• Del.icio.us Links

    links for 2010-09-20

    • The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition, in partnership with former United States Ambassador to the UN John Bolton, has launched the Election Day Tea Party, a project to raise awareness and participation in the 2010 mid-term elections this November 2.

      "I joined the Election Day Tea Party project because — perhaps more than at any other in my lifetime — the results of this election cycle will determine the future of the United States as the leader of the Free World," said Ambassador John Bolton. "Election Day Tea Party is a great way for people to become involved in a substantial, productive way, no matter where you are in the country."

      The project's website, ElectionDayTeaParty.com, identifies the 50 contests for seats in the House of Representatives where an individual's efforts can help the challengers win their elections on November 2, 2010. The seats in all 50 of these races are currently held by members of Congress who have supported the Obama-Pelosi agenda.

    • Since the economic collapse, there are not enough jobs being created for the population as a whole, much less for those in the twilight of their careers.

      Of the 14.9 million unemployed, more than 2.2 million are 55 or older. Nearly half of them have been unemployed six months or longer, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate in the group — 7.3 percent — is at a record, more than double what it was at the beginning of the latest recession.
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      Can you hear us now?

      Change the government in November.

      After other recent downturns, older people who lost jobs fretted about how long it would take to return to the work force and worried that they might never recover their former incomes. But today, because it will take years to absorb the giant pool of unemployed at the economy’s recent pace, many of these older people may simply age out of the labor force before their luck changes.

    • Republicans will unveil their new "Contract with America" in Virginia on Thursday, less than two months before election day.

      The GOP, which appears poised to win back the House this fall according to several independent projections, is culling the list of election-year agenda items from its "America Speaking Out" program. A spokesman for that project confirmed House and Senate GOP leaders will introduce the new contract on Thursday.

      The new contract, modeled after the 1994 "Contract with America," is intended to highlight what the Republican party would stand for if it returns to power in Congress. For much of the last two years, Republicans have won points from voters chiefly by opposing the Obama administration's agenda.
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      As was the case in 1994, the GOP will recapture the House.

    • A Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin — which will be released tomorrow by DailyKos — will show Sen. Russ Feingold (D) trailing challenger Ron Johnson (R) by double-digits due to a "massive" enthusiasm gap between Democrats and Republicans.

      If true, Republicans once again have a chance at taking control of the U.S. Senate.

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      Boxer is up but Feingold is way down. Will Dems only survive California?

    • A lot of Senate races are heading in the wrong direction for Democrats right now but California is not one of them. PPP's newest poll there finds Barbara Boxer continuing to hold onto a 50-42 lead over Carly Fiorina.

      Republicans showed in Massachusetts they could win in a state as blue as California but Carly Fiorina isn't proving to have nearly the appeal to Democratic and independent voters that Scott Brown did. Fiorina is winning independents 50-38, a solid margin but well short of the 32 point advantage Brown achieved with those folks against Martha Coakley. And Fiorina is winning only 11% of Democrats, barely half of the 19% Brown got.

      Californians are pretty ambivalent toward Barbara Boxer and ambivalence is usually going to get an incumbent in a deep blue state reelected- it takes Jon Corzine sorts of approval numbers to lose in those places. 46% of voters approve of the job Boxer's doing and 46% disapprove.
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      Carly will need to go "ON AIR" very soon. The race is closer

    • Californians are already wary about reelecting their state’s junior senator, one of the chamber’s most liberal Democrats. But this week, Campaign Spot will dust off some of the misdeeds and ethical troubles, the sense of entitlement, and aspects of Boxer’s record that will probably infuriate Golden State voters across the political spectrum.

      You’re probably familiar with Rep. Maxine Waters, the California Democrat who’s under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegations that she used her position in Congress to ensure the U.S. Treasury Department would help out a bank where her husband was a stockholder and former director.

      What you probably didn’t know is that Boxer has been sending large amounts of cash to Waters’s daughter for the past two cycles, and in exchange, Waters has been featuring Boxer prominently on her “slate mailer,” a sample ballot used by many voters in Waters’s South Central district.
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    • Sfla Conservative, a local Tea Party group, says its "proudly partnering with The Liberty and Freedom Foundation" to bring the former Alaska governor to the American Airlines Arena Oct. 6 — five days before President Barack Obama comes to town to raise money for imperiled congressional Democrats.

      "Governor Palin is in Miami to raise funds to help elect principled grassroots conservatives," the announcement reads. "You are invited to get involved in this, the most critical midterm election in our Republic's history."

      Tickets for the event go on sale Wednesday.
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      Sarah looks like a Presidential contender. She will need to finish off Mitt Romney in Florida after South Carolina.

      And, who will help her?

      Rudy Giuliani and Marco Rubio – the newly elected Senator

  • Albert Greenwood Brown,  Death Penalty,  Michael Morales

    California Executions to Resume? Albert Greenwood Brown Would Be Next

    Albert Greenwood Brown, the next to die under California Death Penalty law

    A California State Appeals Court has paved the way for a resumption of the death penalty in California.

    A state appeals court Monday removed one of the few remaining impediments to the resumption of executions in California, helping clear the way for the lethal injection of an inmate later this month.

    “We are acting with the assumption that without any stay in place … that the execution will go forward,” said Chief Assistant Atty. Gen. Dane Gillette.

    The state is scheduled to execute Albert Greenwood Brown, convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1980, on Sept. 29. But a federal judge could still delay executions, and another inmate has challenged a new lethal injection protocol.

    The state has not executed anyone in nearly five years.

    Here is why Albert Greenwood Brown is on death row.

    A Sept. 29 execution date was set today for a man who raped and murdered a Riverside teenager nearly 30 years ago.

    Albert Greenwood Brown’s death warrant was signed by Riverside Superior Court Judge Roger A. Luebs. His execution will take place at San Quentin State Prison.

    “Justice has been delayed for 30 years since Susan Jordan was murdered,” Chief Assistant District Attorney William Mitchell said. “It’s time we moved forward with this.”

    Brown’s attorney’s filed a request for an emergency stay, but it was denied Friday by the California Supreme Court, clearing the way for Luebs to set an execution date.

    Brown grabbed 15-year-old Susan Jordan in October 1980, as she walked along Victoria Avenue on her way to Arlington High School in Riverside, and raped and murdered the teenager.

    Brown then called the girl’s parents and told them they would never see their daughter alive again and could find her in a particular orange grove.

    Brown had been paroled from state prison just four months earlier for the 1977 rape of a 14-year-old girl.

    He was convicted of the older girl’s rape and murder in 1982 and sentenced to death.

    Brown has been on death row for over 30 years and all of his appeals have been exhausted. He goes on September 29th – after 30 years of waiting.

    But, alas there are the federal courts where lethal injection procedures are under view for possible Eight amendment violations. anyone want to bet whether this miscreant is executed on the 29th?

    In the meantime, Michael Morales and four other inmates on death row may soon be executed.

    Deputy Attorney General Michael Quinn said Tuesday officials will soon seek to schedule the executions of five other inmates, including Michael Morales of Stockton. Morales was within hours of receiving a lethal injection for the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl when U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel in 2006 halted his execution. Fogel ordered prison officials to revamp the state’s lethal injection procedures in response to Morales’ legal challenge alleging cruel and unusual punishment.

    Since then, officials have constructed a new death chamber at San Quentin Prison and rewrote the execution procedures in 2007. Morales and another death row inmate, Mitchell Sims of Los Angeles, filed a separate lawsuit in Marin County in 2007 alleging the new procedures should be subjected to public comment and the state’s time-consuming regulatory adopting process. A judge agreed and barred executions until the state properly adopted the new lethal injection regulations.

    On Sunday, prison officials said those new regulations took effect.

    Well, let’s see what Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel has to say tomorrow. I wouldn’t hold my breath for any executuions in California – anytime soon.

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    California Executions May Resume By the End of 2008

    Michael Morales Watch: US Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection Executions

    Michael Morales Watch: Lethal Injection Hearings Delayed Again

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Halts Construction of San Quentin Death Chamber

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: New San Quentin Death Chamber Under Construction

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: California Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes Revised 5-Point Lethal Injection Protocol

    Michael Morales Watch: Judge
    Jeremy Fogel Rules – California Method of Lethal Injection Violates a
    Constitutional Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Execution Postponed INDEFINITELY

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Execution Tonight?

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Execution Delayed by Doctor Walk Out

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: United States Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Morales Execution

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Denies Clemency Petition

    Michael Angelo Moreno Watch: State Agrees to Place Anesthesia Expert in Death Chamber

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Lawyers Withdraw Allegedly Faked Juror Statements Supporting Their Clemency Bid

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Federal Judge May Delay Execution

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Ventura County Judge Asks California Governor Schwarzenegger for Clemency

    Michael Angelo Morales Watch: Kenneth Starr to Assist Death Row Clemency Bid

  • Barbara Boxer,  Carly Fiorina

    CA-Sen: QUACK QUACK Barbara Boxer is DUCKING Debates Against Carly Fiorina

    From Los Angeles CBS affiliate KCBS

    Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer ain’t going to debate Carly Fiorina. I mean she is either a little behind or a little ahead in the polls. Why take a risk, right?

    From the video above:

    KCAL/KCBS REPORTER: “Would it be fair for people to assume … that you really don’t want the people of California to see you debating the issues?”

    BOXER: “No.” (cue 3 second awkward pause) “Do you want me to explain?”

    KCAL/KCBS REPORTER: “Yes.”

    BOXER:
    “Ok. I’d like to debate many more times, maybe ten. And I intend to run a campaign based on what I need to do to let the people know I’m not that person that my opponent says I am. And I will be doing that and debating as many times as I possibly can.”

    Quack Quack Boxer is sitting on about $10 Million to pay for one sided television ads.

    Quack Quack – there will be no more Boxer-Fiorina debates after the next faux one.

  • Dream Act,  Harry Reid

    Stop the DREAM ACT – Harry Reid Schedules Senate Vote for Tomorrow 2:15 PM

    Melt the Phones, Patriots

    Thanks to Michelle Malkin for posting this list of Senators who will vote tomorrow, Tuesday, at 2 PM (EDT) on the Dream Act, an illegal alien amnesty ploy.

    DEMOCRATS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE GOOD PROSPECTS TO VOTE AGAINST THE DREAM ACT

    Sen. Pryor of Arkansas 202-224-2353     501-324-6336    

    Sen. Landrieu of Louisiana 202-224-5824   225-389-0395

    Sen. Stabenow of Michigan 202-224-4822  313-961-4330     

    Sen. McCaskill of Missouri 202-224-6154  314-367-1364    

    Sen. Baucus of Montana 202-224-2651    406-657-6790     

    Sen. Tester of Montana 202-224-2644     406-449-5401     

    Sen. Conrad of North Dakota 202-224-2043  701-258-4648     

    Sen. Dorgan of North Dakota 202-224-2551   701-239-5389    

    REPUBLICANS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE GOOD PROSPECTS TO VOTE AGAINST THE DREAM ACT

    Sen. LeMeiux of Florida 202-224-3041  904-398-8586     

    Sen. Collins of Maine 202-224-2523    207-945-0417    

    Sen. Snowe of Maine 202-224-5344    207-874-0883     

    Sen. Brown of Massachusetts 202-224-4543   617-565-3170     

    Sen. Gregg of New Hampshire 202-224-3324   603-225-7115     

    Sen. Hutchison of Texas 202-224-5922   214-361-3500     

    There are other Senators to call but we need the above Senators to vote against this cynical ploy by Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of placing this bill as an amendment to a Defense Appropriation bill. Send a message – this Dream Act is a form of illegal alien amnesty and deserves an up or down vote on its own merits.

    Melt the phones, patriots.

  • Molly Norris,  Muhammad Caricatures

    Molly Norris – Draw Mohammed Cartoonist Goes Into Hiding

    Muslims burn an effigy of cartoonist Molly Norris in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 26

    A pretty sad commentary when someone wishes to support freedom of speech and expression.

    A cartoonist for Seattle Weekly in Washington state is in hiding after she received death threats for mocking the Prophet Mohammed five months ago, the newspaper reported. The alternative weeklys editor in chief reported this week that artist Molly Norris is going ghost on the advice of FBI security specialists. She will be moving and changing her name, Mark Fefer wrote.

    You may have noticed that Molly Norris comic is not in the paper this week. Thats because there is no more Molly, he said. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program  except, as she  notes, without the government picking up the tab.

    Norris hasty exodus stems from an April controversy in which the creators of South Park saw their 201st episode censored over its inclusion of Mohammed as a character. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker received death threats because their 200th episode featured the Muslim prophet in a bear suit.

    Norris dedicated her cartoon that week to Stone and Parker and attacked bloggers at Revolution Muslim, who she said made threats against the South Park masterminds. Couching the cartoon as a First Amendment protest, she accused the Comedy Central network of cooperating with terrorists for pulling the original episode.

    This is what started the flap, as you remember.

    As a snarky response to Muslim bloggers who warned Comedy Central about an episode of South Park showing the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bear suit, one Seattle cartoonist, who calls laughter her form of prayer, is asking artists all over the world to create depictions of Mohammed on May 20, then submit the images to a Facebook page she set up.

    Let’s hope that this is a temporary situation and that the Islamic religious bigots see the error of their ways and desist. In the meantime, the FBI will protect her and the Mohammed Cartoons will continue to be published.
  • Day By Day

    Day By Day September 20, 2010 – The Point



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    I’ll take the INDIVIDUAL over the collective tyranny of socialism/communism any day of the week – even Mondays.

    Why would any American want to defer life decisions to some nameless/faceless bureaucrat in the federal or even state government? Does American rugged individualism really lend lend itself to being ordered about by a NANNY – like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi or the President?

    The answer is NO.  Hell No!

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