This is the link to the Philip J Berg show. Enjoy!

Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)

The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright–
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.

The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done–
“It’s very rude of him,” she said,
“To come and spoil the fun!”

The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead–
There were no birds to fly.

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
“If this were only cleared away,”
They said, “it would be grand!”

“If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose,” the Walrus said,
“That they could get it clear?”
“I doubt it,” said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.

“O Oysters, come and walk with us!”
The Walrus did beseech.
“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each.”

The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head–
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.

But four young Oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat–
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn’t any feet.

Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more–
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”

“But wait a bit,” the Oysters cried,
“Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!”
“No hurry!” said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.

“A loaf of bread,” the Walrus said,
“Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed–
Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.”

“But not on us!” the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
“After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!”
“The night is fine,” the Walrus said.
“Do you admire the view?

“It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!”
The Carpenter said nothing but
“Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf–
I’ve had to ask you twice!”

“It seems a shame,” the Walrus said,
“To play them such a trick,
After we’ve brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!”
The Carpenter said nothing but
“The butter’s spread too thick!”

“I weep for you,” the Walrus said:
“I deeply sympathize.”
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.

“O Oysters,” said the Carpenter,
“You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none–
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.

Ever get the idea that the American people are the oysters?

As the debate on the hill continues over the President’s signature issue, Conservative Democrats, the so-called Blue Dogs, are holding out in a key Committee which could hold up the process indefinitely should the leadership cling to their fiscally irresponsible bill. So what is Henry and SanFranNan to do? Why bypass the Energy and Finance Committee altogether and take the bill directly to the floor of course. But is that advisable? I don’t think so!

The Blue Dogs are pretty solid in their resolve to oppose this bill as long as it has the current bankrupting price tag. With the balance of power in the House divided 256 Democrat to 178 Republican, Pelosi et al cannot afford a defection of 52 members of her Party that are poised to vote with the Republicans on this bill. Do the math. If Pelosi loses 52 votes, she only has 204 for the bill with the 52 siding with Republicans that gives the opposition 230 and the bill will die a very painful death.

These Blue Dogs have been burned by the Porkulus and are in a position to take a political hit over Cap and Trade come November of next year. For them now to drastically change their collective minds about this piece of shit bill would ruin any hope of re-election from a fiscally conservative constituency. Lest Nancy and Henry forget, every single House seat is up for grabs come November 2, 2010. Nancy may be safe coming from the libtard haven of San Francisco and Waxman may have an easier time than most, but for middle America fiscally conservative Democrats, re-election possibilities are beginning to look in doubt.

So Nancy has a dilemma on her hands…

Bypass a key Committee because she doesn’t like the fact that she can’t ram this bill through the House before anyone has a chance to read the whole bill as was done with the Porkulus and with Cap and Trade. And in doing so usurp the democratic process OR does she allow it to stall in Committee until after the Congress recesses for the summer. Either way the bill is sure to die in its current form.

Gribbit Reporting for YGCRadio – Ohio

[UPDATE 1652]

More good news out of Rasmussen Reports.

Obama’s national approval rating has dipped below 50% for the first time in his Presidency. In a nationwide telephone poll conducted yesterday evening, Obama only garnered 49% over-all favorable marks. Those strongly opposed to Obama’s job as president continue to outpace those who strongly approve as Rasmussen’s Presidential Index is also at its lowest level of Obama’s Presidency with a -8.

According to the poll…

Fifty-three percent (53%) now oppose the Congressional health care reform package. That’s up eight points over the past month. Just 20% now see health care as the most important of the President’s priorities. Nearly twice as many, 37%, say deficit reduction is most important.

Hard to believe it, but yes, Obama has a few accomplishments in his first 6 months in office.

I did say that I’d praise him when the situation warranted didn’t I?

In Obama’s first 6 months as President he’s…

1. Offended the Queen of England

2. Bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia

3. Praised the Marxist Daniel Ortega

4. Kissed Hugo Chavez on the cheek

5. Endorsed the Socialist Evo Morales of Bolivia

6. Announced we would meet with Iranians with no pre-conditions

7. Gave away billions to AIG, also without pre-conditions

8. Expanded the bailouts

9. Insulted everyone who has ever loved a Special Olympian

10. Doubled our national debt

11. Announced a termination of the space defense system the day after the North Koreans launched an ICBM.

12. Despite the urgings of his own CIA director and the prior 42 CIA directors, released information on intelligence gathering. Announced major restrictions on interrogation techniques used on enemy combatant prisoners.

13. Accepted without public comment the fact that five of his cabinet members cheated on their taxes and two other appointees withdrew after they couldn’t take the heat.

14. Appointed a Homeland Security Chief who quickly identified as “dangers to the nation” groups including veterans of the military, and opponents to abortion on demand, and who ordered that the word “terrorism” no longer be used but instead referred to such acts as “man made disasters.”

15. Circled the globe so he could openly apologize for America ’s shortcomings and sins.

16. Told Mexicans the violence in their country was mostly caused by illegal guns from the U.S.

17. Politicized the census by moving it into the White House from its Department of Commerce origins and announced ACORN [the organization under massive scrutiny amid allegations of election fraud] would manage the process.

18. A ppointed as Attorney General the man who orchestrated the forced removal and expulsion from America to Cuba of a nine-year old whose mother died trying to bring him to a life of freedom in the United States .

19. Salutes as heroes three Navy SEALS who took down three terrorists who threatened one American life and the next day announces members of the Bush administration will likely stand trial for torturing a terrorist who had played a part in killing 3000 Americans by pouring water over his face.

20. On his watch, Air Force One flew over New York City for a photo op without notifying local authorities, causing widespread panic.

21. Took over the American Automobile industry and handed over 50% off to the unions [because he said he owed them] and appointed a czar with no experience of the automotive industry.

22. Continued his drive for abs olute gun control activities, thumbing his nose at the 2nd Amendment.

23. Offered travel and living subsidies in the U.S. to Hamas activists displaced from the Gaza Strip.

24. Got more airtime [TV] than Oprah Winfrey and was often out of Washington instead of tending to the real business of State.

25. Announced the closure of enemy combatants detention center in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba but failed to address the issue of ‘what’ to do with the 200+ prisoners currently held there. Rumors persist that they’ll be housed on U.S. soil, often parroted by the Attorney General.

26. Insists that a legally removed dictator in Honduras be reinstated.

27. Sent condolences to the family of Michael Jackson but not to the survivors of Marine Colonel Ed McMahon or Farrah Fawcett.

Maybe you can think of a few more?

This list of Obama ‘accomplishments’ was sent to me as an email forward. The origin of the list is unknown but the information is public knowledge.

The title of today’s blog is taken from one of my favorite movies when I was a kid, “Hook.”  In the 1991 Robin Williams feature’s final battle scene, we see the rag-tag ‘lost boys’ led by Peter Pan fight and winning the battle against Captain Hook and his larger group of pirates.  I thought of this the other day when I saw President Obama visibly angry or at least distressed at a press conference this week.  The topic of course was…health care!  ((Thunder and lightning!))  

Known for his cool, placid composure, it was surprising to see him scowling and fidgeting while answering questions.  I saw the same thing tonight as I sat and watched him talk tonight in his fourth televised press conference in six months of his presidency.  Six months into this administration he is finally being shown the downside of the job.  Not everything will go his way.  There were questions being launched at him that he did not want and did not expect.  I had to stand up and shout a few times as some of the most liberal members of the white house press corps gave him some questions that I never thought they would.  A few times my girl ‘Marie’ and I slapped high fives as he evaded one question after another, clearly not pleased with what he was getting.  

(To give my girl a sense of anonymity I will refer to her as ‘Marie.’  Her real name will be kept private)

‘Marie’ and I giggled and laughed a few times as he made these long-winded speeches that I believed were clearly designed to take up time.  I don’t think he wanted to answer any more questions than he had too.  He didn’t like what he was getting thrown at him at all.  I can’t say I really blame him.  On the campaign trail he was asked softball questions, greeted by throngs of blindly adoring followers, and never had to take the bumps that the mainstream media would typically give a candidate.  Governor’s Romney and Huckabee’s personal faith were scrutinized by the various talking heads on prime time.  Endless quotes from Hillary Clinton were talked about, and we won’t even get into what they put Governor Palin through.  Anything they could have looked into about then senator Obama was largely ignored, save for a few commentators and talk radio hosts.

President Obama’s health care overhaul could collapse before it ever gets off the ground.  The fact that some House and Senate democrats might be the reason in the end that it does not succeed has got to be driving Obama right up a wall.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad for all of this.  It is certainly better than the alternative.  If it collapsed after it took off, it would probably take the entire United States economy with it.  Still, he is not exactly used to having things not go his way.  So far in six months he has had almost no opposition worth mentioning.  The republicans are outnumbered in the house, and there are sixty votes in the senate for the democrats.  Before there were sixty democrats in the senate, there were a few liberal republicans that were willing to make back room deals.  

On January 29th he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.  February 9th saw the signing of an extension of the State Children’s Health Insurance program.  The crippling blow for a generation came on February 17th when he signed The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (better known as the Stimulus bill) into law.  Later on came the Omnibus bill, which like the stimulus bill was loaded with pork projects.  On May 22nd he signed the Credit CARD Act, and then on tuesday of this week he got the senate to strip funding for new F-22 Raptors.  The senate handed Obama a way to actually keep a campaign promise, cutting military spending.  Now I always give credit where credit is due, and I have to give some to Senator Chris Dodd, who spoke out on the senate floor warning that this would cost thousands of jobs.  Good job Chris, but your still in hot water for that whole sub-prime thing.   

A universal health care bill was up for consideration before in 1993.  President Clinton and then first lady Hillary wanted a single-payer universal health care bill passed quickly.  It bombed horribly when the American people learned what was contained in the pages of the bill, and spoke out.  The next year marked the republican takeover of congress, a signal of the publics disapproval with the way Clinton and the democrats were trying to cram things in quickly.  The current crop of congressional democrats may be radical, but they are by no means stupid.  They know that 2010 could be a painful flashback for them if this bill bombs out like its predecessor.  

This health care bill is being read as much as the stimulus bill was by members of congress.  For those playing the home game, this means that they are hardly reading it at all.  It is loaded with projects that do not save people money, or have anything to do with health care for that matter.  People are being made aware of this and it turns their stomachs.  It’s now beginning to show in the polls, and that is giving President Obama his first wake-up call of the season.

I saw in my local paper today the results of a recent Associated Press-GfK Poll.  This poll shows that 54% of Americans now believe that we as a nation are on the wrong path. This figure is up from 46% in June.  President Obama’s approval rating has broken down below the June dreaded 60 mark, and now hovers at a cool 55%.  People who believe that Obama can help the economy have dropped down a sobering 19% from just before inauguration day.  The president is not the only one hurting in the polls.  The democrat-controlled congress has not been showing well for over a year and a half, and is now sinking lower once again.  They are currently hovering at 32%, and I would not be surprised if they sunk lower back into the twenties, which at that point you’re down to blood relatives and a few staff members being the only ones giving you their approval.  

People fear waiting lists, rationed care and clogged emergency rooms.  They see people in Britain being denied treatments because they are not deemed worth it to try and save.  They see the enormous costs of the European and Canadian systems.  What’s worse, if we go to a Canadian style single-payer system, then where will Canadians in need of a serious operation go?!  

Every time most or all of the republicans in congress vote against another huge expensive government project, I give them the ole’ pat on the back and an “Atta boys!”  It’s time I give the same to the American people.  Obama is like a paper champion, a boxer who has never fought a real battle.  He has finally been cut, and it has him frayed at both ends.

Keep at ‘em!

Young Gun Conservative Radio Blazing The Way For Conservatism On The Web

By Nick Polyzos

Dated: Jul 15, 2009

Young Gun Conservative Radio, fresh off its 100th episode, is one of the contributing forces to conservative internet radio. Their wily and sometimes uncensored method helps to reach out to Main Street Americans.

Nick Polyzos of Monroe, North Carolina and Kender Macgowan of Hesperia, California have never met. They are on opposite ends of the country. But to listen to them on the airwaves, people would think they were naturals and had known each other for years.

And that is the case when it comes to being co hosts of the “Young Gun Conservative Radio Show” onBlogTalkRadio.com. Their in-your-face style of broadcasting can at times come across as crude, but they are able to relate to people from all walks of life across America. And believe it or not, they have had quite a line up of guests to come on the show. Some names include Larry Grathwohl, former FBI informant to help bring down the Weather UNderground, Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, bearer of the “nuclear football” during the Clinton administration, Fox News Senior Military Analyst Paul E Vallely, and most recently former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik.

“Kender and I have a great time doing what we do. We feel honored to do something for our country, especially in these times”, said Polyzos, creator of the show. “This is our way of contributing to help spread conservatism and provide an Average Joe view point of politics and society”.

Recently, YGC Radio was a co sponsor of the July 4th Boston Tea Party, to protest the administration’s overtaxing of the American public.

To learn more about the show, visit http://younggunconservative.com.

Well, it’s been a while since Governor Sarah Palin dropped a tactical nuclear bomb on the country.  I of course am referring to her resignation from the office of Governor of Alaska.  She came swooping into this office and followed it up with some of the highest approval ratings in recent gubernatorial history.  She is also one of the most successful, working with people to get things done as she promised.  

I believe she is far more of a threat to the liberals and Democratic party than they would ever let on, both because of the way she reaches people, and for the values she proudly wears on her sleeve.  She is far more qualified than anyone of them would say, and she is far smarter as well.

In a short amount of time she has rooted out corruption in both major parties. Her state is one of the only ones in this deep recession showing a surplus of cash and energy.  She has cut billions from their spending budget for this fiscal year while still being able to meet all major priorities.  Her state did not need the stimulus bill, and she turned down the money when it was thrust upon her.   Why should she?  If you don’t need it, don’t spend it!  She fought the oil companies and fought to have her states vast resources of oil pumped down to the lower 48.  She knows that ANWR is full of oil and has none of the endangered species to protect we’re told it does by the EPA and other agencies.  It’s frozen tundra on top of buried treasure.  C’mon people!!!  People argue her state has a surplus because of the oil reserves.  I ask them to keep in mind that much of it, they have not been able to tap, pump, drill or sell, so therefore it does not help them with their budget or energy supply.  

Last week there was a USA Today / Gallup Poll that showed that a over two-thirds of republicans want Palin as the nominee in 2012, or at least as ‘a major national political figure.’  I like to go deeper sometimes, beyond the poll numbers…

Today in America if you drop GOP or DEM from the polling questions, more people identify themselves as conservatives, a full 40%.  I know conservatives who are libertarian.  Some of them are members of the Constitution or American Independence parties.  There are more still who have no party at all, but are conservative at heart.

I was at a tea party on July 3^rd, the day the governor announced her resignation.  There were over a thousand people from all races and parties, men and women, old and young who began to chant ‘PALIN! PALIN!’ 

Sarah Palin connects with regular Americans.  Some call them Reagan-Democrats, some call them ‘average joe’s.’  Their detractors call them hicks, farmers, rednecks and a whole slew of other people that they assume cling to their guns and religion.  (Ba dum bum)  She drew thousands upon thousands of people to her campaign rallies, and in fact she drew much more than the head of the ticket, Senator McCain.  No other conservative candidate has had that kind of draw with the American public since Ronald Reagan.  She is also equally polarizing.  It is a fundamental law of Newtonian physics that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.  If there was ever proof that physics applied to politics, then that proof is Sarah Palin.

For every person who is a fan, there is another who hates her.  For each person who came out to see her at a rally, one sat at home and called her a whore on Myspace.  People did not know why they hated her, but they did.  They wrote her off as a dunce, a fool, and a ditz.  The medias portrayal of her did not help at all.  For three months they beat the hell out of her, giving her questions about Bush’s policy that Bush and Cheney could not have answered, and offending her at other times with questions that were a waste of time.  When it comes to the mainstream media, our friend Sir Isaac Newton departs.

In the afore mentioned poll, three-fourths of republicans, over half of independents, and a full third of democrats say the media coverage of Palin had, and still has been unfairly negative.  When she was announced as Senator McCains running mate last year, the banner on MSNBC said “How Many Houses Does This Add To The Republican Ticket?”

Chris Matthews lambasted her on his show for a full five minutes for writing a book with the aid of a ghostwriter.  I guess he forgot about Hillary Clintons who had helped her with her book. 

Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric asked her questions that not only would they never have asked President Obama, but questions that were not too relevant to well, anything!  (Governor Palin later said that she paused and smiled during the Katie Couric interview because she could not believe what she was being asked half of the time.)  Add this onto the unbelievable bias that the mainstream media showed to Obama during the campaign, and it is a recipe for swaying public opinion.  If you happen to doubt that there was intense bias from the media favoring President Obama, then just ask his secretary of state.

I won’t even dignify the constant comments of people like David Letterman.  To do so would lead people to believe that I watch him.  He of course is free to say whatever he wants, no matter how tacky, tasteless or unfunny.  That’s the price of a free society, and I pay it gladly.

There were even some fellow republicans who were less than helpful.  Governor Palin had poor handlers on a poorly run campaign.  Personally, I think some of the former staffers, like the ones who contributed to the twenty-four page article in Vanity Fair, not only did not give their names out of cowardice, but out of selfish career aspirations as well.  I believe they would cite themselves as having helped written the article at any interview, or any step to them being hired to work on the campaign circuit again.  After how poorly the McCain campaign was run, I doubt many of them will work again.  They made two tactical blunders that sunk them.  The let Senator McCain off the leash, and they kept Governor Palin on one.

No one wants to hire a rat who deserts the ship even before it sinks, let alone one who runs to the press!  We all know people like this!  As soon as your back is turned they are running off to the media with juicy stories about you, and as soon as you turn around again they are giving you the smile and pat on the shoulder.  They go above your head to your boss and blame you for their mistakes.  If someone is going to accuse someone of such things, I’d rather they at least be brave enough to author their libel writings.

If someone does not like Sarah Palin’s policies or positions, that’s a personal call and I can respect that.  However, when I see someone who would instead say that they do not like her because she is stupid, or a dummy, or ‘too pretty,’ (I actually heard that from someone) or the ‘wrong kind of feminist,’ I get angry.  It is the same as someone who

Makes fun of a gay person, then when they are confronted they say ‘well, I guess I’m just more homophobic than I realize.’  They brush it off with a stupid excuse for their ignorance.  When people reside themselves to that all-too-comfortable kind of resignation, without the compulsion to find out why, or even the willingness to express it, it is as sad as it is inexcusable. 

If Governor Palin is so dim and inconsequential, as the elites, the media and Matt Damon would tell us, then why the constant attacks even after the campaign is long gone?  Do we not still ignore that which truly does not matter?  If she is not a threat, why still attack her?

Two stalwart bi-coastal friends of Israel, Lori Lowenthal Marcus of Philadelphia and Allyson Rowen Taylor of Los Angeles, have launched a new Zionist advocacy organization: Z STREET.

Co-Chair Marcus describes the essence of the new organization, “No more appeasement, no more negotiating with terrorists, no more enabling cowards who fear offending more than they fear another Holocaust.”

Operating under the aegis of Taylor’s non-profit organization “People Against Hate Speech,” Z STREET has obtained permits for a huge rally in front of the White House on October 27th – the same week that the rabidly anti-Zionist J Street holds its first annual meeting in the nation’s capital.

Marcus explains, “the presence of Z STREET will ensure that the true Zionist voice is heard: that we will not stand by quietly as apartheid is imposed on Jews in the Israeli territories, and we will not stand by quietly as the Iranians continue racing madly towards obtaining weapons to wipe whole peoples off the globe while politicians send polite letters and invitations to parties.” “This grass roots effort will compete for media attention with the slick packaging of several well-funded anti-Zionist organizations,” said Co-Chair Taylor, “and unless those of us who are committed to maintaining a strong, unified Jewish State of Israel stand up and speak out together, the weak will continue to appear strong and the strong will continue to appear weak.”

There are many who ignore global threats to Israel’s existence, including the threatened dismemberment of Israel by her domestic and foreign enemies; Z STREET will become a leading-edge organization for educating and informing all Americans about the need for, and the facts that support, the Zionist mandate.

For more information about the organization, including how to become a member, go to the brand new Z STREET blog at http://ziostreet.wordpress.com. See its charter, below.

Z STREET CHARTER

Z STREET is an organization of Zionists who join together at this time of great danger to the Jewish State of Israel and, increasingly, to world Jewry.

I. Z STREET proudly asserts the right of the Jewish people to a state.

II. Z STREET proudly reclaims the words “Zionist” and “Jewish State” as ones to wear with pride, in direct opposition to their recent branding as shameful or impolite terms.

III. Z STREET maintains that Jews have the right to live anywhere in the world, including, and especially, within greater Israel.

IV. Z STREET is dedicated to maintaining and strengthening the Jewish State of Israel in the firm belief that there can be no compromises or agreements with, and no concessions to, any Terrorist Entity or any individual Terrorists.

V. Z STREET is dedicated to rejecting and refuting the condemnation of any actions taken by Israel which are not similarly condemned when taken by any other individuals or political entities.

VI. Z STREET is dedicated to constantly and consistently declaring and affirming the facts which fully support the legal, moral and historical right of the Jewish State to exist in peace and security without physical or verbal assault against its sovereignty or legitimacy. This necessarily entails adamantly opposing the dismantling of and/or handing over territory to any other entity or entities.

VII. Z STREET is dedicated to constantly and consistently declaring and affirming the facts that reveal the fallacious narratives of Terrorist Entities, Terrorists, and their supporters undermining the legal, moral and historical right of the Jewish State to exist in peace and security without physical or verbal assault against its sovereignty or legitimacy.

VIII. Z STREET insists that terrorist or other threats against Israel be unequivocally condemned, and that those members of the world community failing to actively condemn those threats also be branded as active or passive supporters of a second genocide against the Jewish people.

IX. Z STREET declares that Israel’s respect for women’s, religious and other minorities’ rights, provides a welcome beacon – particularly in the Middle East – to be acknowledged and respected by all people of good will.

X. Z STREET recognizes the existence of 22 officially Muslim countries and 19 Christian countries, whose status the world does not challenge, while only Israel, the Jewish State, is demonized for asserting its legitimate right to be a religion-affiliated State, and which religion, Judaism, is the world’s oldest monotheistic faith.

XI. Z STREET recognizes the value of other Zionist organizations whose activities include lobbying, producing publications, the sponsorship of scholars and scholarship centers, honoring generous donors and/or other important programs. Z STREET is not intended to supersede those other Zionist organizations. Z STREET is intended to serve as an alternative to many mainstream and other Jewish organizations that, to meet donors’ requirements or for ideological reasons, cannot affirm the principles set out in the Z STREET Charter.

XII. Z STREET has no need to, and will not negotiate with, nor seek to gain the approval from, any governments, Israeli or Diaspora organizations, or individuals supporting the diminution or weakening of Israel either because of ideological conviction, animosity towards a strong, Jewish State, cowardice, or the misguided belief that compromise with Terrorist Entities can lead to peace in the Middle East or global peace.

XIII. Z STREET will serve as an educational force that will FIGHT WITH FACTS. Z STREET undergirds its positions with facts and provides that essential ingredient to exponentially increasing the ranks its membership ranks.

XIV. Z STREET is a new, entirely volunteer organization for those who affirm the foregoing and dedicate themselves to upholding and ensuring respect for these principles. Its primary purpose of which is to provide a proud banner for Zionists behind which to rally.

By Jerry Gordon

-Submitted by Email-

July 13, 2009 | House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) | Permalink

Whether it’s a new small business tax or a slew of new mandates on employers, the Democratic leaders’ attempted government takeover of health care is running into some roadblocks – namely, from rank-and-file Democrats themselves. Roll Call reported this morning that Democrats are “rattled” after being forced to walk the plank and vote for the Speaker’s unpopular national energy tax. With Democratic leaders pushing a government takeover of health care that will increase costs, force 114 million Americans off of their current health care plans, and raise taxes on small businesses – in a recession no less – is it any wonder why rank-and-file Democrats are nervous? Just look at these headlines:

“Heavy Lift for Health Care: Moderates Balk at Yet Another Tough Vote,” Roll Call, July 13, 2009

“Not All Democrats Are Buying Charlie Rangel’s Plan to Tax Rich to Pay for Health Care Reform,” New York Daily News, July 13, 2009

“Democrats Lukewarm on Charlie Rangel’s Surtax Plan,” Politico, July 13, 2009

“Concern Grows That Healthcare Overhaul Won’t Cut Costs,” Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2009

“Lawmakers Reject Tax to Pay for Health Reform,” Reuters, July 12, 2009

“Lawmakers Say Health Overhaul Has Been Slowed,” Associated Press, July 12, 2009

“Raising Taxes at Center of Health Care Reform Debate,” CNN, July 12, 2009

“Sebelius Won’t Sign on to Rangel Plan,” Politico, July 12, 2009

“Senate Dems Cool to House Tax On Rich,” The Hill, July 12, 2009

“Health Care Deadline Unlikely to be Met,” Politico, July 12, 2009

“More Problems for Health Care Bill,” Associated Press, July 10, 2009

“House Democrats Buck Leaders on Health Care Bill Unveiling,” Politico, July 9, 2009

“Conservative House Dems Rebel On Health Care Bill, Associated Press, July 9, 2009

“Democrats Are At Odds on Financing Health Care,” New York Times, July 10, 2009

“House Democrats Delay Health Care Bill,” Roll Call, July 10, 2009

“Support Slips for Tax on Employee Health Benefits,” Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2009

“In Health Bill, Billions for Parks, Paths,” Boston Globe, July 9, 2009

“Discord on Health Care Dulls Luster of New Pacts,” Washington Post, July 8, 2009

“Disputes Put Health Care Timetable in Doubt,” Associated Press, July 8, 2009

“Waxman Says House Not Bound by Senate Health Care Deals,” Wall Street Journal, July 8, 2009

“Official: PhRMA, Hospitals Deals Not Set In Stone,” Congress Daily, July 8, 2009

“Reid Move Opens $320B Health Plan Hole,” Politico, July 9, 2009

House Republicans have put forward a better plan to reduce health care costs, expand access, and increase the quality of care in a way Americans can afford – without a job-killing small business tax. The plan also will ensure that patients and doctors, not government bureaucrats, continue to make critical and personal medical decisions. More information on the plan is available HERE. With rank-and-file Democrats expressing opposition to small business taxes and mandates to finance this government takeover of health care, isn’t it time for Democratic leaders in Congress and the Administration to join Republicans at the table to craft a commonsense plan to give Americans better access to affordable health care?

Editorial -

It must really suck for Congressional Democrats to know that the normally compliant main stream media is now turning its ire towards you. This same media which distorted the truth in order to get their guy elected President of the United States. This same media which refuses to leave Sarah Palin alone. This same media which has some Marxist Utopian fantasy about how Democrats view the world is now extremely skeptical of those same Democrats and their agenda.

The road to Utopia does not exists. And if it did, the Democrats aren’t on it. Just ask the common North Korean. – Gribbit