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Congress breaks a record with its new approval rating

A new poll shows that Congress' approval rating is at an all time low 9%. That's really surprising, who knew there is anyone in America that approves of Congress?

Who are these people that approve of Congress? Are they lobbyists or relatives of the politicians? Maybe they are people who don't drive, watch TV, read the newspaper or pay for anything. I've figured it out! 9% of the people polled are babies!

It's too bad the babies don't know Congress is mortgaging their future and making the present quite unbearable for their parents. When the babies grow up and a gallon of gas costs $15 we can tell them that liberal politicians said it would take too long to drill for oil here at home. I'm sure they'll understand.

Sign the American Solutions Petition to drill here, drill now and pay less.

Hey Obama-Slavery is Illegal in the US!

Slavery:
noun
1. the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage]
2. the practice of owning slaves
3. work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay
Dictionary.com

I guess Barack Obama didn't get the memo that a war was fought in America and slavery was abolished. From his own website:

Obama will set a goal that all middle and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year. He will develop national guidelines for service- learning and will give schools better tools both to develop programs and to document student experience. Green Job Corps: Obama will create an energy-focused youth jobs program to provide disadvantaged youth with service opportunities weatherizing buildings and getting practical experience in fast-growing career fields.

Don't you love the way they call it "service learning"? Does that somehow change the definition of his plan?

The Elephant in the Campaign

The great big elephant sitting in the middle of the presidential campaign barely gets any notice from the candidates or the main stream media. Barack Obama has said he likes high gas prices, he only wishes it had happened gradually. Well, all-righty then, thanks, Barry! John McCain has said he would be in favor of lifting restrictions on off shore drilling (but not ANWR) but he doesn't seem to be hammering the point the way he should.

What we do hear from the candidates is a lot of gibberish about global warming, green technologies and other mumbo jumbo that won't bring any relief to working Americans. We can look forward to increases in the price of gas and the cost of energy to heat and cool our homes. If they want a recession, they're on the right track!

The media must figure we all know how much we're paying for gas so there is no need to mention it very often. My local news station occasionally will tell us where we can buy gas for $4.23 per gallon instead of $4.30, which would be helpful if I didn't have to burn four gallons of gas to get there. But they make sure they give a lot of air time to A-Rod's marriage and alleged affair with Madonna. It's great to see they have their priorities straight.

Are the candidates or the media aware of the 1,292,121 Americans who have signed the American Solutions Petition to drill here, drill now and pay less? If so, do they care? Sadly, the candidates seem to care more about the humanity hating environmental lobby than they do about average American citizens. And the media is hell bent on making sure the American people don't place the blame where it belongs.

Bush Lied?

Democrats for years have been calling for the immediate withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, even the ones who voted for the war. They have accused President Bush of lying so he could start a war. Now we hear:

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port yesterday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

The removal of 550 metric tons of "yellowcake" - the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment - was a significant step toward closing the books on Hussein's nuclear legacy. It also brought relief to U.S. and Iraqi authorities who had worried that the cache would reach insurgents or smugglers crossing to Iran to aid its nuclear ambitions. Read the full story.

Suppose all the libs had their way and we withdrew our troops, leaving the Iranians to help themselves to all of that yellowcake? How many of those calling President Bush a liar knew about this? How long have they known it? What other WMD's are still over there that Barack Obama would like to leave in the hands of our enemies? No doubt this little story won't be getting a whole lot of airtime from the main stream media.

The Truth About ANWR

I'm not sure when this video was made, but it was posted on You Tube over two years ago. Alaskans want to drill in ANWR, Americans want to drill in ANWR? So what's the problem? The problem is the environmental lobby and the US Congress. Many of our senators and congressmen seem to believe they own the land. Note to Congress: Federal land is the people's land, not the government's.

For more information about ANWR visit ANWR.org.

Must Read Articles of the Week

In Who Dare Oppose the Obamas, Brent Bozell does a fine job of documenting the pro-Obama bias in the main stream media. ABC, CBS and NBC do puff pieces about old Barry and then either ignore McCain or say this:

On June 23, CBS lined up five things you might not know about McCain, and check out the difference in tone. He wasn't born in the United States, but in the Panama Canal Zone. He was nicknamed "the punk" in high school, a reputation that "followed to the Naval Academy," where he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class. When he crashed in Vietnam, it was "It was not his first, it was not his second. It was his third crash as a pilot."

Thomas Sowell reminds us of what happens when patriotism goes out of fashion in Does Patriotism Matter.

During the First World War, France fought on against the German invaders for four long years, despite having more of its soldiers killed than all the American soldiers killed in all the wars in the history of the United States, put together.

But during the Second World War, France collapsed after just six weeks of fighting and surrendered to Nazi Germany. At the bitter moment of defeat the head of the French teachers' union was told, "You are partially responsible for the defeat."

Charles de Gaulle, Francois Mauriac, and other Frenchmen blamed a lack of national will or general moral decay, for the sudden and humiliating collapse of France in 1940.

It is unfortunate that liberal historians decide what the young learn about history. Will history now repeat itself?

The left's twisted idea of patriotism

To read this op-ed piece by Chris Satullo in the Philadelphia Enquirer one would think he were talking about Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein.

This year, America doesn't deserve to celebrate its birthday. This Fourth of July should be a day of quiet and atonement.
For we have sinned.
We have failed to pay attention. We've settled for lame excuses.
We've spit on the memory of those who did that brave, brave thing in Philadelphia 232 years ago.
The America those men founded should never torture a prisoner.
The America they founded should never imprison people for years without charge or hearing.
The America they founded should never ship
prisoners to foreign lands, knowing their new jailers might torture them.
Such abuses once were committed by the arrogant crowns of Europe, spawning rebellion.
Today, our nation does such things in the name of our safety.
Petrified, unwilling to take the risks that love of liberty demands, we close our eyes.
We have done such things, on orders from the Oval Office. We have done them, without general outrage or shame.

This guy is talking about Islamic terrorists that want to kill him, you, me and our children. He is talking about fighters who wear no uniform and fight for no nation. They use innocent children as shields and if they catch you before you catch them you will be beheaded. They want to take over the world and this moon-bat is worried about a little bit of waterboarding! Sadly, he speaks for many on the left. They are the ones who will blame America first, no matter what. This is the sort of thing they find patriotic. It's disgusting.

More Unintended Consequences

Insurance companies are raising their rates due to predictions of rising sea levels and more frequent and severe hurricanes and storms. This stems from the hysteria over global climate change.

Now the insurance industry is being criticized. To all of the global warming hysterics out there-you can't have it both ways. You say the science is settled, that there is a consensus on global warming. You cry that the world has a terrible fever and the consequences are dire. Do you really expect insurance companies not to raise premiums after your declarations of impending catastrophic doom?

Anyone living in a coastal area can thank AlGore and Co. for your rapidly rising insurance costs. This is but one more example of unintended consequences of the liberals idiotic policies.

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News From the Iraq Political Front

According to a new report, 15 out of 18 Iraqi political benchmarks have been found to be satisfactory. Isn't that better than the Democrat US Congress can say? Have you noticed that as far as the Democrats and their 527 group the Main Stream Media are concerned, good news is no news when it comes to Iraq?

John McCain wants to win in Iraq and stay there until there is lasting stability. Barry Obama will irresponsibly pull the troops out, leaving Iraq to AlQuaeda, who with the help of Iran will establish a safe haven where they can plan attacks on US and US interests.