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ACORN-SEIU-White House questions swirl

2009-11-07T09:00:00.001-05:00

What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?More proof has emerged of White House political director Patrick Gaspard's ties to the radical advocacy group ACORN. Gaspard, a longtime operative for ACORN and one of its partisan arms, New York's Working Families Party, currently holds the title of White House political affairs director, the same title Karl Rove held in President Bush's White

Progressive Century nears milestone

2009-11-07T08:30:00.002-05:00

Inside D.C. sources say that Pelosi has promised lobbying jobs to House Dems who are defeated in 2010 -- but only if they vote for the bill. Or they can go home, losers, with nothing.Much has been said about the our 150-year agitation for government-run health care. Now big labor unions like Andy Stern's SEIU stand to gain a huge influx of union dues from the 10,000+ government jobs to be created

Dems set to kill 5.5m more jobs

2009-11-07T08:00:00.003-05:00

Rebuilding the Middle Class• ‘Real’ unemployment rate whopping 17.5%The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to a 26-1/2-year high of 10.2 percent last month, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount. The Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October, more than the 175,000 markets had expected

Social justice fraud delayed again

2009-11-07T07:30:00.003-05:00

Tax-funded, union-backed front-group taken off-missionState investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans."This is an investigation of everything — ACORN, the national organization, the local organization and all of its

Tone-deaf Dems: Shut Up

2009-11-07T07:00:00.000-05:00

Citizen House Call to kill the bill disregardedSeniors may not use the internet as much as young people, but young people do not vote as much as seniors.That's why many observers are puzzled by how the cool, astute Obamalosi Dems have gone "The Chicago Way" with seniors over so-called health-care or health-insurance reform. Buying them off with $250. in exchange for ObamaCare is not going to get

Pelosi Rx: Hurt Dems

2009-11-07T06:30:00.000-05:00

HT: biggovernment.com

The Europe Healthcare Fix

2009-11-07T06:00:00.001-05:00

Taking a closer look at the New Progressive EraEline van den Broek explains that government interference is driving up healthcare costs in America and warns that European style health "reform" will make the situation even worse.Based on what has happened in Europe, she explains that universal health coverage is not the same as universal healthcare, that insurance mandates mean more government

SEIU thug scandal snags Obama official

2009-11-06T08:30:00.006-05:00

Purple People Beaters color U.S. politicsLast summer was a long time ago. Remember Elston K. McCowan? He’s the Public Service Director of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 2000, and a Baptist minister, in St. Louis."McCowan is one of the SEIU thugs arrested for allegedly beating Kenneth Gladney after the Russ Carnahan town hall meeting in St. Louis in August. After his arrest,

We all work for Valerie Jarrett now

2009-11-06T08:00:00.000-05:00

Stop Valerie Jarrett is a project of Americans for Limited Government and NetRightNation.com'The Chicago Way' is the buzz metaphor for The Obama Administration's leadership style. It informed the campaign. Its practitioners run The White House. Thus, it animates the New Progressive Era.The Chicago Way is pretty simple. You're either on the bus or it's running you over. We're in charge now. You

Obamunism: Roots Exposed

2009-11-06T07:30:00.000-05:00

Who is Saul Alinsky?Book Review excerpt courtesy of the jumbo teachers union, the National Education Association. For the full review, click: here.An inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their community! And to every organizer!Saul Alinsky wrote the book on American radicalism - two books, in fact: a 1945 best-seller, "Reveille for Radicals" and "Rules for Radicals" in 1971. The "

Campaign Gangbangers

2009-11-06T07:00:00.001-05:00

Union-backed voter fraud fell short in Garden StateACORN had better get its act together before next November's congressional election or the New Progressive movement will be dead in the water.We cannot expect union organizer-operatives to get this done on their own.

It's not about me!

2009-11-06T06:00:00.000-05:00

HT: NetRightNation

Barack Obama finally explained

2009-11-05T06:04:00.007-05:00

Domestic violence, abuse of authority exposedDreams from My Father?: Experts say that suppressed shame could lead to arrogance, narcissism, and the need to be loved by everyone in the room.President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama

Wade Rathke: Social Justice fraud

2009-11-05T06:03:00.005-05:00

Interview With Wade Rathke IIWho is Wade Rathke? Like Hillary Clinton, an ace student of Saul Alinsky. Think SEIU, ACORN, Project Vote, Working Families Party, Tides Foundation ... the best leftwing organizer in America. Now going global.from (theeprovocateur.blogspot.com): Without speaking to Rathke, it's really impossible to describe just how pleasant he is. That's the best description for his

Slumlord Millionaire

2009-11-05T06:03:00.004-05:00

Stop Valerie Jarrett is a project of Americans for Limited Government and NetRightNation.comHT: NetRightNation

Obamalosi Dems claim victory

2009-11-05T06:02:00.000-05:00

Collectivist Rust Never SleepsOn its way toward a century-old goal ... either the long march of Progressivism took a detour on Tuesday ... or it took a big step forward. Can it be both?Karl Rove: "Looking ahead, the bad news for Democrats is that the legislation that helped lead to the collapse of support for their party on Tuesday could yet inflict more pain on those foolish enough to support it

The Left: Hey, where's all the change?

2009-11-05T06:01:00.000-05:00

"There isn't this core set of principles ... that were so easy to say and do - Change You Can Believe In - in 2008 ..." - Chuck Todd

Newt Gingrich: False apology for DeDe

2009-11-05T06:00:00.002-05:00

Union bigs pick up a House seatTalk about a failed Republican policy of the past. Here's a classic non-apology apology; you know, that genre of political talk that comes so naturally to opportunists.Now that Newt separated from the conservative GOP base, he won't win the nomination for President. Oh well. The Obama machine would have eaten him up. Thanks, Newt. Thanks, DeDe.

Not a referendum on Obama

2009-11-04T06:25:00.004-05:00

Can't anybody here play this game?Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals'. It's the handbook of the New Left. Barack Obama used it to school Republicans just a year ago. And Rules cut both ways.The anti-socialist movement, starting with Rick Santelli's rant in February, began to employ Alinsky's Rules to gain traction against Obamunists.Twenty-something videographers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles -

We're all Valerie Jarrett now

2009-11-04T06:20:00.000-05:00

Stop Valerie Jarrett is a project of Americans for Limited Government and NetRightNation.com

Thanks, DeDe

2009-11-04T06:15:00.003-05:00

Rust Never SleepsOrganized-labor operatives picked up a seat in Congress yesterday. DeDe Scozzafava and her husband - a labor union official - deserve a lot of credit. We wish DeDe well in her next project (nod, nod, wink, wink).See related post: "Thanks, Newt"

Knock and Drag Fail

2009-11-04T06:10:00.002-05:00

Typical Voter Fraud falls short in Garden StateACORN had better get its act together by next year. Typical union-backed footsoldiers for the Progressive movement were sorely missed in New Jersey and Virginia. Union organizers can not get it done on their own.from nj.com: The arguments have been made, the jokes and insults traded, the presidents, mayors and governors trotted forth — now it’s time

The City of Brotherly Union Militants

2009-11-04T06:00:00.000-05:00

Oppressed city workers go out on strikefrom AP: The first day of a transit strike caused widespread delays and frustrated thousands of commuters who had to find other ways to get around Pennsylvania's largest city. On Wednesday, there will be an even greater test of how Philadelphia can cope without its bus, subway and trolley system as public schools, which were closed for Election Day, reopen.

Voter fraud surge corrupts N.J.

2009-11-03T16:30:00.004-05:00

It's just another election day for SEIU.John Fund: The state has received a flood of 180,000 absentee ballot requests. On some 3,000 forms the signature doesn't match the one on file with county clerks. Yet citing concerns that voters would be disenfranchised, Democratic Party lawyer Paul Josephson wrote New Jersey's secretary of state asking her "to instruct County Clerks not to deny

Election Day: Nation gripped by fear

2009-11-03T08:00:00.001-05:00

"I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country." - Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)Speaking of domestic terrorism, as of 9:50 AM, Election Day observers have not yet noted the appearance of typical ACORN agitators or armed New Black Panther Party thugs at polling places in Virginia and New Jersey.