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Friday, October 30, 2009

Former NC Governor Mike Easley Campaign Fined $100,000,
NC Democratic Party Fined $9,000 For its Part

BREAKING NEWS: Raleigh, NC--Former North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's Campaign has been ordered to pay $60,000 in civil penalties and $40,000 to pay for the investigation into it's violations of Campaign Law in North Carolina. The Democratic Party of North Carolina has been ordered to pay $9,000 in civil penalties for it's part in funneling donations to the Easley Campaign in violation of North Carolina Election Law. Here is the audio of...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Watch Governor Easley Hearing Live
NC State Board of Elections

This stream is courtesy of the Raleigh News & Observe...

Northeast Intelligence Report:
US Mosques & Islamic Centers serving as paramilitary training centers for jihad

29 October 2009: A 45 page federal complaint unsealed Wednesday (PDF copy here), the raid on a Detroit warehouse and Detroit area residences, the shootout between mosque leader Luqman Ameen ABDULLAH, a/k/a Christopher THOMAS and law enforcement officials should be sufficient verification of the validity of our previously published investigative and surveillance findings that Islamic terror training is taking place on America...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

WNC News LinkFest
October 28, 2009

Buncombe County Asheville Journalism - Who are you sleeping with? Will you awake? Journalism in Asheville North Carolina could, at many times, be very biased. When an insider or outsider is looking for information; they do not want to listen to reporters only tooting the horn of businesses that advertise with their publication or their friendly contacts. I believe this issue is being dealt with in the Mommy Blogging world as well....

JPA Live Radio for October 28, 2009

Joshua P. Allem is one of my favorite hosts on Blog Talk Radio (there are soooo many of them that are fun to listen to.... The show starts at 4pm EDT and runs for 2 hours. The same player will also play the podcast after the show is over, so bookmark this post and return later if you can't stay for the whole show! More Josh Goodness Josh has a blog, and you can visit his Blog Talk Radio page to listen to, or download past show...

Ares I-X Successfully Launches!

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 23 times the power output of the Hoover Dam, the Constellation Program's Ares I-X test rocket zooms off Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket produces 2.96 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and reaches a speed of 100 mph in eight seconds. Liftoff of the 6-minute flight test was at 11:30 a.m. EDT Oct. 28. This was the first launch from Kennedy's pads of a vehicle other than...

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Watch Ares I-X Test Launch Live
(Atmospheric Test Flight)
Attempt #2

I couldn't resist altering the image... **update 6.28am 10-28-2009** Yesterday's attempt didn't go so well, so here goes again... With the countdown under way, the launch team is targeting a 6 a.m. rollback of the rotating service structure. The launch window opens at 8 a.m. and extends until noon. At present, the most likely T-0 may come between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m. Just as yesterday, the weather will be the question of the day. The forecast...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Code Pink Jodie Evans story beaks on Blog Talk Radio and Big Government

Jodie Evans is to the left of Hugo Chavez in this photo The above player is from the Andrea Shea King Show regarding the investigation into Jodie Evans. Andrea has an excellent blog called The Radio Patriot. Why does Jodie Evans merit such face time with the president even though she acts as an agent of influence for the anti-American governments of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, as well as Middle Eastern terrorists? Jodie Evans...

Friday, October 23, 2009

The 2009 Keeper of the Flame Award

If you have trouble seeing the video click here. "We can NOT hope to win a war by talking down our country and those who do its hardest work - the men and women of the military and the intellegence services - they are the true Keepers of the Flame."- Vice President Richard B Cheney The Keeper of the Flame Award was inaugurated in 1990 by the Center for Security Policy to bestow recognition on those individuals who devote their public careers to the propagation of democracy and the respect for individual rights throughout...

Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party (The NY-23 Edition)

When Congressman John McHugh resigned as the Representative from NY-23 to become Secretary of the Army for the Obama Administration, a curious chain of events was set into motion that has led to an exposure of one of the things has been so wrong about the Republican Party for so long... The Establishment, Eisenhower, or Country Club type of Republicans have always courted the conservative vote when it comes time to running for office, but ignore conservatives once in office. John McCain and Lindsey Graham are perfect examples of this phenomena. This...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Curious About the Socialist/Communist/Progressive Agenda for America?

One of the pillars of my effort in communicating the danger that Progressives pose to America has been by showing you the degree to which their agenda matches the agenda by avowed Socialist and Communists, which are one and the same when it comes to their desire to destroy American Capitalism and replace it with a command and control economy. There is a Socialist Conference going on in San Fransisco (no surprise there) next Saturday that can...