Drilling and Blissful Ignorance
Charles Krauthammer
Friday, August 01, 2008
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. She won’t even allow it to come to a vote. With $4 gas having massively shifted public opinion in favor of domestic production, she [...]

Submitted by: Elaine Karsner August 1, 2008
Author: Anonymous
I’m voting Democrat because I believe the government will
do a better  job of spending the money I earn than I would.
I’m voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as
long as   nobody is offended by it.
I’m voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I
trust that the   bad guys [...]

Submitted by: Elaine Karsner
Pork king’s troubles should spur reform

Mobile Register - Friday, August 01, 2008

UNTIL TUESDAY, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was known mainly for his skill in bringing home the bacon for his state.
But he achieved a new type of notoriety when a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of making false statements to [...]

Do-Nothing Democrats Vote to Adjourn House of Representatives Without Taking Action to Lower Gas Prices
Putnam: “It’s Time Democrats Put Their Boarding Passes Back in Their Pockets”
WASHINGTON – Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement shortly after the House of Representatives voted 213-212 – with no Republicans voting in [...]

Environmentalists’ Hold on Congress
Walter E. Williams
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Let’s face it. The average individual American has little or no clout with Congress and can be safely ignored. But it’s a different story with groups such as Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy. When they speak, Congress listens. Unlike the average American, they [...]

July 30, 2008
U.S. Reports Drop in Homeless Population
 
By RACHEL L. SWARNS 

WASHINGTON — The number of chronically homeless people living in the nation’s streets and shelters has dropped by about 30 percent — from 175,914 to 123,833 — from 2005 to 2007, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday.
Housing officials say the statistics, which are collected annually [...]

Obama’s Lack of Gravitas as he Preaches Socialism
Submitted by: Lee S Gliddon III
1.  Barrack Obama’s Gravitas Deficit
Recall when G.W. Bush ran for president the liberal media was abuzz
with the use of the word “gravitas.” The echo chamber that is the
liberal media is nothing new as we have heard innumerable examples of
montages like this with all [...]

 
Submitted by: Patricia Jackson
Maxine tells it like it is!!!!

I bought a bird feeder. I hung
it on my back porch and filled
it with seed. What a beauty of
a bird feeder it is, as I filled it
lovingly with seed. Within a
week we had hundreds of birds
taking advantage of the
continuous flow of free and
easily accessible food.

But then the [...]

Submitted by: Clark Havard
Barack Obama’s Stealth Socialism
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Election ‘08: Before friendly audiences, Barack Obama speaks passionately about something called “economic justice.” He uses the term obliquely, though, speaking in code — socialist code.
 
During his NAACP speech earlier this month, Sen. Obama repeated the term [...]

From GRASSFIRE July 29, 2009 
Call your Congressmen
I am asking every Grassfire team member to call their two Senators
and their Rep and tell them you want the ban on offshore drilling
lifted BEFORE the end of the week!
Talking Points:
#1 — I demand that Congress take action to lift the ban on drilling
      on the Outer [...]