Global Warming Is Not Manmade! Repeat three times.

Special Interest Groups—SIGs—have been funding political initiatives since before the Boston Tea Party in this country. Arizona has had her fair share of SIGs funding voter initiatives and filing lawsuits over voter initiatives that legally passed (cough).

So what's the big deal when the Mormon group, LDS, adds a little muscle to the mix. I might not attend their meetings, but they did a great job in whatever help they gave to getting Prop 8 passed in California. That was very important legislation that needed to succeed.

The LDS is no different than any other non-profit. They are passionate about their beliefs, as are gays and la Raza. They get a special tax status to do their work, as does ACORN and the NEA. They get to tap smart people with tons of money, as does the Global Warming cartel. So there shouldn't be any hysteria over the fact that they put their money where their mouth is.

What the gay advocacy group, Californians Against Hate, is trying to do to the LDS amounts to a witch hunt. This is nothing but religion-hate. The LDS has done nothing that special interest groups haven't been doing throughout history. If its illegal for non-profits to fund political initiatives, G. Soros would be behind bars right now, but he's not. So, it must be okay for all non-profits to influence elections! If other faith-based SIGs were this conscientious and purposeful with their money, we wouldn't have such a broken-down mess of a society today.

The jet pack in this video uses hydrogen peroxide for fuel and is intended for the military, says the spokesman. So to all the tree huggers out there, how about it? Would you get one? Then you could relax.

Meanwhile we could get on with drilling in peace and really become energy independence. There's so much oil in this country, people may not want a jet pack.

John McCain announced plans to run for his fifth-term as Arizona Senator in 2010. Senate terms are six years in duration. John McCain does not have a reputation for helping Arizona and he's well-known for his pro-illegal alien/pro-amnesty voting record. The Republican Party dismally surprised everyone by ignoring their own primaries and pushing McCain to the forefront. Wouldn't Mitt Romney have performed better?

Are there any good reasons to re-elect John McCain to the U.S. Senate for six more years? Are there good reasons not to re-elect him? Personally, I can think of more reasons not to re-elect him, chief of which is that he doesn't listen.

The Supreme Court has scheduled a private meeting among themselves to discuss the cases before it challenging the citizenship of Barack Obama.

The conference is set for December 5, 2008. Obama's response to the Berg petition is still due Dec 1. Also, the Keyes petition is still before the California court. It's about time this issue is dealt with in court. Where there are more than one dozen cases around the country challenging Barack Obama's birth certificate, it's very important for the High Court to take this up. This is a stormy year, but people are tired of politicians (Left or Right) subverting the law for their personal benefit. Obama's decision to deny access to his personal records leaves a bad stain on American politics. If he wants to "rule" in any kind of honorable way, he should cooperate.

Here's the original link to the story.

When Obama Takes Power

What will it be like for news corporations, public officials, and even individuals when Obama swears in. I just got a reply back from another blogger stating:

"If any sheriff, Mayor, or Governor thinks he or she can stand up to Obama without facing the consequences, they are going to be embarrassingly put in their place."

Is that true? Maybe it is! I took it as a foreshadowing of things to come when three newspapers were kicked off the Obama airplane, a Florida news station was removed from access to his campaign after interviewing Senator Joe, and citizen Joe was publicly humiliated immediately following an unfavorable question of the campaign. (By the way, the Ohio state official who authorized the background check on this poor soul was just  removed from her position, which is some small reason to hope.)

Should local elected officials expect the same fate as television stations, newspapers, and blog sites?

Arizona’s Supreme Court chief justice has agreed to enforce the demand from the Hispanic Bar Association to ban the terms “illegal” and “aliens” in all of the state’s courtrooms.

Also banned: anchor babies and illegal immigration. Any objections?

The price of one gallon of gas has dropped a minimum of $2 nationwide since Republicans responded to the public on the issue of domestic oil supply! That means, before producing one drop of domestic fuel, the price of gasoline fell from nearly $5 to under $2.50 per gallon. The price was CUT IN HALF within weeks! That's the power of drilling. Americans would be sitting pretty once new refineries and domestic fields start producing, and in the meantime, forcing the markets into reasonable oil prices. Oil independence would be a reality instead of a carrot!

I'm enjoying gas at under $2.50 /gallon and I want it lower. However, November's president elect announced immediate plans to issue an executive order to nullify the recent drilling legislation after taking office in January. Such an executive order will force US consumers to go back to paying $5/gallon for gas. It would force Americans to be dependent on foreign oil indefinitely. It's plain to see that the Democratic plan is not for energy independence at all.

This past April 2008, the USGS issued an update to Congress on oil fields in ND, SD and MT, the Bakken Trend. If you are over 13, the first paragraph from myfoxphoenix Don's Political Blog is required reading. Our own government estimates a whopping 503 billion barrels underground. Recovering just 10% of the oil at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion. That's five (5) government bail outs! Debt-free!  Read it, you will understand immediately what a brutally unnecessary shot in the butt the no-drilling movement really is.

Arizona just racked up several new victories on Tues:

1. The protection of marriage
2. The protection of the Employers Sanction Law
3. Sheriff Joe and County Attorney Thomas
4. The protection of health care choice
5. Outlawing real property taxation by the State

Meanwhile Obama is adding a slew of Clintonites to his team (good luck with that). Is it too much to hope that we might also be graced with the "transition" of Janet Napolitano to Washington DC? Do we dare hope that the state budget has a chance at redemption? Dare we hope for an executive that will protect our borders? Dare we hope for an offer she can't refuse?

I'm happy too! White Americans voted for a Black man! Hallelujah, that never happened before huh? And people must be completely relieved now that all worries are over concerning how mortgages will be paid, how their kids will go to college, where health care will come from, and the guilt about having too much. Whew, thank God that weighty burden is no longer a threat.

But now, as the throngs resume chanting for unity and change, let's make sure we have eyes wide open. This nation was thoroughly torn in half over the last 24 months. True unity is fundamentally unattainable when half a nation wants to protect the vehicle that engineered its unity in the first place—the Constitution—and the other half thinks that vehicle needs to be over-turned.

So let's smile and everybody be happy now. At least we can agree, we changed!

All he did was ask a question within earshot of a microphone. Now, Joe the Plumber is the subject of an ruthless invasion of privacy for his "outspokeness." Is this what dissenters have to look forward to in an Obama nation?

Police in Ohio confirmed that a Toledo police department records clerk is accused of using the police department data system to perform an illegal search on Joe Wurzelbacher's background. The clerk was part of the Toledo police Investigative Services Bureau. She claims she was doing a favor for a reporter. She has been charged with Gross Misconduct. Searching his records was a violation of State law not just department policy.

Immediately following the last debate, Obama donor and director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Helen Jones-Kelly, ordered a check on Wurzelbacher's background claiming, “Our practice is when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight, we often take a look.”

Well Joe is mad and I don't blame him. However, the intimidation affects the rest of us regular Joes as much as it does him. Now that his job is toast, I hope he can make up for it in a lawsuit and send a message back for us. Do you think people would be less willing now to get involved in politics after hearing how he is being treated? Wouldn't this affect citizens who are conservative more than those who are liberal?

In one week, you can pick a candidate who will at least preserve the Constitution that paved the way for the dreams you dared to dream.  Or you can pick one who will at once dilute it.

In one week, you can pick a candidate who imperfectly loves his country. Or you can pick one who is perfectly at odds with it.

In one week, you can hand over one of the greatest republics on earth to a candidate who believes in it's inherent integrity. Or you can hand it over to one who believes it's inherently flawed.

Change comes from you, not from a man in an office or behind a curtain. If you want change for the better, change it for the better. Whatever it is. That's why you exist. Never cede your authority, gifts, or treasure to another, as inalienable means not transferable, and that's how YOU are to regard these things. Inalienable rights. They are for your use, your charity, and your profit. And they are precious, too precious to be traded for another man's good idea.

Earlier today, US special forces attacked inside Syria at a point along the border where fighters, weapons and money come into Iraq to fuel the violence. The government in Damascus condemned the act as "serious aggression." Does this mean our military is serious about securing Iraq and getting out of there?

US Military has not commented about the fatalities, however American media, unlike foreign media, is echoing Syrian claims that only civilians were killed. Is it safe to say that since Al-Qaeda "volunteers" are not part of a state military or law enforcement, they are civilians? What do you believe? What are the chances that not one Al-Qaeda extremist was among the group targeted?

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I really like the new look for the blog section. The background is brighter and makes reading the posts more pleasant.

I hope the web team is keeping the general red white and blue theme. Although, the splashes of color for buttons keep it interesting. I'm looking forward to the new design for the top banner. I hope it's just as fresh looking but more compact, the top menus take up too much room. 

Ever consider slicing up your ad space and offering smaller ads to a larger variety of  vendors and local advertisers? Museum events, restaurant deals, seasonal events..just a thought!

The government should enforce laws that discourage abuse in the health care industry and encourage fair competition. The function of government is to protect, not micro-manage. Down the road, as corporations are released from their health insurance requirement, they have the freedom to be more competitive with salaries.

McCain's private health insurance policy is good because it:

-- Encourages more competition by allowing interstate policies.
-- Encourages more affordable policies because of increased competition.
-- Returns the responsibility of providing health care to the family where it belongs.
-- Allows families to make choices based on their specific needs and preferences.
-- Allows families to maintain policies for a lifetime rather than from job-to-job and worrying about pre-existing conditions.
-- Provides a significant $5000 tax incentive to offsets the price of private plans.

Federal employees have a variety of health insurance options that vary with different classes of employees (such as postal workers). The Democrats want 300 million Americans, legal, and illegal immigrants to come into that system. There is already to much abuse, waste, and too many limitations in that system. It might be nice now but adding four times as many people would ruin it.

Bill Clinton says he left a budget surplus. I know he didn't leave a surplus. The Treasury Department knows he didn't leave a surplus. But Bill Clinton says he left a budget surplus in the neighborhood of $200 billion and that he reduced the national debt. He did not.

There is no such thing in as a simultaneous  budget surplus and an increase in national debt. Imagine hubby pulls $300 from the ATM and puts it in your hand. You spend $200 at the store. Does this result in a $100 surplus in the family budget? Bill says yes. But, the Treasury department indicates otherwise, documenting that the national debt increased by at least $1.4 Trillion during Clinton's presidency.

National Debt During Clinton Presidency
FY1993     09/30/1993     $4.411488 trillion    
FY2001     09/28/2001     $5.807463 trillion     

Clinton took a vast amount of money out of Social Security in order to cover his budgets and give the appearance of reducing debt. Except, he didn't decrease any debt, he spent the money he borrowed from Social Security. Ultimately, he borrowed more from Social Security than was used to cover his budget and he claimed the amount he did not spend as a surplus! In essence, Social Security was short-changed while Clinton was pretending to be fiscally responsible.

The idea that Bill Clinton left a surplus is completely false.