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Grown-Up Conversation Needed
One element of this past election rests in the fact that our elected officials have spent vast amounts of public monies we don’t have and…
‘De Facto Americans’ and Other Progressive Memes
On the Lame Duck Congress’s $6.2 billion vote for their DREAM, Harry Reid’s vitiation [gotta line up enough kamikaze votes], and more progressive congressional shenanigans…
Grassroots and the Beltway
Today at RedState, Erick Erickson has a great post about the battle to limit earmarks and pork spending from Washington. Most recently? Roads, bridges and…
Government Continues to Grow during Lame Duck Season
Nestled between Thanksgiving and Christmas, as we all revel in the season and work on getting things handled at the office so that we can…
Is It 2012 yet?
Intra-party barbs are already in force for the ’12 presidential…good stuff! Redstate: Booty Call to Evangelicals
Wisconsin Nomination Papers Can be Circulated Today
Today is the first day Nomination Papers can be circulated in Wisconsin. The filing deadline for submitting these Nomination Papers is Tuesday, January 4, 2011 by 5 pm. It is imperative conservatives across this great state step up and run for local office.
Busting Up the Education Cartel
Chris Christie is still on the rampage against teachers’ unions … and for good reason. With some possible exceptions (maybe, but not likely) teachers unions…
Get Back in the Groove
Coming off a 5 day holiday sabbatical, it is hard to get back in the groove, but I need to stay focused. There is so…
Many Thanksgiving, One Meaning
Many believe the “First American Thanksgiving” occurred in December, 1621. But as with many American traditions, it’s difficult to pin down the precise origin. American…
Merit Pay for Wisconsin Teachers?
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had an article in yesterday’s paper discussing merit pay for teachers. It suggested that Milwaukee and other Wisconsin schools could learn from other school districts like Pittsburgh’s school district, which has successfully implemented a merit pay system.
Wisconsin Hunting Season
This time of year brings an annual tradition in Wisconsin: deer hunting season. People are out in full force in their blaze orange hunting a…
KEEP THE MOMENTUM
Amidst the analyses, opinions, and Monday-morning-quarterbacking post 2010 campaign, the one fact that stands out is that the grassroots conservative movement – i.e. Tea Party…
Airports Should Opt-Out of TSA
On Wednesday, John Pistole, head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) defended recent moves by the agency to conduct more invasive security screenings at our…
Organizing for Freedom: American Majority and The New Leaders Project
Yesterday, in a bold move that directly addresses the need for unity and a true bottom up leadership approach to the problems facing America, American…
Millions Here, Hunger There~
I have no idea the political ideology of this group, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families but this study is sure bothersome Arkansas Schools Stockpiling…
Grassroots and Tea Party Leaders Announce “The New Leaders Project”
On the heels of an historic mid-term election, and amid speculation about the future of the Tea Party movement, American Majority along with local Tea…
Conservatives Need to Show Leadership
As we move into the next legislative cycle and calendar year throughout this country, conservatives need to step it up a notch. They need to get past the campaign mode and into the legislative mode. The American people are looking for leadership, they are looking for real solutions and if they don’t like what they see and hear, well, we know what happens next.
School House Rocks – Pt 1
As my colleague Matt Batzel has commented, with the most historic election in a generation behind us, the electoral heavy lifting has only just begun. Tea Party folks took to the streets and then to the polls to rightly protest our egregious out-of-control government in Washington. But that fervor needn’t end with Washington.
San Francisco’s Final Victory
I am always amazed at the parallels between baseball and politics. Perhaps it is because I have worked in politics for several years and been…
At the Ballot Box or the Battle Field~
Where do the candidates you are voting for stand on the issues? Think it’s not important? You might want to think again? Only 64 days…
Huh? What Fraud?
Great piece by Michelle Malkin on the Left’s whitewashing of obvious voter fraud — already rampant across the country a full week before the election…
PHILOSOPHER KINGS FACING INEVITABLE DEFEAT: BLAME THE VOTER
In the closing chapters of election 2010, one conspicuous factor that stands out is the bizarre and obvious contempt the liberal Left has with the…
Make Those Phone Calls and Knock on Those Doors!
If you truly want to be a difference maker in this election than you NEED to sign up for one or multiple get-out-the-vote (GOTV) shifts that SHOULD be readily available at the campaign rallies you are attending. Even though momentum is on the side of conservatives, races across the country at every level will go down to the wire. Reaching as many undecided or leaning voters through personal phone calls or door-knocking is of the utmost importance at this critical juncture for campaigns.