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NEWT GINGRICH: 'I will ask the Congress to stay in session on the 3rd of January.  I will ask them to repeal Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, and Sarbanes-Oxley.  My request will be to have all three repeals ready so that on the day that I am sworn in, I can sign all three repeals that day, that's a real start.  I will then on the first day have an entire series of Executive Orders, all of which will be published by the 1st of October, so everybody will know what's coming' First Day Exective Orders: 1) Abolish ALL of the White House czars...

I call it a victory speech because that’s the way Santorum made me feel about his speech, even though only 18 votes currently gives Santorum the lead over Romney. Watch the whole thing as it was by far the best speech of the night, maybe even this contest

"General Washington and his troops had been defeated in September, driven from Brooklyn to Manhattan, from Manhattan to New York City, around the Palisades, across New Jersey. They declined from 30,000 troops in September to 2500 Effectives on Christmas Day. Of the 2500, one-third did not have boots. They were wearing burlap bags wrapped around their feet, as they marched; they left a trail of blood. General Washington knew that if he didn't win a victory soon, the entire army would disappear. And so he had to do something desperate. He proposed to cross an icy river, at night, in...

347 days....until November 6, 2012...

Republicans appeared on the cusp of taking control of the Virginia Senate Tuesday with at least one veteran Democrat losing to a freshman Republican senator and a seven-term Democrat trailing a Republican challenger. In the House of Delegates, Republicans picked up at least six seats, staking them to 66 of the chamber's 100 seats, the GOP's largest House majority ever. That doesn't count a conservative independent, Del. Lacey Putney, who organizes with House Republicans and another race that was too close to call. Democrat Roscoe Reynolds lost his bid for a fourth term to freshman GOP Sen. Bill Stanley in...

What a wonderful night it was when Ronald Reagan was elected and GOP won the Senate defeating all of those liberals! I hate that the media gave blue to the Democrats. Yes , I have read about this.

"You've chosen to give me another four years as your governor," he told supporters from a stage at his Baton Rouge campaign headquarters less than an hour after polls closed. "We've got a lot more work to do over these next four years."

Fear is a powerful weapon. Its destructive force can be more devastating to a nation than a nuclear explosion. It is the primary tool of terrorists. After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, dozens of “patriotic” Americans carrying flags gathered in the Southland to march on a mosque in Bridgeview. More than 200 police officers were called to the scene to prevent violence. A man from Pakistan, who wasn’t even a Muslim, was bashed over the head in Chicago because “he looked like one of them.” A neighbor of mine, a woman who grew up in Palestine, suddenly disappeared. This...

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. ~ 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

It seems to be the new talking point: The deal is a victory for conservatives not because of what it does (which is, not much!), but because it supposedly represents a change in the direction of the debate. Once, Washington discussed what to grow. Now, Washington discusses what to cut. Even former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has echoed the theme — but with qualifications. The Wall Street Journal Washington Wire reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Monday’s House vote to lift the debt ceiling was a victory for the tea party, proving that conservative activists had shifted the conversation...

Debt Crisis: Republicans Scent Victory With 'Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich' Both sides express unease at the deal,but it is Democrats who have given most ground to raise debt ceiling Ewen MacAskill 1 August 2011. It was easy wandering round the corridors of Congress yesterday to spot who had won the debt standoff. In huddles with party colleagues or heading off to caucus meetings to discuss the details of the deal or standing in front of TV cameras, it was the Republicans who had all the smiles. Democratic members of Congress looked uneasy, at times shifty; and some downright were angry. "If...

...The big picture is that the deal is a victory for the cause of smaller government, arguably the biggest since welfare reform in 1996. Most bipartisan budget deals trade tax increases that are immediate for spending cuts that turn out to be fictional. This one includes no immediate tax increases, despite President Obama's demand as recently as last Monday. The immediate spending cuts are real, if smaller than we'd prefer, and the longer-term cuts could be real if Republicans hold Congress and continue to enforce the deal's spending caps.

By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion. Anything can happen, but it apppears the GOP is on the verge of pulling off a political victory that may be unprecedented in American history. Republicans may succeed in using the threat of a potential outcome that they themselves acknowledged would lead to national catastrophe as leverage to extract enormous concessions from Democrats, without giving up anything of any significance in return. Not...

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Lancing the “She Quit!” Boil One Last Time © 2011 By Gargantua One of the more unsettling hallmarks of the unfair, often deceitful, and always unprovoked attacks on Sarah Palin is the way in which she is frequently castigated for doing things commonly accepted when done by others, but which somehow rise to a level of unconscionable effrontery when she does them. A good example is the way that she was excoriated for having posted on her website a map of the United States which used surveyors marks to denote vulnerable Democratic congressional seats for The Tea Party to “target”in...

Unemployed need not applyPublished: June 3, 2011 One of the worst things about the plague of unemployment is that the longer a person is out of work, the harder it becomes to re-enter the work force. Technology moves on; skills fade. It always has been easier to move from one job to another than to move to a job from unemployment. But the problem has been compounded by the depth of the Great Recession, a glut of workers, at every conceivable skill level, and a paucity of jobs. Of about 4.4 million unemployed Americans, about 1.75 million have been out...

With the death of Osama, it is time for America to declare victory on the War on Terrorism. The main aim of the war on terrorism was to destroy Al Qaeda and kill Osama, just as World War Two aimed to destroy the Nazis and kill Hitler. Of course, mopping up operations should be carried out, to capture and kill remnants of Al Qaeda. But we do not want to see another endless war, similar to the so-called war on drugs, which will never come to an end. The war on terrorism was used as an excuse to take away...

I doubt we will ever know who pulled the trigger on Bin Laden. It would be more than stupid to release the name of the Seal trigger man, or any of the American troops participating in the raid that took down America’s most wanted criminal. It would, of course, lay them and their families open to retribution from terrorists for the remainder of their days. Having said that, we urge the President to award ALL those troops with the highest decoration he possibly can — in secret. The assassination of Bin Laden gave Americans a sorely needed morale boost. It...

DEVELOPING: Usama bin Laden was given a religious funeral prior to his burial at sea, senior military officials told Fox News. Religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier at about 1:10 a.m. Monday in the Persian Gulf. In accordance with Islamic practice, bin Laden was washed and wrapped in a white sheet before buried at sea at 2 p.m. local time, senior U.S. military and intelligence officials said.

When viewing the PDF in Adobe the text can be removed and added in Layers You can compress all layers down to one, but someone clearly did not do that last step to make a good forgery

After weeks of widespread speculation about her future, Katie Couric is finally ready to go on the record. "I have decided to step down from the CBS Evening News," Couric tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I'm really proud of the talented team on the CBS Evening News and the award-winning work we've been able to do in the past five years in addition to the reporting I've done for 60 Minutes and CBS Sunday Morning. In making the decision to move on, I know the Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future." What's next for...

There is a video with this article that really does a great job of driving home the oncoming avalanche the Tea party will be having next year. The article is about 10 economic reasons why Obama and the Democrats will lose big in 2012. The video is short but really cool. Here is the link,Cool Republican Tea Party Avalanche Video

That is exactly what postmillennialism believes about the victory of the Gospel. History will see the progressive triumph of the Gospel not only over individuals, families and churches, but also over nations, cultures, and governments. Nation after nation will submit to Christ; they will change their customs, mores, and legal systems to reflect the Law of God. More and more the Gospel will change the hearts of men but also their institutions and their societies; more and more the Biblical worldview will become the operational worldview for the powers and authorities in the land. The church will experience its ups...

OPINION APRIL 10, 2011The Tea Party's First VictoryObama opposes spending cuts right up to the time he calls them historic.. This is getting to be a habit. President Obama ferociously resists tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts—right up to the moment he strikes a deal with Republicans and hails the tax cuts, trade agreements and spending cuts as his idea. What a difference an election makes. This is the larger political meaning of Friday's last minute budget deal for fiscal 2011 that averted a government shutdown. Mr. Obama has now agreed to a pair of tax cut and spending...

And just think…. It was only a few short hours ago that far left Wisconsin candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory in the state’s Supreme Court race. Now this. Watch the first 36 seconds of her victory speech if you want a good laugh. [Video] From the video: Question: "How do you feel comfortable declaring victory when the margin is so thin? Justice Prosser’s supporters seem to think that they may be able to pull out a victory in a recount process." Kloppenburg: "You know, we ran a campaign that was focused on being positive and respectful and winning and we...

Today, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, appeared at an event hosted at Boise State University in Idaho. His appearance was part of nationwide effort, entitled “Conversation with the Country”, which is intended to strengthen community support for veterans. I was able to attend the townhall where Adm. Mullen made brief remarks and then invited audience members to ask questions not only related to veteran services but also national security matters. The main theme of his prepared remarks centered on the reintegration of our veterans into their communities and the need for support systems to aid...

A squad leader who ran through a barrage of enemy bullets to help a wounded Marine. A captain who continued to give orders after being hit in the face with shrapnel. A sergeant major who led his troops out of harm’s way and avoided a civilian bloodbath. A lance corporal who led his team through 200 meters of enemy machinegun fire. These four Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit received medals Monday for valor in combat while deployed to the Helmand Providence in Afghanistan with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division (Fwd) from...

Texas Rep. Ron Paul has won the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2012 presidential preference straw poll of 3,742 activists, the chairman of the huge annual gathering of conservative activists announced on Saturday. The poll, sponsored this year for the first time by The Washington Times, is seen as one of the earliest tests of grassroots popularity among the party’s dominant conservative wing, and Mr. Paul, who ran unsuccessfully for the nomination in 2008, has traditionally done well in the CPAC voting. The Republican lawmaker, long a favorite of the party’s libertarian wing, took 30 percent of the votes cast,...

He Gives You Power Today's Scripture " And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth…" (Deuteronomy 8:18, NKJ). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria God wants to do something great in and through you! He has promises and blessings in store for you that you haven’t even thought of yet. The Scripture tells us that He gives us power to gain wealth. Wealth is simply having abundance. God wants you to live in abundance so that He can use you to be a blessing to others. When we...

World War II sidearm. Which weapon springs to mind? 1911? Luger? These two pistols are arguably the most iconic pistols of that massive conflict. Revolvers? By the time the second half of the War to End All Wars rolled around, fighting six guns were relegated to historical footnotes. Living on only through the legends of John Wayne and Doc Holliday, right? Wrong. Smith & Wesson revolvers went to war. Smith & Wesson produced produced one gun less than 40,000 ”Victory” revolvers for U.S. troops. And another 571,629 for the Commonwealth countries. I’m willing to bet that more than a few...

Molotov Mitchell hits another one out of the ballpark! Click HERE.

The Federal Reserve's massive money-printing campaign of the last two years has had one central goal: Make sure the U.S. doesn't lead the global economy into the black hole of deflation. It may be time to declare "mission accomplished." Around the world, many countries aren't confronted with the debilitating forces of deflation, or falling prices and wages, but the opposite — inflation. Rising prices, particularly for food, have fueled credit-tightening moves by China, India, Brazil, Australia and other nations in recent months. Even in Europe, where a government-debt crisis is a serious drag on overall economic growth, annualized inflation in...

Assemblyman Ted Gaines won the Senate District 1 special election race with 63.2 percent of the vote as reported by the California Secretary of State’s office at 11 p.m. Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for Gaines, R-Roseville, as he led over Mayor Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova. The pair emerged as the top vote-getters in their parties after the special primary Nov. 2. Cooley had 36.8 percent of the vote as of 11 p.m. The seat was formerly held by Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, who died last summer.

Between Twilight Zone episodes on New Year's, some of you may have noticed my latest article in American Thinker, on the key to Republican victory (and defeat) in the last (and future) elections. (Hint: white voters. Seth Forman www.mrformansplanet.com

Yesterday, we dodged a bullet with the failure of the DREAM act. (I know some of you believe it may rear its head again this session; we'll see.) Anyway, the radical amnesty element of the Democrat party is up in arms at that defeat. Yesterday, we had DADT get repealed. The repeal wouldn't be so bad, but that lowlife Lieberman is putting an amendment for the 2011 Defense Authorization Act Wednesday that will repeal U.S.C. 10 625, making sodomy in the military o.k. Aside from the whole 'these undermine America thing' (and I know they do), these two items have...

Score one for the lady, and she remained a lady even as Chris Matthews displayed what a moron he is. Matthews is a sore, sore loser– ungracious, rude, and revolting in his behavior towards Michelle Bachmann as she stood among “her team” and celebrated their win last night. But, I’ve got to hand it to her– she dished it right back and all with a smile! Matthews continued to ask her moronic questions to which Michelle Bachmann graciously put up with until he began to accuse of her of being in “a trance.” Bachmann responded,”I think people are thrilling tonight,...

As per Glenn Beck, the Tea Partiers, patriotic Americans...We, the People, have RESTORED HONOR to our country. And, now hear this, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert -- American voters have also RESTORED SANITY!This is now a CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN. America, we can celebrate today, we have HOPE and can be optimistic again. Tomorrow we expect our leaders to get on the road to hard work and Restore Jobs, Restore our Economy, Restore our Freedoms, Restore our Protection from Illegal Entry, Restore our Military Power and Might, Restore Morality and Ethical Behavior, Restore God, our Faith, and Rightfully named...

Boehner congratulates the American people for voting right in these elections. As he speaks of his background where he worked liked crazy at odd jobs to make his way and the loss of American core values in America, he breaks down several times. Boehner has had the confidence of the GOP House members because they find him trustworthy and his conservative bona fides are solid. I think he's going to do the US proud. (BTW...I saw Boehner break down publicly two other times...once when he was terribly upset about the Dems blocking funding for our troops...the other when he was...

Democrats condemn media's early projections of Republican victoryCable TV networks award the GOP control of the House of Representatives -- based on projections rather than actual results. Democrats are not amused, and predict their party will continue to control the House. By Michael Muskal 9:46 p.m. CDT, November 2, 2010 Even before the polls closed in the West, the major television cable networks called the overall election a Republican victory and awarded the GOP control of the House of Representatives. The only problem was that the call came from projections rather than actual results, since polls were still open in...

As we head into the weekend before the election, this is our last good chance to get a wide perspective on what's headed toward us, and the question is: how big is the wave? We know there's a big wave headed into shore that's going to wash a fair number of incumbent Democrats out to sea. We've seen it darkening the horizon for a few weeks, but only now is it getting close enough that we can start to judge the size of the wave and guess at exactly how many deserving victims it is going to claim. We know...

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) penned a fundraising letter for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) on Friday asking voters to consider the morning after the election. In one scenario, Franken wrote, it's "8 a.m. You stumble out of bed. Make some oatmeal. Turn on the TV to find out what happened in that Senate race, the one that was too close to call all night. But you gave $5 to the DSCC … And, lo and behold, your favorite Democrat ... pulled it out by a few votes. Oatmeal never tasted so sweet."

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - It took less than an hour inside a sombre military courtroom Monday for Canadian Omar Khadr to plead guilty to murdering an American soldier and end a war crimes case that has dragged on for eight years. The Toronto-born detainee told military judge Army Col. Patrick Parrish that he understood the charges, his confession, and the conditions of a plea agreement. In addition to pleading guilty to throwing a grenade when he was 15 that fatally wounded Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer, Khadr is convicted of attempted murder, spying, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism.

London, United Kingdom. Great Britain is to re-launch Nelson's former flagship HMS Victory as the latest defence cuts have reduced the Royal Navy to one ship. With the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October, the British Government has said that the Royal Navy will refloat Victory to fill the gap until new ships are built to protect the country. Prime Minister David Cameron said that he had reluctantly decided to reduce the navy to one ship and instead divert resources to fight the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. He said this was a tough decision...

Following up on her highly effective Taxman, Christine O’Donnell team has released this absolutely crushing indictment of Coons simply named “Michael.“ In the latest polling Christine has cut Coon’s lead in half. This race is incredibly winnable. A lot is made of sending money to candidates, and Christine has certainly raised a good amount, all in small donations from patriots who want to send a true Common Sense Conservative to Washington. But money alone can’t win elections. It takes boots on the ground. An aggressive get out the vote effort. I know many of our readers are already involved in...

Currently Intrade has it plus 8 in the Senate for the GOP and plus 45 GOP for the House. Looking good, but stay vigilent!

If you're district isn't on this list, it doesn't mean the Democrat is ahead, only that there is no polling demonstrating a Republican's lead. I selected the best polling available for each of these races; In many cases, that means the most recent, but internal polls are viewed suspiciously. Internal polls are noted with a "D" or an "R" indicating which candidate paid for them.SIXTY REPUBLICANS ALREADY LEADING Arizona 1: Gosar 39, Kirkpatrick 43 (Lake-D, 8/30); 47-41 (AAF, 8/29); 43-43 (Moore, 8/31) Arizona 5: Schweikert 50, Mitchell 44 (AAF, 8/29) Arizona 8: Kelly 46, Giffords 46 (Ayers, 8/29) Arkansas 1:...

"Nobody ever defended anything successfully... there is only attack and attack and attack some more"ATTEN-SHUN!To any and all whining, panty-waist US citizens, it's time for a little refresher course on exactly why we Americans occasionally have to fight wars to keep this nation great... See if you can tear yourself away from your "reality" TV and Starbucks for a minute, pull your head out of your %$&# ... and for chissake LISTEN UP! Abu Ghraib was not an "atrocity." Got that? THIS is an atrocity! So was THIS!!! Radical Islamists are inherently peaceful people? My %$&# ! Millions of these...

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. NEVER FORGET . Help support VAN TRAN— he’s running to replace Congresswoman LORETTA SANCHEZ for Southern California's 47th Congressional District. The Democrats are doing everything they can to keep her in this seat—the only Democrat congressional seat in Orange County. She’s been a loyal supporter of the Democrat agenda—Obamacare, the stimulus, the auto bailout, the unions, and more. VAN has a record of supporting pro-business legislation and fighting against big government in Sacramento. Assemblyman VAN TRAN can stand up to SANCHEZ and defeat her in the this election. He’s 2 points behind in the latest polls and has nationwide...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday hailed reductions in violence in Iraq and said he believed Iraqis would resolve the impasse in their attempts to form a coalition government. "The trend lines have been steadily declining violence. Even after we left the cities, what you've seen is lower and lower levels of violence," Obama said in an interview with NBC News. "The Iraqi security forces are functioning, at least as well, if not better, than any of us had anticipated." Obama will deliver a nationally televised speech on Tuesday that will highlight what administration officials say is his fulfillment...