Keepin It Real!

Lets Look at Texas: The Lone Star Jobs Surge

2011-06-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

"The Texas economy has grown on average by 3.3% a year over the last two decades, compared with 2.6% for the U.S. overall. Yet the core impulse of Obamanomics is to make America less like Texas and more like California, with more government, more unions, more central planning, higher taxes. That the former added 37% of new U.S. jobs suggests what an historic mistake this has been."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576375480710070472.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop

Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net new American jobs since the recovery began were created in Texas. Mr. Fisher's study is a lesson in what works in economic policy—and it is worth pondering in the current 1.8% growth moment.

Using Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, Dallas Fed economists looked at state-by-state employment changes since June 2009, when the recession ended. Texas added 265,300 net jobs, out of the 722,200 nationwide, and by far outpaced every other state. New York was second with 98,200, Pennsylvania added 93,000, and it falls off from there. Nine states created fewer than 10,000 jobs, while Maine, Hawaii, Delaware and Wyoming created fewer than 1,000. Eighteen states have lost jobs since the recovery began.

The data are even more notable because they're calculated on a "sum of states" basis, which the BLS does not use because they can have sampling errors. Using straight nonfarm payroll employment, Texas accounts for 45% of net U.S. job creation. Modesty is not typically considered a Texas virtue, but the results speak for themselves.

Texas is also among the few states that are home to more jobs than when the recession began in December 2007. The others are North Dakota, Alaska and the District of Columbia. If that last one sounds like an outlier at first, remember the government boom of the Obama era, which has helped loft D.C. payrolls 18,000 jobs above the pre-crisis status quo. Even so, Texas is up 30,800.

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What explains this Lone Star success? Texas is a big state, but its population of 24.7 million isn't that much bigger than the Empire State, about 19.5 million. California is a large state too—36.9 million—and yet it's down 11,400 jobs. Mr. Fisher argues that Texas is doing so well relative to other states precisely because it has rejected the economic model that now prevails in Washington, and we'll second that notion.

Mr. Fisher notes that all states labor under the same Fed monetary policy and interest rates and federal regulation, but all states have not performed equally well. Texas stands out for its free market and business-friendly climate.

Capital—both human and investment—is highly mobile, and it migrates all the time to the places where the opportunities are larger and the burdens are lower. Texas has no state income tax. Its regulatory conditions are contained and flexible. It is fiscally responsible and government is small. Its right-to-work law doesn't impose unions on businesses or employees. It is open to global trade and competition: Houston, San Antonio and El Paso are entrepôts for commerce, especially in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Based on his conversations with CEOs and other business leaders, Mr. Fisher says one of Texas's huge competitive advantages is its ongoing reform of the tort system, which has driven litigation costs to record lows. He also cited a rule in place since 1998 in the backwash of the S&L debacle that limits mortgage borrowing to 80% of the appraised value of a home. Like a minimum down payment, this reduces overleveraging and means Texas wasn't hurt as badly by the housing crash as other states.

Texan construction employment has contracted by 2.3% since the end of the recession, along with manufacturing (a 1.8% decline) and information (-8.4%). But growth in other areas has surpassed these losses. Professional and business services accounted for 22.9% of the total jobs added, health care for 30.5% and trade and energy for 10.6%.

The Texas economy has grown on average by 3.3% a year over the last two decades, compared with 2.6% for the U.S. overall. Yet the core impulse of Obamanomics is to make America less like Texas and more like California, with more government, more unions, more central planning, higher taxes. That the former added 37% of new U.S. jobs suggests what an historic mistake this has been.

2011-06-12T10:27:00.000-07:00

New anti-Weiner ad: Stop sexting and spending
The first ad mentioning Rep. Anthony Weiner’s scandal has hit the airwaves, calling on members of Congress to focus on cutting government spending and not on their tawdry sex lives. “In a time of record debt, some in Congress are not taking the spending crisis seriously,” begins the video, produced Ending Spending, a 501(c)(4) run by Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts. The ad cites Democrats and Republicans, mentioning John Edwards, John Ensign, Chris Lee and Anthony Weiner. "Next time congressmen, please just show us your plan for ending spending."

1 in 3 Employers to Drop Health Care

2011-06-12T09:02:00.000-07:00

Study: 1 in 3 employers to drop health care
A report by McKinsey & Co. has found that 30% of employers are likely to stop offering workers health insurance after the bulk of the Obama administration's health overhaul takes effect in 2014. The findings come as a growing number of employers are seeking waivers from an early provision in the overhaul that requires them to enrich their benefits this year. At the end of April, the administration had granted 1,372 employers, unions and insurance companies one-year exemptions from the law's requirement that they not cap annual benefit payouts below $750,000 per person a year. But the law doesn't allow for such waivers starting in 2014, leaving all those entities-and other employers whose plans don't meet a slate of new requirements-to change their offerings or drop coverage. Previous research has suggested the number of employers who opt to drop coverage altogether in 2014 would be minimal. But the McKinsey study predicts a more dramatic shift from employer-sponsored health plans once the new marketplace takes effect.

Starting in 2014, all but the smallest employers will be required to provide insurance or pay a fine, while most Americans will have to carry coverage or pay a different fine. Lower earners will get subsidies to help them pay for plans. In surveying 1,300 employers earlier this year, McKinsey found that 30% said they would "definitely or probably" stop offering employer coverage in the years after 2014. That figure increased to more than 50% among employers with a high awareness of the overhaul law. Behind the expected shift is the fact that the law will give Americans new insurance options outside the workplace, and carriers will no longer be allowed to deny people coverage because they have been sick. McKinsey found that reduced the moral obligation employers may feel to provide coverage. (Read more from The Wall Street Journal)

The Great Dvidie Between Liberals and Conservatives

2009-10-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Poisonous Politics and a Country Divided, Welcome to America 2009

By Cristi Adkins Saturday, October 24, 2009
Arguably, the great divide between liberals and conservatives in America has never felt wider than now. This pronounced polarization has grown in the past few years at alarming rates and can no longer be considered election undertones. This energized division was actually examined by Bill Bishop, a reporter from Austin, and statistician, Bob Cushing. Their three year investigation revealed a chilling trend:

“There’s a steady trend line from ‘76 to 2004 of the country being pulled apart-becoming more politically segregated. We began to see this pattern that we eventually end up calling the Big Sort… It’s at that community level that people are becoming more segregated,” said Bishop.

The distinguishing idiosyncrasies in ‘party’ segregation has aroused not just a political feeding frenzy, but a moral, ethical and financial rupture among all American citizens. According to ABC News, today, half of all Americans are living in polarized communities. Essentially, like minded people have migrated closer to like minded people breeding intolerance.

This dissension is being energized at an alarming rate by the internet, main stream media and talk radio-by the left and the right. Evidence of such dissension litters the networks as well as networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. These virtual communities of like-minded partisans’ breeds political poison which even further stimulates disunion. South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham told ABC News:

“The best evidence I think of how polarized America has become is that it makes news when Democrats and Republicans do something of substance together and that truly is a shame. We’ve gone from the Senate being presumed to be above party politics to where the news is we rejected party politics.”

While leading Democrats hoped that once elected, Obama would ‘unify’ the country, we see little along those lines. In fact, arguably, the country has never been in such turmoil. It isn’t simply a question of political affiliation, gender, race or religion: it goes much deeper than that. Some experts even suggest civil war, such as Professor Igor Panarin (Diplomatic Academy of Foreign Affairs Ministry.) Panarin theorizes this inevitable civil war with economic collapse leading to the country divided into 6 geographical parts.

Rather than solutions, we continue to see the blame game and ‘Politics’ as usual. There really is no ‘one’ party, one administration nor one network to blame for this dissension; although the Obama Administration has waged ‘war’ on Fox News, even going to far as to attempt boycotting Fox News from major press events. Even the New York Times, Columnist Thomas Friedman, warily suggests “criticism from the far right has begun tipping over into delegitimation and creating the same kind of climate here that existed in Israel on the eve of the Rabin assassination.”

Many wait for 2010 elections to even the playing field while others simply bury their heads in the sand and declare all government crooked and evil. As the bickering continues on BOTH sides of the political aisle, conceivably at an individual level we can begin to restore a nation in turmoil. Perhaps we can begin to appreciate our differences and utilize that diversity to determine what is best for all as a nation.

Instead of seeing one another as ‘blue or red’ or leaving our fate up to politicians with agendas, we must remember that our country is/was and hopefully will prevail as a place for optimism and achievement if that is what one desires. As we are now forced to swallow ‘hope and change’ perhaps we can remember that our country really is a place where you can be whatever you want to be if you work hard enough, aggressive about guaranteeing individual personal freedoms, innovative yet caring, focused while fierce under fire, willing to change but without compromising the spirit of our Constitution.

Let’s keep it real. It’s time to take our country back!

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16152

Unprecedented: White House Tries to Exclude Fox News From Press Pool

2009-10-22T19:14:00.000-07:00

Totalitarian Tactics: Obama Style
Just 7 months ago we warned you about ACORN. Now, we tell you again
about Totalitarian Tactics...Obama style.

Interesting that Obama brushes off a reporter highlighting that his administration is using the Executive Branch in repeated attempts to dictate the press; in one of the clips below, he (Obama) decides that we (Americans) aren't interested in such matters. Why would we be interested in Totalitarian Tactics anyway...it's America after all. Besides, we have the PRESS as our 'fourth' leg of government looking out for America's best interest, right?

http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=2315

Kudos to the rest of the press; and just when we had given up all hope on TRUTH in MEDIA.

To their credit, the other networks objected. They told the White House
that if Fox were banned, none of the other networks would participate. The White
House relented, but in an apparent act of petulant retaliation, it restricted
each network to a two-minute interview instead of the standard five.

Just 7 months ago we warned you about ACORN. Now, we teach you about Totalitarian tactics...Obama style. Perhaps Obama is right in that we're much too busy at work to pay attention to the Executive Branch trying to dictacte what real 'news' is. I'd think he rather us mere commoners to focus on more important tasks...

HR 1147: The Bill to Eradicate Conservative Talk Radio

2009-10-10T18:07:00.000-07:00

HR 1147 could mean very bad news for a few newsmakers like Rush, Hannity and Beck.
HR 1147, AKA The Local Community Radio Act, was overwhelmingly voted favorably by a House subcommittee on Friday October 9, 2009. HR 1147 is essentially a bill that would open the airwaves to hundreds of local independent radio stations with the intent to push conservative syndicated radio shows off the air.

The Free Press Action Fund (which is trying to shut down free press) and their allies are making a final push to ensure that all of Congress votes for this terrible bill... right now! The Prometheus Radio Project has collaborated all summer long with dozens of economic, social, and media justice groups to take action to pass the Local Community Radio Act (HR 1147/S592).

The Local Community Radio Act HR 1147 would expand Low Power FM radio stations and open the airwaves up to potentially tens of thousands of new community radio stations across the country. This is what they plan to do next:

Our lobbyist needs to visit 40 more offices on the Hill to get us to over 100 co-sponsors
We need to keep building support from leaders and organizations across the political spectrum
We need to mobilize activists in key congressional districts to keep the pressure on Congress
http://www.prometheusradio.org/take_action Here is the text of the bill... http://www.michmab.com/legislation/pdf/HR_1147_LPFM.pdf

Not only is this the first step in shutting down conservative talk radio, but it's also a radical swing towards eradicating free speech. This particular threat is moving quickly due to lax attention and because the name just sounds so innocent.

Ultimately, we in America live day to day falsely taking for granted that our freedoms, such as the First Amendment, are forever protected. Keep in mind, as we snooze, many radical groups are pushing this agenda forward.

Cristi & Anne

What Was Eliminated from Hannity Program Sunday Night?

2009-08-19T10:33:00.000-07:00

Well, if you were expecting insight, information, 'the skinny' on Obama, think again.
Those of us who were anticipating getting to know Obama better, which was to be aired on Fox News' Hannity this past Sunday, were surprised to see that the special was pulled. So, Anne and I are taking the liberty of posting the segments below for your viewing pleasure. However, you might want to watch now before these too are removed.

What's even more interesting is not only program 'monitoring' in effect, but when googled, we found the segments had been taken off of the internet as well. HMMMMM...makes you wonder who was responsible for this.

Conspiracy theorists would think this the NEW government control/big brother Obama effect in action.

Granted, these videos are not 'new' but because they were pulled from FOX, Anne and I feel like sharing the story.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rthv8QmJLUw

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNhKZh8mGY&feature=fvw

Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95XFUi8PrTs&feature=related

Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl4twMf1xyM&feature=related

Part 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKzFtKEysjw&feature=related

Part 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEmRbRJFLU&feature=related

Closing Arguments

2008-11-02T04:55:00.000-08:00

Voting time nears, and this is OUR "closing argument" on why we will vote McCain, and you should as well. We've compiled our Top Five reasons NOT to vote for Obama, to go with our article on Why Vote McCain on this page.

c4m's Top Five reasons to vote NO to Obama on Nov. 4th:

5.) Judgement/Character:

His radical associations, starting more than 25 years ago and cultivated since then are cause for alarm. How much of the teachings of Frank Davis, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, and other haters of our great country make up part of Obama's leanings?

4.) The mainstream cheerleader press:

The Fourth Estate is supposed to be looking out for Americans and serving the readers, NOT serving or being beholden to ANY political candidate or office holder. The press and mainstream TV news departments are openly rooting for Obama. They're willing partisans, not journalists anymore. They join leftist Hollywood and pop culture in mindless Obamamania.

3.) NO experience for the job:

Obama himself admits and has said he's "never been in charge of anything" and that's spooky. We're not comfortable giving the keys to a rookie at this critical time for our nation. Joe Biden -- the fumbling, bumbling inept clod said it best himself: The Presidency doesn't need "on the job training."

2.) Joe Biden: This clumsy, inept gaffe machine needs to retire. He's a Poster Boy for term limits in Congress if ever there was one. His record in Washington is littered with pork barrel spending, mindless entitlements, and downright ridiculous earmarks. He's part of the PROBLEM in Washington, not part of the solution.

1.) Absolute power corrupts absolutely:

Need more be said? If Obama is elected, he will have a Democrat controlled House and a filibuster-proof Senate as his lapdogs. He will be able to do whatever he wishes with NO checks and balances to hinder him in any way. He WILL raise taxes, WILL redistribute income, WILL balloon the deficit and WILL appoint activist, leftist judges to our Supreme Court and the Federal bench. Who's going to stop him? No one will be able to.

Conclusion:

Do you really want the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Jack Murtha, Barney Frank and the rest of the Democrat-dominated WORST Congress in the history of this country to have a blank check with YOUR earnings? Or would you rather have someone standing up to these robbers and thieves?

Do you really want people like Ayers, Odinga, Wright, Farrakhan, Hamas, (which has endorsed Obama and called Biden a "great man") to have the ear of the President of the United States? With such a President possibly beholden to those who helped him build his base of power?

Put aside your Party Preference and vote Country First. It takes courage to do so.

This race isn't about the color of Obama's skin, it's about the thinness of it. Do you really want a President who is so paranoid and thin skinned, so Nixonian, that he attacks the Joe the Plumbers of the country? One whose campaign, supporters and followers hurl vicious hatred at anyone not falling in line and supporting this flim-flam man? Who say the only reasons you might not be voting for Obama is that you're stupid, ignorant, uneducated or racist?

We say no. Nobama!

ACORN: The Poisonous NUT That Ended Democracy In America

2008-10-03T16:57:00.000-07:00

ACORN: The Poisonous NUT That Ended Democracy in America

By Cristi Adkins

Within its shell, ACORN contains all the makings of an intriguing government political conspiracy movie: drama, injustice, organized crime, election fraud, intimidation, violence, money, lies, extortion and a presidential candidate.[1]

If you are a patriotic, middle class American who spends most of your time working for your family and enjoying your FREEDOM, you have probably not been bothered by the sounds of an ACORN dropping before now.

But, while you were sleeping peacefully at night, the roots of Socialism have broadened its reach, without determent right into the foundation of the White House.[2]

Allow me to enlighten you to the ways of a radical community action group that could impact your way of life forever.

ACORN is an acronym that stands for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Its mere definition contains hints of Socialism as it claims to be a group advocating for low- and moderate-income families that addresses housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and other social issues.[3]

Beneath that surface lie violence, intimidation, threats, race baiting and direct physical attacks on property, people and the legal establishment.

Without going into the myriad details, many ACORN policy proposals are widely considered to be in line with the far left wing of the Democratic Party.[4]

If you are asking yourself what could possibly be so ‘bad' with a group that in theory advocates for low income families, then you've just given yourself the reason this group has been allowed to thrive in America with little scrutiny and under the radar of main street observation until now.[5]

In truth, ACORN is the most virulent, organized crime group in this decade...and it is funded by YOU.

Put simply, ACORN is ripping off the taxpayer through Congressional hand outs.[6]

In fact, ACORN was recently due to receive nearly $700 million of the $700 billion dollar bailout bill until Republicans in the Senate redlined it.[7]

Allow that to sink in for a moment: $700 million from the US for an organized crime group.

Yes, ACORN has been receiving Obama campaign funding, but what's worse is that ACORN leaders are actively extorting money from banks, mortgage brokers and Congress.

To add insult to injury, ACORN is costing Americans millions to investigate all of its criminal activities across America.

And then there's the end of the democratic process through valid elections.[8]

Yes, ACORN is behind much of the rampant voter fraud.[9]

ACORN has been involved with fraudulent voter registrations for years.[10]

In fact, Missouri has 8 ACORN guilty pleas on record (for 2006 violations of federal voting laws) just this year. Many other states are investigating many hundreds of cases of voter fraud in their jurisdiction.[11]

We have compelling evidence that ACORN has been involved in fraudulent voter registration since early in the 2007 launch of the Obama campaign.

But we don't stop at faulty funding and voter fraud. Obama’s community organizational skills are synonymous with totalitarian tactics as its leaders use violence, intimidation, threats, racial baiting and direct physical attacks on property, persons and the legal establishment.[12]

When you shed the shell, there is just no good to the group known as ACORN. It is corrupt and without any upside.

With a group like ACORN running rampant in government and shaking hands in Washington, why not legitimize the Bloods and The Crypts? They too are street gangs but they just happen to push drugs instead of bogus registrations drives and sub-prime mortgage deals.

Uncle Sam should be putting ACORN at the top of its list as internal terrorist groups, yet the red, white and blue sense of justice seems to be crumbling.

Many numbed citizens just roll their eyes at groups like ACORN simply because America has unfortunately become deadened to the idea that politicians have ulterior motives, nameless agenda's and behave unscrupulously at times.

However, the rest of this American story is without filtering or fear.

The disturbing reason more ACORN activities go un-prosecuted is because the FEC as well as the FBI have refused to open investigations out of fear of rocking the Obama campaign.[13]

The MOST disturbing fact you need to know about ACORN is that its organizers have terrorized the Federal justice and law enforcement system into NON-action.

How can one group get away with so much? Because ACORN has many Democratic backers in Congress who work tirelessly for its perpetuation and the head ACORN nut is Senator Obama.[14]

In fact, Senator Obama is so entwined in ACORN it has become a career and campaign double helix in his DNA.

If you're asking yourself what Obama has to do with ACORN, consider this:

Obama has served ACORN as its attorney, has been its direct action trainer, its mentor, its contractor, and its PRIMARY illegal campaign funder. ACORN is part of the ‘Community Organizing' experience his evil empire would like to bring into the White House.[15]

American men and American women should be recognizing that mother freedom is on the brink of extinction with one single NUT trampling all over liberty.

Who will be left sleeping peacefully at night as the ACORN marks the beginning of Socialism in America brought to you courtesy of Barack Obama?[16]

With ACORN intact or worse, empowered in the White House, American Democracy will be a legend long gone.

Socialism and criminality will be the rule.

[1] Rotten Acorn http://www.rottenacorn.com/

[2] IBD Editorial http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=307579834298611

[3] Special Report: Rotten Acorn http://www.rottenacorn.com/downloads/060728_badSeed.pdf

[4] Discover the Networks.org http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6968

[5] National Review http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI=

[6] New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/us/09embezzle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[7] Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431804,00.html

[8] National Review http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/clyne200410311142.asp

[9] Fox News http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/02/voter-fraud-watch-could-acorn-scandal-in-washington-have-been-avoided-with-photo-id/

[10]Michelle Malkin http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/13/more-left-wing-voter-fraud-allegations-against-acorn/

[11] Rotten Acorn http://www.rottenacorn.com/activityMap.html

[12]IBD Editorial http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=306457496204115

[13] Texas Darlin http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/breaking-whistleblower-ignored-by-doj-fec-fbi-200-million-in-fishy-obama-donations/

[14] Real Clear Politics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/acorn_obama_and_the_mortgage_m.html

[15] IBD Editorial http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=302914868143810

[16]IBD Editorial http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=303605575673142

Elite Arrogance In It's Finest Hour: The Obama Empire Against The Palin Working Class

2008-10-03T13:38:00.001-07:00

Elite Arrogance In It's Finest Hour: The Obama Empire Against The Palin Working Class
By Bernie Gagliano

The Press took its orders from The Obama Empire, Axelrod and Pfloufe, again last night.

Since Sarah hit it out of the park on last nights debate, they are now left with attacking her for her every day, one of us, middle American speech pattern and main street colloquialisms.

The net result is that we mere working class proletarians are supposed to hate ourselves for not being one of the elite. Elite arrogance at it's finest...

The Obama Empire fears the reform Palin speaks of; the reform that is going to put an end to Congress-speak and Beltway babble.

Why, you ask?

Oh, that bubbly positive personality, that enthusiasm, that energy and foresightedness to move us forward can and does connect with real American values. That translates into votes towards solutions and positive change.

Thus, according to the elitists, that pizazz that is Palin is to be degraded, mocked, and questioned. It isn't Washingtonian. Horrors, it is that ordinary down-home American quality that toughs out tragedy and disasters, wins wars, rebuilds cities, invents and innovates what the world wants, volunteers to help their neighbors, sends rescue teams around the world, saves children and feeds the starving masses. And worse, it is grounded in patriotism, love of the Constitution, and a practiced and prayerful religious or spiritual belief.

Agh!, but these American solutions and moving forward for families would leave The Obama Empire and Dem Party, run-amok Socialism in the dust.

This Maverick reform will open up opportunities faster than any tasty policy offered by The Obama Empire.

Why, you ask?

The Socialists wouldn't be able to redistribute the wealth; they wouldn't be able to pay for governmental programs and end capitalism for years to come if the Mavericks actually get into office and begin their reform.

Should Palin penetrate the hearts of patriotic Americans, Obama Socialism will come to a halt; he will be stopped by a hockey mom, won't be allowed to do his thing and run up trillions more in debt, destroy what value is left in the dollar, and put the government into metastases, bloating the bureaucracy and strangling the economy for state after state.

With McCain and Palin we can finally see the corrupt punished and the incompetent weasels in Congress set correctly. The Mavericks can reform and lead the government with practiced hands. They can clean out the waste, save us on taxes, stimulate new small enterprises where innovation and jobs are born.

This is how America can build 5 million - 10 million - jobs with small enterprises, not massive programs in DC.

And as for foreign affairs, we have the Iraq war to wrap up correctly; not to fumble the ball and abandon the innocent as The Obama Empire is dictating.

Emperor Obama would like to tell the Joint Chiefs of Staff to end democracy on his schedule? Huge mistake.

As for Afghanistan and Pakistan, we all know he is dead wrong.
Pakistan is on tenderhooks politically. We must allow McCain to win the war in the tribal areas, as we see him shore up that government to prevent a collapse in all that has been achieved.

Pakistan has many nukes on missiles pointed all over the globe. We can't allow that government to fall, to stall or to turn rogue.

Who do you feel is best to achieve this safely and securely - McCain or Obama?

We've heard it again and again, this is serious; this is deadly serious business, not cheap jabs on a podium.

What our next POTUS is faced with is 2 wars to be completed with our best outcome, not some weak-kneed retreatist, peace now, talk-to-terrrorists surrender policy.

American lives, American families and American values cannot afford Obama.

Why, you ask?

If the honorable points thus far mentioned don't speak to your heart and mind, consider these last points - ACORN and Intimidation.

Of all the dirty, rotten and left handed tactics to enter politics, ACORN is most poisonous.
Obama will bring ACORN, a corrupt and criminal organization, into the White House as his personal mafia, his chartered cheats, funded by the Dems with our tax dollars to corrupt the electoral system like Saddam Hussein ran his elections, through fear and terror tactics.

If the delegates in Denver still are afraid to tell the truth, what will this nation be like if this criminal syndicate, AKA The Obama Empire, controls our government?

Intimidation is rampant. We already know the FEC is afraid to kick up a fuss. The FBI is afraid to lift the cover off the crimes of Obama and his ACORN and Rezko activities.

Judges all over are afraid to issue orders to go forward with obvious criminal cases in many states and on the federal level co-opted by fear of the race baiting.

Do we dare mention race?
Yes, we dare.

Race is the leif motiv of this entire campaign. It is the undertone of intimidation and is forbidden to mention, but it is there.
No, it is not subliminal.
No, it is not skin color "race".
It is street crime and race riot racial fear that is used and promulgated on TV right out of the mouths of the angry AA spokespeople and hosts, warning that only the One can be the President or else.

Intimidation: "Denver will burn, cities will burn."
We all heard it on CNN, over and over. And it has worked.

Race baiting has worked. The Clintons are in line, the Dems are in line, some Hillary women have capitulated, law enforcement has collapsed, judges are made timid and no one on the MSM outlets has the slightest inkling of talking about this terrorizing of our country.

Oh, they will write books five years from now, but not now. Not when it matters. Not when something is at risk for them.

Well we now have two leaders who are unafraid and they have stepped up to save us from this disgusting mess. John McCain and Sarah Palin are a very good alternative. Four years of reform and the defeat on Nov.4th of all this evil to come is worth working for. It is the only rational choice.

But it is up to us, Clintons 4 McCain - the Hillary women -talking to the undecided and bamboozled women in the swing states.

Please take action now and get on the phones at Citizens for McCain and be forthright, like Sarah was last night.
Talk straight.
They want to hear from you. http://www.johnmccain.com/PhoneBank/?guid=0A517F03-C3ED-4A24-A14A-3BD9D5F32F2F

Cristi Adkins Says: America is in Your Hands

2008-09-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

Cristi Adkins:America is in Your Hands

This video inspires a plethora of refreshing emotions much needed after a hard fought and abusive democratic primary season.

Watching Gov. Sarah Palin's experience in that video, women across America find themselves are holding their heads a little higher. We even find ourselves wanting to know more about this extraordinary woman, Governor and role model.

Surprisingly, the more we learn about her, the more we find to like about her genuine nature and down home lady-next-door appeal.

Not only does she exemplify the true meaning of change, but women all over this country are feeling incredibly proud to be a part of this new era, proud to be moms, and proud to be true Americans.

Gov. Sarah Palin's story is not only exceptional, but one of true heroism. In this dawn of women's empowerment, this election cycle will surely be remembered as one that had to overcome an extreme Olympic hurdle: abundant misogyny .

When comparing the two parties candidates, regardless of one's affiliations, it is difficult not to notice the incredible contrast in the two tickets.

On the left, you have a virtual 'new to the scene' presidential nominee with an abundance of questionable affiliations and ties who claims he wants to implement change. Even if we were to believe this candidates ability to carry out 'change', whose change would it be? A friend of mine, Axis of Stevil, just this morning reminded me that "Hitlar wanted change too. And, Germany got just that...change"

On the right, you can clearly see two very honorable and patriotic candidates whose loyaltyt to country is apparent in their past performances. Which reminds me, didn't Senator Clinton actually ask her supporters to do the 'right' thing, IE: vote for the right sided ticket?

As for as I can tell, when you compare past relations, senate records, experience, American endearment, trust and character, there is but one choice that is best for America: Senator McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.

You can take great comfort with these two that you are not voting for a republican ticket, but a Maverick Team.

However, I would be delusional if I didn't admit that in this day and age of propaganda by the media and hollywood, some will vote for a democrat because they have swallowed the bait, "We must have a democratic president to turn America around."

To add insult to injury, with the Chicago, thug like politics-worse-than-usual, it is possible that B. Hussein Obama will be our next president.

Yes, you read that correctly. Why do I suggest this? One word: ACORN.

I had no idea that acronym had such an ominous meaning other than a simple nut:Meet Obama's ACORN

http://article.nationalreview.com/? q=NDZiMjkwMDczZWI5ODdjOWYxZTIzZGIyNzEyMjE0ODI

QUOTE:
Inside Obama's Acorn
By their fruits ye shall know them.

By Stanley Kurtz

What if Barack Obama's most important radical connection has been hiding in plain sight all along? Obama has had an intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn), the largest radical group in America. If I told you Obama had close ties with MoveOn.org or Code Pink, you'd know what I was talking about. Acorn is at least as radical as these better-known groups, arguably more so. Yet because Acorn works locally, in carefully selected urban areas, its national profile is lower. Acorn likes it that way. And so, I'd wager, does Barack Obama.

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Why America is In Your Hands:
Ask yourself if it is enough to vote for McCain/Palin.
Ask yourself if it is enough to blog for these two Mavericks.
Ask yourself if it is enough to canvass neighborhoods or even distribute fliers.

When we are facing this typical Chicago style political machine (worse than politics as usual) who will stop at nothing to win...cheat, lie, bully and commit fraud... what can we, average every day citizens do to stop it?

America's future is in your hands...what will you do to stop these Chicago thugs from taking down our country?

If you are interested in taking action now and making a better America, go to www.nobamamission.com and volunteer.

Yours in Patriotic Spirit,
Cristi Adkins
Take the high road and be kinder than necessary for everyone you know struggles with their own inner demons.

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Sneaky, Race-baiting Tactics are "Old-Hat" for Obama

2008-08-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

Press Release
For Immediate Relase

The Senator's Chief Strategist David Axelrod Concedes 'Dollar Bill' Remark Referred to His Race--

Washington, DC - Senator Barack Obama's sneaky, race-baiting tactics are divisive, negative and wrong, but they are nothing new. The truth is Obama has conducted low-road, slice and dice politics aimed at fueling racial tensions from day one of the presidential campaign season.

Clintons4Mccain Founder Cristi Adkins says, "Move over David Duke, there's a new racist going for the oval office. Hillary supporters have seen Obama unfairly play the race card time and time again. In fact, Obama's crypto-ethnic, inflammatory remarks have become the senator's number one method of distracting voters from his lack of qualifications, numerous flip-flops and dangerous associations."

A full-scale flare-up between Senator John McCain and Obama erupted last week when the Democratic presidential candidate, campaigning in Missouri, erroneously charged Republicans and McCain with trying to scare voters about his appearance by suggesting that Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

Obama's camp initially denied the remark referred to the senator's race. However, just one day later Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, admitted on "Good Morning America" that the candidate was in fact referring to his ethnic background.

The race card is no surprise for Clinton supporters. It actually started long before attention was drawn to it. An example was when comments from Michelle Obama like, "Black America will wake up" suggests 'black Americans' should wake up and vote for Obama simply because he is known as a 'black candidate.'

Dr. and Rev. James David Manning, an African American pastor from Harlem who supports Hillary Clinton or John McCain for President, says "Obama's race-baiting tactics are nothing new. He unfairly charged both President Bill Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro of racism during the primary and then worked to spin the story to make himself the victim."

Manning continued, "Obama's statements about race include a subliminal threat branding all white people who oppose him as racists, while at the same time appealing to African Americans' empathy as a victim of racism. These tactics are underhanded and I applaud McCain for exposing the Senator's hypocrisy."

For more information on the 2008 presidential campaign and other current affairs ignored by the main stream media, be sure to catch the Clintons4McCain new weekly political talk radio show.

The interactive 60-minute show, originating from cities across the United States, will air every Saturday from 5pm to 6pm EST on the BlogTALKRadio network.

Anyone with a computer can listen from anywhere in the world at www.blogtalkradio.com/clintons4mccain and listeners can take part in the conversation by calling (347) 633-9273.

For more information about the Clintonsr4Mccain radio show, or to book guests, contact Catherine at nomeansnobama@hotmail.com or Cristi Adkins at cristi@clintons4mccain.com.
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YOU'RE THE CURE ...to Obama-mania?

2008-07-22T11:26:00.000-07:00

Watching television on Mother's Day, with a growing degree of angst, I surfed the channels to see Senator Clinton's historic Grafton, WV appearance. The first female presidential candidate of my lifetime, this champion for women campaigned on the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day at the international shrine of Anna Jarvis, the founder of mother's day.

Like Clinton, Jarvis committed herself to the betterment of womankind. She meant for Mother's Day to be a sacred occasion, dedicated to honoring our mothers for their sacrifices and devotion. Yet, on that Sunday, May 11, 2008, not even a whisper of this meaningful event was heard on any of the airwaves.

What was the substitution that mothers all over America were left to be honored with this Mother's Day? Bizarre episodes of “Obamamania.”

The day passed with no mention of Clinton's appearance on any broadcast that I could find. In fact, there were but a few mentions of Senator McCain's commercial with him sitting beside his 96-year-old Mother. Somehow, they weren’t “newsworthy.”

Instead, television accounts of Senator Obama's events and movements accosted this country on that blessed day like an acoustic assault. Through the tears in my eyes and soreness in my heart, I watched our chance of positive change slipping further away. I could ask but one question...how do I help supporters of Mrs. Clinton say good bye to their hopes of a fair and balanced political season?

If you've wondered again and over again how all this Obamamania started, then you’re not alone. It’s by no accident you find yourself reading this now. Never knowing what could have been should the popular consensus have conquered the ignorance of the elect, we are forced to swallow the noise. What we are left with is the Obama hype, also known as Obamamania.

Yet, there are champions among us...holding the front line steady and asking for your help now. Like Anna Jarvis, who was never too busy to write letters in support her causes, you have all that is needed right now to impact this Obamamania.

In fact, a pen and paper were the greatest weapons in Anna Jarvis' arsenal in her efforts to use motherhood as a tool for healing the country during the Civil War.

In 1905, through tireless letter writing to politicians, religious leaders and even retail moguls, real change came about. Anna Jarvis' simple idea of honoring mothers spawned a movement that before long swept the world. Yes, this middle-class, blue collar woman at the turn of the century achieved an unusual accomplishment for her time; all through the persistence of her pen.

Anna Jarvis' time here has passed, but her spirit lives every second Sunday in May. It is in this same spirit that she can still teach us a thing or two about change that is more than merely pretty words.

The leaders of this movement, our movement, your movement ...Nobama... are asking you now to bring about a positive change. You can nurture and grow this effort; and, all you need to do now is write – more often now with key strokes than with Anna’s pen strokes.

Now, this time, in our time, 2008, we too have the power to help once more to change the course of history and ease the pain of this country. Yes, Obama is right – although not in the way he thinks about change for this country, it is time. And as Patty Loveless reminds us, ‘life is about change; nothing ever stays the same.'

As our forces continue to gather, we ask everyone to take pen to hand, tap on your laptop and network through the blogosphere...now.

It's time to reach out...reach out to the news media, to the Obama supporters and even to the Super Delegates and ask them, "How can we help you to Say Goodbye to Obama-mania?"

Email friends, relatives and even not-so-loved ones to remind them that while change is unavoidable, Obama's kind of change is suspect, the product of an inexperienced and dangerous man. It’s time for a positive change, a healing moment and a new beginning in this next chapter of our country. It starts with saying 'Goodbye' to the politics of the parties and hello to the President for the People, all the people.

Then, while you're at it give the people you write to all of the reasons ‘Why You Think Obama is not trustworthy – and not the man for America.’

Huffington Post is The New White Trash

2008-07-17T08:02:00.000-07:00

"The Huffington Post is THE New White Trash Blogspot"

C. Adkins

In the not so distant past, Huffington Post was just an ordinary political blog with a fair amount of readers usually considered an intelligent audience. Now, it would seem that they've taken a wee bit different approach to journalism: Attract Pure White Trash.

Why, they once were so respected that their brilliance of supporting the Patriotic Candidate Du Jour Barak Hussein Obama was broadcast on the well respected and news trustworthy Colbert Report. How much more credibility does one really need, right?

Well, now the Huffington Post has outdone even the dirtiest of Old Chicago Style Politics...they've viciously attacked a respectable fundraiser, an activist and a die-hard democrat by day, Clinton supporter by heart, Ricki Lieberman.

It seems as though we have gotten to the point of elementary school behavior. We now see people lashing out with derogatory comments instead of intelligent dialog. The emotions run unchecked, and the logic has been thrown out the window.

In that regard, our parent's generation used to talk about "throwing the baby out with the bathwater." Of course, Obama knows about casting babies aside, as shown by his bizarre opposition to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.

Are we as a society dropping to the level or wallowing in the mud like a bunch of wild hogs in the wilderness? Are we trying to prove our position by being "bigger" than someone else instead of acting like intelligent human beings?

Is it impossible to act like decent human beings, have a reasonable dialog, and show the rest of the world that we are not uncivilized barbarians as some have already done by the words and actions?

Well, only the e-mails will tell and the Huffington Post will post insanely. For now, my best suggestion is to steer clear of the Huffington Post lest you be contributing to the NEW white trash dialogue.

Clintons4McCain Launches Radio Show...Cristi Adkins

2008-07-07T08:54:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release
July 6, 2008

Clintons4McCain Launches New Weekly Radio Show
--Empowering Voters Nationwide, New Show to Cover Politics & Issues Ignored by Main Stream Media--

Washington, DC – Working to empower voters nationwide, the maverick group of Hillary Clinton supporters, Clintons4McCain, has launched a new weekly radio show. The interactive 60-minute show, originating from cities across the United States, will focus on politics and current affairs ignored by the Main Stream Media. The show will air every Saturday from 5pm to 6pm EST on the BlogTALKRadio network. Anyone with a computer can listen from anywhere in the world at www.blogtalkradio.com/clintons4mccain and listeners can take part in the conversation by calling (347) 633-9273.

The Clintons4McCain radio show will include interviews with nationally-known newsmakers and Washington insiders, plus allow disaffected voters to voice their frustrations over the 2008 Democratic primary season. “Our goal is to educate voters, help shape America’s future and to do the job the American media should have been doing all along,” said the group’s founder, Cristi Adkins.

Adkins, featured on the Fox News Channel, CNN, the Washington Post and dozens of other media outlets, will join other concerned voters - Anne Franklin, Robin Carlson and Peter Boykin - as rotating hosts for the show. “People don’t think their voice matters,” said Carlson. “This show will allow voters to express their viewpoints and take a stand against this year’s unjust and fraudulent election process.”

Opponents have accused Clintons4McCain members of being republican operatives, a charge the group finds amusing. “We’re real voters - Democrats, Independents and moderate Republicans” said Anne Franklin. “Clinton is our first preference. If, somehow Hillary pulls off the nomination before August, we’ll no longer be Clintons4McCain, we’ll be Clintons4Hillary!”

Peter Boykin says, “It's no secret that many Hillary supporters are extremely disgruntled over Barack Obama being "anointed” the Democratic presidential nominee by special interest groups, not elected by American voters. That’s why we’re seeing an ever-growing coalition of groups banding together, fighting to take America back!”

For more information about Clintons4McCain, visit their website at www.clintons4mccain.com. If you’d like to suggest interview topics or schedule guest speakers, email Catherine Couch at nomeansnobama@hotmail.com or contact Cristi Adkins at cristi@clintons4mccain.com. Registration for BlogTalkRadio is easy, just go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/register.aspx.

Clintons4McCain Founders
Cristi Adkins, RN Cht
Registered nurse and frequent FOX NEWS CHANNEL television and radio contributor, Cristi Adkins is a spokesperson and co-founder for Clintons4McCain.com. Cristi has joined former Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman and others to throw their support behind the Arizona Senator, John McCain and assist his campaign for the Presidency. Adkins participated in Hillary Clinton's hugely successful West Virginia campaign, volunteering among the staff of the Senator's appearances in West Virginia: Charleston, Logan and a special Mother's Day event in Grafton with both Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

Cristi has appeared with FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S Hannity and Colmes, Neil Cavuto and John Gibson, as well as on both Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes national radio programs, XM Radio's POTUS election news channel and dozens of other media outlets. Although relatively new to Washington insider politics, Adkins was invited to participate in a special invitation only private meeting with Senator McCain at his Arlington VA campaign headquarters to discuss policy issues and answer important questions concerning healthcare, Supreme Court Justice appointments and placing more women in congress to represent the unrepresented.

Peter Boykin, Entrepreneur, Political Activist
When it comes to business, Peter lives it everyday. Peter believes life is just one big challenge and he plans to succeed. "It takes networking with the best and a commitment to go anywhere my heart desires. My vocabulary rarely uses "if" instead I substitute one word "when" and when I set my mind on a goal I never give up until I achieve it and that is my strongest quality. I believe my consistent persistence pays off. "

Over the last year, Peter has been using these towards electing the "Person" he believes would be the best for the position of President of the United States of America. Since it appears Hillary Clinton has been forced out of the race, Boykin has thrown his support in the direction of John McCain. "I have to support my second choice and that is why I am one of the founders of Clintons4McCain.com."

Peter works in the Information Technology field and is a Webmaster/Developer of many sites like http://www.misshillaryclinton.com/ and http://www.clintons4mccain.com/. He assisted in the original domain name for justsaynodeal.com. Peter is a registered Democrat and voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry in past elections. He states that he elects leaders by the person's character and judgment, not by their party affiliation. If anyone would like to talk to Peter directly, feel free to email: misshillaryclinton@gmail.com.

Anne Franklin, Mother, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Retiree
Anne is a retired executive with a background in sales, marketing, strategy, operations and human resources. Like Hillary, Anne graduated from an all-female college. The nun (now Saint) who founded the college said, "If you educate a man you educate a person, if you educate a woman you educate a family." That phrase stuck with Anne and according to Anne, has proven to be true from what she has seen in life. "Hillary has a similar philosophy of taking care of the educational and healthcare needs of women/mothers to enable them to raise children who are less likely to drop out, abuse drugs and alcohol, commit violent crimes and end up on welfare, which is one of the things about her that appeals to me."

Anne is an Independent and believes that Independent voters are the most well-informed. "We don't let Party leaders or others decide for us for whom we will vote,” said Franklin. “We have to research all candidates from both parties. This year, Hillary was my first choice, followed by a Republican, followed by McCain, followed by another Democrat.”

Franklin says she is a moderate, as she believes are most Americans. Hillary and McCain are also both moderates. “I research all candidates' policies, their character and what each has done in the past (which is the best predictor of future behavior). I don't agree with any of the candidates 100% on their policies. So, I look at the ones that are most important to me, where they stand and whether or not they are likely to get things done."