Hopeandchange updates:

Engagement Failed
Is there a Plan B in Iran?

Don't cross him!
Politicians and reporters fear the Evil Eye

VIDEO:
Pres Obama ready to take credit for the economy - NOW

American Thinker:
North Korea's march to war

Presidential Approval Poll: New low of -2%

Minnesota Senate Race - How to steal an election:

Today Al Franken was declared the winner of the 2008 Minnesota Senate Race. This is a repost of an earlier COMMON CENTS post with some updates:

On November 4, 2008 Senator Norm Coleman won reelection by receiving some 725 more votes than challenger Al Franken. This was with 100% of the precincts reporting. Now normally this would be the end of the game but we don't live in ordinary times. By a series of "typos", counting votes twice, having 25 precincts with more votes cast than voters who voted on election day, and more shenanigans Franken has managed to take the lead by 225 votes. Newsmax has an excellent diary of how a United States Senate seat managed to be stolen:

Nov.4, Coleman Leads by 725 Votes – Unofficial tallies of election results statewide show Coleman the winner by 725 votes out of nearly 3 million votes cast. The narrow margin automatically triggers a recount.

Nov. 5, Coleman Leads by 475 Votes -- Ritchie’s office releases a news release stating, “In Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race, a slim margin of 475 votes favors Republican candidate and Republican senator Norn Coleman over Democratic challenger Al Franken.” The 250-vote difference? It stems from adjusted figures submitted by state and county officials around the state.

Nov.6, Coleman Leads by 438 Votes – Coleman’s margin continues to diminish as more adjusted figures come in. Why the adjustments consistently favor Franken goes largely unexplained. “What struck me as really outrageous was, in the beginning, how Coleman’s lead shrank,” comments Matthew Vadum, senior editor for Capital Research Center, a conservative watch dog of nonprofit groups. “The counties were allowed to correct their vote totals with barely a peep from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. He just considered all this to be legitimate, and it was their prerogative to do that -- and it looks like he let them get away with murder.” Vadum tells Newsmax, “That basically laid the foundation for the slug fest now going on in the recount contest. He chopped off Coleman’s lead and got it within stealing distance.”

Nov.7, Coleman Leads by 239 Votes – Ritchie’s office announces the State Canvassing Board will convene to begin its supervision of the statewide recount on Nov. 18. “This week,” Ritchie adds, “county election officials have been busy proofing the unofficial results previously submitted to this office’s Web site. Corrections have resulted in a shifting margin which now stands at 239 votes with the advantage to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.” Coleman attorney Fritz Knaak says the campaign is “profoundly suspicious,” adding, “We’re mystified at this apparent pattern of every time there seems to be a change, it happens after hours and it happens in the Franken [campaign’s] favor.”

Nov.8, Coleman Leads by 221 Votes – The New York Times reports that 32 absentee ballots were found after an election worker drove around with them in the back seat of his car for five days. An initial protest from Coleman is withdrawn, and the votes are counted. A document posted on the secretary of state’s Web site says shifting vote counts are “routine,” citing a 2006 election where 2,100 ballot changes occurred after Election Day

UPDATE: June 3, 2009 - A review of Minnesota’s statewide database of registered voters revealed at least 2,812 deceased individuals voted in last November’s general election, according to a new report by the “traditional values” advocacy group Minnesota Majority.

COMMON CENTS issues our congratulations to Minnesota's newest Senator Al Franken.

10 Minute Ticker:

Discrimination Dies:
Supreme Court overturns Sotomayor ruling in Ricci case

Birth Certificate??
Barack Obama KENYAN birth certificate on sale on Ebay

150 years!!
Bernie Madoff receives maximum sentence for his Ponzi scheme

$500 - $2500 above sticker price!
Chevy races to keep up with demand for 2010 Camaro

Michael Jackson autopsy - may or may not have been released:
If true shocking! Bald, nothing in his stomach but pills, emaciated, only 110 lbs.

July 4, 2009:
AAA projections for the holiday weekend

Cap and Trade:
Heritage Foundation - Devastating impact of Cap and 'Tax' legislation

The honeymoon is over:
Press openly laughing at Press Secretary Joe Gibbs:

The Simpsons tribute to Michael Jackson:

On Sunday June 28th the first 5 minutes of the show were dedicated to a cute video dedicated to Michael Jackson: "Do the Bartman"

THE EIGHT TRAITORS:

Thanks to these eight ignoramuses the Cap and Tax bill passed the House 219-211. This disaster of a bill amounts to the largest tax increase in American increase and a regressive tax increase at that. 44 Democrats, more than enough crossed over to vote with the Republican minority but because of these eight sellouts the bill squeaked through. It is hard to put into words how terrible this bill is. It will outsource jobs to Mexico and other countries, it will further cause the economy to shrink, it will increase electricity and energy costs to every American and it attempts to regulate CO2, a harmless gas that we emit every time we breath out and is the basis for all plant life.

The Dana Report has a list of these turncoats and how to contact them.

Here are there phone numbers:

• Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330
• Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165
• Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385 (And he’s seriously considering running for Senate!)
• Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361
• LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572
• McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611
• Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761
• Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765

Learn something:

The best editorial page in print is Investor's Business Daily. IBD publishes easy to read, common sense, hard-hitting editorials that are nothing short of outstanding. Today's are superlative:

Carbongate:
Administration suppresses a report that is unfavorable to their views

Runaway Spending = Runaway Debt:
The consequences of our spending orgy are not pretty

Government Run Health Care:
Recent polls shed some light on what that means

The debt the founders wouldn't believe:
Get ready to drown in a sea of debt - $133,000 for each American

The Health Insurance Uninsured Hype:
The reality of how many lack insurance will surprise you

America the Shameful?
What exactly do we have to apologize for?

The White House's War on Science:
Why is the White House afraid of scientific truths?

Get ready for the Largest Tax Increase in American History

The US House of Representatives is currently debating a Cap and Trade bill which will amount to a huge tax increase on every American who uses electricity. This bill is suppository to combat Global Warming, despite the fact the earth is currently cooling, but in reality is and enormous regressive tax increase of as much as $3,000 per household per year. This is crunch-time folks. Call, email do something! AFP has a list of things you can do now.

Call your Congressman now! Michelle Malkin has a list of Congressmen who need to be contacted now. The number is 202-224-3121 This bill attempts to regulate CO2 a harmless gas that we exhale every time we breath out. IBD has a superlative editorial on it here:

Not since a misguided piece of legislation imposed tariffs that turned a recession into a depression has there been a piece of legislation as bad as Waxman-Markey. The 1,000-plus-page American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is being rushed to a vote by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before anyone can seriously object to this economic suicide pact. It's what Janet Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security, might call a "man-caused disaster," a phrase she coined to replace the politically incorrect "terrorist attack." But no terrorist could ever dream of inflicting as much damage as this bill. Its centerpiece is a "cap and trade" provision that has been rightfully derided as "cap and tax." It is in fact a tax on energy everywhere it is consumed on everything it is used to make or provide. It is the largest tax increase in American history — a tax on all Americans — even the 95% that President Obama pledged would never see a tax increase. Farmers hope the USDA will be less intrusive. The EPA has been tasked by a Supreme Court ruling to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from your nostrils to your lawn mower. This even covers the emissions of barnyard animals, including the methane from cows. As we've said before, capping emissions is capping economic growth. An analysis of Waxman-Markey by the Heritage Foundation projects that by 2035 it would reduce aggregate gross domestic product by $7.4 trillion. In an average year, 844,000 jobs would be destroyed, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by almost 2 million. Consumers would pay through the nose as electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket, as President Obama once put it, by 90% adjusted for inflation. Inflation-adjusted gasoline prices would rise 74%, residential natural gas prices by 55% and the average family's annual energy bill by $1,500.

Redstate has an update on the phone call campaign and results...

10 Minute Ticker and more:

COMMON CENTS brings you today's eclectic news:

Michael Jackson found dead at 50 years old

Farrah Fawcett dies at 62

Finally - Robots with a taste for flesh

Broke - California issuing IOUs to pay their bills now

Gateway Pundit - Cap and Trade is biggest tax increase in US History

"All out War" - North Korea threatens US again

Last Place - Pres Obama infomercial finishes in last during time slot

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Tribute to Michael Jackson:

Michael Jackson with a Gospel Choir singing "Man in the Middle" at the 1988 Grammy Awards:


Billie Jean 30th Anniversary

It failed the first time - LET'S DO IT AGAIN!

Most Americans know that the root of the current economic crisis is the fact that we were making loans to people who couldn't afford to own a house. Specifically, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were pressured to make SUBPRIME LOANS to people without steady income and without down payments. This experiment was an abject failure and let to our current economic downturn. Guess what - they are at it again!

Back when the housing mania was taking off, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank famously said he wanted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to "roll the dice" in the name of affordable housing. That didn't turn out so well, but Mr. Frank has since only accumulated more power. And now he is returning to the scene of the calamity -- with your money. He and New York Representative Anthony Weiner have sent a letter to the heads of Fannie and Freddie exhorting them to lower lending standards for condo buyers. You read that right. After two years of telling us how lax lending standards drove up the market and led to loans that should never have been made, Mr. Frank wants Fannie and Freddie to take more risk in condo developments with high percentages of unsold units, high delinquency rates or high concentrations of ownership within the development. And in a display of the wit for which Mr. Frank is famous, the letter writers slyly point out that higher lending standards won't reduce taxpayer exposure to bad loans because the Federal Housing Administration has even lower standards for condos. "While the underlying goal may be to reduce taxpayer exposure relating to the current conservatorship of the GSEs [government sponsored entities], such a goal would not have such an effect if it merely results in a shifting of loans from the GSEs to the FHA." Tougher lending standards will merely shift market share from one government program to another, so what's the point in being cautious? Read the entire story here.

Iranian protests update:

Ghoulish:
Iran charging murdered victim's families a "bullet fee" before handing over bodies

Banned:
Iran bans their soccer player for life for supporting protestors

Crushed:
Iran's Revolutionary Guard uses tear gas and fired shots to quell protest

US State Department:
Iranian officials still welcome at our 4th of July Washington DC celebrations

Wash Times Editorial:
Stopping the bomb is what counts in Iran

Expelled:
Britain expels Iranian diplomats

Video:
Fox New's Major Garret asks Pres. Obama "What took you so long?"

Required Readings:

CNN:
Six die after to DC Metro trains collide

Iran Update:
Riot Police us force to break up protests

Below zero:
Presidential Approval index is negative for 2nd day in a row

American Solutions:
"The Breaking Point" Ad - (Hat Tip Gateway Pundit)

NY Times:
French President Sarkozy - The burqa is "enslavement" for women

Global Warming Update:
Arizona having Coolest Summer in nearly 100 years!

Hope & Change update:

Happy 4th of July!
Japan warns North Korea to launch ballistic missile at Hawaii on July 4th

Grab your ankles:
More taxes coming: Value added tax, alcohol, soda and US sales tax eyed

You're fired:
Pres Obama has fired two Inspector Generals in last week.

Oh no!
Support for health core 'reform' less than in 1994

Another record!
Gatewat Pundit - 12 states have record unemployment records

51 in a row!!
Gas prices rise for a record 51 STRAIGHT DAYS

Michelle Malkin:
Patient Dumping in Chicago - must read editorial

Actions have consequences Janet:

Borrowed this from Flight Pundit and outstanding blog. The author makes a great point about Obamanomics and the consequences they have:

John is 63 years old and owns his own business. He is a life-long Republican and sees his dream of retiring next year is now all but gone. With the stock market crashing and all the new taxes coming his way, John knows he will be working for a good number more years. John has a granddaughter, Ashley, who is a recent college grad. She drives a late model car, wears all the latest fashions, and also likes going out and eating out a lot. Ashley campaigned hard for Obama, and after he won the election she made sure her Grandfather (and all other Republican family members) received more than an earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that Obama won the election. Ashley recently found herself short of cash and unable to pay her bills, again. As she has done many other times in the past, she e-mailed her Grandfather asking for some financial help. Here is his reply:

"Sweetheart, I am replying to your request for more money. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and am sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, times have changed. With the election of President Obama, your Grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new economic plan of our own…the ‘Ashley Economic Plan’. Let me explain. Your grandmother and I are highly productive, wage-earning taxpayers. As you know, we have lived a comfortable life and in return have forgone many things like fancy vacations, luxury cars, etc. We have worked hard and were looking forward to retiring soon. But this plan has changed. Your president is significantly raising our personal and business taxes. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people. Do you know what this means, Ashley? It means less income for us. Less income means we must cut back on many business and personal expenditures. One example is, we were forced to let go of our receptionist today. You know her. She always gave you candy when you visited my office. Did you know she worked for us for the past 18 years? I can’t afford her anymore. That is a taste of the business side. Some personal economic affects of Obama’s new taxation policies include none other than you. You know very well that over the years your grandmother and I have given you thousands of dollars in cash, tuition assistance, food, housing, clothing, gifts, etc., etc. By your vote, you have chosen another family over ours for help. Judging from your Email requesting more money, I recommend you call 202-456-1111. That is the direct telephone number for the White House. You yourself repeatedly told me I was foolish to vote Republican. You said Mr. Obama is going to be the people’s president and is going to help every American live a better life. Based upon everything you have told me and things we heard from him as he campaigned, I am sure Mr. Obama will be happy to send a check or transfer money into your checking account. Have him call me for the transaction and account numbers, which by now I know by heart. Perhaps you now can understand what I have been saying for all my life: those who vote for the president should consider what the impact of an election will be on the nation as a whole, and not just be concerned with what they can get for themselves (welfare, etc.). What Obama voters don’t seem to realize is all of the "government’s" money he is ‘redistributing’ to illegal aliens and non-taxpaying Americans (deemed "less fortunate") comes from tax money collected from income tax-paying families. Remember how you told me, "Only the richest of the rich will be affected"? Guess what, honey? Because of our business, your Grandmother and I are now considered to be the richest of the rich. On paper, it might look that way. But in the real world, we are far from it. But, as you said while campaigning for Obama, some people will have to carry more of the burden so all of America can prosper. You understand what that means, right? It means that raising taxes on productive people results in them having less money. Less money for everything, including granddaughters. Congratulations on your choice for "change". Read the rest of the post here.

Who needs 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 your new job. Good luck and keep a positive attitude!

• Monster.com is the largest 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 jobsites, 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 - 330,000 New Jobs posted each month from 100,000+Employers.
• 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 794,789 new jobs in the last 7 days. Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
• Simply Hired.com claims to have over 706,560 jobs posted in just the last week!
  
• Execu-Search.com specializes in jobs for Executives
• The Ladders.com specializes in jobs paying $100,000 and up!
• The Federal Government is always hiring!
• Resume Zapper.com emails your resume to thousands of recruiters! (New link)
  
• Hot Resume.com - post your resume here for free (NEW link)

• Don't neglect Craig's List. They have thousands of jobs available in every sector. Free to use, free to post and no charges for anything.
• And finally 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! Be careful what you wish for...

Iran Protests

COMMON CENTS brings you all the latest news and information on the ongoing Iranian protests. Not since the Tienanmen Square protests of 1989 have a people risen up against totalitarian rule like this with mass protests. No one knows how this will play out but our hopes are with the Iranian people and with freedom.

USA Today:
Foreign Media banned

Reuters:
Iran rules out annulment

Christian Science Monitor:
Was the election rigged? Here is what is known so far

Washington Examiner
Election protesters lead the fight online

BB blog:
How to read "tweets" about the Iranian protests

Monica Crowley:
A Dispatch from Iran

Gateway Pundit videos:
Shooting the protestors from rooftops in Tehran

Quick Clicks:

40% - 21%
Gallup - Conservative largest ideological group - trounce Libs and Moderates

Warning - many are graphic!
Photos from today's Iranian uprising

Global Warming update:
Chilliest June in Chicago since records began

Hope and Change update
Gas prices rise at the fastest pace on record

Hot Air.com
2 - 3 Million at protest rally in Iran

Welcome to Bermuda Hat Tip Gateway Pundit!
Trained by Al Qaeda - now they are resettled in Bermuda living on a beach

From Tom in Virginia:
Va Plumber's Truck seen tooling around town

Happy Birthday US Army

Today, June 14th is the birthday of the United States Army. Founded by an act of the Continental Congress on the 14th day of June 1775 the US Army actually is over one year older than the United States itself. The first battles of the revolutionary War were fought in April, 1775 and just two months later the US Army was born.

These video are COMMON CENTS tribute to the US Army, our guardians of freedom:




And for some comedic fun. A classic scene "Stripes".
"Army Training Sir" "Dat's da fac Jack!"

Crazy like a Fox

A Huge HAT TIP to Mrs. COMMON CENTS for this blog entry! Once again and for the last 8 years Fox News is dominating the Cable News competition. Fox News has the top 11 cable news programs and 12 of the top 15. Former rainmaker Larry King has long been a has been thanks to Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. In fact the reruns of The O'Reilly Factor at 11PM Eastern still beat all other cable tv news shows. So dominating is Fox News that they beat CNN and MSNBC combined. Consider:

How's this for cable news domination - Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined in every hour from 6amET to MidnightET in both Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo for April 2009. FNC had the top 11 cable news programs in Total Viewers and 12 of the top 15 in the demo. FNC is the #2 network in Total Viewers on all of cable. From 9amET on, every program grew by more than 60% in the demo. The 5pmET hour, now occupied by Glenn Beck, is up 212% in the demo and up 128% in Total Viewers. Your World with Neil Cavuto is up 102% in the demo and up 60% in Total Viewers. On the Record with Greta Van Susteren is up 75% in demo and up 55% in Total Viewers. Also in demo: FOX Report is up 75%, Special Report 70%, The O'Reilly Factor 74% and Hannity 64%. Fox & Friends has now been #1 for 90 consecutive months, Studio B with Shepard Smith for 80 consecutive months. Read about it here.

It gets better. Zogby did a poll last year and Fox's "Fair and Balanced" finished #1 in being the most trustworthy cable news network: 39.3% of those surveyed trust FOX News most for the issues they consider most important, followed by CNN with 16% and MSNBC with 15%. Read about it here.

10 Minute Ticker:

NY Times:
Stop Blaming Bush

This is change:
Us cities may have to be bulldozed to survive

San Francisco:
$100 fine for throwing out food scraps

Gov. Sarah Palin (Hat Tip Gateway Pundit):
"You're extremely naive if you believe David Letterman"

George W. Bush
Happy Birthday Dad!

President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 85th birthday by skydiving from an airplane!

VIDEO BLOG:

An oldie but goodie! Rush Limbaugh on his old TV show giving you "The 14 Commandments of the Religious Left"

Hat Tip Conservatism Today

"This interview is over" Barney Frank storms out of the interview with CNBC.


Everyone's favorite Black Republican "Zo" on 'What it means to be a Republican:


Interesting video on how Pres Obama's policies have helped the job picture:

Hat Tip Gateway Pundit

This is insanity:

As heard Wednesday night on the Mark Levin show a senior House Intelligence Committee member, Mike Rogers recently visited the Bagram prison in Afghanistan and reports that CIA and FBI interrogators are reading captured enemy combatants Miranda Rights. Yes you heard that right! The new paradigm is that captured combatants whom WE ARE AT WAR WITH are being told they have the right to remain silent, the right to a lawyer, etc. Never before in warfare have we given such rights to our enemy. Now when they are captured these terrorists are being treated like American citizens despite the fact they have been captured on the battlefield trying to kill American soldiers. Read the story for yourself here.

The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel, according to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. The soldiers, especially, he says, are frustrated that giving high value detainees Miranda rights -- the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney -- is impeding their ability to pursue intelligence on the battlefield, according to a story first reported by the Weekly Standard. "What I found was lots of confusion and very frustrated people on the front lines who are trying to, well, make Afghanistan successful for the United States and its allies," said Rogers, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee. Rogers, a former FBI special agent who served in the U.S. Army, just returned from Afghanistan and a visit to Bagram Air Base, where he said the rights are being read. "I witnessed it myself, talked to the people on the ground," he said. "What you have is two very separate missions colliding in the field in a combat zone. Again, anytime that you offer confusion in that environment that's already chaotic and confusing enough, you jeopardize a soldier's life."

You might ask yourself - are we at war or not and if so when will we start acting like it. You can read the entire article here and another excellent article here. I never thought I'd see the day when we are reading Miranda rights to terrorists.

Quick Clicks:

Hope and Change!
2 Dems change affiliation to GOP in NY Senate (flips control to GOP)

Wall St. Journal:
Pres Obama's numbers are pure fiction

Justified? Man who killed US recruiters last week
"There was no crime - We don't believe in turning the other cheek

It's happening Friday!
Analog to Digital conversion happens on June 12.

It's back:
Oil ends above $70 for first time since November

Media Bias:
Tale of two murders (one ignored - one front page news)

"We told 'ya so" - GOV Sarah Palin on Hannity

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is to be on Hannity tonight. Drudge Report has a partial transcript and of course COMMON CENTS brings you the the highlights:

HANNITY: What do you make of – look at the state of the economy now...

PALIN: Well, when you consider that the federal government is about eleven trillion dollars in debt, and we’re borrowing more to spend more.. it defies any sensible economic policy that any of us ever learned through college. It defies economy practices and principles that tell ya ‘you gotta quit digging that hole when you are in that financial hole’ "America is digging a deeper hole and how are we paying for this government largesse. We’re borrowing. We’re borrowing from China and we consider that now we own sixty percent of GENERAL MOTORS – or the U.S. government does… But who is the U.S. government becoming more indebted to? It’s China. So that leads you to have to ask who is really going to own our car industry than in America."

HANNITY: You know but it goes back - It does go back a little to the campaign. I mean, ‘spread the wealth, patriotic duty…’

PALIN: Kind of a ‘we told ya so’.

HANNITY: Well, is that how you feel?
PALIN: That’s how I feel! I feel like… and I think that more and more constituents are going to open their eyes now and open their ears to hear what is really going on and realize ok… Maybe we didn’t have a good way of expressing that, or articulating that message of ‘here is what America could potentially become if we grow government to such a degree that we cannot pay for it and we have to borrow money from other countries, some countries that don’t necessarily like America. And this many months into the new administration, quite disappointed, quite frustrated with not seeing those actions to rein in spending, slow down the growth of government. Instead Sean it is the complete opposite. It’s expanding at such a large degree that if Americans aren’t paying attention, unfortunately our country could evolve into something that we do not even recognize.

HANNITY: Socialism?
PALIN: Well, that is where we are headed. That is where we have to be blunt enough and candid enough and honest enough with Americans to let them know that if we keep going down these roads… nationalizing many of our services, our projects, our businesses, yes that is where we would head. And that is why Americans have to be paying attention. And we have to have our voices heard. And ultimately it need to be our will, the American people’s will imposed on Washington, instead of the other way around.

Watch Sean Hannity's interview of Governor Palin in it's entirety:

Global Warming Updates:

At COMMON CENTS we are dedicated to bringing you all of your latest Global Warming Updates. As you know Global Warming is the greatest threat facing mankind so we warn you that these updates are not for the faint of heart!

• Snow falls in Dickenson, ND in June for first time in 60 yrs

• Snow blankets Sierra Nevada

• Pikes Peak ensconced in snow; whiter than in Jan or Feb

• Summer surprise - snow in England

• Frosty spring worries MI fruit growers

• Cold damages Peach crop in Parker County, Texas

• Frost advisory issued for N Dakota and NW Minnesota

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc

On this day in 1984, on the 40th anniversary of D-Day, the day of the allied invasion of Normandy which helped free Europe from Nazi occupation, President Ronald Reagan gave one of his greatest speeches paying tribute to those who gave their lives.

"These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc," President Reagan intoned, pronouncing it, after a heated administration debate, American-style ("Point Due Hawk"), with no risk of flubbing the French pronunciation during a speech timed for American morning TV. "These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war."

Reagan was of course speaking to the very veterans of the 2nd Ranger Battalion who took the cliffs in one of the most dangerous missions of the war. These men were seated before him and on this 55th anniversary of D-Day this video is a tribute to their honor.

REQUIRED READINGS:

A 26 year high - Unemployment by the numbers

Gallup Poll - VP Cheney more popular than Speaker Pelosi

It's about time! - Free luxury condos for the homeless

It's June and: Snow expected in Lake Tahoe area

OOPS - Debris not from the Air France airliner (nothing found so far)

Oh Really? Pres Obama flip flops are for the public good

Gateway Pundit - Fox's Megyn Kelly knocks it out of the park

Part 1 - Sean Hannity interviews Rush Limbaugh

On June 3 Sean Hannity interviewed Rush Limbaugh on Fox TV. As always Limbaugh gave a fantastic interview and gave ample proof why he is the most listened to radio personality. COMMON CENTS is proud to give you Rush Limbaugh in his own words:



Part 2 - Limbaugh interview on Hannity by Sean Hannity

Gird your loins!

Vice President Joe Biden said in the campaign that there would be crisis that the world would test President Obama. Specifically Biden said "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." "I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate," Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. "And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right." Not only will the next administration have to deal with foreign affairs issues, Biden warned, but also with the current economic crisis. "Gird your loins," Biden told the crowd. Well we at COMMON CENTS brings you the first of many "Gird your Loins" updates:

VP Biden - TARP Money update:
"We know some of the money is going to be wasted"

Hugo Chavez to Fidel Castro
We are more conservative than Obama

Pres Obama describing USA:
"One of the largest Muslim countries in the world"

OPEC:
Oil will hit $90

Domestic terrorism:
US Soldier murdered in Arkansas

Poll Dancing:

What do the latest Opinion Polls tell us? As always COMMON CENTS is here to let you know what the American People are thinking:

Abortion:
Gallup - 51% consider themselves "Pro Life" - 42% Pro Choice

Presidential Approval:
Obama gets average approval ratings compared to former Presidents

Supreme Court:
45% say Sotomayor should be confirmed

Deficit vs. Health Care
Americans prefer cutting deficit over Health Care Reform

CNN:
Few Americans have favorable view of Muslim World

GITMO:
65% of Americans do NOT support closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay

Who wants financial freedom?

COMMON CENTS is a huge fan of Dave Ramsey, heard by millions of people via his weekly radio show, his regular appearances on Fox News and his best selling books. Dave has a common Sense approach to eliminating debt and living within your means. Dave has helped thousands of people to eliminate their debts and achieve their financial goals. The focal point of his lectures are his "Baby Steps" which will help anyone to get out from under the debt monster:

1. $1,000 to start an Emergency Fund
2. Pay off all debt using the Debt Snowball
3. Three to six months of expenses in savings
4. Invest 15 percent of household income into Roth IRAs and pre-tax retirement
5. College funding for children
6. Pay off home early
7. Build wealth and give!
8. Invest in mutual funds and real estate

Some of the quotes from his latest book "Total Money Makeover"

• A new $28,000 car will lose about $17,000 of value in the first four years
• you own it. To get the same result, you could toss a $100 bill out the window once a week during your commute."
• "Looking to spend $100 per month on life insurance? You could pay $7 a month toward term insurance and invest the remaining $93. But go with a cash-value policy if you'd rather have someone else earn interest on your investments."
• "49% of Americans could cover less than one months' expenses if they lost their income."
• "If your mortgage payment is $900 and the interest portion is $830, you will pay that year around $10,000 in interest. What a great tax deduction! Right? Otherwise, you'd pay $3,000 in taxes on that $10,000. But who in their right mind would chose to trade $10,000 for $3,000?"