Archive for June, 2010

Map: Where Americans are Moving

Forbes has this VERY cool tool that shows with a click whether people are moving into or out of any county in the U.S. Those of you with analytical and mathematical minds will have a field day extrapolating what this means to upcoming elections etc. Have at it in the Comments section!

June 21, 2010   Posted in: Training/Resources  No Comments

Ten Buck Fridays

This is a great idea, with a Facebook page. Ten Buck Fridays is how Joe the Plumber and Mary the Secretary can fundamentally change the course of our nation, one week at a time from now until Election Day, November 2, 2010. Most of us get paid on Fridays… can you commit to supporting a [...]

June 21, 2010   Posted in: Tea Party  One Comment

Chatting with Alan Wilson, candidate for Attorney General

Alan Wilson asked to speak with some of the Upcountry Coalition of Conservative Organization folks today after the event at the Beacon. He wanted to give us the opportunity to ask him about his campaign, his view of the role of Attorney General, how he will fight the ever encroaching federal government, what his plans [...]

June 19, 2010   Posted in: Statewide Races, Tea Party  One Comment

Dereliction of Duty

Stephen F. Hayes, writing at The Weekly Standard reminds us that Congress is bound by law to pass a budget by May 15 of each year. This Congress is refusing so far to even attempt to pass a budget for two reasons: 1. so they will not be held accountable for that budget in the [...]

June 19, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

Obama administration: Health-care mandates are taxes after all

The BlogProf wants to make sure that the banked embers of our health care rage are agitated a little as we watch, listen, learn, and wait for the Nov elections to be over and we can persuade our newly elected Conservative leaders to either REPEAL or DEFUND this horrible bill. In order to protect the [...]

June 18, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

Democrats make the case for Jones Act waiver

Robert Bluey at Big Government.com writes about several Dems making pointed comments and asking probing questions about Obama’s admin failure to do everything possible to clean up the Gulf. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) stopped just shy of accusing the Coast Guard of incompetence. When Cook was unable to answer her questions about the number of [...]

June 18, 2010   Posted in: National, Uncategorized  No Comments

but it IS a shakedown

The Hill has some brief facts on the statement by Rep Dan Barton of TX and the subsequent scolding he received from Rep leaders Pence, Boehner, and Cantor. I say “HURRAH!!!” well spoken Dan. It is what I would say were I given the platform and the microphone. So … since I don’t have the [...]

June 18, 2010   Posted in: National  One Comment

SC Dem election protest live video 4:44 pm thursday

This meeting going on now (4:44 thursday) and streaming live.

June 17, 2010   Posted in: State  No Comments

*Action Alert* DISCLOSE Act

We have received information from Capitol Hill regarding the “Disclose Act” and we must work to defeat this bill. The vote is expected to take place tonight or tomorrow. On April 29, 2010, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced H.R. 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. The [...]

June 17, 2010   Posted in: National  No Comments

“Gather your armies”

June 17, 2010   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment