with village leaders at Fort Yukon, and fly over Eagle and Circle. On Wednesday, Governor Palin declared a disaster for the flooding event in the Interior of Alaska, including the drainages of the Yukon,...

Meg Stapleton has announced two events that Governor Palin will be attending in the Lower 48 in April and one in June. ~snip The first is the the Vandenburgh County Right To Life Banquet in Evansville, Indiana on April 16th. Michael Steele will also be in attendance.~snip The second event, on the same trip, is an Indiana event celebrating special needs children, being sponsored by the S.M.I.L.E. on Down Syndrome Parent Network.~snipMeg also says that Governor Palin will be attending an anniversary celebration in June at the former New York State home of William Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, who...

Secret Place, Reverend Eritk Goodman of Tulsa, Oklahoma. A live un-rehearsed performance on a bus heading to McAlester Olklahoma prison to hand out Christmas candy to inmates.

Colin Powell held a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday, touting the launch of Barack Obama's new website, USAService.org, which allows Americans to find -- and to promote -- local service opportunities that are searchable by zip code. President Bush's former Secretary of State said he was on the site this morning and vouched for its usefulness. But here's betting that Powell didn't have time to go through all of the events on it.

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This is a Gospel video, with a balloon message and is created with scenic pictures of autumn and the song is, “ Higher “, sung by: Evangelist Ezekiel Cash. Also the best for American GOP, just ahead and will fly higher than she has ever been.

This is a Gospel video, with a balloon message and is created with scenic pictures of autumn and the song is, “ Higher “, sung by: Evangelist Ezekiel Cash.

This is a video about a true story that happened many years ago in the late 50’s. The place was a small town in Rhode Island, called Chepachet. The song in the video is, I Have Everything, sung by Evangelist, Ezekiel Cash.

Autumn Balloon is a message video of the soon return of Jesus Christ for his Church.

Autumn Balloon is a message video of the soon return of Jesus Christ for his Church. Song of this video is, “One Day”, sung by Evangelist Ezekiel Cash.

Well, at that moment I was playing President of the Imaginary States of America. That's one of the old Air Force One 707's, and it's mounted in spectacular fashion at the Reagan Library. When you take the tour they take a souvenir photo at the entrance. I did the standard arms-round-the-family one, then asked for another. The only photoshopping was to take out the hanger behind the plane and replace it with a night scene of Tuzla. I think that considering the amount of sniper fire I was taking, I look remarkably calm and collected. It's good to be the...

President Bush is scaling back next week’s fundraising swings for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the request of the campaign, which wants the events closed to the press, POLITICO has learned. The change — in both Arizona and Utah — is part of McCain’s delicate effort to find the balance between embracing an unpopular president and taking advantage of his huge continuing draw with well-heeled Republicans. The Arizona event, which was to be at the Phoenix Convention Center, was the first time Bush was to have appeared with McCain since their White House meeting in March. A McCain aide said:...

<p>This animated video is presented with a Red Tailed Hawk and Song, also bird watchers that run into a divided scenario that result in verbal declaration.</p> <p>I am ramping up creating videos and this may be the last one for awhile but if you wish to see all or some of my videos go to my web-page revski.org at the link below and on YouTube - o7jimmy or YouTube - lotis333 my wife Cheryl's page and her videos.</p>

Posted on January 12th, 2008 By Sean Hackbarth in Conservative, Announcements   [Human Events‘ editor Jed Babbin wrote this guest blog. –Sean] Since we endorsed Fred Thompson on Friday, Human Events has had a huge reaction –overwhelmingly positive – to the editorial from our readers all across the country. Here are some excerpts from the nearly 500 (and counting) comments: “Human Events made the right choice. Now conservatives everywhere are counting on the good people of South Carolina to do the same,” Kelly S., Florida.“Great editorial endorsement. Many conservatives are always trying to distinguish themselves among other conservatives with...

NEW PORT RICHEY - Fred Thompson will stop here Friday during his first Florida tour since formally announcing last week that he is running for president. The former actor and senator becomes the star attraction at the fourth annual Reagan Day Dinner at Spartan Manor, 6121 Massachusetts Ave. Social hour is at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. About 60 tickets remain at $60 each. Also scheduled to speak at Friday's gathering, sponsored by the Republican Party of Pasco, is Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who is state chairman for the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign. For information, call Shari Kotsch...

Seattle, Washington The national ANTI-illegal immigration *MARCH FOR AMERICA* will be taking place on Saturday June 16th. MFA is a nation-wide event with the main march in Washington D.C and coinciding marches in major cities accross america, including Seattle! * Help us defeat Bush's AMNESTY bill that threatens to further plunge our nation into lawlessness and poverty * Washingtonians for Immigration Reform, The Minutemen Civil Defense Corps and other organizations will be leading the March through Downtown Seattle. Please note that while the amnesty bill S.1348 was temporarily pulled from the Senate floor on June 7th, the threat of this...

Today is April 22, Earth Day. Am I the only one who says WHO CARES??? Has it become "cool" to go green? I see it everywhere and I just don't understand. The reason I ask is because I am a television producer. Recently in a meeting of story ideas.. the idea of how to go green was brought up. Yeah yeah we'll tell people about different ways to save the environment, one person said. Keep in mind.. I live in a Very Conservative area. These people aren't your usual liberal tree huggers. Why is Global Warming such a big issue?...

A nation which is able to confront an enemy is a nation which knows where she comes from. Learn the US history without politically correctness and revisionism. You have been told that the US cavalry constantly massacred innocent Native Americans in their villages, because of a "genocidal" expansion. It is a lie. The war on the Great Plaines was complex, and most of the time, the story behind the "politically correct myth" is much more illuminating. Watch this video. Learn your history, see where you come from. And fight politically correctness at home.

I couldn't believe the phone call I got the other night. I'm on the planning committee for the Lincoln Day dinner in Charlotte county, Florida. We have been looking for a speaker for our yearly fund raiser that will take place on May 5th this year. (I know Lincoln's birthday is in Feb.) We were trying to get Charlie Christ. Last week we got word from the White House to hold up in making a final decision because they wanted to send someone. Well, you won't believe it the White House is sending Karl Rove to be our speaker. So...

One of Rudy Giuliani’s early achievements as mayor of New York City was to make people think twice about urinating on the streets. “If somebody was urinating on the street,” he once told the New York Times, “the reaction would be, oh, we can’t do anything about that. And then the idea would start to develop that there must be some inherent human right to urinate on the street. So the police started ignoring all kinds of offenses. They’d even stand by when drug deals were going on. The police became highly skilled observers of crime.” Something had to be...

This is a report from the Keep Arkansas Legal Meeting, Saturday October 8th at the Fletcher Library. Keep Arkansas Legal is a Central Arkansas group dedicated to stopping illegal immigration. We mainly discussed the effects of illegal immigration on Arkansas. Sharon told stories of how illegals who are supposed to do lawn work end up trashing the place. We all talked about ways to get people’s attention about this issue. Topics include the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, Aztlan, in-state tuition for illegals, welfare for illegals, and population congestion. Brent gave us all a DVD about how socialism is destroying...

SIERRA VISTA — Locals celebrated the U.S. Constitution’s 219th birthday on Sunday with patriotic music, ringing bells and saluting the flag. The Tombstone Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored the program, “Bells Across America,” held at Veterans’ Memorial Park. “We do this every year, Vicki L. Brown, Constitution Week chairwoman. She added schools and churches may also participate. Mayor Tom Hessler read a proclamation declaring Constitution Week, which is Sept. 17-23, as a small group — many wearing American flag pins or patriotic clothing — listened. Judy Jolley Waterman, DAR chaplain, read an invocation. She thanked God...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2006 – It was an “eerie feeling” returning to the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace. Pace, then the commander of U.S. Southern Command, had just been confirmed as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was in Bogota, Colombia, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. “First, like all Americans I felt shock and anger,” Pace said during a recent interview. That was followed by determination “and the certain knowledge … that...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2006 -- When José Rojas went to pull a badly burned woman from a Pentagon window after Islamic extremists drove a commercial airliner headlong into the building, her skin came off in his hands. “I had to actually take my fingernails and dig into her flesh with her crying and screaming to get her out of the window,” Rojas said, describing his efforts to help the victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Rojas, 43, a police officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, the successor of the Defense Protective Service, was...

Liberals are positively orgasmic over the accusations recycled from nut websites in the New York Post that bestselling author Ann Coulter plagiarized others’ writings. Oddly, the Post didn’t think these accusations were important enough to ask her about when interviewing her in early June. Perhaps this is because the accusations of plagiarism aren’t news. Calling Coulter “mean” and other four-letter words wasn’t gelling with Americans who actually know how to read, so liberals had to move on to plan B -- she’s a plagiarist! In his second article citing “plagiarism expert” and CEO of iParadigms John Barrie, New York Post...

CHICAGO, May 28, 2006 – The top U.S. military officer served as grand marshal of the country's biggest Memorial Day parade here yesterday, reminding some 125,000 spectators of the true cost of freedom. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace acts as grand marshal for the Chicago Memorial Day parade May 27. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked families of fallen troops who he said "continue to sacrifice for our country every day." Pace...

I am doing a research paper in college on US Border Security History(no choice, big liberal teacher who proudly marched in the demonstrations). Anyways I am having a hard time finding resources that deal with such a specific issue. Other than the US BP History page and a few stories on banditos, Pancho Villa and the Apaches I am having little luck in finding specific articles or publications dealing directly with this throughout history. Any pointers to resources or events you know of that I dont will be of great help to me.

Political offensive targets Bush By Rowan ScarboroughTHE WASHINGTON TIMESMarch 18, 2006 Senate Democrats have mapped a political battle plan for the March congressional recess that calls on lawmakers to stage press events with active duty military personnel, veterans and emergency responders to bash President Bush on virtually every one of his national security policies.

Dems shadow Steele at public eventsGOP complains about Democratic researcher at non-campaign appearances; Lierman says so what? Friday, March 17, 2006 by Thomas Dennison Staff Writer Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele’s run for U.S. Senate has been attracting attention from friends and foes alike. Gazette file photoANNAPOLIS — For the past several weeks, the Maryland Democratic Party has dispatched a researcher to record, photograph and shadow Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, at his public events around the state. The researcher, Jennifer Sconyers, has attended several events, ranging from a career day at Crossland High School...

Next week I'll be travelling to Washington, DC and staying there for 8 weeks. While there I'd like to attend some events at places like Heritage Org, Cato Institute, American Enterprise Institute, etc. Trying to inding the various events, across all the different organizations, is very time consuming. Is there a website, or publication, that indexes upcoming events of this nature? Perhaps a weekly supplment to the Washington Post, for example?

1/5/2006 - LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- A B-1B Lancer kicked off the national college football title game Jan. 4 with a flyover of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Gen. Ronald Keys, commander of Air Combat Command and Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center here, represented the Air Force at several Tournament of Roses week events leading up to the game between the University of Texas and the University of Southern California. Events included Fan Fest Expo Village, a family festival where the 369th Air Force Recruiting Squadron, Los Angeles,...

My choices of the most important 2005 news stories are: The legalized killing of Terri Schindler. The Texas sanitation workers who drowned those "stray dogs". The astounding positive changes in Iraq, and the Iraqi elections. The Gas gouging price schemes of summer - blamed and poorly justified on 'hurricane Katrina'. The ridiculous last minute ploy to attempt to circumvent the Law regarding "Tookie" Williams. How about your choices? In your opinion, what are your "most important 2005 news stories"?

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2005 – Elementary school students at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., got a combined current events and history lesson Dec. 13 from the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney. Lynne Cheney spoke to students at W.W. Burrows Elementary School about the election taking place in Iraq on Dec. 15. "What's happening is that the people in Iraq are going to vote for, what is in essence, their Congress, their national assembly," Cheney said. "It's a turning point, one of those things that when you're a grown-up, you will look in your history books and you will see...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Nov. 18, 2005) -- Just because a Marine is not in an infantry unit, does not mean he will not be attached to a combat patrol and be forced to depend on his training and instincts to survive. This was the case for Lance Cpl. Chris L. Wliszczak. Wliszczak was augmented from Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and attached to Small Craft Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, when he deployed to Iraq in March 2005. This Allentown, Pa., native did not think he would see much combat in Iraq being...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will share the special election spotlight this week with a couple of Hollywood counterparts from the opposite side of the political fence. Warren Beatty, an outspoken critic of the governor, and Rob Reiner are working with groups opposing the governor's agenda to campaign against his initiatives. Both are actors and directors who have long supported Democratic causes. Beatty has taped a radio ad for the California Nurses Association that calls on voters to turn out next week and turn down Schwarzenegger's "year of reform" initiatives. Reiner, meanwhile, will staff a phone bank in Los...