Jan 8, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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News
Right before the holidays, we observed several days in which planes were leaving criss-crossing chemtrails across the sky over Phoenix. One particular day, right before Christmas, the sky was filled with them. By early afternoon the sky had several trails and we saw two planes in the process of leaving other trails. Yesterday, we noticed more. They start out as narrow white trails and end up looking like whispy strands of clouds at the end of the day.
I know about condensation trails, but a web search about chemtrails didn't inspire any confidence. What really is that stuff? What does it do? Has anyone ever flown a plane that deposits that substance in the air? The geography in Phoenix allows pollution to hang around, so how can these trails be helpful.
Jan 7, 2009 | 1:27 PM
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Political
Just got an email from John McCain. "My Friend," he says and goes on to announce that he's starting a grassroots campaign to reshape the Republican party. The website is http://www.countryfirstpac.com, and it's eerily reminiscent of the Barack Obama website. But that's just the start.
Good luck getting onto the site without giving them something (who ever they are)! The Obama campaign was shear marketing, and it spawned a movement of begging second to none. I see regular email and articles about how to translate the success of the Obama campaign to various other business models. Public relations firms are scouting for "online messaging" experts because their clients want to duplicate Obama. From retailers to nonprofits, it's common practice these days to ask people to join up before you tell them what they're joining. Are people really that gullible?
I would not support John McCain to continue as Senator of Arizona, and surely wouldn't support training others to be like him. I wish the Republican Party was something other than what it is which is why I will be changing my voter registration. John McCain doesn't get it, and frankly I thought he might consider a party change himself.
Political parties were warned against by the framers of our Constitution and if you've been paying attention, you know why. If the Democrat and Republican parties aren't the most corrupt machines operating in the U.S. I would be surprised.
From the likes of John McCain, what does country first mean anyway?
Nov 25, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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Political
Special Interest Groups—SIGs—have been funding political initiatives since before the Boston Tea Party in this country. Arizona has had her fair share of SIGs funding voter initiatives and filing lawsuits over voter initiatives that legally passed (cough).
So what's the big deal when the Mormon group, LDS, adds a little muscle to the mix. I might not attend their meetings, but they did a great job in whatever help they gave to getting Prop 8 passed in California. That was very important legislation that needed to succeed.
The LDS is no different than any other non-profit. They are passionate about their beliefs, as are gays and la Raza. They get a special tax status to do their work, as does ACORN and the NEA. They get to tap smart people with tons of money, as does the Global Warming cartel. So there shouldn't be any hysteria over the fact that they put their money where their mouth is.
What the gay advocacy group, Californians Against Hate, is trying to do to the LDS amounts to a witch hunt. This is nothing but religion-hate. The LDS has done nothing that special interest groups haven't been doing throughout history. If its illegal for non-profits to fund political initiatives, G. Soros would be behind bars right now, but he's not. So, it must be okay for all non-profits to influence elections! If other faith-based SIGs were this conscientious and purposeful with their money, we wouldn't have such a broken-down mess of a society today.
Nov 25, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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News
The jet pack in this video uses hydrogen peroxide for fuel and is intended for the military, says the spokesman. So to all the tree huggers out there, how about it? Would you get one? Then you could relax.
Meanwhile we could get on with drilling in peace and really become energy independence. There's so much oil in this country, people may not want a jet pack.
Nov 22, 2008 | 2:25 PM
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Political
John McCain announced plans to run for his fifth-term as Arizona Senator in 2010. Senate terms are six years in duration. John McCain does not have a reputation for helping Arizona and he's well-known for his pro-illegal alien/pro-amnesty voting record. The Republican Party dismally surprised everyone by ignoring their own primaries and pushing McCain to the forefront. Wouldn't Mitt Romney have performed better?
Are there any good reasons to re-elect John McCain to the U.S. Senate for six more years? Are there good reasons not to re-elect him? Personally, I can think of more reasons not to re-elect him, chief of which is that he doesn't listen.
Nov 20, 2008 | 2:22 PM
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Political
The Supreme Court has scheduled a private meeting among themselves to discuss the cases before it challenging the citizenship of Barack Obama.
The conference is set for December 5, 2008. Obama's response to the Berg petition is still due Dec 1. Also, the Keyes petition is still before the California court. It's about time this issue is dealt with in court. Where there are more than one dozen cases around the country challenging Barack Obama's birth certificate, it's very important for the High Court to take this up. This is a stormy year, but people are tired of politicians (Left or Right) subverting the law for their personal benefit. Obama's decision to deny access to his personal records leaves a bad stain on American politics. If he wants to "rule" in any kind of honorable way, he should cooperate.
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original link to the story.
Nov 12, 2008 | 9:28 AM
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Political
When Obama Takes Power
What will it be like for news corporations, public officials, and even individuals when Obama swears in. I just got a reply back from another blogger stating:
"If any sheriff, Mayor, or Governor thinks he or she can stand up to
Obama without facing the consequences, they are going to be
embarrassingly put in their place."
Is that true? Maybe it is! I took it as a foreshadowing of things to come when three newspapers were kicked off the Obama airplane, a Florida news station was removed from access to his campaign after interviewing Senator Joe, and citizen Joe was publicly humiliated immediately following an unfavorable question of the campaign. (By the way, the Ohio state official who authorized the background check on this poor soul was just removed from her position, which is some small reason to hope.)
Should local elected officials expect the same fate as television stations, newspapers, and blog sites?
Nov 9, 2008 | 7:07 PM
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Political
Arizona’s Supreme Court chief justice has agreed to enforce the demand from the Hispanic Bar Association to ban the terms “illegal” and “aliens” in all of the state’s courtrooms.
Also banned: anchor babies and illegal immigration. Any objections?
Nov 9, 2008 | 6:51 PM
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Political
The price of one gallon of gas has dropped a minimum of $2 nationwide since Republicans responded to the public on the issue of domestic oil supply! That means, before producing one drop of domestic fuel, the price of gasoline fell from nearly $5 to under $2.50 per gallon. The price was CUT IN HALF
within weeks! That's the power of drilling. Americans would be sitting pretty once new refineries and domestic fields start producing, and in the meantime, forcing the markets into reasonable oil prices. Oil independence would be a reality instead of a carrot!
I'm enjoying gas at under $2.50 /gallon and I want it lower. However, November's president elect announced immediate plans to issue an executive order to nullify the recent drilling legislation after taking office in January. Such an executive order will force US consumers to go back to paying $5/gallon for gas. It would force Americans to be dependent on foreign oil indefinitely. It's plain to see that the Democratic plan is not for energy independence at all.
This past April 2008, the USGS issued an update to Congress on oil fields in ND, SD and MT, the Bakken Trend.
If you are over 13, the first paragraph from myfoxphoenix Don's Political Blog is required reading. Our own government estimates a whopping 503 billion barrels underground.
Recovering just 10% of the oil at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion. That's five (5) government bail outs! Debt-free! Read it, you will understand immediately what a brutally unnecessary shot in the butt the no-drilling movement really is.
Nov 5, 2008 | 4:35 PM
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Political
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Arizona just racked up several new victories on Tues:
1. The protection of marriage
2. The protection of the Employers Sanction Law
3. Sheriff Joe and County Attorney Thomas
4. The protection of health care choice
5. Outlawing real property taxation by the State
Meanwhile Obama is adding a slew of Clintonites to his team (good luck with that). Is it too much to hope that we might also be graced with the "transition" of Janet Napolitano to Washington DC? Do we dare hope that the state budget has a chance at redemption? Dare we hope for an executive that will protect our borders? Dare we hope for an offer she can't refuse?
Nov 5, 2008 | 3:58 PM
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Political
I'm happy too! White Americans voted for a Black man! Hallelujah, that never happened before huh? And people must be completely relieved now that all worries are over concerning how mortgages will be paid, how their kids will go to college, where health care will come from, and the guilt about having too much. Whew, thank God that weighty burden is no longer a threat.
But now, as the throngs resume chanting for unity and change, let's make sure we have eyes wide open. This nation was thoroughly torn in half over the last 24 months. True unity is fundamentally unattainable when half a nation wants to protect the vehicle that engineered its unity in the first place—the Constitution—and the other half thinks that vehicle needs to be over-turned.
So let's smile and everybody be happy now. At least we can agree, we changed!
Oct 29, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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News
All he did was ask a question within earshot of a microphone. Now, Joe the Plumber is the subject of an ruthless invasion of privacy for his "outspokeness." Is this what dissenters have to look forward to in an Obama nation?
Police in Ohio confirmed that a Toledo police department records clerk is accused of using the police department data system to perform an illegal search on Joe Wurzelbacher's background. The clerk was part of the Toledo police Investigative Services Bureau. She claims she was doing a favor for a reporter. She has been charged with Gross Misconduct. Searching his records was a violation of State law not just department policy.
Immediately following the last debate, Obama donor and director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Helen Jones-Kelly, ordered a check on Wurzelbacher's background claiming, “Our practice is when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight, we often take a look.”
Well Joe is mad and I don't blame him. However, the intimidation affects the rest of us regular Joes as much as it does him. Now that his job is toast, I hope he can make up for it in a lawsuit and send a message back for us. Do you think people would be less willing now to get involved in politics after hearing how he is being treated? Wouldn't this affect citizens who are conservative more than those who are liberal?
Oct 27, 2008 | 11:04 PM
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Political
In one week, you can pick a candidate who will at least preserve the Constitution that paved the way for the dreams you dared to dream. Or you can pick one who will at once dilute it.
In one week, you can pick a candidate who imperfectly loves his country. Or you can pick one who is perfectly at odds with it.
In one week, you can hand over one of the greatest republics on earth to a candidate who believes in it's inherent integrity. Or you can hand it over to one who believes it's inherently flawed.
Change comes from you, not from a man in an office or behind a curtain. If you want change for the better, change it for the better. Whatever it is. That's why you exist. Never cede your authority, gifts, or treasure to another, as inalienable means not transferable, and that's how YOU are to regard these things. Inalienable rights. They are for your use, your charity, and your profit. And they are precious, too precious to be traded for another man's good idea.
Oct 26, 2008 | 8:52 PM
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Political
Earlier today, US special forces attacked inside Syria at a point along the border where fighters, weapons and money come into Iraq to fuel the violence. The government in Damascus condemned the act as "serious aggression." Does this mean our military is serious about securing Iraq and getting out of there?
US Military has not commented about the fatalities, however American media, unlike foreign media, is echoing Syrian claims that only civilians were killed. Is it safe to say that since Al-Qaeda "volunteers" are not part of a state military or law enforcement, they are civilians? What do you believe? What are the chances that not one Al-Qaeda extremist was among the group targeted?
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Oct 18, 2008 | 9:45 AM
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News
I really like the new look for the blog section. The background is brighter and makes reading the posts more pleasant.
I hope the web team is keeping the general red white and blue theme. Although, the splashes of color for buttons keep it interesting. I'm looking forward to the new design for the top banner. I hope it's just as fresh looking but more compact, the top menus take up too much room.
Ever consider slicing up your ad space and offering smaller ads to a larger variety of vendors and local advertisers? Museum events, restaurant deals, seasonal events..just a thought!