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Archive for June, 2009

Letter Rekindles Man’s Memory of His Father

Minn. lawmaker vows not to complete Census

NYT reporter escapes from Taliban captivity

After Losing $20 Million in Equipment, Federal Health-Care Agency Won $500 Million Earmark in Stimulus; Agency’s HQ Had 10 Pieces of IT Equipment Per Worker

Cost Estimates a ‘Death Blow’ to Calls for Public Health Care Plan

Taking a Razor to the President’s Plan

This week’s prize is the book “Liberty and Tyranny” by Mark Levin

Born on June 25th, 1745 this future patriot physician would also become the U.S. Treasurer under four different presidents. During the War he served as a surgeon and is believed to have been at the siege of Yorktown. He believe (as an anti-Federalist) that the Constitution had given the central government too much weight when it established the balance between state and federal authority. Nonetheless, he held prominent positions in the new national government. From 1789 to 1793, he served as a congressmen from South Carolina and eight years later, he accepted Thomas Jefferson’s appointment as the treasurer of the United States. He remained in that position under four presidents: Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quincy Adams, and died while holding the office in 1828. Name this patriot physician and US Treasurer.

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PETITION TO BLOCK CONGRESSIONAL ATTACKS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS

Read and sign (if you agree) Glenn Beck’s Petition to our Leaders.

An Open Letter to our Nation’s Leadership!

Gates says Twitter is “huge strategic asset”

Obama’s Missed Opportunity in Iran

US boosts Hawaii defense to counter NKorea threat

U.S. Military Tracking North Korean Ship Suspected of Proliferating Missiles, Nukes

Sin Tax For a Big Mac

Old Media Ignore Teacher Firing

Why Perilous Times Are Now in Overdrive

Call me Senator!! 

I’m sure the General was probably thinking of an another name for her at that time

Reading Miranda Rights to Terrorists Is ‘Crazy’ and ‘Stupid’

Are global taxes coming to America?

Freedom Can’t be Rationed

Democrats to push through banking overhaul quickly

FBI e-mail investigation fingers White House?

Bush takes swipes at Obama policies

PETA Condemns Obama Fly-Swatting Incident

NK Plans to Fire Missile Toward Hawaii

Iranian Reaches out to His People from Israel

Birds Did Not Evolve from Dinosaurs, Say Evolutionists

China sells US bonds to ’show concern’

Farm Belt Lawmakers Challenge Climate Bill

Will Blue Dog Democrats Fund Terrorism?

Navy SEAL to Launch Into Space

Senate to Approve Hate Crimes Law Via Tourism Bill Today or Tomorrow

Freak Beijing storm turns day into night

Crisis in Iran Sparks Global Guerrilla Cyberwar

Obama’s AmeriCrooks and Cronies Scandal

Obama to Extend Health Care, Benefits to Gay Partners of Federal Employees

Guess who’s going to be much better off thanks President Obama’s health care scheme?

Tea Party Leader Runs for Senate in Arkansas

California to miss budget deadline, “meltdown” nears

Obama Sees 10% Unemployment Rate, Chides Wall Street Critics

Are you freer today than you were before Obama?

Durbin cashed out during big stock collapse

Medvedev: World Needs New Reserve Currency

Hospitals Oppose Obama’s Health Care Cuts

The Exploding Carbon Tax

Health Care Is Not That Complicated