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Supreme Court's Ruling Allows Corporate Campaign Spending

On January 21, 2010 the US Supreme Court ruled that corporations can now spend unlimited funds on political campaigns. The New York Times article by Adam Liptik, in my opinion, did a great job of summarizing the facts in this split decision by the nations highest court.

Posted by Tim Carter at 9:13 AM

Carol Shea Porter Sexist Comment - You be the Judge

Days ago Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH 1st Dist.) was addressing what she thought was a friendly crowd. However someone near the front had a video camera rolling.

Posted by Tim Carter at 3:12 PM

Jon Stewart and Obama's Teleprompter Addiction

Did you ever stop to think how the politicians of old did it? Did Abraham Lincoln memorize, as many of us had to do in grade school, his short speech that he gave at the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg Cemetery? Or what about any famous orator? How did they give riveting speeches without a teleprompter?

Posted by Tim Carter at 2:54 PM

Nancy Pelosi called Horrible Woman by CNN

CNN is a pretty liberal cable news network. They can't deny that. Jack Cafferty, one of their staff reporters, did a story about a Congressional delegation that spent millions of taxpayer dollars going to Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.

Posted by Tim Carter at 2:26 PM

John Murtha Appears to Shanghai a Vote in Congress

John Murtha, the Democrat who represents Pennsylvania's 12th District, quite possibly broke the law in Congress one day when he was trying to get a vote passed on some issue he favored.

Posted by Tim Carter at 9:46 AM

Scott Brown and Adolf Hitler

Here's a very funny mashup video taking the video and audio footage of a real movie, and then changing the subtitles.

Posted by Tim Carter at 6:04 PM

Scott Brown Victory and Gettysburg

My instant fantasy of the day is to streak forward in time about 50 years and open a US History book. Any historian worth his salt and with no axe to grind will absolutely say that yesterday's US Senate special election was the high water mark of the Progressive Movement here in the United States. Scott Brown won decisively in one of the most liberal states in the Union.

Posted by Tim Carter at 7:48 AM

Speed Cameras

Just before Halloween of 2009, I was driving with a friend from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles along Interstate 10. West of Phoenix there were speed cameras every three miles or so. And to make matters worse, the law enforcement officials even had portable cameras that operated from extended masts on small SUVs parked next to the highway.

Posted by Tim Carter at 6:38 AM

Scott Brown vs. SEIU.org

On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 an historic election will take place in Massachusetts. Republican State Senator Scott Brown is running against the Massachusetts Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley. But Scott is also running against the SEIU organization.

Posted by Tim Carter at 6:53 AM

We the People Video - Ray Stevens

Remember the song Ahab the Arab? It was done by Ray Stevens years ago. He's resurfaced with a country song that pretty much sums up how I feel about 90 percent of the politicians we have in power right now.

Posted by Tim Carter at 4:31 AM

Payoffs, Ripoffs, Underpants and the Tipping Point

It's been nearly a month since I've posted here. There was no way our politicians were going to ruin my Christmas. Mind you they tried really hard with the Senate's action on the Health Care Bill just before that sacred day. Then add to that Captain Underpants Diaper Boy on Christmas Day over Detroit.

Posted by Tim Carter at 7:06 AM