A disenfranchised Phoenix resident speaks for many of us in this heartfelt letter published nationally on the Glenn Beck show’s website.  

Read her letter, and if you feel as Janet Contreras does, then please sign the petition to our nation’s political leadership.

Participate in political grassroots at its finest.

Just a few more good people coming to do the work Americans refuse to do

 Alfonso Valdez-Cota, 24, and Kaven Alfonso Chavez-Aguirre, 25, both “citizens of Mexico,” were sentenced on June 29, 2009, by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to five years in federal prison after both defendants pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess With the Intent to Distribute Heroin. A third co-defendant, Jesus Amaral-Samaniego, pleaded guilty to the same charge and is scheduled for sentencing on July 29, 2009.

Based on an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the three defendants were stopped by Glendale Police officers in November 2008. A search of the passenger compartment of their vehicle revealed a firearm concealed in the rear passenger seat area and two firearms in the trunk. Also found in the trunk were 10 small plastic wrapped ball shaped packages containing a total of 251.2 grams of a substance containing heroin.

Gov. Palin announces no second term, no ‘lame duck’ session

In a surprise announcement Gov. Sarah Palin says she will not seek a second term as Governor of the State of Alaska and will relegate the power of governor to Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell in order to serve Alaska’s best interests. Lieutenant General Craig Campbell will move into Parnell’s current role.

Her statement follows:

“People who know me know that besides faith and family, nothing’s more important to me than our beloved Alaska,” said Gov. Palin. “Serving her people is the greatest honor I could imagine.” Standing outside her home in Wasilla, Alaska, Palin reflected upon some of the administration’s accomplishments for Alaska as she approaches her final year in office.

“I am determined to take the right path for Alaska even though it is not the easiest path,” said Governor Palin after the announcement. “Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional ‘Lame Duck’ status in this particular climate would just be another dose of ‘politics as usual,’ something I campaigned against and will always oppose.

It is my duty to always protect our great state. With that in mind, my family and I determined that it is best to make a difference this summer, and I am willing to change things, so that this administration, with its positive agenda, its accomplishments, and its successful road to an incredible future, can continue without interruption and with great administrative and legislative success.

I look forward to helping others – to fight for our state and our country, and campaign for those who believe in smaller government, free enterprise, strong national security, support for our troops, and energy independence.”

The transfer of power will occur following the Governor’s picnic in Fairbanks on July 26. At that point in time, Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell will be sworn in and Lieutenant General Craig Campbell will assume his role as Lieutenant Governor. Governor Palin will spend July 4th in Juneau.

Read some of the accomplishments of the Palin Administration at the bottom of this link to the Governor‘s website.

FOX News also weighs in with this interesting, analytical report.

Colin Powell is shocked, shocked to discover that Barack Obama is exactly who conservatives said he was last year:   

Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.

"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning.

Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans.

But, he said, "one of the cautions that has to be given to the president -- and I've talked to some of his people about this -- is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."

"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell, who was the first African-American to serve as secretary of state, under former President George W. Bush. He was also national security adviser to President Reagan, and was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.

Why is it that so many of the "smart," "sophisticated" Republicans are so easily and repeatedly fooled, while us knuckle-dragging right-wing morons figured out Obama was a hard leftist a year before the election? To further highlight Powell's ideological befuddlement, CNN played an excerpt from Powell's 1996 speech at the Republican Convention:

"The federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives," Mr. Powell said then. "We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them, and fewer results to show for it."

Mr. Powell said that now that he still believes what he said then, but that he would put it in different terms now.

"I don't like slogans anymore like 'limited government.' That's not the right answer. The right answer is, give me a government that works," he said. "Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible, but at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people."

So he thought voting for the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate was the best way to achieve a small government and low tax rate. And they called Bush dumb?
General, you got played like a dime-store kazoo. Your belated chagrin is cold comfort for the party that you abandoned.

Employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, and the jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 9.5 percent.  Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 7.2 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 4.6 percentage points. The number of unemployed persons stands at 14.7 million, according to the most recent U.S. Department of Labor report.

Just as worrisome, wages sunk to their lowest rate in nearly a year.

The bleak news from the Labor Department underscored one of the big threats to an economic turnaround: Rising joblessness and falling wages for those still working could send Americans back into spending hibernation and short-circuit any recovery.

The falling wages come from furloughs, pay freezes and pay cuts imposed by employers across the country. Many also have cut hours: The average work week in June fell to 33 hours, the lowest on records dating to 1964.

2009 – The 4th of July. Time for getting together with friends, stoking up the grill, watching fireworks enjoying a moment in the middle of summer to thank God for the blessings of liberty

So what are you going to do to preserve this way of life that has given us so much and demanded of us so little?

Are you going to ignore the problems of the day and simply put your head in the sand?

To quote the line from the musical 1776, “Does anyone care? Is anyone there?”

Our freedoms and our liberties are based upon a concept that was enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.

Yet many of our leaders and representatives have totally ignored this basic principle. Many in every day life do not want to discuss this concept calling the subject – divisive.
Ask your priest or minister to preach on the subject and the response is that everyone has an opinion and why should he ruffle feathers.

But you and I are not going to ignore the clarion call to defend freedom.

You and I are willing to stand up for the basic and fundamental of all rights – the right to LIFE.

You and I understand that our children will look back during this bleak period of contradiction and ask what we did to stop the killing.

And as we look back at our founding fathers and all those who stood and defended with their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, the dream of liberty and the concept of real freedom, so too future generations will thank you for being there, for sacrificing your time, your talent, and your treasure, to defend the right to life, to act to make a difference, They will speak with awe and appreciation how you were not afraid to challenge the current culture, that you refused to let those who hate life destroy it for the next generation. You will be heroes to those who come after you because you cared.

I watched a movie the other day with my boys called “The Guardian.” It is a story about the training of US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Only the best of the best can even apply. The Captain addresses them and tells them that half will not make it through the training. Those who do succeed will then get the duty of placing themselves in life threatening situations in the hostile open sea for “the chance to save a life.”

Today as we recommit ourselves to the cause of life, be thankful that you have this opportunity to “save a life.” Never doubt what God can do through the willingness of one person to serve His cause. In charity let us help one another to be strong in the spirit of our American independence.




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You’ve got to watch this video, the level of corruption is extensive. Former Justice of the Peace Carlos Mendoza told Sheriff’s deputies in a taped interview that Mary Rose Wilcox’s husband came into his office and told him to dismiss the criminal case against boxing promoter Peter McKinn, warning him that his wife was Wilcox [...]

Just in time for the Fourth of July, a bill legalizing certain fireworks is meeting opposition from those who say such devices are hazardous.

If signed by Gov. Jan Brewer, the law would allow the sale of sparklers, “snakes” and toy smoke devices.

State Rep. Andy Biggs, (R- Dist.22), sponsor of the legislation, says the majority of other states allow these types of devices. Pyrotechnics of any kind are banned in Arizona’s national forests, so the new law, if approved, would keep that prohibition of fireworks in place.

The National Council on Fireworks Safety provides helpful tips for a safe holiday.

But for those interested in real fireworks, the best seat in the house will be at the Arizona State Capitol on Monday afternoon when the special session on the budget gets underway.

Just look at him, clinging to his guns and love of country. Such behavior should immediately be reported to DHS.



Have a Happy Fourth tomorrow.

Today is one of those days I'm glad this blog doesn't cover Arizona politics to any great detail: There's a nasty Red-on-Red fight going on right now between Governor Jan Brewer and Senate President Bob Burns over the state budget.

Espressopundit has the low-down on all the nastiness, and brother, is it getting nasty. Good job, Arizona GOP, you've managed to do what I thought was impossible: You're even more petulant and childish than the Democrats in Washington.

Reading Senate President Bob Burns’ statement* on Gov. Brewer’s budget veto and her call for a special session, left no question that a full fledge war is a-brewin’.

Regarding Brewer, Burns writes in exasperation, “These past few months I have witnessed behavior that is incomprehensible to me. It appears the governor is having problems managing the level of responsibility to which she has been elevated. I hope she takes the opportunity during the weekend celebrating our nation’s independence to reassess her priorities and get back in touch with the qualities that embodied the reliable and reasonable person I used to know.”

With this level of frustration as the groundwork, it should be a fascinating study in human behavior when Monday’s 1:00 PM special session gets underway.

As we said, “Duck and Cover.”

*H/T to the official website of the Republican Caucus.

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OBAMAFARCE- HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL A REHEARSED SET-UP
By Michael D. Shear and Jose Antonio Vargas, Washington Post

President Obama offered a wonkish defense of his embattled health-care reform effort during an hour-long town hall meeting in Northern Virginia yesterday that featured seven questions, including one sent via Twitter and several from a handpicked audience of supporters.

With the president's health-care ambitions meeting a cool reception on Capitol Hill, the administration is increasingly seeking to pressure lawmakers with evidence of the public's desire for action as well as proof that the health-care industry is a stakeholder in -- not an opponent of -- the effort. "The naysayers are already lining up," he said in remarks before taking questions.

The challenge for opponents, he said, is: "What's your alternative? Is your alternative just to stand pat and watch more and more families lose their health care?" Obama made his pitch before an audience of about 200 people at Northern Virginia Community College's Annandale campus, including students, administrators, professors and local residents.

But the real targets of the message were far beyond Annandale, and the White House is hoping to use social media sites such as Twitter and Face book to reach constituents across the country.

"This is a moral imperative, and it is an economic imperative," he told the live and online audience as he waded through health-care financing statistics. Even as he spoke, the Republican Party live-blogged its opposition.

"Obama says our economy is in crisis because of health care costs," wrote Matt Moon, deputy research director at the Republican National Committee. "But his government-run plan will make it even worse, putting our country further into debt."

In the stage-managed event, questions for Obama came from a live audience selected by the White House and the college, and from Internet questions chosen by the administration's new-media team. Of the seven questions the president answered, four were selected by his staff from videos submitted to the White House Web site or from those responding to a request for "tweets."

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It wasn't enough for three Gwinnett County, Georgia police officers (a corporal and two sergeants, to boot) to regularly show up at a Waffle House restaurant and fill up with free food, in direct violation of department policy.

Nope, they had to further abuse their authority by teasing the young waiter mercilessly (all the while scarfing their ill-gotten breakfasts) by constantly threatening the poor fellow with a TASER:

"[Daniel] Wilson said the officers often pointed the red laser from their Taser at him playfully. They would do so when Wilson picked a song they didn’t like on the jukebox or when telling him not to mess up their order, Wilson said."

Yessir, it was all hilarious fun and games (at least for the cops), right up until the day that Corporal Gary Miles actually walked up behind Wilson and TASED him for real, for no apparent reason whatsoever other than to get some sick kicks:

"Then on Feb. 16, Wilson was chatting with [the two sergeants] when Miles sidled up behind him. Without saying a word, Miles zapped him with the Taser, Wilson said."

The two superior officers, instead of being horrified and immediately reporting Miles for his action, merely laughed it up along with the corporal. Wilson sought an apology from Miles a few days later; instead of being remorseful or apologetic, here's what the good corporal had to say for himself, according to the waiter:

“Who says I did it by accident?”

Fortunately for the other law-abiding residents of Gwinnett County, Miles has been fired and charged with "misdemeanor battery and violating his oath as an officer". Sergeants Christopher Parry and Joseph Parkerson were allowed to resign in disgrace before they got pink-slipped, but the local prosecutor hasn't ruled out charging them in the incident as well.

Wilson has filed a lawsuit against the department seeking damages, and as part of that legal action his attorney seeks to

"bar Gwinnett police from carrying Tasers until their policy and training is evaluated".

That sounds quite reasonable to us, based on the fact that three of their command officers felt that the "less than lethal" defense weapon was issued to them to be used as some sort of souped-up joy buzzer.

Last Saturday night, dateless, bored and reduced to checking for campaign filings on the Secretary of State’s web site, Seeing Red AZ discovered the interesting fact that Dist. 6 Republican Rep. Sam Crump had opened an exploratory campaign for Attorney General. 

At long last the Arizona Republic has finally caught up with the news. Read their week-late coverage here.

Earlier this week I reported that Gannett was planning to lay off between 1,000 and 2,000 employees over the weekend. Although that's only 3% of the workforce, I predicted that the Republic would see about double that percentage. That's because... Greg Patterson

Todd S. Purdum has written a particularly scathing article about Gov. Sarah Palin in the August issue of Vanity Fair magazine. In the lengthy piece, It Came from Wasilla, the author low-rides on anonymous sources from within the former McCain presidential campaign, who unload on the onetime Republican Vice Presidential running mate.

In view of the fact that many credit Sarah Palin with returning recalcitrant Republicans to the fold and bringing their much needed votes with them, Purdum’s absurd slam lacks resonance.  Living in Washington. D.C., he might have missed seeing the numerous bumper stickers on cars driving around McCain’s home state of Arizona that had pointedly cut the name ‘McCain’ off.

The Alaska governor, whom Purdum refers to as the “first indisputably fertile female to dare to dance with the big dogs,” came onboard at the request of Sen. John McCain, who was looking to expand his base and recoup the woman’s vote, which had been steadily slipping from his grasp.

It’s worth remembering that Purdum, the magazine’s national editor, is married to Vanity Fair contributing editor, Dee Dee Myers, a committed liberal who was Bill Clinton’s White House Press Secretary — clearly exposing this venture as an all-in-the-family, left-leaning gambit.

You know that Obama is going waaaaaay tooooo faaaaar when someone as overtly liberal as Helen Thomas openly states that she is “amazed” at the lengths to which the Obama administration is going to co-opt the media and control the press.