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CRA Failed Obama Housing Crisis
  
Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial mess

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McCain Will Win
By Geoff Metcalf October 19, 2008 NewsWithViews.com
  
The Reid-Pelosi-Obama (RePO) Team Vs. The Rest of America
First, this summer's economic bailout bill put the taxpayers on the line for $152 billion. Then the housing bailout added $300 billion. The Paulson bailout cost us another $700 billion. Now Washington Democrats - already counting on complete, filibuster-proof control of the nation's purse-strings come November - are talking about spending another $300 billion on a "stimulus package." That comes to a grand total of $1.45 trillion the taxpayers are being asked to provide for Washington's ideas on how to save the economy.


  
2008 State of the Union Address
Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Seven years have passed since I first stood before you at this rostrum. In that time, our country has been tested in ways none of us could have imagined. We faced hard decisions about peace and war, rising competition in the world economy, and the health and welfare of our citizens. These issues call for vigorous debate, and I think it's fair to say we've answered the call. Yet history will record that amid our differences, we acted with purpose. And together, we showed the world the power and resilience of American self-government.
  
Governmentium
New Chemical Element: A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Governmentium. Governmentium (Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
  
MNF-I Commanding General's Letter to the Troops
This letter from General David H. Petraeus to the troops gives us an insight of what we might hear next week when he speaks to Congress.
  
A Report from the Global Warming Battlefield
In case you hadn't noticed, the global warming debate has now escalated from a minor skirmish to an all-out war. Although we who are skeptical of the claim that global warming is mostly manmade have become accustomed to being the ones that take on casualties, last week was particularly brutal for those who say we have only 8 years and 5 months left to turn things around, greenhouse gas emissions-wise.
  
Tanya, Terrorism and Our Phoney War
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA -- As I write you this week, I am concluding a fascinating and informative trip to Russia with the American Foreign Policy Council and my friend Herman Pirchner. Last week, I wrote to you from Moscow. This week, we concluded our tour in St. Petersburg, the capital of the Old Russian Empire.
  
Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a list of 20 loopholes in the comprehensive immigration bill today which reveals that the bill is fatally flawed and will not establish a functioning immigration system in the future.
  
Real Change in Earmarks
A few weeks ago, I called on the President and Congress to listen to the demands for real change coming from the American people in campaign '08 and to act immediately -- without waiting for the election.
  
War-Funding Puzzlement
The House’s emergency war-funding bill contains several conditions on how the war should be run. They’ll never become law but they “send signals” they say. They’re big on sending signals in Washington. But what I was really surprised to find in the bill was what looked like $25 billion in pure pork. Since a lot of the people who voted for the bill campaigned against pork, I was puzzled.
  
Triumph for Pelosi?
So they have passed a bill that funds the war while claiming it ends the war. The bill’s ‘benchmarks’ and deadlines certainly have nothing to do with achieving victory in Iraq, or assisting General David Petraeus’s campaign to secure Baghdad. They are all about the war inside the Democratic Caucus. On the one hand, they appease the antiwar left by pretending to declare the war illegal if certain goals aren’t met by Iraqis or U.S. forces.
  
Accept the Obama Invitation
Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama gave one speech in Philadelphia this week, but he made two different presentations. The first was an apology and attempted explanation for his 20-year relationship with a preacher, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who is viciously anti-American, racist and anti-Semitic and for his membership in a church which had honored Louis Farrakhan.
  
Truth from a Retired Air Force Brig General
Due to the thunderous applause that I received from the far-left over the "I Am Tired" letter written by one of our troops in Iraq, I thought it prudent to follow up with one last attempt to be very specific about what I have observed and actually personally encountered during my 36 years of service to this Great Country. Unlike Bob McClellan, I will not continue to whine, twist and degrade our country's leaders on a weekly basis. Instead, this will be a one time input attempting to reach some of those who are confused by McClellan and his ilk's unethical rantings and give some insight through my personal experience as a professional military officer over the years.
  
The 17 Republican Representatives Who Voted Yea for the Resolution
Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W Bush announced on 10 January 10 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
  
State of the Union Address
This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour - when decisions are hard and courage is tested. We enter the year 2007 with large endeavors underway, and others that are ours to begin. In all of this, much is asked of us. We must have the will to face difficult challenges and determined enemies - and the wisdom to face them together.
  
Defeat MOVEON.ORG And 'Cut & Run' Murtha
The liberal, anti-war, anti-national defense Left knows if John Murtha is defeated in Pennsylvania they will suffer a large set-back. A set-back to their facade that "Harry Truman" and "Scoop Jackson" Democrats exist today.

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