Happy New Years Eve!

Light posting today as Mr and Mrs Common Cents are on the road today in Sommerset, PA watching the Dirty Dogz.  Enjoy the videos of today's New Year's Eve Fireworks:

Sydney, Australia -
Australians welcomed in 2010 with spectacular fireworks displays over Sydney harbour. Watch the whole display here.




London 2010 New Years Fireworks:

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AP:

Rush Limbaugh taken to Hawaii Hospitall with chest pains 

UPDATES:
Rush - "Resting comfortably in a Hawaian Hospital"

UK Telegraph:

The Top 10 Conservative Movies of the Decade:

Oh No:

8 Americans die in Afghanistan suicide bombing

Gateway Pundit:

Fistgate XIII - Too explicit to mention

Hot Air.com:

The 15 biggest stories of 2009

Phyllis Schlafly:

10 Reasons why Obamacare can still be killed 

Common Cents Recommends:

Yankee Phil Blog - Check it out and visit often

The Fistgate Agglomeration:

Recently Common Cents posted a blog The Fistgate Compilation which detailed the outstanding reporting that Gateway Pundit has been doing on Fistgate.  Since then the detailing the perverted actions of "Safe School" Czar Kevin Jennings.  This man should be kept away from children at all costs!  We bring you the continued story of Fistgate but be warned - the following are explicit links:

• Fistgate XII: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s GLSEN Conferences Included Dild*e Tips and Needle Instructions For Teens

• Fistgate XI: Kevin Jennings’ Suggested Reading For Kids Included Sick Book that Promoted S&M to Children- Media Silent:

• Fistgate X: Kevin Jennings’ Suggested Reading For Kids Included Sick Book That Romanticized Rape of a 13 Year-Old – Media Silent:

• Fistgate IX: Kevin Jennings’ Suggested Reading Included Porn Books for Kids With Images of Men Having Sex While Boy Scouts Watch– Media Silent:

• Fistgate VIII: Safe School’s Czar Jennings’ Org Promoted Book Detailing Gay Sex Between First Graders:

• Fistgate VII: Explosive… After Years of Silence Massachusetts Teacher Speaks Out About What She Saw at Fistgate (Audio)
  

Video Vault:

NBTV:
"Newsbusted"


President Obama:
Reaction to the Christmas Terror Plot:


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Is he drunk? Sen Max Baucus - author of Obamacare on Senate Floor...

 Top Democrat Max Baucus give slurred speech on Senate Floor.  Baucus is the author of the Obamacare bill and appears to be Drunk as a Spunk.
 
Hat Tip Hot Air.com

Sunday Reads:

Boxoffice:

List of weekend's top movies - Sherlock is #1, Avatar #2

California Dreaming:
Golden State budget deficit hits $21 billion

Time to eat the dog?

Latest great idea for the Greens "Eat your pet"

NFL Football Week 16:

Follow all of this week's games here in real time:

Global Warming Update:

Forecasters warn of continuing blizzards in the Midwest

Common Sense Recommends:
Doc Zero Homepage - visit often and tell a friend.

Michelle Malkin

Obamacare tipping point in the Democrats "Culture of Corruption"

Global Warming Alerts - Global Warming Alerts!!

sometimes called "Global Warming Updates" - Common Cents is dedicated to bringing you all of the latest exciting news in the world of Global Warming.  As everyone knows there is not longer any debate over Global Warming, the science is settled and no one, not one reasonable person can even have the smallest scintilla of doubt over the religion science of Global Warming.

Dallas Texas - First White Christmas in 80 years

Blizzard conditions could continue in Plains - 29 deaths so far

Record setting snow across Oklahoma

28 degrees this morning in Birmingham, Alabama

Midwest doppler radar

Interstate 94 closed due to ZERO VISIBILITY

Weather.com 48 hour precipitation map

Manatee deaths in Florida due to cold weather hit record high

China - Minus 40 degrees with 60 mph winds, 500,00 w/o power & heat

Merry Christmas from Common Cents:

Mr and Mrs Common Cents want to wish all of our visitors new and old a Very Merry Christmas!  We hope your Christmas Season is filled with joy, happiness and good health!  Remember Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Luke 2:1-14:  And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

 "Joy to the World"

Mannheim Steamroller

Mariah Carey "All I want for Christmas is You"

Do they know it's Christmas?

 Olivia Newton John

"Silent Night"

The Nativity Story:

A Huge Christmas Hat Tip to The Anchoress

VIDEO - Ronald Reagan's Christmas speech to America:

A HUGE Hat Tip to Patriot Room.

What a fantastic Christmas message!  Note the optimism, the genuine sincerity and the warmth of this man and his message.  "God bless us one and all."

10 Minute Ticker:

Partyswitcher:

Alabama Congressman switches from Dem Party to GOP \

Jonah Goldberg:

Oh his own terms Obama is a failure

Big Government.com:

White House Christmas Tree decorated with Tranvestite & Mao ornaments

Global Warming Update:

Winter freeze kills 79 in Poland 

Hope and Change Update:

President Obama at 56% Disapproval

 

Dr. Becky Hollibaugh, DO - An Open Letter from a Nebraska Doctor to President Obama:

A huge hat tip to Michelle Malkin.  Her site should be required reading!

"A Nebraska doctor's message for Ben Nelson"

Hello Michelle:
I’m a family practice doctor in Nebraska. I sent the following (angry,I admit) letter to Senator Nelson. I urge your readers (from Nebraska and elsewhere) to do likewise, in their own words!

Dear Senator Nelson:
I send this message under “Tort Reform” because the current monstrosity you have pledged your support to says nothing whatsoever about Tort Reform. You have sold the physicians of Nebraska for zilch (zilch for us, but beaucoup federal bucks for you and the liberal partisans in this state). As a family practice physician in Small Town, Nebraska, I was counting on you to be the lone voice of Democratic sanity on this issue, but you sold me out. I will dedicate every spare minute of my time and every spare dollar I have to defeating you, should you run for re-election. The long hours I spent on my medical education and the long hours I spend treating my patients are nothing but chump change to you and your Democrat colleagues in Washington. I especially can’t wait for your equivocation and milquetoast evasion when your “compromises” on the abortion language in the bill are silently erased or quietly (on-little-legislative-cat’s-feet) eviscerated in the House/Senate give-and-take. Go on: Bet me that you won’t wuss-out on this issue!  I know you won’t give two-seconds to this letter, but I had to write it. I’m a primary care doctor in YOUR state, and you sold me out. I didn’t slog through 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency just to have you hand my career and my patient/doctor relationships over to government lifers. Your gutless acquiescence to Obama and Harry Reid and ‘Nanny’ Pelosi will NOT be forgotten.
Thank you, Ben, for forcing doctors like me to earn less than the repairmen who fix our appliances. Case in point: We recently had our dishwasher fixed. The repairman who came to our house charged $65 just to come and ‘diagnose’ the problem, then charged another $180 to ‘fix’ the problem. You and your fellow lawmakers have fixed MY going rate (Medicare) at $35 per-visit. Thank you for securing such a ‘lucrative’ rate for me! Thank you so much for making me–someone with 8 years of education!–make less than a mechanic or appliance repair technichian. And thanks especially for falling in line with Obama and the rest of the Democrats to make such a socialist system permanent.
You have my disgust and disdain forever, you socialist-coddling coward.
Sincerely,
Becky F. Hollibaugh, D.O.
Warren Memorial Hospital
Ziimmerman Clinic
Friend, NE 68359

 Dr. Hollibaugh adds in an e-mail update in response to left-wing critics:

…To those who would accuse me of greed: I don’t make as much as you think I do. I give every one of my patients the very best care I can offer, regardless of their ability to pay. And I do NOT begrudge my mechanic or my appliance repairmen their salaries. Not one bit. I gladly pay them what I owe them. What you leftist idiots don’t understand is this: I am forced to accept $35 for an office visit by a medicaid or medicare patient. I. Can’t. Afford. It. On that enforced wage, I can’t pay my nurses. I can’t pay my billing secretaries. I can’t pay my receptionist. I. Can’t. Survive. On. Obamacare. Get it?! I. Can’t. Pay. My. Nurses. On. Ben. Nelson. Wages. Get it? I hope so. You think I’m greedy? I went to medical school as a former nurse at age 36. I have over $180,000 dollars in student loans. I. Can’t. Survive. On. Obamacare. I hope this helps. I don’t make as much as you might think. And most of what I earn goes to repaying my student loans. I love my little family medicine clinic in Friend. I love being a doctor in rural Nebraska. I love my patients and I love rural family medicine. But Ben Nelson sold me out. Thanks again for letting me vent. I’m not greedy. I don’t envy the wages of my blue-collar friends. But I can’t survive or pay my employees on Uncle Sam’s reimbursement rate for my services.

The best editorial page you will find

is Investor's Business Daily.  IBD published easy to read, hard-hitting, common sense editorials that are just superlative.  Published five days a week you should make IBD one of your bookmarks - you will not be disappointed. Recent editorial include:

To Denmark, From Russia, With Lies:  Russian analysts accuse Britain's Meteorological Office of cherry-picking Russian temperature data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures. Is Copenhagen rooted in a single tree in Siberia?

Another Way Forward After Copenhagen:  Common sense is tough to find in Washington. Even though unemployment in America has reached double digits, President Obama was in Copenhagen to attempt to commit the U.S. to passing climate change legislation that will increase taxes, kill jobs and reduce our economic growth. 

Augean Socialism:  If you don't think heavy regulation, elephantine bureaucracies, union rule and runaway spending amount to poison for an economy, take a gander at what decades of such socialist policies have done to Greece. 

Palin Vs. Arnold: Terminating California:  Alaska's ex-governor asks a question we'd like answered: Why is California's current governor pushing the same policies in Copenhagen that helped drive his state into record deficits and unemployment?

Killing Time:  With public support in free fall, the twin outrages of secrecy and haste may kill the congressional Democrats' health wrecking plan. But the stake hasn't yet been driven into its heart.

Sunday Reads:

Gateway Pundit:
Nebraska Republicans set up "Give Ben the Boot" website

Global Warming Update:
Snowfall records set in: DC, Philadelphia, Roanoke, Baltimore...

NFL Football:
Follow all of the Week 15 games here in real time

Michelle Malkin:
Another Sneaky Saturday in the Senate

Timeline:
Harry Reid's scheduled six votes on healthcare before Christmas

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Hot Air.com Review

I really like the fall season.

Today is another wonderful fall day in the Washington D.C. area.  Though the leaves have largely turned and mostly fall off it is just another spectacular autumn day.  Fall is by far my favorite season and all the traditions that go with it, raking of the leaves, the smell of the fire burning in the fireplace and the cool crisp evenings.  One of our favorite traditions is to let the dogs run through the leaves and bury their heads in a pile of leaves.  When Winter finally comes next week (December 22) it will be sad to say goodbye to our favorite season, Autumn.

U.S. Severe Weather Map with Winter Storm Warmings 

Northeast Doppler Radar 

Storm moves into Northeast causing plane delays

Washington D.C. - Forecasters predicting 15 - 25 inches

National Weather Service Blizzard Warning

• THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.

• PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
• ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 22
• INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT.
• TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW
• WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 8 AM AND 6 PM TODAY.
• TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THROUGH THE EVENT...LOW
• TO MID 30S IN COASTAL SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
• WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY TODAY

"THIS DAY WE FIGHT" - Contact these Senators now!

My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on Health Care at any time now.  This despite the White House being at odds with the Catholic Church over abortion the fact that the bill calls for jail time for those without Health Insurance and the bill has a monthly abortion premium.

Hot Air.com has an excellent post with updates.  Support for the bill is only 40% with 56% opposed!

What can you do?  Contact your Senator NOW. 

• Here is the Phone List of all 100 Senators.
  
• Here is the Email List of all 100 Senators.

Not sure which ones to concentrate your attention on... Call and email these 5 "moderates":


Sen. Ben Nelson (D)
720 Hart Senate Office Building
(202) 224-6551; 228-0012
Lincoln: (402) 441-4600


Sen. Blanch Lincoln (D)
355 Dirksen Senate Office Building
(202) 224-4843; 228-1371
Little Rock: (501) 375-2993  

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D)
724 Hart Senate Office Building
(202) 224-5824; 224-9735
New Orleans: (504) 589-2427


Sen. Joeseph Lieberman (I)
706 Hart Senate Office Building
(202) 224-4041; 224-9750
Hartford: (860) 549-8463

Sen. Jim Webb (D)
248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4024
Web Form: webb.senate.gov/contact/

• Use this link to bypass the Capitol switchboard. 

• Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121

Brrr - Growing Ice Sheets, Growing Glaciers... Is a new ICE AGE coming?

Today at breakfast Mr and Mrs Common Cents were having a civil morning discussion when the topic of Global Warming came up.  Mrs Common cents made a comment that "the Arctic ice sheets are disappearing."  Now Mr. Common Cents can hardly blame Mrs Common Cents for this view.  After all there have been years, no decades, of Global Warming brainwashing by the school system and the State Run Media.  Well Common Cents is here to clear things up for you.  Consider the following stories:
                                                                        
Brrr - Sea Ice is growing at the Fastest Pace on Record!

Brrr - Alaskan Glaciers are growing for the first time in 250 years!

Brrr - Antarctic Sea Ice at Record High

Brrr - Alaska's ice thickens over unusual summer

Brrr - Arctic ice twice as thick as expected

Brrr - Antarctic sea ice up 4.7% since 1980

Brrr - Arctic Sea Ice Refreezes at Record Pace

Brrr - Glaciers growing in France, Switzerland

Brrr - Glaciers in Norway are growing again!

Brrr - Nov 2009 rate of Arctic sea ice growth slightly exceeded the 1979 to 2000 average growth rate

Are you looking for a new job or career?

COMMON CENTS realizes that many people are looking for full or even part-time work.  We hope this list of job sites and job services helps you find a new job or career.  There are even some non-traditional money-making ideas at the bottom of the page.  Good luck and keep a positive attitude in your job search!

• Monster.com is the largest internet job search site.  If your resume is not posted here you are wrong.
• Yahoo's Hot Jobs.com is a free site that has thousands of jobs
• WorkTree claims to be scans MILLIONS of jobs in seconds! View jobs from thousands of online sources INSTANTLY! 50,000+ links to job sites, recruiters, employers and more!
• Job.com is another very large job search site. Registration and resume posting is free and this job search site always ranks as one of the top career sites on the Internet.
• Beyond.com - You can do it all at Beyond.com.  Currently there are 461,091 jobs posted.
  
• SnagAJob.com is America’s largest hourly job website, featuring more than 100,000 active job postings in industries including: restaurant, retail, office and more.
• Indeed.com claims to have 693,095 new jobs in the last 7 days.  Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
• Simply Hired.com claims to have over 2,566,503 jobs posted!
  
• Execu-Search.com specializes in jobs for Executives
• The Ladders.com search for jobs paying $100,000 and up!!
• The Federal Government is always hiring!
• Resume Zapper.com emails your resume to thousands of recruiters!
• Hot Resume.com - post your resume here for free!
• Conservative Jobs.com - The name says it all!
  

Other money making ideas:

• Craig's List.  They have thousands of jobs available in every sector.  Free to use, free to post and no charges for anything.
• The Day Job Nuker is a easy to navigate site dedicated to showing you how to make a living online by someone who dedicated to doing it!
• Need to make money now?  These companies will pay you to turn your car into a traveling billboard by covering it with advertising!  Interesting idea...
• Easy money here - Make money selling used golf balls.

Monday Night Videos:

The Buzz:

President Obama gives himself a B+

Hot Air.com

"The Obamanomics Christmas Tree"

Gateway Pundit:

Fistgate VII - Mass Teacher speaks out about what she heard at Fistgate

Jim Hoft- Gateway Pundit: I had a couple of more questions. One is did you see Kevin Jennings at the conference?
Massachusetts Teacher: Yes, he was the keynote speaker…
GP: So he was at this conference where they were promoting sexual acts with kids. They were promoting sex between kids and adults and he was the keynote speaker there?
MT: Yes.
GP: And it was his organization that actually ran the conference. Is that correct?
MT: Specifically, it was GLSEN Massachusetts. But remember, he not only founded GLSEN in Massachusetts but at that point he was the head of the national GLSEN which I believe was in New York City at that time. I don’t know where it is now. He was touted as this wonderful person who helped children so that they wouldn’t be harassed by parents, and other students…
GP: Right. Which sounds like a good thing.
MT: Oh yeah. It sounds really good because there’s not a single teacher I know that wants any child to be mistreated… And so all of these things sound really good.
GP: Right… So let me ask you this. Was Kevin, did you see him throughout the day? Do you recall him at all?
MT: Um. The last time I saw him was when I snapped the picture of him and Wallace Bachman* that was taken in the front row of the auditorium. I knew that I wanted to get his picture. Cameras were not outlawed the first year (2000)… Now in that picture Wallace Bachman is on the left and Kevin is on the right and Adam is giving him a lunch ticket. I took it just at the moment they were looking down and it wasn’t a real attractive… It was one of those pictures you really want to get.
GP: It’s a great picture. So there’s no way. Let me ask you this, there’s no way that Kevin Jennings could have been at this conference and not know that there was this explosive sexual speeches, talks, materials around the conference?
MT: This whole conference was his dream and his mindset. This was his vision from the very beginning.
GP: So there was no way that they would have had material there that he would not have, would you say approved of?
MT: Obviously, this is material that he advocates. Even today if you read the text of some of the books that they put out.
GP: That was up on my blog, by the way.
MT: He knew about that too. He knows about everything all along. Remember, the buck stops with him. He was the head of all of this.
GP: OK.
MT: He brought in all of the people that would agree with him as any administrator would do. You bring in people who agree with you who you can work with.
GP: Sure. Alright. Oh wow! That’s a powerful statement right there. That’s really powerful.

10 Minute Ticker:

Say it isn't so:
Democrats plan nearly $2 Trillion Debt limit hike

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Global Warming Alert:

Canada digging out after one of worst snowstorms on record

Obamaville:
Sign posted in front of Colorado Homeless Camp

NFL Football:
Follow all of Sunday's game here in real time

Hot Air Video:
Navy’s coach Ken Niumatalolo "This is just a football game"

Record Low:

Pres Obama "Passion Index" hits a new record low!

Our sister site - The Internet Radio Network:

Many of our COMMON CENTS readers may be unaware but we have a sister site - The Internet Radio Network. At the IRN you can listen to over 70 of your favorite radio shows via Free Streaming Audio. Shows include politics (Rush, Sean, Levin), religious, investing, sports and more!

Studies show that the Talk Radio Audience has successful upscale demographics and usually:

• have an income over $75,000 (vs. median US income of $48,200)
• have graduated college
• own their residence
• are likely to use the Internet
• are 25-65 years old (with the numbers of women listeners steadily increasing)

Listen to The Internet Radio Network here.

Required Reading:

National Review:
Global Warming as a Political Tool

Global Warming Update:

Seattle has record LOW temp for 2nd day in a row

Gateway Pundit (Video):
Rep Michael Burgess (TX) calls for Kevin Jennings firing

Center for Disease Control (CDC)
1 in 6 Americans have had the Swine Flu

18 NOW 19 and counting...
Reality show mom gives birth to her 19th child!

Overpaid and under-worked:
Average Federal employee makes OVER $30,000 MORE than avg civilian employee

WOW:
Spiral UFO Filmed in Norway - December 2009

Sarah Palin skewers William Shatner on Conan O'Brien

The "Fistgate" compendium (Warning - extremely explicit content)

Recently the fascinating blog Gateway Pundit has been running a superlative series of posts detailing the breaking scandal they named "Fistgate".  The growing scandal surrounds the "Safe School Czar" Kevin Jennings and his extremely controversial and radical past.  This guy is literally the last person we need as a "Safe School Czar".

To quote the Washington Times:  WARNING: This editorial includes discussion of topics that are sexually graphic. Under usual circumstances, we would never entertain these subjects or the rancid language involved. In this case, however, a very unusual exception must be made because the issues are central to the background of a senior presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Education who is in a position to influence how and what our children are taught in our nation's schools. Thus far, out of fear or squeamishness, there has been public hesitance to examine closely the beliefs of this individual because many are afraid even to touch the risky content. Our scruples cannot be used against us when traditional moral precepts need to be defended. Simply, the deep level of depravity involved in this subject cannot be portrayed without providing a couple of examples to illustrate the inappropriate content. Please do not read any further if you will be offended by sexually graphic language.

Gateway Pundit:  "Fistgate" - Barack Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s 2000 Conference Promoted “Fisting” to 14 Year-Olds (audio-video)

Gateway Pundit:  Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Promoted “Fisting” to Children (Video)

Gateway Pundit:  Fistgate II: High School Students Given “Fisting Kits” At Kevin Jennings’ GLSEN Conference (Photo)

Gateway Pundit:  Fistgate III: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s “Black Book” For Kids Included Tips on Fisting & Pi$$ing on Your Partner

Gateway Pundit:  Fistgate IV: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar Passed Out Gay Bar Guides to Teens at GLSEN Events

Gateway Pundit:  Fistgate V: Youth Fisting Instructor Claims Kevin Jennings Knew About Class Content in Advance 

Gateway Pundit:  Fistgate VI: Obama’s Safe Schools Czar’s Teen Conference Literature Pushed Anal Sex in Parks With Strangers

Michelle Malkin put it all in perspective during her interview on Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday night:

Want to do something about this?  Grassroots Nation has a petition you should sign urging that Kevin Jennings be fired!

Conservative Heroines

Recently Sarah Palin visited Colorado Springs on the latest stop on book signing tour.  Common Cents is a huge fan of Governor Palin.  Recently Palin had 2,200 fans show up to see her in Fairfax, Virginia the heart of Democratic Northern Virginia.  And her autobiography, "Going Rouge" has already sold over 1 million copies and has been ensconced at the top of the best seller list.

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin wrote a fascinating blog today about meeting Sarah Palin.  Common Cents is proud to share it with you.

We had frigid weather and several inches of Goreflakes on the ground here in Colorado Springs, but Sarah Palin lit up the town for a Borders signing earlier this evening that drew yet another massive crowd on her nationwide “Going Rogue” book tour.My family and I had the great honor and pleasure of meeting the governor, her husband Todd, adorable baby Trig, her lovely parents, relatives, and friends from near and far. Sarah’s energy is boundless and her ability to connect is unparalleled with any public figure I’ve met in covering politics over the last 17 years. I spoke, for example, with the first family in line for the book signing. They arrived at 4:30am with four kids in tow. Sarah, the father of the family told me, had written a personal letter sending prayers and good wishes for one of their children battling cancer. On the way out, I ran into a soldier in BDUs rushing through the door with Palin’s book in hand. Breathless, he asked: “Do you think there’s any hope I’ll get my book signed?” Given the special attentiveness Palin’s staff paid to military and their families (several Blue Star families got VIP access), I’m sure he got his autograph. There are countless stories like this in every single city she has visited. The governor and I talked briefly about Copenhagen (here’s her latest piece in the Washington Post calling on President Obama to stay home in the wake of ClimateGate), left-wing attacks on conservative politicians (Michele Bachmann is the latest target of specious ethics complaints), and the blessings of living outside the Beltway. Most of all, I’m glad I got a chance to simply say “Thank you” in person — for her strong conservative voice, for her relentless optimism in the face of unrelenting attacks, and for her public service as a defender of life and advocate of the American dream.

 The New York Times' Stanley Fish wrote a superlative review of Sarah Palin and her book.  Read it here.

President Obama sets a new record!

President Obama has become the fastest U.S. President to drop below 50% in Gallup Polling history.  In fact President Obama has the lowest approval of any U.S. President at this point in their Presidency.  Amazingly, the White House engaged is in Heavy Spin mode at this time actually blaming Gallup Organization for their low Poll Numbers. 

Right Truth has an excellent roundup of this news you can read here.

"There's no doubt Obama's 47 percent is mainly a result of the continuing bad economy," said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "But there is also a growing concern about government spending and debt, and a sense that Obama is trying to do too much, too soon."
He added: "President Obama has reason to be concerned about his ratings. Even in tough times, presidents have usually been able to stay above the critical 50 percent mark in the first year, when the public is most inclined to give the new incumbent the benefit of the doubt."
Obama officials have not always shown disdain for Gallup. During last year's presidential campaign, Obama adviser David Plouffe, trumpeted "the latest Gallup poll" to reporters because it showed that 53 percent of Americans did not find Obama Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, "trustworthy."  When Gallup began taking presidential approval polls 71 years ago, Franklin Roosevelt had been president for more than five years. During his remaining time in office, his job approval rating never fell below 48 percent.
The next 11 presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, all had higher job approval ratings than Obama at this stage of their tenure. Their ratings were:

• George W. Bush, 86 percent
• Bill Clinton, 52 percent
• George H.W. Bush, 71 percent
• Ronald Reagan, 49 percent
• Jimmy Carter, 57 percent
• Gerald Ford, 52 percent
• Richard Nixon, 59 percent
• Lyndon Johnson, 74 percent
• John Kennedy, 77 percent
• Dwight Eisenhower, 69 percent
• Harry Truman, 49 percent                    

Monday Night Reads:

Hot Air.com

EPA now declares air a danger to human health

Gateway Pundit:

"Safe School Czar" promoted "fisting" to children (Video)

IBD Editorials:

Greens' Real Target: The U.S. Economy

Wall St. Journal:

Cancer Rates continue to fall in the U.S.

Washington Examiner:

Rumsfeld calls for investigation into Afghanistan

Winter Storm Warnings:

From California to Michigan

"December 7th 1941 - A date which will live in infamy"

“When the Arizona exploded, she rained sailors.” — Memories of a survivorToday marks the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This was the date that the United States entered World War II against the Axis powers (Japan, Germany and Italy). It is remarkable that they are all allies of the United States today!

The culmination of that battle was the sinking of the USS Arizona at the cost of over 1100 American men. They are forever entombed in the ship. The Arizona remains the most popular attraction in Hawaii, please visit when you are in the state. But we should never forget what happened today. Here are a couple of pictures taken from my honeymoon of the Arizona as she sits today under water.

Amazingly, the USS Arizona is still leaking oil after all these years!

The names of the 1177 Sailors and Marines who died on the Arizona:

Battleship Row: The White moorings are the positions of the ships on December 7th, 1941.

The USS Missouri is permanently moored next the the Arizona. The war ended on the decks of the Missouri in in 1945 in Tokyo Harbor.

TOO FUNNY! Saturday Night Live goofs on President Obama again (Obama vs the Party Crashers)

This is Rolling on the Floor Laughing good.  SNL does it again - they spoof a President Obama Press Conference.  Watch it through - and try not to laugh!

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This is also very funny.
Saturday Night Live spoofs the Tiger Woods episode

BREAKING: Global Warming Updates:

Common Cents is proud to bring you the latest breaking

Global Warming Updates - sometimes referred to as Global Warming Alerts.  We warn you, these are not for the faint of heart...

Houston:  Earliest snowfall in recorded history!  

Up to 14 inches on snow slam southwest Michigan

Central Texas prepares for hard freeze   

Billings, MT:  Bitter Arctic cold invades, temps fall to -15 F   

Washington, DC - Winter Weather Advisory issued

Atlanta, GA:  Snow expected Saturday 

Texas:  Coldest Dec 5th in Costal Bend history

October, 2009 was 3rd COLDEST in 115 years

Friday Night Videos:

John McCain:
McCain urged seniors to cut up their membership cards and send them to the AARP in protest for their betrayal of seniors:


John Stewart:
Stewart dumps on the Climategate scandal:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Scientists Hide Global Warming Data
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

Powerful Video Support the Seals–
Please help get the word out on the outrageous prosecution of the Navy SEAL Three—


Hat Tip - Gateway Pundit

The Movie of the Year:
"The Blind Side" trailer with Sandra Bullock

10 Minute Ticker:

Sarah Palin:
"Boycott Copenhagen Mr. President" 

Ouch:
Tiger could shell out $300 Million for a divorce!

Hot Air.com
Democrats - Criminalizing Dissent

Rasmussen Reports:
62% oppose Single Payer Health Care System

Redstate.com
The Dis-functional Democratic Government

Cable TV ratings:
Fox New UP - CNN and MS-NBC DOWN

Election 2010:
Democrats Hold 45 of 60 most competitive seats

The Headline of the day:
Hat Tip:  Gateway Pundit.com

"Hide the Decline" - The Great Global COOLING Coverup

The earth has been cooling for more than 10 years now.  This is one of the great cover ups of all time as a decade of brainwashing has convinced there is a such thing as Global Warming.  The commentary about the above graph is damming:

Figure 1. Two versions of Briffa MXD reconstruction, showing archived and climategate versions. The relevant IPCC 2001 graph, shown below, clearly does not show the decline in the Briffa MXD reconstruction.
Contrary to Gavin Schmidt’s claim that the decline is “hidden in plain sight”, the inconvenient data has simply been deleted.
The reason, as explained on Sep 22, 1999 by Michael Mann to coauthors in 938018124.txt, was to avoid giving “fodder to the skeptics”. Reasonable people might well disagree with Gavin Schmidt as to whether this is a “a good way to deal with a problem” or simply a trick.

You can read the entire story here.

Michelle Malkin has an outstanding commentary on the cover up you can read here.

Investor's Business Daily has a supertative commentary: Seeing No Evil on Climategate

Wall St Journal:  Climategate - Follow the Money


Some good news:  Australian Senate votes DOWN Cap and Trade Legislation

VIDEO - A Charlie Brown Christmas:

President Obama is giving a Prime Time speech to the nation tonight at 8PM which will prempt the Charlie Brown Christmas.  Common Cents proudly brings you the moving conclusion.

"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"

'That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown". 

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