IN CASE THEY SAY THEY'RE TOO BUSY...

...to read the entire Pelosicare bill, look closely at the busy members of Congress waiting for a vote.. check out the computer screens in this photo. Your tax dollars at work!

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THIS IS PART OF IT TOO

Raising greater fears about H1N1 swine flu helps push public opinion in the healthcare debate. No coincidence. So no wonder the "estimates" keep getting adjusted: www.latimes.com/features/health/la-sci-swine-flu30-2009oct30,0,6865331.story

NO, IT HASN'T FROZEN OVER: CBS and Katie Couric expose Obama policy claims... again!
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/30/cbs-white-house-stimulus-jobs-numbers-hard-believe

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM NANCY!

SARAH PALIN, VINDICATED

Oh, it doesn't say "death panels", but the system's still in the Pelosi Behemoth:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/29/called-death-panel-measure-survive-house-health/

IN ALL ITS GLORY

Pelosi's new 1900+ page healthcare takeover bill is ready for primetime (the Holy Bible's only around 1500 pages)... search the whole thang here: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/search-the-house-health-care-bill/

SO MUCH FOR TRANSPARENCY

The Obama Administration is helping rake in more cash while hoping we don't notice: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/10/27/democratic-donors-rewarded-white-house-perks/ This from the people who claimed to be above it all, more "open" than previous administrations. Hmm.

LECTURED BY PRAVDA

Here's how the Russians see America moving... toward socialism: http://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/19-10-2009/109973-socialism-0

SURE, IF YOU COUNT THEM 4 OR 5 TIMES

The San Diego Union-Tribune's ad campaign claims "over one million readers every week". Well, the latest circulation figures are out, and they're down another 10% or so. Check out the real numbers in detail: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030296

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Here's more info on the President's "national emergency" declaration: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113964

SAW IT COMING

And said so on the air back in June: The US Government (well, especially the White House) will eagerly use H1N1 Swine Flu fears to help citizens want more government 'help". So today when the President declared a "national emergency" (which will possibly speed up the flu shot process, short term), I couldn't help to think "I said so". Watch how the "emergency" may also be used in convenient timing to try to sway the health care takeover debate... and keep on eye on attempts to grab expanded national powers during the "crisis". For our own good, of course.

STOP IT THEN: One of the Administration's economic czars, Ms. Romer, says the "stimulus" is about done. Another report says we've spent only half. If there's money to be saved, maybe the rest of the cash orgy ought to be stopped... turn off the presses and help cool coming inflation. After all, the plan's not working... except for creation of government jobs.

WE'LL TAKE MEDIA AS IT COMES

What exactly does Mr. Obama mean here: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64271-obama-suggests-fox-news-is-talk-radio

HOW THE FEDS DO IT

Takeovers lead to, well, no business. Case in point: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59K01420091021

THE "EXPERT" 'SPLAINS IT ALL

The person busy demonizing Fox News blabs about how smart Obama operatives manipulated the masses selling The One.

REDEFINING POVERTY

The government has changed the way they report "poverty" numbers (again), just in time to make us feel more miserable (and beg for more "help" from Uncle Sam):
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/20/national/main5400945.shtml

A LITTLE TOO LATE

A new Purdue study says there's not enough H1N1 vaccine and what's out there may be too late: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568607,00.html

SMOKIN' THE WEED

I suspect plenty of bureaucrats do, but that's another story. The Obama Justice Dept. isn't going to go after medical marijuana users/sellers as Bush did. How big is this issue? Take a look at the Los Angeles map of "dispensaries":http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dispensaries-i,0,5658093.htmlstory

AS I WAS SAYING

Of course the family of "Balloon Boy" was generating an elaborate hoax: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13589767
So....what does the obsession with this story say about America?

911 CALL MAY REVEAL MORE ANTICS

Who knew what in the Balloon Boy caper? Here's the 911 call audio: http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/player/audio/101609_balloon_911_v2.mp3

LETTING 'ER RIP

No big deal. It happens to me whenever I see Nancy Pelosi on TV.

TIME TO WORRY

While the White House is distracting Social Security recipients with a $250 extra payment (timed nicely to woo older Americans to love the health care scheme), the Chinese may be getting easier access to our missile and space technology:
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/inside-the-ring-2059116/

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP...

... the President focus on what he promised in the Inaugural address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address/ Big useful words like "humility" and a pledge to "never apologize" for our way of life. Hmmm.

ANOTHER TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: Obama's election night promises and aspirations, contrasted with the reality of the first several months of this Nobel Prize-winning administration, are verrry interesting to re-read, too: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/obama.transcript/

WHY IT ISN'T GOOD MEDICINE

A woman reveals multiple abortions: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220095/American-abortion-addict-15-terminations-17-years-publishes-memoir.html

THE VERDICT

You be the judge. Here's the full rundown on the Governator's signings and vetoes (and remember, bills not touched either way become law, too): www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bills13-2009oct13,0,7119166.story

GOV. AHHNOLD'S BILL SIGNING/VETOING UPDATE

Here's the latest: http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/026144.html?mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert Another reminder that California needs PART-TIME "lawmakers".

SAY WHAT?

Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize? Only two other sitting U.S. Presidents have won it (Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson), and they received it because they actually accomplished something. White House Press Secretary Gibbs said last hour that it was a reflection of "hope". Ew boy. And Jimmy Carter thinks it's a swell idea: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091009/D9B7JEBO1.html Nuff said.

NASA LCROSS EVENT THIS AM: I was on site early this morning with Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke (keynote speaker at the event) at the NASA Ames Research facility in Mountain View, California. While NASA"s promised video of the six-mile high impact plume (from what some media call "bombing the moon") wasn't as expected, many high-powered telescopes around the world got some excellent shots. But the mission was about getting total mapping of the moon and fresh data re: possible ice/water in the south pole region. It was all about future space flights to the moon and beyond (unless Obama decides to tighten the NASA budget, which many fear). In the next few days, more important data will be released. Well worth the paltry $79 million for this on time, on budget project. Besides, that amount of money Washington,DC gives away about every few seconds with nothing to show for it.

NASA'S MOON MISSILE

It happens Friday morning at the NASA Ames Research facility in Northern California, and I'll be there with astronaut Charlie Duke (http://www.charlieduke.net/) Here's the full story:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/10/08/MN0O1A1V0T.DTL

MORE ABOUT NASA AMES AND LCROSS: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html

NOW COUGH

The nation seems in the midst of H1N1 (swine flu) obsession. From Obama's White House photo op with the white-jacketed doctors to non-stop flu shot stories, the push is on... just in time to try to sway the Capitol Hill votes on "health care reform". The only story even bigger: David Letterman.

I'm in New York City for the next couple of days, broadcasting my show from the Salem Radio Network studios in the Empire State Building. Last night I enjoyed a cool autumn evening and wandered over to Times Square. In front of Letterman's studio, the media gaggle was unbelievable, with reporters all drooling over a chance to ambush the comedy star. If only the media cared as much as, well, the war on terrorism.... hmmm...

TONIGHT: I'll be emceeing the National Right to Life annual gala here in NYC. Busy week!

ABOUT THOSE PRIORITIES...

This week, the President (fresh from his high-priority trip to "woo" the International Olympic Committee) will visit the National Counter-Terrorism Center... for the first time.

PROUDLY PRO-LIFE

A new Pew poll on attitudes about abortion is encouraging: http://www.lifenews.com/nat5532.html
BTW: I'm on the road in Houston tonight, speaking along with Star Parker at Texas Right to Life's annual event.. Then next week it's on to New York City for National Right to Life, where I'll be emceeing again. (While in NYC, also dropping by to appear on Fox & Friends Wed. AM.)
BTW: I think putting passion into saving lives warrants more political energy than pushing for the Olympics.

CHICAGO 2016... not: I grew up back in that area, living in Illinois until moving to San Diego in 1976. Residents already pay too much in taxes, and while the failed Olympic bid doesn't look good for the President, it will be a financial relief to the locals... whether they realize it now or not. I love watching the Olympics on television but it makes no sense for host cities to go down the financial drain in the euphoria of trying to snag a bid. Even Beijing is having reality set in regarding what they thought (and hoped) Olympic venues were going to do for the bottom line.