Quote of the Day

"It was a terrible thing. A patient would be walking around, they'd turn blue and they'd be dead. They would turn black as ink."

Dr. Damian Alagia, a survivor of the swine flu epidemic of 1918 which killed about 500,000 Americans.

In a 1976 interview, Dr. Alagia said lethargy, spitting up of blood and high temperatures were common symptoms of the disease, which struck unexpectedly and lasted about two weeks. Patients either recovered or died, according to Dr. Alagia who worked at Baltimore's St. Agnes Hospital during the epidemic.

Quote of the Day

"The voters will not be fooled by slogans that we must "broaden the base" of the Party and become more "inclusive" by adopting the other Party's positions. Conservative Republicans want to be "inclusive" like Ronald Reagan, and they welcome the Tea Party people, Joe the Plumber, and those who realize that jobs are the big issue today."

Phyllis Schlafly

Quote of the Day

"H.R. 3962 will mandate the distribution of end-of-life materials about assisted suicide options in Oregon and Washington. At the request of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), the pro-euthanasia organization Compassion and Choices also added "advance care planning consultations" as a new optional Medicare-covered benefit. This would open the door for Medicare to pay for end-of-life consultations that include assisted suicide options in states where it is legal. Both provisions include language that claims these sections don't encourage the promotion of "suicide or assisted suicide." But in crafting their state laws, Oregon and Washington redefined the act of assisting in a suicide as "death with dignity," explicitly stating that such action is not legally considered assisted suicide-even though by medical definition that is exactly what it is. Think such rationing of care could never happen? It already has in Oregon, where patients were told their state provided insurance would not cover treatment but would gladly pick up the cost if they went the assisted suicide route. Just don't call them death panels..."

Tony Perkins

Family Research Council

Dangerous Lunacy: Terrorists Given Rights of American Citizens

Gary Bauer, Campaign for Working Families discusses the betrayal of America by Comrade Obama...

9/11 Plotters May Walk

Liberalism’s theories often sound good to the uninformed. But when liberals are in power and attempt to govern with those theories, the public usually wakes up. Here’s a good example. During the campaign, Barack Obama sounded like he had the moral high ground on Guantanamo Bay, claiming that the terrorist prison there violated our values. He vowed to close Gitmo and to try the terrorist thugs in civilian courts. Today the administration made good on half of that promise – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 conspirators are headed to New York City to be treated like American citizens and tried in civilian courts.

I guarantee you two things: First, these thugs will get the best legal counsel that the ACLU can provide. In fact, I bet high profile criminal attorneys will line up for the “honor” of defending these thugs against the United States. Second, the trial will be a persecution of conservatives. It will be the Left’s chance to put Bush and Cheney on trial; to put the CIA’s officers under oath and its practices under scrutiny; to convict and condemn the national security policies that kept America safe after 9/11.

In spite of the terrorists’ defiant confessions, there is a very real chance that Mohammed and the other 9/11 terrorists may walk on technicalities. Not the least of which may be the fact that they were subject to waterboarding, which President Obama has publicly called “torture.” The decision is another sad example of this administration’s pre-9/11 mindset.

Here’s some bi-partisan reaction to the news:

• Senator John Cornyn (R-TX): “These terrorists planned and executed the mass murder of thousands of innocent Americans. Treating them like common criminals is unconscionable.”
  
  
• Rep. Peter King (R-NY): “This, I think, will go down as one of the worst decisions any president has ever made.”
  
  
• Tim Brown, a former New York City firefighter: “The only thing they are going to do is give them a stage to mock us ... and this makes me sick to my stomach.”
  
  
• Senator Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT): “The terrorists who planned, participated in, and aided the September 11, 2001 attacks are war criminals, not common criminals. Not only are these individuals not common criminals but war criminals, they are also not American citizens entitled to all the constitutional rights American citizens have in our federal courts. The individuals accused of committing these heinous, cowardly acts … should therefore be tried by military commission rather than in civilian courts in the United States.”

CNN Features Rep. Eric Cantor

Representative Eric Cantor, on CNN, talked about how the GOP must return to its roots of fiscal discipline and deliver a more optimistic message.

To view the videos, click here.

Quote of the Day

"The president is always demanding that major pieces of legislation be rushed through Congress with little debate and little time to read the legislation. But when it comes to our national security, Barack Obama seems incapable of making tough decisions.

Had the media done a better job of vetting Obama, perhaps more voters would have thought twice about putting a man in the Oval Office who voted “present” more than 100 times in the Illinois State Legislature. Even Joe Biden warned us during the primary campaign. Biden said in 2007 that Obama wasn’t ready to lead and that the presidency is not something that lends itself to on the job training. Obama is learning the hard way that he may have been able to get away with indecision on the campaign trail, but that the president can’t vote “present.” It’s a tragedy that one man’s weakness is putting more American lives in harm’s way."

Gary Bauer

Campaign for Working Families

Quote of the Day

"To all our Veterans: Thank you for your service to our country. We can’t thank you enough for the sacrifice you and your families have made for our country and our freedom. God bless you, and may God continue to bless the United States of America."

Gary Bauer

Campaign for Working Families

Keep the Heat on Health Care!

Next Step for Health Care Reform

On Saturday, November 7, the House passed the 1, 990 page Pelosicare bill with a vote of 220-215. More than 39 Democrats voted with Republicans to oppose the health care overhaul. One Republican voted in favor of the legislation. The next battle in the fight will take place in the Senate.

President Obama is putting the pressure on Democratic leadership to pass healthcare legislation by Christmas. It is now important to shift our focus to our Senators. In order to overcome a likely Republican filibuster, any health care legislation will need 60 votes to pass in the Senate meaning every Democrat or Independent vote is needed. All 40 Republican members of the Senate are expected to vote against the legislation. Several Democrat and Independent Senators have expressed opposition to certain provisions that may be included in a final piece of legislation.

Potential swing voters in the Senate could include: Senator Robert Casey, Jr. of Pennsylvania, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, and Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.

If the Senate bill receives 60 votes, the legislation will move forward to debate. The Senate would then have to have 60 votes again in order to pass a final version of the bill. Any differences between legislation passed in the House and Senate would be worked through in the House-Senate Conference Committee.

Let's continue to get the message to our Senators on health care during these critical next few weeks!

Sign this Pro-Life Petition

Faith and Action asks you to sign their

"PEOPLE'S PETITION TO HOLD THE SENATE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROMISE, demanding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid follow President Obama's promise and guarantee that absolutely NO TAX DOLLARS fund abortion—IN ANY WAY!"

Quote of the Day

"Here’s a thought: Perhaps our homeland security people are so traumatized by the constant leftwing attack accusing them of violating constitutional rights that they have been rendered ineffective. CIA officers have been threatened with prosecutions, and phone companies may be sued out of business for cooperating with the Bush Administration on wiretaps in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Some of our counterterrorism officials may be so worried about ending up in jail if they are too aggressive that they have become paralyzed by political correctness."

Gary Bauer

Campaign for Working Families

New Documentary on Abortion

Choosing Life: The History of the Pro-Life Movement

The Be Heard Project has just released a trailer for an upcoming movie

"Choosing Life: The History of the Pro-Life Movement"

Check out the website

http://www.choosinglifemovie.com

or watch the video on the Be Heard Project facebook cause.

Quote of the Day

"Here’s the bad news. Today House liberals are demanding that the Stupak/Pitts amendment be stripped from the bill in the House/Senate conference committee. The Hill quotes Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) as saying, “I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won’t be there.” What do you think pro-abortion Nancy Pelosi will do? She will never allow an abortion restriction to become law!

This battle will continue, and there is a chance the Senate won’t be able to act at all until next year. We will keep on fighting, and you need to do so also. Plus, I can guarantee you that some of those who voted for this power-grabbing, anti-freedom bill will join the growing ranks of the unemployed!"

Gary Bauer

Campaign for Working Families

Obama: Turning America into a Failed Nation

Obama and the Dems move forward in their plans to destroy America from within...

OBAMA'S SOCIALIST STAKE IN THE HEART OF AMERICA

By Frances Rice

Unfazed by the damage caused to our nation by out-of-control spending, President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the US House of Representatives passed a massive, trillion-dollar government-run healthcare revamp bill.

"Tough road ahead in Senate for health care bill" is an AP story about the 1,990-page, $1.2 trillion legislation for a government take over of our healthcare system. To pay for the expansion of coverage, the bill cuts Medicare's spending for seniors by more than $400 billion and imposes a growth-killing tax on our nation's job producers.

Now, Democrats in the US Senate are poised to use the "nuclear option" - a change from the normal 60-vote requirement to a simple majority vote - in order to prevent a Republican-led filibuster of a Senate version of the disastrous Pelosi-ObamaCare legislation that imposes jail time on average Americans for not having health insurance.

Ignored by Obama and the Democrats in the US Congress is the message Americans from across the political spectrum sent on election day 2009. Voters in Virginia and New Jersey elected Republicans as their governors, resoundingly repudiating the socialist agenda of Obama.

The combination of Obama's lack of experience and socialist agenda are disastrous for our country. In short order, Obama's presidency has produced record spending on wasteful social programs with the stimulus bill, massive budget deficits, crushing unemployment, tight credit, and a take-over of part of our private sector. Slim are our chances for a sustainable economic recovery.

"Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%" by David Leonhardt shows that the official record high unemployment rate is now 10.2%, but the actual rate is a lot worse, 17.5 percent—the highest on records dating from 1994—when the calculation includes those who have settled for part-time jobs or stopped looking for work. Nearly eight months after the stimulus bill, 49 of 50 States have lost jobs, with 26% overall teen unemployment and 41.9% black teen unemployment.

Under Obama, our money, media and entire government apparatus are being used to fundamentally change our country into a failed socialist nation. In the article "Dismantling America", Thomas Sowell provides details about how Obama has begun the process of dismantling America from within and exposing us to dangerous enemies outside.

The article "Obama Surrounds Himself with the Most Extreme Appointees in American History" by Steve Baldwin exposes the bevy of unaccountable Communist and Marxist czars who are helping Obama push America into economic collapse.

America is a grand experiment that makes possible unprecedented prosperity and individual liberty, due to the establishment by our founders of our limited form of government by the people and for the people. A form of government that Obama has vowed to fundamentally change into a failed socialist system with the rights of the people determined by the government for the government.

So, the question becomes will enough Americans wake up in time to save our country from going the way of the Roman Empire, the Soviet Union and other fallen nations where the people surrendered their liberty to the government in exchange for cradle to grave benefits? On election days in 2010 and 2012, we will know the answer.

Frances Rice, a lawyer and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, is Chairman of the National Black Republican Association and may be contacted at www.NBRA.info

Quote of the Day

"Democrats had a choice last night, they could enrich their financial benefactors or take away your healthcare and cut Medicare for seniors. Not surprisingly, they put their benefactors first and Americans last. It could not be any clearer that Nancy Pelosi and her puppets must be retired. Thankfully, next November voters will be the ones with the choice."

Pete Sessions

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman

Storming the Capitol

Health Care Rally in Washington, DC

November 5, 2009

Steps of the US Capitol

Footage of crowds and interviews posted on YouTube

Renaissance Women Productions has posted on YouTube.com . . . at Ren Women Productions, 5 segments (under 10 min. each) of the footage gathered at the rally with attribution to Nina May and the Renaissance Women Productions, (rwnetwork.net), and Va. Living TV.

There were over 30,000 people on the west side of the US Capitol, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The crowd was full of people who had never been involved politically, didn’t even know what congressional district they were in, or who their elected official was. They were not partisan at all, and many didn’t even know if their representative was Democrat or Republican . . . they just knew if they were supporting or opposing the health care bill . . . and would vote in 2010 accordingly.

Segment one . . . http://www.youtube.com/user/

RenWomenProductions Shows the crowds outside the three House Office Buildings, waiting in long lines to get in. We interviewed dozens of people from all over the country, telling where they are from, why they came and who their elected official is. Surprisingly, there were a lot of people who were there just to show support for their representative who is voting against the bill. Everyone was upbeat and positive, only one person was angry at being dismissed as “Astroturf”.

Segment two . . . http://www.youtube.com/user/RenWomenProductions

More interviews and comments from people in the crowd. Poignant story of a GE employee from Jacksonville, Fla. who held up a poster showing all the people he works with who chipped in to pay for the gas for him to make the trip on their behalf. This was the face of the crowd . . . people who made great sacrifices to make their voice heard. Everyone had a story, and stressed that they only had a few days to change their schedules to come in from all over the country. Many said they heard about the rally a week before on Sean Hannity’s radio show when Michele Bachman was a guest.

Segment three . . . http://www.youtube.com/user/RenWomenProductions

Interviews inside the halls of congress with people who either did or didn’t get in to see their representatives and what happened. One man told about the arrest of two teenage girls and a priest outside of Speaker Pelosi’s office. It was closed off to the public and designated a “crime scene.” They mention different offices visited and the responses. Many were very polite and encouraged by the reception they received, or frustrated and determined to keep trying to make their voices heard. It was stressed that it was not about politics or partisanship, one even condemned Senator Lugar, a Republican.

Segment four . . . http://www.youtube.com/user/RenWomenProductions

The opening of the press conference, rally, shots of the crowd, part of Pledge and Anthem and Michele Bachmann speech.

Segment five . . . http://www.youtube.com/user/RenWomenProductions

John Voight speech and shots of the crowd.

Quote of the Day

"Unemployment this morning topped 10.2%, even though the number seeking employment has declined. Many have just given up. Likewise, and more troublesome, the average hours worked in a week is at its lowest in decades - 33 hours. That suggests employers are going to just expand hours worked in the future, instead of hiring new people. So the unemployment number will stay high for a while.

On January 18, 2009, Obama's top economics advisor Larry Summers said Barack Obama's stimulus plan would keep unemployment below 10% and could be deemed to have failed if it crossed 10%.

On July 17, 2009, Larry Summers said

"Both administration and independent forecasts predicted that only a very small part of the total job creation expected from the Recovery Act would take place within six months," he continued. "Indeed, a Council of Economic Advisers' study predicted that only 10 percent of the total job impact of the Recovery Act would take place during calendar year 2009. Given lags in spending and hiring, the peak impact of the stimulus on jobs was expected not to be achieved until the end of 2010."

In other words, an ever growing number of Americans have to sit on the unemployment line until next year by government design. Why? So in 2010, Barack Obama and the Democrats can run on falling unemployment numbers. They'd rather you starve now so they can have recovery happen in an election year.

We're all political pawns to Barack Obama.

One more thing: remember, outside economists say passing the Democrats' health care plan will slow the recovery further, stagnate wages, and increase unemployment. Do we want to do that?"

Erick Erickson

Editor, RedState.com