http://www.redstate.com/erick Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:39:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Go here and enter your zipcode. You'll get a quick talking point and the local office number of your United States Senators. Tell them to vote NO on cloture. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/with-the-congressional-switchboard-shut-down/ I'll be on Sean Hannity's Great American Panel tonight at 9:30 with Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Rev. Jacques DeGraff. It's going to be a really good panel tonight, so I hope you'll tune in to it. Consider this an open thread. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/on-hannity-tonight/ Got this from a high level source: I just came from dinner and recognized the voices beside me. It was Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and three other Democrats. I knew the other faces but names escape me. They were strategizing on how to raise the gas tax. Congressman Blumenauer said he knew a ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/democrats-trying-to-orchestrate-bi-partisan-gas-tax-increase/ Call your Senator right now. Use this link to bypass the congressional switchboard. Tell your Senator to vote NO on cloture for the motion to proceed to debate. If the health care legislation goes to debate, Harry Reid will start offering amendments to pick off votes. Call your Senator right ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/why-we-must-hold-the-line/ Roger Hedgecock has the top story at Human Events today. Though private fraud gets the bigger headline (think Bernie Madoff), fraud in federal government programs is now so pervasive that even the Obama press is taking notice. The scope of fraud in all federal programs dwarfs the corruption in the private ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/fraud-nation/ Olympus BioScapes Competition Winners (9 Images) Fascinating. ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/links-for-2009-11-20/ RedState Morning Briefing For November 20, 2009 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. If A Senator Votes for Cloture, She is Voting to Pass Health Care 2. Sir, put your hands in the air and step away from the guitar 3. Sen. Graham knocks ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/morning-briefing-for-november-20-2009/ There is a study out today that is damaging to the Democrats efforts to pass health care in the Senate. On Saturday, when constituents cannot contact their Senators' offices because they'll be closed, the United States Senate will vote on a cloture motion to debate the health care legislation. This is important ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/20/if-a-senator-votes-for-cloture-she-is-voting-to-pass-health-care/ http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/19/the-commander-in-chief-goes-to-fort-hood/ At 2:00 the Senate will take up Judge David Hamilton's nomination. Between now and then, call 202-224-3121 and tell your senator to vote no on his nomination. As I've mentioned before, he is a terrible nominee who should be defeated. Call 202-224-3121 and tell your Senator to vote NO on Hamilton. http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/19/call-202-224-3121-tell-your-senator-to-vote-no-on-hamilton/ “Call your Congressman and tell them to oppose a $210 billion doc fix that isn’t paid for and enables the passage of Obamacare.”It is now the House of Representatives’ turn to further enable Obamacare. Later today, the House will vote on a $210 billion “doc fix” that is not ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/19/stop-the-house-from-buying-off-doctors/ RedState Morning Briefing For November 19, 2009 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. What We Know About the Senate Health Care Plan 2. Stop the House From Buying Off Doctors 3. You, You, You Spend too Much! 4. The Nuclear Hypocrisy of Dana Milbank 5. ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/19/morning-briefing-for-november-19-2009/ There is still much to learn about the Senate health care plan, but we know a few things already. The Senate bill does not have a price tag. The Democrats are touting a cost of $849 billion, but that number is a fabrication. From Please click here for the rest of ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/19/what-we-know-about-the-senate-health-care-plan/ One of the very few states in the nation to have a budget surplus right now is Mitch Daniels' Indiana. As Governor, Daniels actually went into office, raised sales taxes, cut property taxes, fixed his budget problems, then slashed the beejeezus out of tax rates, including the aforementioned sales ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/18/is-this-the-pseudo-start-of-a-presidential-bid-for-mitch-daniels/ Here is today's top story at Human Events. One of the most revealing things about liberals is their insistence that only they can define a “real” minority or a “real” woman. In the eyes of the left, Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell and J.C. Watts will never be “real” black men. Likewise, ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/18/the-rise-of-the-conservative-woman/ RedState Morning Briefing For November 18, 2009 Go to www.RedStateMB.com to getthe Morning Briefing every morning at no charge. 1. Don’t Let Them Vote for a Government Takeover of Health Care Before They Vote Against It 2. RedState Interviews Gov. Sarah Palin 3. The Left’s ‘Fair’ Trial 4. Polls Show Public ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/18/morning-briefing-for-november-18-2009/ Congress could be working on boosting job growth, figuring out where Arizona got 99 additional congressional districts, restoring the F-22 cuts, etc. but Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has a better idea. He wants a "complaint free Wednesday." From: The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver Bill: H.Con.Res. 155 Date: 11/17/2009 Dear Colleague: Please join me in co-sponsorship of a resolution, ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/co-sponsor-complaint-free-wednesday/ I just had a terrific interview with Governor Sarah Palin this afternoon. Her new book, Going Rogue, came out today. I'd like to say we talked a lot about her book, but I did not get it until 10:00 a.m. and had family stuff to take care of. ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/redstate-interviews-gov-sarah-palin/ National Geographic Photographer Meets Deadly Leopard Seal Wow. ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/links-for-2009-11-17/ “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not a criminal. He is a soldier in a war captured on a battlefield. That is not something our criminal justice system was designed to handle and should not handle.”I've seen a lot from the left in the last twenty-four hours that I, and ... http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/17/the-lefts-fair-trial/