J.D. Hayworth on Bill O'Reilly

McCain’s Risky Anti-Birther Gambit

McCain’s Risky Anti-Birther Gambit

Senator John McCain’s Arizona Senate campaign is calling out his primary opponent JD Hayworth for his association with the birther movement.

In a television commercial released this week, the McCain campaign calls out Hayworth for questioning President Barack Obama’s American citizenship, casting Hayworth’s concerns as irresponsible and frivolous in a time “of serious economic problems.”

Though Hayworth has never explicitly accused Obama of not possessing an American birth certificate, the former radio talk show host has stopped just short of making the accusation on several occasions.

Not a bad analysis but I question what Mr. Craft thinks an open primary is in Arizona. Currently the GOP in Arizona is trying to close the semi-open primary.

After being crowned homecoming queen at the Tea Party Convention last week, former half-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told tea party activists to "pick a party" rather than run their own candidates. Palin: Tea Partiers "Have to Pick a Party" - CBS News:

"Now the smart thing will be for independents who are such a part of this Tea Party movement to, I guess, kind of start picking a party," Palin said... And then because the Tea Party movement is not a party, and we have a two-party system, they’re going to have to pick a party and run one or the other: ‘R’ or ‘D’."

Palin ... mentioned that her husband Todd was not a registered Republican and that the party should be open to embracing independents.

Well, not so fast there missy. The Arizona Republican Party has other ideas. The party that once championed open primaries in Arizona now wants to close its primaries to independent voters to maintain GOP purity. State GOP looking to close its primary to independents:

Lawyers for the state Republican Party are huddling to try to find out how they can close their primary election.

Republican leaders who attended a mandatory state meeting last month voted to put a halt to the state's quasi-open primary system. Voters in 1998 approved allowing independents and voters in minor parties to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary.

There's that Republican problem with democracy and respecting the will of the voters again. Voters approved Proposition 103 in 1998 by a margin of 576,466 in favor to 375,832 against to amend the Arizona Constitution to permit minority party and no party preference voters to vote in the major party primaries. Since then, the number of voters registered "independent" or "no party" has exploded.

National Tea Party Group Endorses J.D. Hayworth Against John McCain for Senate

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 25, 2010 -- Liberty First PAC (libertyfirstpac.com), a national committee of tea party organizers and activists, announced its full support and endorsement of J.D. Hayworth in his campaign for U.S. Senate in Arizona today. The announcement comes as one of the first unified “tea Party” calls for support of a challenge to Senator John McCain in his bid for re-election.

Tea Party activists around the country say it is time for John McCain to go.

Tea Party activists around the country say it is time for John McCain to go.

Fellow Patriots,

Last week we posted a poll for our readers that asked a simple question.

Would you support J.D. Hayworth in his run against John McCain in 2010?

The results? Out of about 3,500 votes, 79% of you said you would indeed support Hayworth in his challenge to John McCain for the Arizona Senate Seat.

As I told our committee on our conference call with J.D. Hayworth this week, the overwhelming amount of emails coming in support of J.D. Hayworth makes this feel like the special election in MA for Scott Brown that took place earlier this year.

In that particular scenario, Scott Brown was the underdog just six weeks before the election. In fact, at the time, he trailed by 30 points! But once the movement unified and rallied behind him, he was able to overcome the special interest and big money behind progressive candidate Martha Coakley.

It is the opinion of our committee that John McCain has become a problem for our movement. His progressive positions in the Senate have been damaging to our efforts, and in many cases he appears to position himself against what we as a movement stand for.

Erika Franzi, organizer for the Asheville Tea Party sent us the following statement.

“John McCain, the man who was once the ‘maverick,’ is now the personification of the mushy-middle, establishment Republican. His memorable bipartisan efforts, including Campaign Finance Reform, Climate Stewardship, Amnesty, and TARP, demonstrate his lack of regard for the constitutional limitations of the federal government. Senator John McCain is not a liberty candidate. Asheville Tea Party supports J.D. Hayworth’s bid to replace Senator John McCain as the GOP candidate for Arizona Senate.”

This is an excerpt... It gets better..

McCain would be ‘glad’ to help out Crist

McCain would be ‘glad’ to help out Crist

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told The Hill he’d be “glad to try to help” out Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) in his Senate race but he hasn’t been asked.

Crist is in a tough primary battle with former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) for the state’s open Senate seat.

“Sure, I’d be glad to try to help him,” McCain said in an interview with The Hill Wednesday but added Crist hasn’t yet asked for his help.

Crist and then-Sen. Mel Martinez (R) gave McCain a critical endorsement in the waning days of Florida’s GOP presidential primary in 2008 that helped McCain win the Republican nomination.

More Stupid Statements From Gryphen's Comments Section: It's Eddie Burke's Fault

The stupid statements keep rolling from the keyboards to Jesse's comment section.

SoCalWolfGal said...
I cannot imagine Levi missing this hearing. Something is very wrong and it's called "all things Palin" to quote the former mouth of the former governor. I hope that young man is okay. Thanks Gryphen for trying to find out why he missed the hearing and his whereabouts. I also agree with Anon@12:32 pm in that I am puzzled as to the word trial, and why is it so far out? Seven months away and Tripp will be close to two years old. Was Eddie Burke and the Beehive Lady successful in "influencing" the judges? I don't like this at all.

(emphasis added)

Remember the "death threats" that Jesse said had occured (when there were none) against the judge? In this commentor's mind, the judge got "rolled" by Eddie.

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ella said...
and add THIS to the list of lies leaked to the Press:
"The judge told Johnston's lawyer it would have been better if Johnston had participated."

Says WHO? The Palin's - that's who!

Why NOT make up all of this cr*p to make Levi look bad in the public eye?
Because THAT is what is happening.

Believe me, attorney's KNOW when there client's presence is requested and/or required - it is basic!

LIARS LIARS LIARS = Palins

Then you have this from a "Lawyer"

Donna said...
Folks--I'm a lawyer and have been practicing for 30 years. It is absolutely normal in a scheduling conference not to have clients there. It is equally normal for a judge to say something to the effect that he/she wishes a client were there--without context, inflection, or anything else it is a serious mistake to inflate this to "poor judgment" on the part of Levi's lawyers. Gryphen--I rarely disagree with you but I do on this occasion.

Judges--hard as it may be to believe--are human beings. Sometimes they say things that are just throw aways. Rarely do they remember something such as "Party X didn't show up for a scheduling conference." Now, if it had been an evidentiary hearing and someone hadn't shown up without good reason, that would be a different thing entirely, but that's not this.

The fact that something is set for "trial" merely means it's set for an evidentiary hearing. Not simply legal arguments but the actual presentation of testimony.

Right--- Tell that to the judge when they are telling you that your client should be there. This is a "public" child custody case now and the public gets to see how the judge acts and rules....

Like I said before, Levi needs to get another attorney...

Gryphen said...
Donna, I agree that it is not uncommon for only the lawyer to show up at a hearing to represent their client, and for that client to stay home.

But there is nothing common about this case.

This is not about legality it is about public relations. Now the Palin-bots will use this example to further paint Levi as a "dead beat" dad.

This was easy to predict and even easier to prevent.

Yep Jesse that was what you and the other idiots wanted, it to be public.

Here is some Karma...

Palin Wins -- Levi Johnston Ordered to Pay Up

No kidding? That is the law. Makes you wonder about the mental health and logical reasoning with the crazy left.

Geoffrey Dunn on Meg Stapleton's Removal

This guy Dunn should stay away from writing about Palin.

Stapleton needed to go and another one that needs to go is Rebbeca Mansour.

I'll have to dig through my e-mails on her. This one is a go-get-her.

If Mansour is advising Sarah PAC then it stands to reason why the poor choices of McCain,Rand Paul and Palin not endorsing Rubio.

Lastly, will Stapleton pull a Nicolle Wallace?

What does Donny Duetsch and Palingates Have in Common? Rascism

Michelle Malkin has some food for thought on Donny Duetsch.

Quick primer for those of you unfamiliar with the “coconut” insult:

If you are a conservative with Latino/Pacific Islander/Filipino heritage, you’re a coconut (brown on the outside, white on the inside).

If you are a conservative with Asian heritage, you’re a Twinkie or banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside).

And if you are a conservative who happens to be black, you are an Oreo (black on the outside, white on the inside).

Okay, who is getting hungry?

Meanwhile you have the nutjob blogger running Palingates calling Alaskan Native Todd Palin a Native in Name Only (NINO).

One has to ask how can you be an Alaksan Native in Name Only since you are born that way.

It's called race....

The left like Donny boy and the blogger at Palingates have some issues on being racists.

The USS McCain: A Sinking Ship

Second Mate Mitt Romey has come aboard..

Romney said it is "hard to imagine the United States Senate without John McCain."

Coward, he should have tried saying that at CPAC.

McCain is Feeling the Heat

McCain: I was misled on bailout

Hmmmmm, interesting way he puts this:

McCain said Bush called him in off the campaign trail, saying a worldwide economic catastrophe was imminent and that he needed his help. "I don't know of any American, when the president of the United States calls you and tells you something like that, who wouldn't respond," McCain said. "And I came back and tried to sit down and work with Republicans and say, 'What can we do?' "

(emphasis added)

Sounds like a blame Bush moment..

McCain vs. Hayworth: No Contest for Conservatives

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In his Pajamas Media piece “Please, No More ‘Half-as-Much’ Republicans,” J. Robert Smith states that swapping out John McCain for J.D. Hayworth in the upcoming GOP senatorial primary in Arizona is a “nice bargain from a conservative’s viewpoint.”

It would certainly be that, and an analysis of the voting records of these two men from the Grand Canyon State via vote ratings from the American Conservative Union (ACU), National Journal, and the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) highlights just how good a bargain it would be.

Looking first at the ACU numbers, we see that Hayworth’s ACU lifetime rating of 98 is significantly higher than John McCain’s lifetime ACU average of 81. In fact, in John McCain’s 22 years in the Senate prior to last year, he was only able to equal or surpass Hayworth’s low-water mark of 88 (in ’03) three times (’94, ’95, and ‘96). What’s more, with the exception of 2003, Hayworth voted with the ACU position at least 96 percent of the time every year he was in Congress — a feat that John McCain has only achieved once.

With respect to National Journal’s ratings, Hayworth’s average score for the 12 years he served in the House was 22 points higher than John McCain’s average rating over this same period (National Journal ratings are only available for McCain for this 12 year period, as he did not vote enough in ’07 or ’08 to receive a rating and scores are not available prior to ’95). To put this in perspective, this gap is greater than the 21-point margin in 2008 between Senators Sam Brownback and Arlen Specter. Additionally, just as it was with the ACU data, Hayworth’s least conservative year fairs very well against McCain’s average year. In fact, Hayworth’s least conservative score (78) is higher than any score John McCain has received from National Journal since 1995.

A Good Read on Ron Paul and CPAC

It has shades of Rand Paul (you know the one Sarah Palin has endorsed) hanging in the balance...

But straw polls are a legitimate test of organizational strength and grassroots enthusiasm. Even in 2008, Paul had the latter in spades. But Paul-affiliated organizations like the Campaign for Liberty and Young Americans for Liberty are starting to come into their own, becoming savvier and more sophisticated. Paulites blended more naturally into their CPAC surroundings than during the previous two years. And the movement is even losing its cult of personality aspect, as former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, Judge Andrew Napolitano, and bestselling author Thomas Woods become significant figures alongside Paul.

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Foreign policy remains a huge dividing line. Most self-described conservatives believe not only that the Iraq war was just, but that it was a success (thanks mostly to the surge). A Campaign for Liberty panel discussion at CPAC questioned not only the Iraq adventure but the entire concept of the war on terror. But foreign policy has clearly taken a backseat to the economy and the growth of government. And Republicans have proved more willing to criticize military interventions now that there is a Democratic commander-in-chief.

The antagonism between conservatives who identify with Paul and the rest of the mainstream movement still remains, however. Many people at CPAC booed Paul when the straw poll results were announced. At the Paulian events, contemporary Republican leaders aren't referred to any more glowingly than Barack Obama.

BTW Alaska had some boots-on-the-ground there..

The Math Behind Ron Paul's Straw Poll Win at CPAC

There has been a lot of criticism from both the over-the-edge-Palin haters and the over-the-edge-Palin lovers about the Ron Paul straw poll results.

Well here is the math.

Interstingly, a co-sponsor to CPAC was Campaign Liberty, (who goes after the college Republicans) an organization that is part Ron Paul and Rand Paul.

You know, the ones who were against the war in Iraq and one who is the Kentucky Senate candidate Sarah Palin has endorsed?

Politics makes strange bedfellows doesn't it. Ask McCain.

Congressman Don Young on Global Warming

Levi Going from Rags to Pistachios Cont.

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I see Bristol's attorney has argued that Levi can modify his child support and Levi is trying to claim $300.00 a month for health insurance when he hasn't paid for the insurance?

Yikes, Levi get yourself another attorney...

But a word of caution for Bristol's attorney, federal law and state law mandates that the non-custodial parent provide health insurance and any deviation has to be agreed to.

Meanwhile the loony Shannyn Moore tries to put Tripp's Alaskan Native health insurance on Sarah Palin.

Ahhh Shannyn, Bristol makes the decision not Sarah...

Glenn Beck at CPAC

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Well done...

Soros Tentacle Media Matters Does McCain's Dirty Work

Not surprising that Media Matters is doing McCain's dirty work on throwing mud at Hayworth...

Birther advocate and WorldNetDaily editor and CEO Joseph Farah praised Hayworth's MSNBC appearance and endorsed him, writing: "McCain never bothered to ask Obama for proof. And that's why he lost the election. J.D. Hayworth won't make that mistake ... I want to see a real Republican take it. That real Republican is J.D. Hayworth."

If McCain wins the Republican primary, then McCain will get attacked with the lead in on Palin.

Then we will get to see how the real McCain will act. Like he did when Palin was being attacked when his aides were attacking her.



McCain is a con-artist and back-stabber and Palin needs to drop her endorsement.

Obama's Waterloo: IAEA: Iran is capable of making nuclear weapon in 6-months

IAEA: Iran is capable of making nuclear weapon in 6-months

Meanwhile the politicians continue to call for sanctions...

There is know doubt that the Iranians have already conducted underground testing.

Russia will honour Iran missile deal: minister

Russia will honour Iran missile deal: minister

All of the news that they weren't going to send them to Iran was B.S.

Israel got suckered when they sold the drones to Russia and then Russia used them against Georgia.

And now Russia is building miltary bases in the break-away Republic of Abkhazia..

Sarah Palin's Snow Job: Senator McCain

I have to hand it to Sarah Palin, when she steps in it, she steps in it.

Nevermind that Senator McCain is a liar and con-artist and she endorsed him, but when you write comments like Sarah Palin did on her Facebook about Obama, you have to question who's "Snow Job" is she writing about.

In her Facebook, Sarah Palin writes:

What’s more, while the White House now touts the building of new nuclear power plants, its budget inexplicably calls for cutting funding to the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. A real nuclear energy plan requires a strategy for dealing with nuclear waste storage and recycling.

(emphasis added)

However, when you look at Senator McCain you find this:

Arizona Republican John McCain said today that he will promote amendments to a Senate energy bill that would abandon the Yucca Mountain, Nev., nuclear waste dump and refund about $16 billion in waste fees to electricity ratepayers.

Congress should "move on to other options" for high-level nuclear waste disposal, since the Obama administration has made it clear Yucca Mountain is no longer a viable option, McCain said as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee began marking up the first provisions of a comprehensive energy bill.

McCain said he disagreed with the administration's choice to rule out Yucca Mountain, but since nuclear power is "vital" for U.S. energy needs, the nation must consider other options. McCain said his amendments would shutter Yucca Mountain and repay fees paid by electricity customers for building a repository. He said other nuclear amendments would address fuel reprocessing.

When Sarah Palin states next time McCain is fighting against Obama, I will ask is that snow I see?

Obama's Waterloo Continues to March on: Iran

IAEA fears Iran working now on nuclear warhead

The U.N. nuclear watchdog fears Iran may be working now to develop a nuclear-armed missile, the agency said on Thursday, throwing independent weight behind Western suspicions of an active Iranian weapons program.

Is Sarah Palin Supporting a Liar?

McCain falsely claims he has ‘never favored’ capping global warming pollution

Update McCain spokesperson Brooke Buchanan has responded saying that he “was referring to 2000″ rather than the general concept of capping carbon. But the Washington Post notes that McCain had also proposed capping greenhouse gases at the 2000 level. As for McCain’s silence on the host’s global warming denial? “Those weren’t his words, those were the talk show host’s words,” Buchanan said. “He’s not going to get in an argument with a local talk show host about what he said.”

Levi Johnston: From Rags to Pistachios

Looks like Levi is going to have some financial problems...

What no pistachios in that group?

Like I said a long time ago.... Shut the hell up and act like a father..

Same goes for Gryphen....

China Syndrome: Iran and the Missile Defense System

Iran And The Chinese Gambit

February 12, 2010: Iran, in response to Russia's refusal to deliver S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems it bought several years ago, announced that it had gone ahead and designed its own, which will have similar capabilities as the S-300. Now Iran regularly announces it has designed and built modern weapons (which it cannot buy because of three decades of embargos). These weapons rarely show up, although some are seen in prototype form. Meanwhile, the S-300, and similar systems, have not been delivered because Western nations have told Russia and China that if they arm Iran with modern weapons, there will be consequences.

But an "Iranian" S-300 might be more likely. That's because last year, Iran sought to purchase the Chinese made HQ-9 anti-aircraft missile system. China buys a lot of oil from Iran, and is considered an ally. China is believed to have secretly supplied Iran with a lot of military technology. By not delivering actual weapons, China avoids a confrontation with angry Western nations.

China has been offering its HQ-9 system to foreign customers, as the FD-2000, for several years now. The Russians are not happy with this, given the amount of stolen S-300 technology believed to be in the HQ-9. Russia has been pointed in warning China not to export weapons containing stolen Russian tech. But the Chinese have done it, apparently believing there's really nothing the Russians can do about it. China, in this case, may have followed past practice and quietly sold Iran the technology for the FD-2000, and let them build their own, and call it whatever they want.

Alaskans for J.D. Hayworth Facebook Launched

Alaskans for J.D. Hayworth

Cheney Gets Set-up on Palin Question

Cheney didn't get to see Palin's entire clip where she is referring to Buchanan's opinion piece.

And the fact is, she is right on the political side of Iran and Obama...

A Tragic Set Of Events

Friends on day trip when avalanche hit

Gov. Sean Parnell issued a statement on his death just before midnight Saturday:

"Jim brought so much to our state: his love of the great outdoors, his leadership of Conoco Phillips Alaska, and his dedication to making Alaska a better place for all of us to call home. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this difficult time," he said.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called Bowles "a great partner in the responsible development of Alaska's natural resources," in a written statement Sunday.

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, praised the company's philanthropy in Alaska under Bowles' watch. "Conoco Phillips contributed $13 million last year alone to hundreds of Alaska nonprofits, from environmental causes to health care."

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, who called Bowles a friend, said "Jim's generosity in giving back to our community set a high standard for Alaska business leaders," citing the new Conoco Phillips Integrated Science Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus as an example.

Is Sherry Whitstine an Alaskan Conservative

or just a conniving, mean spirited woman...

The reason I ask is; because no Alaskan Conservative would use a racial bigot like this individual to bolster their conniving and mean spirited attack on Palin..



The sign on the right was the actual sign and the real tea party in Houston criticized the guy. In response, the guy photoshopped the image which is on the left.

Sherry Whitstine needs to shut up and go away because she isn't an Alaskan Conservative..

She's more in line with the bigoted left who used the same tact.

It is telling when both Whitstine and the loony left bloggers here in Alaska will use a racist for their own agenda and lend credibility to the person when it comes to attacking Palin.

This Will Be Russia's Waterloo

If Russia does play a strong role in sanctions against Iran --- this will be Russia's Waterloo in that the Muslims in places like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and others will join with Iran.

Israel's prime minister says he will press the case for "crippling sanctions" against Iran when he visits Russia this week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out on a three-day visit to Moscow later Sunday.

He'll be meeting with Russian leaders just days after Iran announced it would be enriching uranium to higher levels for medical purposes. That process could be used to build bombs if ramped up further.

Israel, the U.S. and much of the international community think Iran is out to build a bomb. Tehran denies that.

Joe the Plumber on McCain

“I don’t owe him s—. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.”

There are two ways of looking at this....

But considering what the guy had to say when the McCain campaign was said and done - Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt “dirty” after “being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place.” - his comments are understandable.

A that time, Wurzelbacher had high regard for Palin and called her the real deal.

That was until she endorsed McCain ....

David Frum is an Idiot When it Comes to Iran

What a bunch of nonsense...

Nations bent on nuclear breakout do not usually issue progress reports. They move stealthily, until they are ready to detonate a finished weapon. That's what India did in the 1970s, Pakistan in the 1990s, North Korea in the 2000s. By contrast, the Iran nuclear program issues press releases like a second-place political campaign. Why? Two possible answers:

-The Iranian nuclear program is not going very well. Lacking an actual completed weapon, the Iranian mullahs may seek to gain some of the political benefits of weaponizing by boasting and bragging. Watch out for us! We're coming! Any minute now! Getting closer!

-Might the regime be deliberately provoking a foreign strike? The regime is desperately unpopular. It had to rig the 2009 elections, it is buffeted by protests -- thousands more in the streets this past week -- the economy careens from crisis to crisis. The regime may hope that a foreign air raid will rally a disaffected population.

Whatever the reason, the regime's blatant goading does suggest that military caution is warranted.

Israel was concerned awhile back that there was a detonation... And then you have to question the recent seismic activity reported in Iran on February 11th..

Magnitude 4.6 and depth of 6 miles....

Compare it with a known North Korean test.

At 9.55 a.m. local time, a seismic event occurred about 45 miles from the town of Kimchaek, North Korea. It had a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 and a depth of approx. 6.2 miles. The epicenter of the event was determined to be approx. 5 miles West of the location where North Korea conducted a similar underground nuclear test on October 9, 2006

I don't think mother-nature had planned to have a tremor that day....

Exxon’s Point Thomson Lease: Murkowski 1 Palin 0

This is a follow up to a commentary that I had written earlier on Red County.

In the previous commentary I had pointed to former Governor Sarah Palin’s actions of denying Exxon their due process rights when Point Thomson leases were yanked from them. And then I compared her actions to the same actions taken by Hugo Chavez when Chavez yanked Exxon's leases in Venezuela.

Since the posting of the commentary, former Governor Sarah Palin in her Facebook commentary seems to be taking credit for one oil well being drilled in Point Thomson.

Read more at Red County

Levi Johnston is Going For Broke: What No Tell All?

Karma has a way of coming back at you by 20%. So Levi made over $100,000.00 in 2009 and paid out only $4400.00 in child support?

The word Deadbeat comes to mind. But it is funny to see Levi going for the I'm broke routine when Tank Jones was bragging about all of the things Levi had lined up.

How about that tell all book....




If it is true what Levi is saying, he can just go and seek to modify child support later on. Meantime, Levi, get yourself another lawyer and new manager.

You'll need it.

Obama's Waterloo: Iran

Ahmadinejad Says Iran Is Now a ‘Nuclear State’

Sarah Palin's Commonality With Exxon: Hugo Chavez (Update)

There are troubling signs that are taking place in Alaska and they have to do with natural resource development.

While the left both in Alaska and nationally have been focused on Palin’s palm reading skills, Alaskans are beginning to answer Palin’s question of how’s that hopey and changey thing workin out with a not too well.

With the bad Alaska economic news, increased government taxes and spending, reduced oil production; in recent news, the Alaska Superior Court overturned the Palin administration’s action of denying Exxon their constitutional right to due process to administrative hearings.

Read more at Red County

A Simple Cure for Bulshtinnitus

Don't know who it was or who took it, but I had it setting in my e-mail and I couldn't resist.

Interesting Breakdown on the Gubernatorial Race in Texas

Medina gaining most ground after 2nd debate

I have taken the BELO debate text message poll and scientifically weighed how each candidate is really doing.

The numbers are averaged for 5 and 6 pm since some of the same people probably voted in both polls and the numbers were significantly different. The 5-6pm polls were done before the debate and the 10pm poll was taken after the debate.

The numbers from this average 5 - 6 pm text message poll were weighed against the Rassmusen poll so that a "text message factor" could be obtained. This would set each candidate's 5 - 6 pm votes to match the Rasmusen poll. I then took the "text message factor" and applied it to the 10 pm poll and then factored in 11% undecided voters.

The results are below:

5pm 6pm AVG 10pm RESULTS
Hutchison 30% 24% 27% 10% 16%
Medina 42% 52% 47% 68% 23%
Perry 28% 24% 26% 22% 49%
Undecided 11%

These results show that Medina has gained significantly since the last debate by 11%. Hutchison has lost 17% while Perry has gained 6%. Perry is getting really close to the 50% + 1 needed to win. However, Medina is quickly gaining speed on him and once the poll data does come out (if ever) the media will place more focus on Medina than they have before.

'Iran can definitely enrich uranium to 20%'

'Iran can definitely enrich uranium to 20%'

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is definitely capable of enriching uranium to 20 percent.

Salehi made the remarks on Monday in response to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who had described the plan as a political bluff.

Kouchner claimed that Iran does not have the ability to enrich uranium to 20 percent and accused Tehran of "blackmail."

But Salehi said Iran will begin the enrichment under the direct supervision of Intentional Atomic Energy Agency inspectors on Tuesday.

He went on to say that all the preparations have been made and the enriched uranium will be turned into plate-type fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor.

Iran's decision to enrich uranium to 20 percent provoked criticism from a number of Western countries.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is currently in France to push for a new round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear energy program.

He and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have agreed to impose a new round of "strong" sanctions on Tehran.

Germany and Britain had earlier warned Iran of sanctions. Berlin has called on Beijing and Moscow to join other partners in pressuring Tehran. China and Russia oppose the efforts to impose sanctions and have called for a diplomatic approach.

Iran says that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it is entitled to enrich uranium for civilian purposes.

On Sunday, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the country's nuclear organization to take measures to produce the fuel for the Tehran reactor domestically.

However, he stated that a nuclear swap deal with the West is still possible.

The fuel is to be produced at the Natanz enrichment plant.

LGF a.k.a. Charles Johnson

There are three blogger/writers that I criticized on a blog I had 8 years ago. I felt they weren't conservatives.

1. Andrew Sullivan

2. Reynolds at Instapundit

3. Charles Johnson at LGF

Of the three, Reynolds has shifted slightly.

However, this guy has a problem with Palin citing Pat Buchanan.

I don't know what article Palin was pointing to, but Buchanan has been right on many topics and he has been wrong also. And Johnson was never a true conservative and I pointed that out 8 years ago.

Just like Sullivan who was adored by conservatives, Johnson was also adored. But finally people are seeing them for who they are.

Palin Endorsing McCain (update)

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She's done...

Update: She's right on Iran and Obama

Newsmaker Sunday: J.D. Hayworth

Newsmaker Sunday: J.D. Hayworth

China for diplomacy over Iran

China for diplomacy over Iran

China has reinforced its call for diplomacy to ease tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme amid reiteration by Tehran that a deal over enriched uranium for its research reactor engaged in producing medical isotopes was now within grasp.

Speaking on Friday at a security conference in Munich, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said the issue had “entered a crucial stage”.

Defying the West, Iran's president orders boost in nuclear enrichment

Defying the West, Iran's president orders boost in nuclear enrichment

"Please start 20% enrichment, though we are still in talks about a fuel exchange," Ahmadinejad told Iran's atomic energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, during a live television appearance. "We are ready for exchange. But if [the Western governments] don't like an exchange, we go our own way."

Clinton: Al-Qaeda is "greater threat" than Iran & N. Korea

Clinton: Al-Qaeda is "greater threat" than Iran & N. Korea

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Al-Qaeda has grown more "creative and flexible" since 2001 and poses greater threat to the United States than Iran and North Korea.

This is a dumb statement when you consider Iran is lending support to the Taliban in Afghanistan and supporting the Sunnis in Iraq.

But what Clinton said about the Sunnis in Iraq, it only makes sense..

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the United States would oppose any new effort to exclude large numbers of Sunni Arab politicians from Iraq's March 7parliamentary elections. Iraq's most senior Sunni official, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed the issue in Washington this week with top administration officials.

Obama administration officials are worried that the exclusion of Sunnis from the election would undermine the process and perhaps spur new unrest that could complicate U.S. troop withdrawal plans.

This should help maintain stability in the region. /s

Iran says CIA agents arrested ahead of Feb. 11 rally

Iran says CIA agents arrested ahead of Feb. 11 rally

Iran said Saturday it arrested seven people, including two Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives, who planned to stoke unrest and violence on a march scheduled for February 11.

The rally on Thursday will commemorate the 31st victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Intelligence forces, according to Borna News Agency, arrested the men who had plans to leave the country for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and then head to the United States.

According to the report, some of those arrested work for the US-backed Radio Farda, a Persian language station based in Prague and Washington.

Prague? Sheesh...

Maybe it's in the same building in Prague that the envelope of white powder was sent to and was under surveilance by one of the hijackers that flew the plane into the twin towers.

Will the BBC issue a Retraction on Palin's Speaker Fees?

Maybe I am missing something...

Her 45-minute speech was carried live by three US television networks, and her reported $300,000 fee was criticised by some tea party groups who boycotted the Nashville meeting.

$300,000? I thought is was $100.000..

Some Words from Conservatives4Palin and Josh Painter

As for Sarah Palin, the last thing in the world she wants to do right now is feed her critics more ammunition. It is incomprehensible to us why some in the conservative commentariat can’t seem to wrap their minds around that fact.From Josh Painter........

Update by TR: CPAC, as some of you may know, has embarrassed itself by providing the John Birch Society with the opportunity to sponsor the event. Jonah Goldberg and Mark Krikorian of the National Review have both slammed CPAC for this decision. As you may recall, the late William F. Buckley did the conservative movement a great favor by purging this group from our ranks. It appears that CPAC disagrees with Buckley regarding the John Birch Society.From C4P.

You can read more about why Governor Palin is troubled by CPAC's decision to provide the John Birch Society with the opportunity to sponsor the event here. Read more... From Tommy Report at C4P

No, Sarah Palin never said that her problem with CPAC was the John Birch Society. Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said, "We support those who advance our core beliefs and lead by principle." From Josh Painter today...

I'd say the extremely pro-Palin fans are having the same problem the Palin fans who hate her are having...

You guys had better watch what you say... The rose colored glasses will fade for many when Palin is stumping for McCain in Arizona...

This Guy Jesse Griffin has Some Serious Issues

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What is interesting is that the same media outlet that today breathlessly reports how close the Palins were while Sarah Palin was Governor--too close for at least one reporter--earlier reported that the Palins were not close enough and headed for divorce. Consistency is not necessarily a hallmark for investigative journalists, but certainly truth should be.

Now I have no idea if this is directed at me, or perhaps some other media outlet, but since I broke the story perhaps I should address it.

When I reported my information, the Palin's were definitely having severe marital difficulties. (That has now been reported by a variety of sources.) And they were indeed throwing the word "divorce" around quite often. In my estimation they were probably headed for a separation or an actual divorce. Now that is just my estimation, there is no way to conclusively predict the future of their marriage.

However when I decided to report the Splitsville story I knew full well that they would almost certainly NOT get divorced once I reported it. By this time I had a kind of understanding of Sarah Palin and how her petulant mind worked. She would NEVER allow an Alaskan blogger, especially me, to get this scoop. NEVER!

Which is exactly the way I want it. Now Sarah and Todd are bound together in defiance, and possibly a lucrative monetary agreement, as the scandals just keep right on coming. Perfect.

Occasionally somebody will come over and try to poop on my parade by pointing out that I was wrong about their marriage and...and... "nanny nanny boo boo"! But those people must not play chess.

Latvians Go After Russian "Loyalists"

Given the article is published by RT, the bias in favor of Russians is understandable.

Latvian ultra-rightist have started another witch-hunt by threatening “disloyal car owners” who fix Russian symbols, like St. George Ribbon, or a Russian national emblem or colors on their vehicles.

A website registered in the US and still operational,http://www.latvietislatvija.com (Latvian in Latvia), has published a so-called "Okupantu autoparks,” an “Occupants’ car park,” list of those who dared to decorate their cars with the Russian symbols, revealing personal data of these citizens.

The black list reveals personal information and the names of 118 persons, including their home addresses and car plate numbers.

I can understand the sentiment among Latvians who feel that a display of loyalty towards Russia should be scrutinized, when you consider what happened in 1991 when Russia went on a violent rampage in Latvia.





Compare 1991 with today.



The Russian government has a history of commiting acts of violence against the Latvians. And it is well known that today, pro-Kremlin factions in Latvia continue to try to disrupt.

The Environmental Protection Agency Lies While The Ozone Layer over Alaska Shrinks and Grows

During my enlistment in the Air Force, I was a meteorologist and I spent my time in the Air Force while stationed here in Alaska as a meteorologist.

When Mt Pinatubo and Mt Redoubt erupted in the early 1990‘s, I personally briefed NASA pilots and provided upper air soundings (Skew-Ts) so they could conduct their missions of collecting ash samples and gas samples. And it is well known that volcanic eruptions and the gases that are present in the eruptions will increase the chlorine concentration in the stratosphere and break down the ozone layer over the arctic.

Read more at Red County

Tea Partiers Urge Unity as Rifts Show

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Joseph Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily.com, made questions over Obama's citizenship a centerpiece of his Friday night speech in Nashville and got a standing ovation from the crowd for broaching the controversial topic.

But some convention-goers and speakers on Saturday distanced themselves from the so-called "birther" movement, saying that's hardly a bread-and-butter tea party issue.

(...)

Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart, who gave an electric speech Saturday morning vilifying the "mainstream media," ACORN and the liberal elite, afterward described the "birthers" as a fringe, saying the bulk of the convention participants did not come to discuss Obama's citizenship.

"These people came here because they have a common set of grievances about the government," he said.

Tom Fitton, president of convention sponsor Judicial Watch, said he was asked about Obama's eligibility to serve when he spoke Friday at the convention, but gave his stock response: "We're aware of no credible evidence that Barack Obama is not a citizen."

In another Foxnews blip it was stated:

Farah, a conservative newsman whose raison d'etre of late has been to challenge Obama's eligibility to be president, used the bulk of his remarks to hit that point -- and got quite a welcome reception from the hundreds of tea partiers in the room.

"Where's the birth certificate?" he asked, echoing the words from a controversial billboard campaign he started. "It's a simple question and it has not been answered."

The room burst into applause. When he first brought up the issue, Farah got a standing ovation.

Related thread:

World Net Daily's Ilana Mercer: Smacking Down Sarah Palin?

To the kids at C4P, have fun with this one. Isn't WND attending the same function Palin is attending?

Sold out! Palin-Farah ticket rocks tea-party convention

Makes me want to ask, Where is Obama's COB ...... I'm sure the kids at C4P will have an answer.

God help Palin if McCain gets a Tea Party supported opponent in Arizona.....

It Doesn't Get Any Dumber Than

this

Halperin forgets that the Tea Party movement is more popular than any other "movement".

As for Palin's commonality with the Tea Party movement, that will end when she is seen on T.V. stumping with McCain.

Todd Palin: Re: Sherry Whitstine

Sherry is crazy

It seems Todd likes to get straight to the point....

And correctly I might add..

Latvia Continues With Its Support to the U.S. (Update)

Latvia is a very small country, but unlike Russia through history, it has stood by the U.S..

And in Latvia's latest support, the country has offered to take one prisoner from Gitmo.

Update: This got some people's attention... The first one listed from Yahoo is from a twitter feed sent by someone from Russia.

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Russia Will Regret What it has Done With Iran

Envoy: Russia Assures Iran of S-300 Delivery

"Iran is ready to receive this system and our Russian colleagues have assured us that they will meet their obligations," Sajjadi said at a press conference at the main office of RIA Novosti in Moscow on Thursday.

Earlier last week, the head of Russia's state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexpor, Anatoly Isaikin, stressed his country's commitment to continue military cooperation with Iran.

"Nothing prevents the continuation of military cooperation in those directions of interest to Russia and Iran," Isaikin added.

"Iran has never violated a single commitment it has undertaken with regards to military contracts," he reiterated.

When war breaks out in the Middle East, the Muslims in the former U.S.S.R will join Iran...

Global Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 cases reach 225

Global Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 cases reach 225

Feb 5, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that 225 cases of H1N1 flu with resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) have been found worldwide, and resistant viruses have spread from person to person in several clusters but have not spilled into the community.

Many of the resistant cases involved people with severely weakened immunity, reinforcing the importance of monitoring for the problem in such patients, the WHO said in today's issue of its Weekly Epidemiological Record.

The 225 cases come from 20 countries and include 65 cases in the Americas, 77 in Europe, 1 in Africa, and 82 in the Western Pacific region, the agency said. All the isolates had the H275Y mutation that confers resistance to oseltamivir but not to the other neuraminidase inhibitor in general use, zanamivir (Relenza).

Of 142 cases for which data were available, 56 (40%) were in severely immunocompromised patients, and 54 (38%) were linked to treatment of flu. Another 16 cases (11%) were associated with preventive treatment, and 16 others did not involve any known antiviral use.

If there are this many, then there are definately a lot more cases.

Glenn Beck on Iran: Dead On

Did Sarah Palin Pull a Play out of Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson's Playbook? (Update)

Today, I was browsing the local bloggers here in Alaska and I checked to see what the progressive blogger Mrs. Devon at Mudflats was up to.

To my surprise, on one thread, Mrs. Devon wasn't waist deep in mud, throwing mud at the right, the Tea Party or making some bogus and outlandish accusation against Sarah Palin.

This time, she may have stumbled onto something of substance that deals with Sarah Palin not paying taxes on a "cabin" that is built on recreation property on Safari Lake in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Read more at Red County

Tea Party Convention Diaries: Palin Already Drawing Crowds

Tea Party Convention Diaries: Palin Already Drawing Crowds

Registration for the first Tea Party Convention started late Thursday afternoon, and the people lining up inside the convention center at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville are already excited about seeing Sarah Palin. She’s not scheduled to speak until Saturday night, but mention her name, and you’ll get an instant smile.

“[Palin] was the draw for us,” said Roxanne, a convention attendee who traveled with her husband Wayne from North Carolina.

Roxanne is hoping the rumored major snowstorm -- anticipation of which is currently sending chills up and down the eastern part of the country -- won’t keep Palin from attending.

“She better brave the snowstorm and get here!” Roxanne joked.

Iran unfolds its fist to slap us in the face

Iran unfolds its fist to slap us in the face

LAST MONTH, an important deadline passed in nuclear negotiations with Iran, eroding the foundation of the Obama administration’s policy on Iran: that a softer approach might pay off; and, failing that, it would induce tougher action by Russia and China.

(...)

Finally, missile defense and human rights policies should be settled on their own merits. US concessions failed to secure help from Moscow and Beijing. Rather, they signaled that the Iranian nuclear issue is a source of leverage over Washington, and is worth sustaining to extract further concessions.

These steps alone may be insufficient to reverse Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Given his stated belief that Iranian development of a nuclear weapon is unacceptable, Obama may face further hard choices. But, our present course on Iran will surely fail.

Iran has unclenched its fist to slap us in the face. It is time to wake up.

McCain and Hayworth Faceoff

McCain and Hayworth Faceoff

Those who believe only Democratic incumbents are at risk in the 2010 election need look no further than Arizona.

Republican Sen. John McCain, the man who might have been president, suddenly appears vulnerable in his bid for a fourth term. A recent statewide poll conducted in January by the Behavior Research Center in Phoenix found McCain with a favorability rating of just 41 percent, his lowest numbers since 1994, when he was immersed in the Keating Five scandal.

Shannyn Moore: Calling Vic Kohring an Eighth Grader With a Helmet

Shannyn Moore 6:24 He is like the really really big eighth grader that should have worn a helmet.

What a smarmy, hateful attitude among the left.....

Is There a Cabingate in Palin's Future?

On the face of this article put out by the nutroot blogger Mrs. Devon, it seems damning.

This is no different than the Detroit councilwoman, JoAnn Watson who didn't report that a house was on her property.

And only paid $68 a year in taxes..

If the information is true, then Palin needs to correct it.

Moreover, the question on how the Palin's filed out their property tax assessment forms should be looked at to see if the structures or private property were listed.

If they weren't listed, then there could be very serious problems for the Palins.

If they were listed, then the problem falls on the Bourough.

3.15.100FILING PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RETURNS.

Personal property tax returns shall be filed on or before March 15 of each tax year in accordance with A.S. 29.45.120.

(Ord. 94-001AM, § 4 (part), 1994; Ord. 91-008AM, § 3 (part), 1991)

3.15.110INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

The assessor, in accordance with A.S. 29.45.130, may make an independent investigation of property listed on a return or of any taxable property on which no return has been filed.

(Ord. 91-008AM, § 3 (part), 1991)

Obama's Waterloo: Iran

One step closer to the February 11th date....

Iran Unveils New Satellite Capabilities on Eve of Revolution Anniversary

Is anyone surprised that Iran has now agreed to inspections?

The US has reacted warily after Iran appeared to accept a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would have "no problem" if most of its stock was held for several months before being returned as fuel rods.

The US said that if this was a new offer, it was "prepared to listen".

And China said it would not stop any sanctions?

Makes you wonder if Iran is going to do some underground testing in the near future....

Israel seems to think they have done some testing already.

Israel Insider exclusively reports that a seismic event this weekend in southern Iran may in fact have been a massive underground nuclear bomb test. According to the USGS, the tremor measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale took place Saturday night, October 25 just before midnight Iran time, with its epicenter at 26.70°N, 55.02°E, just north of the strategic straits of Hormuz, opposite Abu Dhabi.

SarahPAC has Flown over the Cuckoo's Nest

It started with the endorsement of McCain, and now they have flown over the political cuckoo's nest.



Rand Paul: Against the War in Iraq

Rand Paul: Miltary budget makes up 40% of the federal budget

Hmmmm where did he get that from?

That depends on who you ask. The liberal anti-war groups put it at “over 40%.” The federal government puts military spending as 17-20% of the budget. Creative accounting practices can skew the numbers to make just about any case one desires.

Nothing spells more trouble than endorsing someone who is going against what may be God's plan...



Well at least the nutroot progressives in Alaska can't complain on the endorsement since they and Rand Paul et al. are on the same page when it comes to Iraq.

Rand Paul on Iraq

Loyalty certainly has its rewards.

Joseph Farah Picks Hayworth to Win AZ race?

My 1st 2010 prognostication

And that's where McCain comes in.

He's toast.

Whether he knows it or not, McCain is not going to be re-elected. The people of Arizona have had enough of his arrogance and big-government ideas and so have Americans.

This is going to be an interesting race to watch. The other one will be the Crist - Rubio race.

Let's see in the Arizona race -----

Mark Levin - endorsed Hayworth

Joe Farah - endorsed Hayworth

Jim Robinson from FreeRepublic -- endorsed Hayworth

Sheriff Joe Arpaio - endorsed Hayworth

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher -- endorsed Hayworth