MESSAGE FROM MCRC CHAIRMAN ROB HANEY: If you have not mailed in your Early Ballot, take it to the polling place Tuesday, Aug. 24. DON'T MAIL IT NOW. If you cannot personally take it to the poll, give it to a friend. DO NOT give it to a poll worker. Put it in the Early Ballot Box yourself. You do not have to wait on line, go right in to the Poll.
GOP HQ NEEDS VOLUNTEERS ON AUG. 23: Help with last minute stuff for party. 10 am-12pm,1-3pm & 4-5pm . Contact Carolyn Leff cleff@azgop.org or 602-957-7770. Arizona Republican Party, 3501 North 24th St., Phx.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT SUN CITY WEST GOP OFFICE– Volunteers are needed to man the phone banks at the Maricopa County Republican - Sun City office. The phones are automated and easy to use. Call 623-977-4532 to volunteer. Or come in anytime. Hours will be determined based on your interest and food and beverage will be provided.
DRIVERS NEEDED TO TAKE VOTERS TO THE POLLS ON PRIMARY ELECTION DAY – Tuesday, August 24. If you are interested in driving, please call the MCRC office at 623-977-4532.
Mosque near Ground Zero divides 9/11 relatives http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/20/20100820ground-zero-mosque-families.html
America the 'Expendable'? Sylvester Stallone responds to allegations his hit movie has a patriotic agenda
Memo to Dems By Rich Galen Memorandum to Democrat Candidates for House and Senate, From the White House Political Office (the Martha's Vineyard White House), Re: This Whining Has Got to Stop. We at the White House are getting just a little tired of hearing from Democrat candidates across the country about the so-called "problems" that President Obama and our administration are causing for you and your campaigns.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71352
US opposes Seoul’s bid to sell old rifles Collector items - A total of 86,000 M1 rifles and another 22,000 carbines were to be sold, as the weapons have been mothballed for about five decades in military warehouses. The per-unit price of the M1 rifle is about $220 and the carbine is more than $140, according to the ministry. M1s were made first in 1926 and used in World War II and the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The carbines were first produced in 1941 and used during the 1950-1953 Korean War. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/205_71329.html
Stimulus Cash Helping Cities Spy on Residents? Michelle Malkin on new 'green police' program in Ohio that allows officials to monitor recycling
Poll: Nearly 6 In 10 Oppose Afghan War A majority of Americans see no end in sight in Afghanistan, and nearly six in 10 oppose the nine-year-old war as President Barack Obama sends tens of thousands more troops to the fight, according to a new poll.
Arab TV chief: 9/11 mosque would be 'monument' to terror: Says world's Muslims don't want to give hijackers 'source of pride' By Drew Zahn http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192585
'Cloud of suspicion' over Lockerbie bomber release A group of US senators says a "cloud of suspicion" still hangs over the release a year ago of the man responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Senator Robert Menendez called on Britain and Scotland to answer a number of "outstanding questions" over the case of Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11041526
Stimulus? $1 million to streak nude in front of Obama: Billionaire: 'He just happens to be the wrong president at the wrong time' By Joe Kovacs http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192821
Is Obama Leading Us into Civil War? by Roger Fredinburg If I told you I was getting so angry at all the stupid stuff going on around me, in fact so mad that I wanted to rip peoples heads off, squeeze the last breath out of their dying carcass, tear off their limbs and feed them to my dogs, many of you would relate to the emotional tug and applaud my desire to slap the morons silly. Regardless of your position in the Left-Right paradigm, both sides of the great American debate are.........
http://www.newswithviews.com/fredinburg/fredinburg128.htm
Conservatives Must Lead Not Mimic by Laurie Roth We must court and pull in ALL the right leaders, county after county, state after state and at the federal level. It will take us in some cases running for all kinds of offices, researching the issues of real concern in our areas and getting behind the real, principled, fighters. We have seen nothing but political compromises everywhere and that has been almost the death knell of the conservative party as they struggle to be the........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie228.htm
Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries (CNSNews.com) - Even as Congress increased overall federal spending in fiscal 2010, it appropriated only enough funds for the Homeland Security Department to provide a fraction of the additional 40,000 detention spaces for illegal aliens that had been authorized by a 2004 immigration law. Because it lacked adequate detention space, DHS says it was forced over the last three years to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who were being processed for deportation.
DOT Asked Contractors to Post Signs 'Solely Used to Publicize' Obama's Stimulus Law, IG Report Says (CNSNews.com) – The Transportation Department imposed strict guidelines for the placement, size, and visibility of signs promoting the $862-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus law), according to a review by DOT’s inspector general released on Thursday. The IG review came in response to questions by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) about the cost and propaganda aims of the Recovery Act signs.
Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries (CNSNews.com) - Even as Congress increased overall federal spending in fiscal 2010, it appropriated only enough funds for the Homeland Security Department to provide a fraction of the additional 40,000 detention spaces for illegal aliens that had been authorized by a 2004 immigration law. Because it lacked adequate detention space, DHS says it was forced over the last three years to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who were being processed for deportation.
DOT Asked Contractors to Post Signs 'Solely Used to Publicize' Obama's Stimulus Law, IG Report Says (CNSNews.com)
– The Transportation Department imposed strict guidelines for the placement, size, and visibility of signs promoting the $862-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus law), according to a review by DOT’s inspector general released on Thursday. The IG review came in response to questions by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) about the cost and propaganda aims of the Recovery Act signs.
Congressmen Urge State Department to Return Vietnam to List of Human Rights Violators (CNSNews.com) - “I fear that when the U.S. granted Vietnam normal trade relations in 2001, we lost crucial leverage that puts pressure on the Vietnamese government to improve a very poor record on human rights,” Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. “Over the last year, we’ve seen Vietnam’s record on human rights and religious freedom take a turn for the worse.”
Hillary Clinton Downplays Concerns About Militants Exploiting Pakistan Emergency (CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday played down concerns that militants could take advantage of the floods in Pakistan to extend their influence, although that is exactly what some analysts say happened after the last big natural disaster in the region. Clinton implied that the concerns were being raised as part of politically motivated criticism of the Pakistani government.
Congressional Budget Office Predicts 2010 Deficit Second Largest Since WWII (CNSNews.com) – The Congressional Budget Office, in its mid-year budget update, has projected that the 2010 budget deficit ($1.3 trillion) will be the second highest on record since the end of World War II, eclipsed only by the deficit of 2009 ($1.4 trillion). All told, CBO projects that the government will run up a total of $6.2 trillion in new deficits between 2011 and 2020.