Just for the record, I live in Massachusetts where it is currently 25 degrees outside.  I wouldn’t mind a little global warming.  However, the scientific evidence is mounting that not only is global warming a myth, but due to a period of inactivity in sun spots, we are about the enter a period of global cooling (caused by nature–not by man).

There are two places to get good information on the current state of global warming.  One is ongoing.  The site is called wattsupwiththat and generally has current posts on things you won’t hear in the news and mistakes that have been made in calculating the earth’s temperature.  For example, it turns out the reported ‘rapid rise’ in temperatures in central Russia in October was due to the fact that they had mistakenly reported September’s temperature data for October.  Since September was warmer than October, that tended to skew the results.  They also have occasional pictures of where some of the instruments to record the earth’s temperature are placed.  (surfacestations.org has pictures of many of the places where the temperatures are being monitored–one right next to the air conditioning exhaust from a large building).

The second occasional place to get good information on global warming is the American Thinker website.  There is a rather lenghty and rather scientific article there now at American Thinker explaining that global warming is simply not happening.  The article states very directly that–

There is no significant man made global warming.  There has not been any in the past, there is none now and there is no reason to fear any in the future. The climate of Earth is changing. It has always changed.  But mankind’s activities have not overwhelmed or significantly modified the natural forces.

Through all history, Earth has shifted between two basic climate regimes: ice ages and what paleoclimatologists call “Interglacial periods”.  For the past 10 thousand years the Earth has been in an interglacial period…. [where] the Earth warms up, the glaciers melt and life flourishes. Clearly from our point of view, an interglacial period is greatly preferred to the deadly rigors of an ice age.  Mr. Gore and his crowd would have us believe that the activities of man have overwhelmed nature during this interglacial period and are producing an unprecedented, out of control warming. 

Well, it is simply not happening.  Worldwide there was a significant natural warming trend in the 1980’s and 1990’s as a Solar cycle peaked with lots of sunspots and solar flares.  That ended in 1998 and now the Sun has gone quiet with fewer and fewer Sun spots, and the global temperatures have gone into decline.  Earth has cooled for almost ten straight years.  So, I ask Al Gore, where’s the global warming?

 

We need to be very careful what laws and regulations are passed in the name of preventing global warming.  It is simply not a proven theory, and one wonders what mischief it will be used as a cover for.

I generally get a chance to listen to some of what goes on in talk radio during the day.  It seems that this week has been the week for ‘how did we get here?’ for the Republicans.  First of all, I need to state that I am not necessarily a Republican.  I am a conservative who generally votes Republican because they are usually closest to what I believe and how I think things should be done.

John McCain was not my candidate.  If he had not nominated Sarah Palin to be his running mate, I probably would not have even donated to the campaign.  I would have been happy with Mitt Romney (I am a resident of Massachusetts, and I am impressed with what he did as governor.), Fred Thompson, or even Rudy Giuliani (I disagree with him on social issues, but I love what he did in New York).  John McCain is a military hero, but politically he can’t compete against the polish and organization of Barack Obama.

As I look to the future of the Republican Party, I hope for a return to the party I voted for in the days of Newt Gingrich (I still believe that he is one of the smartest people in the party–unfortunately, the press has probably ruined his chances of any political office in the future).  Many of the items in the Contract For America were enacted–to the country’s benefit.  It seems, though, that once the Republicans took power, they forgot who they were (was there something in the water?).  I am looking for a party that will stand firm against the expansion of government proposed by the Democrats.  I am looking for a party that understands the value of integrity–that will ask a Representative with a large amount of cash in his office freezer to step down.  (One of the most aggravating things about the Republican sex scandals that played a role in costing Republicans votes was that both of the scandals were awful–but neither one involved sex.  Meanwhile, we have a Democrat representative who was running a gay brothel out of his Washington home.  He is still in office!!!  This is ridiculous.)  I am looking for a party that understands that the money coming into Washington in the form of taxes is not theirs–it belongs to the American taxpayer.  I am looking for a party that has a backbone–that will stand up for the confirmation of judges–not compromise.

The people the Republican party needs to bring about the changes that will bring back the party that I would be happy to vote for are in the Republican party now.  A few of them are Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and Tom Coburn on the conservative side.  One of the liberal Republicans who understands how to win and how to manage govenment is Rudy Giuliani.  We have the talent.  We need to learn how to use it.  We need to find a way to get our voices heard without depending on the ‘mainstream media’.  It is not our friend.  If you watch the video of the Zogby Poll of Obama voters, you see how much the media controlled the news in this past election.  Until we find a way to get our message out without the media filters, we will not win.  The education system in this country is not teaching ‘American exceptionalism’, and all of our cultural equality will eventually destroy us. 

Power Line Blog has an update on the Minnesota recount.  I firmly believe that the people involved in this recount process are doing everything possible to keep it honest, but I also believe that they will have their challenges placed in front of them by the Franken campaign.  Right now, Norm Coleman is still leading–the massive amoutn of votes from northern Minnesota that the Franken campaign was counting on did not happen.  This is a picture of one of the votes that the Franken campaign is challenging.  We need to remember that all of us do not fill in circles the same way!

To me, this is an obvious vote for Norm Coleman.  Al Franken claims that the vote is for him.  I really have a hard time understanding that logic!

I don’t have a problem with the concept that every crisis is an opportunity.  If you choose to learn from a negative experience so as not to repeat the experience, it becomes a worthwhile part of your growth as a person.  If you choose to use a negative experience to try to push the envelope further than you have been able to push it before, chances are you will make the negative experience worse.  This is a concept we need to keep in mind in reading the article in today’s Wall Street Journal Online.  The worrisome quote in this article comes from Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama’s chief of staff.  The quote follows:

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel, Mr. Obama’s new chief of staff, told a Wall Street Journal conference of top corporate chief executives this week.

He elaborated: “Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before.”

We need to consider, as a nation, how far we are willing to let the government go in taking over businesses.  The automobile industry is going broke due to a combination of its own management and business plan errors and government regulations.  If you do not change the management or business plan and you add more government regulations, there is no way that giving the big three auto companies makes sense.  Again, you only have to look at the automobile manufacturing that is going on in states where unions and Democrats are not in control.  These are the states where an industry can thrive and grow and help the economy of the area where it is located instead of asking for handouts. 

The direction that Congress is moving right now may eventually lead to a long needed taxpayer revolt (they are planning to bail out the auto industry as soon as they can figure out a way to get political cover.  The only reason the bailout of the financial industry passed is that there were enough Republicans supporting it–including President Bush–that the Democrats did not have to worry about political repercussions).  If Congress is so interested in saving the economy and spending 25 billion dollars doing it, they could probably give each taxpayer 50 thousand dollars and accomplish the same thing!  The difference would be that they would no longer have control of the money and leverage on the recipient.  I firmly believe that the Democrat party is totally about seizing power, expanding government, and making sure that they stay in power.  I cannot honestly say that I believe most Democrats have the best interests of America in mind.

Yesterday, in The New York Times Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed piece on the proposed  bailout of the automobile industry.  Mitt Romney has in interesting take on this because he grew up in Michigan and his father was an auto company executive.  In the editorial, he states:

“Furthermore, retiree benefits must be reduced so that the total burden per auto for domestic makers is not higher than that of foreign producers.

That extra burden is estimated to be more than $2,000 per car. Think what that means: Ford, for example, needs to cut $2,000 worth of features and quality out of its Taurus to compete with Toyota’s Avalon. Of course the Avalon feels like a better product — it has $2,000 more put into it. Considering this disadvantage, Detroit has done a remarkable job of designing and engineering its cars. But if this cost penalty persists, any bailout will only delay the inevitable.”

CNN ran an article today about people in an Ohio diner in an area where auto workers live.  These people live near (and many work in) a nearby Honda factory which is doing very well.  As people in the auto industry, they understand what union contracts have done to the American car manufacturers.  The consensus of opionion there was that backruptcy would be a good thing, because it would allow the car companies to renegotiate their contracts and to change their business plan to a profitable one. 

Giving money to Detroit auto companies right now is not constructive–until they change their ways, they will only need more.  They are not helped by the fact that Michigan is a one-party state which has been ruled by Democrats for some time now.  The Democrats have made it a place of high taxes and overregulation.  When they can, businesses have moved elsewhere to avoid both.  If you check the census figures over the last four years, you can see that generally speaking, states with high taxes and overregulation of business have been losing population or staying the same.  States with lower taxes and less regulation have increased in population and job growth.

The bailout bill has not yet been voted on because it does not have the votes to pass, but it will be back in early December.  All of us need to contact our Senators and Representatives and ask them to oppose it.  Not only is it throwing good money after bad, but to ask Americans to spend recklessly in a shrinking economy is just not right.  Bankruptcy is a much better option–even though if backruptcy occurs rather than the backup, Congress would not be able to get itstentacles into the management and running of the American auto companies. 

This showed up in my email today.  I think it’s an amazing idea.  I haven’t tried it, so I’m not ready to endorse it yet!

During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can ‘taste’ it.

Some of us have used Vicks Vapo rub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I’ve never heard of this. And don’t laugh, it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren’t sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapo rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comfortin g and they will sleep soundly.

Just happened to tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs so, I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this was a deep, (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for hours every night that she used it.

If you have grandchildren, pass this on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed at how it works.

The Zogby polling service took a poll after the election of people who had voted for Obama to gauge their knowledge of the issues.  Some of the results are listed at Power Line Blog.  In reading the results, you can see how the media played a role in this election.  You can also see how the ‘celebrity gossip’ culture played a role.  There was one remark which the people polled credited to Sarah Palin that was actually made by Tina Fey.  We need to educate our voters (97 percent of these people were high school graduates and 55 percent were college graduates).  We need to work on our education system to teach people how to pay attention to what is going on around them–other than celebrity gossip.

The Wall Street Journal Online has a very interesting article today about an aspect of the proposed bailout of the auto companies that has not been widely discussed.  Earlier this year congress approved 25 billion in loans to the big three auto companies for the purpose of retooling to become more environmentally friendly.  The White House said Friday that Detroit would be able to use the money now with a few basic conditions–for example, they would have to present a business plan to the Energy Secretary showing how the money would help them stay alive and profitable–but, Democrats would have to remove the ‘environmental strings’ they had placed on that money.  They are unwilling to do that.

As a taxpayer, I object.  If the money has already been allocated for the auto companies, give it to them and stop trying to control everything they do.  The article sums it up–

“All of this shows that Democrats don’t merely want to save jobs. They want an entirely different American auto industry that serves goals other than selling cars to consumers. The green lobbies have disliked Detroit for decades — for resisting fleet mileage standards and having the audacity to make SUVs, trucks and other vehicles that people have wanted to buy but that violate modern environmental pieties. For the greens, the bailout is their main chance to remake Detroit according to their dictates.”

Unless we get the government out of business, there will be no successful businesses to employ people, pay taxes, and allow people to succeed.  This will result in more taxpayer money needed to keep industries afloat and the eventual end of the free enterprise and entrepreneurship that has made this country great.

George Bush (even to those suffering from Bush Derangement Syndrome) has been a strong leader.  Since September 11, 2001, the rogues of the world have been relatively quiet (at least for rogues), but now America is seen as in a time of transition–appearing to be vulnerable.  Let’s take a look at where we are.

Oil is hovering around $50 a barrel.  In July, oil was at $147 a barrel.  This is a serious problem for Russia, Venezuela, and various terrorists around the world.  How can anyone expect to run a respectable third-world country or terrorist organization on $50 a barrel oil?  They can’t.  So what happens next?  Well, we seem to be having a problem with Somali pirates right now.  These pirates have been wreaking havoc for a while, but they seem to have become more brazen of late.  They also have had their challenges when they hijacked the wrong ship.

According to various sources, (the one I list here is BoingBoing.net), the pirates hijacked a ship in August of this year with a mysterious cargo that caused some of them to become ill and killed some of them.  It was an Iranian ship and finding information on what the cargo was or what exactly happened is something of a challenge.

This week they hijacked a Saudi tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil.  This is a serious matter in terms of the basic lawlessness and the amount of oil involved.  We’ve had problems with pirates before–the U. S. Marines dealt with them in the early days of our country (and won).  It seems as if it may be time to deal with them again. 

This is a matter that needs the cooperation of the entire world, but I am not sure we know how to come together to fight lawlessness anymore–it seems like too much of the world has been living in lawlessness and reaping some benefit.  I hope this will be dealt with quickly, and those who would pirate be either jailed or executed.  There is nothing worthwhile about piracy.

The State Canvassing Board in Minnesota will declare Norm Coleman the winner in Minnesota today, and the recount of the votes will begin tomorrow.  At this time, Norm Coleman has a 216 vote lead–it was 725 the day after the election.  This information comes from Power Line Blog, but there will be daily information on the recount at The Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State web page that has been set up for that purpose.  Power Line Blog has been following this election battle closely because two of their contributors live in Minnesota, and they care (as we all do) about the integrity of the election process in their state.

Although he is still behind (but the numbers have changed significantly since the actual election), Al Franken will be meeting Tuesday with Democrat leaders in the U. S. Senate to talk about upcoming legislation.  The meeting is described as necessary because according to his spokeswoman, Colleen Murray, “If he should win this election, it would be irresponsible for him not to get ready to take office,” she said. “Minnesota deserves a senator who is ready to take office on Day One.”   He will, however, skip the orientation for new senators, saying that attending that event would be “presumptuous”.

Good Grief!

Power Line Blog has posted an article running the numbers on the car manufacturers in this country.  There is a chart in the article that shows the pre-tax operating profit for Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissen and Honda.  The chart says it all.  Unless the American car makers restructure, we will be bailing them out every six months.  It’s like dealing with a teenager and a new credit card–you teach them to use it responsibly or you take it away from them!  Anyway, it’s an interesting article.

Barack Obama comes into office with a number of challenges and promises he made as to how he would deal with these challenges.  Unfortunately, reality is already beginning to sink in, and some of those promises will be stretched considerably.  For example, there are two interesting articles on Hot Air right now. 

The first is titled Going Backwards on Indefinite Detention deals with the challenges of Guantanamo–the prisoners there were generally captured on the battlefield fighting us–they are dangerous–and how much intelligence can they give us on Al Qaeda?  What do we do with them?  This is further complicated by the fact that many of their countries of origin do not want them back.  If we put them in American courts, we have classified information problems, we cost the taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees, and we choke the legal system with people who are not (nor have ever been) American citizens.  How dumb is that?  The wisdom of George Bush in putting these people in Guantanamo is becoming obvious.  I am glad that we have not executed any of them, although there may be some there deserving of that fate, but that is another matter which I am sure will come up in the future.

The second article is titled Missile Defense Likely To Continue.  This story refers to a Time Magazine article stating that because of the recent statements and actions of Russia, the cold war seems to be on again, and Barack Obama would be wise not to back down by discontinuing missile defense plans for Europe. 

It’s interesting to me that if these changes actually happen, they will occur after Barack Obama received his first Presidential Security Briefing.  I have no idea what is contained in these briefings (nor do I want to know), but I suspect that they are enough to curl your hair.  We live in a very dangerous world, and it is a tribute to the leadership we have in this country that we can live without fear and in comfort in that world.

Michael Barone has a very good article in National Review Online about the proposed bailout of the big three auto companies.  The collapse of these companies helps no one, but they were in trouble before the economy began its decline.  The problem for the Detriot automakers in the contracts they have made with the UAW (United Auto Workers).  The Philadelphia Inquirer has an online article today detailing some of the differences between how Detroit automakers have run their companies and how Toyota runs its American based factories.  According to the article–

“Toyota, on the other hand, having gone to school on the problems looming for American auto companies as it set up U.S. operations, has fewer than a thousand retirees. Even when that number balloons into the thousands over the next decade, the company’s liabilities for its retirees will remain right where they are today: at zero. That’s because Toyota has put the responsibility for funding their retirements on the shoulders of the employees themselves, through individual investment accounts to which the company contributes.”

The article in the Inquirer also points out that the excessive costs of union benefits made it financially impossible to do the retooling that the big three auto companies needed to remain competitive.  The high demands of the unions over the years may be what puts to companies into backruptcy (Chapter 11 would actually be a good idea) or forces the American taxpayer to bail them out (which would be an ongoing situation).

I need to thank my middle daughter for the heads up on this article.  In today’s New York Post there is a great article putting the George W. Bush Presidency in perspective.  As we sit in the complacency of seven plus years without a terrorist attack on our soil and twenty-four out of the last twenty-five quarters showing positive growth of the economy, we need to consider some of the adventures of past presidents.  I hope history will be kinder to George Bush than the American media has been.  As far as I know, you can’t be a total idiot and learn how to pilot a fighter plane.  I wish some of the people making that charge could be forced to go through flight training.  It might change their perspective.  Anyway, according to the article–

“Everything is the best/worst/funniest/most tragic/most brilliant thing ever, if you’re a high school girl, the hero of “Memento” or a political commentator. Things look different if you extend your memory more than five minutes into the past. Maybe the problem is the lack of a buzzword for the scandal. Here’s one: “Superlativegate.””

Thanks for your eight years, President Bush.  You stood tall, and I hope history will remember that.

I just got back from a book signing at Borders in Providence Place Mall.  The book was THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER by Glenn Beck.  I haven’t read the book yet, so I can’t comment on it, but I hope to do that in the near future.  During the short time I was there, over four hundred books were sold.  I’m not sure what the final count was.  Needless to say, I can’t be sure that everyone there was a conservative, but everyone had fun waiting on line and talking to the people around them.  The people around my husband and I were people concerned about the results of the election, concerned about the mortgage situation, and concerned about the economy in general.  But even in the midst of voicing their concerns, they were positive and upbeat, and the wait in line was a pleasant experience.  Even though there were some minor delays, the event was very well organized and done very professionally.  I am looking forward to reading the book.

According to Michael Yon, as reported on Little Green Footballs, the war in Iraq is over, and we won.  This is the essence of Michael Yon’s report–

“There’s nothing going on. I’m with the 10th Mountain Division, and about half of the guys I’m with haven’t fired their weapons on this tour and they’ve been here eight months. And the place we’re at, South Baghdad, used to be one of the worst places in Iraq. And now there’s nothing going on. I’ve been walking my feet off and haven’t seen anything. I’ve been asking Iraqis, ‘do you think the violence will kick up again,’ but even the Iraqi journalists are sounding optimistic now and they’re usually dour.”

Thank you to all the men and women and their families who sacrificed and made this possible.  Thank you to George Bush who stood his ground against the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reed (who said the war was lost), and Barack Obama who fought him every step of the way.  And thanks to General David Howell Petraeus who literally wrote the book on how to handle an insurgency. 

According to Investor’s Business Daily yesterday, the trade agreement that would have opened Columbia up to American markets has now been signed by the European Union.  So instread of America, Europe will reap the rewards of American efforts in Columbia.  The U.S. has spent a decade cleaning up Columbia,  Plan Colombia and other programs contributed decisively to Colombia’s peace and security, laying the groundwork for new markets to form.  Now, because of a Democrat congress opposing free trade, someone else will reap the fruit of our efforts.  It is a shame that Nancy Pelosi chose to take the result of American efforts and hand the profits over to someone else.  Sort of like taking the fruit of our labors and giving to industries that have refused to change with the marketplace.  At least she is consistent.

This is not an article about people who are upset that John McCain lost the election.  As far as I know, most conservatives, although disappointed and somewhat concerned, have accepted the election results and continued on with their lives.  That is, unfortunately, not the case with the people who opposed Proposition Eight in California.  According to Yahoo News, the people who opposed Proposition Eight have gotten downright ugly.  According to the article–

“A National Protest Against Prop 8 organized by JoinTheImpact.com is scheduled for this Saturday. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which opponents say donated more than $20 million to the Yes on 8 campaign, has already become a focus of protests, with demonstrators gathered around Mormon temples not only in California but across the country.”

When an election is held, the results need to be accepted until a new election can be held.  Protest is legal in this country and should remain so, but some of these protests have gone over the edge.  There was white powder sent to a Mormon Church this week (the Mormon Church supported Proposition Eight financially and vocally), and there was a church service disrupted in the midwest by gay activists last weekend.  Everyone needs to take a deep breath and behave like grownups.

According to ABC News, Dan Lundgrun, a Republican representative from California, will be challenging John Boehner on his leadership position.  I like John Boehner, I think his actions last summer to push through a drilling bill were great–but, unfortunately, although he increased the awareness of many Americans on the issue, he achieved no visible results.  The Democrats caved on the issue, but if Barack Obama follows through on what he has said, he will reinstate the ban on offshore exploration.  I think John Boehner has done a reasonable job, but I think in view of the last election and the general lack of backbone in our Republican representatives that it is time for a change.  I do agree with Representative Lundgrun that competition improves things.  Hopefully, this race will cause house Republicans to restate their principles and define them more clearly.  This would be a good thing for everyone.

According to Yahoo News the automobile industry bialout with $25 billion in emergency loans inched forward Friday when Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate will begin debate Monday and hold a test vote two days later. Supporters scrambled for votes to break an expected filibuster.  This is a disaster.  We are seeing the congressional equivalent of how sharks react when there is blood in the water, only this time congress is reacting to the idea of our money they think they can spend.  We need to let the auto industries go into Chapter 11, clean up contracts they can’t keep, and restructure their debt.  Notice that the auto industry that is in trouble is in the heavily unionized states–not the plants in other parts of the country.  If you check the statistics, Michigan is a one-party state, ruled by Democrats with Democrat ideas in place, and people are leaving in droves.  Check the population growth for the states in the last census.  It tells you that people are voting with their feet, and it tells you how they are voting.  Michigan is reaching the point where “Who Is John Galt?” is a totally relevant question.  If you don’t understand the reference, take the time to read Ayn Rand’s ATLAS SHRUGGED.  Her ideas are a little extreme, but she definitely heads in the right direction.

“Who is Ann E. Dunwoody?”, you ask.  This Army General is now the first woman to achieve the rank of Four-Star General.  Her story is at Breitbart.com.  She began her Army career thirty-three years ago at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  Thank you, General Dunwoody, for your service, and congratulations on your latest accomplishment.

There is a further update on the Norm Coleman-Al Franken election at Power Line Blog.  Two of the writers of Power Line are from Minnesota, so they are watching the action up close and personal.  The fact that all the previously ‘undiscovered’ votes are for Al Franken is a little distressing.  The fact that ACORN may have registered thousands of illegal voters does not help the situation.  I am concerned for the future of honest elections in this country.  We need to reach the point where the good of the country is more important that any one party’s hold on political power.

There has been a lot of talk recently that if Barack Obama got elected, he would reinstate the “Fairness Doctrine” which demands that any political speech on radio or TV has to be balanced equally on both sides.  Needless to say, this is a nightmare to enforce and generally kills any political free speech.  When Ronald Reagan dissolved the Fairness Doctrine in the 1980’s talk radio was born.  Since talk radio tends to be conservative, there are people on the liberal end of the political spectrum who would like to see it go away.  A reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would do that.  The reinstatement would also be a violation of the First Amendment, which protects free speech, particularly political speech.  Anyway, the rumors are flying–but there’s another idea on the horizon.

According to the American Thinker, there is a move toward a ‘localism rule’ which would put all radio stations under the control of local advisory boards.  A lot of this is way over my head, but the bottom line is that someone is trying to control what we hear.  Please read the article in the American Thinker, and pay attention.  We may all have to listen to talk radio on the internet now, and some of those sites may be blocked.  It may get very interesting before it gets better.

According to CNN the Catholic Church is ending its funding of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).  According to the article–

“This week, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore, Maryland, the campaign’s chairman said it was cutting all ties with the group.

“We simply had too many questions and concerns to permit further CCHD funding of ACORN groups,” Roger Morin, the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, told his colleagues in a letter to the conference.”

There were too many questions of voter fraud and other financial irregularities.  The Church acknowledged the need for voter registration in poorer communities, but stated that it could not support ACORN until it is clear that they are not engaged in illegal activities or voter fraud.