May 31, 2011
Two years ago, my good friend Richard Nadler passed away. Mr. Nadler was a genius who saw opportunities in expanding the conservative majority while implementing the plans to do just that. As President of Americas PAC, I owe more than a debt of gratitude since Mr.Nadler not only founded Americas PAC which I am President [...]
Tags: Americas Majority Foundation, Americas PAC, Andrew Breitbart, AOL, Big Government, Big Hollywood, Drudge Report, Huffington Post, Richard Nadler, Righteous Indignation, Saul Alinsky, Tom Donelson
Posted in Conservative, Domestic Policy, Republican, Tom Donelson | 3 Comments »
May 30, 2011
This year, the National Science Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary. If you’re unfamiliar with the organization, here’s a brief synopsis taken from a 73 page report published by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn last month entitled “The National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope”. “(It was ) created by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950.5 [...]
Tags: cost reimbursement contracts, FarmVille, National Science Foundation, Notre Dame, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, The National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope, University of Michigan
Posted in Conservative, Craig Covello | No Comments »
May 30, 2011
Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May and commemorates U.S. Service Members who gave their lives while in military service. Many cities and small towns lay claim to being the birthplace of the holiday, but there are a few locations that stand out in [...]
Tags: 1835, 1866, 1868, 1882, 1966, 1967, 1971, 19th century, 54th massachusetts volunteer infantry, american flag, annual horse race, Arlington National Cemetery, Army, barbecues, barbeues, battle at shiloh, BBQs, Boalsburg, carbondale, cemetery, charleston, civil ear, Civil War, columbus, confederate, Congress, Decoration Day, fallen soldiers, federal holiday, Federal law, gar, General Robert E. Lee, golf tournaments, grand army of the republican, grant, graves, Illinois, Indianapolis 500, John Logan, major general John Logan, May, May 30, Memorial Day, Military, military service, mississippi, national cemeteries, Navy, New York, parades, Pennsylvania, plantation, Potomac River, president grant, President Lyndon Johnson, prisoner-of-war, robert lee, shiloh, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home, South Carolina, south carolina jockey club, State legislatures, the martyrs of the race couorse, U.S. Service Members, Ulysses S. Grant, Uniform Holidays Bill, union, union soldiers, union veterans organization, united states of america, USA, Veterans Day, Washington D.C., washington dc, washington race course, Washington's Birthday, waterloo, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Posted in Conservative, Democrat, GOP, Republican, Tim Ross, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
May 29, 2011
If you have a heart, a soul, a child and/or a conscience – you cannot go another day ignoring the horrors of child sex trafficking. Every 2 minutes a child is sexually exploited. Today is the day that our collective perspective needs to change. A Few Facts about child prostitution worldwide: Worldwide, there are [...]
Tags: America and Child Trafficking, Child Abuse, Child Sex Trade, Child Sex Trade Statistics, Child Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking Statistics, Child Slavery, Conspiracy of Hope, Europe and Sex Trafficking, Mark Langham, Sex Trade, Sex Trafficking, Slavery, TIP, Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Office of the State Department, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
Posted in Shannon Ivey, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
May 28, 2011
I don’t know when I decided to become a politician. I don’t even know if I consciously made the decision. I love talking to people and doing what I can to make their lives easier, so when the citizens of Fairborn said I should run for Council, I did. I am now serving my second [...]
Tags: Fairborn Daily Herald, Fairborn Ohio, Fairborn Ohio City Council, Frank Cervone, MSA, Multiple System Atrophy
Posted in Frank Cervone, MSA | 3 Comments »
May 28, 2011
This is an amended and updated reprint of an article I wrote in May of 2009. Today, I would like to speak a little about Memorial Day. It was originally called Decoration Day and began after the Civil Way in 1868 as a way to pay tribute to those who had died defending the country. [...]
Tags: American Holidays, Memorial Day, Military Cemetaries, Three Day Weekends, Veterans, War Dead
Posted in Domestic Policy, Frank DeMartini, Republican | 2 Comments »
May 27, 2011
In a small district in upstate New York the balance of power shifted when in a special election a seat long held by Republicans surprisingly went Democrat. In the post election autopsy many Republicans are blaming the loss on the fact that there were two Republican candidates running and one drew the needed votes from [...]
Tags: AARP, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CBS, Democrat, Economy, elderly, Election, George Washington, Glenn Beck, Harry Reid, Israel, Joplin, Medicaid, Medicare, New York, Paul Ryan, Republican, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Social Security, Tea Party, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Conservative, Democrat, Domestic Policy, Economy, Ira Schwartz | 9 Comments »
May 27, 2011
While much of the political world gazed elsewhere, Californians from the 36th congressional district voted in a special election. California has adopted a jungle style of primary, with the top two moving on to the general election and there were some good news and some lessons for conservatives. The good news is Republican candidate Craig Huey [...]
Tags: CA 36, Craig Huey, Janice Corwin, Janice Hahn, NY 26, Paul Ryan, Tom Donelson
Posted in Democrat, Domestic Policy, GOP, Republican, Tom Donelson | 1 Comment »
May 26, 2011
One of the most important Democratic donors in the past two decades, whose generous contributions helped pay for the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., has indicated that he will not contribute to President Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012, because of the administration’s stance on Israel. Billionaire financier Haim Saban told CNBC last night that Obama hasn’t [...]
Tags: AIPAC, Haim Saban, Israel, Jewish support, Obama
Posted in Democrat, that and the other thing | 1 Comment »
May 26, 2011
As some of you know, my family recently made the move from California to Texas. There were several compelling reasons. Some were economic, some were political and some were personal. So it seems timely that the following story which unfolded this week poignantly illustrates why I’ve chosen the Lone Star State as my new home. [...]
Tags: constitution, David Simpson, fourth amendment, House Bill 1937, Obama, rule of law, Supremacy Clause, Susie Castillo, terrorists, Texas, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, U.S. Constitution (Article. VI. Clause 2), unreasonable searches and seizures
Posted in Conservative, Craig Covello, Domestic Policy | 6 Comments »
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