Guest Column

Her hero Sarah: compassion in action

-Rebekah Curtis, Spectrum I’m a resident of Chesapeake, Va., but I thought perhaps the town that gave us the lovely Sarah Palin would be interested in this story. I’m a 22-year-old amputee and have had a lot of health and mobility problems over the past couple of years. I just got a new leg and am finally getting back on my feet. (Pun intended!) Even a few weeks ago, standing for fairly short periods of time was impossible without a lot of pain. At the McCain/Palin rally in Virginia Beach Oct.13, my family stood for around eight hours straight, and I wasn’t any more sore than anyone else. But that wasn’t what made the day one of the happiest of my life. We arrived at four in the morning and were the first in line, out of an estimated 25,000. Since we were in front, we were able to rush like mad when they opened up the area around the stage, so we were only about six or eight feet from it. I had a special request for Governor Palin, if I was lucky enough to meet her.

You will know a person by the company they keep

On the Obama/Ayers Connection -- We Americans ask Obama: "Senator Obama your long time friend, confidant and neighbor Bill Ayers is a well known, self confessed and unrepentant domestic terrorist. You launched your political career from his home didn't you? I wonder what would people think of Senator McCain, and what would be said of his judgement if he had launched his career in politics from the home of a man who had bombed Abortion clinics and was proud of it? Would the Obama/Biden campaign rhetoric and credo which makes the apology for you:"No guilt by association" be applied to John McCain ?

Islamist group claims responsibility of US financial meltdown

Mustafa Amarah CAIRO- Members of the Egyptian Jihad group have declared that Islamic Jihad groups are responsible for the financial meltdown in the US as they distributed hundred of millions of US dollars in the world stock markets.

Why Did We Fight the Cold War?

From the end of World War II until the Iron Curtain collapsed, two generations of Americans were raised in fear that we may be attacked by a nuclear weapon from the Soviet Union. Some of us were taught how to position ourselves under our desks at school. I never really understood how hiding under one's desk would protect us from an atomic bomb; but we all learned how to effectively get under our desk.

McCain says Obama will turn the IRS into giant welfare agency, calls economic plan “phony tax plan”

JOHN MCCAIN: Good morning, this is John McCain, speaking to you a couple of days after the final presidential debate. It was a good contest, and I thought I did pretty well. But let's have a little straight talk: The real winner on Wednesday night was a fellow known to America as Joe the Plumber.

Government-sponsored speculation and the housing market crash

-Mark Andrew Dwyer Abstract. This commentary identifies the root causes of the present financial meltdown. It points out the main culprits of the housing market collapse and the downfall of the stock market that followed it: the "affirmative action" in mortgage lending policies that were imposed by some neosocialist-liberal "do-gooders", most notably, by Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.

Canada, EU working towards ‘historic’ agreement: PM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Canada is working towards a "comprehensive and truly historic" economic partnership with the European Union.

VA claims found in piles to be shredded

--Rick Maze - Staff writer, Armytimes.com Department of Veterans Affairs regional offices have been ordered to immediately stop shredding documents after an investigation found some benefits claims and supporting documents among piles of papers waiting to be destroyed.

Obama Contributors Emerged from Staff and Boards of Annenberg Grantees

Fred Lucas, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – Barack Obama started serving as chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, an education grant program, in 1995, the same year he was elected to the Illinois state Senate. As chairman, Obama oversaw the disbursement of $49.2 million in Annenberg grants, most of which went to non-profit groups with the stated intent of improving Chicago’s public schools.

Oh Canada!

Canada's third election in four years is over - except for the weeping and wailing. The "winners" have been congratulated and the "losers" have given gracious concession speeches (sometimes!)

Financial crisis leads to record number of litigations

Canada (Press Release) October 16, 2008 -- Toronto, Canada—October 16th, 2008 - Current financial situation has led many companies into worst case scenarios as increasing number of organizations are now faced with a choice to either shut shop or borrow funds to stay afloat. What many experts are calling the worst economic situation since the great depression of the 1930s has caused many casualties across every sector and industry.

Surviving The Coming Economic Depression

-Jeff M. Wilson "DEPRESSION." It's not just a state of mind. It's the current economic reality. The World is careening through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930's. Yet, only now, do a majority of economists and investment fund managers believe we are in a recession. Unfortunately, the reality is a lot worse than you think.

Negotiator-in-Chief

In a negotiation, your job is not to be liked. It is to be respected and effective. In a political debate, your job is to be both liked and respected. That changes the dynamics of negotiation as it should be practiced and the third debate between the presidential candidates was an excellent opportunity to assess their ability to negotiate.
 


A Tale of Two Theories

by Thomas Richard Let's take a trip back to 1980. Ronald Reagan was just elected President, Democrats were still shell-shocked an actor had won, and Republicans loomed large in the media and could hold their heads high. This was the start of the Dynasty decade, one of consumption, credit card binges, parties, and finding out who shot J.R.

Houseful of out-of-state Obama activists registered as Ohio voters, received absentee ballots

-Michelle Malkin Something smells at 2885 Brownlee Avenue in Columbus, Ohio.

Joe Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" of Toledo, Ohio

Joe Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" of Toledo, Ohio, On the final John McCain Barack Obama debate. He favors McCain.

7-Yr.-old gets anAcorn vote

O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old.

Obama’s Tax Cut is Actually a Spending Increase, Says Non-Partisan Group

(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s plan to cut taxes on 95 percent of taxpayers would effectively increase government spending by an average of $64.8 billion a year and effectively raise income tax rates for many Americans, even on some earning $20-$50,000 per year, according to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.

The Brutal Reality of Obama’s ‘Tax Cuts’ is Severe and Complete Economic Peril

Brad O’Leary On Monday, The Wall Street Journal confirmed the accuracy of the figures detailed in my book, The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama’s War on American Values, (released earlier this year) that show how Barack Obama’s tax cuts and deductions would increase the number of those who pay no federal income taxes from 30 percent to 44 percent. This critically important, yet long overlooked, information is finally making its way to center stage as the debate over the economy heats up. It can no longer be dismissed as political fiction. It must be seriously taken as brutal reality.

Could There Be Violence If Obama Loses?

Much has been written and said about the words uttered by a handful of people who have attended rallies featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin. The liberal media would have us believe that all those who attend these rallies and by extension all those who support the McCain-Palin ticket are racists ready to lynch Barack Obama at a moment’s notice.