For decades, the AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons; now they simply go by the acronym) has advocated for the interest of senior citizens. In the process theyâve become known both as a fearsome lobbying group for older Americans and as a marketing brand whose imprimatur [...]
âThe misunderstood commaâ November 22, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff
During the first ten days of October 2008, the Dow Jones dropped 2,399.47 points, losing trillions of investor equity. The Federal Government pushed TARP, a $700 billion bail-out, through Congress to rescue the beleaguered financial institutions. The collapse of the financial system was likened to an earthquake. In reality, what [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, made the following statement after 60 Democrat senators voted in favor of advancing the Reid-Obama health care takeover bill:
[...]DANVERS, Mass. - Theodora Michaels, a New York City attorney, sent an impulsive one-word email to Danvers High School officials recently: "Meep."
The reply was swift and a bit more wordy: "Your email has been forwarded to the Danvers Police Department."
[...]The Senate will soon begin a historic debate on healthcare reform after a 60-39 vote during a rare Saturday session.
The outcome was clear hours before the vote after two centrists announced they would vote with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on his motion to proceed. Republicans unanimously opposed the [...]
Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, the 326th day of 2009. There are 39 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally was seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey [...]
Earlier this week I found this in my e-mail box. I’ll let the guy speak his piece but reserve the right of criticism.
Last weekend, the House of Representatives voted on comprehensive health care reform legislation. I believe that many of the measures included in this bill can play a part in [...]
Two Maryland state troopers, along with a motorist were hospitalized and a suspect is in custody facing criminal charges after an extended pursuit this afternoon from Prince Georgeâs County to Baltimore County along Interstate 95/495.
The suspect is a 30-year-old man believed to be from Pennsylvania. He is in State Police [...]
Updated: Suspect in I-95 pursuit that injured a motorist and two state troopers has been identified and charged with attempted murder and numerous other charges.
The driver who led police from several departments on a pursuit this morning from Prince Georgeâs County to Baltimore and deliberately rammed and attempted to ram [...]
Hooray for fall weather.WASHINGTON - (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Salomon USA ski bindings due to a fall hazard.
[...]You know, for someone who the loony left dares the Republicans to nominate in 2012 because she’s perceived to be the weakest candidate, they sure are running scared of Sarah Palin! This comes from Mitch Stewart at Organizing Against America, the Obama/DNC front group:
Right now, Sarah Palin is on a [...]
A Westminster city worker on Liberty Street in Westminster, MD October 1, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff
Flag proudly displayed on West Main Street next to Harryâs Main Street Grille in Westminster MD on October 3, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff
Affordability, accessibility, qualityâthe hallowed trifecta at the center of the debate over health care reform. Proponents of reform argue that these three goals must be achieved for all Americans before any reform effort can be called a success. As a means to this end, supporters of market-based [...]
FOREST HILL, Maryland â Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Rutledge today called for a comprehensive independent audit of the trillion-dollar âstimulusâ program created and passed earlier this year by Congressional Democrats and demanded heightened accountability for taxpayer dollars spent to date on the government-run program.
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An hourâs pay for the working poorYes, I survived the Friday the 13th episode 13 that ran 31:13. I make no predictions about this episode aside from it being enjoyable for me to put together and (hopefully) for you to watch.
I’m going to start with this one, which is even set to music – shades of [...]
Audrey Scott, the new Chairman of the MDGOP, is in the saddle and wasting no time in making her first "call to action" for all conservatives and free thinking liberals to call, fax, and e-mail legislators to vote against Harry Reid's dishonest attempt to force a vote on a motion [...]
The turkeys were restless the week before Thanksgiving⌠by Kevin Dayhoff November 19, 2009In Obama's Congress, orchestrated mendacity is a right of passage, a tool to be used with finesse and stealth. The Congress is a place where politicians can foment a lie while dancing a political two-step and hiding in vacillating, evolving shades of gray and suffer no moral consequence. If the [...]
If there was ever a good blackmail picture for Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton, holding a stuffed reindeer and coming out of Santa’s Workshop may take the prize. To wit:
Now, mind you, I don’t have any problem with the concept of “Third Friday”, which is why I posted the video now as [...]
Joppatown, MD - Detectives working a serial robbery case nabbed the assailant seconds after he struck a pharmacy on the Pulaski Highway corridor in Harford County Thursday night.
Anthony Pierre Willis, 45, of the 4000 block of Hawksbury Road, Pikesville, Maryland, was taken into custody as he left the Rite Aid [...]
Sen. Reid just filed cloture on the motion to proceed to HR 3590, the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act. Remember he is using HR 3590 as a âshellâ to offer his 2,074 page health bill as a substitute amendment. The [...]
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While our indecisive Commander-in-Chief dithers about a troop surge in Afghanistan, Lawmakers are dawdling on funding the federal government. Congress didn't finish the nation's spending bills on time, yet Members of Congress are racing to establish government-run health care and (supposedly) combat non-existent global warming. Before the' [...]
While our indecisive Commander-in-Chief dithers about a troop surge in Afghanistan, Lawmakers are dawdling on funding the federal government. Congress didn't finish the nation's spending bills on time, yet Members of Congress are racing to establish government-run health care and (supposedly) combat non-existent global warming. Before the' [...]
Since he can’t get in to measure the drapes in Martin O’Malley’s office, I guess this will have to do for Pat McDonough as an announcement he’s in the race. Perhaps I missed the formal affair where he threw his hat in the ring for Governor?
Anyway, it’s good to know [...]
(Manassas, VA) â Richard A. Viguerie, a Catholic layman in a parish in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, has sent two letters to Catholics throughout the nation to encourage them not to contribute to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) this weekend because of the pro-abortion and homosexual organizations [...]
As most of my faithful readers know, last weekend marked the occurrence of our most recent state convention. During that convention, the state party adopted a “compromise” voting system solely for this convention and elected a new state chairman, Audrey Scott. Oddly enough, Wicomico County’s delegation had the distinction [...]
Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
The liberal writ was that a strutting âbring âem onâ George W. Bush for eight years did what he pleased on the international scene. His âunilateralâ America supposedly did not consult with either allies or international organizations, as he rammed through democracy in Iraq and [...]
Steven Groves, Heritage Foundation
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, is supposed to produce a successor agreement to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a treaty signed by the Clinton Administration but never sent to the U.S. Senate for advice and consent.[1] The proposed "Kyoto II" successor agreement, [...]
OneNetNews-AP--Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection:
2009: Admonish _ "to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner."
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A new book documents the elite media's preoccupation with denigrating former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
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Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today urging opposition to H.R. 3961, the Pelosi "doc fix" bill that will add more than $200 billion to the deficit:
[...]Ed Pound, the director of communications for the Obama Administrationâs âstimulusâ website (recovery.gov), dropped a bombshell in interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune, stating that the Obama Administration has no idea how phantom congressional districts - such as Ohioâs 00th or Louisianaâs 26th - received âstimulusâ [...]
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia last April and to the emperor of Japan last week, the world refuses [...]
While the military still is reeling and recovering from the massacre at Fort Hood, my wife, Gena, and I decided to boost the morale of military personnel by visiting the cadets at West Point and the wounded warriors at Brooke Army Medical Center, at Fort Sam Houston. Little did I [...]
In an article, âCounty police spokesman to be replaced by uniformed officer -Well, we're shocked...
WASHINGTON â President Barack Obama's choice for a top job with the Treasury Department is having tax problems.
' [...]WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /Standard Newswire/ --Â Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding President Obama's "Diversity Czar" Mark Lloyd's official mission and responsibilities.
[...]A regulatory expert says the effort by General Motors to spin its massive third-quarter loss is just like "putting lipstick on an Edsel."
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