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Entries from November 2009

Ava Aston Belts Out Great Song, ‘We the People’

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

“We The People” is a song Ava Aston wrote over the weekend of the 9/12 March in Washington, D.C.  It’s aim, she says, is to inspire Americans who are frustrated and feel discouraged to become invigorated and to stand up and take back our Republic.  Pretty awesome song, I’d say.  Definitely worth sharing, so share [...]

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Is Smoker-in-Chief Giving Up Cigarettes Today?

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A cloud is hanging over the Oval Office as Americans wonder whether or not Smoker-in-Chief Barack Obama is giving up cigarettes during today’s Great American Smokeout. Truth be told, one would hardly know the event that takes place annually on the third Thursday of November is taking place today. As of this posting at noon [...]

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Obama Talks Job Growth While Killing Good Jobs

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

During an interview that aired yesterday on Fox News Channel, President Barack Obama told Fox’s Major Garrett that his focus remains on job growth.  If he’s honest about wanting to keep Americans working, he should take note of the testimony of Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association, delivered before the Senate Environment and [...]

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Lindsay Graham Does Something Right, Leaves Attorney General Eric Holder Looking Like Buffoon

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

For perhaps the first time in his political life, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) proved he has a spine — and a brain — during a hearing yesterday with Attorney General Eric Holder on the subject of prosecuting terrorists such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court instead of a military one. Not only did [...]

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Medical Professionals to Rally Against Government-Run Health Care Saturday

November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This Saturday at noon, I plan to attend the St. Louis version of the Million Med March set to take place in the courtyard (a.k.a., “Memorial Park”) just south of the St. Louis County Government Building in Clayton, Mo.  There, I plan to interview doctors, nurses and other health care professionals in an effort to [...]

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Christians Released From Iranian Prison After 259 Days, Refused to Denounce Christian Faith

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Voice of the Martyrs‘ friend, Elam Ministries, which serves the growing church in Iran, announced today via this news release that Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh have been released from Evin Prison in Tehran. Family members picked them up at the prison this afternoon, Iran time. More from the release appears below: The two women [...]

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Cuban-American Says History Being Repeated

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Following today’s release by Human Rights Watch of “New Castro, Same Cuba,” a 123-page report about conditions on the island nation under Raúl Castro’s government, I decided it appropriate to share excerpts of my recent interview with Rosendo “Marty” Martinez, a St. Louis-area man whose family fled Cuba soon after Fidel Castro seized power in [...]

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