COMMON CENTS: July 2010

Saturday, July 31, 2010

10 Minute Ticker:

Chelsea Clinton Wedding:

Bill & Hillary's only child marries longtime boyfriend today

Pop Culture:
New Michael Jackson album due in November

Wall St. Journal:
How to avoid those "prying eyes" on the internet

Finance:
Dividend stocks that will reap benefits a lifetime

Medicinal:

9 Natural Cures that you can trust

MLB Trade Deadline:
Follow all the latest trades here on the final trade day

Oil Spill:
Did the government cause the Gulf Oil Spill?

Rush Limbaugh:
Liberals have been pushing the Electric Car for 100 years

Friday, July 30, 2010

Friday Night Videos:

Glenn Beck

Friday July 30th - "Radical Blueprint"

The Thought Police:

Jennifer Keeton is suing Augusta State University who is preventing her from graduating unless she takes sensitivity training about gays. She may get expelled for not repudiating her statements about homosexuality.

Anita MonCrief

"I am filing FEC charges against the Obama Administration"

Fox News:

Jesus and her Christian Faith helps this clerk foil a robbery in progress

Obama's Recovery Summer:

How Obama is copying Bush's policies

Democratic Party Ethics Update (updated!):

Rep Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Ethics Trial to take place during fall (13 charges of ethics violations)

Rep William Jefferson (D-LA)
Ex-Congressman prepares appeal of conviction

Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Waters chooses ethics trial rather than accept charges

Governor Rod Blagojevich (IL)
Verdict watch on trial of ex-Illinois Governor who faces 24 felony counts

Senator Chris Dodd (Conn)
Panel clears Dodd of ethics violations after year-long investigation

Senate Candidate Alvin Greene (SC)
Grand Jury to decide next month about pornography charges

Dem Whip DeWeese (PA)
Ordered to stand trial on corruption charges

New York Times:
Rash of Scandals tests Democrats at Sensitive Time

Illinois Lt Governor:
Dem Candidate in IL has a record of domestic violence

Senate Candidate Alexi Giannoulias:
$30K Tax Refund for Democrat Senate Candidate

Rep Gregory Meeks (NY)
Subpoena issued to Rep Meeks in corruption probe

Mayor Sheila Dixon (Baltimore)
Trial begins for Obama supporter and Baltimore Mayor Dixon

Ohio:
Courts hand down 73 indictments against Ohio Democrats

Breaking Now:
Anita MonCrief to file FEC Charges against Obama Administration

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Time Magazine on the Gulf Oil Spill: "Has the Environmental Damage been exaggerated?"

Time Magazine in its latest issues gives Rush Limbaugh credit for being to first to state that the dangers of the Gulf Oil Spill have been gravely overstated. Interesting...

President Obama has called the BP oil spill "the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced," and so has just about everyone else. Green groups are sounding alarms about the "catastrophe along the Gulf Coast," while CBS, Fox and MSNBC are all slapping "Disaster in the Gulf" chyrons on their spill-related news. Even BP fall guy Tony Hayward, after some early happy talk, admitted that the spill was an "environmental catastrophe." The obnoxious anti-environmentalist Rush Limbaugh has been a rare voice arguing that the spill — he calls it "the leak" — is anything less than an ecological calamity, scoffing at the avalanche of end-is-nigh eco-hype.
Well, Limbaugh has a point. The Deepwater Horizon explosion was an awful tragedy for the 11 workers who died on the rig, and it's no leak; it's the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. It's also inflicting serious economic and psychological damage on coastal communities that depend on tourism, fishing and drilling. But so far — while it's important to acknowledge that the long-term potential danger is simply unknowable for an underwater event that took place just three months ago — it does not seem to be inflicting severe environmental damage. "The impacts have been much, much less than everyone feared," says geochemist Jacqueline Michel, a federal contractor who is coordinating shoreline assessments in Louisiana. Read the rest of the article here.

Of course Rush himself had plenty to say about this. On today's show he said

RUSH: You know, there's another reason why the left is angry out there about this oil spill. Obama did not lift a finger to help. The left is looking at this, the environmentalist wackos, as such a blown opportunity. He did nothing -- sat around for how many days, 58, 60 days? -- and did diddly-squat. God took over. Obama cannot raise the seas, he cannot lower the seas, he cannot clean up the seas. He cannot get rid of the oil. I have the guts to report it. So all they can do -- and don't be surprised if this happens. Don't be surprised if the partisan political operatives in the so-called media, the Fake Media, say, "Well, of course Obama didn't do anything. He knew that this would take care of itself on its own."

No, no, no! We're not going to let 'em get away with that because it wasn't long ago -- how long ago was it? -- that Obama went on TV and said he was in there shaving one morning (which he has to do, I understand, once a week) and his little girl came in and said (child voice), "Daddy? Daddy? Did you plug the leak yet, daddy? Did you plug the hole?" So when the Fake Media comes around and says, "Obama knew it was going to take care of itself and that's why he wasn't in a panic." No, no, no, no. Obama's family was panicking over whether or not he'd plugged the hole yet. Very, very simple. During the break I went back to the El Rushbo Stack of Stuff at my website. This is from my website Quick Hits page back on May 18th. The headline was "Hayward Got Bashed for Telling the Truth."

This is what I said on this program back on May 18th: "I saw on television today the CEO of [BP]. I forget his name but he's a doctor, a Ph.D. doctor. This guy is really in for it. I don't know... This guy obviously has not been trained about how to deal with the media in this era, because he told the truth. He said (paraphrased), 'Come on. Do not worry. This is not heavy crude like came out of the Exxon Valdez.' He said, 'When you look at the total water volume of the Gulf of Mexico, compared to what's leaking from this oil well, it's nothing." Now, that's my word; he didn't say 'nothing,' but he said, 'This is not oil. It's not even going to kill marine life. They'll adapt to it. The marine life would not be able to adapt to heavy oil but this is light sweet oil and compared to the entire water volume of the Gulf, why, this is like raindrops in the ocean.'"

"He's a geologist. I know he's a geologist, but this guy is crucified now," I said back on May 18th when he said this. I continued by saying, "I just learned that the British Petroleum CEO's name is Dr. Tony Hayward. Dr. Hayward gained a first-class geology degree and a Ph.D. from Edinburgh University at the age of 22, but what does he know? He's the [BP] CEO who put in perspective the amount of oil that's coming out of that leak compared to the entire water volume of the Gulf of Mexico. He would know much more than these politicians, of course, and yet the Obama [regime] is now having more investigations, and Ken Salazar's come out, 'You know, we failed.' Somebody call Obama and say a member of his regime is using the word 'fail.'" So the point is Hayward was right just like I was. Now he's been forced out of a job. He was attacked unmercifully and he has been forced from his job, all because he was right. He didn't show sufficient compassion. He didn't show sufficient empathy, didn't show sufficient understanding. So he's gone. He's literally been dispatched to Siberia, and he was right. He put it in perspective.

Conservatives vs. Liberals (what makes each tick)

Happiness:

Parents are happier than non-parents, yet when researchers ask parents what they enjoy, looking after their kids is very, very far down the list--well after eating, shopping, exercising, cooking, praying, and even watching TV. Brooks argues that the paradox of parents being happier yet not enjoying the primary task of being a parent (that is looking after one's children) can be explained by noting that while irritating in the short-term, children can bring meaning to life in the long-term. Another factor is that happy people are more likely to have children (note the issue of causation versus correlation).

Conservatives are happier than liberals. Self-described conservatives have been found to classify themselves as "very happy" nearly twice as often as those who call themselves "liberal" or "very liberal". This is not a new trend and has been true for at least the past 35 years. Interestingly this is not because of income differences between the groups (which have been isolated in the study), instead Brooks believes it is because: a) Conservatives are twice as likely to be married; b) Twice as likely to attend church; and c) More likely to have children. Brooks believes that, putting merits aside, the conservative viewpoint is more conducive to happiness than a liberal viewpoint. "Conservatives tend to believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can succeed. this makes them more optimistic than liberal, more likely to feel in control of their lives and therefore happier. American liberals, at their most pessimistic, stress the injustice of the economic system, the crushing impersonal forces that keep the little guy down."

Extremists (liberal or conservative) are happier than moderates. In short, those with extreme political viewpoints are more likely to be happy, and Brooks believes this is because "they are certain that they are right." (Of course this is measuring personal happiness, no one would argue that being around extremists--particularly those with a different viewpoint--brings much happiness.)

Conservative tend to be more optimistic about the future and less likely to see themselves, or others, as victims. Liberals are more likely to see themselves and others as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether individuals can climb without governmental help. Consider a bit of evidence.

You can read these entire articles here and here.

This New York Times article explains in simple terms why conservatives are happier than liberals. Conservatives are much more likely than liberals to be religious, be married and have families - all of which unequivocally lead to overall happiness.

In 2004, 44 percent of respondents who said they were “conservative” or “very conservative” said they were “very happy,” versus just 25 percent of people who called themselves “liberal” or “very liberal.” (Note that this comparison uses unweighted data — when the data are weighted, the gap is 46 percent to 28 percent.)
Adults on the political right are only half as likely as those on the left to say, “At times, I think I am no good at all.” They are also less likely to say they are dissatisfied with themselves, that they are inclined to feel like a failure, or to be pessimistic about their futures.
It doesn’t matter who holds political power. The happiness gap between conservatives and liberals has persisted for at least 30 years.

Charity

It is well established that conservatives give more to charity than liberals. Despite the popular culture paradigm that liberals are kindhearted and conservatives mean spirited the fact is that it is the opposite. This explains why Sarah Palin and her family gave considerably more to charity (10 times as much) than Joe Biden despite earning considerably less. More interesting is this:

Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).
Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.
Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.

You can read more about this fact here and here.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Miller Time: "The best of Dennis Miller"

Dennis Miller had the night off tonight on The O'Reilly Factor but they played this clip "The Best of Dennis Miller in the No Spin Zone". Hilarious!

A Chart is worth a Thousand Words:

"Sure you can keep your own doctor"

"Who is really underpaid?"

More debt is being added every second than the average American family makes in a year!


Small Business his disproportionally hard by Obamacare

You can get more great charts here.

10 Minute Ticker (w/ updates):

WSJ:
Our "Divide and Conquer" President

Moonbattery.com
Chupacabras? Set up a watering hole in the desert and all manner of critters arrive

The economy:
US Companies sitting on record amounts of cash now

Setting the record straight - Obama spokesman Robert Gibes:
ATR.com shows how the "No Tax Hikes" pledge has been broken 8 times so far

Great News!!!
Cleanup crews can't find any oil in the Gulf of Mexico

BREAKING:
Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan

Washington Times:
Even Pres Obama's base has stopped blaming Bush for the bad times

WikiLeaks:
Roundup of news on the disclosure of classified items

The Spy who Conned me:
Anna Fermanova - Russian Spy or wrong place at wrong time...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

John Stossel on Fox News' "The Factor"

John Stossel was interviewed by Laura Ingraham on The O'Reilly Factor. Stossel absolutely nails Liberal Hyperocracy.

Required Readings:

Corruption - Bribes and More:

Common Cents highly recommends this site 'Emerging Corruption.com'

Wonderful:
Audit shows DOD can't account for $8.7 Billion

Gateway Pundit "Everyone must sacrifice for the Greater Good":

President Obama shows how to sacrifice - Three August Vacations Planned

Rasmussen Generic Congressional Ballot:

GOP PLUS 10: Republican Party 46% - Democrat Party 36%

Underwater:
WSJ: 11 Million people owe more on their homes than they are worth

Rep Charles Rangel (D-NY):
Rangel seeks last minute deal to settle ethics charges against him

SB 1070:

Arizona law set to go into effect Thursday July 29

Chevy Volt:
Chevy puts a $41,000 price tag on the Volt

Monday, July 26, 2010

Red Eye Video: America's Candidate Alvin Greene speaks...

Fox News' 3 AM show "Red Eye" recently dedicated a segment to AMERICA'S CANDIDATE Alvin Greene, the Democratic Nominee from South Carolina. Interesting commentary:

No contest. Fox News continues to obliterate its competition in the Cable News Ratings

It's not a fair fight. Again and again Fox News programming continues to completely dominate its competition in the Cable New Ratings war. Fox consistently gets more viewers that all of its competition combined in some of its programming. From 5AM until Midnight, every day Fox gets more viewers than any other cable tv news network. With its "Fair and Balanced" approach to the news its no wonder Fox gets so many more viewers than the same old "State Run" diatribe. The 11PM RERUN of the O'Reily Factor gets more viewers than ANY SHOW on CNN, MSNBC or Headline News. Consider:

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for July 19, 2010

P2+ Total Day

FNC – 1,195,000 viewers
CNN – 384,000 viewers
MSNBC – 359,000 viewers
CNBC – 171,000 viewers
HLN – 264,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time

FNC – 2,465,000 viewers
CNN – 417,000 viewers
MSNBC –760,000 viewers
CNBC – 162,000 viewers
HLN – 451,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day

FNC –322,000 viewers
CNN –126,000 viewers
MSNBC –103,000 viewers
CNBC – 56,000 viewers
HLN – 116,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time

FNC – 623,000 viewers
CNN – 118,000 viewers
MSNBC –202,000 viewers
CNBC – 85,000 viewers
HLN – 123,000 viewers

35-64 Total Day

FNC – 558,000 viewers
CNN – 166,000 viewers
MSNBC – 181,000 viewers
CNBC – 93,000 viewers
HLN – 152,000 viewers

35-64 Prime Time

FNC –1,121,000 viewers
CNN – 180,000 viewers
MSNBC –371,000 viewers
CNBC – 102,000 viewers
HLN –226,000 viewers

Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

FOX and Friends- 871,000 viewers (263,000) (446,000)
American Morning- 363,000 viewers (139,000) (184,000)
Morning Joe- 324,000 viewers (94,000) (166,000)
Squawk Box- 160,000 viewers (60,000) (97,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 241,000 viewers (152,000) (159,000)

5PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

Glenn Beck – 2,354,000 viewers (636,000) (1,057,000)
Situation Room—481,000 viewers (139,000) (161,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews – 469,000 viewers (57,000) (200,000)
Fast Money– 194,000 viewers (a scratch w/43,000) (109,000)
Showbiz Tonight — 266,000 viewers (108,000) (172,000)

6PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

Special Report w/ Bret Baier – 2,063,000 viewers (449,000) (852,000)
Situation Room—456,000 viewers (153,000) (183,000)
Ed Show —557,000 viewers (120,000) (269,000)
Mad Money —179,000 viewers (57,000) (102,000)
Prime News – 300,000 viewers (117,000) (167,000)

7PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

The Fox Report w/ Shep – 1,561,000 viewers (352,000) (732,000)
John King USA – 377,000 viewers (127,000) (151,000)
Hardball w/ C. Matthews – 605,000 viewers (174,000) (335,000)
Kudlow Report– a scratch w/119,000 viewers (a scratch w/32,000) (58,000)
Issues – 479,000 viewers (184,000) (300,000)

8PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

The O’Reilly Factor– 3,090,000 viewers (738,000) (1,365,000)
Campbell Brown – 337,000 viewers (104,000) (147,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 857,000 viewers (229,000) (429,000)
Business Model– a scratch w/84,000 viewers (a scratch w/38,000) (a scratch w/51,000)
Nancy Grace – 569,000 viewers (179,000) (316,000)

9 PM – P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

Hannity– 2,463,000 viewers (664,000) (1,198,000)
Larry King Live —479,000 viewers (120,000) (177,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —862,000 viewers (182,000) (372,000)
Bio: Colonel Sanders – 180,000 viewers (110,000) (117,000)
Joy Behar – 460,000 viewers (104,000) (218,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

On the Record w/ Greta—1,834,000 viewers (467,000) (798,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 — 434,000 viewers (131,000) (217,000)
Countdown w/ K. Olbermann – 563,000 viewers (195,000) (312,000)
American Greed – 222,000 viewers (106,000) (138,000)
Nancy Grace –345,000 viewers (91,000) (156,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)

The O’Reilly Factor– 1,491,000 viewers (524,000) (859,000) (RERUN from 9PM)
Anderson Cooper 360 – 344,000 viewers (145,000) (182,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —384,000 viewers (129,000) (240,000)
Mad Money – a scratch w/72,000 viewers (a scratch w/37,000) (a scratch w/42,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 357,000 viewers (142,000) (200,000)

You can read the entire story here.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Video: Howard Dean absolutely slammed by Fox News' Chris Wallace:

Dr. Clueless himself - former head of the DNC Howard Dean absolutely gets disected by Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Wallace shows how to deal with liberals - shove the facts in their face:

"I know facts are inconvenient things"

Hat Tip to Gateway Pundit

Sunday Reads:

Michelle Malkin:
The Democrat's War on the West

Hope and Change Update:
Bank Failures in 2010 top 100 so far

NYT:
Britain begins plans to decentralize its Health Care System

Afghanistan:
Two US Soldiers captured by Taliban

Wall St. Journal:
Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth

Senator James Webb (D-VA):
Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege

Thor Trailer:
Check out this video of the 5-minute Thor Trailer

19 Die in Stampede:
Love Parade results in 19 dying

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Video: Glenn Beck - Founder's Friday

Glenn Beck's Founder's Friday yesterday was superlative.

"A Call to Action"

Friday, July 23, 2010

Friday Night Videos:

53 Million Hits - These guys know how to have a good time!

JK Wedding Entrance - Dancing the tunes of Chris Brown's "Forever"

Hillarious:

"Same as it ever was"

Shirley Sherrod:

What the Media won't tell you:

BS Removal

The Obama Bumber Sticker Removal Kit

NV Senate Candiate Sharron Angle

Latest TV Ad - "Please stop Harry Reid"

Hat Tip Legal Insurrection

5 Minute Ticker:

The Great Debate:
Republican Led Economy vs. Democrat Led Economy

Gateway Pundit:
Sarah Palin lashes out at media's coordinated smear campaign against her

VP Joe Biden:
"The heavy lifting is over" let the campaign begin

Do as I say - not as I do:
Senator Kerry moors his yacht in RI to avoid paying Mass tax

Wall St. Journal:
Five mistakes online job seekers make

Charles Krauthammer:
Beware the Democrat Lame Duck Congress

Democratic Party Ethics Update:
Rep Charles Rangel charged with ethics violations - will face trial

Democratic Party Ethics Update #2:

Closing arguments to be made in IL Governor Blagojevich trial

Democratic Party Ethics Update #3

Deadlines set for appeals on conviction of Representative William Jefferson (LA)

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tropical Storm Bonnie:

The second major storm of the season is about to be officially named (but has not yet) and is setting a direct path towards Lousiana.

Currently the weather gurus are calling it TD 3 but if and when it is named it will be known as Tropical Storm or Hurricane Bonnie.

Common Cents brings you all the pertinent information about this storm. Check back for updates:

Weather.com

T.D. 3 has not gotten stronger.

FTL's Sun Sentinel:

The latest on Tropical Storm 3

Weather Underground:

Dr. Jeff Master's Wunder Blog

NOAA:

Watches / Warnings

NWS:

Doppler Radar image from Miami, FL

VIDEO: Bobby Jindal "We are going to win this war!"

LA Governor Bobby Jindal lays down the hammer at the Rally for Economic Survival in Lafayette, LA.

"Let us go back to work!"

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Poll Dancing:

Quinnipiac:
ANY Republican would beat Obama in 2012

Rasmussen:
Right/Wrong Direction: 27% say US heading in Right Direction

Rasmussen Reports:
Balance of Power (Senate)

Rasmussen:
Generic Congressional Ballot - GOP +9%

Gallup:
Support for Kagan at 44%

Gallup:
Americans oppose Fed Immigration suit against Arizona 50% - 33%

Survey USA:
CA: Republican Whitman leading Brown. Senate Race tied

Survey USA:
President Obama approval in California - 46%

Finally, a Republican with some Kohones:

Missouri GOP Senate candidate leads the way that ties his Democrat opponet squarely to Barack Obama. And why not, with Obama currently at 44% approval. If the past year has shown us anything it is that there are NO MODERATE DEMOCRAT SENATORS. They are all rubber stamp shrills for the most radical administration ever!

You can donate to Roy Blunt's campaign here.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Video: John Stossel - "Green Fantasies"

Fox News' John Stossel recently had an excellent segment titled "Green Fantasies" where Stossel interviews a former liberal Robert Bryce, author of the book "Power Hungry" who was "mugged by the laws of thermodynamics" and exposes, one by one, the lies of the green movement.

"These are problems of math and physics"

Election Results - Georgia Primary

Today is Primary day in the state of Georgia. Georgia is the only state in the country with a primary tonight. Georgia, like several other states, requires a runoff election if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. Georgia’s runoff is scheduled for August 10th.

Georgia Election Results: You can access the Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division here.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has a live blog you can access here.

Tuesday Reading List:

Tropics Watch:

Is something brewing in the Caribbean?

Washington Post:
Top Secret America - The Contractors' Connection

More Liberal Hatred:

Liberal Talk Show Mike Malloy host urges Glenn Beck to commit suicide

Laugh or Cry?

Parasailing donkey sparks outrage in Russia

90 days jail:

Lindsay Lohan prepares to go to jail in LA

Redstate:

Members of the media plotted to shut down coverage of Reverend Wright

Hope 'N Change Update:

Pres Obama approval drops to 28% in Arizona!

Michelle Malkin:
Why does Ken Salazar hate our economy??

Monday, July 19, 2010

Video: NAACP Racism revealed in their own ranks

Speaking to the NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Shirley Sherrod, the Georgia Director of Regional Development tells us how she really feels about White People. Where is the outrage by the left and the NAACP?

"So I took him to one of his own"

Huge Hat Tip to Breitbart.tv

UPDATE: USDA Official resigns

Next time bring your teleprompter

South Carolina Democratic Party Senate Candidate Alvin Greene addresses the NAACP this weekend. Don't know whether we should laugh or cry. Maybe feel sorry for the guy:

Footnote: Someone needs to tell him the Democrats are IN CHARGE.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

10 Minute Ticker (w/ updates):

Check out this site:
NASA IMAGES: Beautiful images of Outer Space

More Hope and Change:
Drilling Ban could cost 14,000 jobs

Air Paws One:
Obama's dog gets his own jet plane ride to Maine vacation

Weekend Box Office:

"Inception" Rules - over $60 Million in revenues

Shut Off!
"The Obama Deception" is censored from You Tube

British Open:

South African Louis Oosthuizen is the new champion!

Wow:
Undersea cameras capture "Living Fossils" thousands of feet down

Gulf Oil Spill:
BP may keep Macondo Oil Well capped until "Final Kill" next month

Well now we know for sure:

Obama Administration admits insurance mandate is indeed a tax increase

Rasmussen Reports:
New low: Only 43% approve of job President Obama is doing

John McCain vs. J.D. Hayworth for the US Senate Republican nomination

Saturday Night Senator John McCain debated former Congressman J.D. Hayworth and political newcomer Jim Deakin for the final time. The two are squaring off for the nomination to be the Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate in their final debate before the August 24th Primary.

Arizona's KTVK-3TV had extensive live coverage of the debate. You can follow it all here.

Arizona Daily Star Coverage.

Video: McCain vs J.D. Hayworth debate:

Saturday, July 17, 2010

VIDEO: "I Am America"

Krista Branch sings an inspirational and patriotic song that is fast becoming the Anthem for the Tea Party Movement: "I Am America"

George W. Bush's Autobiography: DECISION POINTS

Our 43rd President George W. Bush has been largly out of the public eyes since leaving office.

Now we know he has been working on his autobiography a 538 page tome about how he made the important decisions in his life. From Amazon.com:

President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life. Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor’s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history – and the man at the center of events.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Video - Rush Limbaugh Morning Updates:

Rush has been spot-on during this week's Morning Updates. Here is the complete video list of his Morning Updates:

Friday July 16 Morning Update:

Thursday July 15 Morning Update:

Wednesday July 14 Morning Update:

Tuesday July 13 Morning Update:

Monday July 12 Morning Update:

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Easily the best editorial page you will find is

Investor's Business Daily. IBD prints hard-hitting, yet easy to read editorials that should be required reading. Please pass along...

Mideast: Years of a growing nuclear threat plus recent developments are converging to signify that the time for waiting is over. Either the United States, or the Israelis backed by the U.S., must act against Iran.

Real Joblessness Grimmer Than Gov't Stats: Writing in the New York Times in November 2003, Austan Goolsbee, then a professor at the University of Chicago, flamboyantly accused the government of "cooking" the books regarding unemployment. "The situation has grown so dire," he said, "that we can't even tell whether the job market is recovering. The time has come to correct the official unemployment statistics to account for those left out." Professor Goolsbee is now a top economic advisor to President Obama. Would he admit that the official jobless of 9.5% grossly underestimates the pain of job losses in America and do something to correct the situation?

Fouling Up Spill Just to Exploit Another Crisis: As the BP oil spill grew and spread and sullied beaches and habitats, the Obama administration dithered for weeks, then rejected Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's request to build sand and rock berms to keep the goo out. Dredge-and-fill might damage the environment, it imperiously ruled — as though massive oil intrusions into marshlands have no effect.

Labor Unions: One of the interesting things about the Obama administration is the strange dominance of labor unions. Yes, Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders do owe the unions something: They gave $400 million to Democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle, and they expect to get something in return.

Racial Politics: The NAACP, in crafting a resolution condemning racism in the Tea Party movement, seems to have forgotten those Black Panthers with clubs intimidating voters and wanting to kill white people.

Stimulus: The White House now claims that its various stimulus and bailout efforts have "saved or created" 2.5 million to 3.6 million jobs. If so, they must have been created not in the United States, but in Fantasyland.

Video: GOP African American candidate slams the NAACP on their hypocrisy

Bill Randall, candidate for the NC-13 seat defends the Tea Party and asks the NAACP to present some evidence that their is racism in the Tea Party Movement.

You can donate to Bill Randall's campaign for the 13th district

in North Carolina here.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Video: Megyn Kelly "Is my coverage of the New Black Panthers racist"?

Fox New's Megyn Kelly interviews Juan Williams and Armstrong Williams over the controversy of her coverage of the New Black Panther Party.

Hat Tip to Hot Air.com

Is anyone looking for a new job or career?? (And other money-making ideas)

Common Cents sincerely hopes this list of job sites helps you find that next job or career. Good luck to you! The Number One way people find jobs is by Networking. Tell EVERYONE you know you are looking. Expand your circle of friends and acquaintances. Strike up conversations with strangers!!

The number two method to find a new job is via online job postings. Too that end Common Cents is proud to bring you the following list:

Monster.com is the largest internet job search site. If your resume is not posted here you are wrong.
Idealist.org - Over 4,500 Not For Profit jobs posted!
Yahoo's Hot Jobs.com is a free site that has thousands of jobs
CareerOneStop.org- Your one-stop-shop for all things careers!
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 794,918 Matches.
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 1,064,150 new jobs in the last 7 days. Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
Simply Hired.com claims to have over 4,551,774jobs posted!
Execu-Search.com specializes in jobs for Executives
The Ladders.com search for jobs paying $100,000 and up at The Ladders.com!!
The Federal Government is always hiring!
Resume Mailman.com - emails your resume to 1000s of recruiters
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!
Salary.com - Find out how much you should be paid for your job!!
Hoovers.com - Get all the up-to-date information on your company and others

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.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Video: Megyn Kelly absolutely smacks down Kirsten Powers

Absolutely devastating. Fox News' host Megyn Kelly just has Liberal Kirsten Powers for lunch. If you can't watch it all start watching around minute 3. The underlying debate is about the US Justice Dept dropping a case against the New Black Panther Party intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place in 2008.

Kelly to Powers

"You clearly don't know what you're talking about!

"It would be more helpful to the viewers that next time you come on you have your facts right"

2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game:

Tonight is the 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game from Anaheim, CA at 8PM Eastern. Here are several ways to follow the game live:

ESPN Radio: Follow the game live at 8PM.

CNNSI: Follow the game here

Major League Baseball: Follow the All Star Game pitch by pitch here.

Tuesday Ticker:

BREAKING:
NY Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner died today at 80 (heart attack)

Fox News Poll:

Solid Majority of Americans losing faith in President Obama

S.I.

Baseball All Star Game Thoughts

LAT:
Obama may have worn out his welcome on Capitol Hill

Fingers Crossed:

BP prepares to test new cap on Oil Spill Leak

Hope 'N Change Update:
Mort Zuckerman admits he wrote one of Obama's speeches

Stolen Election:

Felons voting ILLEGALLY may have put Senator Frankin over the top in MN

Gulf Oil Leak Cam:

Live Oil Feed from BP

Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV

Monday, July 12, 2010

EXPLOSIVE VIDEO: "We Will Not Be Silenced" - Outright Fraud in the Democratic Primaries

As seen on Fox and Friends this explosive documentary "We Will Not Be Silenced" is an outstanding film by Lifetime Democrat Gigi Gaston who initially initially set out to prove there was no fraud. What she found out was quite different, and she documents hundreds, if not thousands, of cases of voter fraud in the 2008 Democratic Primaries - especially the caucuses. Amazing video - watch and ask yourself if Obama stole the 2008 Democratic Nomination from Hillary Clinton:

Amazing - Explosive Documentary

"We Will Not Be Silenced"

Part 2 - "We Will Not Be Silenced"

"We Will Not Be Silenced" - Part 3

"We Will Not Be Silenced" - Part 4

As Americans, we expect certain liberties and rights that were granted us by our forefathers, who wrote documents like the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. "We the people" expect that these fundamental rights will always be protected. However, in the current Democratic Presidential Primary, this has not been the case. We believe The Democratic National Committee (DNC) made a grave error by depriving American voters of their choice of Hillary Clinton as Democratic nominee. Senator Clinton, by all accounts, except caucuses, won the Primary Election and, therefore, should be the 2008 Democratic Nominee. That didn't happen, due largely to illegitimate and illegal acts. We have interviews of many accounts from caucus states recounting threats, intimidation, lies, stolen documents, falsified documents, busing in voters in exchange for paying for "dinners," etc. There are at least 2000 complaints, in Texas alone, of irregularities directed towards the Obama Campaign, that have lead to a very fractured and broken Democratic Party.

This documentary is about the disenfranchising of American citizens by the Democratic Party and the Obama Campaign. We the People have made this film. Democrats have sent in their stories from all parts of America. We want to be heard and let the country know how our party has sanctioned the actions of what we feel are Obama Campaign "Chicago Machine" dirty politics. We believe this infamous campaign of "change" from Chicago encouraged and created an army to steal caucus packets, falsify documents, change results, allow unregistered people to vote, scare and intimidate Hillary supporters, stalk them, threaten them, lock them out of their polling places, silence their voices and stop their right to vote, which is, of course, all documented in "We Will Not Be Silenced."

"We Will Not Be Silenced" is about the people who fight back by simply telling their stories: Teachers, professors, civil rights activists, lawyers, janitors, physicists, ophthalmologists, accountants, mathematicians, retirees - all bound together by their love of America and Democracy. They will tell us their experiences and how they feel betrayed by their own party. They will discuss how their party has disenfranchised them and how, when they saw and reported multiple instances of fraud, everyone turned a blind eye. Rather than support and protect the voices and votes of its loyal members, the DNC chose to sweep this under the rug by looking the other way, or using ceremony and quasi-investigations to assuage angry voters. It is our opinion there never before has been such a "dirty" campaign; the campaign that has broken the hearts and spirits of American voters, who once believed in the Democractic voting system.

We are not angry liberals; we are disappointed Democrats, who love our country and feel the DNC needs to stand for truth, care about its voter base and stop committing actions worse than what we only thought possible of the worst Republicans. The DNC and the Obama Campaign need to be held accountable for the catastrophe of the 2008 Democratic Primary. We must right their wrongs...after all, this is America, the Land of the Free, where every American has the right to a fair, honest voting process, and to have his or her vote counted...

We Will Not Be Silenced

The Disaster, er Democratic Party's Horrible Economic Record

We have detailed this before on Common Cents but this chart makes it obvious. The Democratic Party has been diasterous to our economic health. Millions of jobs have been lost and as a direct result of their actions the unemployment rate has skyrocketed as a result of their "leadership". Remember, when the Democrats were elected the unemployment rate was 4.4%.

Can you say "failure".

Another interesting chart is how many people have "LEFT THE LABOR FORCE" since the failed "stimulus" bill was passed. The star represents when the $800 Billion "Stimulus" bill was passed.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

10 Minute Ticker:

Gallup Poll:
Among Independents Obama Approval Rating is 38%

World Cup:
Spain beats Neatherlands 1-0 for World Cup Title

Weekend Box Office:
"Despicable Me" tops the Hollywood Weekend Box Office

USA vs. Canada:
Chart of the Day: "Employment"

Ann Coulter:
Afghanistan is Obama's War!

Health News:
Exercise, Tea Drinking and Vitamin D to ward of dementia

Global Warming Update:

Record cold at LAX - 67 degrees

Global Warming Update #2

COLDEST DAY in 100 years in Australia

WORLD CUP FINAL: Netherlands vs. Spain

Today is the big game for all the marbles - Spain vs Netherlands in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final in South Aftrica. At 2:30 PM Eastern these two teams will battle for the World Cup Championship. Estimates are that over a Billion People around the world will be watching. If you can't get to a TV these sites have instant streaming of the game.

World Cup Final

Spain vs Netherlands: 2:30 PM EST

ESPNs Gamecast

CNNSI: Live instant analysis of the game

CBC Sports: Watch the World Cup Streaming Live

World Cup 2010 Highlights

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Friday, July 9, 2010

Charles Krauthammer: The selective modesty of Barack Obama:

As heard on the Rush Limbaugh show Krauthammer hits it out of the park. Amazing editorial - pass it on:

Remember NASA? It once represented to the world the apogee of American scientific and technological achievement. Here is President Obama's vision of NASA's mission, as explained by administrator Charles Bolden:
"One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and math and engineering."
Apart from the psychobabble -- farcically turning a space-faring enterprise into a self-esteem enhancer -- what's the sentiment behind this charge? Sure America has put a man on the moon, led the information revolution, won more Nobel Prizes than any other nation by far -- but, on the other hand, a thousand years ago al-Khwarizmi gave us algebra.
Bolden seems quite intent on driving home this message of achievement equivalence -- lauding, for example, Russia's contribution to the space station. Russia? In the 1990s, the Russian space program fell apart, leaving the United States to pick up the slack and the tab for the missing Russian contributions to get the space station built.
For good measure, Bolden added that the United States cannot get to Mars without international assistance. Beside the fact that this is not true, contrast this with the elan and self-confidence of President John Kennedy's 1961 pledge that America would land on the moon within the decade.
There was no finer expression of belief in American exceptionalism than Kennedy's. Obama has a different take. As he said last year in France, "I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." Which of course means: If we're all exceptional, no one is.

Nothing new here. In his major addresses, Obama's modesty about his own country has been repeatedly on display as, in one venue after another, he has gratuitously confessed America's alleged failing -- from disrespecting foreigners to having lost its way morally after 9/11.
It's fine to recognize the achievements of others and be non-chauvinistic about one's country. But Obama's modesty is curiously selective. When it comes to himself, modesty is in short supply.
It began with the almost comical self-inflation of his presidential campaign, from the still inexplicable mass rally in Berlin in front of a Prussian victory column to the Greek columns framing him at the Democratic convention. And it carried into his presidency, from his posture of philosopher-king adjudicating between America's sins and the world's to his speeches marked by a spectacularly promiscuous use of the word "I."

Read the rest here.