The Coffee Cup Conservative
Well, I would like to adress the issue of the Triple C.(Coffee Cup Conservative). These Conservative are the ones who go down to the local McDonalds or Coffee Shop, and meet up with there friends and have small talk about politics. Some of these fine fellows actually know a lot about what is going on and have ideas to fix things. On my trip to and from the Grand Canyon, I ran into many Coffee Cup Conservative’s it was almost unbelievable. I didn’t realize that these people have no say or don’t know how to get a say in anything. These people are truly down home people unable to spread their ideals and other issues. If these people would come out from their local coffee shop and stand up for what they believe in. We would see a change not only in our party but in our country. That these 40 hour a week workers can see a real CHANGE that they can trust and believe in, would be a great thing. Next time you see someone like this, encourage them to stand up for what they believe in.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
I’ve been thanked today…
One of my grandfather’s friends was reading the paper and it was talking about how our school counties are receiving money from this stimulus package and how much. She told me after she read the article “Thank You, for paying for this.” I haven’t really stopped and truly smelled the roses until then. After she said that I realized that not only myself but my grandchildren will be paying for this huge deficit we have now. These trillions of dollars will end up slowly fixed by my own tax dollars. I won’t be surprised if a majority of paycheck will go to the government (or slowly paying back this plethora mistake). I am deeply sadden that Mr. Obama doesn’t really care about my generation as much as he cares for useless things… I’m so happy and dandy that this is all of part of his “Change” he has for America. This “Change” he has in store for us is more negative than positive, I really haven’t seen anything other than the additional troops that I agree with him on. Us as Americans need to WAKE up and smell the roses. I am apologizing on the behalf of Obama before we even get to see the very scary “Change” he is going to implement.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
Introduction to a new style
As you may have noticed, the post below mine is Dominic’s last post on this blog. I will not go into details about that such matter but I will explain what to look forward to and changes that are coming to my style of blogging. I will be the only author of this blog, and I will on occasions invite fellow colleagues to blog. You will notice certain things to the blog it will be updated more frequently now, with longer posts written from my passion in writing. I did enjoy Dominic for the time he has spent on this blog and now he is getting more time to perfect his show. I believe and so do many other people that Dominic has one of those fascinating radio talents. If you still like to hear/read Dominic’s works you will see him on our upcoming network that is launching March 21st I will continue to update you with information on how you can contribute whether your skill is writing,broadcasting,video,music or anything else how you can be apart of a brand new way to come together. Dominic will be a major role in this upcoming network. If you still want to hear Dominic now you can hear him Wednesday,Thursday and Friday (Open Mic)… at www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire Mon-Fri 6PM Est Time
Dominic’s farewell to the blog
After much consultation I have decided to leave the blog site and Matthew will take it over. I will still continue to do the internet show of course and I will be occupied with new things coming from our future “network” we are starting. I do enjoy the blog but don’t mind leaving it behind. I will soon be busy with videos, blogs and moderating on the upcoming network website. I do believe that Matthew will do an outstanding job with the blog as he already has been doing. With this being said, this indeed will be my last post on the gopwire blog site.
sincerely,
Dominic Illingworth
Earmarks for Democrats and Republicans alike
I did a post on the passing of the $410 billion omnibus bill, but I only offered a few details in the earmarks that were handed out. These aren’t all of them of course, but here is a little bit better insight as to where the earmarks went.
>On the Democrats side:
-$713,000 for a biomass project in New York for Chuck Shumer.
-$951,000 “sustainable development” in Las Vegas for Harry Reid.
-$143,000 to Las Vegas for the natural history museum also for Harry Reid.
-$238,000 for the Polynesian voyaging society in Honolulu for Daniel Inouye.
-$381,000 for jazz at Lincoln center in New York for Jerrold Nadler.
>Now for the Republican turncoats:
-Richard Shelby recieved $114 million in earmarks.
-Thad Cochran recieved $75 million for his constituents.
-Mitch McConnel recieved $51 million for the bluegrass state.
-Arlen Specter recieved $25 million for Pennsylvania.
So, it just isn’t the Dems who are getting these ridiculous sums of money. It was in fact the Republicans who recieved the most in earmarks form this Omnibus bill. Last night on my show I made it clear that everyone should be ashamed of ANYONE who recieved earmarks or voted/supported this latest bill. I will continue to stick to my conservative principles unlike the Dems and Republicans who are very disgraceful.
-Dominic (dominic@gopwire.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
>>>Breaking News: $410 Billion Omnibus bill passed
Last night the Senate confirmed the latest massive government spending bill, the $410 billion omnibus bill. The bill is the administrations latest step towards socialism and the destruction of America. In this bill the following is included: $5.8 million earmarked to the Ted Kennedy institute for the senate, $200,000 earmarked towards a tattoo prevention program and $473,000 earmarked to “la Raza”, which is a racist latino group. This is just a little bit of the earmarks in this new bill. There are an estimated 9,000 other earmarks as well. Just looking at the earmarks I listed, how will that help the economy like Obama says it will!?! We already know that Obama and his possy want to overthrow America with socialism and now we realize that he also wants to make sure that all of his buddies have plenty of money to stow away. I mean Eric Holder wants to speck about racism and say the things he did, but he and the rest of the administration supports massive amounts of money going to “La Raza”. As I mentioned before, La Raza is a group of latinos that is publically racist against whites! And don’t even get me started on sending money to Ted Kennedy. Our government simply doesn’t care what happens to us as long as they stay safe, this latest bill proves that.
-Dominic (dominic@gopwire.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gowpire)
Stocks fall very low for companies
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Even after countless federal bailouts between all of them, Citigroup, General Motors and Bank of America’s stocks fell below the price of something from the dollar store. The New-York Times is reporting that along with these companies, General Electric, Office Depot and Wal-Mart fell to a dangerous low in stocks as well. I wonder what Pres. Obama’s excuse will be on this issue, that is if he discusses it at all. Even the current administration should know that bailing out companies will not solve it’s problems. Two years ago Citigroup held a stock price of $55.00 but on Thursday it fell to a dramatic low of $1.02. General Motors fell below $2.00 and they are considering a “speedy” bankruptcy after a very large government bailout recently. General Electric closed out towards the top of the list at a whooping $6.00. possibly one of the biggest losses went to Office Depot, closing out at 73 cents! bank of America fell to 92 cents but was able to recover up to $1.02 before closing. Then, ending out the closings for Thursday, came Wal-Mart. They actually rose from $1.26- $49.75 . The next time our moonbats in the White House decide to bailout another company, can someone please remind them of this past Thursday when “bailed out” companies closed out at some of there lowest numbers.
-Dominic (Dominic@gopwire.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
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Rush Limbaugh: Head of the pack?
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Rush Limbaugh has been engaged in a feud with the President about “praying for his failure”. We were just passed that issue with Mr. Limbaugh’s words being taken out of context and now after Limbaugh gave a rousing speech at CPAC, liberals are asking the question, “is rush Limbaugh leading the Republicans?” They ask this question because of an altercation between Limbaugh and RNC chairman Michael Steele. Steele and Limbaugh worked their small issues out but the mainstream media continues to indulge upon it. The point is, Steele shouldn’t have been on a comedian’s show discussing professional things, that was setting himself up for a national problem. The other thing is, we must realize that Limbaugh is a regular citizen with massive popularity, he is not accountable for anything he says, such as Steele may be. Steele has not done the best he can at his job, which is to lead the Republicans. He must improve in his areas and he must begin now. I don’t envision Limbaugh as a leader for the Republicans, but a source of hope for them. We must not indulge on the past and what happened in the last elections but on the contrary, what we will accomplish in 2010. John McCain had it right when he stated, “We must unite to repair the party.” All Republicans should look towards the future and how we will be victorious in 2010. We must win in the next Senate and House elections. We cannot help the people in this nation with a Democrat-packed congress. We already see where this administration has taken us and will take us if we don’t stop them in the future. Let’s not focus on who to blame, but rather how we will unite for the better and retake our country!
- Dominic
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-Matt
Check this out!
I have recently become invovled in a debate about Michelle Obama on Larry King’s site, check out the link and watch the arguemant unfold.
http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/03/cafferty-michelle-obama-off-to-a-great-start/#comments
-Dominic
The Hardest Post Ever
Well I haven’t done this before but I have talked to other fellow bloggers, and they warned me if I don’t get this post right it messes up the whole thing. I would like to take the time to introduce who I am and what my plan’s are for this blog. First of all, My name is Matthew you can call me Matt or whatever you want. I am not a registered voter and I haven’t voted in any election so far. But, I am only 16 and I plan on registering and voting as soon as I can. Before you close this page because im not old enough to be talking about politics so to say… I beg to differ I believe I know more about politics than a good number of registered voters. Whenever I am able to vote I will be informed, I promise that.
I reside in the swing state of Florida. I am a current resident of Nassau county… Which is merely above Jacksonville. I believe politics is a passion for me, I believe that I have a knack to have some good moral change in this country, (Real Change not Obama change). My plans for this blog is simple, keep an active blog trying to post daily and to prove people wrong.(Long Story) Anyways, I would love if you subscribed to my blog and/or bookmarked it and I would also like to invite you to join in on my discussions and comment on the posts I want your input to.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
Energy
Well, i’m also new to this blog but i’ll try to stay up to date on the posts. Energy is a big problem for our country right now. America must become energy independant in order to prosper in this world. Obama disagrees with offshore drilling as a main solution and he proposes extreme amounts of money to research alternative sources. I believe drilling for oil offshore is the main solution to help our citizens. But first the democrats in congress have to lift the ban…….it all starts there.
-Dominic
War isn’t the Answer, its the Solution.
Everyone either believes that war is the answer or it isn’t the answer. I do not believe in both of the statements. War in some problems is the solution. Why solution you may ask, its like a math problem with an answer for 2+2 there is only one correct answer and as we all know it is 4. Lets compare the definitions of these two most used words.
Solution – the act of solving a problem, question.
Answer – a correct response to a question asked to test one’s knowledge.
Definitions Provided By:http://dictionary.reference.com/
Your first thought is, they have the same meaning but once you look into the definition you comprehend they are totally different. Solution “the act of solving” and Answer “a correct response”. After saying that don’t get me wrong War inst the solution to everything, in no means is that what I mean. War is something that we shouldn’t chicken out of or drop out when the job isn’t even completed. I believe we do need to gradually withdraw our troops from Iraq. I do believe we need to progress a little faster than we currently are doing. We do need to send more troops over there and it will end up actually speeding up the process of withdraw. I believe that war can sometimes not be the solution, lets say for example Russia decides they want to make a tv show just making fun of every American possible and act stupid, in all means that is absolutely no reason for a war. This is just my two cents, feel free to leave your input. Constructive Criticism is certainly welcome.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
Uhhhbama
Obama apparently was scared because he was at Saddleback Church Forum…. I would be scared too if I was in front of most likely 95% of them are Pro-Life people and he delayed the questions and tried to avoid answering the question. Is this the man you want for president, do you believe in killing babies. He said he wants to reduce the number of Abortions but he is Pro-Choice…What? Tell me your input by posting a comment would love to hear from you.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
Vote “Yes” on Prop. 8!
This video is sick…. teaching little kids about this stuff, im disgusted.
They requested permission to opt-out there children of the program, they got denied.
Fact checking debate #2
Heres the deal…..the 2nd debate was a tie. Obama didsame as usual with allof his lies. McCain did good but needed to get his ideas out more and get angry over the mess on wall street. Now i’ll reveal some false statemants made by sen. obama. Obama said his healthcare plan would lower rates by $2,500 a year….experts say there wouldn’t be near that much saved. Obama said he was all for nuclear energy….well facts show as recently as last december he disagreed with nuclear power. Obama also lied about the dept when George W. Bush came into office and the exact amount of earmarks our government is responsible for. Check out factcheck.org formore info. Oh and ididnt really introduce myself in the first post so ill say a littlemore.
I am 15 and a strong mccain supporter. Like my friend Matt i lovepolitics and hope to have a career in it one day. I live in Florida, where im doing everything i can to help our state give mccain some votes.Feel free to debate me on topics and leave comments expressing your views….i’ll be posting.
-Dominic
Obama and his wild connections
Recently there has been much talk on Senator Obama and his connections with some sick people. Lets start with Rev. Wright. Wright made disgusting statemants about America and cursed America during his sermon at his own church. Obama had his kids baptized by this guy and attended his church for twenty years. Obama of course said , he didn’t know Wright was like this, when he was confronted. Now we face a new connection, even worse than Wright. Obama knows and has had fellowship with Bill Ayers, and its a flat out lie when he says, ‘he was just A guy in the neighborhood.” I guess now hes going to claim he never “really knew” Ayers just like Wright.Whatever obama decides to lie about, we still know some truth. Obama started his career in Ayers living room and he knows Ayers “personally”….and thats a fact. So, whatever happens in the future, we know Obama is linked to a terrorist who hates America in one of the highest aspects. Theres the facts, you decide!
-Dominic
Court makes Conn. 3rd state to allow gay marriage
The 4-3 ruling will make Connecticut the third state, behind Massachusetts and California, to allow same-sex marriages, decisions that in all cases were made by the highest state court. The decision marks the first time that a court rejected civil unions as an alternative to granting gay couples the right to marry.
“The Supreme Court has spoken,” said Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican who opposes same-sex marriage. “I do not believe their voice reflects the majority of the people of Connecticut. However, I am also firmly convinced that attempts to reverse this decision _ either legislatively or by amending the state Constitution _ will not meet with success.”
“I can’t believe it. We’re thrilled; we’re absolutely overjoyed. We’re finally going to be able, after 33 years, to get married,” said plaintiff Janet Peck of Colchester.
A year after the suit was filed, Connecticut’s General Assembly approved a civil union law that gave same-sex couples the same rights as married couples. At the time, no other state had granted so many rights to gay couples without being ordered to do so by a court, but the plaintiffs declined to drop their lawsuit and said they wanted full marriage rights.
In the majority opinion, Supreme Court Justice Richard N. Palmer wrote that denying marriage to same-sex couples would create separate standards.
Justice Peter T. Zarella wrote that he believes there is no fundamental right to same-sex marriage, and that the court’s majority failed to discuss the purpose of marriage laws, which he said is to “privilege and regulate procreative conduct.”
Zarella added, “The ancient definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman has its basis in biology, not bigotry. If the state no longer has an interest in the regulation of procreation, then that is a decision for the legislature or the people of the state and not this court.”
The ruling cannot be appealed to federal courts because it deals with state constitutional issues, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said.
The vast majority of states do not allow gay marriage. Voters in 27 states have taken the extra step of approving constitutional amendments to reinforce that prohibition.
Tax plans: McCain vs. Obama
Both candidates tax plans have very few big differences but there is some worth mentioning. Both candidates would offer tax cuts for the middle-class. If you make $37,000 – $66,000….then McCain will offer .7% tax cuts, and Obama will offer .24% tax cuts. When you get into tax cuts or raises when it comes to people with small or big bussinesses, there plans differ a lot. If you make $2.87 million or more McCain will offer 4.4% tax cuts, and Obama will offer an 11.5% tax jump. As for people in the middle of that bracket, you could see 1.4% to 3.4% tax cuts from McCain and 1.8% tax cuts to 8.7% tax jumps from Obama. So what we see here is McCain and Obama offering cuts to the middle class but Obama wants to raise taxes on small and big bussinesses. The small and big bussinesses of this country is what keeps us rolling economically. If we start taxing them more we could see some problems rise up in our economy.Theres the facts from washingtonpost.com , you decide, Can America afford Barack Obama?
-Dominic
Nancy Reagan
Former US first lady Nancy Reagan has been hospitalized after breaking her pelvis in a fall at her home in California, her spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.Reagan’s spokeswoman Joanne Drake said in a statement that the 87-year-old widow of former president Ronald Reagan admitted herself to hospital after suffering a fall last week and “experiencing persistent pain.”Tests at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center showed she had suffered a fracture to her pelvis and sacrum, Drake said.”She will remain at UCLA for a few days — until doctors are satisfied with her progress — and then return home,” Drake said, adding that her recovery would take “six to eight weeks.”
All this info comes from www.afp.google.com . Our thoughts and prayers go out to her and her family. Now here is some facts on her husband, former pres. of the united states.
Reagan Vigorously pursued tax and budget cuts, an economic policy that came to be known as ‘Reaganomics.’ He Ordered an invasion of Grenada in 1983 to break up a Marxist group. He Launched air strikes on Libya in 1986 in response to Libyan support of terrorism. He also Signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the Soviet Union in 1987. Ronald Reagan was a former actor and governor of California. *Reagan is also my favorite pres. of the united states. (Feel free to comment and put who is your favorite pres. and why.
-Dominic
Fact checking debate #3
I think for the last debate McCain did good enough to make this election a close race. Obama just kinda stayed where hes been in all the other debates. All and all, McCain won last night. He fired on Obama about Ayers, abortion and negative campaign ads. of course Sen. Obama made some false statemants that i was able to get on www.factcheck.org . Obama repeated a claim that his healthcare plan would save family’s premiums by $2500 a year…..that was an exaggeration. Obama claimed “all” of McCains ads have been negative attacks….only the ads in the last week have actually been negative. Obama portrayed himslef as a person who will break ranks with fellow dems…..His biggest example of doing that is voting for a bill supported by 18 dems and opposed by 26. He has voted with his fellow dems 97% of the time. Obama also said oil companies have 68 million acres that are not being used. Factcheck.org has previously stated that in 2007 there were only 15000 holes that were being “proposed” as drill spots. So his numbers on that were extremely exaggerated. Overall McCain did better and even dems have to agree with that.
-Dominic
Global Warming/Anwar – True or False (Select One)
Ok, first things first… I am not a believer of the Theory Of Global Warming.
What I believe,
- I am Pro-Production, Anti-Green
- For Oil Companies, also Pro-Capitalism
- We need to Drill Here, Drill Now
- Anwar is a location with plethora oil, what’s the real reason we are not drilling there? Animals?
I belive that if we can get a more productive fuel rather than oil, and it happens to be green I am all for it. But, stuff like Ethanol isn’t as productive as regular oil.
- Ethanol is much less efficient, especially when it is made from corn. Just growing corn requires expending energy — plowing, planting, fertilizing and harvesting all require machinery that burns fossil fuel.
- Modern agriculture relies on large amounts of fertilizer and pesticides, both of which are produced by methods that consume fossil fuels. Then there’s the cost of transporting the corn to an ethanol plant, where the fermentation and distillation processes consume yet more energy.
Q: But aren’t there environmental benefits to ethanol?
A: If you make ethanol from corn, the environmental benefits are limited. When you consider the greenhouse gases that are released in the growing and refining process, corn-based ethanol is only slightly better than gasoline. Growing corn also requires the use of pesticides and fertilizers that cause soil and water pollution.
Both of these are facts about ethanol… me and my grandfather are still searching for a station without that crap in the gasoline, we still have yet to find it.
Also, on a softer note I do believe that we are going through natural warming.
Pictures From Anwar, the drilling plant
Hmm, I thought we didnt want to ruin the beautiful land, aye? Or hurt the poor little caribou.
The animals don’t seem to mind, they look like they are actually having fun, aye?
I thought we would destroy their habitat, aye?
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One more just for kickers 
All the left-wacko’s want you to believe that the plant is taking out such beautiful land, aye? I really don’t think this land is really serving any picture perfect moments.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
Casey Anthony
On this topic we will stray from politics for just a moment. This thing with casey anthony has been going on for a while. Just the other day i heard they dropped child neglect charges and are looking to charge her with murder. On June 9th Casey alledgedly dropped off the baby at a sitter who factually, NEVER EXISTED! Just a month after her daughter goes missing she is caught partying. She didn’t report her daughter missing until weeks after she went missing. Please go to www.investigation.discovery.com to see a full timeline of this case. Anthony should be charged with murder and throwm in jail. Please leave your thoughts and comment your opinion on this case. The facts are stacked against casey anthony.
-Dominic
moveon.org
This post is to expose a horrible website called moveon.org . If I were you i’d check it out and see for yourself how sick it is. A while ago this site released an ad condeming General Petraeus. It stated, “General Petreaus or General Be-trayus.” This ad along with all the other sick things on the site is disrespectful to America and the soldiers fighting for our freedom. Gen. Petreaus is right, the surge is succeeding, and he would know better than anyone if we were moving forward in Iraq. As for the ad, it is a pathetic ignorant attack on one of the greatest General’s ever! Please post other sick things about moveon under this post. The people running moveon.org should be indicted!
-Dominic
57 States
This man, very well scares me…. he may be the next leader of The United States Of America.
- Matthew
Apple Donates 100,000 to No on 8
No on Prop 8
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.
Via:http://www.apple.com/startpage/
This, my friends disgusts me…. thankfully I dont own one single thing from this liberal company. Also after hearing this I am more likely to buy a Zune than Ipod, or infact of the matter anything from apple. I encourage you NOT to support this company as they support “gay marriage” Heavily.
Next time someone tells you PC sucks and Mac rocks, ask them if they believe in gay marriage.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
McCain vs. Obama : Healthcare
This has recently become a big issue for people so here’s some facts. McCain would eliminate current tax exclusion’s and provide a refundable tax credit and if insurance costs less an account could be set up to put the excess money in. He would give $2,500 to individuals for healthcare and $5,000 to family’s. McCain woulod also work with state governors on the issue of healthcare and allow healthcare to be sold across state lines. McCain would also pass medical malpractice reform.
Obama would require employers to provide healthcare to employees which would hurt the businessess. He would also provide financial help to low-income families on buying healthcare. Obama would also “require” that all children have healthcare which would hurt the government thats already in tremendous debt. Obama would also establish a reinsurance program to protect businessess against worker’s expenses, which is slightly socialist in my view.
So, on the issue of healthcare, i believe McCain has what it takes to help the Amrican people and protect the government from having outstanding debt. Theres the facts, you decide
-Dominic
Islamofacism
Well, the relgion of islam is upon us. Just recently we had a muslim family in America and the father killed his daughters because they had american boyfriends. He called it an honor killing, i call it B.S. Whether you realize it or not, we are being preyed on by the religion of Islam and it’s radical muslim terrorists who wish to destroy America and all christianity. I think enough is enough, we need to attack these loons who have already taken over the middle east and how can anyone say muslims dont want to dominate America. They hate america and that’s a fact! In there “holy book” (the koran), it says “behead anyone who doesn’t convert(to islam) and it is not a big deal to us.” Do you not see what they want!?! Action should be taken immediatley by oour government, or else where in for trouble! Our far- left wing senator’s think the religion of islam is peaceful and that they love us…..that is the stupidest thing they’ve said yet! Like I said, we need to retaliate against this hateful religion or we are in for some hard stuff in the future.
-Dominic
The 2008 Election
This presidential election has been very interesting and one has to wonder how it’s finally gonna turn out. All the polls show Obama ahead, but i wouldn’t go by the polls that are out. most of the polls are favored by democrats and can’t really show who’s actually winning. McCain is no doubt the underdog in this election, mainly because Obama is the first black presidential candidate. if you ask me, I say Tuesday night’s election will be extremely close until the official announcemant is finally made. Most democrats will say that Obama will win by a landslide and the announcemant will be made very quickly. The people who say this either have a mental disorder or they are out of touch with this whole election. if McCain doesn’t win then our country will be in some serious trouble. With that being said, I hope the American people make the right decision this Tuesday.
-Dominic
Obama wins presidency
Everyone who stayed up in the late hours knows the outcome of the closest election in recent history. Obama won by a landslide, which surprises me a lot. i thought McCain would do much better in states that he lost like, New Mexico and Florida. It would not surprise me at all if we have a terrorist attack within two years under an Obama administration. His ideas aren’t what got him in the white house, it was something else that we all know. Mark my words, these next four years are going to be extremely difficult.
-Dominic
Obama administration
Obama’s chief of staff has been decided. Rahm Emanuel is a far-left enviro-friendly loon. This is a great example of what Obama’s final white house will look like. There also has been “talk” that he could choose larry sumers as his sec. of treasurey. Sumers is anti-isreal to start with. he to is a far-left loon. The whole idea of Obama running the country while working with republicans and democrats is a load of crap! Everyone knows exactly how Obama will run this country. Anyone who believes that Obama will work with Republicans is crazy. Lets take a look at Emanuel’s record, since he is going to be a senior advisor to the next presidnet. Emanuel has was elected into the house of representatives in 2003. He is a strong democrat and represents the Illinios 5th congressional district. It’s odd how Obama’s first choice was some democrat in his own area. He is the 4th ranking democrat in the house of representatives behind pelosi and a few others. he has sponsored bills to fund “going green” and he has voted with the democrats on nearly all of the proposals. If this guy is supposed to represent a “bi-partisan” administration, then the American people should re-think their views on the media. All and all, we are in for a rough four years.
-Dominic
North Carolina Teacher: Pro-Obama teaching
In North Carolina a teacher, Diantha harris, was caught talking to her class about the election. The video is posted on youtube.com and it shows her questioning the small children that like McCain. She goes on to say to one girl , “It’s a senseless war. And by the way, the person that you’re picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to,” …. “So that means that your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years.” The North Carolina superintendant William harrison says he is surprised by her actions and is looking into this problem. The problem is, tachers are already confined to what they say and that’s fine. But when you scare small children and try to convert them to support something they don’t want to. This teacher should have some punishments to look forward to, we can only hope.
*Check out the video at www.youtube.com
-Dominic
Veteran’s Day
All of us here at gopwire would like to salute everyone who is serving, about to serve or has ever served our country in the military. It is amazing how these people our dedicated to fighting for our country. Thanks to all the veteran’s and have a wonderful veteran’s day.
-GopWire staff
America’s Future
With one of the most liberal senators in history as our future president, we have some serious issues that are coming our way. We already have an idea of how Obama’s white house staff is going to look like so that leaves us with one more question. How rough is it going to get during these next four years? Me and a few others who understand why Obama shouldn’t be in office could tell you the answer to that question. These next four years are going to be tough for all, especially the businesses- big and small. We are going to see these businesses getting taxed a lot and in return they will layoff jobs and raise the prices for their services or products. These businesses will have to do this in order to prosper just a little bit. Obama is going to ‘give away” money in his “95% tax cut” and that’s a fact. How will he give a tax cut to people who don’t pay taxes, he can’t. This whole “95% tax cut” was just a good slogan for his campaign. Does our country really need to give away money and continue to spend money we simply don’t have?!? There are also other smaller issues that suggest a rough four years to come. Our future president favors gay marriage rights and is very pro-choice. This will make way for gay marriage and abortion rights in states that have “voted” against them in the past. Lastly, Obama has an ideal senate and house to work with. Think about it, the democrats have majority in both, do you really think he won’t be able to get all of his left ideas and policies put into law. if you don’t think they will vote with him on these far-left issues then you have another thing coming. Also, our national security will be at extreme risk when he grants citizenship to the 12 million illegals already here. It will be even worse when he “lightens” up on our border patrol and technology. Watch out American’s, “change’ isn’t always for the better.
P.S.- Matt will be posting soon, his computer is crashed right now.
-Dominic
The Fairness Doctrine
I have decided to do a story on the fairness doctrine because if it is applied our media could experience huge problems, especially the conservative’s. The fairness doctrine says anyone who is broadcasting on news topics must report fairly and balanced. The Fairness doctrine was applied but abolished in 1987, since then certain people have been calling for it to be re-established. To me, the fairness doctrine is recently been aimed at the righ-wing broadcaster’s, simply because most of the media is liberal and they want to abolish what little is left of conservative programs. The liberals would love nothing better than to bind the republicans by law to report fair and in their favor. Obama can say anything he wants but why wouldnt he want to pass a law stating if someone says something negative about him they have to say something positive. Just keep an eye out and see if this issue isn’t taken up by the democrats soon.
-Dominic
Vertical Politics Institution
The Vertical Politics Institute is dedicated to finding solutions to the many challenges our nation faces today. We will focus on the following issues: Tax Reform, Energy Independence, Controlling Spending, Health Care Reform, Arts and Education, Sanctity of Life, Traditional Marriage, Environment and Nation Security.
You can also expect the Vertical Politics Institute to take the lead in fighting across the nation for our ideas wherever they are challenged. We will support specific ballot initiatives such as Proposition 8 in California. We will also bring policy experts, academics, citizens and bloggers together to help further the discussion and craft solutions and new ideas.
Over the coming weeks you will see this website grow. Our goal is to open up the process to citizens and give them a stake in each of the issues. We want to hear what you have to say. We want you to get involved on a grassroots level fighting for our ideas and making voters aware of what is at stake.
In the meantime I encourage you to look around, sign up for our email updates and if you can afford to, invest a contribution in support of our efforts.
Working together I am confident we can grow this community and lift Americans up.
http://www.verticalpoliticsinstitute.com/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Issues.Home
To check into the issues I myself believe in as a VPI Member.
Matt
Why Obama Scares Me
While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in Heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
‘Welcome to Heaven,’ says St. Peter. ‘Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.’
‘No problem, just let me in,’ says the man.
‘Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in Heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.’
‘Really, I’ve made up my mind. I want to be in Heaven,’ says the senator.
‘I’m sorry, but we have our rules.’
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.
They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises…
The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on Heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.
‘Now it’s time to visit Heaven.’
So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. P eter returns.
‘Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in Heaven. Now choose your eternity.’
The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: ‘Well, I would never have said it before, I mean Heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.’
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. ‘I don’t understand,’ stammers the senator. ‘Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable.
What happened?’
The devil looks at him, smiles and says, ‘Yesterday we were campaigning.. ..
Today you voted.
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Obama has said so many contradictory things to people throughout the campaign that a lot of people will be shocked by what he does.
Some people do not relaize who you voted for, but you are sure gonna get your wish for ‘CHANGE’….
Your Fellow American,
Matt
The Auto Bailout
Right now our country is facing another grim bailout. This time we are going to possibly bailout the auto industry. There has been much talk lately about this bailout. The money would come from the $700 billion dollar bailout plan passed earlier this year. This auto industry bailout would call for $25 billion given to GM, Ford and Chrysler. This money would supposedly help these businesses get back on track. To me, this give-away would do nothing but create a short-term fix for the “big guys” who created the problem at hand. Right now the dems like Pelosi and Reid are saying that if they dont recieve a “spending plan” for this money, the companies won’t get the money. We all know that the auto industry will eventually get this money, the republican’s probably couldn’t stop it if all of them wanted to. I say, tell these companies to bail themselve’s out and not waste our tax dollars. This problem was created by bad managing and corruption on the part of the owner’s and bosses. Giving them this money will only help these companies for a short time then in the near future, we will see this same problem arise again, but this time even worse. I hope we can get passed this obstacle and work on bigger problem’s her in America.
-Dominic
Obama’s birth certificate found!!!
Here’s a little humor to go along with a serious matter of barack Obama not “publicly” releasing his birth certificate.
Is Obama a legal citizen?
The media bought it. The voters bought it. And now some in Congress are resisting the idea of congressional hearings because they believe that Barack Obama’s “birth certificate” has been posted online.
Not so.
What was posted was not a birth certificate, but something that resembles a “Certification of Live Birth” or COLB, which, even if authentic, does not prove “natural born” U.S. citizenship. You see, in Hawaii, a Certification of Live Birth is issued within a year of a child’s birth to those who register a birth abroad or one that takes place outside a hospital.
It’s Rathergate all over again with more amiss than a 1970s Selectric typewriter. But before I tell you what the experts found, let me ask you a few questions:
- If you were a natural born American citizen and had it within your means to quiet all the lawsuits and questions with proof, would you do it?
- If you were a natural born American citizen, would you spend thousands of dollars to fight the legal cases against you, or would you simply answer the legitimate question of whether you meet the constitutional requirements for office?
- If you were a natural born American citizen, would you forge a document called a “Certification of Live Birth” and tell the public it was a real “birth certificate”?
If someone were to violate the law by manufacturing a forgery in order trick the public, would that be enough evidence for members of Congress to conduct hearings and for a court to issue an order for the critical records, including the original long-form birth certificate (signed by the doctor) to ensure that the U.S. constitutional requirements for office were not violated? After all, Congress is sworn to uphold and defend that Constitution, and the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are “guardians” of the Constitution. That’s their job, isn’t it?
Ron Polarik, who holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Media and specializes in computer graphics with over 20 years experience with computers, printers and typewriters, has come forth with more definitive evidence than the word processor that tried to simulate a 1970s Selectric typewriter.
Polarik has submitted a signed affidavit and has now released his findings on video at www.ObamaForgery.com with his identity masked and voice altered to guard against the carrying out of threats, which he has already received.
The Summary: The Certificate of Live Birth documents posted on Mr. Obama’s website www.fightthesmears.com, Daily Kos (a pro-Obama blog) and factcheck.org, (a pro-Obama political research group), were found to be altered and forged.
- The problem of the pixels: When you have a green patterned document such as this, there should be a lot of green pixels from the background showing up between the letters that appear on the certification. But in this case, instead of green pixels, there are white and grey pixels between the letters, which result when you replace existing text with other text.
- There is no second fold line. The pictures show two folds – necessary to fit any COLB into an envelope for mailing, but the document itself shows only one fold. This is another indication of document alteration.
- There’s a blurred border. The border has a lower resolution than the rest of the document, which is another indication that it has been altered.
- The border is one that is used in 2007 COLBs. As a security measure, Hawaii changes their borders every year. This is when the Obama campaign claims the certificate was obtained. That is fine except for the problem that …
- The seal and signature stamp are from a 2008 COLB. As revealed by a process called edging, the Hawaiian seal and signature stamp on the back of the document are revealed to be from the wrong year!
Like with Rathergate, when you’re creating documents, make sure you use only a typewriter that was invented at the time you report the document was manufactured. When posting a “Certification of Live Birth,” make sure you “borrow” only from documents used in the same year!
Be sure to sign the petition demanding evidence of Barack Obama’s constitutional qualifications.
But beyond the birth certificate issue, there’s the matter that Obama traveled to Indonesia, Pakistan, Southern India and Kenya in 1981. He said he went to Indonesia to see his mother. This seemed plausible, except for the fact that his mother returned to Hawaii in August of 1980 to file for a divorce from her second husband, Lolo Soetoro. Unless she went back to pal around with the man she divorced, she wasn’t there at the time of Obama’s visit.
There’s another problem. No record of Obama holding an American passport prior to the one he received once becoming a U.S. senator has been found. If he traveled to Pakistan with an American passport, he wouldn’t have been allowed in – since Pakistan was in turmoil in 1981 and under martial law. It was also on the State Department’s travel ban list for U.S. citizens.
If he couldn’t get into Pakistan with a U.S. passport, perhaps he went there with an Indonesian passport. But the only way you can get one of those is if you are an Indonesian citizen.
That’s quite possible since under Indonesian law, when a male acknowledges a child as his son, it deems the son – in this case Obama – to be an Indonesian state citizen, which was also recorded by Obama’s school record.
So, if he didn’t go to Indonesia in 1981 to visit mom (who had returned to Hawaii by then), might it have something to do with the fact that Indonesian passports expire every five years and it was time for renewal?
Why does that matter?
If Obama would have been a U.S. citizen, 8 USC §1481(a)(2) provides loss of nationality by native born citizens upon “taking an oath or making an affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state … after having attained the age of eighteen years,” in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1401(a)(1). Simply put, since Indonesia did not allow for dual citizenship, if Obama got that passport in 1981, when he was 20 years old, he effectively renounced any U.S. citizenship he may have had.
So, if the experts are right, Obama forged a Certification of Live Birth to fool America. In addition to the automatic Indonesian citizenship granted to a child acknowledged as a “son” by an Indonesian male citizen, and the Indonesian citizenship listed in Obama’s school records, Obama then traveled to a place where Americans weren’t allowed to go, but citizens of Indonesia were. If he obtained an Indonesian passport on his trip in 1981, he effectively renounced any American citizenship he may have had and cannot serve as president (or “rule” as president, as members of his campaign have stated). These are serious questions that must have answers.
If Obama gets into office without verification that he has met the requirements of the U.S. Constitution, if you care about life, liberty or the family, you’re going to have to make hundreds of calls to try and fight an agenda that seeks to silence you.
There is a way to help prevent this. Our founders sacrificed their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. I’m asking you to do three things.
- Fast and pray for all the hidden things to come to light.
- Call the Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee – in their district offices while they’re home this week for Thanksgiving. Ask them to “Please hold congressional hearings to investigate whether Barack Obama meets the basic constitutional requirements for the highest office of the land.”
- Write a letter to the nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court (names are listed below) and put them in a FedEx (or other overnight) envelope to:U.S. Supreme Court
1 First Street, N.E
Washington, D.C. 20543
Our Constitution matters and defending it is going to take an outcry from the public. The electors vote on Dec. 15. The numbers are below and your immediate action is critically needed right now. Do it before defending our liberties costs a lot more than making some phone calls and writing a few letters.
The Republican House Judiciary members: Call them toll-free: 877-851-6427 or 202-225-3121, AND most importantly reach them in their district offices:
Lamar Smith (Texas), ranking member, critical in any hearings: 512-306-0439 Austin, 830-896-0154 Kerrville, and 210-821-5024 San Antonio.
James Sensenbrenner (Wisconsin) 800-242-1119 or 262-784-1111 Brookfield
Howard Coble (North Carolina) 336-333-5005 Greensboro, 336-626-3060 Asheboro, 336-886-5106 High Point, 226-229-0159 Graham, 704-209-0426 Granite Quarry
Elton Gallegly (California) 800-423-0023 or 805-497-2224 Thousand Oaks, 805-686-2525 Solvang
Bob Goodlatte (Virginia) 540-432-2391 Harrisonburg, 434-845-8306 Lynchburg, 540-857-2672 Roanoke, and 540-885-3861 Staunton
Steve Chabot (Ohio) 513-684-2723 Cincinnati
Dan Lungren (California) 916-859-9906 Gold River
Chris Cannon (Utah) 800-571-2971 Provo, 801-569-5125 West Jordan
Ric Keller (Florida) 407-872-1962 Orlando, 888-642-1211 Eustis, 888-642-1211 Ocala
Darrell Issa (California) 951-693-2447 Temecula, 760-599-5000 San Diego
Mike Pence (Indiana) 765-640-2919 Anderson, 765-962-2883 Richmond, 765-747-5566 Muncie
Randy Forbes (Virginia) 757-382-0080 Chesapeake, 804-526-4969 Colonial Heights, 434-634-5575 Emporia
Steve King (Iowa) 641-782-2495 Creston, 712-580-7754 Spencer, 712-325-1404 Council Bluffs, 712-224-4692 Sioux City, 712-732-4197 Storm Lake
Tom Feeney (Florida) 386-756-9798 Port Orange, 407-208-1106 Orlando, 321-264-6113 Titusville
Trent Franks (Arizona) 623-776-7911 Glendale
Louie Gohmert (Texas) 866-535-6302 Lufkin/Marshall/Nagadoches, 903-236-8597 Longview, 903-561-6349 Tyler
Jim Jordan (Ohio) 419-522-5757 Mansfield, 419-999-6455 Lima, 419-423-3210 Findlay
Supreme Court Justices
Chief Justice John Roberts
Associate Justices:
Samuel A. Alito
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia
Anthony M. Kennedy
David H. Souter
John Paul Stevens
Stephen G. Breyer
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
How important is the Constitution to you?
-Dominic
Mumbai, India under attack
The city of Mumbai has recently come under attack by suspected Islamic terrorists. At this time terrorists are still help-up in one of the ten places attacked within the last twenty hours. The main attacks occured about twenty hours ago at two of the largest hotels in India. The tahj and Oberian hotels are both historic monuments in india and prized structure’s to all of the Indian citizen’s . There are reports that when the terrorists struck they asked for people with American and British passports, apparently targetting Americans and Brition’s. Explosions and gun shots continue to sound as the Indian army storm the Tahj hotel where terrorists and hostage’s are still believed to be held-up. Fire has erupted in two different locations of the Tahj hotel. There are reports of at least 100 deaths and at least 300 injured so far. This story is continuing to develope in India at these locations. This attack shows that America is clearly a target in the future, being that Americans and Britions were targeted primarily. There are no confirmations of American casualties yet, but this story is still developing in India. White house staff has released a statemant saying they will offer help to India, but India has to ask for It. We will likely have another report when this story Is completely developed and all information is confirmed In India.
-Dominic
Radio Show
Well I will be starting a Radio Show – my scheduled time is 6:00 – 7:00 pm Monday,Tuesday, Possibly Wendsday but the Co-Host will Host it. and Thursday and Friday. I didn’t plan on telling you, but there is one slight problem I need a name for the show. Dominic will be the Co-Host if we can work things out.. and if it doesn’t I will be looking for another Co-host. You will most likely either need long distance or get skype which will cost you a small 3.00 a month. I will also need a backup host for when me and the co-host cannot be able to come on. If your interested in any of these things please send me an email at syrniacast@gmail.com and also if you have any name suggestion leave us a comment.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
Mumbai, India- the aftermath
As we all know, Mumbai, India was recently devestated by at least 12 terrorist’s who are suspected to be a group of radical muslim extremists. The terrorists raided a police station, a restraunt and two of India’s most historic hotels, the tahj and oberien hotels. As we mentioned in the other post, we suspect that Americans and Britions were targets because the terrorists asked for those specific passports. Right now Mumbai is trying to restore their hotels and city while at the same time tracking down where these attacks couldv’e possibly originated. There was speculation by indian authorities that Pakistan couldv’e been envovled, but thre U.S. has released staements doubting that they were invloved. As of now we know there were at least 5 American’s killed and over 100 indians killed as well as at least 300 injured. America has offered help to India but they are waiting to see if india will accept. This is clearly a message to America, who has been at war with extremist groups for some time now. The U.S. should not take these attacks lightly when it comes to our area. This, to me, is a clear sign that we need to do everything possible to secure our borders, keep up the good work in Iraq and surounding areas and work to eliminate radical organizations that may exist in our country already. if there is any new information released on this story we will be sure to bring you the latest.
-Dominic
Gop Wire Hits The Airwaves
Well, It’s official, me and my friend matt have decided to hit the radio by starting our own internet radio show. The direct link to our site where you can listen live is, www.blogtalkradio.com/MHP . Our debut is this Monday, dec.8th . Our show will air from 6:00-7:00 pm eastern time. We will be broadcasting live from Callahan, Fl. There is a caller line on the page of the link that is in this post. We urge all of you to call in or join the chat or e-mail us your thoughts during the show and we will air it live. you can e-mail us during the show at gopwire@yahoo.com . Our radio talk will be similiar to our posts here. And don’t worry, if you miss any of our radio shows, we will more than likely have a post about what we talked about the previous day. Hope you enjoy it as us here at gopwire hit the airwaves.
-Dominic
Save or Die?
With the new show we have, I have been running short on time to post on current topics. With school-show and life, and this blog I have very little free time. But today I am going to express my view points (from a 16 year old) on the Auto Bailout. Should we really bail out these companies or should we let them rise and fall like many small businesses. Or should we bail them out and give them your hard earn tax dollars. Is it really fair that the democrats seem it fit to bail out these businesses so just maybe they will earn some support from them. It’s also funny how foreigner auto makers are thriving Honda,Nissan,Toyota etc. I wonder what exactly the ‘big three’ is doing wrong. Everyone has seemed to lose hope in American Products and companies. I feel that some oh the foreign car companies are better than US Made cars, I hate to say it but its true. We need to let the companies find out their own solution to this epic fail in history. I can see GM and Chrysler combining to maybe solve this crisis. If we do happen to bailout these companies I can just think off the top of my head better things we could have done with that money. I believe that once we bail them out it will just create a line for companies to line up for bailout’s eventually we will even say Bill Gates lining up for one. That just takes the point out of Capitalism and Free Trade. It’s not entirely the democrats fault it is the Republican’s fault aswell. I believe if we get more third party candidates in we would see less of this crap.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
p.s check out our radio show M-F 6:00-7:00 PM EST Time.
Christmas hijacked with gay nativity scene
WorldNetDaily
A “gay” Dutch group has plans to hijack a traditionally Christian holiday by hosting its own “Pink Christmas” festival – complete with church services and a homosexual Nativity featuring two Josephs and two Marys.
Amsterdam’s ProGay will put on a 10-day festival with parties, an open-air market, homosexual movies and ice skating. The group has even scheduled church services for Christmas day, the Associated Press reports.
Frank van Dalen, ProGay chairman, told reporters his group is hosting the event to boost “choices for homosexual men and women” during Christmas week.
“Right now, there’s not much to do,” he said.
The celebration will promote homosexuality and religion, van Dalen said.
(Story continues below)
However, an organization named Christians for Truth claims the “gay” manger scene “mocks the core concepts of evangelism.”
“By putting Joseph and Mary down as homosexuals, a cracked human fantasy is being tacked on to history from the Bible,” the group said in a statement.
The live Nativity is scheduled to begin Dec. 21. Van Dalen told the AP that Christians should not take offense to the festival, because it is only intended to be a “wink” at heterosexual assumptions and promote Amsterdam as a “gay” capital.
“Christmas is about more than religion, it’s also about love and families, not to mention shopping,” he said. “Two men or two women can form a family too these days, even one with a child.”
The Netherlands legalized same-sex unions in 2001, and “gays” are allowed to adopt. The Dutch Cabinet participated in an Amsterdam “gay” pride boat parade Aug. 2. Van Dalen attended the event and said he was very pleased with “Christian participation.” Several masses were held on that day.
“So far Orthodox Christians believed in two separate worlds, as if homosexuality is not part of their own closed society,” van Dalen said. “This boat proves them wrong.”
>>> This is completely sick, twisted and immoral. How could someone portray Joseph and Mary as gay and lesbian when they clearly weren’t!?!
-Dominic
New info. in Auto Bailout
Just as the senate is preparing to vote to bail out the three auto companies, these same companies and a few others pop up in a brand-new study released today on www.wnd.com.
Report: Bailed-out firms bankrolled conventions
AIG, Ford, Citigroup, Freddie Mac gave millions to Democrats, GOP before asking for gov’t aid
Posted: December 11, 2008
12:00 am Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
They were donating millions of dollars to underwrite the Democratic and Republican Party conventions.
According to a new report released today by the Center for Responsive Politics in conjunction with the Campaign Finance Institute, the companies were some of the largest sponsors of the political conventions that resulted in the nomination of Barack Obama and John McCain for president.
In the two years spent fundraising for the conventions, CFI claims the two parties only provided the names “they elected to disclose. The institute announced today that the first official host committee reports have been released, and it now has a complete list of donors.
“The two convention host committees raised $118 million, virtually all of it in private funds: $61 million for the Democratic conclave in Denver and $57 million for the Republican one in Minneapolis-St. Paul,” it reveals. “The latter figures are almost four times the separate $16 million each party received from the federal government to support its convention.”
Key industry actors in the current financial crisis gave $14 million to conventions, CFI reports. The following are some of its findings:
- Freddie Mac gave $500,000, half to each committee.
- Ford Motor Company donated $200,000 for the conventions, half to each host committee (Also, Kirk Kerkorian, Ford’s largest shareholder with ties to GM and Chrysler, gave $3.5 million).
- General Motors provided 735 new cars to the Democratic and Republican Party convention committees for elected officials’ use.
- American International Group, or AIG, gave $1.5 million split evenly between the two committees
- Hedge funds and their managers gave $3.9 million – $2.7 million to Republicans and $1.2 million to Democrats.
- Investment companies including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase, UBS and Lehman Brothers, gave $1.5 million.
- Other financial institutions that have received or are eligible for bailouts, such as Citigroup, U.S. Bancorps, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, donated $2.9 million – much of it was given to the Republican committee.
Finance, insurance and real estate companies gave $24.6 million toward the conventions, according to Center for Responsive Politics, or CRP.
“If the executives who have come to Washington, hat in hand, looked familiar to members of Congress, maybe it’s because they met over the summer at the conventions,” CRP Executive Director Sheila Krumholz said in a statement. “The conventions provided representatives of major corporations and industries with many opportunities to interact with Washington’s decision-makers. Those conversations may have paid off just weeks later, when the government started handing out money to those companies and industries that are struggling.”
The study also found that the drug industry gave $9.8 million to the parties, Internet companies donated $4.1 million to Republicans and $3.1 million to Democrats, while unions representing government employees contributed all of their $2.7 million to the Democrats’ convention in Denver.
Krumholz said, “By taking advantage of the false distinction between a political party and the committee hosting the party’s convention, unions were able to support the Democratic Party in a way that hasn’t been allowed since the days of soft money, when labor was among the biggest givers.”
> So, with all this new info. coming out, these companies definitely don’t deserve a bailout by the government. Even though it’s probably to late, Its still good to get this new info. out and let everyone see why this auto bailout should never take place.
-Dominic
Credit to these ‘Democrats’
I believe Dominic was a little biased about republican’s holding out the bailout bill, that wasn’t 100% fair so I will give ‘these’ democrats credit for listening to the people.
Baucus (MT)
Lincoln (AR)
Reid (NV)
Tester (MT)
I would like to pubically annouce my thanks to ‘these’ following democrats who have sense in this issue and that are listening to the people and not the companies. They did help on not passing the bill not just the senate ‘republicans’. I also would like to expose the following republicans for voting for the bailout and they are.
Bond (MO)
Brownback (KS)
Collins (ME)
Dole (NC)
Domenici (NM)
Lugar (IN)
Snowe (ME)
Specter (PA)
Voinovich (OH)
Warner, John (VA)
Your Fellow American,
Matt
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BREAKING NEWS>Rahm Emanuel Fast-tracked Imigrants to get votes
A former INS official who attended meetings with Rahm Emanuel when Emanuel was a White House aide says the hard-charging Democrat relaxed rules to naturalize even criminal immigrants and secure their votes for President Clinton ahead of the 1996 presidential election
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President-elect Barack Obama, who has chosen Emanuel to run White House operations as his chief of staff, has promised to sign legislation that loosens immigration and puts even illegal aliens on a fast track to citizenship . Emanuel coordinated with Hispanic community organizers in Chicago to rubberstamp immigrants for citizenship, the INS official said in an exclusive interview with WND.
It turns out the long-time Chicago political operative was the behind-the-scenes catalyst for Citizenship USA, a project run out of then-Vice President Al Gore’s office.
“Rahm was doing it under the guise of Al Gore’s Reinventing Government program,” said the official, who helped direct INS security policy. “He was definitely the point man and was past his neck in the scandal at INS.”
Emanuel, now caught up in the corruption scandal involving Democrat Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, refused to cooperate with an investigation into the citizenship project by the Justice Department Inspector General.
“He got every rule changed in the hiring of adjudicators so they could naturalize more Mexican nationals to vote for Bill Clinton, not to mention getting the rules changed to naturalize anyone,” regardless of their criminal background, said the official, who’s still employed by the federal government and requested anonymity to avoid reprisals.
“They had immigration ceremonies at stadiums with DNC (Democratic National Committee) staff registering them as voters right there,” he added.
At one Chicago ceremony held inside Soldier Field, some 11,000 new citizens were sworn in.
Another former INS official, William Carroll, said Emanuel “took midnight trips to INS headquarters to meet with (Commissioner) Doris Meissner about Citizenship USA.”
He said that in March 1996 he and other INS district directors were given “marching orders” by headquarters to push through as many new citizens as possible ahead of the election, even if no criminal and national security background checks were completed.
INS deportation officer Tom Conklin said that he and other agents were pressured to rubberstamp immigrants “with two or three arrests for crimes like burglary.”
According to a November 1993 interview with Mother Jones magazine, Emanuel began pushing Clinton to be proactive on the issue of immigration right after he took office, and years ahead of the 1996 re-election campaign.
“I just wanted to be ahead of this issue and have our staff on it, defining it constantly,” Emanuel said, eyeing Texas and California, two key states in 1996 where immigration was a hot issue.
Clinton took his close aide’s advice. In September 1994, the president met with the head of the Hispanic group UNO, or United Neighborhood Organization, during a fundraiser in Chicago. The president of Chicago-based UNO, Daniel “Danny” Solis, explained that the growing number of immigrants represented a “great opportunity” to get a million new voters, but “we have to get all these citizens naturalized.”
Clinton told Solis to stay in contact with Emanuel. The two then coordinated a scheme to fast-track both legal and illegal immigrants for citizenship before the 1996 election, the INS security official alleges.
“The goal was to speed up the process and turn as many legal residents and illegals into Clinton voters as possible,” he said.
The officially stated purpose of Clinton’s Citizenship USA program was to eliminate an INS backlog of applicants.
The senior INS official’s allegations appear to be corroborated by some of the findings reached by the Justice inspector general in his 2000 report entitled, “An Investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Citizenship USA Initiative.”
Emanuel, who could not be reached for comment for this article, refused to cooperate with the IG’s investigation.
At the time of the scandal, he was White House director of special projects. After the election, he was promoted to Clinton’s senior advisor for policy and strategy.
The report said Emanuel “often attended meetings” with INS’ Meissner.
“According to witnesses at INS and the Department of Justice, Emanuel was increasingly responsible at the White House for issues involving the Department of Justice,” the report said, “and his interests in immigration issues were focused primarily on enforcement.”
The IG’s report also confirmed Clinton sat near UNO’s Solis at the Chicago fundraising dinner in September 1994.
Solis, now a Chicago alderman and staunch ally of Mayor Richard Daley, sent a letter dated Sept. 25 to the White House noting that naturalizing Hispanic immigrants at a record pace could give the “Democrats a strategic advantage at next year’s Convention” as Chicago’s INS applicants “represent thousands of potential voters.”
Emanuel, in turn, faxed Solis’ letter to Meissner’s office and asked the INS to review the document, the IG’s report noted. Citizenship USA was launched in August 1995.
Then in January 1996, Emanuel met with Solis and other Hispanic activists in the White House.
According to the report, Solis told investigators that “Emanuel seemed very interested when the representatives noted that the backlog of naturalization applicants represented potential votes for the Clinton-Gore campaign.”
“Whether Emanuel’s interest was real and reflected political acumen or merely politeness is a question that his refusal to be interviewed has made more difficult to answer,” complained Justice’s Inspector General Glenn A. Fine.
Meissner was not comfortable with the pressure Emanuel was exerting on her agency, the report said.
“Certainly the possibility that White House involvement in CUSA (Citizenship USA) could be perceived as improper occurred to many people, incuding Commissioner Meissner, who recalled having voiced her concerns to Emanuel and to both Attorney General Reno and Deputy Attorney General Gorelick,” the report added.
In 2001, Fine testified his investigation “found that the INS had compromised the integrity of naturalization adjudications as a result of its efforts to process applicants more quickly and meet a self-imposed goal of completing more than a million cases by the end of fiscal year 1996.”
Among other things, he said investigators determined that the Clinton administration had followed “inadequate procedures for checking criminal histories and fingerprints.”
Fine made a point toward the end of his report to stress that Emanuel, who had “reviewed the 1995 Solis letter and faxed it to the INS,” refused his request for an interview.
Seven years later, Emanuel still has not answered questions about his role in the scandal.
>>> Emanuel has been hiding behind this since 1996, I think now it’s time to do something. This is a story that you won’t hear nothing about in the mainstream media, but we still need to work on getting a judge to examine this case and prosecute Emanuel for this scandal he was factually behind.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
BREAKING NEWS>>> Bush approves automatic bail-out for Auto Industries
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Friday announced $13.4 billion in emergency loans to prevent the collapse of General Motors and Chrysler, and another $4 billion available for the hobbled automakers in February with the entire bailout conditioned on the companies undertaking sweeping reorganizations to show that they can return to profitability.The loans, as G.M. and Chrysler teeter on the brink of insolvency, essentially throws the companies a lifeline from the taxpayers that will keep them afloat until March 31. At that point, the Obama administration will determine if the automakers are meeting the conditions of the loans and will continue to receive government aid or must repay the loans and face bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Bush made his announcement a week after Senate Republicans blocked legislation to aid the automakers that had been negotiated by the White House and Congressional Democrats, and the loan package announced by the president includes roughly the identical requirements in that bill, which had been approved by the House.Mr. Bush, in a televised speech before the opening of the markets, said that under other circumstances he would have let the companies fail, as punishment for bad business decisions. But given the economic downturn, he said the government had no choice but to step in.
“These are not ordinary circumstances. In the midst of a financial crisis and a recession, allowing the U.S. auto industry to collapse is not a responsible course of action” Mr. Bush said.He said that bankruptcy was not a workable alternative. “Chapter 11 is unlikely to work for the American automakers at this time,” Mr. Bush said, noting that consumers would be unlikely to purchase cars from a bankrupt manufacturer. The loan deal also requires the companies to quickly reduce their debt by two-thirds, mostly through debt-for-equity swaps, and to reach an agreement with the United Auto Workers union to cut wages and benefits so they are competitive with those of employees of foreign-based automakers working in the United States.
The debt reduction and the cuts in wages were central components of proposal by Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, who tried to salvage the bailout legislation.Those talks had deadlocked on a demand by Republicans that the wage cuts take effect by a set date in 2009, while the union had pressed for a deadline in 2011 after its current contract expires.
The plan announced on Friday by Mr. Bush offered a compromise between those positions, by making the requirements non-binding, allowing the automakers to reach different arrangements with the union, provided that they explain how those alternative plans will keep them on a path toward financial viability.
>>> It is unbelievable that Bush would approve such a thing. The majority of the senate clearly voted against bailing out these companies, and now bush is acting like that vote never happened. These industries don’t deserve the money and if they are that bad off, they should be forced to file for bankruptcy. They should also learn some lessons about running a company in the effect where they won’t ever have to ask for a bailout. This is disgusting and sick that Bush would do such a thing with the american taxpayer’s dollars after a decision was already made!
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
BREAKING NEWS>New Info. In the caylee anthony case
New information on the remains found in florida a few days ago have been released. As you know, remains were found a few days ago that were near the anthony home. For about a week medical examiners have been looking over the bones and determining whose they are . First we heard they were confirmed to be a female who was a small tot. Today the medical examiner has confirmed the remains are that of caylee anthony. As you know caylee anthony has been missing for months with no word of a valid place of where the child could be by her mother. The medical examiner also stated that a homicide did take place in this case but would not go into detail on any other specific information except that the bones were completely skeletonized. Casey and the grandparents have been informed about the discovery and that is all the officials have said or released at this time. We here at GopWire will continue to bring you the latest while authorities begin their search for Caylee’s killer.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
A Reminder
Well if you are not going to tune in to our show at all, do me one favor tune in December 23rd (Tomorrow). For our themed show of December. We will be exposing the liberal companies “who refuse to say Merry Christmas” But all is good we will give them their 60 mins of fame. Tune in so you know who to support- and not to support this Upcoming season. If you are not sure how to listen here is the link:www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire. At 6:00-7:00 PM EST Time Monday-Friday. We will be off the air the 24th-29th so be sure not to tune in But you are welcome to listen to the archives of us.
Merry Christmas,
Matthew
A Christmas Reminder
Me and Matt brought up some interesting Information on some very liberal stores and companies during our Dec.23rd show recently. Some people may say we blew this topic out of proportion but If you think about It this is really something to think about. We were simply discussing which companies and stores don’t say or advertise the phrase, “merry christmas”. The companies and stores who don’t say it should be brought to the world’s attention because Christmas is a national holiday that should be recognized by all stores, companies and businesses. Everyone should understand that there is such thing as separation of church and state in the constitution, but It is clearly referring to church and the federal government. So, why would the government make christmas a national holiday if you could offend someone by saying the simple phrase, “merry chritsmas” ??? I think people who believe that the phrase is offending are just far-left liberal loons who are the same pinheads who want to take god out of our pledge. With this being said, here is a list of companies and stores we examined on our dec.203rd show. We hope you enjoy seeing howthese stores, that you may purchase from, feel about christmas.
> The ones who do not say Merry christmas:
1. Lowes-Employee’s not allowed to say marry christmas.
2. Toys R us- they say that “holidays” are in and “christmas” is out.
3. Banana republic- Website and store has no mention of Christmas.
4. Bed Bath & Beyond- No mention of any holidays anywhere.
5. Barnes & Noble- Website has no mention of christmas and stores are not allowed to put up christmas trees and employees cannot say merry christmas.
6. Best Buy- Website has no mention of christmas and the manager says that “merry Christmas” is disrespectful.
7. Dicks sporting good- Website or store has no mention of christmas.
8. Eddie Bauer- Customer service would not recognise Christmas because they didn’t want to offend any Jews.
9. Gap- No mention of christmas anywhere.
10. Home Depot- Website has no mention of christmas.
11. K Mart- They are selling “holiday trees” and “holiday wreaths”.
> The one’s who do say Merry christmas:
1. Dillard’s- Advertises a “christmas” catalog.
2. JC Penney- Website has a “christmas” shipping countdown.
3. Joann fabrics- Offers “christmas” and holiday fabrics.
4. Chili’s- Employees are encouraged to say “merry christmas”.
5. Carraba’s- Employees are allowed to say “merry christmas”.
6. Publix- Store has “christmas” all around and employees can say “merry christmas”.
7. Kohls- “christmas” is all over tv, paper and radio ads.
8. L.L. Bean- Advertises a “christmas” catalog.
9. Linens N things- Has a “christmas” shop and “christmas” checklist.
10. Macy’s- Says “merry christma” on it’s fromt page of their website.
11. Michaels- Website has a christmas section.
12. M&M candies- Will hage red and green candies with pics of christmas trees, angels and other christmas images.
13. Target- Website has “christmas” decor and TV ads say “merry christmas”.
14. Wal Mart- Has a “christmas” shop and plays “christmas” carols and employees are encouraged to say “merry christmas”.
>>> With all this being presented, I hope you who disagree that this is a big deal change your views and realize how important this is for America. Only a Liberal idiot would step out against christmas. This is The gopwire staff “christmas reminder” to everyone out there this holiday season. Me and Matt would like to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Corrections.
Lowe’s – I had numerous people tell me that Lowe’s say’s “Merry Christmas”… and the commercial says it aswell.
Barnes & Noble – Even though I didn’t mention them they do play “Christmas and Christian music”.
Ace Hardware – Allows Christmas items.
Best Buy- Does allow Christmas and there website says ” Have a Very Merry Christmas”
Im sorry for this statement about Lowe’s it may just be certain Lowe’s but I had enough people tell me otherwise, so I had to correct it. I also sorry for the false info… hopefully I can make it up to the companies.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
GOPWIRE RADIO RETURNS!!!
Just a reminder to all, we begin our radio show on dec.30th, which is a tuesday. We are of course starting it back up after being off for 5 days on christmas break. The link is, www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire.com . We hope you will tune in for our re-opening show and our new years eve show from 11-12:15 pm, to ring in the new year. We look forward to your calls and participation as we continue our radio braodcast over the internet.
-gopwire staff (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Gov. Blago stays on the firing line
Not too long ago governor Blagojevich was put in the public spotlight after tapes were released showing that the governor was trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat. Blago stayed on low profile for a while until a few days ago when he began stating his side of the story. His side was of course that he had done nothing and that officials couldn’t prove the allegations. This was also the story with his lawyer, who actually said that there were no tapes to begin with. Now, why would the offcials come out of nowhere with corruption charges against Blago. There has been a long history of corruption in Illinois, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that this happened. Blago and his lawyer continue to defend themselves and now Obama is releasing his records of his staff’s contact with the governor. Obama says the records should prove that him and his staff did nothing wrong. I think it’s just a matter of time before they bring this case to rest and Blago is impeached and removed from office. what’s still untellable is whether Obama is involved. We will all know soon enough and the results of these investigations could prove that Obama’s message of change means something totally different than hepling our nation.
-Dominic
Breaking News>>> Gov. Blago appoints a new senator
Gov. Blagojevich has appointed a new senator to fill Barack obama’s spot. He is Roland Burrus, Former state attorney general. He has lost 5 runs in which he pursued the senate, governor and chairman positions. He also runs a lobbying firm and has donated a lot of money to Blago in the past. This is what everyone was fearing would happen, This could very well be the guy who blago was going to sell the position too. Something about this story seems fishy, Blago shouldv’e been impeached and removed by now and there is no other way to stop this ongoing corruption. Even far-left liberals are criticizing this appointment and Harry Reid has said he won’t let Burris take the seat. Obama is calling the choice a “disapointment” .
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Happy New Year!
The GOPWire staff wishes you a happy new year, from our family to yours. We hope you meet your goals in this important time of your life.
Well it is a whole new year and here at Gopwire we plan on making some changes I myself am not sure of the changes. We already launched the GOP Wire Radio Network, and I have other plans to boost the Conserative Grassroots I will also be working with other sites, and other things. I also want to advertise that we are looking for a back-up host that is willing to be on call 6:00-7:00 pm M-F if you are willing, no age requirment or anything and we won’t put you to work too bad. We will contact you ahead of time, if we need you to do a show, long-distance or skype is recommened if you have neither I (Matt) will be able to assist you if necessary. Be sure to send an email to gopwire@yahoo.com or my personal account syrniacast@gmail.com for more information if you are interested.
Just a Reminder,
Monday-Friday 6:00-7:00 EST www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
Israel continues against Hamas
As you know Israel is continuing airstrikes against Hamas In Gaza and they are on the edge of moving ground troops In. Hamas has already taken israel soldiers hostage and threatens to take more If israel Invades with ground incursions. Hezbollah Is also threatening to take action In this battle which will not be helpful for Israel as they try to take hold of the Gaza strip. Surprisingly that Isn’t what started these airstrikes from Israel. Israel began airstrikes after hamas continued to threaten them with missile tests, even after Israel official’s warned them countless times. The U.S. and Bush continues to say that Israel should continue until Hamas quits and seeks peace. I agree with Bush and his staff on this one because I think they are simply right. hamas presented this to israel and asked for it themselves. I say Israel should pound hamas, and Hezbollah If they engage, with all they have to get the point across that they won’t take this bull they have been getting.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Obama’s future stimulus package
*Obama and all of the democrats on capitol hill have met and decided to work on getting together a new stimulus package. it would total roughly around $775 billion. They will cut taxes on middle class and small businesses. They will also give money to the middle class just as pres.Bush did a while back. Here are some things to consider before you place your opinion on this topic.
> Is giving away money we don’t have going to serve as a long-term fix for our economy?
> Can our country afford to give away money as much as we are in debt and owing other countries money?
> Doesn’t this make the people on capitol hill who want this, look like they don’t care about our deficit at all?
> How is giving away money to the middle class going to help the lost jobs and fix our economy?
> What will happen not too long from now when this same economic problem arises and this $775 billion has done nothing for our future?
* With these questions being in your head for the moment take a step back and think about something else. Sure it’s great to have money in your pocket. But in this package there is no mention of tax cuts for big businesses out there. They will, in return to keep up, raise their prices and lay off workers and shut down factories everywhere. this will of course fall back on you. It is never good to give away money, especially when our country is in this kind of situation as far as finances go.
-Dominic (www.blotgtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Isreal Is on the right side!
I felt compelled to make this post because recently here in the United States i have found that even In my state of Florida, people are protesting against Isreal. It’s also happening all over our country at the moment. Let me ask this question, what if the city your living in was bombed 3,000 times in 2008!?! Thats what isreal was getting suring 2008, 3,000 missiles total for all of last year!!! So, how can somebody continue to sit by and say that Isreal Is the terrorists in this situation!?! Well, a man just yesterday on a very popular radio show said that exact same thing. He was a caller who had no usage of common sense. I don’t know how to get to these idiots who call isreal terrorists, so maybe someone else knows how to. I just wantedto put it out there that isreal is defending themselves and they have every right to do so. There is a new treaty out there and the main fighting has stopped for now but small areas of fighting remain, not for long officials say. my take is that, if Hamas continues what they have been doing to isreal under this next cease-fire, to heck with any treaty. I say isreal should knock every one of there headquarters in palestine off the map! Don’t be scared, if you have an opposing opinion you cam voice it here and leave a comment, or you can listen to me and matts show tonight. I will be on by myself and I urge anyone who disagrees with me to call-in, then maybe we can figure out what mental problem your diagnosed with! Just follow the link and don’t be scared, because tonight im getting my thoughts out and taking ANY call no matter which side you stand on in this issue. Hope you join me, its from 6-7pm eastern and the link is under this post. > you can also e-mail us with your thoughts.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
BREAKING NEW>Illinois House Impeaches Blagojevich
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who would take over if Blagojevich is ousted, said it’s time for the governor to “face reality” and give up his office.
“The citizens of this state must have confidence that their governor will faithfully serve the people and put their interests before his own,” the committee’s report said. “It is with profound regret that the committee finds that our current governor has not done so.”
The decision was nearly unanimous with a vote of 114-1.
Illegal Immigrants and our country
Our government must make it a vital point to protect us from who they let into our country. Our country also needs to work harder at stopping illegals from entering. I truely believe that if we did a better job at protecting our borders we wouldn’t be in such a bad economic mess. Even though they our like us wanting to work and prosper in a better place, they still should “legally” come in. The illegal ones are taking jobs that your unemployed father could occupy. Your family could be struggling and not be able to find a job, meanwhile an illegal alien is pushing that shovel that could be feeding your family. They do deserve a chance but the key is coming in with respect to our country by legally entering.
Another concern is our overall safety. Everybody should realize that there are many terrorists out there who hate America just because of what we stand for. These terrorists are very capable and extremely dangerous. A few of the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 actually had a drivers license and was an illegal alien. You shouldn’t have to think too long about why immigrants come in illegaly. It’s usually because they don’t want to be “noticed” by our government. Meaning that they want to sneak in literally but they don’t want the government knowing that there here. For the most part its because they don’t want to pay taxes but there are a few, like the ones that attacked us, who don’t care about money and they just want to destroy us.
At this point everyone should understand that illegal aliens are causing economic problems as well as threatening our national security. So, do you think that if we got the 12 million illegals out that we would be better off economically? Do you think that if we got the 12 million illegal aliens out that we would be somewhat safer here at home? I hope that your answer is “yes”. I also hope that you understand how much of a problem we are “all” faced with involving illegal aliens. The only way to make our country a better place is to “always” preserve our BORDERS, LANGUAGE and CULTURE.
President Barack H. Obama
>America is indeed in a sticky situation involving the economy, foreign affairs and our safety. In the near future decisions will be made and they will be tough ones too call. In the past eight years George W. Bush has made those tough decisions and now it is up too President Obama too take hold of the decisions to come. He will decide where our economy goes from here, where our involvement in other countries goes and where our lives go for at least the next four years. He will have a real good chance at putting his plans into action, considering the Democrat-majority congress he has too work with. The final question is, Will these decisions be for better or for worse? Many can speculate their answers to that question and I too have my own views but only time will tell exactly where President Obama will take us with his ideas. I have made it clear that I don’t agree with his ideas involving the economy, in which he doesn’t recognize the deficit and pulls for the bailout of multi-million dollar companies. I have also made it clear that I don’t support his ideas for things abroad, in which he doesn’t support the surge and our efforts against global terrorists. I also have made it clear that I totally disgree with him on more personal issues such as abortion. There are many out there who “do” agree with his ideas involving those topics though and thats fine, but as for people like me, we can only hope that president Obama changes his far-left views and does some good things for our future. I truely respect and send my congratulations to, The President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
Obama snubs vets, skips Heroes ball
Becomes 1st new president to miss inauguration event
Since its inception in 1953, every new president has attended The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball – until now.
The ball was created for President Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration to honor recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and co-sponsored by 13 other veteran’s service organizations, including the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
And while 48 of the nation’s 99 living recipients of the Medal of Honor attended the event, reports the Cleveland Leader and various self-attested attendees of the ball, newly sworn-in President Barack Obama became the first president in 56 years to skip out on the ceremony.
Obama’s itinerary on Inauguration Day, however, did include attendance at 10 balls in his honor, many of which were graced by a cast of the nation’s biggest music and movie stars.
According to a Sofia News Agency report, the president and first lady began at the Neighborhood Ball, dancing to the song “At Last,” performed by popular music star Beyoncé. The dance also boasted attendees Stevie Wonder, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Faith Hill, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Sting, Mariah Carey and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The Obamas also attended the Home State Ball for Illinois and Hawaii, the Youth Inaugural Ball, a handful of regional balls and the Commander-in-Chief Ball, which was also attended by veterans and members of the military.
At the Commander-in-Chief Ball, the Sofia News Agency reports, Obama took time to address veterans.
“It is wonderful to be surrounded by some of the very best and bravest Americans,” Obama said. “Your courage, your grace and your patriotism inspire us all.”
News of new president’s snub of the Heroes ball, however, launched a flurry of comment on the blogosphere, from angry veterans questioning if this is what Obama means by “change” to supporters who have labeled the whole story a hoax, claiming the ball never took place.
The Jackson Sun, however, reports of at least one veteran who attended the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C., and the Blackfive blog reports receiving a press release from the American Legion about the controversy.
According to the blog , the Legion’s media relations manager Craig Roberts wrote, “President Obama was invited but did not attend. Vice-President Joe Biden did appear, however, and was very warmly received. The new President’s absence was understandable considering the unprecedented logistical challenges presented by the vastly increased number of visitors to this inauguration and the necessary attendant security measures. The American Legion, as an organization, does not feel offended or ‘snubbed.’”
Well, First of all I do give a small thanks for Joe Biden for actually, appearing. But Obama on the other hand is the one who needs to rework his priotiries instead of being a sleez bag who doesn’t care about our vetrans. Mr. Obama Vetrans should always come before rap(trash) artists in my opinion.
Your Fellow American,
Matt
President Obama’s first actions in office
We have all been anxiously waiting to see Pres. Obama’s first actions as leader of the free world. So far, depending on who you are, he has started on a rough patch for me personally. His very first action wasn’t so bad, he freezed pay increases for white house staff. But, the things that he has done following that are rather dissapointing. First, He has signed executive orders to close Guantanamo Bay within one year. This is extremely disturbing for me because if “all” off the suspected terrorists are brought to prisons in the U.S., then they will have rights as far as getting an attorney go and they will be much closer to us if they escape. The past has proven that it isn’t extremely hard to escape if they wanted to. Now, the other thing with this, what about the few that could be let go during the move? Statistics have proven that more than half the suspected terrorists who have been released from Gitmo continue on the warpath against America, I mean there has just been new videos discovered of two men who were released from Gitmo and now they are back with their terrorists organization.
Second, Pres. Obama has reversed the policy in which abortions overseas wouldn’t be funded by U.S. tax dollars. Reagan put this act into order and Clinton reversed it. George W. Bush then reversed it back and now Pres. Obama has reversed back again. In the end this is what we have here, your tax dollars “will” be paying for overseas abortion and information about abortion overseas. Why is this happening? , may ask, well i don’t rightly know why Pres. Obama or anyone else would support this type of wasteful spending. This brings us to my last point of this whole topic.
Thirdly, Pres. Obama is implementing a new stimulus package in the near future. This stimulus package has many things that republicans have been criticising but the one thing sticks out when I look at it, the total. I mean this is going to cost around $850 billion! I know for a fact our government can’t afford, they may be able to afford it as far as borrowing money for it but no one in their right mind would agree that our government has that much money sitting around. Giving out money doesn’t apeal to me either. He calls it “tax cuts” but we all know that it is much like what george W. Bush did, checks to all the family’s. Our government doesn’t need to give away money, that will get us nowhere. We need to invest in other ways to help our economy. We could maybe start with, oh I dont know, getting all the stinking Illegal aliens out of our country. Tell me that that wouldnt give people jobs. One more thing about this, look at how much George W. Bush’s last stimulus helped us…..yea thats what i thought, it did nothing but bring us where we are at now. This is going to lead to nothing but more uncontrollable spending, we must stop it here.
> Now, with all this being presented I must say I’m a little less than impressed by Pres. Obama so far. I know he is dissapointing some democrats but as a conservative I must say that right now we are looking at an eextremely rough pstch ahead of us. I’m willing to give the President a chance, but if he keeps going the way he is already, then me and all the other conservatives are going to loose hope real fast.
-Dominic (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire) (gopwire@yahoo.com)
News That Won’t Make the MSM
This statue
currently stands outside the Iraqi palace,
Now home to the 4th Infantry division.
It will
eventually be shipped home
And put in the
memorial museum in Fort Hood , TX
The statue
was created by
an Iraqi
artist named Kalat,
who for years was forced by
Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds
of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad .
Kalat was so
grateful for the Americans liberation of his country;
He melted 3 of the heads of the fallen
Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers
and their fallen
warriors.
Kalat
worked on this memorial night and day for several months.
To the left of the
kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the
loss of his comrade in arms.
Do you
know why we don’t hear about this in the news?
Because it
is heart warming
and
praise worthy..
The media
avoids it because it does not have the shock effect.
But we
can do something about it.
We can
pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave
military who are making a difference.
God Bless,
Matthew
House passes the economic package
Republican’s All Vote No. This looks great on us holding back. But sadly it wasn’t enough. I am very dissapointed in this bill getting passed and now will be moving to Senate. All but 1 Republican voted no and that one republican from Florida voted Present,Ginny Brown-Waite. What a chicken that lady was.
And Also I would like to thank the democrats who crossed party lines to vote for this bill:
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Your Fellow American,
Matthew
>>>Breaking News!!! Blogovich Impeached!!!
Gov. Blagojevich has been impeached by a unanimous vote in his impeachment trial. Blago never testified under oath about the allegations that he was going to sell Obama’s vacant senate seat. He did, however, give a closing statemant at the end of his trial, after he all of a sudden decided to attend after going on a media frenzy. Everyone has heard the tapes and remember that “conspiracy” is a crime. I give the court credit for kicking this scumbag out of office !
>>>Eric Holder approved by the Senate!!!
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who acted like lions in challenging Eric Holder, turned into lambs Wednesday as they joined Democrats in recommending President Barack Obama’s choice for attorney general.
The Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to endorse Holder, with two Republicans opposing the nomination _ John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday to confirm Holder as the first African-American to lead the Justice Department.
Committee Republicans and Democrats described Holder as experienced, independent, tough on crime and opposed to torture. Holder has served as a federal prosecutor, judge, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and deputy attorney general in Bill Clinton’s presidency. Senators also said the nominee was an individual willing to acknowledge his mistakes.
“He made some big mistakes when he should have really dug his heels in,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who spoke of Holder’s “extraordinary experience.” “He indicated he understands that error.”
At issue for Republicans was Holder’s role in Clinton’s last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose wife was a major Democratic donor. Senators asked Holder why he backed pardoning Rich and questioned his recommendation to commute the sentences of Puerto Rican nationalists who belonged to a group that carried out murders, robberies and bombings. Holder acknowledged his mistake in the Rich case, but defended his decision in the case of the nationalists, saying they did not commit the violent acts.
Cornyn criticized Holder’s role in the pardons and questioned whether he would protect intelligence agents who participated in harsh interrogations of captured terrorists. Coburn has questioned whether Holder would support an individual’s right to keep and bear arms.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the committee chairman, said it would be “Alice in Wonderland” for Holder to make a blanket promise not to prosecute U.S. agents who participated in harsh interrogations. Leahy said he would vote against a nominee who made such a promise without even examining the circumstances.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he supports Holder’s view that the country needs to interrogate terrorism suspects based on American values.
“I am confident this new attorney general will have a balanced approach and I look forward to working with him. I know he’s made mistakes and so have I,” Graham said.
In support of the nomination, Democrats provided endorsement letters from law enforcement organizations, civil rights leaders, victims’ rights advocates and former Republican officials _ a number that reached 130.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said that with Holder as attorney general, “Waterboarding is history. Guantanamo Bay is history.” Holder told his confirmation hearing that waterboarding, which simulates drowning, is torture.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Holder would be independent. “Would he sit in the Oval Office and say, ‘Mr. President, with all due respect you’re wrong?’ I think he would.”
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who acted like lions in challenging Eric Holder, turned into lambs Wednesday as they joined Democrats in recommending President Barack Obama’s choice for attorney general.
The Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to endorse Holder, with two Republicans opposing the nomination _ The Senate could vote as early as Thursday to confirm Holder as the first African-American to lead the Justice Department.
Committee Republicans and Democrats described Holder as experienced, independent, tough on crime and opposed to torture. Holder has served as a federal prosecutor, judge, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and deputy attorney general in Bill Clinton’s presidency. Senators also said the nominee was an individual willing to acknowledge his mistakes.
“He made some big mistakes when he should have really dug his heels in,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who spoke of Holder’s “extraordinary experience.” “He indicated he understands that error.”
At issue for Republicans was Holder’s role in Clinton’s last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose wife was a major Democratic donor. Senators asked Holder why he backed pardoning Rich and questioned his recommendation to commute the sentences of Puerto Rican nationalists who belonged to a group that carried out murders, robberies and bombings. Holder acknowledged his mistake in the Rich case, but defended his decision in the case of the nationalists, saying they did not commit the violent acts.
Cornyn criticized Holder’s role in the pardons and questioned whether he would protect intelligence agents who participated in harsh interrogations of captured terrorists. Coburn has questioned whether Holder would support an individual’s right to keep and bear arms.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the committee chairman, said it would be “Alice in Wonderland” for Holder to make a blanket promise not to prosecute U.S. agents who participated in harsh interrogations. Leahy said he would vote against a nominee who made such a promise without even examining the circumstances.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he supports Holder’s view that the country needs to interrogate terrorism suspects based on American values.
“I am confident this new attorney general will have a balanced approach and I look forward to working with him. I know he’s made mistakes and so have I,” Graham said.
In support of the nomination, Democrats provided endorsement letters from law enforcement organizations, civil rights leaders, victims’ rights advocates and former Republican officials _ a number that reached 130.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said that with Holder as attorney general, “Waterboarding is history. Guantanamo Bay is history.” Holder told his confirmation hearing that waterboarding, which simulates drowning, is torture.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Holder would be independent. “Would he sit in the Oval Office and say, ‘Mr. President, with all due respect you’re wrong?’ I think he would.”
>>> This is a very disturbing story. As the article mentioned, this Holder dude is a fraud who was under Bill Clinton! The article also mentioned that only “2″ republicans oppossed the approval. One being John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. Both of these senators should be congratulated for trying to stop this idiot from taking office. I hope this is what everyone wanted when they voted for CHANGE!
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com ) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
>>>BREAKING NEWS!!!! Stimulus Bill Passed in the Senate!!!
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama‘s economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations.Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and they’re already signaling they’ll play hardball to preserve more than $108 billion in spending cuts made last week in Senate dealmaking. Obama wants to restore cuts in funds for school construction jobs and help for cash-starved states.
Those cuts are among the major differences between the $819 billion House version of Obama’s plan and a Senate bill costing $838 billion. Obama has warned of a deepening economic crisis if Congress fails to act. He wants a bill completed by the weekend.The bill backed by the White House survived a key test vote in the Senate Monday despite strong Republican opposition, and Democratic leaders vowed to deliver legislation for President Barack Obama’s signature within a few days.
Monday’s vote was 61-36, one more than the 60 needed to advance the measure toward Senate passage on Tuesday. That in turn, will set the stage for possibly contentious negotiations with the House on a final compromise on legislation the president says is desperately needed to tackle the worst economic crisis in more than a generation.The Senate vote occurred as the Obama administration moved ahead on another key component of its economic recovery plan. Officials said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would outline rules on Tuesday for $350 billion in bailout funds designed to help the financial industry as well as homeowners facing foreclosure.
Monday’s vote was close but scarcely in doubt once the White House and Democratic leaders agreed to trim about $100 billion on Friday.As a result, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania broke ranks to cast their votes to advance the bill.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling a brain tumor, made his first appearance in the Capitol since suffering a seizure on Inauguration Day, and he joined all other Democrats in support of the measure.”There is no reason we can’t do this by the end of the week,” said Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. He said he was prepared to hold the Senate in session into the Presidents Day weekend if necessary, and cautioned Republicans not to try and delay final progress.
He said passage would mark “the first step on the long road to recovery.”Moments before the vote, the Congressional Budget Office issued a new estimate that put the cost at $838 billion, an increase from the $827 billion figure from last week.”This bill has the votes to pass. We know that,” conceded Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican who has spoken daily in the Senate against the legislation.
As if to underscore its prospects for passage, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a prominent and powerful business group, issued a statement calling on the Senate to advance the measure.Even so, in the hours before Monday’s vote, Republican opponents attacked it as too costly and unlikely to have the desired effect on the economy. “This is a spending bill, not a stimulus bill,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.
All 36 votes in opposition were cast by Republicans.The two remaining versions of the legislation are relatively close in size _ $838 billion in the Senate and $819 billion in the House, and are similar in many respects.
Both include Obama’s call for a tax cut for lower-income wage earners, as well as billions for unemployment benefits, food stamps, health care and other programs to help victims of the worst recession in decades. In a bow to the administration, they also include billions for development of new information technology for the health industry, and billions more to lay the groundwork for a new environmentally friendly industry that would help reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
At the same time, the differences are considerable.The measure nearing approval in the Senate calls for more tax cuts and less spending than the House bill, largely because it includes a $70 billion provision to protect middle-class taxpayers from falling victim to the alternative minimum tax, which was intended to make sure the very wealthy don’t avoid paying taxes.
Both houses provide for tax breaks for home buyers, but the Senate’s provision is far more generous. The Senate bill also gives a tax break to purchasers of new cars.Both houses provide $87 billion in additional funds for the Medicaid program, which provides health care to the low income. But the House and Senate differ on the formula to be used in distributing the money, a dispute that pits states against one another rather than Republicans against Democrats.
There are dozens of differences on spending.The Senate proposed $450 million for NASA for exploration, for example, $50 million less than the House. It also eliminated the House’s call for money to combat a potential flu pandemic.
On the other hand, the Senate bill calls for several billion more in spending for research at the National Institutes of Health, the result of an amendment backed last week by Specter.
>>> This is a sick turn towards socialism! Hopefully people will continue waking up to the mess that this administration is bringing upon America. We need something to boost our economy, but dumping “billions” into areas such as the welfare system, global warming and restoring government buldings isnt going to work at all! The president was very persuasive in his recent news conference but he continued to blame Bush, give excuses for long-time spending and say that there are no earmarks in this bill. Anyone with common sense can clearly see that after looking at a thin review of this bill, areas are goignt o recieve funding and there is no reasoning behind it, what does this mean, earmarks!!! I can say one thing , the three republicans who voted for this bill are twisted morons who are beside the liberals in destroying our country. I urge the true repbulcans to continue fighting against any nonsense from the Obama administration.
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
>>>BREAKING NEWS!!!! Deal Reached between the house and the senate!
Economic stimulus legislation at the heart of President Barack Obama’s recovery plan is on track for final votes in the House and Senate after a dizzying final round of bargaining that yielded agreement on tax cuts and spending totaling $789 billion.Obama, who has campaigned energetically for the legislation, welcomed the agreement, saying it would “save or create more than 3.5 million jobs and get our economy back on track.”
The $500-per-worker credit for lower- and middle-income taxpayers that Obama outlined during his presidential campaign was scaled back to $400 during bargaining by the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House. Couples would receive $800 instead of $1,000. Over two years, that move would pump about $25 billion less into the economy than had been previously planned.Officials estimated it would mean about $13 a week more in people’s paychecks when withholding tables are adjusted in late spring. Critics say that’s unlikely to do much to boost consumption.
Millions of people receiving Social Security benefits would get a one-time payment of $250 under the agreement, along with veterans receiving pensions, and poor people receiving Supplemental Security Income payments.An additional $46 billion would go to transportation projects such as highway, bridge and mass transit construction; many lawmakers wanted more.
The House could vote on the bill as early as Thursday, though Friday seemed more likely. The Senate would follow, but its schedule is less certain.The Obama plan offers a 60 percent subsidy to help unemployed people pay health insurance premiums under the COBRA program and divvies up $87 billion among the states to help them with their Medicaid costs for the next two years. It provides $19 billion to modernize health information technology systems, even though such funding will create few jobs right away.
To tamp down costs, several tax provisions were dropped or sharply cut back. A provision popular with Republicans and the big business lobby that would have awarded about $54 billion to money-losing businesses over the next two years was instead limited to small businesses, greatly reducing its cost.A $15,000 tax credit for anybody buying a home over the next year was dropped; instead, first-time homebuyers could claim an $8,000 credit for homes bought by the end of August. Car buyers could deduct the sales tax they paid on a new car but not the interest on their car loans.
But nothing could shake negotiators from insisting on including $70 billion to shelter middle- to upper-income taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax, originally passed a generation ago to make sure the super-rich didn’t avoid taxes.The move is aimed at easing headaches that would follow if Congress passed it later in the year _ rather than creating jobs. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that provision will have relatively little impact on the economy.
In late-stage talks, Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pressed for $8 billion to construct high-speed rail lines, quadrupling the amount in the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday.Reid’s office issued a statement noting that a proposed Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas rail might get a big chunk of the money.
Scaling back the bill to levels lower than either the $838 billion Senate measure or the original $820 billion House-passed measure caused grumbling among liberal Democrats, who described the cutbacks as a concession to the moderates, particularly Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who are feeling heat from constituents for supporting the bill.Specter played an active role, however, in making sure $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health, a pet priority, wasn’t cut back.
After final agreements were sealed Wednesday afternoon, staff aides worked into the night drafting and double-checking in hopes of officially unveiling the measure Thursday. >this comes from www.townhall.com .
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
The liberal assault on talk radio
Here recently more and more senators and representatives are warming up to the fairness doctrine. The fairness doctrine is indeed a liberal plan to abolish “conservative” talk radio with obsurd rules and regulations. The only reason a liberal would want to implement the fairness doctrine is because they are scared or threatened by them. They can’t face the fact that conservative talk radio will always be larger and more popular than their own. So, what the libs do is simple, implement restrictions on what they can say, which the libs hope will cause them to fade from the spotlight and no longer be a factor in our country’s affairs. With all of the stuff going on in our country many americans are turning to conservative talk radio for truth and common sense in a world of insanity. We muct stand united as the liberals mount there attack on conservative radio. Soon they will bring this issue to the floor for debating and we must be ready for them. There whole goal behind this is to “hush” conservative’s so Obama and his cronnies can be free to destroy our nation as we know it. We “must” do everything in our power to keep conservative’s and conservative talk radio together as the democrats in this country gather to completely abolish us.
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
U.S. Army offering citizenship to people on temporary visas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will begin recruiting immigrants with special skills who are in the United States on temporary visas, offering a chance to become citizens in as little as six months, The New York Times reported. A report on the newspaper’s website on Saturday said it would be the first time since the Vietnam War that the armed forces would be open to temporary immigrants, provided they have lived in the United States for at least two years. Immigrants with permanent resident status, or “green cards,” are eligible to enlist in the U.S. military. A Pentagon spokesman said he knew of the program but had no details. The Times said the program could help the military fill shortages in medical care, language interpretation and field intelligence analysis. It will be limited to 1,000 enlistees in its first year, most for the Army and some for other services. Temporary immigrants who want to enlist would have to prove they had lived in the United States for two years and had not been out of the country for more than 90 days during that time. They would also have to pass an English test.
I believe that this something different that the military is doing. I believe there is nothing wrong with this long as they are a legal citizen, and English speaking. I believe that anyone who wants to (and they are legal) Should be allowed to fight for this country. Maybe I am missing something on this… who knows. I also do believe that this citizenship should be a little harder than 6 months… but who knows.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
In honor of President’s day
Today is a day when we honor all of our great presidents. They have all made mistakes and then again theyv’e also had their good times. Today “all” americans should honour the eliteness of our great leaders who have made continuous strides to help our nation. Gop Wire would like too salute all of the presidents for their past accomplishement’s and future contributions to our nation.
President Ranking’s
Just days after the nation honored the 200th anniversary of his birth, 65 historians ranked Abraham Lincoln as the nation’s best president.
Former President George W. Bush, who left office last month, was ranked 36th out of the 42 men who had been chief executive by the end of 2008, according to a survey conducted by the cable channel C-SPAN.
Bush scored lowest in international relations, where he was ranked 41st, and in economic management, where he was ranked 40th. His highest ranking, 24th, was in the category of pursuing equal justice for all. He was ranked 25th in crisis leadership and vision and agenda setting.
In contrast, Lincoln was ranked in the top three in each of the 10 categories evaluated by participants.
In C-SPAN’s only other ranking of presidents, in 2000, former President Bill Clinton jumped six spots from No. 21 to 15. Other recent presidents moved positions as well: Ronald Reagan advanced from No. 11 to 10, George H.W. Bush rose from No. 20 to 18 and Jimmy Carter fell from No. 22 to 25.
This movement illustrates that presidential reputations are influenced by present-day concerns, said survey adviser and participant Edna Medford.
“Today’s concerns shape our views of the past, be it in the area of foreign policy, managing the economy or human rights,” Medford said in a statement.
After Lincoln, the academics rated George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman as the best leaders overall. The same five received top spots in the 2000 survey, although Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt swapped spots this year.
Rated worst overall were James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, William Henry Harrison and Warren G. Harding.
The survey was conducted in December and January. Participants ranked each president on a scale of one, “not effective” to 10, “very effective,” on a list of 10 leadership qualities including relations with Congress, public persuasion and moral authority.
Personally, Bush should have been a little higher on the list but he wasn’t which is fine. Lincoln shouldn’t have been #1 but he was. I could see other presidents in the number 1 spot. Jimmy Carter should have been rated the worst, because he was truly a fool.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
liberal’s take charge with the “unfairness” doctrine
I did a recent post on the “liberal assault on talk radio” and sadly the situation is only worsening. Liberals continue to rope in their friends to support an enactment of the “unfairness” doctrine, as many conservative’s like to call it. The unfairness doctrine places restrictions on what talk radio hosts can say and how they can say it, it also places burdens on radio stations as too how many conservative shows they can air. Talk show host Michael Savage is mounting a counter-attack with non-profit law center, Thomas More. Recently the CEO of this law center released a statemant on www.michaelsavage.com . It reads, “Michael Savage is the personification of what the liberals hate about conservative talk radio, and we’re proud to represent him in this crucial battle to preserve the grand purpose of political speech protected by the First Amendment”. I hope that the libs become very scared by Savage’s readiness to pursue them, the last thing America needs is truth taken away from the air waves. I urge everyone to visit, www.thomasmore.org, where you can make a donation and check out what this center has to offer. You may also contact them by phone at, (734) 827-2001 . We must stand strong and join Savage and thomasmore law center in fighting these loons until the end.
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
NAACP boycotts cartoon
Well the NAACP has decided to boycott the political cartoon published by the NY Times recently. They , like many others, see the cartoon as “rascist” . The fact is, if there is a race card to be played , it should be played by the whites! The NAACP hates to mention all the affirmative action stories that have hurt white people. I hear them all the time, a better qualified white looses job to unskilled minority, if you refuse to admit that you need a reality check. Attorney General Eric Holder also LOVES to play the race card, saying recently that, “we are a nation of cowards when it comes to race and that we dont talk about race enough”. I thought we moved past rascism towards minorities long ago!?!?!?! For example, every Wal-Mart has a book section, one of those sections are titled, “African-Amercian”, how much fire would I come under if I protested Wal-Mart fornot having a white section? The point is, the NAACP has nothing better to do then go after a stupid cartoon and the people and leaders in this country have nothing better to do then support them!
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com/gopwire)
The Grizzly Groundswell Network!!!!
Chad Everson and the GGN are starting up many new things to move forward. Go to www.grizzlygroundswell.com for information on “all” of the new things starting but I would like to bring up one of them now. The network is starting a online magazine with www.issuu.com . the site for the magazine is www.temeritymagazine.com . We are inviting Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove to be contributors as well! Any members of his network can contribute articles. To get more informa.tion on this e-mail, grizzlygroundswell@chadeverson.com . I hope to see everyone getting involved in these wondeful opportunities!
-Dominic (gopwire@yahoo.com) (www.blogtalkradio.com./gopwire)
Feed the twitter addiction!
Yes, ive came out… im addicted to Twitter… www.twitter.com/gopwire
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Matthew
Withdrawl of Iraq Combat Troops: August 31 2010
I believe we shouldn’t have announced an official date for withdrawal of troops in Iraq. I sincerely believe that this a gigantic mistake that Mr. B.O and his fellow staffers are going to make. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a theorists attack not to far ahead after we withdrawal these troops from there. From now on, I believe that these terrorists planners are going to come together and make a plan to reduce the violence over there, and make the democrats actually believe their foolish plan is working. Saying that all the democrats are going to be saying “I told you so.” to the republicans, until further action happens from these radical wackos over in the middle east. Saying that so, you have read my opinions and what I think about the withdrawal date, now I would like to hear yours.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
Pray For Hailey Cummings
Missing from her home on Monday night little Hailey Cummings age 5, is being searched for in Florida. Her father’s 17 year old girlfriend was (supposedly) sleeping in the same bed as Hailey and her little brother. The back door was open when the father got home and Hailey was missing. Reports stated there were over 40 child molesters within the surrounding area. This smacks of Caylee Anthony who was finally laid to rest. Please pray this little girl won’t end up like Caylee.
Other Developments: Hailey’s Brother reported that he saw “a man in black”.
Your Fellow American,
Matthew
Paul Harvey dies at age 90
Radio legend Paul Harvey has died at age 90. Paul Harvey was widely known for his unusual news segments in which he discussed stories that you wouldn’t hear about if it weren’t for him. Paul Harvey began helping out at a local radio station at the age of 14 and held his first radio broadcast in 1951. He has had millions of loyal listeners throughout his career and will be widely missed. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
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