http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maybe the Bishops are finding their "sea legs". From the DNC TalkingPointsMemo... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/22/this-may-ratchet-things-up-a-bit/ if you want to watch Arizona politics here's a race that actually will make a difference.  Hayworth v McCain will not, and hopefully the folks who post here who live in Arizona have driven a stake through the heart of that foolishness yesterday. From today's Arizona Repugnant,State Sen. Jonathan Paton told ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/22/instead-of-getting-all-worked-up-about-jd-hayworth/ Remember the flap over the "nuclear option"?  You'll love this from Politico. A year ago, Barack Obama was elected to bring change to America. But his efforts to transform Washington are being stymied by one of the capital’s oldest of political traditions: the Senate filibuster. Ten months into Obama’s presidency, Democrats ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/17/this-is-a-classic/ From a report in the LA Times, the Fifteenth Congressional District here in rural Arizona was the recipient of TARP funds that created 30 jobs. This afternoon comes the most encouraging economic news, courtesy of our keen-eyed buddy Rick Klein over at ABC, that the Obama administration's $787-billion economic stimulus has, ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/16/good-news-on-the-economic-front-here-in-arizona/ First there was California. Fiscal problems galore and they're not over yet in the Golden State. Even if - IF - the State Legislature comes to grips with state financing (they won't even come close), their problems are nothing when compared to the counties, cities and towns who ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/09/dominoes-i-love-dominoes/ I'm referring, of course, to being the "Public Editor" of the New York Times.  That's the position responsible for cleaning up after MoDo and the fruitcakes as well as dealing with the never ending laundry list of "corrections" to their "news" stories. Now I understand that once in a ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/09/a-full-time-job-for-at-least-two-talented-people/ Maybe it's more like 17.5%. From the DNC TalkingPoints page... In all, more than one out of every six workers — 17.5 percent — were unemployed or underemployed in October. The previous recorded high was 17.1 percent, in December 1982. This includes the officially unemployed, who have looked for work in ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/07/so-maybe-102-isnt-really-the-number/ Want to see how a real Commander in Chief acts? Want to see how a man who really cares about the military and their family acts? Read something other than the Washington Post or the New York Times. FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) ? Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/07/hey-boypresident/ Keep in mind that in Massachusetts we've already seen RomneyCare™ implement rationing, exclude legal immigrants and have massive cost overruns. So now in the People's Republic of California we have this from SF Gate... California is paying six to seven times more per day to care for some elderly and ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/06/want-a-picture-of-government-run-health-care/ Remember when TheBoyPresident™ went to Boston to raise money for their failing Governor and couldn't fill a room with a lousy 600 seats?  A reminder from the Boston Herald... President Obama blows into the bluest state today facing a cold shoulder from once true-blue admirers, as gay rights activists, anti-war protesters ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/11/02/in-the-world-of-too-good-just-too-good-this-is-king-for-the-day/ I am so angry right now I really shouldn't be typing. TheBoyPresident™ finally and irrevocably crossed the line for me. I hate the bastard. Marxism I can deal with. What he did at Dover Air Force Base I refuse to deal with. Some background. Dover AFB ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/31/obama-goes-to-dover/ Remember Nancy Pelosi's promising us "the most honest and ethical Congress ever" and an end to corruption of the Bush years?  As a reminder, from the DNC House Organ Washington Post, On June 15, beneath the crystal chandeliers and Corinthian pilasters of the Cannon Caucus Room, House Democrats had to decide ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/30/what-a-glorious-way-to-start-the-day/ Wasn't that supposed to pay for all kinds of good stuff? Barack Obama supports imposing a windfall profits penalty on oil selling at or over $80 per barrel. Revenue from the proposal will be invested in a number of measures to reduce the burden of rising prices on families. Source: barackobama.com Keeping in ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/28/whatever-happened-to-that-excess-profits-tax-on-the-nasty-oil-companies/ Let's see now.  We've got TheBoyPresident™ and his minions trying to turn our health care system into Britain's NHS, unemployment is at record - recent record - highs and going up, the housing industry is a freaking mess, banking will be back for another bite at the apple before long...  ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/28/well-the-house-certainly-has-its-priorities-in-order/ Well gosh.  The current scion of the Kennedy clan - as the Boston Glob [sic] noted - "a son of one of the nation's most prominent Catholic families" - may just have his [fill in appropriate anatomical reference] in a vise with his Bishop. For you really ignorant non-Catholics (or really ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/25/patrick-kennedy-ri-catholic/ HT to HotAir... Well, the Left is back in the swing of things. It's a mega-gathering of the OldHats in Boston tonight to protest the denial of civil liberties to homosexuals in the military, to protest "wars of convenience", to shout out the complicity of the US in ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/23/breaking-lefties-picket-a-gw-bush-fundraiser-in-boston/ There have been a bunch of govvie programs that were supposed to help people who were in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Let's see how they're working. HOPE for Homeowners, launched 10/1/08. Allows eligible borrowers to refi into an FHA loan and requires principle reductions on the ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/22/remember-how-theone-was-going-to-fix-the-housing-market/ Three of my top list have joined together to start a new website focusing primarily on matters of national security. Bill Kristol, Debra Burlingame and [drum roll please] Liz Vader Cheney. It's called, appropriately enough Keep America Safe. You can follow the link and check out their new site ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/14/do-you-want-to-keep-america-safe/ Well gosh, the White House thinks that the Mayo Clinic is just the bees knees and should be the model for how hospitals are run.  Until maybe today according to that organ of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy the Washington Post. The renowned Mayo Clinic is no longer accepting some Medicare ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/13/pass-the-mayo-please-or-not/ From, of all places, the New York Times... U.S. Can’t Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. and JULIA PRESTON Published: October 11, 2009 DALLAS — Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying ... http://www.redstate.com/mbecker908/2009/10/12/remember-these-people-are-the-folks-who-want-to-manage-your-healthcare/