The Daily Patriot

PODCAST: No Mid East policy is a VERY bad thing

2011-03-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

To say the United States is confused when it comes to the Middle East would be one of the greatest understatements in history.

But it’s worse than that. Not only are we confused, but the rest of the world laughs at us behind our backs – and all because we now have an Administration that simply has no idea what it’s doing when it comes to the Middle East.

What this leads to is increasing oil prices, increasing gas prices for you and me and a region even less stable than it otherwise would be if people were certain of what we thought. The problem is no one can be sure, because we ourselves have no clue.

To find out what I really think, CLICK HERE.

Why Governor Scott won’t play with the President’s train set

2011-02-17T08:55:00.000-08:00

Florida Governor Rick Scott rejected stimulus money to build a high speed rail link between Orlando and Tampa – and he got this call so incredibly right! In the State of the Union and in the President’s budget, these high speed links which the country doesn’t want, featured prominently.

Of course the President pushing for it is something that is easy to do when he doesn’t have to pay for it. He doesn’t have to concern himself with pesky things like will people actually use it or will it cost yet more taxpayer money?

To find out what I really think, click this link.

PODCAST: The weakening of America

2011-02-10T18:17:00.000-08:00

I am so sick of the PC world that we live in. It keeps dragging this nation that is hanging on to greatness by its fingernails, closer and closer to the abyss. And now today, news reaches me of a local newspaper columnist that attacked a High School coach over his cutting of a player trying out for baseball. The player has no legs.

The reality is however, if this player with no legs had been able to prove himself better than others trying out, he would have made the team. But there were players better than him. Some would say they are better becausethey have legs. Others would say they are simply better.

To hear what I REALLY think, simply click this link.

PODCAST: Four new 9-11 plotters revealed… by Wiki Leaks!

2011-02-01T19:38:00.000-08:00

It is almost ten years since 9-11 and today we find out via the UK’s Daily Telegraph and Wiki Leaks, that there were four more plotters.

Don’t we as Americans have a right to know? Should we not recognize their names in a heartbeat? Should we not be seeing their faces on network news shows every night while we try and hunt them down?

Then why has the Government been so secretive about them and why is it Wiki Leaks and a foreign newspaper that is breaking this story?

To hear my take, click here!

Picture - Daily Telegraph

PODCAST: ‘Let’s get to work’? Well after we party for a while

2011-01-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

New Florida Governor Rick Scott, took office today. This is the man who spent $73 Million of his own money so he would be independent of special interest groups.

This is the man who ran with the slogan “let’s get to work”. But this is now the man that took most of the $3 Million bill for the inauguration from those very same special interest groups.

Why would he do this?

On today’s podcast I ask that question and more.

Click THIS LINK to hear my take...

PODCAST: The UN makes a staggering announcement

2010-08-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

Today was a shocking day. The United Nations made an earth-shattering announcement!

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should only make predictions when it has solid scientific evidence and avoid straying into policy advocacy!

Although this is funny on one level, it is extremely serious on another. Congress is seriously considering a Cap and Tax bill which will dramatically increase the burden on business and on the population at a time whenObama’s economy is imploding.

Evidence? Really? WOW! To find out what I REALLY think, CLICK THIS LINK below.

The picture from photobucket.com shows Global Warming protestors gathering for a rally!

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PODCAST: OUR FREEDOM IN DANGER… FROM THE PRESS

2010-08-29T07:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we witnessed an incredible event in our nation’s capital. Starting at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial and stretching back to the Washington Monument and beyond, at least a million people gathered without violence; without arrests; without banners and with no hatred in their hearts to celebrate America. In fact it was even more than that for those at Glenn Beck’s“Restoring Honor” event. But if you get your news from the mainstream media, it was of little or no importance – unless of course you could find a way to attack it.

Today’s podcast is all about our Freedom – and about the people who are supposed to be the guardians of that freedom – our press.

When the press stops doing its job, then freedom is threatened. We have all seen in our lifetimes that one of the first thing dictatorships do is to take over the media. They must control the message in order to retain power.

We are not there yet, but we have a Press that is no longer ashamed of it’s bias. In fact it makes no effort to hide it at all. That places all of us in danger. Black, white, yellow, red. Left wing, right wing. Democrats and republicans and the vast majority of us – independents.

CLICK THIS LINK to listen to today's podcast.

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PODCAST: PREZ ‘I’M-A-NUT-JOB’ OF IRAN, ATTACKS PAUL THE OCTOPUS!

2010-07-27T10:32:00.000-07:00

I tend to say it a lot because it so often seems like we’ve fallen through the looking glass, but this story is real. It’s not made up because to be honest, how could any sane person make this up?

What would prompt a leader of a nation to show his insanity to the world? It’s a serious question embedded in a funny story. Don’t forget that while you listen to today’s podcast.

The picture is a link from telegraph.co.uk

To listen to today's podcast CLICK HERE.

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PODCAST: CHARLIE CRIST’S BRILLIANT POLITICAL MOVES!

2010-07-21T07:08:00.000-07:00

There are so many things we could say about Charlie Crist.

We could call him a flip flopper; we could call him a traitor to the Conservative cause; we could call him a master manipulator, but what most Conservatives won’t be calling him today, is a brilliant politician. That’s exactly what I’m calling him.

Yesterday, Champagne Charlie was a huge winner on so many fronts and if any of you doubted his ability to become the next Senator for the Great State of Florida, then all doubts should have disappeared now.

To find out exactly how and why this is true, CLICK THIS LINK to listen to today’s podcast.

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PODCAST: HOLLYWOOD PLANS CHARACTER ASSASSINATION OF MARGARET THATCHER

2010-07-19T07:54:00.000-07:00

It shouldn’t be shocking, but somehow it is.

When you take one of the greatest leaders of the last 100 years and decide to depict her as a dementia-riddled sad old lady who talks to dead relatives, then you have no real intention of making a movie about their life.

Well this is how Hollywood plans to depict Margaret Thatcher. I hope those involved lose a fortune!

To find out exactly what I think, CLICK THIS LINK.

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PODCAST: THE TROUBLE WITH AIRLINES…

2010-07-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

The trouble with airlines today?

They seem to have forgotten just how they remain in business. Take a couple of minutes as I take you on a horror story journey through three different carriers. And I don’t even charge for checked bags!

To listen to today's podcast, CLICK HERE

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PODCAST: BYRD IS DEAD. I’M NOT SHEDDING TEARS FOR A RACIST

2010-06-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

So at 92 years old and 58 years after he first entered the United States Congress, Robert Byrd is finally dead.This former member of the Ku Klux Klan is apparently being deeply missed already. Well not by me.

The length of time he spent in Congress is part of the problem and certainly not something to be admired – especially as Byrd continued with his racist outpourings long after he left the Klan.

If you want the truth and you can stand the truth, then click THIS LINK and listen to my podcast.

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PODCAST: IS CRIST NOW PRO-CHOICE OR JUST PRO-POWER?

2010-06-09T07:59:00.000-07:00

As Florida Governor Charlie Crist Removes the Pro-Life Section of his Campaign Web Site, many are asking if he is finally showing his true left wing credentials. I don’t think so. I don’t think the Governor is left or right; RINO or Reaganite. Crist is simply about power and all that brings to him in terms of his own ego and prestige.

The Governor will certainly use the VETO pen again this week to get rid of a Florida law which would make it mandatory for pregnant women to get an ultra sound in the first trimester, before they would be allowed an abortion. This too is about power.

To hear today's podcast, simply CLICK HERE.

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PODCAST: IT’S A DIRTY JOB, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS TO DO IT!

2010-05-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

So I heard this morning about this small Bank in Chicago that was in trouble.

I thought “here we go again” as I expected yet another Bank to be added to the growing list of failed ones in 2010. But THIS Bank is special. THIS Bank has the ear of the President.

And so on looking a little deeper I discover that not only is it going to be saved, but on top of OUR money will be money provided by a variety of “interesting” first financial responders.

I know it’s Chicago and I know we all just seem to expect things to be dirty, but I am amazed that the MSM continues to ignore things that lead to the White House.

Check out today’s podcast if you want my take and the who’s who in 21st Century bailouts for the President.

To listen simply CLICK THIS LINK.

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PODCAST: SECOND MOSQUE PLANNED FOR 9-11 CRATER LIP – DISGUSTING!

2010-05-17T15:05:00.000-07:00

Not content with one HUGE mosque at the site of 9-11 in New York, now a second set of Muslims is planning a Mosque EVEN CLOSER to the crater lip that still scars that incredible American city.

A scrolling banner on the Mosque’s website reads “Build ‘the House of Allah’ next to the World Trade Center”!

This is of course taking place in the same country whereAmerican kids wearing American flag T-shirts in an American school were kicked out for being – and I quote – INSENSITIVE – because it was Cinco de Mayo.

Two Mosques however, at the site of the biggest attack on American civilians in history perpetrated by Islamic extremeists is not at all “insensitive”.

At least that’s what I’m reading into the silence of the Administration.

Click THIS LINK to hear my podcast on the subject!

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DO NOT LET THIS AMERICA PASS INTO HISTORY

2010-05-14T11:43:00.000-07:00

I just walked outside my front door with my neighbors and watched the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis - the 32nd such launch of this particular space craft. I watched the last launch – Discovery – live from Cocoa Beach – and I find it almost impossible to believe that we are witnessing the end of American manned space flight.

To say we have lost our way would be an understatement in the extreme. It is way more than that.

We have apparently completely forgotten who we are and who we are supposed to be.

Please listen to today’s podcast as we all feel our hearts swell with pride at American innovation, invention and spirit of adventure. I hope we are not witnessing such things passing into history.

The picture is a link from NASA of today’s launch of STS 132

TO HEAR TODAY'S PODCAST CLICK THIS LINK.

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PODCAST: DON'T CELEBRATE THE UK'S NEW 'CONSERVATIVE' PRIME MINISTER

2010-05-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

So the UK has a new Prime Minister in so-called ‘Conservative’ David Cameron (pictured here in a link from The Times with new Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg).

Should we be celebrating this move back to the right in our closest ally? Or should we try and understand that the UK just elected another socialist – albeit less socialist than his predecessor Gordon Brown?

You see the choice facing European countries is always one of degrees of socialism. “Conservative” in the UK does not contain any similarities with “Conservative” here in the United States.

Cameron ran on “hope and change”. He pledged “an army of 5,000 trained community organizers” and after selecting his Cabinet today, his first act has been to leak that he is going to tax the rich.

Get my full take on the subject by listening to today’s Podcast. Simply CLICK THIS LINK

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UK in political turmoil - what does it mean for us?

2010-05-07T08:14:00.000-07:00

So the UK election has ended in a "hung parliament" which simply means no single party gained enough seats to be able to form a Government on its own. The party with the biggest number of seats is the Conservatives, but they will need Liberal Democrat support if they are to successfully form a Government.

What does all of this actually mean? Especially to us here in the United States. Well lets start with the fact that in the UK the electoral choice is one of degrees of socialism with the Conservatives being the least socialistic.

Having said that, let's look at some of these quotes from the man most likely to be Prime Minister - David Cameron. "I'm here because I want to bring change to this country. We can restore hope in our future." The emphasis was mine. Oh and a reminder - that's the CONSERVATIVE! Sound familiar? But wait - there's even more!

Cameron wants to create "an army" of 5,000 "trained community organizers to help people tackle social problems". And just this morning in his public offer to the Liberal Democrats, Cameron said he agreed with them and wanted to make Britain a "low carbon economy" - buying into the Global Warming nonsense that even the population of the UK is increasingly distrusting of.

This is relevant to us, because it is a REAL glimpse of our future. If this country re-elects the President in 2012 then Government run health care will be with us forever. The reason? You can never take back a huge entitlement program because the people start to believe it's "free stuff" and even though that's not true, no politician could be elected on a promise to take back "free stuff".

Even Margaret Thatcher said "The National Health Service is safe in our hands". And if she hadn't of said that, she would never have been the greatest Prime Minister in the UK since Churchill.

Where that ultimately leads is to a selection of political parties that are pretty similar. We have the beginnings of that right now with Progressives like Lindsay Graham and Charlie Crist posing as Conservatives. Even though Crist is no longer running as a Republican, he still wants you to believe he's a Conservative. But he's not. He's a Progressive - just another side of the same coin that would find Hillary Clinton on the flip.

So it will take a couple of days for Britain to announce it's new Prime Minister. In all probability it will be David Cameron from the Conservatives as he has the most votes and the most seats at 306 as I write this. But 306 is 20 short of an overall majority and so he will have to deal.

Don't count current Prime Minister Gordon Brown out just yet. He too has made overtures to the Liberal Democrats, but he would actually need other parties as well to get him past the winners' line.

However this turns out, I predict that there will be another general election in the UK within 12 months. When these type of deals are done, they never last!

As for us - well the "special" relationship that exists between the United States and Great Britain has been under strain since our President took office. This will do nothing to improve it, but ultimately the friendship will be renewed with new leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Images are links from bbc.co.uk

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PODCAST: DANIEL WEBSTER FINALLY AGREES TO RUN AGAINST GRAYSON – ABOUT TIME!

2010-04-22T06:45:00.000-07:00

Daniel Webster will announce today that he is running for the United States Congress in District 8 against controversial first term Democrat, Alan Grayson. This decision has been a long time coming and is in fact a reversal from an announcement he made back in October when he said he would not run.

If you want to know my take on this major political announcement, then click on THIS LINK and listen to today’s podcast.

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THE JOY OF GIVING BACK

2010-04-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

For five years my way of giving back to my community has been to coach High School tennis. I have often said it is the most rewarding three months of my year. My teams have always done well, but this year we have done exceptionally well.

Last week and for the first time since 1999, both the boys and girls Dr Phillips High School teams won the Metro Conference Titles – going through the season unbeaten against Metro competition.

Yesterday we went out for the second day of a two-day tournament and both of my teams won the District Championships as well – something that hasn’t happened since 1997.

The women amassed a huge 19 point total out of a possible 21 and secured the Lines One, Three, Four and both Doubles Lines Championships. These kids have so much heart and work for each other as well. One of my girls has been struggling with a knee injury all year. Despite that she was the one who played a three hour match and ultimately it was her result that secured the championship.

While the women dominated, the men did something truly remarkable. They didn’t lose a single match over the two days and won all seven Line Championships, returning the maximum score of 21.

Now they head to the Regional Semi Finals, but no matter what happens in those matches, we will be sending four players directly to the State Championships.

I always find it interesting when the President speaks of community service. He always seems to talk about it in a way that suggests people will be compelled to do it and punished in some way if they don’t. That is not the REAL America. The REAL America consists of hundreds of thousands of people each day giving back to their community because they want to. Because they know it’s the right thing to do. Because they want to help their fellow citizens. We don’t need to be compelled to do anything – and frankly it would mean less if we were.

If you are looking for a way to give back to your community, I strongly recommend coaching High School sports. It’s hard work; time consuming but as I already said, the most rewarding part of my year each and every year.

GO PANTHERS!

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PODCAST: CRIST SHOULD VETO THE TEACHER MERIT PAY BILL

2010-04-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

I’m sure he’s thinking about it. I’m sure he is not actually thinking about the issue, but more about what effect his signing or vetoing the teacher merit pay bill that is waiting on his desk will have on his chances of being elected the Senator for the State of Florida. Charlie is a serial candidate. He is a political professional and he understands way more than we do what his options are.

But this is about the education of our kids and also about the people who teach them. My take is simple Charlie – and will perhaps shock regular readers and listeners. Veto it! Not because we don’t need to change some things, but because this is a bad Bill. This gives power to the kids and provides fear for the teaching profession.

My regular readers and listeners know that I never just say “don’t” – I always offer up a solution. So click on THIS LINK and you will hear exactly what that solution is. It involves much higher pay for teachers and the ability to get rid of the bad ones.

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PODCAST: OBAMA THE APPEASER

2010-04-06T08:40:00.000-07:00

The President announced the new United States in an interview with the New York Times today. What he said boils down to this. If you are a non nuclear country and abiding by the international non-nuclear proliferation treaty, then you can attack us with little consequence. You can take out half the population of the USA and you will only receive a conventional response. Our nukes are off the table.

This act of appeasement is treason.

I really don’t think there is any other word for it. Every President before him has not even discussed when we might offer a nuclear response to an attack. The threat alone has kept us safe. THIS President has said “go right ahead – while we will attack you, we won’t destroy you”. I am genuinely shocked. Every day this President seems to take us somewhere new. Is THIS the change you voted for?

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

If you want to know what I think, then click the link and listen to today’s podcast.

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NOW EASTER SUFFERS A ‘PC’ FATE!

2010-03-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

I’m sure when you see the image above, you immediately think of Spring! Oh and of course “how amazing is that?”. Well if it does make you think of that wonderful time of the year, you should fit right in when you go and visit Davenport, Iowa because the City Administrator just got done removing “Good Friday” from the year and replacing it with “spring holiday”. Doesn’t that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?

PC will kill this nation if we are not careful. I’ve seen it happen in the UK and we are all seeing it happen before our very eyes here. We see it at Christmas and we see it in the lack of competitive sports for our kids. We see it when it comes to black people (truly I don’t have any African American friends – just some black ones) and we see it in positive discrimination in just about every walk of life today. Just click this link to listen to today’s podcast.

Happy Spring Holiday everyone!

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PODCAST: A JOURNEY TO THE FUTURE

2010-03-28T16:32:00.000-07:00

Step into my time machine as we take an-ever-so-short trip to the near future. You see the United Kingdom is about to have a General Election and there are two socialist parties trying to win it. There are the socialists (the Labor Party) who have been in power for the last 13 years and then there are the socialists who call themselves the Conservative Party. Not since Margaret Thatcher has that party – which is expected to win by the way – been even close to a Conservative Party.

Now seems like the perfect opportunity to see what socialists will do with extended periods of power – and it’s very interesting because our current Administration is trying to get to the same place oh so much faster than 13 years.

To sum it up education, immigration, health and defense are all serious issues in the coming ballot. I’ll be saving the worst economy and budget deficit since World War Two for a subsequent podcast. If that all sounds familiar add to it a leader who looks his people in the eye and lies to their faces and you will understand that we are so close to following them it is truly frightening.

To listen to today’s podcast just click this link.

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Simon Conway pens speaking deal with Vegas agency

2010-03-25T19:54:00.000-07:00

I am proud to announce that I have been signed by the Celebrity Speakers and Entertainment Bureau of Las Vegas, NV. I look forward to a number of public speaking engagements now that I am a part of this prestigious agency.

"Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers & Entertainment Bureau is celebrating its 37 year anniversary. We are among the most elite and prestigious speakers bureaus worldwide.

"With three decades of consummate experience, we have booked every Past President of the United States going back to Ronald Reagan. We have booked all 7 of the original astronauts, major sports superstars, megastar celebrities, best selling authors, business experts and international newsmakers," the website reads.

You can follow this link to my page on the agency's website - CLICK HERE and of course should you be part of the organizing committee for an event that might be able to use a public speaker with a unique insight into what is happening to this country right now, then please contact Bruce at 702 367 0331 and tell him you want to book me.

Of course, I now look forward to your support and to seeing you at your event.

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WHAT IS MASSA HIDING?

2010-03-09T09:21:00.000-08:00

Right now he is the darling of the Right.He voted “no” on healthcare; on the President’s budget and promises to do the same on Cap and Tax. But he won’t get the opportunity to do that or to stop the latest attempt at putting some form of Obamacare on the books, because on Monday Rep Eric Massa (D-NY) will no longer be a member of Congress.

I have a problem with this. He is accused of a sexual harassment ethics violation, but if you listen to the story he tells, what took place is really pretty innocuous. The question must then be, why is he resigning now? He claims White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel is forcing him out. Listen to today’s podcast to see what I think. CLICK HERE

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HERE COMES IMMIGRATION AMNESTY!

2010-03-06T12:21:00.000-08:00

You are looking at Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck E Schumer - the authors of yet another attempt by the President to bring in illegal immigration amnesty. If you don't already know which one is the Republican and which one the Democrat, don't sweat it - it truly doesn't make much difference in this instance.

Three times under the previous President, ILLEGAL immigration amnesty was attempted and THREE times it was defeated because this is yet another thing that we - the American people - do not want. But that doesn't seem to matter to people like these two Senators and the President of the United States.

I could bore you with what's in the Bill. I could tell you that the LA Times needs a math lesson - they seem to have lost ten million illegals! - and I could tell you how the President wants the illegals to be "punished" before being placed on a path to citizenship. But I won't because truly none of it matters.

No one can accuse me of being anti-immigration - I am an immigrant who is now a proud American Citizen - but I came in through the front door and went through the seven year process. Do we need immigration reform? YES WE DO! And so below you will find my plan to change the rules.

But just before that, once again WE THE PEOPLE will need to act to make certain this latest attempt at amnesty doesn't make it to the President's desk.

OK - this is what we need to change.

1. We need to seal our borders. We need to know exactly who is crossing them and what business they have in the United States.

2. We need to make it easier for people to come here legally. It shouldn't take seven years and it shouldn't be so tough. A prime example of this would be my eldest daughter who turns 21 in about a month. Once she passes that birthday, she cannot even apply to come here legally simply because her dad is a US citizen. Clearly that is wrong.

3. You have to pass a medical now. It is designed to ensure you don't have a communicable disease. Nothing wrong with that except that my medical was three and a half years after I arrived here. If I had anything I wished to pass on I could have done so thousands of times over.

4. We only ever issue ONE green card. It lasts for ten years and after that, become a Citizen or get out. Right now once you have your Green Card you can live here forever without ever worrying about citizenship. It is a privilege to be here, not a right.

5. The "test" you currently have to pass is literally a joke. You can be asked up to ten questions from a 100 question book and you need to get seven correct - a good solid "D" to be a citizen of the greatest country the world has ever known. That has to stop. And the questions have to mean something! You need have no understanding of the Founding Fathers or exactly why this country even exists to be a citizen right now. That needs to change and the test needs to be in English with no accommodations.

6. If you are a company and get caught hiring illegals, we will fine you three years of the last year's declared profit. We will also throw the owner and the entire Board of Directors in jail for a year.

7. Finally - it is a CRIME to be here illegally. We need to make illegals understand that we will throw them in jail before we deport them if we catch them. And after that we will bill them for their stay behind bars including any medical costs they might have incurred.

So Senator Graham - if you want to push an immigration Bill that deals with all of that, then you will have my support. If you want to keep pushing Amnesty, then I will fight you all the way. And if by some chance you succeed, then I will ask you personally to reimburse me for all my legal and Government fees that I had to pay in order to be here.

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Picture is a link from the LA Times - (Dennis Brack / Bloomberg News)

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PODCAST: JIHADIST EXTREMISTS INFILTRATE UK GOVERNMENT PARTY

2010-03-01T07:39:00.000-08:00

Following a six month investigation by the UK’s Telegraph newspaper and Channel 4 TV network, a serving member of the British Cabinet has claimed that his own political party – the Labor Party – has been infiltrated by extreme Islamic Jihadists who want nothing less than to see the UK and the rest of Europe, suffer under the yoke of Sharia Law.

The Labor Party is the equivalent of our own Democrats and has been in power for some considerable time – first under Tony Blair and more recently lead by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The next five minutes are going to educate you but they will also scare you. And you should be scared because in these matters, where Britain and Europe leads, we follow. I know because I have already lived through where we are headed.

To listen, CLICK HERE

The picture is of British Cabinet Minister for the Environment, Jim Fitzpatrick and is a link from the Sunday Telegraph.

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I’VE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH WHERE WE ARE HEADING

2010-02-24T11:58:00.000-08:00

Britain has the best Government healthcare anywhere in the world. It’s true. I lived with it for the best part of 40 years. The problem however, is that it doesn’t work. Tomorrow the President will sit down and try to con the American people over what he is calling a bipartisan approach to healthcare reform. There is nothing bipartisan about it. His plan has already been published. If the republicans refuse to go along with it, then he will once again declare them the “party of no”.

If you want to know what its like to live with Government healthcare, then you must listen to today’s podcast. Its a no holds barred look at the reality of what we have and what they have. And what they have isn’t pretty.

CLICK HERE to listen to today's podcast.

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SCOTT BROWN: A DONKEY IN ELEPHANT'S CLOTHES?

2010-02-23T10:15:00.000-08:00

Who is Scott Brown? Well we know he’s the new US Senator for Massachusetts. We know he has a couple of daughters who he is apparently trying to find dates for. We know he’s not 100% pro life based on his statements. And now after yesterday, we know he doesn’t particularly like debate and he does like spending OUR MONEY.

On the day after his historic election into what he called “the People’s Seat” and what the rest of us were calling “Ted Kennedy’s seat", I did a pod cast about Scott Brown. I had questions. Quite a few of them actually. I said I would be watching. I have – and so far, I’ve not been impressed. Find out exactly what I think by listening to today’s Podcast. CLICK HERE

Picture is a link from hannity.com

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WHY IS CRIST RUNNING FROM THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA?

2010-02-20T12:05:00.000-08:00

So Charlie Crist has finally agreed to debate Marco Rubio. We should all cheer, right? Well perhaps until you realize that the Governor made a commitment directly with me and live on the air to debate Rubio on 540 WFLA in Orlando.

More importantly, he agreed to take questions directly from the people of Florida – not from the anchors of Meet The Press and Fox News – the two debates he has now agreed to. He also was very specific. The debate had to include Senator Bob Smith and it could not take place prior to or during the Legislative Session here in the State of Florida.

Well now it seems that Smith is no longer a requirement and “what Legislative Session?”. Find out what I think by listening to today’s podcast - http://www.simonconwayradio.com/?p=104

The picture is a link from News 13.

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DID MOSSAD TAKE DOWN HAMAS TERRORIST?

2010-02-16T08:26:00.000-08:00

In a way it doesn't actually matter because the climate of fear created among Islamic terrorists around the world by the killing (I refuse to call it murder or assassination) of Mahmoud-al-Mabhouh (above) is enough to disrupt operations and keep these evil scum bags looking over their shoulders.

Israel quite rightly never comments on whether she did or did not in these circumstances, but the fact remains that this Hamas killer confessed to the kidnap and murder of two Israeli soldiers in 1989 and so it would not be too much of a leap to accept that Mossad tracked him down and made the world a better place by no longer allowing him to breathe the same air that all the rest of us do.

Here of course, we are so 'PC' in our approach that we want to give the 9-11 terrorists a nice comfy trial in New York City - and trust me when I tell you that is still the intention of the President and this Administration.

If we had the opportunity to put a bullet or 50 in bin Laden's head would we do so or would we read him his Miranda rights? The 'PC' brigade have to WAKE UP and smell the cooking Goat. I've said it before but in case anyone missed it...

WE ARE AT WAR

To deny it and to pretend that what these evil, murderous thugs are doing is a 'crime' and needs to be treated that way, completely ignores the reality of what we are facing. And we simply never learn.

Another example of our inability to learn can be heard on my podcast today. You can hear that today and every day at www.SimonConwayRadio.com

The picture above is by Reuters and is a link from Fox News.

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PODCAST: FOUR RIBS SHORT OF A FULL RACK!

2010-02-12T15:25:00.000-08:00

Debra Medina started a firestorm when she said on Glenn Beck’s radio show yesterday that she had not taken a position on whether or not the United States Government was responsible for bringing down the World Trade Center Towers. And then she went out and did some damage control and spin while her supporters told the world she was ambushed. Listen to today’s podcast if you want to know what I think about these nut jobs! Click the title below.

PODCAST: FOUR RIBS SHORT OF A FULL RACK!

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Debra Medina is toast in Texas Gubernatorial race... at least I hope so!

2010-02-11T19:16:00.000-08:00

This is actually very sad. I thought Debra Medina was a REAL candidate for Texas Governor. She seemed to be one of “us”. Certainly not the politician that Rick Perry is. And certainly not suspect in the same way as KBH is.

That was until today. Today she was interviewed by Glenn Beck on his radio show. It was going ok for a while and then Beck said he had received numerous e-mails from people suggesting she was a 9-11 truther.

Having sat in the radio interviewer chair, I can tell you that some questions are asked just to get the answers out of the way. I’m sure Beck was expecting “of course I’m not Glenn. Do you think I’m crazy?” But that’s not what he got at all. Instead she said the following:

MEDINA: I don’t, I don’t have all of the evidence there, Glenn. So I don’t I’m not in a place, I have not been out publicly questioning that. I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There are some very good arguments, and I think the American people have not seen all of the evidence there. So I’ve not taken a position on that.

Are you frickin kidding me? Unfortunately not. Because Glenn was stunned – as well he might be. And so he then asked what she would do if she found out members of her staff were 9-11 truthers. the next answer is even worse!

MEDINA: Well, you know, that’s a federal issue. We’re very focused on issues in Texas, on Texas state government. I’m certainly not into mind control or thought policing people.. . We’ve got a very diverse team in this state and that’s because Texans are standing shoulder to shoulder to support and defend the Constitution. I frankly don’t have time, you know, to go through and do psychological testing on people and know every thought or detail that they have.

She is toast. At least she should be. I want to see her numbers drop all the way back to 4% and below. Because not only did she say all of the above, but then when she realized how damaging it was, she went out and became the politician – doing damage control. Saying she didn’t believe the Government was responsible; saying she wasn’t prepared for the question. EXCUSE ME? You need to prepare for that question? How about “do you think the earth is flat?” do you need to prepare for THAT question too?

I think she’s certifiable! And worse than that, so are numerous of her supporters. I went to her facebook page to see what was going on. And I was STUNNED to find that they were all on board with the whole “we should question our Government (true) thing and therefore 9-11 was down to President Bush! I was even sent a whole bunch of e-mails ‘proving’ it wasn’t Islamic jihadists, but The Good Ole US of A!

So to my assorted Texan friends…. PLEASE do not give this woman ANY credibility by actually voting for her!

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DAILY PODCASTS HAVE BEGUN!

2010-02-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

It's been coming for a while now, and today at last it is ready for release! I'm very proud to announce the birth of my new multi-media website:

SimonConwayRadio.com

It's still new and still very much under construction, but its most certainly ready for my friends and perhaps some of you who don't agree with me - just make sure you do so politely!

In addition to my blogging, you will also be able to find links to reliable news sources, information about me, audio samples of my on-air activities and a daily podcast. Today you can hear all about why I won't miss John Murtha!

In addition to all of that, you will be able to find information about my next on-air dates plus I'm working on providing a streaming link for each of those dates so you only have to go to one place to hear me live on the air. I will also be building an audio archive so if you missed some shows or specific interviews, you will be able to find those as well.

And if all of that isn't enough, then I intend to provide video as well.

Having said that, I will welcome your input into how I can make it better. Don't be shy! I know you're not!

My writing will of course still be found right here on the 540 WFLA website!

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DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE REAL AMERICA?

2010-02-05T15:59:00.000-08:00

I promise this will not be all that political - but I just LOVE the REAL America. The one that sets us apart from everyone else. What I'm about to tell you is a story of incredible entrepreneurship which was followed by an incredible find which in turn was followed by a challenge to kids and then the first of many acts of generosity. This story will end up with you doing the right thing to help provide college scholarships. Trust me - you will not want to let the people who have gone before you, down.

This is a story about America. The America I love. The one that doesn't require Government to tell us what to do; to hold our hand; to get in our way; to provide hand outs and to nanny us. This is the REAL America. I am going to give you the opportunity in a moment to grab yourself a piece of REAL American history, but first I have to start at the beginning (always a good place I feel).

There is this wonderful local company called College Hunks Hauling Junk. Some of you who may be local will perhaps have heard of them and even know the next part of this story. The company was hired to clear out an abandoned storage unit. While doing their job they found a genuine treasure trove of American history in the form of sports memorabilia. The list of items includes autographed basketballs, hockey sticks and baseballs, including ones from Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Mike Schmidt. ALL the items are authenticated.

Now of course the company could have kept all the goodies for themselves and sold them for lots of money. But as I said at the beginning - this is a story of the REAL America. The one where we help our fellow citizens.

Now all these items have been donated to Dr Phillips High School right here in Orlando - the High School where for the fifth year, I am coaching mens and womens tennis (so I am totally biased here!) and DP will be holding a silent auction for the items in a project called "Play it Forward".

Let me give a few words to DP's remarkable Athletics Director, John Magrino: "With the extraordinary help of Lockheed Martin’s Jimmy Stewart, Dr. Phillips High School is auctioning off the items online to fund, hopefully, multiple scholarships for deserving student-athletes of the class of 2010…hence the name, “Play it Forward.” The auction itself will run for two weeks beginning Friday February 12th at 5:00 PM. All items are available for preview right now by going to the auction site at http://silentauction.verticalaps.com/index.asp?auction=9 .

"None of this would be possible without the generosity of DP graduate Bradford MacGregor of College Hunks Hauling Junk, and our own Deb Wasylik, who submitted the required essay to the company when it was searching to donate the items for a worthy cause. We believe this is a most remarkable story and, with your support, we can assist several of our kids that truly need it."

So there you have it. Your chance to own genuine American history AND help some deserving kids get to college in these troubled times. It doesn't get any better than that. Of course, you should also check out College Hunks Hauling Junk. I thank you, in advance, for validating their generosity and helping some remarkable student-athletes attend college. Bid high and bid often my friends!

Picture of Willy Mays is a link from TsnToday.com

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DEMS RUN FOR THE HILLS!

2010-02-05T06:48:00.000-08:00

It is perhaps the best sport on TV at the moment - that will change briefly on Sunday when the Superbowl airs! - and to be honest I can't get enough of it.

There are so many Dems that feel vulnerable right now that not only does this qualify as the best sport on TV, but also the best comedy!

Let's look at some of the goings on. In Missouri there is a Senate candidate who wasted no time at all on Monday, slamming the President's huge budget deficit. Here in Florida, Sen Bill Nelson (you remember him. He told us about his personal conversations with the President and how confident he was that the Prez supported the space program?) - well he is clearly not pleased by Obama's removal of manned space flight and made sure we all knew about it.

Over in Arkansas, Sen. Blanche Lincoln posted the following screaming headline on the campaign website: "Blanche stands up for Arkansas farm families" and the story below the headline went on to blast the President's farm budget and how terrible she thinks it is!

Even Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) sent a message to Obama on Wednesday at a Q&A he held with Senate Dems which simply said "California is hurting". Well maybe California might want to kick out a few of its State Dems and it might discover it will hurt less!

There are even more people in the House feeling the pinch (botox and face lift jokes not intended) as Pelosi tries to keep them all in check.

What's really fun is that the President doesn't get it... or perhaps doesn't care. Maybe he has resigned himself to be a one term President because in that same Q&A he was quoted by the Baltimore Sun as saying: "If anybody's searching for a lesson from Massachusetts, I promise you, the answer is not to do nothing. We've got to finish the job on health care. We've got to finish the job on financial regulatory reform. We've got to finish the job, even though it's hard."

Go for it Mr President. Don't forget about Cap And Tax and illegal immigration amnesty. Go full steam ahead with all these policies that the American people don't want. Do them all at the same time so we can continue to watch your Congressional colleagues throw you under the bus.

Best sport on TV.

No question.

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BIG GOVERNMENT TO BECOME TRULY MASSIVE GOVERNMENT

2010-02-03T06:21:00.000-08:00

Do you remember the good old days when President Clinton announced to the world "the era of big government is over"? Well apparently that was just a temporary "over" because we are about to see the largest ever Federal Government with some 2.15 million employees - and I don't think that includes contractors!

The Obama administration made the announcement and it will mark the first time since Clinton, that the Federal workforce has topped two million.

The numbers - which were contained in the budget released on Monday, do NOT include postal workers (remember that is a "for profit" organization!). The number does however include people hired to oversee outside contracts - again, no word on the number of actual contractors.

So far, The American Federation of Government Employees (that would be the Union) says it is still looking through the budget and did not have a comment. But other people do. The following was in the Washington Times today:

"I'm shocked that the 'tea party' hasn't focused on it yet, and the Obama administration only has a thin sliver of time to deal more directly with it, I believe," said Paul C. Light, who studies the federal bureaucracy as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at New York University. "When you talk about big government, you're talking about a big employer."

Now the thing is, party affiliation has little to do with the nation's general distaste for big government. I cannot imagine that HUGE Government is going to play any better. When - someone please tell me - when will these people STOP playing with our money and STOP trying to control every aspect of our lives? I really want to know.

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The picture of the White House is a link from the National Parks Service.

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UN CLIMATE CLAIMS BASED ON MAGAZINE ARTICLE!

2010-01-31T06:06:00.000-08:00

When Osama Bin Laden announced on Friday that he was essentially swapping Al Qaeda for Al Gore with his latest rant being on Global Warming (despite the pure evil of this man, it is hard not to find that funny!), it would seem that the world (and specifically the US Government) is willing to continue to accept the now disgraced UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's outrageous claims on the "changing planet".

Not only do we know that laws were broken with regards to the destruction of raw data; not only do we know via thousands of e-mails and 72 actual documents that the so-called scientists were having repeated discussions on how to manipulate date specifically to get rid of a warming period in the Middle Ages, but now we find out that the claims regarding the Himalayas were based solely on one student's dissertation and a magazine article!

It will not come as a shock that the Swiss geography student based his dissertation on chats he'd had with mountain guides in the Alps and that the magazine article was anchored in casual observations by its readers!

None of that stopped the IPCC from claiming that ALL the ice would disappear from the world's mountain tops by 2035 as a result of Global Warming! It even went so far as to say that two papers were the source of the information. Now you have to understand that when this panel cites "sources" it is claiming scientific studies!

This revelation by the UK's Sunday Telegraph newspaper, comes hot on the heels of the apology the IPCC issued earlier this month over a claim it had made that the glaciers on the Himalayas were melting! They are not!

Even some of the scientists who still hang on by their fingertips to the notion that we humans are causing the planet to heat up, are embarrassed. The Telegraph spoke to one of them:

Professor Richard Tol, one of the report's authors who is based at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, Ireland, said: "These are essentially a collection of anecdotes.

"Why did they do this? It is quite astounding. Although there have probably been no policy decisions made on the basis of this, it is illustrative of how sloppy Working Group Two (the panel of experts within the IPCC responsible for drawing up this section of the report) has been.

"There is no way current climbers and mountain guides can give anecdotal evidence back to the 1900s, so what they claim is complete nonsense."

But it is important to understand that when the IPCC issues a report every six years, Governments around the world DO INDEED base their policies on it. Cap and Trade (which hopefully is now dead in the water here) is a direct result of the report issued in 2007.

So now we know that Billions of Dollars in taxes and changes in the United States are based on casual conversations between a university student and mountain guides and reader submissions to a magazine!

Very much like Bin Laden and his views on Global Warming (I'm waiting for him to let us know whether he thinks the Big Mac or the Whopper is the better burger!) - this is funny. BUT the seriousness of the consequences should not be underestimated. Perhaps the worst part of this is that our President and Congress continue to talk about the need for us to act now. The UN Secretary General said before the climate conference in Copenhagen that we had - and I'm quoting him directly now - "FOUR MONTHS TO SAVE THE PLANET" (the caps were mine!).

With so much going on it is easy for us to ignore things like this. But we must all understand that if our Government makes law or issues Executive Orders then it is our children and grand children and even their children who will pay the price. They will look back at this time and be embarrassed that their ancestors allowed the "flat earthers" to hijack the world.

We are the guardians of their future, but we MUST be good guards. Don't let them get away with it. Ask questions! Demand answers from your elected representatives. And right here in Florida, don't let them bring in a train we don't want or need on the back of saving the planet.

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The picture is of Everest Base Camp and is a link from bbc.co.uk

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COACH ACCUSED OF CHILD MOLESTATION

2010-01-28T19:20:00.000-08:00

It is certainly true that this is not the usual type of thing I blog about, but there are some details that are coming to light here that if true, are almost as shocking as the alleged molestation itself.

So let's deal with the accusation first. The picture (a link from Orlandosentinel.com) is of German Delatorre, 46, who was arrested earlier this week accused of sexual battery on a teenage boy. As I write this, he is being held at the Orange County Jail facing several charges including sexual battery to a child, lewd/lascivious molestation, lewd/lascivious conduct and a pornography charge, according to the Sentinel.

Police reports indicate that the child informed his father on Tuesday of this week about the alleged sexual battery and the Sentinel is reporting that Delatorre has admitted showing the teenager pornography but claimed that the molestation was "accidental".

Delatorre was a former youth soccer coach and met the child five years ago when he became his coach.

Now we are all outraged that yet another story like this has come to light. We are all disgusted. We all want to make sure this alleged dirt bag never sees freedom again and some of us want to do him physical harm. As a dad I am yet again convinced that I would be doing jail time if this was my kid and I knew the alleged attacker.

As a high school tennis coach I am horrified that the position of trust this "coach" held was abused in this way. Are there more victims out there? Who knows, but none of us would be shocked if there were. If you have ever coached at high school or youth level then you know you build a relationship of trust both with the kids in your care and their parents.

But the story continues and really it is this part of it that I want to deal with. You see over the five years that this has been going on, police reports indicate that the boy spent "weeks at a time" at Delatorre's home. They further inform us that as recently as December, the victim went on a cruise with him.

I have no idea how the alleged actions of this coach continued for so long. And the fact that the parents allowed their child to spend so much one on one time with him is incomprehensible for me. The fact that the parents allowed that closeness to develop over five years leads to just one question. . .

What the hell were they thinking?

You might think me cruel to even bring this up at a time that I'm sure is extremely difficult for them, but how on earth do you allow your teen boy go on a cruise with a grown man? How do you let him stay for "weeks at a time" at his house? How does this not strike you at best as "strange"?

The lesson to me is simple. As parents we are the best protectors of our own children. But we must be vigilant. We must watch. We must recognize "strange" when we see it. And perhaps most importantly of all, we must constantly question and educate our kids.

Finally from me - if this alleged scumbag turns out to be no longer alleged, then we must NEVER let him out. He does not deserve to live in our society. Oh and let's not waste any money while he is in jail on his "rehabilitation". We try him and if we find him guilty then we lock him up and throw away the damn key. And my last word goes to prosecutors. Do not EVER plea bargain with child molesters. NEVER.

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You can read the entire Sentinel story here.

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WHY I WON'T BE WATCHING THE STATE OF THE UNION

2010-01-27T05:52:00.000-08:00

The thing about writing blogs (at least for me) is that you don't always know where they are going to take you. I will get to why I won't be watching the State of the Union t0night in a moment, but I knew I wanted a picture of our glorious leader and so I went to whitehouse.gov to get one. I found this - and the reason I am starting here is the name of the picture - it's "hero". Yes - the url (the picture is a link) ends with the word "hero" - simply amazing!!

So - I won't be watching our hero tonight because frankly I am sick of all of them. I'm sure you all know how to tell if a politician is lying - yes indeed, his/her lips are moving! I am simply sick to death of the whole thing.

When the GOP had control of Congress what did they do? Well they went ahead and spent our money. Lots of it. They didn't secure our borders and they didn't cut taxes enough when it was clear the economy was headed for trouble.

Now we have the Dems in power, well spending is so totally out of control that we are literally printing money and monetizing our own debt to pay for it. Economics at its most basic will tell anyone with two brain cells that this is totally unsustainable. The current debt is a staggering $12.3 TRILLION!

So tonight the President will try to "reconnect" with the middle class. He will tell us that healthcare is still going to happen, but in a way that the people will love. He will tell us of all his great achievements and it wouldn't surprise me one little bit if some Democrat shouts out "You're being economical with the truth" - because of course it is no longer permissible to shout "lies" even when the President is lying!

He will say he is going to freeze spending for the duration of his presidency - something that when George Bush proposed he was accused of being "draconian". Obama will be praised as being innovative. But hang on a minute here. The freeze on spending doesn't mean we are not going to spend any more money. It means we are going to spend THE SAME amount of money is each of his remaining three years. And this from a President who has spent more than the rest of them combined.

There will be timed applause; fake hand shakes, "shout outs" and the obligatory introduction of a REAL hero or two. I simply cannot take it anymore. The lies; the hypocrisy; the spin afterwards; the journalists who simply refuse to do their jobs.

The country belongs to the people.

Many are trying to spin Scott Brown's "Mass-acre" of the Dems in Teddy Kennedy's old seat as a backlash on not getting health care done fast enough. Are we THAT stupid or do they just have so much contempt for us that they THINK we are that stupid?

So tonight I'll watch a couple of things I have on DVR and do some work. I'll talk to some friends on the phone and think about reading tomorrow what I did not see later tonight. If you are watching, then good luck to you. Why don't you e-mail me and tell me I'm wrong.

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THIS IS WHAT WE DO... WE'RE AMERICANS!

2010-01-26T12:05:00.000-08:00

I came across something today that was released just before Thanksgiving. It is of Lt. Col. Oliver North giving a speech to the NRA. It is perhaps one of the most moving tributes to our brave men and women in harms' way that I have ever seen.

I am grateful to one of my listeners on 540 WFLA who - like many others - continues to exchange e-mail with me or to follow me on Facebook. For it is she who sent me this link this morning. She is not looking for praise. She does not wish me to name her. She merely wrote: "This is what we do... we're Americans."

It is interesting because it was an e- mail that she forwarded to me. And on the first forwaders (hopefully that's a word!) had this to say:

"This is a great video, have plenty of Kleenex on hand. This is one of the most moving and enlightening speeches that I have ever seen, give by one our own great Americans, Lt. Col. Oliver North. For those of you who lean a little left, watch the video and then do as you wish with it.

Sincerely,

Don Wiley
Former Marine Fighter Pilot

He is not joking. It is indeed one of the most moving speeches about our heroes that I have ever seen. Turn off all distractions while you watch it.

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UNITED STATES MARINES END IRAQ ROLE

2010-01-23T06:05:00.000-08:00

Today the United States Marines ended its role in Iraq. This marks the end of this particular mission which included years of exemplary service to our nation; to the people of Iraq who did not know what "freedom" meant until they met the Marines and of course, to us.

The Marines handed over their role to the US Army today in a ceremony at Ramadi where some of the worst fighting took place. Ramadi will forever be remembered by me because of what it means to a man - a true national hero - who became my friend over the last few years. He is Master Sergeant of Marines, William "Spanky" Gibson.

In early 2006, Spanky was on foot patrol in Ramadi when a sniper took out his knee. That ultimately cost Spanky his leg and he later became the first ever member of any branch of our military to return to a combat zone having had an above the knee amputation. You can see Spanky at the top of this blog saluting the Stars and Stripes. You can also see he has one leg.

And I can never talk about Spanky without talking about another hero. My friend is alive today because of cover fire provided by a Navy Seal - Michael Monsoor. Just six months later, Monsoor was dead in an act of bravery and heroism that few of us mere mortals can comprehend. The following is an excerpt from NavySeals.com and is the report of the death of Monsoor who was just 25 years old.

“A couple of hours later, an insurgency fighter closed on the overwatch position and threw a fragment grenade into the overwatch position which hit Monsoor in the chest before falling in front of him. Monsoor yelled, “Grenade!” and dropped on top of the grenade prior to it exploding. Monsoor’s body shielded the others from the brunt of the fragmentation blast and two other SEALs were only wounded by the remaining blast.”

“One of the key aspects of this incident was the way the overwatch position was structured. There was only one access point for entry or exit and Monsoor was the only one who could have saved himself from harm. Instead, knowing what the outcome would be, he fell on the grenade to save the others from harm. Monsoor and the two injured were evacuated to the combat outpost battalion aid station where Monsoor died approximately 30 minutes after the incident from injuries sustained by the grenade blast.”

So you see Ramadi is quite significant. There is a lot I could tell you about my friend Spanky. I could tell you about his recovery. I could tell you that he swam the Escape from Alcatraz race. Or his plans to solo swim the English Channel. But what I really want to tell you about is how Spanky chose to honor me.

You see I first heard about him around two years ago. And I arranged for him to be my guest on my weekend radio show. It was after that appearance which was live from Camp Fallujah in Iraq that he became my friend. And just before he returned home, he asked me for my address - "I want to send you something".

Without hesitation I of course gave him my address. And about three weeks later a box arrived through the mail. I opened it and to say I was floored would be an understatement. You see Spanky had sent me the flag you see him saluting in the picture at the top. And along with the flag came the certificate underneath it. I STILL simply cannot believe this national hero chose to honor me in this way. Every single day he risks his life for OUR FREEDOM and the freedom of the Iraqi people. Every day. And he chose to honor me. All I have done is run my mouth.

I wrote about it at the time and Spanky wrote a comment on that blog back then. I said that he understands his mission way better than any of his detractors. Just read these words.

"Its a sincere honor to serve each of you and our great country. I joined the Marine Corps 19 years ago with no other desire than to serve. I always accept the responsibilities of the job so, my injury does not cause me regret or hatred. I still have a life as a Marine and a long life to enjoy and I will live it to the fullest. I have the support of so many of you and my beautiful family. Please know that all we sacrifice here is for a higher good and we do not regret the multiple deployments to get the job done. Most of us realize when we join that life in the Corps could be a long battle. We swear on an oath to support and defend. We protect all those who can not protect themselves and provide them opportunities that might otherwise be impossible. And we do it for a thank you! We do not care of the books and journals which might hold our name. We only care of the Marine Corps tradition and not failing it or you in anyway. As you honor me and my fellow service members we also honor you. So, I say "Thank You" and "Its my honor", because this is the life I chose to live. I love each and everyday of it. I often allow my injury to guide me closer to the media to voice some opinion of what truly happens here in Iraq. Its interesting how falsehoods can outweigh truth so easily in the public eye and I vow to do my part in getting the truth up front. Semper Fidelis"

Those words still bring chills to me. I did make Spanky a promise however. I told him that I would box frame the flag and the certificate and it would be on a stand and the very first thing anyone would see when entering my home. I have kept that promise. If my house was ever to burn down, once I had made sure my kids and dog were out safely, this is the one thing I would try and save. It is my family's most prized possession and I will always be grateful to my friend for honoring me.

So as you think of the Marines leaving Iraq today, think of men and women like Spanky. Think of the sacrifices they have made so that you and I can live in freedom and argue over whether or not we should even be there. And perhaps think of the words on the certificate above. Not the ones about me, but the ones about the people of Iraq.

Semper Fidelis

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SAY IT LOUD AND SAY IT PROUD. THE ELITE THINKS YOU'RE STUPID!

2010-01-22T06:05:00.000-08:00

Yes folks. The Elite simply don't think you are smart enough to understand.
It is actually funny when you realize just how upside down that is. The lesson they are apparently taking home from what took place in Massachusetts on Tuesday night is not that they are out of touch. It's not that they are spending WAY too much money. It's not that they are taxing too heavily. It's not that they are attacking the creators of wealth.
No. It's none of that. The problem is you and me. We are dumb.
Now before my socialistic friends jump all over me, this is not me trying to read between the lines. Not a bit of it. These are ACTUAL WORDS from one of the self-proclaimed elite who is of course way better, more important and of course smarter than you and me.
Have I teased you enough? You sure?
You see today "Di-Fi" - which is how I refer to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif), called time of death on two key components of the elite's agenda - health care and global warming which she still insists on calling "climate-change". SIDE BAR. The Climate has ALWAYS changed dummy! Have someone give you some ice core readings over the last five thousand years!
Anyway, Di-Fi had this to say about YOU, you stupid dumb idiot (my words): "I think we do go slow on health care. People do not understand it. It is so big it's beyond their comprehension. And if you don't understand it and somebody tells you it does this or it does that, you tend to believe it, even though it isn't true. It's hard to debunk all of the myths out there."
Let me give you that again:
"People do not understand it. It is so big it's beyond their comprehension."
You got it now? You don't like health care because you are too dumb to comprehend it!
Hopefully Di-Fi will be able to comprehend the pink slip we are about to deliver to her and her elitist buddies in DC.
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THE OBAMA EFFECT HEADS TO NEVADA!

2010-01-21T06:18:00.000-08:00

Something very interesting is going on with regards to the President. It would seem that very much like "The Gore Effect" which produces record cold temperatures when the former Vice-President plans to speak at a Global Warming event (you can Google it if you don't believe me), "The Obama Effect" seems almost guaranteed to make Democrats lose seats.

While he was still believing his own press, the President made trips to New Jersey and Virginia to help the Dems "win" those safe Governorships. Well that didn't work out too well now did it?

Next he went to Mass where he delivered an excellent (really - it was) speech in support of Coakley, health care and Ted Kennedy. We all saw what happened to that on Tuesday night.

Now today comes word that the President is heading to Nevada to stump for his Senate buddy, Harry Reid. You remember Harry, right?

He was the one who said of Candidate Obama that he could be successful because he had a light skin and didn't speak with a negro dialect unless he wanted to. Yeah - THAT guy!

Anyway, it would seem that Harry is in trouble when it comes to re-election to the United States Senate (something about not listening to the people has lead to a 30 point poll deficit, but Harry likes deficits. Well he likes the American people to have them for sure).

So the solution? Bring in the President. And Harry - I hope it is just as successful for you as it was for the others (some data is suggesting that the size of each swing was -3% AFTER the President had stumped).

As for you Mr President - if there's anything I can do to help you get to all these tight races, then please let me know.

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Picture by AP is a link from the WSJ

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WILL THEY STEAL THE SEAT FROM SCOTT BROWN?

2010-01-19T05:55:00.000-08:00

This is one of the most powerful videos I've seen in a long time. America has been rising and it will really start tonight if the socialists don't find a way to stuff ballot boxes and steal the election from Scott Brown. One poll has him nine points up this morning!

If Brown manages to gain Teddy Kennedy's old seat, the message it will send to DC will be incredibly powerful. Frankly it doesn't matter with regards to healthcare as has been said over and over, because I simply think they will find a way NOT to seat him before a vote.

But what it WILL do is send a loud and unmistakable message to the Dems in DC that this is OUR country and not theirs. We The People get to decide who stays in power and who does not. Hopefully it will get them to listen more and speak less. We have two ears and one mouth for a reason!

CONTINUE TO STAND UP AMERICA!

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WHO ARE WE BECOMING?

2010-01-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

This is my daughter's car. Like all decent parents, I think I have a good kid. Unlike some, I have the evidence to back that up. She's in college; in the honors program there; made straight A's in her first semester; was a sophomore by the end of that first semester; received a couple of academic scholarships and most important of all, doesn't give me too many sleepless nights.

This weekend she came back from college to take part in the tennis fundraising tournament I had organized for her high school. After that was over she was to spend the evening with a friend who was celebrating her birthday.

My daughter did indeed do that and then left the gathering only to receive a very late call from her friend that the boyfriend was getting violent. My daughter went back to her friend's house to protect her. What you see above is what she woke up to on Sunday morning.

This took place in a nice quiet, gated community in the Orlando area. This is who we've become. Have I received a phone call from the other parent? No. Has the kid that almost certainly did this stood up and taken responsibility? No. Has he even said "I didn't do it but I know who did and it will not cost you anything"? No again. Has he even said sorry to my daughter that it happened at all? Again, NO.

Do I blame him? Not really. This always comes from the parents. I know who my kid is. I know what she's capable of even at 19 years old and I know I wouldn't allow some other parent to become a financial victim of some stupidity that she may have done while not thinking.

But that's not who we are anymore... apparently. Personal responsibility is not something anyone even knows about.

DISGUSTING!

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AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS

2010-01-16T18:49:00.000-08:00

I did think a while before deciding to put any politics into what I'm about to say, but I simply can't get the thought out of my head. You see we don't need Government to sort out our lives. We don't need their hand outs (our money of course); we don't need them MAKING us buy something we choose not to buy; we most certainly don't need Government running our Doctors and hospitals. We also don't need Government when it comes to good acts.

We The People understand our responsibilities to our fellow Americans and also to the people of the world. We The People most certainly should NOT send Haiti donations to the White House when there are many wonderful organisations who do a fantastic job in responding to disasters. That was the point Rush was making last week, but of course he was castigated for it - by some unlikely people as well as the usual suspects.

Anyway, the point of all this is that I have had a wonderful day today and I wanted to share some of it with you. Next week I will start my fifth year coaching High School Tennis. I am the non faculty Head Coach of the Dr Phillips High School Tennis Program (the picture above is of my 2009 team) and on Tuesday we begin our pre-season conditioning.

But today we did something else. Something new. Something that once again proved to me that We The People understand our responsibility to help our fellow Americans.

Today I held the first DP Open Challenge - a pre-season fundraising tournament which raised a tremendous amount of money despite the economy and the demands on everyone's finances.

Not only did some of my returning players and prospective 2010 players turn up, but also Alumni and adults with literally no connection to the program. We raised three times as much as the obligatory car wash and we had a lot of fun doing it. It also energized me and some of those players for the season to come.

THANK YOU to all who attended; to all who took part; to all who donated (including some from these pages) and to the local businesses who dug deep to provide prizes for our winning adults.

Great things are in store for DP Tennis this year I feel....

GO PANTHERS!

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Mass. to delay seating new Senator - SHOCKED!

2010-01-14T08:12:00.000-08:00

OK - so not actually shocked at all! The thing is that it now looks extremely possible that Mass will elect a Republican Senator next week. That would remove the 60 seats that the Dems hold in the Senate and therefore the filibuster proof majority. So the response was expected, but these people are now so blatant in their corruption and in their holding on to power despite the expressed will of the people, that I am not remotely shocked. The following from Glen Johnson at Breitbart.

"Secretary of State William F Galvin, citing state law, says city and town clerks must wait at least 10 days for absentee ballots to arrive before they certify the results of the Jan. 19 election. They then have five more days to file the returns with his office."

Seems clear enough doesn't it. Until that is you look at what happened in 2007 when the SAME OFFICIAL ignored the provision he just talked about so that his State could gain the required extra House seat to override a Veto by President George W. Bush.

I could rant and rave. I could point out the obvious. But you know the biggest problem here is not the corruption or the fact that these people have literally no shame. No, the biggest problem is the media will give them a pass. Obama will get some kind of healthcare bill which will obviously open the floodgates to the single payer system some time down the road ("it may take ten or 15 years" the President told us) and the fact that the PEOPLE - yes that's YOU AND ME - will forget and move on to something else.

It is hard to keep fighting the good fight when so many just ignore what's going on.

STAND UP AMERICA. . .

...before they take what's left of our country from us.

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WORLD WAR TWO HEROINE DIES AT 100

2010-01-13T06:11:00.000-08:00

Her name was Miep Gies and she lived in Amsterdam. She was an office secretary and she not only defied the Nazis in occupied Holland during the war, but she saved a document that the world would be much poorer without.

She was the woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family for 25 months and in a way, more importantly, she gathered up all of Anne's papers and documents and hid them in a locked drawer waiting for Anne to return from the Concentration Camps after the war.

This incredible woman, who always refused to accept accolades for what she did in the war, died yesterday at 100 years old following a neck injury caused by a fall at her home just before Christmas.

She was the last non Jew to help Anne, her sister and her parents as well as four others who were all hiding in a secret room behind the canal front warehouse. If you ever get the chance, go and visit that house. It is a very moving and emotional experience.

After the home was raided by the Nazis and Frank and her family were taken to the death camps, Gies locked up Anne's papers and most importantly, never read them because she believed the teenager was entitled to her privacy. To understand the significance of that, you have to know that if she HAD read the diary, she would have destroyed it because all the helpers were identified.

Anne Frank's diary was given to her for her 13th birthday and details her life between June 12, 1942 and August 1, 1944. Frank died in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, just 14 days before that camp was liberated.

Gies gave the documents to the only survivor of the Frank family, Anne's father Otto, who published the Diary of Anne Frank in 1947. If you've never read it, then you have no understanding of the history of that period. Go and correct that TODAY.

Gies was honored by so many, including Israel's Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, as well as the German Government and the Dutch Monarchy. But she always pushed away the praise, saying that she merely carried out her human duty.

"This is very unfair. So many others have done the same or even far more dangerous work," she wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press days before her 100th birthday last February.

The world lost one of its best yesterday. We can be comforted in the knowledge that Anne will be able to personally thank her for all she did now.

Picture from AP is a link from FoxNews.com

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GOOGLE MORE ADVANCED THAN US INTELLIGENCE

2010-01-09T07:08:00.000-08:00

The ALLEGED bomber of Northwest 253 pleaded not guilty in a US Criminal Court yesterday through his lawyers as he is facing six charges that could lead to life in prison.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did speak to confirm his name (more on that whole pesky "name" thing in a moment) and the fact that he is 23.

So civilised!

Lawyers in suits; the ALLEGED terrorist in a nice pair of beige pants and yet somehow we managed to mess this up. How could anyone think it was a good idea to charge him as a criminal? To give him the same process as a shoplifter? How could anyone think he would not qualify as "enemy combatant" and take him for military interrogation? How is Janet Nepolitano still in work? I really do feel we have fallen through the looking glass sometimes.

Meanwhile eight pages of the Presidents report on the "incident" have been declassified and if you read through it you will discover that Google apparently has better technology than US Intelligence. Look at this!

Mr. Abdulmutallab possessed a U.S. visa, but this fact was not correlated with the concerns of Mr. Abdulmutallab’s father about Mr. Abdulmutallab’s potential radicalization. A misspelling of Mr. Abdulmutallab’s name initially resulted in the State Department believing he did not have a valid U.S. visa.

First of all, I simply LOVE how we call him "Mr Abdulmutallab". I can't wait to read the one than speaks of "Mr Bin Laden"...

BUT...

REALLY?

We don't have anything in US Intelligence that is equivalent to Google's "Did You Mean?" Ap which picks up typos and bad spellings of words and suggests the correct ones?

AGAIN...
REALLY?

And how comforting is it that we just told the enemy about this lack of technology! Don't you just love that?

Meanwhile if you read that piece from the report again, you will realize that had the State Department or whoever had that Google tool, then they would have realized that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did in fact have a valid US Visa and therefore could have come here perfectly legitimately which is exactly what he did. Once they tied that up with the intelligence we received from HIS DAD, then perhaps we might of actually stopped him getting on the plane.

I'm sure you're resting much easier now.

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I WAS WRONG ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA!

2010-01-05T07:50:00.000-08:00

Yes folks - I'm a convert! President Obama is apparently the greatest President in American history! In less than 12 months since he took office, the President has been dealing with a lot.

First of all there was all that stuff he had to deal with that was left to him by "the other guy". But not to worry - he has that sorted out now. The economy is booming (I've been reading the left wing blogs this morning) and healthcare has magically appeared in the Constitution without an Amendment or even an Executive Order. If you believe one of the Senators, it is now an "inalienable right for every American" How cool is that?

But my conversion really has nothing to do with any of that. You see in under a year, the President has apparently solved Global Warming. I could re-print the stories below, but I thought the links would suffice. (By the way - Orlando will be in the mid-20s tomorrow morning!)

ENJOY AND STAY WARM!

Winter Could Be Worst in 25 Years for USA...

CHILL MAP...

3 Deaths Due To Cold in Memphis...

PAPER: GAS SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT IN UK...

Elderly burn books for warmth?

Vermont sets 'all-time record for one snowstorm'...

Iowa temps 'a solid 30 degrees below normal'...

Seoul buried in heaviest snowfall in 70 years...

Historic ice build-up shuts down NJ nuclear power plant...

Midwest Sees Near-Record Lows, Snow By The Foot...

Miami shivers from coldest weather in decade...

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ISRAELI JETS BOMB GAZA TERROR TUNNELS

2010-01-02T06:15:00.000-08:00

It was around a year ago that Israel invaded Gaza after months of provocation from the Jihadists of Hamas which had been firing rockets into Israeli towns and cities on a daily basis. The point of the attack was to push those launchers back from the border between Israel and Gaza. It was largely successful and despite international criticism from the anti-semetic socialists and communists around the world, Israel quite rightly stayed on task and increased the security of its people.

I remember at the time asking what those on the loony left who criticised Israel thought the United States would have done if rockets had fallen on our northern towns and cities for just two days and the response was an overwhelming "we'd of bombed the crap out of Canada".

Israel is used to receiving such verbal and written attacks when it defends its people and the answer is simple for the Governments of Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and anyone else. Israel will not attack you if you do not attack her. But if you do enough, then Israel will come after you and will destroy you. Kinda sounds like how the United States is SUPPOSED to sound.

The operation of a year ago was largely successful and although there are still rocket and mortar attacks from inside Gaza into Israel, they are sporadic.

But Israel is also pro-active.

LISTEN UP UNITED STATES!

Yesterday Israeli jets attacked and destroyed two tunnels leading from Gaza into Israel which the air force says were going to be used by Islamic Jihadists to enter Israel and to carry out terror strikes. This coming just a few days after a march in Gaza demanding that Israel open its border with the Hamas controlled area so that the people of the area could enter Israel to work and buy stuff. It is almost comical. It would be like having a march here demanding that we open our borders so that members of Al Qieda could come in and go to Macys and Burger King.

In Egypt, the Government also recognizes just how dangerous these people are and in fact the authorities there shut down the march that was to happen on the streets of Cairo. If that isn't enough for you then, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank also cancelled a march that was supposed to take place.

I can tell you this. For REAL peace (you know, normal relations between nations), Israel would give up just about anything in terms of land. A solution for Jerusalem will need to be found, but that aside you are talking about a nation and a people that want nothing more than to live in peace. Israel accepted the original crazy UN proposal the split the country in 1948. The arabs didn't and invaded. Israel won! Israel was invaded on three sides in 1967 and won again. On the holiest day of the jewish year, Israel was invaded once more in 1973 and although that looked bleak for a while, Israel won again.

She will defend her people in the way the United States is supposed to defend us. But she will make real peace if she has a real partner to make peace with.

The problem is you have people who are not only willing to put kids in the front line, but delight in doing so. Who are willing to place rocket launchers in school yards and hospital parking lots. Who are willing to decapitate anyone who isn't a muslim and who want to see the complete destruction of the State of Israel and every Jew pushed into the sea.

My words? NO! It's in THEIR charter. And so until that changes, Israel will continue to do what she needs to do to defend her people and she could care less what the rest of the world thinks.

QUITE RIGHT!

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PRESIDENT GETS AN 'F'

2009-12-30T13:55:00.000-08:00

On a day when the President yet again tried to blame George Bush for his own shortcomings, international criticism of Barack Obama has started to work its way around the world. But before we get to that, let's talk about the President.

Have you noticed that every time something goes wrong it was the other guy's fault? And every time something he perceives to have gone well, he takes the full credit for it? It's an interesting trait in our Commander in Chief.

Today he said that the system that had been in place for years (yep - under George W Bush) - had clearly failed. Now wait just a damn minute Mr President. You've been in office for a year! If the system was so bad, why the heck didn't you change it? It is being run by YOUR people.

Maybe it has been changed by YOUR PEOPLE? Clearly it worked from 2002 to the end of 2008. Perhaps it is YOU? Certainly your Secretary of Homeland Security is an actual 100% certified moron, so perhaps she had something to do with it?

What you said is something like this (and based on my personal experience as a High School Tennis Coach). When I was appointed to be Head Coach of my local High School's tennis team I brought in my own assistants. I introduced a brand new pre season conditioning program. I had my players focus on winning. I had my players support each other and act like a team. I had my players socialize together and brought a team that had literally hated each other the season before I took over (and went 6-7) into a team that loved each other by the end of my first year (which we finished 10-3).

IF HOWEVER, something had gone wrong and I were to take my lead from you Mr President, then I would have been sat down with my Athletics Director and said "Those plays from the old coach really hurt us this year". He'd of fired me - just like we are going to fire you in 2012 and just like we're going to fire your assistants on November 2, 2010!

But back to the international criticism. Today I was reading the Daily Telegraph as I often do and discovered that Toby Harnden had given the President an "F" when it comes to protecting the American people. He wrote:

There is no more solemn duty for an American commander-in-chief than the marshalling of "all elements of American power" - the phrase Obama himself used on Monday - to protect the people of the United States. In that key respect, Obama failed on Christmas Day, just as President George W. Bush failed on September 11th (though he succeeded in the seven years after that).

Yes, the buck stops in the Oval Office. Obama may have rather smugly given himself a "B+" for his 2009 performance but he gets an F for the events that led to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarding a Detroit-bound plane in Amsterdam with a PETN bomb sewn into his underpants. He said today that a "systemic failure has occurred". Well, he's in charge of that system.

My point exactly Toby!

You can read his entire article right here.

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CHRISTMAS DAY TERROR ATTACK! PRESIDENT REMAINS ON VACATION!

2009-12-25T18:07:00.000-08:00

Why is the President still in Hawaii? Where exactly is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano?

Once again, the country is under attack by people who believe the only good American is a dead American.

Once again a Muslim terrorist - one already on the no fly list - has tried to murder thousands of American citizens - this time on Christmas Day no less.

All we are told is that the President has been briefed and the Homeland Security Secretary is monitoring the situation.

Excuse me? Are they frikkin serious? Yes I know it's Christmas. Yes I know they want to spend time with their families, but frankly NO ONE MADE THEM TAKE THE POSITIONS THEY HOLD. The fact is they do hold them and they are not doing their jobs right now.

WE ARE AT WAR!

And the enemy just launched another attack against this country. If you don't know, then briefly the plane which has Delta markings but is listed as Northwest Flight 253, originated in Nigeria and then stopped in Amsterdam before heading to Detroit.

As it was landing, one passenger - 23-year-old Abdul Mudallah (hmm - muslim man in his 20s or 30s- hopefully we didn't profile him), tried to set off an explosive device, but it failed to work. It is not clear if it was the passengers who did subdue him, who prevented the explosion or not.

What is clear is that Mudallah suffered second degree burns. What is clear is that he has strong links to Al Quieda. What is clear is that he IS CURRENTLY on our no fly list.

Where is Janet Napolitano again? Oh yeah - she's been "briefed" and she's "monitoring" the situation. How about you get your ass to the office Janet and start figuring out how a known terrorist ends up on a US Flagged plane heading here on Christmas Day? I guess you're taking your lead from the President!

And there are still people reading this who think we are safer now then when we had George Bush in the White House!

Just a quick reminder. After 9-11 there were NO TERRORIST ATTACKS on US soil for the remainder of his Presidency. In less than a year Obama - who thinks we should talk to the nice terrorists and move them to prisons in mainland communities and try them as regular criminals and actually, don't call them terrorists and don't mention the war on terror!!!ARRRGGHHHHHH!! Yeah - since that guy came into office, we have had TWO ATTACKS in less than 12 months.

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CHARLIE CRIST FINALLY AGREES TO DEBATE RUBIO

2009-12-22T08:54:00.000-08:00

DAILY PATRIOT EXCLUSIVE!

After missing his appointment with me last Friday, Florida Governor, Charlie Crist did show up today for my exclusive interview with him. You can listen to the whole thing RIGHT HERE.

Overall the Governor confirmed that he still thinks he was right to take the stimulus money; tried to take the Conservative ground from his rival, former Florida Speaker Marco Rubio and told us how he was optimistic that SunRail was going to make a profit (I had a laugh over that one!).

But perhaps the biggest surprise is that when I challenged him to debate Rubio on a special show that I will be hosting on 540 WFLA, he agreed to do so. This is the first time that the Governor has agreed to debate his political rival and we will be fixing a date as soon as we get into the New Year.

We clashed over how Government spending can lead to real jobs, Stimulus Two, unemployment (now at 11.5% in Florida - the highest in more than 30 years), free enterprise and particularly SunRail. I specifically asked him (twice!) about who will pay the Bill for SunRail when it's not being subsidised Federally and when it's losing money. The Governor was quite convinced that SunRail (and TriRail) were going to make a profit. "I'm an optimist," he said.

Governor Crist confirmed that he would lead the charge for offshore drilling in Florida as long as it's "far enough, clean enough and safe enough. Its the kind of thing that we have a duty to at least explore," he said.

He did side step my term limits question, saying he would be "open to that" when I asked him if he was willing to limit himself to two terms in the Senate if he were to be elected. He did say that he thought Florida's GOP candidate for Senate WOULD be a Conservative - and he said he was that Conservative. "I've been a Conservative my entire life in the role of Ronald Reagan."

Overall it was a lively interview and I am obviously grateful to the Governor for taking the time out to do it.

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CHARLIE CRIST LIVE - TAKE TWO!!

2009-12-21T10:23:00.001-08:00

Once again I have received confirmation that Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, will be live and exclusive on the 50,000 Watt front porch tomorrow at 8.40am.

I have a lot to ask the Governor and I already have a lot of questions from the audience, but if there is some burning issue that you would like me to put to Charlie Crist, please e-mail me at simontalkshow@gmail.com and I will do my best to get to them all.

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MY PRIVATE CALL WITH THE GOVERNOR

2009-12-18T13:24:00.000-08:00

So I was driving home from the studio today when my cell went off. "Simon Conway" I said as I answered it. "Simon - it's Charlie Crist here".

It would seem there was a bit of a mix up in scheduling so although I have three e-mail confirmations of the Governor appearing on the show AND a call at my home on Thursday night from his Press Secretary, Charlie Crist did not appear today as advertised.

He was extremely apologetic and we are trying to get him back on the schedule for next week.

I am personally grateful to the Governor for taking the time to call me. We will get him on the air and ask him all those questions that my audience e-mailed to me today.

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CHARLIE CRIST EXCLUSIVE!

2009-12-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, will be my guest tomorrow (Friday) as I again fill in for Bud Hedinger on 540 WFLA between 6am and 9am

I have just received written confirmation that Charlie Crist will appear on the 50,000 Watt Front Porch tomorrow. There are no pre-approved questions and no subjects that I have been told not to cover by his office.

We will of course be covering the Senate race as well as other topics. What would you want to ask the Governor? You can e-mail me at simontalkshow@gmail.com and I will do my best to put your question to Governor Crist.

Don't forget - tune in tomorrow (FRIDAY) between 6am and 9am to hear my exclusive interview with Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

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REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

2009-12-16T07:02:00.000-08:00

I know I will!

The system I use to post blogs onto this site doesn't allow me to insert the pictures where I would like to within the text, so just a quick re-cap. The top picture is of course the most famous one of the Alamo. Underneath that is the dedication carved onto the memorial which sits outside the walls.

It reads: In memory of the heroes who sacrificed their lives at The Alamo, March 6 1836, in the defense of Texas. "They chose never to surrender nor retreat; these brave hearts with flag still proudly waving, perished in the flames of immortality that their high sacrifice might lead to the founding of this Texas."

Underneath that we have the flag of Texas, waving proudly on top of an adjacent building and then finally - ME - something I almost never do, but here is a picture of me taken yesterday on this hallowed ground.

I learnt a lot yesterday. I discovered that the Alamo fell on my birthday! No, not in 1836. I'm old, but not quite that old! But the date is my birthday. It was a special and instant connection for me. It was a special day on so many levels. I also discovered that more than 10% of the defenders were in fact English. I truly had no idea. There were some Irish and Scots and even a couple of Germans, but there were a LOT of English. It's kind of funny to think that the people of the US and the UK have fought side by side in the name of freedom for so long - and so soon after that first fight for freedom FROM the British was successfully concluded north of the Texas border.

The Alamo. What do those words conjure up for you? Before yesterday it was about heroism of people who against overwhelming odds, stood and fought. It was courage or stupidity, I was never really sure which. But after yesterday, I gained a new understanding. It was about freedom.

There are few things that I would lay my life down for. My daughters are at the very top of this very short list. Right behind that though, comes freedom. I would fight and die so that others would be able to live in freedom in this greatest of nations. I know that now. I thought that before yesterday, but I know it to be true today.

You see within hours of the Alamo falling, news of this great battle had begun to spread across Texas and men by the hundreds rallied to the rebel cause.

"REMEMBER THE ALAMO" was the battle cry that rang out across the prairies. And it was a shout that made the world shudder.

I knew the battle cry when I was a young boy in England. I didn't know what it meant then and frankly, until yesterday I never truly understood what it meant at all.

What does this have to do with today? Well remarkably we have that same spirit in our fighting men and women. They are all prepared to die in the name of freedom. Remember Mikey Monsoor and William "Spanky" Gibson who I have written about in these pages. They would all defend a weak fortress against ridiculous odds so that you and I were able to continue living in freedom.

The major difference today is that we don't have the leaders we did then. No doubt our President would have felt it better to talk to General Santa Anna even though he had repeatedly displayed he was not worthy of trust. Even though he had repeatedly double crossed us and spoken out of both sides of his mouth. He would not have supplied the additional men requested by the Commander of the Alamo, William B. Travis. He would not be in awe of some of the defenders who laid down their lives that day. Men like Jim Bowie and frontiersman David Crockett. He probably wouldn't have let the siege continue for the 13 days that it did. He would have wanted a cut of date. Any of that sound familiar?

And he would never understand some of the last words I am going to leave you with today - written by Daniel Cloud on the day after Christmas in 1835 while en route to San Antonio and the Alamo.

"If we succeed, the country is ours. It is immense in extent, and fertile in its soil and will amply reward if we toil. If we fail, death in the cause of liberty and humanity is not cause for shuddering. Our rifles are by our side, and choice guns they are. We know what awaits us and we are prepared to meet it."

REMEMBER THE ALAMO Mr President. Freedom and humanity are causes worthy of fighting for. Unfortunately I don't believe that YOU believe either are true. You have paid lip service to your commanders and you have placed American lives in harms way for politics - not for victory. Shame on you sir! Shame on you.

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CHRISTMAS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

2009-12-14T06:29:00.000-08:00

I am grateful to one of my regular e-mailers for the story I am about to tell you, but before I even get there, let me tell you where I am. I am in Texas right now and later on today, I will be going to the Alamo for the first time in my life.

I think the Alamo is one of those touchstones that we all need to visit at least once in our lives. Like Pearl Harbor and Ground Zero, I believe the Alamo will renew my understanding of what it means to be an American. I think of the three places I just mentioned, the Alamo will probably fill me with the spirit of being a Citizen of the greatest country in the history of the planet more than the other two. But, I don't want to pre-judge it. I will certainly be blogging about it tomorrow.

So let's get back to this - and more proof that the America we all love is still out there and has in fact been shaken from a sleep by what is taking place in DC.

Here's what my e-mailer sent me about the pictures I reproduce here: Readers may be interested to know that these wreaths -- some 5,000 -- are donated by the Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, Maine .. The owner, Morrill Worcester, not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well. He's done this since 1992. A wonderful guy. Also, most years, groups of Maine school kids combine an educational trip to DC with this event to help out. Making this even more remarkable is the fact that Harrington is in one the poorest parts of the state.

There are no crowds when this happens. There is no advanced publicity and Mr Worcester has never served in any branch of our military. In 2006, he told the Washington Post: "It's just my way to say thank you and I've got a lot to be thankful for." When he started Worcester Wreaths in 1971, he sold 500 wreaths. This year, that number will top 500,000, mostly to the Maine-based retailer L.L. Bean.

After doing this quietly for a few years, Worcester received an e-mail which contained his story. But before the story and underneath the two pictures I print here were the following words.

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.

Know the line has held, your job is done.

Rest easy, sleep well.

Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

Peace, peace, and farewell...

That e-mail became viral and after everyone had done their fact checking and found it to be true, others started to join in. And now there is a website dedicated to conducting similar ceremonies around the country - http://wreathsacrossamerica.org/ - a web site that coordinates similar rituals at more than 200 military cemeteries around the country.

"The veterans are going to get their due," Worcester told the Washington Post back in '06. "It's going to be quite something."

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I'VE LIVED THROUGH WHERE WE'RE HEADED

2009-12-10T11:25:00.000-08:00

"I'VE LIVED THROUGH WHERE WE'RE HEADED"

You've probably heard me say these words before - especially if you've ever heard me on the radio. The truth is that I fear we Americans are indeed headed for European-style socialism which is something I grew up with and ultimately left behind when I became a proud United States Citizen.

Well this morning I received a reminder from the land of my birth of one of the fundamental differences between the UK and that "give me" mentality and the personal responsibility that marks Americans out as something to be proud of.

The following is an e-mail I received from someone I had not heard from in three years. You will note that there are no questions about me, my health, my family or anything else. I remind you, THREE YEARS have passed since I last heard from this person. I have changed a couple of "British" words for American ones and I have done some currency conversion as well. Apart from that, this is cut and paste including the spelling issues!

Hi Simon

I will come straight to the point- in short I was laid off two weeks ago. This will compromise me severly on the 18th of December, as this has created a cash flow problem. Could please help me out with $5,000.00 via wire transfer. I realise this is unorthodox and totally out of the blue. I have been promised roles ( I am a contractor) and they subsequently will not materalize untill the New Year- by which time I will financially be back on track- so to speak. This is the wire information _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ For me personally ( among many) this year has been a humungous disaster- full of false promises and false starts. In- fact the last time we spoke, I told you I was planning to move over to the States. That is still very much on the cards, it has simply been put on hold. In the mean- time if you could get back to me on this, I would very much appreciate it.

So there you have it - the first communication in three years. The last communication by the way was about his plan to come into the US as a tourist and then not go home. I explained to him that illegal immigration was not something I could condone.

Anyway, I digress. The following is my reply to him. Here's hoping some of the "give me" Liberals are paying attention!

Hi ?????, and nice to hear from you after so long even if your news is not great. I am simply not in a financial position to be able to help, but I also want to point something else out to you. I think you have been living under the yoke of socialism for too long. I have responsibility to my family. My daughters are both at university and my job is to make sure they get out of there without huge debt. So far I am fulfilling my promise.

The thing is, I would quite literally go and flip burgers on the night shift at MacDonald’s to take care of my bills and to support my girls if that is what I had to do. I do understand that personal responsibility is knocked out of you when you have lived with socialism literally since the moment of your birth, but you aspire to be an American. And despite what President Obama would have you believe, this country will not be fundamentally changed by the time he gets his butt kicked out of office in 2012.

If you ever make it here then you will find out very quickly that you have to stand on your own two feet. I know a professional woman who sold dog food on the weekends and also rented out two rooms in her home to total strangers so she could make her mortgage payment. THAT is part of what being an American is all about. It's called personal responsibility. That story repeats itself over and over among REAL Americans.

If that is what you wish to be then I again urge you to come in through the front door and to completely understand the history of this great nation. Until you truly understand what the Founding Fathers intended for America then you have no reason to live here.

Finally, December 18 is more than a week away and it leads me to two questions. Are you not receiving government hand outs? Are they not paying your rent? And more importantly from my perspective, have you not been pounding the streets trying to find work? You say you were laid off two weeks ago – there has to have been hundreds of temporary jobs in all the Malls and high streets of London in the run up to Christmas. Did you even try and find one?

If I was in a position to help you I would do so, but the fact that I am not and the fact that you asked, both have enabled me to try and help you understand the country you wish to live in and be a part of one day. I really hope you find a way through your troubles and I also really hope that if you ever make it here you will become a truly great American.

Best wishes

Simon

It is possible that you think I was wrong in my response and I'd love to hear from you about that. I took it as a teaching moment for someone who has repeatedly told me he wants to be an American. I just wanted him to understand that REAL Americans don't have their hands held out to the Government. REAL Americans take responsibility for their own lives.

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WHERE DO WE EVEN BEGIN?

2009-12-09T07:32:00.000-08:00

It is a rare thing for me to be at a loss for words. It is also rare for me to be indecisive. Today I am a little of both. There is so much stuff out there - yes stuff! - that it is a little hard to know where to begin.

I'd grab the popcorn and a drink and put your feet up as you start to read this. We're going to be here for a while.

We could go with Tiger. Eleven women and counting apparently and insulting e-mails to one of them about his wife. We could talk about Gatorade dropping the Tiger drink and could even ask if he will ever play golf again at a professional level (yes - he will).

We could talk about an apparent deal between Senate Democrats to drop the public option from health care reform to get it passed. Harry Reid looked so miserable last night when he made an announcement of some kind of deal, but then again Harry always looks like he's just been told he has three hours to live so its a little hard to tell.

We could talk about the CONVICTED FELON in the White House (yes, another one!) who is apparently the architect of health care reform. We could ask how all these literal criminals (this one was convicted of a $2.3m bank fraud) are allowed to get close to the President. We could even talk about how one of the President's closest advisers - Axlerod - could even think about saying this Felon's past doesn't make him a bad person!

We could talk about Global Warming and how our media simply refuses to do its job. This is one I will come back to again and again in these pages because it places the future of our country in real and potentially terminal danger. Once the press stops doing its job - either by regulation as in places like Venezuela and Russia - or voluntarily which is what is happening right here, right now, then the most important check on power is removed.

I was extremely proud to tell people I was a journalist when I was a very young man. I was respected because of it. Now I look on these people with disgust. Why do they continue to ignore the conspiracy to change the data to prove man made global warming which simply does not exist? Why? Is it embarrassment because they bought into it so completely, or have they been paid off? I really wonder.

We could talk about the nearly $6 million in stimulus money that was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008. Apparently it went to preserve jobs. THREE JOBS to be precise. No huge outcry about that either.

We could move to Florida and talk about Orlando's commuter rail which was passed by the Florida Legislature today. A Republican Legislature which has produced a Bill for a Republican Governor to sign (and he will) which demands Federal stimulus money for a rail project that NO ONE WILL USE and then when that money dries up, the State will have to fund in order to keep on the tracks because its shortfall in profit terms will also be huge. I repeat, these are REPUBLICANS and frankly their actions today are REPUGNANT!

So I considered all of that before deciding on the most important story of the day. And I take my lead from another Republican. He is in fact Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Now I love Texas, but this guy needs to be thrown out of office. You see with everything facing our nation right now (please note I did not even touch on the economy or the war in Afghanistan, or the President's Nobel prize for peace which was followed by him finally announcing a troop surge, or even the myriad of problems we are facing as a nation), the most important issue according to Joe is whether or not College Football should have playoffs to decide which two teams fight for the National Championship.

Right on Joe! As a friend of mine said this morning over a different subject - ARE YOU ON CRACK? Now my personal preference would indeed be a playoff series, but for Congress to waste time and money on sticking their noses into college football at THIS time in our history, simply defies belief. Not only that, but Barton knows he has ZERO CHANCE of getting the legislation through the House. So why bother?

Is his profile not high enough in his Texas District? Is it even smart when Texas just made it to the National Championship against Alabama on January 7? CAN WE PLEASE HAVE OUR MONEY BACK FOR YOUR SALARY, JOE because you have clearly lost your freakin' mind!

AP reported the following today: At a May hearing, Barton warned college football officials that unless they took action toward a playoff system within two months, Congress would probably move on his bill. It took a little longer, but the timing of this week's vote isn't exactly a coincidence. "Part of it is because BCS is in the news," Barton said. He said he hasn't lobbied subcommittee members much but doesn't think there is much resistance to the idea that there should be a playoff in college football. But there is opposition to the bill. Subcommittee member Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., said he would prefer to see affected parties work out a playoff system themselves rather than have Congress do it.

Maybe I can forgive Joe just a touch, because after all he is merely following in the footsteps of the President - THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! - who spoke very soon after his election in support of playoffs - "I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."

My point exactly - where do we even begin today?

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How many reminders do we need?

2009-12-07T09:31:00.000-08:00

"December 7, 1941. A date that will live in infamy"

Perhaps one of the most famous lines in American history, marking the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese and a date which saw the united States enter World War II.

It is interesting to note that these famous words by President Franklin D. Roosevelt were a last minute change of mind. Originally "infamy" was going to be "world history.

It is also interesting to think about the different America we lived in back then. The "don't mess with us" attitude that meant when we went to war, we did so to kick butt, to score a complete and total victory and to remind the world that we are not a nation to be trifled with.

Can you even in your wildest dreams imagine FDR standing before Congress and saying "we are going to war and we will be bringing the troops home in 18 months". It is such complete nonsense that he might not even have made it out of the building back then.

These days we have a President who thinks that particular military strategy is sound. What happened to us? How did we become this "PC-infested" shadow of THE United States of America?

I thought about not mentioning today's politics as I pay tribute to the men and women of our greatest generation. To the heroes who remain buried on board the USS Arizona (seen above on December 8, 1941), but I somehow think it is not possible to ignore.

Last week I posted a blog all about a 95-year-old Veteran called Harold Estes. Harold lives at the northern end of Pearl Harbor and served this nation for 23 years. Harold had a few things to say to the President which I reproduced. So in the end, I felt if it was important enough for Harold, then it was important enough for me.

Today I honor those who died in the Pearl Harbor attack. I honor those who died in the remaining years of World War Two and I honor those who have ever died defending and protecting our freedom to live in the greatest country the world has ever known.

THANK YOU!

Without you I would certainly not have been born. Without you the lights in Europe and the rest of the world would have gone dark as the planet endured pure satanic evil. Thank you and may God bless all of you.

To The President I have this - in the words of Harold Estes - "SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT".

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NOW NASA ACCUSED IN CLIMATEGATE

2009-12-03T08:01:00.000-08:00

And Boxer calls whistle blower a criminal hacker

The climate hoax continues to go largely unreported by the media in this country, but things are most certainly happening. Now it appears that our very own NASA has been implicated in a conspiracy of truly worldwide proportions.

The Washington Times reported yesterday that a US scholar - Christopher Horner - has given the Space Agency until the end of the year to grant his two year Freedom of Information Act request for research detailing NASA's climate data and to explain why the agency altered it's own numbers. Another one? Altering numbers?

This comes on the back of leaked e-mails and documents by a whistle blower at the UK's Climate Research Unit showed that the University of East Anglia scientists manipulated similar data and has now destroyed the very source material that would prove they did it. That unit's director has now stepped down.

Horner - a fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute - says he suspects NASA's information is "highly damaging".

Meanwhile Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) is so out of touch and so rattled by the exposing of this global hoax, that she is trying to shift focus onto another non-existent thing - a hacker! Now while it is true that the first information to come out about the e-mails did indeed suggest that a hacker had found a way into the University's system, it became clear very quickly - by LAST FRIDAY in fact - that the e-mails and documents had come from a whistle blower - someone who is protected by LAW in both this country and in the UK.

But this did not stop Boxer from saying THIS WEEK perhaps the craziest words on the subject to date: "You call it 'Climategate'; I call it 'E-mail-theft-gate.'"

Thanks Barbara. That kind of thing shows exactly how sharp you are in this regard. But of course, you weren't done. You made yet another attempt to show us that the hacking - which as I've already said DID NOT HAPPEN - is the most serious part of this.

"We may well have a hearing on this, we may not. We may have a briefing for senators, we may not. Part of our looking at this will be looking at a criminal activity which could have well been coordinated. This is a crime," Boxer said.

Yes - it is a crime. You are just picking the wrong one. The crime is the hoax perpetrated on the people of planet earth. The crime is that the United States Senate STILL intends to try and get Cap and Trade passed to save the planet from a problem THAT DOES NOT EXIST!

And so now we have the President about to head out to 'Hoaxenhagen' to both sign away our freedom in a treaty which has a one world government at its core, and to commit us to reducing our emissions so we can bring the planet's temperature down - while screwing the American taxpayer in a way that has never happened in the history of our great nation EVER BEFORE!

One more time - WHERE ARE OUR JOURNALISTS? Parents of college students taking journalism. I'd be checking with your university right about now to make sure you are getting the education for your child that you are paying for. I suspect strongly that you are not.

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HOW DARE YOU MR PRESIDENT?

2009-12-02T11:02:00.001-08:00

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

HOW DARE YOU MR PRESIDENT?

Yes - I'm talking to you. That's still legal in this country for now. HOW DARE YOU? How dare you put one single American life at risk in a war you have no intention of winning? How dare you say in one sentence that it is in our "vital national interest" and in the very next sentence say but we are coming home in 18 months?

You've already told us you have a problem with the word "victory" and so now you are paying lip service to being a war time leader and you are using American lives for your personal politics. I repeat...

How dare you?

Maybe you've heard of one of this nation's greatest ever generals - General Douglas MacArthur - who famously said "In war there is no substitute for victory." Perhaps you feel you know better than him when it comes to military matters? Clearly you think you know better than the very general YOU YOURSELF appointed because you failed to deliver to him what he told you he needed.

But it is MacArthur I keep coming back to who also said "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." Did you ever attend a history class Mr President? Did they teach you these famous and oh so true comments by one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived?

His words should be permanently engraved on the walls of the Oval Office as you decide the fate of our brave men and women who go off to fight for freedom under a Commander in Chief who apparently has no idea what the mission is.

What is the mission Mr President? What is of "vital national interest" that will not be there in 18 months? Do you really believe that the Taliban will be defeated and the terrorist garbage who I refuse to give a name to, be driven from the land or better still, DEAD, when you can't even come up with the troop numbers YOUR GENERAL has begged and pleaded for?

And what happens if in 18 months time (hmmm...there might be a Presidential election underway here at that time, obviously that had NO BEARING whatsoever on your decision) if the Taliban are still there and if the terrorists are still there as well? Will you change your mind or will that be determined by how well you are doing in the polls?

It was perhaps the very worst speech you have ever given. Speaking as a writer it was so clear that there were sections of the speech where the teleprompter told you to "pause for applause" but there was no applause. Just uncomfortable silence.

There were numerous people falling asleep - ASLEEP - because they clearly didn't believe a word you were saying. They were in the presence of the President of the United States - in fact our first ever "rock star" President - and they were falling asleep!

Chris Matthews from your 'State run MSNBC' described your visit to West Point as entering the "enemy camp". Has any President in the history of this great nation been described in that way? When people who get "tingles" running down their legs when they think about you, to describe your visit in that fashion, it is perhaps time for you to wake up and understand the significance of the home you share with your family right now at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

"Vital national interest". Really Mr President? You were asked for 60,000. You were told 40,000 minimum and you gave 30,000 to support this "vital national interest". I am ashamed today. I am ashamed that we have a President who is either so dumb - which by the way I do not believe - or so self absorbed (which I do believe) that he is willing to place American lives on the line for (a) something he doesn't believe in and (b) so he can't be accused in some forthcoming election of being unable to make a decision.

Disgraceful! You clearly don't want victory in Afghanistan and so you MUST do the right thing.

BRING THEM HOME!

I still have hope that you will see the light. I have hope that you understand that this nation was born under the grace of God. I still have hope that you understand that this is still - despite your best efforts - the greatest nation in the history of the planet. I still have hope that you understand there is NO WAR WE CANNOT WIN if the will to win it exists.

If you see that light and understand what office you hold and want to crush the last breath out of every single Taliban and terrorist in Afghanistan, then send 60,000 with a seek and destroy mission. Better still - a seek and turn them into dust mission. Our brave men and women could well be home in 18 months if you chose that route.

Simon L Conway
Still a proud American Citizen

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SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT!

2009-12-01T13:04:00.001-08:00

I am grateful to a very good friend of mine for forwarding this e-mail to me. I saw it about two weeks ago, but at that time I was unable to confirm whether or not it is authentic. I even tried to find the author in Hawaii and have him on our Thanksgiving Show on 540 WFLA.

And then just today I received it on e-mail again. This time when I checked it I was able to come up with the following. The author was featured in Fore 'n Aft Magazine and its publisher confirmed that Harold Estes is both real and wrote the letter. He in fact dictated it to a secretary, but personally signed it.

It speaks for itself and needs to further additions from me apart from to thank Mr Estes for his incredible service to our nation.

Dear President Obama,

My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country.

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes. I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can't figure out what country you are the president of.You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:

"We're no longer a Christian nation"
"America is arrogant"
Your wife even announced to the world. . .
"America is mean-spirited."

Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)

I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House.

After 9/11 you said: "America hasn't lived up to her ideals." Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom.

I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue .

You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more.

You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists.

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out.

The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of. You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.

And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle.

Sincerely,
Harold B. Estes

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CLIMATE HOAX - TEMP DATA DUMPED

2009-11-30T06:49:00.000-08:00

On Friday of last week, I was hosting BHL on 540 WFLA and my guest was one of the world's leading authorities on the planet's climate - Lord Christopher Monckton - who apart from anything else, is the former Science Adviser to Margaret Thatcher's government.

You can listen to that interview by CLICKING HERE.

One of the things we kept returning to was the now proven hoax of the whole Global Warming fiasco - a problem that could easily lead to the biggest tax bill in the planet's history in the form of Cap and Trade, and perhaps more importantly, the president going over to Copenhagen and signing a treaty that would cede United States sovereignty to an unelected world government body.

A whistle blower released more than 1,000 e-mails and more than 70 documents which prove that the data on temperature has been manipulated to prove a lie - that the planet is warming. The reality is that the planet is cooling.

And now today we find that the same scientists who wrote the 70 plus documents and exchanged the 1,000 plus e-mails, destroyed the very source data they say proved their point - making it impossible for anyone to check their so-called work.

The UK's Sunday Times reported the following: SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.

It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years.

The UEA’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) was forced to reveal the loss following requests for the data under Freedom of Information legislation.

The data were gathered from weather stations around the world and then adjusted to take account of variables in the way they were collected. The revised figures were kept, but the originals — stored on paper and magnetic tape — were dumped to save space when the CRU moved to a new building.

Look at this again - "The data were gathered from weather stations around the world and then adjusted . . ." Adjusted? really?

The only truly shocking thing left is that despite the lies; despite the proof of manipulation; despite the fact that those who wish to literally take over the world have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar; despite all of that, the mainstream media continues to ignore what I really think is perhaps the biggest story of the 21st century so far and the President still intends to go to Copenhagen and sign away our freedom.

I was a journalist in various places around the world for a very long time. I am simply left wondering where the journalists are right now? CNN thought the most important story over the weekend after Tiger Woods, was the bad spelling on the menus at the gate crashed White House State Dinner!

Give me a break!!!!!

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THE FIRST RECORDED FAILURE OF SOCIALISM - THE ORIGINAL THANKSGIVING

2009-11-26T08:14:00.000-08:00

By now my regular readers will be aware that I'm a relatively new citizen of the United States (I promise I won't say that after January 1!) and as such I like to investigate the real history of our nation.

So we all know the traditional story of the original Thanksgiving, but it was a bit too perfect for me to accept on face value.

And so I decided to dig a little. And if you are going to really dig into that time, then you have to read the written account by William Bradford - the first Governor of the colony.

You see William wrote a book on the first 30 years of the colony known as "Of Plymouth Plantation". Simplistically the real story is this. Everyone worked the fields and the harvest and everything that was taken was put into a central store and all members of the colony could take what they needed from the store. Not a shock to me that this didn't work. You see what happened was that the lazy realized that they didn't have to do anything. They could sit back and live off the labors of others. And those doing the laboring were not at all happy about it and overall it simply didn't work. There was not enough food to go around. And Bradford realized this too - the slackers wanted to take but not to give. And they system meant they didn't have to.

And so William Bradford as Governor changed things. He gave each family their own piece of land an they could keep everything they needed from that piece of land and then - and only then - if there was anything left over, they could contribute it to a general store (we call this charity today). And once the success had been achieved, the Indians were invited over for some food. So to recap, Socialism failed and people went hungry. Capitalism replaced it and was a huge success. Liberals want to take us back to Socialism! Why is it so hard for the people of this country of all the countries in the world to get it?

What follows are the original words in case you think I'm making this up. The language is a little difficult to get through, but the message is clear. And if we knew this in the 1600s, then when did we forget it?

All this while no supply was heard of, neither knew they when they might expect any. So they began to think how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery. At length, after much debate of things, the Governor (with the advice of the chiefest amongst them) gave way that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves; in all other thing to go on in the general way as before. And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would allege weakness and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.

The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; and that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God. For this community (so far as it was) was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment that would have been to their benefit and comfort. For the young men, that were most able and fit for labor and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men's wives and children without any recompense. The strong, or man of parts, had no more in division of victuals and clothes than he that was weak and not able to do a quarter the other could; this was thought injustice. The aged and graver men to be ranked and equalized in labors and victuals, clothes etc., with the meaner and younger sort, thought it some indignity and disrespect unto them. And for men's wives to be commanded to do service for other men, as dressing their meat, washing their clothes, etc., they deemed it a kind of slavery, neither could many husbands well brook it. Upon the point all being to have alike, and all to do alike, they thought themselves in the like condition, and one as good as another; and so, if it did not cut off those relations that God hath set amongst men, yet it did at least much diminish and take off the mutual respects that should be preserved amongst them. And would have been worse if they had been men of another condition. Let none object this is men's corruption, and nothing to the course itself. I answer, seeing all men have this corruption in them, God in His wisdom saw another course fitter for them.

So with all of this in mind, it just leaves me to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Don't eat too much and please do remember those less fortunate than you.

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MORE DITHERING - NOW UK UPSET

2009-11-25T02:52:00.000-08:00

Britain's Defense Secretary has launched a scathing and unprecedented attack on our President. Normally I would be upset about this and would be telling Bob Ainsworth that it is not smart to attack your closest ally.

But the thing is it is not just the American public that has become at best, uneasy, with the President over Afghanistan. It's not just the troops - exposed by lack of manpower and equipment - who are wondering what their Commander in Chief is up to. Now it's World Leaders who simply cannot understand a President who appoints his own General and then ignores his pleas for more troops over an almost four month period. This would be the same general that the president virtually ignored for months and months.

So we have a war that the President doesn't want to see "victory" in - HIS WORDS - and yet he continues to put our brave men and women in harms' way.

WHY?? EXPLAIN YOURSELF MR PRESIDENT!

And after you've explained yourself and we all understand that "victory" is a dirty word, then BRING THEM HOME!

The feeling of unease is spreading throughout the world. Does this guy (that would be OUR President) have a clue about what he is doing? Our allies have voters too and those voters are uneasy as their own nation's death toll rises. Britain - with some 9,000 troops in country - recently added another 500 in an effort to put pressure on the President.

And now he tells us he's reached a decision. The decision is he is going to make a decision on December 1! Well you get a "Standing O" from me Mr President! That's the kind of decisive leadership we all wanted. SHEESH!

Meanwhile Britain's Defence Secretary, Bob Ainsworth, is speaking of a “period of hiatus” in Washington - and a lack of clear direction - which had made it harder for UK Government ministers to persuade the British public to go on backing the Afghan mission in the face of a rising death toll.

Relations between the two countries are now strained which is actually kind of funny. You see the political power in charge in the UK is the equivalent to the Democrats. The close relationship between President Bush and Prime Minister Blair was extremely close - despite their political differences. Now we have the parties in power in the two countries coming from roughly the same place and we have strained relations with our best friend.

The most important thing here is not the President's inexperience; not his lack of judgement; not even his personal socialist agenda that threatens to take this great nation over the abyss. No the most important thing here are the brave men and women who daily fight for our freedom without anything even close to the full support of their own Commander in Chief.

Shame on you Mr President. Shame on you!

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PALIN CLOSES IN ON OBAMA

2009-11-24T04:58:00.001-08:00

The LA Times is worried! Don't lose any sleep over that, but know it to be true! They've taken a look at the numbers and they don't like what they are seeing. Sarah Palin has silently closed the gap on the President in an imaginary 2012 election. Some polls even have her ahead!

But, this is the LA Times and so obviously it couldn't resist the urge to unleash the attack dogs again. Read this! "Not that it matters politically because obviously she's a female Republican dunce and he's obviously a male Democratic genius".

Now I have to remind you that I was a journalist in the UK. These days I get paid for my opinion and you read my opinion here, but back in the good old newspaper days, NO POLITICIAN knew my politics. The first lesson in the first class in journalism school used to be the Fox News mantra - "fair and balanced". I have no idea what they are teaching in our universities these days that would allow a comment like the one I just reprinted from the LA Times to appear in print. If one of my reporters had done that when I was editing three newspapers, I would have fired them.

Anyway - sidebar over and back to the main story here.

And the main story for me is quite simple. The left simply doesn't understand Sarah Palin or the way she resonates with the people. They have done everything they can think of to destroy this woman and indeed her family, and yet here we are on a nationwide book tour with people standing in line for more than 24 hours just to get 30 seconds with her while she signs the book.

How can this be? The leftist elite tells us she's an idiot. They make fun of her. They try oh so hard to prove she has a bad marriage. That she's a bad mom; that she was a terrible Governor; that she broke the law and on and on and on and on. And yet, the people love her. The left has NO RESPECT for the people, because of course the people are incredibly dumb. The leftist elite knows best what's good for you. You can't possibly know better than them. So how can the dumb American people simply not get it after everything the left has done to take Palin down?

It's real simple - SHE'S ONE OF US!

Not only that, but she communicates with us on an equal footing. She NEVER talks down to us. NEVER assumes she knows better than us. And NEVER tries to find a way around the CONSTITUTION. Wake up lefties! We're coming to take our country back. It starts in less than a year. Tick...tock...tick...tock...tick...tock...

I got side tracked again. The LA Times! They even reported today that the President's numbers are down to 48% while Palin's are up to 47%. It's also early enough in his Presidency for the Times to report the following without having an effect on his chances in 2012. "Although presidential incumbency has hardly kept Obama chained to the Oval Office, he and Joe Biden now own the U.S. economy, where their much-vaunted $787 billion economic stimulus package has so far stimulated unemployment to grow from 8% to more than 10%."

Amazing!

Having said that, the Times is also clearly concerned about the 2010 elections and shot across the President's bow today in an extremely direct way. "Historically, the White House party loses about 17 House seats in a normal midterm election cycle. That wouldn't change control of the House.

George W. Bush's GOP actually gained seats in 2002. Democrat Bill Clinton's first midterm election was a political Katrina, producing the Contract with America and so-called Republican revolution that saw the GOP take control of both houses of Congress after years of minority status.

Much of that turnaround was attributed to Clinton having run in 1992 as a centrist and then immediately pushed a more liberal agenda involving something called healthcare reform.
But that couldn't possibly happen again because of the popularity of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whose current favorable poll ratings are -- let's see here -- OMG, only about half of Palin's."

I repeat.....

Wake up lefties! We're coming to take our country back. It starts in less than a year. Tick...tock...tick...tock...tick...tock...

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SHARE THANKSGIVING WITH THE MILITARY

2009-11-23T09:21:00.000-08:00

I've said it before - Thanksgiving is two words! There is still time to share your Thanksgiving with members of our military who are far from home.

You see at this time of year there are thousands of men and women who serve in our armed services who are hundreds of miles from home and only have what the military are able to dish up.

I did think about this last year too and I called a Vet I know and asked how I could help. And the answer is really simple.

So if you are interested, call the First Sergeant of your nearest military base and let them know that you have two spare seats at your Thanksgiving table available for any serving military. Really that's it. The First Sergeant will find the right two and set the whole thing up.

This is truly a great way to remember that Thanksgiving is indeed two words. This will certainly help you fulfill the giving part and you will find it extremely rewarding. Oh and it works at Christmas too!!

Certainly you might find it a little awkward for a couple of minutes, but once the ice is broken it is indeed extremely rewarding. There is still time to set this up and so I urge you to contact the First Sergeant of your nearest base today.

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GOT $100M? BUY A SENATE VOTE!

2009-11-21T06:49:00.000-08:00

Well at least now we know the price. For around $100m you can buy yourself a vote in the United States Senate. At least that's what Harry Reid spent to secure the vote of moderate democrat Mary Landrieu from Louisiana.

You see Senator Landrieu has not been cooperating with Harry over the health care bill and so Harry added two pages of COMPLETE GARBAGE to the bill to ensure that Mary would come on board.

Interestingly, you have two pages which speak about how help for States recovering from a disaster would be helped. BUT - it only applies to Louisiana.

It actually appears on page 432 of the Bill and speaks of increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.”

It then spends two entire pages telling us how a State would qualify. It's written in a way that it actually could only ever apply to one State and I've already told you which one.

The biggest problem is of course that America will simply sleep through this as it has done through many others. There are increasing numbers of people who are standing up and are demanding their voice be heard. Unfortunately - for now at least - the people in power are ignoring you as they go about the systematic destruction of the United States.

If all that wasn't bad enough, the language is incredible. The following is from ABC News:

SEC. 2006. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT TO FMAP DETERMINATION FOR CERTAIN STATES RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR DISASTER.

Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3) and2001(b)(2), is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘subsection (y)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (y) and (aa)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:‘‘(aa)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2011, the Federal medical assistance percentage for a fiscal year for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State shall be equal to the following:

‘(A) In the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), increased by 50 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5.

‘‘(B) In the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection for the State, increased by 25 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection.

‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State’ means a State that is one ofthe 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the preceding 7 fiscal years, the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and determined as a result of such disaster that every county or parish in the State warrant individual and public assistance or public assistance from the Federal Government under such Act and for which— ‘‘(A) in the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5, by at least 3 percentage points; and ‘‘(B) in the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection by at least 3 percentage points.

‘‘(3) The Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State under paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of this title (other than with respect to disproportionate share hospital payments described in section 1923 and payments under this title that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in 2105(b)) and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (other than under part E of title IV) or payments under title XXI.’’.

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WELCOME TO OUR FUTURE

2009-11-18T07:36:00.000-08:00

"Simon Conway - the human time machine. We're headed to a place I've already lived through!" If you've listened to me on the air a few times, then you will probably have heard me say that. But what I'm about to tell you, I have not lived through. It does however, come from a place which tends to be a future predictor of what is coming here.

Just like here, the UK has an Environmental Agency. Just like here, the agency is completely out of step with the beliefs and the will of the people.

Right now just two in five of the UK population believes that global warming is caused by human activity.

Despite that, the serious proposal on the table right now is that everyone in the UK should have an annual carbon RATION. If you overspend on it, then you will be fined. If you underspend on it, then you can sell your unused carbon to someone who uses more!

Everyone would be issued with a unique number - "I am not a number - I am a MAN" (if you can tell me where that comes from you win the prize of being really hip!) - and you would have to give your number (the Nazis did something with numbers too - I forget right now) when you were buying stuff that contributes to your carbon footprint. Now of course, this is Government so although it may start off as gas and airline tickets, you know they will see the tax potential and eventually include candy because of course candy takes energy to make and therefore increases your footprint! ARRRGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Somebody shoot me now!!

The proposal further suggests that just like with your bank account, you are going to be sent a monthly statement (errr...did anyone figure out that takes trees and stamps and gas to deliver?) to "help people keep track of what they are using" according the the UK Telegraph. And here's the kicker. If your account hits zero, then you have to pay to get more credits.

But perhaps the most scary and Orwellian stuff is this. And of course, there has to be a bad guy right? Listen to this OFFICIAL Government quote.

A spokesman for the Agency said the following: "A lot of people who cycle will get money back. It will probably only be bankers and those with extravagant lifestyles who would lose out."

The scheme is part of - wait for it - Britain's "Green New Deal" - again, I am not joking.

It does have it's critics of course. One of those evil Bankers weighed in with the following. She is an economist with the Arbuthnot Banking Group and she told the UK Daily Mail: "This is all about control of the individual and you begin to wonder whether this is what the green agenda has always been about. It is Orwellian. This will be an enormous tax on business."

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AMAZING WEEKEND!

2009-11-16T06:48:00.001-08:00

Imagine you are 22 years old. You're still a kid really in so many ways. And then your country sends you off to a foreign land to fight for the freedom of those people and the people "back home". Imagine then that you are caught up in a fire fight and then get shot in the head.

Perhaps now you are imagining why the headline on this story is "amazing weekend".

Well you see I was at an event on Friday and Saturday. At the same hotel there was also a military banquet. I ended up with sore hands thanking everyone I met for their service to our great nation.

Late in the evening, I stepped outside for some air and there was this young man. He looked extremely young, but was in fact 25. That says more about me than it does about him! He was a sergeant in the Army and was in full dress uniform.

We got to chatting when I noticed an almost perfectly round - about the size of a nickel - circle of baldness towards the back of his head. I asked him if his buddies had played a shaving prank on him. "no", he said. "I was shot in the head" as he proceeded to show me the entry wound on the left side of his temple. The exit wound was the patch of baldness.

He told me he had undergone brain surgery and then I noticed the purple heart bar on his uniform standing proudly at the top of a whole host of other medals.

In some respects he is a lucky guy. He is perfectly normal with no impairment of his functions following his brain surgery. He has in fact been back to combat since his recovery and would go again.

He told me a lot of things in the hour we spent together. He told me about military members of other countries and how they joke with each other all the time "our Army is better than your army". And he also told me how all that stops and how they all come together and respect the traditions of either the religion or the country involved during what they call "angel flights". These are the flights that bring the bodies of our dead heroes back home.

We also talked about Fort Hood. I could see how angry he was about that. I asked him what made him the most angry about it and he said "the excuses". Take note apologists!

It was perhaps one of the most amazing hours of my life. I was honored to be in the presence of this young man and I hope he and I stay in touch. I was also struck by the sense of THIS is exactly the kind of person we want on the wall. Each generation produces more of them and the sacrifice they have all made for our freedom should never go without comment.

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HAVE THE KLEENEX READY

2009-11-13T02:47:00.000-08:00

I can barely contain myself. Barely hold back the tears. You see after those poor Acorn people lost funding - millions of Dollars in funding - someone decided that Congress had breached the Constitution!

Yesterday the Community Organisers - made famous on all kinds of levels - filed suit against the Federal Government. It claimed that the revealing "prostitute" videos where a young couple posing as a Hooker and her pimp were offered all kinds of illegal advice on how to obtain housing and a loan - was used by Congress to "convict" the group and therefore take away its funding.

Anyone need a Kleenex yet? No? Me neither.

Thursday's lawsuit claims that Congress violated the right to due process enshrined in the Fifth Amendment -- declaring the group guilty of a crime and punishing its members without completing an investigation within the Department of Justice or the IRS. "It's not the job of Congress to be the judge, jury, and executioner," said Jules Lobel, an attorney representing the Center for Constitutional Rights. That from Fox News.

So now I guess more Federal tax Dollars will be spent on this group - this time fighting them over OUR money.

We all of course hope that the Federal Government puts up a strong defense. It's just hard to sleep knowing that Acorn is feeling the pinch. Maybe I should send them something? Some "change" perhaps? Maybe that will lead to "hope" for them?

Let me know what YOU think!

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REMEMBER!

2009-11-11T05:04:00.000-08:00

As a fairly new citizen of this country I am perhaps more aware than some lucky enough to have been born here of the value of being here. I chose to be here and to embrace my new land and its culture. Our way of life; our democracy; our ability to know right from wrong and to stand up for justice and our freedoms which so many of us take for granted.

As we approach the Holidays we have Veterans Day. So many don't even know why it is today. Why November 11? It is sad that our schools don't do a good enough job to make sure each new generation understands the significance. Our citizens need to understand that without the sacrifice of so many who have laid down their lives to protect our freedoms, we would not be enjoying the coming Holiday season.

The greatest generation of both this country and indeed the United Kingdom where I was born – was undoubtedly the generation that fought for us in World War II. All they knew was that without victory there would be tyranny. Without victory there would be evil. Without victory there would be no freedom.

The victory was a victory for freedom, but it was a victory won at an enormous cost in lives. That generation understood way better than we do now that however much you may hate violence and war – and let’s be honest, only the truly insane love either one of them – sometimes wars have to be fought and evil has to be stamped out to preserve the greater good.

The victory allowed us to continue with our way of life. To attend schools and colleges; churches, synagogues and mosques. It allowed us to continue to hand power from one President to another no matter what the political party without violence. One Congress to another in a similar way as the politicians bow to the will of the people. The victory allowed us to raise our families and build our communities and chase our dreams and even to reach for the stars – and get there.

You who laid down your lives in the name of freedom have given us all of this and so much more. You bought these things for us with your blood and most of us don’t think about you when we are at the beach or on the lake enjoying the freedom to enjoy which you bought for us with your blood. We think about the laughter of our children and not your cries of pain. We look in wonder as the sunlight sparkles across the water and we certainly do not see your limbs spread across a battlefield.

We rarely, if ever, pause and think about the great American Sacrifice. It was Lincoln who referred to it as “The last full measure of devotion”.

September of 2001 taught us that freedom has a price as the descendants of the evil of World War Two brought death and destruction to our land. And just last week we saw what happened at Fort Hood - another terrorist attack. 2001 was perhaps a wake up call and we did wake up.

Will last week wake us up or will we be falling asleep all over again? Even after Fort Hood we have some who are telling us to feel sympathy for the shooter.

The parallels between Europe of the 1930s and the World of right now is too close for my personal comfort at least. And so today more young men and women are paying the price of freedom on our behalf. I wish they had the full backing of the White House - and frankly if that is not there, then bring these heroes home.

I have already mentioned Lincoln in this short piece and as I think about how to pay tribute to those who gave everything for this country, I am drawn once again to his words – words written enroute to a Cemetery filled with thousands of graves in a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg.

He said: "We cannot dedicate. . .we cannot consecrate. . . we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men - living and dead - who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. . . . "

"It is for us - the living - to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. . .that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. . . that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. . . and that government of the people. . .by the people. . .for the people. . . shall not perish from the earth."

This was Lincoln’s challenge in 1863 and it remains ours today. I for one know for sure that it is because of their sacrifice that we are still able to shout out...

Let Freedom Ring!

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MORE MISTAKES REVEALED ON HASAN INVESTIGATION

2009-11-10T05:32:00.000-08:00

As each day passes we learn more about the mistakes made in the investigation of the alleged Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan. I have already removed his rank as I think it is an insult to those who have served us with honor.

It now appears that as early as 2007, red flags were being waved in our faces - and once again (as mentioned in this blog a few days ago) - the "PC mentality" that exists in all branches of our military, seems to have been in the way of someone - ANYONE - doing the right thing with this man.

Back in 2007 Hasan did a powerpoint presentation. According to the Washington Post, this is not what was supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a presentation on a medical topic during his senior year as a psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Medical Center.

Instead, he was put in front of senior military personnel with a 50 slide presentation, and "warned" the officers of "adverse events" if Muslim members of our military were not allowed to be excused war service in the theatres of Iraq and Afghanistan. He wanted them to be classed as "conscientious objectors".

That should have been enough frankly, but there is of course a lot more.

Fox News today on the switch of presentations: Instead, Hasan lectured his supervisors and two dozen mental health staff members on Islam, homicide bombings and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting against other Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. A source who attended the presentation told the paper, "It was really strange. The senior doctors looked really upset."

And this quote from the Post article should have sent shivers down everyone's spine. "It's getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims."

Look at this - morally justify - INCREDIBLE!!

In a slide entitled "Comments", Hasan's last bullet point is truly chilling: "We love death more then [sic] you love life!"

Fox News again: A classmate of Hasan, meanwhile, told FoxNews.com that the warning signs were all there — the justification of homicide bombings; spewing anti-American hatred; efforts to reach out to Al Qaeda — but that the military treated Hasan with kid gloves, even after giving him a poor performance review.

In my mind, the classmate doesn't get a pass either. He should have reported his colleague.

Lt. Col. Val Finnell, Hasan's classmate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., recalled one time when his classmates were giving presentations in an environmental health class on topics like soil and water contamination. "When it was Hasan's turn, he said, he got up in front of the class and began to speak about his chosen topic, "Is the War on Terror a war on Islam?" Finnell says he raised his hand. "I asked the professor, "What does this topic have to do with environmental health? When he was challenged on his views, Hasan became visibly upset. He became sweaty, he was emotional." - Fox News again.

I understand he was a student. I understand he is in the military, but frankly with what was at stake, he should have kept on shouting until somebody listened - especially when you consider the next comments.

Finnell recalled Hasan telling his classmates and professors, "I'm a Muslim first and I hold the Shariah, the Islamic Law, before the United States Constitution."

Take that in again...

"I'm a Muslim first and I hold the Shariah, the Islamic Law, before the United States Constitution."

It is hard for us to believe that someone who has said those words is allowed to continue to be in the service.

Investigations continue. We know that the Administration doesn't want this to be classed as terrorism. We all know what it was.

SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR

QUESTION WITH BOLDNESS

STAND UP AMERICA

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