David and Goliath

Featuring CatholicVote.org in the role of the dauntless youth and NBC as the evil giant.
An update from Brian Burch on CatholicVote’s attempt to place an ad during the Superbowl. If you haven’t see this incredibly effective video, you can see it here. The news isn’t all bad!
We broke this news yesterday, but wanted to make [...]

No Place For Imagination At NBC

CatholicVote.org has produced another excellent video promoting a culture of life. Their goal, when the contacted me last week via e-mail, was to raise $3million to buy ad space during the Superbowl. The ad was positive, uplifting, non-controversial and, apparently, too effective for NBC, who has refused to allow the video to air.
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Democrat Honor Roll

Eleven Democrats broke with their party and voted against H.R.1. They voted against mortgaging my children’s and grandchildren’s future and for that I am grateful.

Bright
Boyd
Cooper
Ellsworth
Griffith
Peterson
Minnick
Kratovil
Kanjorski
Shuler
Taylor

Please show them your gratitude with a phone call or e-mail.
(Hey, I’m also pretty dang proud of the House Republicans; all voted against. The only bi-partisanship in evidence on today’s vote [...]

Non-News In The Public Interest

From Pro Publica:

Bank Employing GOP House Leader’s Wife Got Bailout Bucks
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, a rising star in the Republican party, has been a prominent voice demanding accountability in how the government doles out hundreds of billions for bank bailouts.
“I think most American taxpayers now are sort of scratching their head,” Cantor told CNN [...]

Cut and Paste

As a little add-on to yesterday’s post, Thanks, Rush!, here are transcripts of the audio clip that the DCCC has cobbled together to condemn Rush Limbaugh’s words, followed by a transcript of what he actually said, with full context.
The Democrat’s spin:
If I wanted Obama to succeed, I’d be happy the Republicans have laid down. I [...]

Thanks, Rush!

I heard from my good friend, Erick Brockway (check out A TowDog’s Blog), that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was collecting signatures for a petition to be sent to Rush Limbaugh because, according to their website, “When members of the Republican Attack Machine like Rush Limbaugh kick into action, we need a strong grassroots response.”
Ooooh, [...]

RINO Hall of Shame, II

Ten Republican Senators voted to confirm confessed tax cheat, Timothy Geithner, as Secretary of the Treasury.

Corker, TN
Cornyn, TX
Crapo, ID
Ensign, NV
Graham, SC
Gregg, NH
Hatch, UT
Shelby, AZ
Snowe, ME
Voinovich, OH

I believe in giving credit where credit is due. Three Democrats voted against confirmation.

Byrd, WV
Feingold, WI
Harkin, IA

Jimmie at The Sundries Shack has some worthwhile comments on Fraudy McTaxCheat.

Best. Commander-In-Chief. Ever.

Barack Obama has been president for barely a week and already he has Al-Qaeda “scrambling,” according to Joby Warrick of the Associated Press. That’s an amazing achievement for such a young Administration and a stark contrast to Al-Qaeda’s situation during the past eight years, when their leadership was scrambling from place to place vacationing in [...]

Olympia Makes A Grab For Your Car…Are Your House And Your Job Next?

I first blogged about Washington SB6900 here and here, after which it was pointed out to me that this bill was killed during the 2008 legislative session. So at first I felt a little silly about that, but then I noticed that it was getting a lot of attention on local talk radio. After a [...]

Can King County Put An End To Elections Fiascos?

In November of 2008, voters in King County, Washington, approved by a margin of 56 to 44% an amendment to the King County Charter that changes the position of Elections Director from a political appointment to an elected office. The first election for this position will also be King County’s first all-mail ballot; voting deadline [...]