Archive for the ‘National’ Category

How Islam is Killing America

  The above is a trailer for an upcoming documentary called “Losing Our Sons.”

April 4, 2011   Posted in: National  No Comments

First Senator on DeMint’s list calls it quits

Brian O’Connor at RedDogReport notes that with the announcement that Kent Conrad from South Dakota will not seek reelection in 2012, Jim DeMint’s list of the four Democrat Senators he would like to see defeated in 2012 is now down to three. North Dakota Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad plans to announce his retirement today, according [...]

January 18, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: National  One Comment

Oversight panel starts probe into FOIA screening at Homeland Security

Ed Morrissey at HotAir.com reports: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has requested information from the Department of Homeland Security over a reported practice of investigating the politics of those seeking government records through Freedom of Information Act requests. The Associated Press reported in July that for at [...]

January 17, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: 1stAmend/2ndAmend, National  One Comment

RNC Rebuffs Boehner

Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns at Politico relay the attempt by Speaker Boehner to influence the RNC Chair election. Boehner worked hard to get longtime operative Maria Cino, a veteran campaign hand who held senior offices at the RNC and the National Republican Congressional Committee the RNC Chair position; when Michael Steele dropped out after [...]

January 15, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: National, RINO Alert  No Comments

RNC Chair vote is tomorrow

Liz Mair has a blog about Candidate Assets and Liabilities. The voting for RNC chair goes like this: 168 members of the Republican National Committee vote for one of the four candidates in round 1. Then there is “politicking” and they all vote in round 2, perhaps some votes have “shifted”. It is not unusual [...]

January 13, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: National  One Comment

Priebus/Barbour alliance in trouble (RNC Chair news)

Dan Reihl (one of my recommended bloggers BTW) gives details of recent emails which may cast doubt on the reported fundraising accomplishments claimed by RNC Chair candidate Reine Priebus. Barbour and Priebus have repeatedly claimed he raised $14 million in 3.5 years. Now that we’ve learned $9 million of it came from the RNC, they [...]

January 9, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: National  One Comment

Bill introduced to eliminate czars

According to Michael O’Brien at TheHill.com Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and 28 other House Republicans introduced legislation to do away with the informal, paid advisers President Obama has employed over the past two years. The bill defines a czar as “a head of any task force, council, policy office within the Executive Office of the [...]

January 6, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: National  No Comments

Lamar Smith gets busy

Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post reports that Lamar Smith has begun issuing oversight letters to the DOJ. From the article … … notes that in the New Black Panther Party case investigation, it came to light that a political appointee, Julie Fernandes, directed Justice Department attorneys “not to bring cases against black defendants for [...]

January 6, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: National  No Comments

Tea Party … YOU DID THIS!

For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail. Remember [...]

January 6, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: National, Tax/Budget/Spending  No Comments

KFloyd and GMcCall endorse Saul Anuzis for RNC Chair

Saul’s blog has this announcement. “Few State Chairman have helped build a stronger grassroots and fundraising operation in their states.” – Karen Floyd SC – State Chairman “Saul will provide strong, conservative leadership for the RNC. We need someone of his caliber at the helm of our Party, particularly heading into 2012.” – Glenn McCall [...]

January 6, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: National  No Comments