May 25, 2009 – In an era devoid of genuine bi-partisan cooperation, it is heartening to see people stand up for what is right -simply because it’s … Mayor Adrian Fenty and the Council not to sign the bill. … They want their opinions and votes to count but they don’t want to honor the views of the citizens they represent.…

Jun 9, 2009 – to act quickly. … Legislators were told to vote for it fast. No one read it thoroughly. … sign it.…

Jun 8, 2009 – These days, those same Democrats are so eager to disenfranchise Republicans that they’re ready to do anything up to and including sending … If I could suck it up and vote for McCain last November, the least these four can do is sign on for another six years. … Nowhere in the Constitution is the government given the authority to meddle in these matters, and once it does, it opens itself up…

Jun 3, 2009 – Sources also indicated that they intend to launch a nation-wide effort to repeal the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. … After the Dems capture at least 99% of the black vote in 2012 they plan to rename themselves the “Party of Lincoln.” … Another one million workers will be hired to pick up the trash.…

Jun 18, 2009 – The total vote for House elections has gone from 66 million in 1998 to 73 million in 2002 and 80 million in 2006, an increase of 20 … We lament it, but it inspires many people to go to the polls. … If your side is more enthusiastic, you'll get more volunteers, more contributions and more people taking the trouble to vote for you…

Jun 12, 2009 – vote." … Which is why tyrants try to avoid them. Or if they can't, to manipulate them. … It may be a small sign, but it is a sign.…

Jul 8, 2009 – The van pulls up to the main entrance. … According to the Census Bureau, median household income went up from $41,613 in 1982 (in inflation adjusted dollars) to $59,233 in … At the same time, the earnings of the typical CEO as compared to an average U.S. worker went up from 30-to-1 (it was never the nostalgically…

Jul 7, 2009 – , 56 patriots - including Samuel Adams – would vote to approve the document known as the Declaration of Independence. … Then, as noted here last week (Let Freedom Ring – Again) each of those patriots would, in turn, dare “to pick up pen, dip it in … The late television newsman Charles Kuralt retold the story this way, “Having walked back to his boarding house… (Adams) took up a…

Jul 1, 2009 – It outraged the conscience of a nation and aroused people of various races and social backgrounds to rise up against it, sometimes … to the same thing in practice. … vote counts big time.…

Jul 13, 2009 – The ratio of voter to Assembly rep is over 455,000 to one. The ratio per voter to state senator is over 900,000 to one. … There needs to be a greater number of representatives, so that each one’s individual vote each mean less and the individual votes of … For a state of the union to default on its debts is, well, dreadful. Californians must wake up, take charge.…

Jul 24, 2009 – We’ve been helping the National Center for Policy Analysis get their petition up to a million. … Use the shortcode number 77569 and enter "Y" for yes to the payroll tax cut or "N" to vote against the idea. … Take five minutes and sign on to two polls and text one message.…

Jul 24, 2009 – But three of them show just how far this president is willing to ignore the truth to push his political agenda. … Beyond that, around 14 million of the uninsured are eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP, and simply don’t bother to sign up. … So who’s to blame for all this? According to Obama, it’s all Republicans’ fault. The math belies that statement.…

Jul 21, 2009 – As Democrats dropped a key part of a labor union bill the other day, the AFL-CIO seemed to be confused as to whether or not they support … and expect senators will have to take a floor vote on majority sign up, sources said today.  … (Kasie Hunt, “Labor Standing Fast On Card-Check Bill Vote,” National Journal’s Congress Daily, 7/17/09)…

Aug 7, 2009 – The next sign of recovery was the decision of John McCain to damn the torpedoes and put Sarah Palin on the ticket. … Then, yesterday, mirabile dictu, the Republican minority in the Senate voted four-to-one to send Sonia back to Greenwich Village. … Using that yardstick, Justice Sotomayor would have to vote to outlaw the death penalty.…

Aug 6, 2009 – They believe ACORN is a public-spirited organization that registers the poor to vote and encourages citizen involvement in morally … When the extortion and vote-fraud conglomerate ACORN isn’t busing schoolchildren to the nation’s capital to protest proposed tax cuts … Remember, if you sign up for Townhall magazine today, we’ll send you a FREE COPY of Michelle Malkin’s new book, “Culture of Corruption…

Aug 4, 2009 – be able to challenge Bill Clinton for the title of the biggest liar ever to occupy the White House. … It's time to change that. … When there is a bill that ends up on my desk as President, you will have five days to look online and find out what's in it before…

Aug 14, 2009 – We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." -- No laughing. … "If every member pledged to not vote for it if they hadn't read it in its entirety, I think we would have very few votes," Hoyer told … This is not the time to ask why Congress won't subject itself to the health mandates it wants to foist on every other American.…

Aug 13, 2009 – The average vote in the other 15 districts was a less-than-landslide 57 percent to 41 percent for McCain. … "I want them just to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess." … When a politician tries to stop debate, it's a sign he's losing the argument.…

Aug 13, 2009 – wait to see how these two states vote in November before it takes any final vote on the president's plans to radically rewrite the … sign. … one but themselves to blame a year hence.…

Aug 28, 2009 – Obama now turns to Israel to avoid embarrassment. … sign on to veto-proof congressional sanctions legislation not as a consequence of his own failure, but as a result of Israeli pressure … it impossible for the Iranian "moderates" to convince the "hardliners" to give up their nuclear weapons program.…

Aug 27, 2009 – Senator Reid, will you pledge today to sign up personally for a "public option" health plan, if it becomes law? … Senator Reid, you claim you support expanding Nevadans’ health care choices, so why did you vote to kill Medical Savings Accounts, … I firmly believe that if we want to reduce costs, tort reform must be central to health reform.…

Aug 21, 2009 – Johnson won re-election to the senate, but Kennedy's presidential victory made LBJ the vice president, and set up a special election … That all changed when several Democrats stepped up to fill the seat LBJ vacated, while the only GOP hope was John Tower.  … If those  ten do enough vote splitting, as happened back in 1961, they easily could hand Hutchison's senate seat over to a Democrat…

Aug 20, 2009 – If you sign up for his government-run health care plan because he promises you a pony, I wouldn’t load up on hay. … Because first we've got to take back the White House, we've got to take back the Senate, and we've got to take back the House. … To bolster our confidence, he pointed to how well FedEx and UPS compete with the U.S. Postal Service.…

Sep 16, 2009 – An amendment Gregg introduced today would have ended the use of stimulus dollars to buy these "signs to nowhere," but instead met stiff … We have a long way to go to get jobs up and running, there's no question about it. … We don't have to put up a sign and tell them we're spending their money.'…

Sep 15, 2009 – sign on to the creation of a central bank. … Now listen to what Ben Franklin had to say about a Democracy: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch … A Democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public…