- Tax and Spend: State Budget: largest tax increase in history, with relatively few real cuts and no overall reduction in spending -
August 19, 2009 The N. C. General Assembly has adjourned. Before doing so they dumped the largest tax increase in history on the people of this state and imposed an economic burden on a struggling eco... - Tax hikes sting customers, merchants
Local merchants are livid and customers are angry at new state tax increases that went into effect this week.
Many criticized the timing of the increases considering the struggling economy.
On T... - Big Government: DeMint: U.S. Doesn't Want Fed 'Takeover of Healthcare'
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 6:44 PMBy: Jim Meyers
Sen. Jim DeMint tells Newsmax that President Barack Obama has been "slow in learning" that the American people do not wan... - State & Federal Corruption: Wright found guilty of obstruction of justice
RALEIGH -- Former North Carolina Rep. Thomas Wright has been found guilty of felony obstruction of justice.
Wake County jurors deliberated for about 2 1/2 hours over two days before reaching the ve... - Climate Control: The blind liberal mice eat...
The blind liberal mice eat the pellets that Al Gore feeds them, never mind the facts like the earth has cooled for 10 years and a new study showing the ozone hole is smaller - not bigger. $1700 a fami... - Tax and Spend: Out of Control National Debt (Why Not a Balanced Budget?)
Our national debt is about 11 trillion dollars. It is projected to double in only 10 years. David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States, says our unfunded mandates are actually over ... - Big Government: Ever Think of Term Limits for the Hill?
The radical socialists have taken over banks, automakers, insurance companies, and are now threatening a government health care takeover that will destroy the highest quality care in the world.
We ... - How Big is TOO Big?
As government grows bigger and bigger, taking over our economic liberties, spending our grandchildren's money, handing over billion to corrupt groups like Acorn only until caught, using it's power to ... - Obama Care: Shouldn't we Fix Our Economy First?
Can anyone answer the very simple question dodged by President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?
Why the opposition to the very simple solution to improve health care that's based on freedom, cho... - Big Government: What's the Cost of a Postage Stamp?
Now we find out why Obama keeps saying he won't cover illegals in his health care plan.
Because his plan is to legalize everyone in this country illegally so that they can receive poor quality gove... - Obama Does an End Run
If anyone wondered if radical socialist Barak Obama was out to circumvent the mainstream of America in order to remake our country behind our backs, look no further than Obama naming multiple Czars ou... - Tax and Spend: What Comes After a Trillion?
It's laughable that the liberal's cover argument for quadrupling our national debt in 8 months is the previous administration.
Bush left us with a debt, but Obama more than tripled it in a matter o... - State & Federal Corruption: Why Can't YOU Just Behave?
New Jersey, New York and Illinois have shocked Americans in the past year with terrible corruption scandals. However taking the top spot is the great state of North Carolina - where liberal Democrats ... - Tax and Spend: When Will it Stop?
The Washington and Raleigh liberals just got through raising our taxes in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the great depression.
When people and our economy needs money spend and inc... - Big Government: Did Our Founding Fathers Not Understand?
If they could get away with it, would most of the radical liberals working for Barak Obama in the White House shred our Constitution and start over with their personal definition of America?
They m... - Tax and Spend: This is Taxing on Me
If a person makes more, they should pay more. Not more by a factor of x2, x5, or x10 what other earners are paying. That's just blatant punishment and a disincentive to create, innovate and build new ... - National Defense: Military Might or Flight
President Obama is wanting to investigate our brave defenders at the CIA (in charge of protecting our lives) instead of terrorists.
Obama named a US Attorney General who hails from a law firm tha... - Big Government: America the Beautiful!
In 2008, the radical socialists at MoveOn.org organized themselves and took over America.
Now we see where that has led:
Naming a shadow government, yes here in America, of issue Czars -- some a... - Tax and Spend: Obama's Treasury Says Cap/Tax To Cost $1700 per Household
Sep 16, 2009
Stunning Admission: Obama Admin Says National Energy Tax Will Crush Middle Class
Obama Rolls House Dems Under the Bus, National Energy Tax Equivalent to 15% Income Tax Increase on E... - Invasion of Illegals: Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care
President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.
He also s... - Tax and Spend: Perdue's poll numbers in the basement
Two new polls show Gov. Beverly Perdue's approval ratings continue to suffer.
Poll results released Wednesday by left-leaning Public Policy Polling show Perdue's job approval rating at 26 percent, ... - State & Federal Corruption: Democratic NC Governor Bev Perdue at It Again
Ineffective or Dishonest?
September 18, 2009
Erratic Governor Perdue Must Explain Herself
Raleigh, N.C. - Yesterday, Governor Perdue issued a statement through her
spokesperson saying she cont... - Videos: Wake Up America - Cause
- Invasion of Illegals: U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Grows More Dangerous
The number of people apprehended illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is down more than 25 percent, according to Customs and Border Patrol, but the rate of people dying while trying to cros... - State & Federal Corruption: State Representative Ty Harrell resigns
RALEIGH -- Rep. Ty Harrell, a Raleigh Democrat who has been under investigation over his campaign expenditures, submitted his resignation today.
Harrell said he needs to focus attention on answering ... - Media Center: NC Leaders Form National Group To Counter MoveOn.org
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(Raleigh, NC) -- On Monday, a new national political group based in North Carolina began running an ad criticizing the rampant corrup... - Conservative group wants to extend beyond N.C.
The Associated Press
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http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/conservative-group-wants-extend-beyond-nc
By Gary D. Robertson
RALEIGH, N.C.
Leaders of a new conservative-leaning p... - Invasion of Illegals: U.S. Shuts Down Mexico Border Crossing After Shootout
A WALL STREET JOURNAL NEWS ROUNDUP
U.S. authorities closed the world's busiest land border crossing on Tuesday after a shootout between suspected Mexican human traffickers and U.S. agents, U.S. offi... - National Defense: Obama can't downsize to success in Afghanistan
The president appears to be dragging his feet on more troops for the struggle, but that's what an effective counterinsurgency strategy requires. During last year's campaign, Barack Obama stressed that... - Big Government: Reid the Quarterback May Call on Obama to Referee
WASHINGTON — As the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, takes on the delicate task of melding two competing versions of major health care legislation, aides say he will lean heav... - Radical Socialism: Sing Praise to Obama in Public School
The radical socialist regime has a released a new song through a NJ elementary music teacher who went to Harvard with OBama, and teaches it to her classes.
Now let me get this straight, public stud... - Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory
Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of "following Marxist theory" and "wanting the country to fail". Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory. Williams... - Tax and Spend: Why Switch to the Fair Tax?
U.S. Representative John Linder of Georgia is "...the primary sponsor of the Fair Tax,legislation that will repeal all corporate and individual income taxes, payroll taxes, self-employment taxes, capi... - Invasion of Illegals: Illegal Immigration: A Reversible Curse on America
Excerpted from an article by John W. Lillpo
Wake Up America likes John’s common sense thinking below:
Notwithstanding arguments made by liberals, big business, former President Bush, current Presi... - State & Federal Corruption: NC State Representative Mackey denies tax charges
State Rep. Nick Mackey has denied charges by the N.C. State Bar that he willfully failed to file four years of tax returns on time, saying he was following the advice of his tax preparer.
He also d... - Big Government: Americans are 'illiterate' about climate change, claims expert
America's lack of knowledge on climate change could prevent the world from reaching an agreement to stop catastrophic global warming, scientists said in an attack on the country's environmental ... - Tax and Spend: Audit the Fed
Last week there was a hearing held on Ron Paul's bill, H.R. 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve.
When I ask you if the grass is green and you respond that the sky is blue, you haven't answe... - Media Center: ‘Wake Up America’ shakes world of microcampaigning
Last week, conservative leaders of a North Carolina-based group, Wake Up America, launched an advertisement criticizing Democratic leaders for approving the latest national budget and higher taxes.
"... - Big Government: Benny Peiser: G8 stalemate shows it’s time for climate cool-down
Negotiations over the future of an international climate treaty remain as deadlocked as ever. Predictably, the latest round of talks at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L’Aquila, Italy, was unable ... - National Defense: French Atomic Pique
President Obama wants a unified front against Iran, and to that end he stood together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown in Pittsburgh on Friday morning to reveal the news about Tehran's secret fac... - Big Government: Europe’s Socialists Suffering Even in Downturn
Even in the midst of one of the greatest challenges to capitalism in 75 years, involving a breakdown of the financial system due to “irrational exuberance,” greed and the weakness of regulatory sy... - National Defense: Stop Playing Politics; Fight to Win in Afghanistan
I haven't said anything the last couple of days about what is going on in Afghanistan. I've been waiting to see what the president was going to do about the recommendations he's received from his comm... - Obama Watch: Obama's 'Safe Schools' Czar Admits He Poorly Handled Underage Sex Case
President Obama's "safe schools czar," under fire from critics who say he's unfit for his job, acknowledged Wednesday that he "should have handled [the] situation differently" years ago when he was a ... - Tax and Spend: Sen. Jim DeMint: Washington Politicians' Most Titanic Lie
If you watch C-Span for a while, you’re sure to hear a politician or pundit criticizing some idea by comparing it to “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” It’s a vivid illustration o... - Media Center: Ad Shows Barak Hussein Obama as the Face of Socialism
(Raleigh, NC) -- Last week Associated Press wrote about a new national 527 conservative group, WakeUpAmerica.com, that is being formed to combat MoveOn.org through TV ads and technology networking tha... - NC group buying anti-Obama ads in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A conservative North Carolina group said Friday it is spending $10,000 to air ads in South Carolina next week saying President Barack Obama is pushing socialist health care and free... - Tax and Spend: Obama's $3M Chicago Olympics Pitch Falls Short of the Gold
So much for all the speculation that President Obama went to Copenhagen because the fix was in for Chicago.
Otherwise, why would he put the prestige of his high office on the line by making an expe... - National Defense: British Army Chief Issues Wake Up Call
LONDON - British Army chief General Sir David Richards has warned the government and the public that if they don’t “wake up” to need of winning the Afghanistan war, al-Qaeda and the Taliban may ... - Media Center: WAKE UP AMERICA LAUNCHES ANTI- OBAMA AD TO BACK JOE WILSON
North Carolina state Sen. Andrew Brock said wakeupamerica.com has bought time for the 30-second ad in Columbia, Greenville and Hilton Head Island for two weeks starting Monday.
The Mocksville, N.C.... - NC group buying anti-Obama ads in South Carolina
(AP) COLUMBIA, S.C. — A conservative North Carolina group said Friday it is spending $10,000 to air ads in South Carolina next week saying President Barack Obama is pushing socialist health care... - Invasion of Illegals: Obama's next push is amnesty
Amnesty is back, and with a vengeance. This was the dominant theme I heard at this week's annual talk-radio gabfest in Washington sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), th... - Media Center: Perdue Approval Hits Lowest Number Yet
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PO... - Obama Moves into Negative Territory
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Majority Now Disapprove of Performance
Raleigh, N.C. – A majority of North Carolina voters disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President according to... - Videos: Anti-Obama ad criticizes Olympic Bid Failure
- TV Ads: Anti-Obama ad criticizes Olympic Bid Failure
- Media Center: Anti-Obama ad criticizes Olympic Bid Failure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 6th, 2009
Newly edited TV spot debuts Thursday in:
- Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington NC.
- Columbia, Greenville, Hilt... - Senator Andrew Brock Radio Interview
Senator Andrew Brock talks to Bill LuMaye about helping to form the group "Wake Up America" to battle "MoveOn.org."
Wondering what you can do stop the craziness in government?
Wake Up America pr... - Obama Care: Fired up? The grass-roots health care battle
NEW YORK – (AP) Fired up? Ready to go? You might not know it from the way President Barack Obama's grass-roots supporters have been largely drowned out in the raucous debate over his health care p... - Tax and Spend: House Dems: Don't tax 'Cadillac' plans
More than half of the Democrats in the House have signed on to a letter denouncing a key element of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care legislation as labor unions draw a line in the sand on ... - State & Federal Corruption: Democrats Hold Off GOP Attack On Rangel
Rep. Charles B. Rangel sat stone-faced as the House chamber buzzed around him, preparing to vote on a measure that could partly undo his almost four decades of work in Congress.
As Republicans pre... - Media Center: Liberals Attack the anti-Obama Charge
RALEIGH At first glance, news that another right-wing group was airing $10,000 worth of anti-Obama television ads in South Carolina next week didn't seem all that unusual. Groups opposing health care ... - National Defense: OBama Opens the Door to Terrorism - Nobel Prize
Barack Obama did not so much get a win with the Nobel Peace Prize today as the U.S. Military and General Stanley McChrystal sustained a loss. The Prize itself will also be a loser along with all p... - Media Center: McChrystal, Troops the Real Losers of Nobel Award
Barack Obama did not so much get a win with the Nobel Peace Prize today as the U.S. Military and General Stanley McChrystal sustained a loss. The Prize itself will also be a loser along with all pre... - National Defense: Taliban Gaining Firepower and Confidence
(CBS) It took months before the Taliban agreed to show CBS News their operations.
This was not like our last encounter with the Taliban three years ago when they were open to our visit. This time... - Radical Socialism: Are the Radical Socialists Taking over OUR Country?
The radical socialists have taken over banks, automakers, insurance companies, and are now threatening a government health care takeover that will destroy the highest quality care in the world.
We ... - Big Government: What Happens when you break your Backbone?
Dear President Obama,
You say you love small business, where 90% of new jobs come from. The backbone of America. Have you ever ran one? Do you even know the definition of small business?
Did yo... - State & Federal Corruption: 'We're now in the middle of a bloodless coup'
An excerpt from a recent WorldNetDaily post by Bob Unrue:
‘Make no mistake. We’re now in the middle of a bloodless coup’
A political activist who was behind the famous Willie Horton advertisem... - Liberty: Freedoms slipping away in America
Is America still "Our Home Sweet Home?" Has God slowly been taken out of the equation? Do God and real faith still exist in the world? Lately so many freedoms are slipping through our fingers.
Our co... - US SC Senator Jim Demint Will Seek Re-Election
"When South Carolinians elected me to the U.S. Senate in 2004, I promised to fight for the principles of freedom that made America the greatest and most prosperous country in history. But politician... - Obama Care: Insurance industry launches attack on Democrats' healthcare reform plan
• PriceWaterHouseCoopers predicts rise in premiums• Senate finance committee set to vote on $829bn bill
The US health insurance industry has launched a last-minute attack on Democratic healthca... - Tax and Spend: Inexcusable Waste - Citizen Soldier Support Program
It's bad enough when a public university uses tax dollars to finance extended sabbaticals for its administrators. But what's really outrageous is when it spends more than $7 million on a program to he... - Obama Care: Democrats face two bad options on health plan
Congress faces two politically unpalatable options on health care: Higher fines for working-class Americans who don't buy insurance or increases in spending and taxes after insurance providers predict... - Invasion of Illegals: Bill Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From 2010 Census
(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. Senate could vote today on a provision to ban illegal immigrants from the 2010 Census.
The measure is an amendment which "USA Today" reports would mandate census takers... - National Defense: It's All Downhill For Obama Now
When it comes to Barack Obama, there are two kinds of people. One still believes he walks on water, the other knows he's just a talented politician.
The five-man Nobel peace panel obviously bel... - Invasion of Illegals: Juarez drug cartels crossing over the Texas border
JUAREZ, Mexico (KTRK) -- The drug violence in Juarez, Mexico, just across the Texas border, is growing worse.
So far this month, nearly 100 people have been killed. The city now holds the infamous... - HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT BRINGS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE FOREFRONT HERE
September's unemployment figures were not only disappointing -- they were grim. For the 21st straight month, Americans lost jobs. Fifteen million are out of work -- 5 million for more than six months.... - Big Government: Rage at Government for Doing Too Much and Not Enough
WASHINGTON -- Americans have historically swung between anger at big business and anger at Washington. This year their rage has targeted business and government with equal fury.
Public frustration ... - Radical Socialism: The future is in our hands
Here we go again trying to bring down a president with words: He is not an American, he is Muslim, etc. For eight years, there were the Bush bashers and now we hear/see the Obama bashers. This nation ... - Liberty: Corporate America is fighting back
After a year in which the financial crisis forced the U.S. government to insert itself into the economy in unprecedented ways and pushed Americans' faith in business to new lows, Corporate America is ... - Tax and Spend: School Choice in N.C. Takes A Small Step Forward in 2009
RALEIGH — The movement to allow greater access to educational alternatives and programs, by expanding charter schools, providing tax credits for educational expenses, and giving homeschooled student... - Liberty: The Conservative Activist
A good website that complements out efforts at wake up America. They were kind enough to put our website on their homepage. So we reciprocate in kind. Working together to rescue America from radical s... - Obama Care: Is the healthcare debate about reform or Obama?
Healthcare reform appears to be moving forward. The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday passed a bill, and legislation could reach the Senate floor the week after next.
But over the past few months... - Liberty: Too late! Hill tops Bam in latest poll
Hillary Rodham Clinton might be regretting her promise never to run for president again -- a new poll shows the secretary of state is now more popular than President Obama.
Some 62 percent of respo... - State & Federal Corruption: Dry all over, except Easley's golf course
As a four-year drought parched North Carolina into the middle of 2002, then-Gov. Mike Easley and his administration called it a major disaster. The governor urged people everywhere to save water, and ... - Governor’s Erratic Behavior Continues
Signed bill reducing prison sentences for rapists and murders in August
Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Beverly Perdue yesterday expressed outrage that a court ruling was forcing the state to release pr... - Radical Socialism: Heroes or villians?
Another member of the Obama administration is raising questions and eyebrows over comments she made regarding Mao Tse Tung.
Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director, is under fire after a v... - Tax and Spend: US deficit surges to all-time record
As a portion of the economy, the budget deficit stood at 10 percent, the highest since World War II, according to government data released Friday.President Barack Obama has pledged to reduce the defic... - Liberty: Excuses wearing thin for Obama, media pals
Have you heard the news? President Obama inherited an economic mess from the Bush administration.
You say that's hardly news? But it's been the message sounded over and over by the White House. Top O... - Obama Care: Secret Obamacare Negotiations Enter Day 7 the fix is in
As the secret Obamacare negotiations enter Day 7, word has leaked from the meeting that the White House and Senate leaders have ordered Congress to pass a $247 billion dollar payoff to doctors groups ... - National Defense: Gates: U.S. Cannot Wait for Afghan Election to Make Troop Decision
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the Obama administration cannot wait for the Afghan election to be resolved before making a decision on troop levels, appearing to be at odds with Whit... - Obama Watch: Anita Dunn says Fox is a GOP Wing
The White House communications director, Anita Dunn, said FOX News is a "wing of the Republican Party...let's not pretend they're a news network." To draw attention to its biased coverage, President O... - Alexander to White House: Don't Create 'Enemies List'
A top Senate Republican took to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to suggest that the Obama White House is plotting a political strategy similar to that of ex-President Richard Nixon and may be on th... - Invasion of Illegals: Survey shows strong support for immigration raids
Just under two-thirds of Americans want see more raids on businesses who hire illegal immigrants and to see those illegal workers arrested.
A national survey conducted earlier this month by Rasmusse... - Obama Watch: Obama Compares Fox News To Talk Radio
President Obama spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his administration's portrayal of Fox News as an illegitimate news organization -- only to say he's not "losing sleep" over the contro... - National Defense: Cheney: Obama's Afghan War Strategy 'Bears Striking Resemblance' to Bush's
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that the Bush administration had developed a new strategy on the war in Afghanistan before leaving office -- a strategy that he said "bears a striking ... - Invasion of Illegals: Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus
OKLAHOMA CITY – In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of th... - Radical Socialism: Obama's socialism success "requires destruction of family and church," says U.S. senator
A United States senator this week is the latest person to echo Rush Limbaugh’s sentiment, “Americans should want Obama to fail.” Why? Because the president’s socialist policies threaten human ... - Liberty: White House Backs Away From Deeds
Obama losing ground in the traditional blue state of Virginia and the beltway will bode well for the movement to take back our country from the radical socialist agenda that obama and his cronies are ... - Big Government: Democrats look set to lose key election
The hundreds of civil war gravestones in Culpeper cemetery tell of the town’s bloody history. Halfway between the opposing capitals of Richmond and Washington, it saw more battles than anywhere else... - State & Federal Corruption: Hearing on Easley Campaign Finances Convenes This Week
RALEIGH — Monday at 11 a.m., the North Carolina Board of Elections will convene a hearing to investigate allegations of campaign-finance violations by former Gov. Mike Easley, donors to Easley's ca... - A very special customer
Car dealer Robert F. Bleecker testified that he gave Gov. Mike Easley an SUV to lease with little more than a handshake and a promise to pay for it later.
Bleecker testified that the lease had no... - Big Government: McIntyre Foe Takes Bonded Term Limits Pledge
Breazeale pledges to stay in Congress three terms or pay $250,000 to private charity
RALEIGH – Iraq war veteran and congressional hopeful Will Breazeale on Thursday became the first candidate in th... - Tax and Spend: Alert the Irony Police
RALEIGH – Alert the Irony Police! The State of North Carolina is now scrutinizing the monthly financials for two western counties, Swain and Yancey. They’ve fallen under the fiscal thumb of stat... - Media Center: Easley campaign finance hearing
The State Board of Elections holds a hearing on the fundraising and spending of former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign.
Watch it live on WRAL.com - Videos: The Pledge of Allegiance - Unplugged
- Liberty: Obama's big change: He moves America to the Right
As promised, Barack Obama is bringing change to America. He's making it more Republican.
It's not that more people are actually becoming Republicans or calling themselves Republicans -- the number of... - Obama Care: The Public Option: Let's Not Opt Out and Say We Did
Insurers are furious that Senate majority leader Harry Reid's health-care-reform bill will include a public option - even though it lets states opt out if they don't want the government-run insurance ... - State & Federal Corruption: Who's Who at the Easley Hearings
RALEIGH — On Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at 11 a.m., the North Carolina Board of Elections convened a hearing to investigate allegations of campaign-finance violations by former Gov. Mike Easley, donors ... - Day 1 : Board of Elections/Easley Hearing Update
Posted by David N. Bass at 4:50 PM
SBOE wraps for the day, 4:45 p.m.
The Board of Elections called it quits for the day just a moment ago. They'll convene at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Garrett qu... - Day 2 Easley Hearing Update
Posted by David N. Bass at 09:05 AM
Board takes 15-minute break, then adjourns early, 4:10 p.m.
Leake announces that he has a meeting with the Attorney General's office this afternoon to discuss... - Videos: Ronald Reagan Unplugged
- Tax and Spend: 50 Examples of Government Waste
Soaring government spending and trillion-dollar budget deficits have brought fiscal responsibility--and reducing government waste--back onto the national agenda.
President Obama recently identified... - State & Federal Corruption: Easley Testimony Contradicts Campbell, Undercuts Own Party
RALEIGH – Political observers knew he would show up, but few could have guessed that he would hang around so long.Former Gov. Mike Easley, the subject of a North Carolina Board of Elections’ inves... - Radical Socialism: Dismantling America
Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many “czars” appointed by the president, c... - Obama Care: Government Can't Run Itself. It Certainly Can't Run Health Insurance
Democrats are gleeful over a recent decision pushed for by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to include a “public option” in their proposed government run health management and insurance reform b... - Obama Watch: NEW POLLS GIVE HOPE THAT AMERICA IS WAKING UP TO OBAMA’S CHANGE!
In the latest polling from USA Today/Gallup, 54% of Americans now say that Barack Obama’s policies are either liberal or very liberal. That number is up from 43% in November of 2008. USA Today/... - National Defense: Jeff Flake to Nancy Pelosi: Strip PMA Group earmarks
Citing the revelation of an ethics review of senior defense appropriators, a leading House earmark critic has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to eliminate more than 70 projects — totaling nearly $2... - Liberty: Wake up America:
Freedom is at stake
Our government is out of control. America is in big trouble.
Our nation is on the verge of bankruptcy, thanks to years of uncontrolled federal spending, the 2008 financial bailout, the recent tril... - Obama Care: Morning Bell: The Pelosi Blueprint for Government Run Health Care
The new House health care bill (H.R. 3962) unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) yesterday clocks in at 1,990 pages and about 400,000 words. As written, the bill purports to cost only $1.05 trillion... - National Defense: White House: Afghan Troop Decision Weeks Away, Muddled Runoff Will Not Alter Review
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is still weeks away from deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, the White House said Sunday amid pressure from lawmakers to settle on a war strategy despite... - State Watch: Warren won't seek 3rd term In NC Congress
HIDDENITE - North Carolina Rep. Ray Warren announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election for a third term in office.
Warren, who represents Alexander County and a portion of Catawba County a... - State & Federal Corruption: Berger Responds to Elections Board Decision
Hearings Productive as Investigations Continue into Democratic Party and former Governor Easley
Raleigh, N.C. - Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued a statement in response to t... - State Watch: Berger Responds to Elections Board Decision
Hearings Productive as Investigations Continue into Democratic Party and former Governor Easley
Raleigh, N.C. - Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued a statement in response to t... - Sen. Tony Rand stepping down
State Sen. Tony Rand, one of the most powerful political figures in the state, is leaving the Senate.
Rand, a Fayetteville Democrat, will become chairman of the state Parole Board, Mark Johnson repor... - Obama Watch: Unemployment hits 12.2 Percent in October... the highest jobless rate since 1983.
... the highest jobless rate since 1983.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. unemployment rate climbed to 10.2% in October, topping the 10% mark for the first time in 26 years, the Labor Department r... - State Watch: NC US Senators and Congress Reps Names and Numbers
Providing Names and Numbers in NC...
Senators:
Senator Kay Hagan (202) 224-6342
Senator Richard Burr (202) 224-3154
Congressmen:
1st - G. K... - Obama Watch: Elected State and Federal Official Contact Info
With the the state of the economy, unemployment rate, bailouts, rising taxes, earmarks, and danger of radical socialism takeover of the US Government that concern each US citizen, who has a pulse, we ... - State Watch: Elected State and Federal Official Contact Info
With the the state of the economy, unemployment rate, bailouts, rising taxes, earmarks, and danger of radical socialism takeover of the US Government that concern each US citizen, who has a pulse, we ... - Videos: Thank You Ronald Reagan
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- Radical Socialism: Democratic Leaders Get Boot
Wake up, Democratic leaders
Last August, I wrote that on marquee issues — health care reform, cap and trade and the recession — the Democrats are unwilling to listen to the legitimate concerns of... - Featured: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks NC Tax Reform Panel To Study "Fair Tax."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/2/09
"With 9.8% unemployment, The time has finally come for NC to have a pro-economic growth tax system"
(Raleigh, NC) – On November 3rd a joint NC House and NC Senate Fi... - Media Center: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks NC Tax Reform Panel To Study "Fair Tax."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/2/09
"With 9.8% unemployment, The time has finally come for NC to have a pro-economic growth tax system"
(Raleigh, NC) – On November 3rd a joint NC House and NC Senate Fi... - Tax and Spend: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks NC Tax Reform Panel To Study "Fair Tax."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/2/09
"With 9.8% unemployment, The time has finally come for NC to have a pro-economic growth tax system"
(Raleigh, NC) – On November 3rd a joint NC House and NC Senate Fi... - State Watch: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks NC Tax Reform Panel To Study "Fair Tax."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/2/09
"With 9.8% unemployment, The time has finally come for NC to have a pro-economic growth tax system"
(Raleigh, NC) – On November 3rd a joint NC House and NC Senate Fi... - Obama Care: NJ Democrat won’t be Corzined — opposes Obamacare
Following the dis-election of Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine on Tuesday, Democratic Congressman John Adler of New Jersey has decided to oppose Obamacare.
Elections matter.
His press release:
Washin... - Featured: Democrats Face Electoral Backlash After Health Care Vote, Top Republican Warns
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., chairman of the House Republican Conference, tells 'Fox News Sunday' that the House health care reform vote proves Democrats have not listened to American concerns about over-... - Obama Care: Democrats Face Electoral Backlash After Health Care Vote, Top Republican Warns
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., chairman of the House Republican Conference, tells 'Fox News Sunday' that the House health care reform vote proves Democrats have not listened to American concerns about over-... - National Defense: Casey: War in Afghanistan Needs More U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON -- The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.
Casey says more t... - Obama Care: Casey: War in Afghanistan Needs More U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON -- The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.
Casey says more t... - Liberty: Wake up, Democratic leaders
Last August, I wrote that on marquee issues — health care reform, cap and trade and the recession — the Democrats are unwilling to listen to the legitimate concerns of center-leaning voters and bu... - Videos: NC State Government Political Corruption
The TV ad notes a newspaper editorial citing how no real cuts were made in the state budget, while the largest tax increase in history was passed during a recession. Columnists such as John Hood h... - TV Ads: NC State Government Political Corruption
The TV ad notes a newspaper editorial citing how no real cuts were made in the state budget, while the largest tax increase in history was passed during a recession. Columnists such as John Hood h... - National Defense: White House Leans Toward Sending More Than 30,000 Troops to Afghanistan
The White House and military officials are leaning toward sending more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Officials said President Obama will not announce his decision until aft... - Invasion of Illegals: Texas governor says Obama ‘hell-bent’ on making America socialist
Speaking at a supportive luncheon for conservative women Wednesday, Texas' Republican governor Rick Perry declared that President Barack Obama was "hell-bent" on turning the United States red.
“T... - Radical Socialism: Texas governor says Obama ‘hell-bent’ on making America socialist
Speaking at a supportive luncheon for conservative women Wednesday, Texas' Republican governor Rick Perry declared that President Barack Obama was "hell-bent" on turning the United States red.
“T... - Terrorism: Fort Hood massacre: Gunman linked to al-Qaeda as he awakes from coma
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood military base in Texas, awoke from a coma on Monday as it emerged he had tried to make contact with al-Qaeda before carrying out the massacre... - National Defense: Five 9/11 Suspects to Face Trial in New York
Mohammed and the four others -- Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali -- are accused of orchestrating the attacks that killed 2,973 people on Sept. 11, ... - Obama Watch: Five 9/11 Suspects to Face Trial in New York
Mohammed and the four others -- Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali -- are accused of orchestrating the attacks that killed 2,973 people on Sept. 11, ... - State Watch: GOP wins NJ's top seat
Political observers have pointed to several reasons why the GOP achieved a different kind of statewide result this election year, the first being the local effects of a global recession, including ris... - Terrorism: Fort Hood massacre shows how political correctness can kill
The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, last week has shined a harsh, unremitting light on the hold that "political correctness" has on the American military. There is an eruption of commentary on the appal... - Big Government: Big Labor and Big Government are Officially the Same Thing
Who do the words “union members” bring to mind? United Auto Workers building cars in Detroit? Teamsters truckers hauling freight? Steel workers in Pennsylvania?
Not any more. Newly released numbe... - Obama Care: Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact i... - Featured: A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
WASHINGTON – In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a l... - Terrorism: A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
WASHINGTON – In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a l... - Obama Watch: China Criticizes U.S. Financial Management During Obama Visit
BEIJING -- China's top banking regulator issued a sharp critique of U.S. financial management only hours before President Barack Obama commenced his first visit to the Asian giant, highlighting econom... - Big Government: McCain says Chrysler unlikely to survive
Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday that Chrysler Group LLC is unlikely to survive, despite receiving nearly $15 billion in government loans.
McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, reit... - Featured: Conservatives Rally in Raleigh
RALEIGH -- In a political rally that at times seemed like a religious revival, more than 400 demonstrators marched at the State Capitol on Saturday to protest higher taxes and Democratic federal healt... - State Watch: Conservatives Rally in Raleigh
RALEIGH -- In a political rally that at times seemed like a religious revival, more than 400 demonstrators marched at the State Capitol on Saturday to protest higher taxes and Democratic federal healt... - Obama Watch: Obama Draws Fire for Bow to Japanese Emperor
President Obama's deep bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito on Saturday may not have violated any official protocol, but critics of the presidential act of deference nevertheless say he's guilty of bad... - State Watch: N.Y. Governor: Sept. 11 Trial a Bad Idea
The government's plan to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused of masterminding the 9/11 attacks on trial in Manhattan is a bad idea, Gov. Paterson said today.
"This is not a decision th... - Obama Watch: How Copenhagen died during Barack Obama's Asia trip
He did it! During his trip to China, President Barack Obama mentioned human rights and the importance of free thinking, and China didn’t dump its massive pile of U.S. dollars. America must still hav... - Terrorism: Prepare for Osama bin Laden trial
Attorney General Eric Holder has decided to put five of the worst suspected Al Qaeda operatives on trial in New York City for the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Human rights advocates were pleased, while c... - State Watch: Boseman opts out of run for re-election
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - North Carolina State Senator Julia Boseman announced live on WECT News Thursday that she will not seek re-election in 2010.
"This is solely about being here with my family and... - National Defense: House GOP ups pressure on W.H. on war
House Republican leaders are increasing pressure on the White House to fulfill the troop request by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the nation's top general in Afghanistan, and end an administration war revi... - Obama Watch: Obama approval dips below 50
President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have dipped below 50 percent for the first time in one prominent poll amid a raft of bad news about the economy and continuing job losses.
The nation’s... - Media Center: Donate to Rescue America from Radical Socialism
Dear Fellow American,
A new national group, WakeUpAmerica.com, has been formed right here in North Carolina to counter the radical socialists at the leftist group MoveOn.org who, along with Acorn a... - Obama Care: How health care reform could fall apart
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eked out 60 votes on a procedural motion to start the health care debate Saturday night – but there’s no guarantee he can pass a bill on the merits.
And as h... - Featured: Forecast for Dem primaries: Ugly
Republicans aren’t the only ones staring at the unnerving prospect of a 2010 primary season filled with smash-mouth intraparty contests that threaten to distract the party and leave Senate nominees ... - Liberty: Palin Derangement Syndrome: The Root Cause Updated
By C. Edmund Wright
“The Alaska Governor is far more than someone who appeals to the (conservative) base, she is someone who can make the base appeal to America.” – C. Edmund Wright in Sep... - Tax and Spend: Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government
Source: NY Times
WASHINGTON — The United States government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.’s on terms that seem too good to be true.
But that happy si... - State Watch: People don't trust politicians - now an Elon University poll proves it
You probably don’t need poll results to tell you most people don’t trust politicians.
But perception of elected officials was one of the topics examined by an Elon University Poll taken last we... - Featured: The United States Constitution
of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Li... - Climate Control: Hiding evidence of global cooling
Scientific progress depends on accurate and complete data. It also relies on replication. The past couple of days have uncovered some shocking revelations about the baloney practices that pass as soun... - Media Center: Thanksgiving Today
Today, we recall President George Washington, who proclaimed our first national day of public thanksgiving to be observed "by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty ... - Week in Review {NEW}: The Week in Review - 11/28/09
This new Category will recap the Posts for the week on our website. Your comments are welcome and encouraged, as we work for you - The American People to Rescue America from Radical Socialism.
1. H... - Featured: ACORN Can Receive Pending Federal Payments, Justice Department Says
The Obama administration legally can pay the embattled community organizing group ACORN for services performed under contracts approved before Congress banned the government from providing money to th... - Big Government: ACORN Can Receive Pending Federal Payments, Justice Department Says
The Obama administration legally can pay the embattled community organizing group ACORN for services performed under contracts approved before Congress banned the government from providing money to th... - Media Center: Online Polling Results
The following are the results of WakeUpAmerica.com's first round of Online Polling:
1. Which of these US States ranks as the Most Politically Corrupt in America?
Illinois (56%, 603 Votes)
North C... - Obama Watch: 7 stories Barack Obama doesn't want told
Source: Politico.com
Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is alr... - Climate Control: Green Ink: Oil Pirates, Copenhagen Conundrum, and Climategate
Crude oil futures rose above $76 a barrel and take your pick of reasons why: A weaker dollar, a Dubai bailout, or more pirate attacks on oil tankers, Bloomberg reports.
So what’s the prognosis fo... - National Defense: Dick Cheney slams President Obama for projecting ‘weakness’
MCLEAN, Va. — On the eve of the unveiling of the nation’s new Afghanistan policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed President Barack Obama for projecting “weakness” to adversaries... - Climate Control: W.H. presser Gibbs says 1000’s of corrupt scientist still makes Global warming undisputed, huh?
Mentally and ethically challenge Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary, poo-pooed Climategate at the White House Press conference yesterday. For years a heated debate has existed on Global Warming... - National Defense: Obama to Terrorists: You Win In 2011
By Kevin McCullough
- FOXNews.com
In the end, President Obama adopted the Bush/Cheney strategy for winning in Afghanistan in his speech on Tuesday night. But with one major difference...
When Pr... - Climate Control: Climategate: Follow the Money
Last year, ExxonMobil donated $7 million to a grab-bag of public policy institutes, including the Aspen Institute, the Asia Society and Transparency International. It also gave a combined $125,000 to ... - Invasion of Illegals: NC Sheriffs Still Reporting Illegals
Despite recent efforts by the federal government to restrain local law enforcement from using the 287 (g) program to identify illegal aliens for deportation, North Carolina sheriffs are still reportin... - State Watch: NC Sheriffs Still Reporting Illegals
Despite recent efforts by the federal government to restrain local law enforcement from using the 287 (g) program to identify illegal aliens for deportation, North Carolina sheriffs are still reportin... - Big Government: GM Chief Fritz Henderson resigns
Chairman Ed Whitacre says he will be CEO until a successor is found. Henderson took over in March when U.S. forced out his predecessor.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In a surprise move, General Motors c... - Obama Watch: Rumsfeld Blasts Apparent Obama Lie in Afghan Speech!
According to Fox News, today, December 2nd 2009, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued the
following statement:
"In the speech to the nation President Obama claimed that Commanders in Af... - Tax and Spend: During Recession, Family Budgets Go Down, State Spending Continues Up
The 2009-10 budget marks a continuation of North Carolina’s dysfunctional “spend and tax” cycle: when times are good the state dramatically increases spending. When a recession hits, state leade... - Obama Watch: Liberals Distance Themselves From the President
By PETER WALLSTEN - WSJ
Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy has opened the biggest divide yet between the Democratic president and the liberal base that swept him into office.
The 30,000-troop ... - Liberty: Sarah Palin applauds Obama's Afghan troop increase
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin says she supports President Barack Obama's decision to boost the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.
But she warns that his plan to send 30,000 additional troops may ... - Featured: WakeUpAmerica.com, the "conservative counter to MoveOn.org" Releases Another TV ad, Liberal TV host Alan Colmes Attacks WakeUpAmerica.com!
(Raleigh, NC) -- In recent months WakeUpAmerica.com, the new conservative 527 group founded by a conservative NC State Senator, State Representative and Raleigh businessman, continues to make national... - Media Center: WakeUpAmerica.com, the "conservative counter to MoveOn.org" Releases Another TV ad, Liberal TV host Alan Colmes Attacks WakeUpAmerica.com!
(Raleigh, NC) -- In recent months WakeUpAmerica.com, the new conservative 527 group founded by a conservative NC State Senator, State Representative and Raleigh businessman, continues to make national... - State & Federal Corruption: Tony Rand accused of insider trading
The former president of a publicly traded Raleigh company is accusing state Sen. Tony Rand of sharing insider information with other North Carolina politicians.
Paul Feldman, who says he was illegall... - Obama Care: McCain Urges Seniors to Abandon AARP
Sen. John McCain is urging senior citizens to cut up their AARP membership cards and mail the pieces back to the organization, claiming AARP has betrayed them.
Citing AARP's past opposition to propos... - Terrorism: Taliban Detainee Claims Bin Laden Seen in Afghanistan
A Taliban detainee in Pakistan claims Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden was seen in Afghanistan in January or February of this year, the BBC reports.
The inmate, who said he met bin Laden numerous ti... - Radical Socialism: Liberal Media continues to suppress phony global warming scam
Despite common knowledge to the contrary, Al Gore is traveling around the world as "Chicken Little" telling all humanity that the "Sky is falling, the sky is falling!" And yet, the media is still in h... - Climate Control: Liberal Media continues to suppress phony global warming scam
Despite common knowledge to the contrary, Al Gore is traveling around the world as "Chicken Little" telling all humanity that the "Sky is falling, the sky is falling!" And yet, the media is still in h... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 12/5/09
1. Liberal Media continues to suppress phony global warming scam
Despite common knowledge to the contrary, Al Gore is traveling around the world as "Chicken Little" telling all humanity that the "S... - State Watch: N.C. group recruits for new term-limit pledge idea
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A novel method to persuade politicians to fulfill term-limit pledges came to John Skvarla of Pinehurst three years ago when his specialty construction company got bonded for an ... - Climate Control: Republicans Slam EPA Over CO2 Finding, as Envoy Calls E-Mail Flap 'Small Blip'
The U.S. envoy to the international climate change conference in Copenhagen on Monday called the controversy over leaked e-mails at a British research center a "small blip," but Republicans think it s... - Big Government: Activist Group Puts Bounty on Head of Chamber of Commerce CEO
Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue is a wanted man -- at least according to the liberal activist group that's put a de facto bounty on his head.
A network of liberal groups known as Velvet Revolutio... - Tax and Spend: Obama Looks to Boost Small Business With Bailout Money, Tax Credits
President Obama plans to endorse a handful of jobs-creation measures Tuesday that would target small businesses with tax credits to encourage hiring and unused Wall Street bailout dollars to increase ... - Obama Care: Michael Steele to President Obama: Delay health care
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele urged President Barack Obama to push back health care reform on Tuesday, arguing that Obama should be solely focused on a still lagging economy.... - National Defense: Gates: 'In this thing to win'
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced trip, where he said his message to both the Afghans and U.S. troops is that the administration “is in this thing to win,... - Radical Socialism: Climate treaty endangers U.S.
Hanging over our freedom and sovereignty is a document called the“United Nations Climate ChangeTreaty.”
So what, you may say?
Here’s what.The plan is to have signatories from all countries... - Climate Control: Climate treaty endangers U.S.
Hanging over our freedom and sovereignty is a document called the“United Nations Climate ChangeTreaty.”
So what, you may say?
Here’s what.The plan is to have signatories from all countries... - Terrorism: Cheney Rips 'Radical' Obama, Warns 9/11 Trial Will Make Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a 'Hero'
FOXNews.com
Former vice president says holding trial in lower Manhattan near ground zero will make self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed "a hero in certain circles."
NEW YOR... - Obama Watch: Obama's Approval Rating Drops to 47%
The most recent Gollup Poll shows Obama's approval rating continues its downward slide amidst a number of political defeats and not following through with campaign promises. The American people are sh... - State Watch: Civitas Poll: Leave Prosecutor in Place
Raleigh, N.C. – The federal prosecutor investigating former Democratic Gov. Mike Easley and former Democratic Sen. John Edwards should be left in place until his work is complete say the voters in N... - Featured: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks for YOUR Donations to Help Rescue America from Radical Socialism
In 2008 MoveOn.org and Acorn took over America for Barak Obama and the radical socialists. WakeUpAmerica.com was founded in August 2009 to counter these groups — A CONSERVATIVE organization poised t... - Liberty: WakeUpAmerica.com Asks for YOUR Donations to Help Rescue America from Radical Socialism
In 2008 MoveOn.org and Acorn took over America for Barak Obama and the radical socialists. WakeUpAmerica.com was founded in August 2009 to counter these groups — A CONSERVATIVE organization poised t... - Videos: A Tribute to Our Fallen Soldiers
Thank you all for your service and sacrifice. You are what America is made of - Life, Honor, and the Pursuit of Happiness. May God Bless you and Your Families.
Each year Worcester Wreath Company do... - State & Federal Corruption: Mark Penn's two firms awarded millions from stimulus for PR campaign
Burson-Marsteller won the contract to work on a public-relations campaign to advertise the national switch from analog to digital television. Nearly $2.8 million of the contract was awarded through a ... - Obama Watch: White House's Acorn Cookies Surprises Republican Lawmaker
Any fan of Cookie Monster on Sesame Street knows that "C" is for cookie.
But at the Obama White House, "A" may be for acorn -- as in acorn cookies served at Monday's annual Christmas party.
The ... - Obama Care: Obamacare: Let me Get This Straight
We're going to pass a health care plan
written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it,
passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it,
signed by a preside... - State & Federal Corruption: State pursuing indictment against Sen. Soles
RALEIGH, N.C. — A grand jury in North Carolina has found probable cause to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles, D-Columbus, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
A s... - Climate Control: GOP Senators Urge U.N. to Appoint Independent Investigator Over 'Climate-Gate'
A band of 28 Republican senators is calling on the United Nations to appoint an independent investigator to probe leaked e-mails they claim raise serious questions about the science behind global ... - Big Government: For feds, more get 6-figure salaries
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.The number of fed... - Tax and Spend: GOP blasts Democrats' plan to raise federal debt limit by $1.8 trillion
WASHINGTON – House Republicans railed Friday against a plan to raise the federal debt limit by $1.8 trillion, accusing Democrats of trying to hide their profligacy by tacking it on to a must-pass ... - Obama Care: Business Roundtable edges away from health reform plan
Without fundamental changes to the current health reform plans, the White House and congressional Democrats risk losing the last major corporate group that is standing by their effort: The Business Ro... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 12/12/09
N.C. group recruits for new term-limit pledge idea
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A novel method to persuade politicians to fulfill term-limit pledges came to John Skvarla of Pinehurst three years ago when h... - Obama Care: Senate Dems struggle to get health care on track
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman strongly rebutted charges Monday that he flip-flopped to oppose the expansion of Medicare as part of health care legislation, as Democratic leaders struggled t... - Climate Control: Time Is Running Out for Climate Change, U.S. Negotiator Says
The chief negotiator for the U.S. at the climate summit in Copenhagen says leaders have made some progress, but that it is not enough and time is running out to come up with deal that all countries ca... - State Watch: Bart Gordon retiring
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) announced he’s not running for re-election this morning, becoming the fourth House Democrat from a politically-competitive district to announce retirement plans in the l... - Big Government: GOP brings concerns on jobs, climate
House Republican leaders used a trip to the White House Wednesday to deliver a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern with plans for a new economic stimulus bill, cap-and-trade legisl... - Climate Control: Inconvenient Truth for Gore as Arctic Ice Claims Don't Add Up
There are many kinds of truth. Al Gore was hit by an inconvenient one yesterday.
The former vice president, who became an unlikely figurehead for the green movement after narrating the Oscar-wi... - Terrorism: Guantanamo Detainees Will Be Moved to Illinois
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will ac... - Obama Watch: Obama gives himself a B-plus -- an A-minus if health care passes
In giving himself "a solid B-plus" for his presidency to date, President Obama also showed how high a political premium he places on new health care legislation.
"B-plus because of the things that ... - State Watch: NC State senator won't run for re-election, says he'll leave office after 18 years
State Sen. David Hoyle has decided not to seek a 10th term in the General Assembly and will leave office next December after representing Gaston County for 18 years.
“I didn’t intend to serve f... - State & Federal Corruption: Editorial - Soles has met his term limit
Dogged by accusations, Soles should let someone else fill his legislative shoes
The events of 2009 should send a strong message to state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. that it’s time to bow out. The windo... - National Defense: Iran's Motives
Iran’s motives are clear
Now that the Iranian government has taken a clear stand — in effect ignoring the international community and all agreements — it’s time for a resolution on the nuclea... - Climate Control: Climate Talks Sail Into Rough Seas
COPENHAGEN -- Nothing seems to be going smoothly as the U.N. climate negotiations reach their climax here.
Inside the Bella Center, a bloc of major developing countries clashed with the conference'... - Obama Care: Angry liberals: Why didn't Obama fight?
More than anything else in Barack Obama’s presidency so far, health reform has exposed a get-a-deal-at-any-cost side of Obama that infuriates his party’s progressives.
And as Democrats trie... - Radical Socialism: Copenhagen or Hopenhagen? Socialism by any other name is still socialism
Iran may be upset with Obama but Hugo Chavez still praises his name. Wake up America, global warming is not about protecting the environment any more than universal health care is about health care f... - Climate Control: Copenhagen or Hopenhagen? Socialism by any other name is still socialism
Iran may be upset with Obama but Hugo Chavez still praises his name. Wake up America, global warming is not about protecting the environment any more than universal health care is about health care f... - Terrorism: Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose GITMO Transfer
A new poll released by Gallup shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the idea of closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and moving terrorist suspects held there to prisons in the U.S.
... - National Defense: Dems use vote to tweak GOP on troops
The early-morning Republican opposition to a procedural vote on the Defense department’s spending bill is giving some Democrats a rare opportunity to bash the GOP on its support of the troops.
So... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 12/19/09
Senate Dems struggle to get health care on track
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Lieberman strongly rebutted charges Monday that he flip-flopped to oppose the expansion of Medicare as part of health c... - Obama Watch: Obama And His Appointees Dismantling US
President Barack Hussein Obama is proceeding to destroy America and has opened up a six-front war to do so:
1. He has a Democratic controlled Congress that is willing to rubber-stamp his wildest sc... - Obama Care: GOP leader vows to stay to February
With victory finally in sight, Senate Democrats want to ram health care reform through the chamber with as little debate as possible. Republicans say they’ll slow the votes down as much as the arcan... - State Watch: Poll: GOP has best chance since 94 to win NC House and Senate
A new survey by Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling shows Republicans in their best position in years to take over one or even both chambers in the N.C. General Assembly next year.
The poll by the ... - Obama Care: Senate Democrats Work to Advance Health Bill Following 'Big Victory'
Democratic senators worked toward making health care reform their Christmas gift, reconvening on Capitol Hill Monday buoyed by the success of the first in a series of votes on the sweeping overhaul.
... - National Defense: Stalemate: How Obama's Iran Outreach Failed
Having concluded that President Obama's outreach has failed to halt Iran's nuclear program, the final weeks of 2009 find his Administration focused on mustering support for new sanctions against the I... - Featured: The Price Is Right? Payoffs for Senators Typical in Health Care Bill
Sen. Ben Nelson's hardly the only lawmaker extracting sweetheart deals out of the health care reform bill.
While the Nebraska Democrat got a particularly juicy concession in exchange for a "yes" vo... - Obama Care: The Price Is Right? Payoffs for Senators Typical in Health Care Bill
Sen. Ben Nelson's hardly the only lawmaker extracting sweetheart deals out of the health care reform bill.
While the Nebraska Democrat got a particularly juicy concession in exchange for a "yes" vo... - Invasion of Illegals: Immigration Enforcement Fuels Spike in U.S. Cases
Federal prosecutions reached a record high in the 2009 fiscal year, with the surge driven by a sharp increase in cases filed against immigration violators.
The 169,612 federal prosecutions were a j... - Terrorism: Admin short on money for Thomson
Obama administration officials think they are unlikely to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and move terrorism suspects there to Illinois until 2011 at the earliest, The New York Times reports.
T... - State & Federal Corruption: Odd Couple Demands Probe of Rahm Emanuel at Freddie as More Money Rolls In
WASHINGTON -- Two strange bedfellows have asked Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate President Obama's right-hand man, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, for his potential role in the near collapse o... - SBI looks into possible witness tampering in RC Soles case
The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into possible witness tampering in the case against State Senator RC Soles. Sources tell WWAY, two of the people involved in the shooting at the Senator's ... - Tax and Spend: Federal Debt Limit Hike Wins Final Congressional Approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) --A divided U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval Thursday to a $290 billion hike in the federal debt limit, enough to finance the record U.S. deficit for another two mont... - Obama Care: Republicans Look for Mechanisms to Halt Health Insurance Bill
The Senate battle may be over for now, but Republicans are vowing the war is not yet lost.
Congress may be gone for several weeks enjoying a winter holiday, but Republicans say they will keep up th... - State Watch: Federal Health Care “Reform” Proposal Would Add $600 Million to N.C.’s Already Strained Budget
North Carolina’s state budget is already at the breaking point. In order to “balance” the current year’s spending plan, lawmakers grasped at a patchwork list of revenue, including more than $1... - Liberty: Read the constitution and get back to basics
Source: Chicago Daily Herold
Wake up America. This great country was founded on a document created by leaders who had escaped from a tyrannical government and came to a new land to give all men fre... - We are NOT going to Take it Anymore
Do you remember the scene? The Senate. Barbara Boxer hearing from a Brigadier General? Silly General! He addresses Barbara as “Ma’m”, and she CORRECTS him, telling him she’s “worked SO hard ... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 12/26/09
Obama And His Appointees Dismantling US
President Barack Hussein Obama is proceeding to destroy America and has opened up a six-front war to do so:
1. He has a Democratic controlled Congress that ... - Liberty: America’s Best Hope – Fifty Sovereign States
There is a saying that all politics is local. But as the federal government expands its role in our lives, there is no longer much distinction between national and local. Every person, every home, eve... - Terrorism: System 'did not' work - Napolitano revises comments
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano reversed course Monday and admitted the U.S. air travel security system failed after a Nigerian man attempted to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.
On t... - Liberty: Democracy Under Attack
A Letter from a Concerned US Citizen Posted on WakeUpAmerica.Com's Web Form
As we celebrate Christmas with friends and family, we also need to be mindful that our freedoms and way of life are being e... - State & Federal Corruption: Dems' Turn to Unravel
It is one of the immutable laws of American politics that whichever major party is riding high today will be dusting itself off tomorrow.
A year ago, the Democrats thought they had achieved nirvana. ... - Obama Watch: Handling problems the Obama way
HONOLULU — There is a sense of déjà vu in the Obama administration’s response to the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. A by-now familiar pattern has been established for dealing wit... - National Defense: New cybersecurity Czar faces huge hurdles
President Barack Obama has reached into the private sector and named Howard A. Schmidt as the new coordinator for cybersecurity in the administration – a new “Cybersecurity Czar,” if you will. ... - State & Federal Corruption: '09: Year of Dem Scandals
RALEIGH — Two governors — one leaving office, the other beginning — probably couldn't imagine the troubles that they would see as 2009 began.
For the newcomer to the job, Beverly Perdue, the ... - State Watch: Holliman to face tougher election
GOP, interest groups gear up to beat him after he backed higher taxes, smoking ban
State Rep. Hugh Holliman, a Democrat from Lexington, is one of the most powerful members of the General Assembly -- ... - Tax and Spend: Alarm over Treasury aid Fannie/Freddie cap probed
Lawmakers are calling for an investigation of the Treasury Department's decision to lift the cap on government cash for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that essentially gives unlimited aid to the m... - Government Moves Toward New Aid for Auto Finance Firm GMAC, Source Says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government was moving ahead Wednesday on a fresh multibillion dollar cash infusion to stabilize auto financing company GMAC Financial Services, according to a person with knowle... - Featured: GOP lawmakers stay vocal during break
On the Sunday before Christmas, 40 conservative House Republicans jumped on a conference call to talk about political strategy going into the holiday break.
The message from Republican Study Co... - Liberty: GOP lawmakers stay vocal during break
On the Sunday before Christmas, 40 conservative House Republicans jumped on a conference call to talk about political strategy going into the holiday break.
The message from Republican Study Co... - Radical Socialism: Do the liberal elite care that they are harming America?
[The liberal elite] know that the people simply cannot be trusted; that they are incapable of just and fair self-government; that left to their own devices, their society will be racist, sexist, homop... - Terrorism: Democrats' worst nightmare: Terrorism on their watch
From the time he launched his campaign for president three years ago, Barack Obama had to consider how he would react to the first serious act of terrorism during the campaign, or if he won, on his ... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 01/02/10
America’s Best Hope – Fifty Sovereign States
There is a saying that all politics is local. But as the federal government expands its role in our lives, there is no longer much distinction between... - Obama Care: Senate Dem Asks South Carolina's Top Attorney to 'Call Off the Dogs'
In a phone call Thursday, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., urged South Carolina Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, the head of a group of 13 GOP state attorneys general who are threatening to file a ... - Big Government: How Much Did Big Banks Lend to Small Business in ’09?
Subprime lending was a leading factor in the collapse of the economy, and entrepreneurial advocates say small-business lending is crucial to its full resurrection. FOXBusiness.com asked the nation’s... - Obama Watch: We're losing faith in Obama's ability
President Obama's policies, performance, and attitudes are putting all of us, including his staunchest supporters, at higher levels of risk. The "underwear" bomber incident is just the latest example ... - GOP makes Obama foil in state races
In governor’s races across the country, top GOP candidates are concentrating their attacks on the White House, the surest sign yet that Republicans see opportunity in nationalizing the 2010 election... - State & Federal Corruption: More than two years’ income on his Raleigh home was never reported as required
RALEIGH — Former Gov. Mike Easley failed to list income from the rental of his Raleigh home on at least three consecutive annual economic interest statements — a violation of state ethics laws.The... - Big Government: Steps Back Towards a Citizen Run Government
Proposed:
Congressional Reform Act of 2010
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Se... - Liberty: Steps Back Towards a Citizen Run Government
Proposed:
Congressional Reform Act of 2010
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Se... - Tax and Spend: High Maintenance First Lady
First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale.
First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants- Here are their salaries, Names, and Titles.
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2.... - State Watch: Wilmington mayor Saffo says he will not run for N.C. Senate
Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo will not seek New Hanover County’s state Senate seat in 2010, he said Monday afternoon.
“I felt that I had made a commitment to run for mayor of the city, and I needed... - National Defense: Newt Gingrich: 'We are not safe'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday night that Americans are less “safe” than they were a year ago.
During an interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, the former Republican congr... - Terrorism: Burr: Obama should copy Bush on terror
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr says President Barack Obama's administration isn't tough enough on terrorism.
In an interview on the Bill LuMaye radio show on WPTF-AM, Burr said last week that the attempted C... - Big Government: Wake Up America: Senate Ignores Criminal Liability For Bribery
In an effort to take away our freedom and liberty under the guise of “reforming health care,” the Senate has sunk to new lows in its effort to gain favor with an inexperienced, egotistical preside... - Liberty: Wake Up America: Senate Ignores Criminal Liability For Bribery
In an effort to take away our freedom and liberty under the guise of “reforming health care,” the Senate has sunk to new lows in its effort to gain favor with an inexperienced, egotistical preside... - Obama Care: Wake Up America: Senate Ignores Criminal Liability For Bribery
In an effort to take away our freedom and liberty under the guise of “reforming health care,” the Senate has sunk to new lows in its effort to gain favor with an inexperienced, egotistical preside... - Obama, Dems Agree to Closed-Door Health Negotiations
President Obama and congressional Democrats head into another strategy session Wednesday over health care reform after deciding Tuesday night to keep the final negotiations as GOP-free as possible by ... - Featured: C-SPAN Challenges Congress to Open Health Care Talks to TV Coverage
The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves.
C-SPAN CE... - Obama Care: C-SPAN Challenges Congress to Open Health Care Talks to TV Coverage
The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves.
C-SPAN CE... - Liberty: United States Elections - 2010 and 2012
Elections to the United States Senate will be held on November 2, 2010, for at least 36 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
Thirty-four of the seats are for six-year terms, beginning Janua... - Big Government: Economy Loses 85000 Jobs in December 2009
WASHINGTON – Lack of confidence in the economic recovery led employers to shed a more-than-expected 85,000 net jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at 10 percent. The rate would have... - Obama Watch: Economy Loses 85000 Jobs in December 2009
WASHINGTON – Lack of confidence in the economic recovery led employers to shed a more-than-expected 85,000 net jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at 10 percent. The rate would have... - Terrorism: CIA Bombers Wife Says War Must Go On Against US
ISTANBUL – (AP) The Turkish wife of a Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan says her husband was outraged over the treatment of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib p... - Obama Watch: Steele slaps 'singular focus'
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele released a statement Friday reacting to the December unemployment report by attacking President Barack Obama's "singular focus on enacting his gov... - Tax and Spend: Geithner Called to Explain AIG Bailout Secrecy
WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will face a congressional grilling later this month about the suppression of details on deals that funneled billions to big investment banks wh... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 01/09/10
Senate Dem Asks South Carolina’s Top Attorney to ‘Call Off the Dogs’
In a phone call Thursday, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., urged South Carolina Republican Attorney General Henry McMaster, the head... - Videos: Muslim Mafia: CAIR's Ties to Terrorism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has long been accused of having ties to terrorists. Now the group may be facing its most serious charges yet.
Four Republican lawmakers, led ... - Terrorism: Muslim Mafia: CAIR's Ties to Terrorism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has long been accused of having ties to terrorists. Now the group may be facing its most serious charges yet.
Four Republican lawmakers, led ... - Big Government: Rules change as Congress' veterans depart
WASHINGTON -- Congress is breaking down under the pressures of a number of modern, rapidly changing political dynamics.
Among them: the rise of hyper-partisanship magnified by today's Internet, talk ... - Videos: Myrick talks terrorism in a series on YouTube
U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick says the American people aren't being told the truth about terrorism.
In the wake of a failed attack on a plane bound for Detroit in December, Myrick warns on two new video... - Terrorism: Myrick talks terrorism in a series on YouTube
U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick says the American people aren't being told the truth about terrorism.
In the wake of a failed attack on a plane bound for Detroit in December, Myrick warns on two new video... - Featured: GOP: Response to Reid remark shows double standard
WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard by accepting Sen. Harry Reid's apology for racial remarks about Barack Obama instead of demanding Reid's ouster as majority l... - Liberty: GOP: Response to Reid remark shows double standard
WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Sunday accused Democrats of a double standard by accepting Sen. Harry Reid's apology for racial remarks about Barack Obama instead of demanding Reid's ouster as majority l... - State Watch: Soles decides not to seek another term
TABOR CITY – For the past 42 years state Senator R.C. Soles (D-Pender, Columbus, Brunswick) has had a seat in Raleigh in the General Assembly but all that will change this year as the state’s long... - State & Federal Corruption: Stimulus money sent to phantom ZIP codes in North Carolina
RALEIGH — The federal government sent 2.5 million stimulus dollars to North Carolina ZIP codes that don’t exist.
The information came from the government’s own Web site — Recovery.gov. The ... - State Watch: N.C. Rep. Sandra Spaulding Hughes won't seek re-election
N.C. Rep. Sandra Spaulding Hughes won't seek re-election in House District 18 this year, she said in a news release.
Hughes, a retired teacher and consultant, cited “personal and family reasons... - Invasion of Illegals: N.J. to vote on bill to let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition
(CNN) -- Both houses of the New Jersey legislature plan to vote Monday on a controversial bill backed by Democrats that would qualify illegal immigrants for in-state tuition at public colleges and uni... - Obama Watch: Obama Team Has Too Many Vacancies, Report Says
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has filled key government jobs about as fast as the Bush administration, but too many top positions -- about 40 percent -- remain vacant nearly one year after O... - Big Government: Small Business Owners End 2009 Downbeat
The sentiment of U.S. small business owners stalled in December, hurt by weak sales and worries about government policies, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The National Federation of Inde... - Obama Care: The Man Who'll Kill "Obamacare?
(Weekly Standard) Ask a typical 50-year-old Republican running for office when and why he became a Republican, and you'll likely hear a nostalgic story related to Ronald Reagan. Ask GOP Senate candid... - Obama Watch: Time For A Change? Obama’s Mistakes Say So
I’ve been focusing on how President Obama’s radical ideology and programs are destroying America, as we know it. (“Wake Up Before Obama Destroys America” and “Obama and His Aides Dismantling... - Big Government: Onine advertisers: Boucher putting Internet infrastructure at risk
The online advertising industry's top lobbyist blasted Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) for "misunderstanding" how interactive media work, saying his proposed bill to protect consumers' online privacy is ... - Liberty: Onine advertisers: Boucher putting Internet infrastructure at risk
The online advertising industry's top lobbyist blasted Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) for "misunderstanding" how interactive media work, saying his proposed bill to protect consumers' online privacy is ... - State Watch: Senator’s Company Receives a Slice of $25 Million Pie
Basnight Construction was awarded subcontracted work on part of the new $25 million Jennette’s Pier project currently under construction in Nags Head. The amount of money the construction company i... - Videos: Critics Question $705,000 For Art
- Tax and Spend: Perdue Silent on Unfunded Medicaid Mandate
RALEIGH — In July, Gov. Bev Perdue said she would oppose a federal health care bill that placed additional financial burdens on the states. “We are all hungry for a solution,” she said, “but ... - Big Government: Democrats' Rocky Mountain high takes a tumble in Colorado
Barack Obama claimed the party's presidential nomination at a football stadium here, in a state where Democrats had won the governorship, both houses of the state Legislature, and were about to pick u... - State Watch: Vic Snyder retiring
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) announced tonight that he will be retiring at the end of his term, citing the difficult political environment that he would have faced to win an eighth term in the House.
... - Featured: Brown Takes Lead Over Coakley in Massachusetts Race, Poll Shows
Republican candidate Scott Brown has taken the lead over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, the latest poll shows.
The Suffolk Univers... - Liberty: Brown Takes Lead Over Coakley in Massachusetts Race, Poll Shows
Republican candidate Scott Brown has taken the lead over Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, the latest poll shows.
The Suffolk Univers... - State Watch: NC state Sen Charlie Albertson won run this year, adding to list of Democratic departures
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Another long-serving Democrat in the North Carolina Senate isn't seeking re-election this year.
Budget-writer Sen. Charlie Albertson said Friday he won't seek another term so... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week Ending 01/16/10
Muslim Mafia: CAIR’s Ties to Terrorism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, has long been accused of having ties to terrorists. Now the group may be facing its most serious charges y... - State & Federal Corruption: After Rocky First Year, Geithner Faces Another Test in AIG Bailout Hearing
The Treasury secretary is back in the hot seat, for bailout decisions he made about AIG while he was head of the New York Federal Reserve -- and it has created a firestorm that some critics hope will ... - Obama Care: House Democrats don't like Plan B
House Democrats privately worry that the rank-and-file would reject a doomsday strategy that requires them to approve the Senate health care bill if Republican Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts on Tue... - Obama Watch: Hunt urged Obama to put Wright behind him
A new documentary about Barack Obama's presidential campaign in North Carolina discloses that former Gov. Jim Hunt urged Obama to distance himself from his controversial pastor.
In April 2008, at the... - Invasion of Illegals: Estimates shore up Marco Rubio's claim about illegal immigrants with visas
The statement
"Close to half of the folks in this country illegally, entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas."
Marco Rubio on Thursday, in interview with Glenn Beck
The ruling
Flor... - Big Government: Under Obama, U.S. has taken a step back in war on terror
Why is the Obama administration providing a despicable Nigerian Muslim terrorist named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with sacred American constitutional rights? Why is Obama going to prosecute him in a... - Terrorism: Under Obama, U.S. has taken a step back in war on terror
Why is the Obama administration providing a despicable Nigerian Muslim terrorist named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab with sacred American constitutional rights? Why is Obama going to prosecute him in a... - Featured: Scott Brown roars to Senate upset win
State Sen. Scott Brown has pulled a Bay State bombshell by upsetting his Democratic rival to capture the open U.S. Senate seat by a 5-point margin.
Brown, 50, of Wrentham, will roll into Washington... - Liberty: Scott Brown roars to Senate upset win
State Sen. Scott Brown has pulled a Bay State bombshell by upsetting his Democratic rival to capture the open U.S. Senate seat by a 5-point margin.
Brown, 50, of Wrentham, will roll into Washington... - Tax and Spend: Senate Democrats Propose $1.9T Increase to U.S. Debt Limit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record increase that would permit the national debt ... - State Watch: John Edwards admits paternity
hn Edwards admitted this morning to being the father of Frances Quinn Hunter, the two-year-old daughter of his former mistress Rielle Hunter.
The admission comes after more than two years of rumors a... - Obama Care: House Democrats reluctant to take up Senate health-care reform bill
Determined to enact a health-care reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struggled Wednesday to sell the Senate version of the legislation to reluctant Democrats, even as party moderates raised dou... - Obama Watch: Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors
Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. investors overwhelmingly see President Barack Obama as anti-business and question his ability to manage afinancial crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey.
The global qua... - State & Federal Corruption: 51 charges for former Easley aide
Ruffin Poole, a longtime senior aide to former Gov. Mike Easley, corrupted his office by taking trips, liquor, money and other gifts from people he helped with state government action, a federal grand... - Obama Care: Obama concedes health overhaul hit 'buzz saw'
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama, two days after signaling retreat on a massive health care overhaul, discounted the small-bore approach Friday and pledged to press for ambitious changes d... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 01/23/10
After Rocky First Year, Geithner Faces Another Test in AIG Bailout Hearing
The Treasury secretary is back in the hot seat, for bailout decisions he made about AIG while he was head of the New York Fe... - Terrorism: Bin Laden claims airline bomb attempt on Christmas
CAIRO (AP) – Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas in a new audio message released Sunday threatening more attacks on the United... - State Watch: NC Democrats must again overcome corruption rap
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- For the past decade, North Carolina Democrats in charge of state government have been successful persuading the public they're unlike fellow party colleagues who've ended up behi... - Big Government: Obama Administration Steers Lucrative No-Bid Contract for Afghan Work to Dem Donor
Despite President Obama's long history of criticizing the Bush administration for "sweetheart deals" with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contrac... - Democrats on the precipice of failure
Trying to guarantee Americans the thrill of the precipice, the president dashed to Massachusetts on Sunday, thereby conceding that he had already lost Tuesday's Senate election, which had become a ref... - Liberty: Democrats on the precipice of failure
Trying to guarantee Americans the thrill of the precipice, the president dashed to Massachusetts on Sunday, thereby conceding that he had already lost Tuesday's Senate election, which had become a ref... - Climate Control: Climate Chief Staying Put Despite Calls for His Head
The chief of the U.N.'s climate science panel says he isn't going anywhere, despite calls for his head amid allegations that he is a sloppy scientist who presided over a report that contained intentio... - National Defense: Obama Gets 'F' on Stopping Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction
A bipartisan, independent commission on stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction says that the Obama administration has failed in its first year in office to do enough to prevent a germ weap... - Liberty: Sense of frustration awakens activists
They meet across the region in bars, restaurants, churches and fire stations. They're Republicans, independents, even Democrats. They belong to groups with names such as We the People, Stand Up Americ... - Tax and Spend: Obama Seeks Partial Three-Year Spending Freeze
President Obama, after spending hundreds of billions his first year, now is seeking a partial three-year federal spending freeze that would reduce budgets by less than 1 percent.
The drop-in-the-buck... - State & Federal Corruption: A “Fishy” business: Sen. Basnight, Basnight Construction and the $25 million dollar state pier
Civitas first reported on the now infamous $25 million fishing pier in Nags Head as a Bad Bill of the Week in May. The August issue of Civitas Review featured “Pier Pressure,” an in-depth backgrou... - Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Words of Wisdom
When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work an... - Radical Socialism: People Said It didn't Matter
God Save Us From Those Among US Who Are Too Stupid to Know the Truth And Worse: They Don't Care!
The Fundamental Transformation of America
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a y... - Featured: Gloves come off after Obama rips Supreme Court ruling
Washington (CNN) -- The political furor escalated over President Obama's high-profile rebuke of a recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign advertising Thursday, as Democrats pounded the high court deci... - Obama Care: Pelosi Pushes $300 Billion 'Fix' to Senate Health Care Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing a $300 billion "fix" to the Senate health care bill, saying that her chamber could approve the Senate's package if those changes are made first.
Senior Democrati... - State Watch: Poole's arrest puts reform in fast lane
Leading lawmakers and the governor are shaping a wide range of reforms that promise more accountability and sunshine across state government, fixes aimed at restoring trust after a stretch of scandals... - National Defense: Gitmo closure looks increasingly uncertain
adminaThe closure of the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is beginning to look like a protracted and uncertain project for the Obama administration as political, legal and security... - Terrorism: Gitmo closure looks increasingly uncertain
adminaThe closure of the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is beginning to look like a protracted and uncertain project for the Obama administration as political, legal and security... - Tax and Spend: Senate votes to raise limits on national debt
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats needed all 60 votes at their disposal Thursday to muscle through legislation allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
Democratic leaders were able to ... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 01/30/10
Bin Laden claims airline bomb attempt on Christmas
CAIRO (AP) – Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas in a new audio message re... - Obama Watch: Justice openly disagrees with Obama in speech
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito didn't like hearing President Barack Obama publicly criticize the high court's ruling removing corporate campaign spending limits — and he didn't try ... - Terrorism: Deal sought with failed Detroit attack suspect
Authorities are inching toward an agreement that would secure cooperation from the suspect in the failed Detroit airliner attack, according to two sources familiar with the case, even as fresh details... - Videos: Ayla Brown - "The Star-Spangled Banner" with the Boston Pops
- Big Government: Watchdog: Bank Bailouts Created More Risk in System
The government's bailout of financial institutions deemed "too big to fail" has created a risk that the United States could face a worse fiscal meltdown in the future, an independent watchdog assigned... - Invasion of Illegals: Obama’s Amnesty Footnote
At the very end of his State of the Union address, President Obama said, “we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system -– to secure our borders and enforce our laws, and ens... - State Watch: Burr's war chest dwarfs Democrats'
RALEIGH -- Republican Sen. Richard Burr, benefiting from incumbency and strong business ties, starts the year with at least a 13-1 money advantage over each of his prospective Democratic challengers.
... - National Defense: Gates Urges Congress to Approve $768 Billion Defense Budget
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging Congress to approve the Obama administration's $768.2 billion Pentagon budget request, saying America needs "a broad portfolio of military... - State & Federal Corruption: Inquiries Take Toll on Easley Team
RALEIGH — When a federal grand jury indicted former Gov. Mike Easley’s legal counsel Ruffin Poole Jan. 21, it was just the latest setback for an Easley associate since the state’s media began in... - Terrorism: Intelligence officials say al-Qaeda will try to attack U.S. in next 6 months
The Obama administration's top intelligence officials on Tuesday described it as "certain" that al-Qaeda or its allies will try to attack the United States in the next six months, and they called for ... - Obama Watch: Obama Backs Down After Anti-Vegas Remarks
LAS VEGAS -- President Barack Obama is known for having a way with words, but some lawmakers from Nevada wish he would pipe down about trips to Sin City.
After sparking a firestorm of criticism from ... - Obama Care: Kissell Walks Tightrope on Health Care
As Republicans target his district, first-term incumbent faces difficult votes
RALEIGH — North Carolina Rep. Larry Kissell was one of three Tar Heel Democrats to break ranks with party leaders and ... - Tax and Spend: House faces tough vote on $1.9 trillion more debt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing a politically excruciating vote, House Democratic leaders are counting on new budget deficit curbs to help smooth the way for a bill allowing the government to go $1.9 trilli... - Videos: Newt Gingrich: Impeach judges - Crush and Replace the Left - 2012 "Victory or Death!"
- State & Federal Corruption: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina
A Single Seed Grows Many Branches: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina
The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) has woven itself into the fabric of the left in Nort... - State Watch: Sen. Larry Shaw Becomes 7th Dem to Not Seek Re-Election for N.C. Senate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Another veteran Democrat in the state Senate won't return after 2010 as Sen. Larry Shaw announced Thursday he won't seek an eighth two-year term. The decision means the Legislatu... - Featured: Depositions Could Pose Legal Peril for Easley Aides
Governor also told press officers not to talk to Carolina Journal
RALEIGH — Several aides to former Gov. Mike Easley could be in legal jeopardy based on conflicting statements they gave in sworn de... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 2/6/10
Justice openly disagrees with Obama in speech
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito didn’t like hearing President Barack Obama publicly criticize the high court’s ruling removing corp... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Palin says 'absurd' not to ponder presidential bid
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sarah Palin says it would be "absurd" for her not to consider running for president in 2012.
The former Alaska governor and the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008 says sh... - Obama Care: Obama: I'm Not Giving Up on Health Reform
Washington - (AP) President Obama on Saturday sought to assure despondent Democrats he would not abandon his commitment to overhauling health care and would work to counter GOP challenges to their con... - Obama Watch: Palin Urges Obama to Take a 'Do-Over' on Emanuel, Holder
Sarah Palin said President Obama needs to take a "do-over" on his choice for White House chief of staff, pressing Saturday for Rahm Emanuel's firing after he used the word "retarded" to lambast a grou... - Terrorism: Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but he was taking into account the objections of ... - Featured: State Lawmaker Calls for Offshore Drilling, End to Global Warming Commission
RALEIGH — A Davie County Republican is urging fellow state lawmakers to stop wasting time and money on the state’s climate change commission and support energy policy he says will have a tangible ... - Climate Control: State Lawmaker Calls for Offshore Drilling, End to Global Warming Commission
RALEIGH — A Davie County Republican is urging fellow state lawmakers to stop wasting time and money on the state’s climate change commission and support energy policy he says will have a tangible ... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: N.C. Democrats dealing with an election year mass exodus
At the Grammys, Oscars and other annual award shows, there's always a clip showing which big industry stars have departed over the previous year.
Forgive voters, especially Democrats, if they feel li... - National Defense: Russian military calls US missile defense a threat
Gen. Nikolai Makarov said that a revised U.S. plan to place missiles in Europe undermines Russia's national defense, rejecting Obama administration promises that the plan is not directed at his countr... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Winners will get to draw the map
RALEIGH -- The 2010 political season formally opened Monday, with the next nine months potentially having an outsized influence on Tar Heel politics for the next decade.
Of all the elections that wi... - NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box'
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York Gov. David Paterson, defying calls from even fellow Democrats to drop out of the race for a full term, said Tuesday that he would leave only if the voters turned him ou... - Alabama poll: Mike Huckabee is 2012 front-runner
In a reminder of his strength with social conservatives, Mike Huckabee leads his nearest GOP competitor by 10 percentage points, according to a new poll of Alabama Republicans.
Thirty-three percent... - Videos: Rep. Bryan Holloway (R-NC) Speaking At Wake Forest Town Hall
- 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Only 8 percent say incumbents should be reelected
A stunning 8 percent of Americans believe members of Congress should be reelected, a staggering indictment of the legislative branch as Democrats prepare to defend their majority in the midterm electi... - Obama Care: Obama, Republicans spar over starting point for health care summit
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama said Tuesday his televised health care summit with Republican leaders on February 25 should involve true give-and-take negotiations instead of mere "political theat... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Kennedy won't seek re-election, marking end of era
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy's decision not to seek re-election will leave Washington without a Kennedy in political office for the first time in more than 60 years.
The Rhode Island Democ... - Media Center: Obama Poll Results 2/12/10
In your opinion, is President Obama governing only to please the far left, or is he governing for the betterment of all Americans?
just to please the left (58%, 262 Votes)
neither (29%, 1... - Obama Watch: Family feud: Nancy Pelosi at odds with President Obama
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s increasingly public disagreements with President Barack Obama are a reflection of something deeper: the seething resentment some Democrats feel over what they see as cav... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 2/13/10
Palin says ‘absurd’ not to ponder presidential bid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin says it would be “absurd” for her not to consider running for president in 2012.The former Alaska governor a... - Big Government: Obama Poised to Use Executive Power to Muscle Through Domestic Agenda
Faced with a resurgent GOP and a largely stalled legislative agenda, President Obama is planning to use his executive powers to forge ahead with his domestic initiatives, including on energy, the envi... - Obama Watch: Obama Poised to Use Executive Power to Muscle Through Domestic Agenda
Faced with a resurgent GOP and a largely stalled legislative agenda, President Obama is planning to use his executive powers to forge ahead with his domestic initiatives, including on energy, the envi... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Democrat Evan Bayh of Ind. to retire from Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Evan Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday that he won't seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat.
"To put it ... - State Watch: N.C. is home of hot races
North Carolina begins a new election season as one of the four most politically competitive states in the country.
During the first decade of the 21st Century, only three states had closer elections ... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: N.C. is home of hot races
North Carolina begins a new election season as one of the four most politically competitive states in the country.
During the first decade of the 21st Century, only three states had closer elections ... - Republicans mine coal-country anxieties
Republicans believe there are three words so powerful that they might reshape the political order in an economically beleaguered corner of the country: War on coal.
With Democrats holding total con... - National Defense: Hillary Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship
Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, Hillary Clinton declared today as the US prepared fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic that would specifically target the Revolutionary Guard.
“W... - Climate Control: World May Not Be Warming, Say Scientists
The United Nations climate panel faces a new challenge with scientists casting doubt on its claim that global temperatures are rising inexorably because of human pollution.
In its last assessment, th... - Videos: NBC17: Analysts Predict Tough Year For State Democrats
- Radical Socialism: Clint Maynard: Obama is a mediocre, one-term president
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Back during the '08 presidential campaign, I drove around with a sign on my van: "Remember Jimmy Carter." Oh, what a prophet I was, and how clueless the young voters were who dran... - Climate Control: Climate Threat: Elevated?
Forget saving the polar bears; if Congress doesn't pass comprehensive climate change legislation, our national security could be in jeopardy.
With action in Congress stalled, that's the line coming f... - Liberty: The President without a Country
Written by: Pat Boone
The president without a country
By Pat Boone
"We're no longer a Christian nation." - President Barack Obama, June 2007
" America has been arrogant." - President Bara... - State & Federal Corruption: Elections board investigating Perdue
The State Board of Elections has opened an investigation of Gov. Bev Perdue's campaign finances in response to complaints from the N.C. Republican Party.
Last year, party Chairman Tom Fetzer filed co... - Big Government: On anniversary, Obama defends economic stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vigorously defended his $787 billion stimulus on Wednesday, insisting it rescued Americans from the worst of the economic calamity and ripping Republic... - Videos: Fall of the Republic HQ full length version
- Obama Care: 20 Changes For 2010: Health Care in NC
Recommendations 3 and 4 from the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform,” focus on how North Carolina can make health care more affordable and protect state resid... - Obama Writing Health Bill to Skirt GOP Filibuster
President Obama is working on health care legislation intended to reconcile differences between House and Senate Democrats that could be attached to a budget bill and avoid a Republican filibuster, ac... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 2/20/10
Family feud: Nancy Pelosi at odds with President Obama
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s increasingly public disagreements with President Barack Obama are a reflection of something deeper: the seething ... - Featured: Distress over economy rules N.C. voters' mood
SANFORD -- As the midterm election campaign begins, North Carolina voters have deep anxiety about a weak economy, a loss of jobs, and whether life will be better for their children, according to a New... - State Watch: Distress over economy rules N.C. voters' mood
SANFORD -- As the midterm election campaign begins, North Carolina voters have deep anxiety about a weak economy, a loss of jobs, and whether life will be better for their children, according to a New... - Big Government: Live From Washington! It's Obama Health Care Drama
WASHINGTON - Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.
President Barack Obama summo... - Obama Watch: Live From Washington! It's Obama Health Care Drama
WASHINGTON - Coming soon to daytime television: America's long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.
President Barack Obama summo... - National Defense: Homeland chief: Domestic extremism is top concern
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans who turn to terrorism and plot against the U.S. are now as big a concern as international terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday.
The govern... - State & Federal Corruption: Corruption, History Could Sting Democrats in 2010
RALEIGH — As a series of volatile midterm elections approach this November, most eyes are on the nation’s capital. But North Carolina could be in for some historic races of its own, as scandals, r... - Videos: Glenn Beck Keynote Speech at CPAC
- Obama Watch: Democrats worried about Obama track record
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic governors said Sunday they worry about President Barack Obama's track record on fighting Republican political attacks and urged him to better connect with anxious voters.... - Climate Control: Senate weighs final push to move climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the Senate this week with senators mindful that time is running short and that approaches to the legislation s... - Featured: Will Head Represents Wake Up America at CPAC
Stephen Baldwin - born again conservative, Will Head, Kevin McCullough - syndicated columnist at Townhall.com and has his Sirius Satellite Radio Show
Will Head and Phyllis Schlafly - a nati... - Media Center: Will Head Represents Wake Up America at CPAC
Stephen Baldwin - born again conservative, Will Head, Kevin McCullough - syndicated columnist at Townhall.com and has his Sirius Satellite Radio Show
Will Head and Phyllis Schlafly - a nati... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: Burr says he's in tune with voters, files to run
WINSTON-SALEM -- Republican Sen. Richard Burr filed for re-election Monday, saying he thinks his record of supporting small government and low taxes is in tune with Tar Heel voters.
Burr said Congres... - Obama Care: The President's Health Reform Proposal: More Like $2.5 Trillion
President Barack Obama released an updated health care reform plan this week. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not yet had an opportunity to review and assess this latest offering. However, A... - National Defense: Building a Robust National Defense
Abstract: The power of American values is even greater than its military or economic might. However, says Rep. "Buck" McKeon of California, time and again we've seen the Administration reject notions ... - Liberty: Building a Robust National Defense
Abstract: The power of American values is even greater than its military or economic might. However, says Rep. "Buck" McKeon of California, time and again we've seen the Administration reject notions ... - State & Federal Corruption: Charlie Rangel ruling puts Nancy Pelosi in a jam
The House ethics committee's decision to admonish New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel over improper corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean leaves both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the ethics commi... - Obama Watch: Obama's McCain Smackdown: Stop Campaigning, Election's Over
President Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain revisited their 2008 presidential race in a testy exchange Thursday at the White House-hosted health care summit in which the president told his vanquished... - Obama Care: Obama's Ultimatum to GOP May Punish Democrats Facing Tough Election Year
If President Obama’s not-so-veiled threat this week to push for passage of health care reform without Republican support meant that he was close to giving up on a bipartisan bill, it also meant that... - Obama Watch: Obama's Ultimatum to GOP May Punish Democrats Facing Tough Election Year
If President Obama’s not-so-veiled threat this week to push for passage of health care reform without Republican support meant that he was close to giving up on a bipartisan bill, it also meant that... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 2/27/10
Distress over economy rules N.C. voters’ mood
SANFORD — As the midterm election campaign begins, North Carolina voters have deep anxiety about a weak economy, a loss of jobs, and whether life wil... - Climate Control: You Can Call Him Al ... But Al Won't Call You Back
Al Gore won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. But in the last three months, as global warming has gone from a scientific near-certitude to the subject of satire, Gore -- ... - State Watch: GOP touts throng of candidates
RALEIGH -- North Carolina Republicans have entered races for congressional and legislative seats in big numbers, apparently spurred by recent GOP successes and the grass-roots activism of the Tea Part... - State & Federal Corruption: Pelosi Not Prepared to Strip Rangel of Chairmanship After Ethics Violation
Rep. Charlie Rangel's admonishment by the House ethics panel does not disqualify him from leading the chamber's influential tax-writing committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday, even as she a... - Liberty: Supreme Court scrutinizes state, local gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control advocates think, if not pray, they can win by losing when the Supreme Court decides whether the constitutional right to possess guns serves as a check on state and loca... - Why Obama is Good for America
You read that right. Now here is why:
He destroyed the Clinton Political Machine – Driving a stake thru the heart of Hillary’s Presidential aspirations – something no Republican was ever able... - State & Federal Corruption: Rangel stepping down from tax-writing chairmanship
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Charles Rangel announced Wednesday he will temporarily step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, saying he didn't want his ethics controversy to jeo... - National Defense: Iran, Democracy, and Trade Keys to Successful Clinton Visit to Latin America
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is embarking on a tour of Latin America with the intention of shoring up flagging ties with U.S. partners in the region. During her five-day, six-nation trip, the Se... - State Watch: Hot Flashes, Dead Bugs, and Cocaine for Monkeys: The 10 Worst Federal Stimulus Projects in North Carolina
Prior to signing his federal “stimulus” bill in early 2009, President Obama warned, “If we do not move swiftly to sign (the act) into law, an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with... - Obama Care: Obama backs plan to give health care overhaul fast track in Congress
WASHINGTON -- Even after President Barack Obama gave them his blessing Wednesday to push ahead hard and fast on health care, congressional Democrats remained uncertain and divided over whether they ca... - Liberty: McHenry's initiative: Put Reagan on $50 bill
U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry wants to put former President Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill.
McHenry, a Cherryville Republican, has introduced a bill that would replace Ulysses S. Grant with Reagan.
"Ever... - State & Federal Corruption: Freshman Congressman Won't Run for Re-election, Denies Harassment Reports
The House Ethics Committee is reviewing allegations that New York Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed a male member of his staff, Fox News has learned
Massa, after announcing Wednesday that he would no... - 2010/2012 Elections {new}: GOP takes it to Hackney
PITTSBORO -- State Republican leaders and legislative candidates, looking to prove they can overcome 100 years of Democratic domination in the legislature, held a rally Thursday in the home district o... - Featured: State polls show gathering storm
Congress, it turns out, isn’t the only institution held in low esteem by voters this year.
According to a POLITICO review of publicly available polling data, numerous state legislatures are ... - Week in Review {NEW}: Week in Review 03/06/10
You Can Call Him Al … But Al Won’t Call You Back
Al Gore won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. But in the last three months, as global warming has gone from a scient... - Invasion of Illegals: President to meet with key senators on immigration
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to focus attention on immigration next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting a bill on the issue.
White House spokesman Nicholas Sha... - Terrorism: Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror... - Tax and Spend: Obama Draws Fire for Appointing SEIU's Stern to Deficit Panel
President Obama's decision to appoint his close political ally, union leader Andrew Stern, to the newly created National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has set off a firestorm of criti... - Obama Watch: The nation's capital is one sorry spectacle these days
WASHINGTON — Washington has its moments when the nation's capital shines for all the world to see. Inaugurations. The Fourth of July .
This isn't one of them.
Recent days instead have shown Washin... - Terrorism: Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America
CAIRO – (AP) Al-Qaida's American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood.
In a 25-minute... - State & Federal Corruption: ACORN Registration Workers Charged With Felony Voter Fraud
Five Wisconsin residents, including two who worked for community organizing group ACORN, were charged Monday with election fraud relating to the 2008 presidential election.
State Attorney General J.B... - Videos: Two Congressional Candidates Sign Bonded Term Limit Pledge
Pinehurst, NC - A group based in North Carolina's golf capital is pushing for candidates to sign a bonded pledge to limit their time in public office. The candidates pledge a sizable portion of th... - Invasion of Illegals: Lindsey Graham to President Obama: Time to ‘step it up’
President Barack Obama is summoning two key senators to the Oval Office on Thursday for an update on immigration reform efforts — but one of them, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), thinks Obama should b... - Obama Watch: Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'Very Troubling'
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has ... - Tax and Spend: Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt
President Obama declared: "I didn't come here to pass our problems on to the next president or the next generation--I'm here to solve them." Yet rather than "solve" the runaway spending that is projec...
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