First Lady may have violated Illinois election laws

By Jessica Puente - The Daily Caller
Published: 6:27 PM 10/14/2010
Updated: 11:15 PM 10/14/2010
 http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/first-lady-may-have-violated-illinois-election-laws/

First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly violated Illinois election laws by encouraging voters to support President Obama at a polling place in Chicago Thursday morning.

Election laws in Illinois prohibit anyone from engaging in “any political discussion within any polling place,” or “within 100 feet of any polling place.”

The first lady was reportedly speaking with other voters in a polling place and urged them to keep President Obama’s agenda going.
“Technical violation, perhaps. But what are mere technical violations of voting laws to the Obama administration!” said Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch, a conservative, non-partisan, public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.

Illinois law has a broad-ban on any person engaging in political discussion within the polling place.

“Even if her conversations didn’t constitute electioneering, they almost certainly violated the broader Sec. 17-29 ban on engaging in ‘any political discussion within any polling place,’” said Charlie Spies, an election attorney with Clark Hill, PLC.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/first-lady-may-have-violated-illinois-election-laws/

I think its pretty safe to move this one from the "may have" column and put it in the "PROBABLY DID VIOLATE THE LAW" column.    I'm just saying.

Federal Light Bulb Ban Creating Jobs in China

A federal law banning ordinary incandescent light bulbs has already had a negative effect on the American economy — GE has closed its last major bulb producing factory in the United States, creating job opportunities in China.

Legislation enacted in 2007 orders the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs beginning with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt light in 2014. These bulbs cannot meet efficiency requirements dictated by law.

Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) are the least expensive alternative. But the manufacture of CFLs is “labor intensive and too expensive to be done at U.S. wage rates,” according to a report from The Heartland Institute, which estimates that domestically produced CFLs would be 50 percent more expensive than bulbs manufactured in China.

So instead of retrofitting its plant in Winchester, Va., to produce CFLs, GE closed the plant in September and laid off 200 workers.

CFLs are already being manufactured in China, and increasing American demand will no doubt create new jobs there.

As the Insider Report disclosed earlier, while CFLs use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and last far longer, they cost significantly more, take longer to turn on, can flicker, and contain small amounts of highly toxic mercury, which creates problems for users when they break or need to be disposed of after they burn out.

“Environmental activists and their allies in Washington were either too ignorant of basic economics to see these job losses coming, or they were simply too callous to really care,” said Heartland Institute science director Jay Lehr.

“Either way, compact fluorescent light bulbs in the real world fail to live up to environmental promises, unnecessarily subject American households to toxic mercury, produce poor-quality light, and are sending American workers to the unemployment line.”

And Sam Kazman, general counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said: “If the new energy-saving technologies being pushed by government are really that good, then we don’t need government to mandate them. And if they are being mandated, that’s a sure sign that they’re not very good.”

Three Republican members of Congress — Joe Barton, Marsha Blackburn and Michael Burgess — have introduced a bill that would repeal the ban on the incandescent bulb.

The three said in an article on The Daily Caller: “The unanticipated consequence of the ’07 act — layoffs in the middle of a desperate recession — is what sometimes happens when politicians think they know better than consumers and workers.”

SOURCE : newsmax.com

Where Are Obama's Jobs?

From an email I received yesterday about Obama's supposed "Summer of Recovery" : (the emphasis is mine)

Two months ago, President Obama proclaimed this summer the "Summer of Economic Recovery," insisting that his $862 billion stimulus bill has yet to make its biggest impact and that we've "turned the corner" on the economy.

But where is the proof behind the president's statement? Labor Day is almost here and there has not been one tangible sign of economic improvement over the last 60 days. If anything, we see data that points to a more severe economic situation than predicted. Last week, new unemployment claims rose to 479,000, with another 19,000 Americans losing their jobs in just one week.

So I ask President Obama to please show us where exactly the recovery has been.

The stimulus bill failed miserably, yet the White House continues to credit it with having a positive impact on the economy and saving thousands of jobs across the country. But it's clear to anyone with a good business sense that the White House's propaganda is just plain wrong. Small businesses are the backbone of America, and only when they have the financial security to begin hiring in extensive numbers will economic stability return. And that will only happen when President Obama and the Democratic Congress finally realize that it's the private sector that creates real jobs, not the government.

America's economic recovery and the restoration of jobs will not be a result of government spending or taxpayer-funded bailouts, but rather private industry being relieved of high taxes and backbreaking government regulations. Skyrocketing corporate taxes have crippled the private sector and slowed economic growth for the second straight quarter.

The Obama Administration has failed to fix the economy because their strategy is to grow the size of the government and raise our taxes to pay for it. Fiscal conservative policies of small government, low taxes and minimal regulations are the answer to America's economic troubles. Unless we want to spiral into a double dip recession - an economic crisis that could put future American prosperity in jeopardy - we must act now. Restoring our conservative values in Washington this fall is imperative.

The only unemployment claims that should be filed in the next several months are those of the Members of Congress who have yet to get our economy on track. They [Congress] should be the only unemployed Americans.

Okay, Obama / Biden / Reid / Pelosi - the ball is in your court (and has been for two years now) show us where you are creating jobs or shut up and get out of the way of the private sector.

11 Reasons to Vote for Democrats in November

I apologize for Charlie Rangel's bad language - but you really need to see this video.

UN Gun Ban to Register All Firearms

I received this yesterday Tuesday August 10, 2010 from Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA).    

The main point is:

 The UN wants to make all firearms subject to international law. The Small Arms Ban will:   

• Prohibit firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public.
• Prohibit any transfer of firearm ownership.  
• Require US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.  
• Require micro-stamping on all guns.
• Destruction of "excess" firearms.

The full email follows:

ALERT: CCRKBA's Jullianne Versnel participated at the UN on the Arms Trade Treaty Prep Committee to fight for YOUR GUN RIGHTS. The social bureaucrats at the UN will stop at nothing to ERADICATE the Second Amendment. The globalist gun agenda supported by Obama is pushing for TOTAL GUN CONFISCATION.

In June, Jullianne's husband, Alan Gottlieb, Founder and Executive Director of CCRKBA successfully fought the socialist bureaucrats at the UN to veto language in the UN Small Arms and Light Weapons Programme of Action to defend the Second Amendment as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) delegate. But that success was short lived and the fight is far from over. Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives were told that the majority of the meetings would be closed to them.

TELL THE ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT LIBERALS WE ARE NOT GIVING UP OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WITHOUT A FIGHT

STOP the UN Small Arms Ban Fax All 100 Senators (contact ccrkba)

The critical discussions on the scope of the treaty will have no input from any non-governmental entity. Scope is critical in the Arms Trade Ban process. In North America, some Pan Asian Countries and in some other parts of the world, the arms that we expect to have covered in this treaty are nuclear weapons. In much of Europe and most all of Africa, the delegates anticipate that the Arms Trade Ban will cover rifles, shotguns, handguns and ammunition as well. 

There appears little doubt that some sort of treaty will be adopted as early as 2012. It is anticipated that the final treaty will attempt to register all firearms, require micro-stamping, destruction of surplus ammunition on a very set schedule, registration of all firearms and restriction on any transfer of arms including between private individuals and many other restrictions. If the United States is a signatory and this is ratified by the U.S. Senate, this UN treaty would be the law. On October 30, 2009, UN members and the United States voted in favor of an Arms Trade Ban.

The UN has an aggressive schedule of meetings planned to push for these restrictions and we will be there representing you in every way we can. We will be at the CTOP/COP meeting in Vienna the week of October 18 and a General Assembly meeting at the end of October. In January, the five permanent members of the Security Council will meet and this is on the agenda. There will be another Arms Trade Ban Preparatory meeting at the end of February in New York. The regional UNIDIR meeting sponsored by the EU will start in March. We will come full circle with the Programme of Action Experts Meeting in May 2011 and the July 17-21 ATT Preparatory meeting that is expected to offer the final draft to the treaty. 

STOP the UN Small Arms Ban Fax All 100 Senators (contact your representative)

The UN wants to make all firearms subject to international law. The Small Arms Ban will:

• Prohibit firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public.
• Prohibit any transfer of firearm ownership.
• Require US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment.
• Require micro-stamping on all guns.
• Destruction of "excess" firearms.

Guns protect citizens from governments who abuse their power. (emphasis mine) The only thing keeping the United States from Obama turning our country into a Marxist Socialist country is our right to bear arms. With a guy like Obama in power it is terrifying to think what would happen to our country if we didn't have our Second Amendment Rights. The UN's solution is to take away guns from all "insurgents." Our founding fathers were considered insurgents. Our Democracy could not have been made possible if it weren't for their courage and access to firearms. If there was a Small Arms Treaty in 1776 our country would not exist. The UN believes anyone fighting for freedom should be considered a threat and wants to leave the world defenseless against tyrannical governments.

Get Your Sticker - STOP the UN Small Arms Ban - Fax All 100 Senators and Tell Obama to Keep the "Change" (conservative bumper stickers)

DON'T LET THE UN BUREAUCRATS LEAVE OUR DEMOCRACY DEFENSELESS

Obama and Hilary want to bring our country to it's knees to pass more laws until our Constitution is totally annihilated. And they are pretty close to accomplishing that. The Small Arms Treaty could become law as soon as 2012 if the U.S. signs the treaty and the Senate ratifies it. In two years your guns could be confiscated and destroyed. And of course, you would be under suspicion from the gun czars for having the audacity to even exercising your Second Amendment Rights in the first place. If this treaty passes, America would be swept up in a frenzied witch hunt to locate the "bad gun owners" to destroy their weapons. Law abiding Americans would be left defenseless against not only the tyranny of our government, but against the increasing violence and danger erupting in our country.

IF THE UN GUN TREATY PASSES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SITTING DUCKS FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS

(i added this but i think it makes the same point)

  

THIS IS NOT A FIGHT WE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE

Keep calling your Senators today, toll free numbers include 1-877-851-6437 and 1-866-220-0044, or call toll 1-202-225-3121 AND REGISTER YOU'RE OUTRAGE at ongoing efforts to take guns away!

CALL PRESIDENT Obama, 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414 expressing your disdain and ABSOLUTE REJECTION of all GUN BANS.

DO NOT BE SILENCED - MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

NOTE: We need TENS OF THOUSANDS of faxes and PHONE CALLS and EMAILS delivered to ALL Senators right away!

For our projects to be successful, we must count on the voluntary financial support from individuals like you who care.

Your contribution of $20 or $25 is urgently needed today. If you can afford to send $50 or $100 or more it would truly be a godsend.

SELECT HERE DONATE NOW - The rights you save may be your own!

Remember, protecting our freedom is not inexpensive.

But then, it's impossible to put a price tag on freedom.

Together, we can preserve the Constitutional rights our Founding Fathers intended our people to have forever.

For more information about CCRKBA go to http://www.ccrkba.org/

Thank you. I know I can count on you.

Sincerely,
Alan Gottlieb

Chairman

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

If you prefer to donate by check, please mail to:

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

12500 NE Tenth Place
Dept Code 4445
Bellevue, Washington 98005

Reporters vs. Conservative Black Leaders at Press Conference 8 4 2010

The main stream media seems to be having a really hard time accepting the fact that there are black conservatives.     Here is a piece of video from a press conference held just a few days ago by conservative black leaders.

Permitting citizens to own firearms will go a long way to curbing crime

The entire article can be found here in engineering news.

The article's author mentions various pieces of legislation around the world and then makes the observation

Is there any evidence that the crooks now have fewer guns? I do not think so.

So, in effect, the gun laws keep the crooks armed and curtail the ability of law-abiding citizens to fight back.

To put it bluntly, yes.

Eternal Vigilance

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

Educate yourself about this current administration. btw, listening to a sound bite from the main stream media does NOT count as "educating yourself". Check many sources. Look at the motivations behind the actions, don't believe the hype.

Minorities

I received this as an email.      Feel free to pass it along or comment.

We need to show more sympathy for these people.

* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day ~ every day.


I'm not talking about illegal immigrants ~ I'm talking about our troops!


Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegal’s, but don't support our troops, and are even threatening to defund them?


Please pass this on; this is worth the short time it takes to read it.

Careful on those icy roads

And then the guy from the Department of Transportation complicates things by putting the arrow pointing the wrong direction.

Republican Opportunity

Another Democrat Congressional seat has opened up.

http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Obit-Murtha/2010/02/08/id/349296

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/02/08/GA2010020802340.html?hpid=topnews

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DO6O4G0&show_article=1

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703630404575053543429089372.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/08/john.murtha.obit/?hpt=T2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murtha
Hmm. You're probably right. Posting the news of the passing of Representative Murtha under the title "Republican Opportunity" probably is tacky and politically incorrect. So it goes.

Robert Gibbs - White House Press Idiot

One morning back in January I was listening to the radio and they did their "check of the weather". The guy leading the weather man said "It was really chilly this morning. Is this unseasonable cold going to continue?" and the weather man said "We're not the only ones suffering right now. In the past seven days there have been over twelve hundred record breaking cold weather events just in the U.S."

Holy. Cow.

This set of circumstances (having over 1,200 record breaking cold weather events in the U.S. in the space of seven days) points to a couple interesting facts.

1) The U. N.'s IPCC has been "cooking the books" when it comes to "Global Warming" and mankind's effect on the environment http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575038742717786422.html?mod=WSJ_Investing_MoreHeadlines

2) White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is a goofball (and it's entirely possible that he is the single worst Press Secretary in the history of press secretarys).



Way to go Robert! Way to not answer the question that was asked of you. Way to try and make the reporter look stupid for asking a perfectly legitimate question.

Ladies and gentlemen, our White House Press Secretary is a dishonest idiot.

(and it keeps going) February 8, 2010 Government shut down as DC, region dig out of snow

Canadian Premier to Undergo Heart Surgery in the U.S.

Wow. Seriously? This tells me *everything* that I need to know about socialized medicine.

Since internet news links tend to go dead after a while I'm going to post links to several articles about this. Happy reading!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Canadian_official_heads_south_for_surgery.html?showall

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=4055&popular=1 (You *have* to watch the video on this article - the woman states "the physicians looked at the best possible options and gave their recommendation and he has taken that recommendation" or words to that effect)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9p57GCSA3U (Here is the video straight from YouTube)

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19664 (On the right hand side they have a "Countdown until Obama leaves Office" - right now it says
1081 Days, 02 Hours, 22 Minutes, 11 Seconds. I must find this widget)

http://www.examiner.com/x-27580-St-Louis-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m2d2-Canadian-Premier-to-undergo-heart-surgery-in-the-US

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/759760---danny-millions-williams-heads-south-for-heart-surgery

http://blog.taragana.com/health/2010/02/02/canadian-provincial-premier-seeks-heart-surgery-in-us-18935/

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/premier+heart+surgery+sparks+debate/2516321/story.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h9Wu78oguXFeKRN0EuUC915Scusw

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nfld-premier-travels-to-us-for-heart-surgery/article1452810/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/williams-could-have-had-surgery-in-canada-cardiac-experts-say/article1454023/

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/ultimate+tier+health+care/2515150/story.html

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100202/williams_surgery_100202/20100202/?hub=CalgaryHome (This article claims it was "never an option" for Danny Williams to receive his surgery in Newfoundland