It’s the middle of the week

And there has been a lot happening. Check it out in The News

And ICYMI, here is The News from yesterday

And check out Instapundit and The Layfield Report for more news

It looks like Allen West (Former Republican Congressman from Florida’s 22nd District; lost in the 2012 election to Patrick Murphy when the district was changed to the 18th due to redistricting) is going to be joining PJ Media as their Director of Next Generation Programming (h/t Becca Lower)

It seems the networks felt that Obama’s last Presser of his first term was more important than The Price Is Right.

For the second time in as many Congresses, the Constitution was read on the House floor yesterday. Unfortunately, it was not without drama for the second time in as many Congresses. Last time someone shouted “Birther!” during the reading of the second article. This time, it was someone yelling about assault rifles and abortion. (h/t Twitchy)

h/t to Sarah Rumpf for her piece on Marco Rubio's Op-Ed in USA Today demanding an end to "Washington's Reckless Spending"

The Sandy Relief bill came up for a vote in the House yesterday, and it passed in spite of almost 75% of the House Republicans voting against it because of the pork stuffed into it.

h/t to the Barracuda Brigade for the entry on the Journal News (New York) reporters not taking what they dish out

While The Barracuda Brigade’s entry was good, I like The Other McCain’s headline on the same incident better

And just as I thought I have no more reasons why I am happy I am not living in Chicago any more, this beaut from The Other McCain gives me more reason

It seems that #TeamKimberlin has a vested interest in the Steubenville rape case (read mess). Hogewash wants to know: “What is Team Kimberlin doing in Steubenville?”

h/t to The Other McCain for their piece on the non-facts in the Steubenville mess defaming the entire town

Lee Stranahan has many articles on the Steubenville mess. Two articles in particular are how everything we know about the Steubenville rape mess is wrong and a list of the news outlets talking about the Steubenville rape mess.

h/t to Diane Sori of The Patriot Factor for her piece on  Obama using the children as a photo-op when he announces his gun control plan

WWE Monday night Raw celebrated their 20th anniversary on the air Monday, ending with a brawl during The Rock Concert

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Saturday, January 26 as I interview AJ Reissig, author of Escape to Freedom (book one in the FreedomRedux series), on Red, Right, and Blue at 1:30 PM Eastern. 12:30 PM Central

And that is all the news for today. For more, check out my Twitter feed (@RickBulow1974) throughout the day and also check out my Rick Bulow, New Media page.

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It’s another Manic Monday

Let’s get it started right with The News

And if that is not enough, check out InstaPundit and The Layfield Report for more of your news wonderment.

Here is yet another very interesting twist in the #BrettKimberlin saga: Apparently Neal Rauhauser was an FBI informant. Or was he?

I had not heard Jimmie Bise’s radio show. However, I had been to his website and I have to say it is a good site for someone to Instalanche on!

A major h/t to Robert Stacy McCain for his piece on what depression is and isn’t. (NOTE: This is a very helpful article especially as my family has had bouts of depression. I have even had a short fling with it now and then)

In brighter news, I would like to thank The Other McCain for awarding me with the Full Metal Jacket Reach Around Award for the second straight week. If you want to know what the Full Metal Jacket Reach Around Award is and how you can get the award, read the ever popular piece “How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog in Less Than a Year” (from his old blog at http://rsmccain.blogspot.com) and you can see your blog stats rise exponentially.

h/t to Sarah Rumpf for her piece on being #10 out of the top 25 tweeters on the Massachusetts Politics (#MaPoli) hashtag (also mad props to John LaRosa of 4Tier Consulting Strategies fame for being #5 on that list as well)

And it seems the esteemed W.J.J. Hoge is riling up the Kimberlin trolls again with his piece on Team Kimberlin spreads its tentacles

h/t to Diane Sori of The Patriot Factor for her Op-Ed entitled “Barack HUSSEIN Obama...a firearm dealer's dream come true”

The first ever wrestling PPV was last night. Who walked away with the wins and the championships from TNA Genesis?

Tonight WWE Monday Night RAW celebrates 20 years of being on the air. Before tuning in to USA Network at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central, tonight, check out the 5-point preview

In case you missed it, check out Red, Right, and Blue from this past Saturday.

And that’s all for the news today. If you want more news follow me on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) and also check out my Facebook Profile as well. Also, do not forget the special episode of Red, Right, and Blue on January 26 when I will be interviewing AJ Reissig, author of Escape to Freedom. You can purchase the book in paperback or in Kindle. Also, don’t forget to hit the tip jar and help me grow this blog and other projects I have.

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71st Rant: An Apology to the Founding Fathers

My friend Laurin Moreno had written something on December 15, 2012, which really put things in perspective nowadays.

Dear Founding Fathers:
 
I’m sorry that after all we have been through as a nation that we cannot see when something is wrong under our very eyes.
 
I’m sorry that we have become so dependent on government instead of on ourselves.
 
I’m sorry that we care more for our enemies overseas than we do our allies.
 
I’m sorry that in times of tragedy that people will use their political beliefs to get their agendas across.
 
I’m sorry that we have been so arrogant as a Nation, thinking that nothing or no one will harm us.
 
I’m sorry that we are electing people to Office without vetting them.
 
I’m sorry that we have come to a point where free speech is considered a hate crime.
 
I’m sorry for those who think we are on the right track when we are coming so close to falling off a cliff, financially, economically, and morally.
 
I’m sorry that good is being called evil and that evil is being called good.
 
I’m sorry that people who live today do not realize the struggles you all went through to get yourselves from under the thumb of the British and make America what it is today.
 
I’m sorry that we have become a nation where we can sit back and watch someone die without even trying to help them.
 
I’m sorry that we are fast becoming the government from which you fought so hard to break away.
 
I’m sorry that we have a president who has been spitting on the Constitution ever since…ever since before he got into Office and after. In his opinion, the Constitution is flawed.
 
I’m sorry that after such tragedies like Fort Hood, Operation Fast and Furious, the oil spill in Florida, the theater shooting in Colorado, the death of Team SEAL Six, Benghazi, and just recently the shooting in an elementary school in Connecticut, that people still can’t see our President as someone who is only looking out for himself.
 
I’m sorry that we elected a president whose background includes: growing up around those who worshiped terrorism, racism, socialism, communism, Marxism, and Saul Alinsky. Add to that the fact that anyone who knew the president for what he really is and who tried to come forward and warn U.S. citizens, especially when he was running for President the first time, have been killed, or have disappeared.
 
I’m sorry we have a president who apologizes to other countries for America being America.
 
I’m sorry we have a president who supplies our enemies with OUR weapons.
 
I’m sorry we have a president who gets our men and women in uniform killed because he keeps bowing to our enemies and making their missions much more dangerous with ridiculous Rules of Engagement.
 
I’m sorry we have a president, a Senate, and a House of Representatives who continue to dig our country even deeper into debt while imposing disastrous regulations on small businesses while catering to big businesses, forcing banks to make "bad loans" in order to be ALLOWED to expand and in the process killing American jobs.
 
I’m sorry that we try to see the good in people—especially our elected officials-- when, day after day, year after year, they continue to intentionally hurt America and its people emotionally and physically.
 
I’m sorry that ignorance, stupidity, and gullibility is the new norm.
 
I’m sorry that the murdering of the unborn is just all right, when in the Declaration of Independence it clearly states that people have the right to LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
 
I’m sorry that even America’s most patriotic people can’t even see the evil that pervades most of our elected officials, especially our current president who is the most evil, anti-America president that we have ever had.
 
I’m sorry that U.S. citizens take their rights-something that most countries do not have—for granted.
 
I’m sorry that, instead of telling people of certain religions and ethnic backgrounds to integrate, we have to treat them like they are someone special.
 
I’m sorry that hardworking, law-abiding citizens are having everything taken from them by those who do the opposite.
 
Most of all, I’m sorry that everything you all have fought and died for is being thrown away, daily. If all of you were here right now, you would probably look at us in disgust and think, ”If we knew America was going to be like this, we would not have ever broken away from Britain.”

 

No truer words have been spoken. She had summed up in 739 words what many have tried to say in in the past 20 years. America is suffering, and the Founders are probably spinning in their graves seeing the once beautiful country that they bled and died for being turned into the despotic cesspool that it is now, no thanks to Obama and his cronies. We need to do all that we can to take this country back. Everyone should ask themselves one question which I had spoken of in my most recent rant: Will you give up, or will you fight on?

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The weekend is upon us

And so too is The News

ICYMI: here is yesterday’s news

And if that is not enough, check out InstaPundit and The Layfield Report for more of your news wonderment.

It seems like CNN (and Piers Morgan in particular) has not had a good week with guests. Check these out:

• Piers Morgan with tinfoil nut Alex Jones (via The Other McCain)
• Joshua Boston with a 2-for-1 sale on owning CNN flunkies Piers Morgan and Randi Kaye
• Piers Morgan gets owned by Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro (posted by many)
  • The Right Scoop
  • Joel Pollak of Breitbart (Big Government)
  • Breitbart TV (transcript included)

The ever popular Hogewash! has done it again with his in-depth articles about #BrettKimberlin. This time W.J.J. Hoge dealt with the Dread Pirate Kimberlin and perjury. Check these out:

• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 2
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 3
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 4
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 5
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 6
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 7
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 8
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 9
• Dread Pirate #BrettKimberlin and Perjury 10

h/t to Zilla Stevenson (Zilla of the Resistance) for her piece on “I gotta be me!”

Tomorrow I will be speaking on more of the mess with Piers Morgan as well as the ObamaCare provision banning gun registration. I will also talk about the new Twitter hashtag #TGDN and there is also more on the Facebook vs. Conservatives controversy. Join me with my co-host Billie Cotter for Red, Right, and Blue tomorrow at 1:30 PM Eastern on Own The Narrative. Also, do not forget to mark your calendars for January 26 as I will be spending the entire show interviewing AJ Reissig, author of Escape to Freedom, book 1 in the FreedomRedux series.

And that is all the news that is news. I will be posting more on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) throughout the day if you want more. Also, feel free to check out my message board as I have posted all of the Founding Documents that made America the best country ever. And if you had not done so already, check out my Rick Bulow, New Media  fan page. And of course, hit the tip jar if you enjoy what you read here and on my other two blogs.

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It’s all downhill from here for the week

And here is The News to get your day going

I have not read Gawker, but this piece from The Other McCain tells me it is a good thing I do not

Ben Shapiro was on Sean Hannity’s TV show last night, and brought up the Left’s biggest bullies

Could Elizabeth Warren be really behind the whole Occupy Wall Street movement? Read this guest post and decide

h/t to Diane Sori of The Patriot Factor for exposing the Facebook censoring conservatives recently

h/t to Jackie Wellfonder of Raging Against the Rhetoric for her piece on  the perfect job for Social Media Addicts

h/t to Sarah Rumpf of Sunshine State Sarah for her piece on what Honey Boo Boo's mom does better than Congress

h/t to Judson Phillips for his piece on it's time to be the party of no

Tune in to Red, Right, and Blue this Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern on Own The Narrative. We will be discussing the Hagel and Brennan picks, as well as more on Facebook censoring conservatives and also a new project on Twitter by Todd Kincannon called Twitter Gulag Defense Network (#TGDN)

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As they say, the early bird….

gets The News

A new year, the same old boring tripe from Debbie Wasserman Schultz aka #DumbDeb, #DitzyDebbie, #KennyGWithBreasts (h/t to Neal Boortz for that nickname), and #BaghdadDebbie (I got the nickname from Saddam’s communications director during the second Iraq War who the comedians referred to as Baghdad Bob. After all, I think that nickname fits her rather well as does the pic)

Much to the delight of Conservatives and the chagrin of liberals, The Tea Party is not going anywhere

It seems that Governor Neil Abercrombie (Democrat of Hawaii) stirred a hornet’s nest with his appointment of Brian Schatz (Democrat Lieutenant Governor) to replace Daniel Inouye and not Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (Democrat from Hawaii’s 1^st district) as Senator of Hawaii

Looking to replace Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to represent Illinois’ 2^nd District? The filing deadline has closed

For the armchair political pundit, here is your Guide to the 2014 Senate races

Denny Rehberg (Republican and former Montana Representative for the entire state) and Heather Wilson (Republican and former New Mexico Representative from the 1^st District) say they are done with politics

Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide for their blowout of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in last night’s Bowl Championship Series in Miami.

I wonder what the BCS game would get in the ratings when it went head to head against Monday Night RAW which was live from Tampa and featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who will face C.M. Punk at the Royal Rumble January 27 in Phoenix, Arizona. (I missed both, but as I am a huge wrestling fan ever since 1984 I would have watched WWE RAW as it might be sports entertainment (I have on occasion referred to it as a male soap opera) but it makes for some interesting discussions.

And that is all that is news today. I might not spend a lot of time on Twitter today due to my eye doctor appointment and then celebrate Christmas late with my sister and brother in law (who are in town from Northern Virginia) but I will be working on my “Red, Right, and Blue” and also my “Rick Bulow, New Media” pages throughout the day. Feel free to check them out and give them a like. I might also work on my message board as my sister will be working and will not be home until about 5 or 6 PM Eastern.

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It’s the beginning of a new work week

And if you missed anything, check out The News from The Other McCain.

And as if that is not enough, you can always check out what Glenn “The Instapundit” Reynolds has on his site

h/t to Erica Coyle (aka The Patriotic Nurse) for her piece on Obama’s State of the Union Address falling on Groundhog Day this year. (NOTE: Isn’t every day Obama is President considered Groundhog Day? After all, we experience the same bolshoi from the un-American Obama Administration daily!)

Lately there has been a rash of Conservatives having troubles on Facebook for posting. Here are three of the articles on that.

• Facebook’s Anti Social Assault on Conservatives by Craig Andresen of The National Patriot
• FB...silencing conservative voices by Diane Sori of The Patriot Factor
• Is Facebook actively censoring conservative bloggers? by Joe Newby of The Spokane Conservative Examiner

I had gotten word yesterday (via Becca Lower which you can read at this link) that there was a Blogger in trouble. While she might be out of trouble now, it does not hurt to give her a hand if at all possible.

And in speaking of the Blogger in trouble, it seems that someone is out to cause more trouble for her. (h/t Becca Lower of Lowering The Boom)

It turns out that the attempted coup against Boehner was larger than first thought

Judge Jeanine Pirro is on the prowl against the Journal News for posting addresses of gun owners

It seems that not all Democrats favor Obama’s gun control proposals

However, most Democrats want more taxes and no tax cuts

For those of you on Twitter, there is a new hashtag called #TGDN out which was started by Todd Kincannon yesterday. Check it out and join up if you like.

The Grand Re-Opening of my show Red, Right, and Blue was this past Saturday. In case you missed it live you missed out on a lot. Fortunately for you, there is a podcast available. I will be having a special show on January 26 when I will be interviewing AJ Reissig - the author of Escape to Freedom, the first book in the FreedomRedux series - for the entire two hours. You can find more about the book at http://www.freedomredux.com.

That is all the news that is news for this morning. I will be tweeting out more news on Twitter (@RickBulow1974) throughout the day. Feel free to also check out my Rick Bulow, New Media page as well.

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The Weekend is upon us…

And so is The News

h/t to The Lonely Conservative for her piece on the Unemployment Rate for December

If you give a liberal an inch, they take a mile. (h/t The Other McCain)

h/t to Becca Lower for her piece on the Speaker vote in the 113th House of Representatives

And my good friend Cecil Brown has some good art. For instance, he made a couple of good drawings of Boehner and Cantor. (h/t Becca Lower)

Apparently, according to The Lonely Conservative, Slobbering Barney Frank (h/t Neal Boortz for the nickname) is not done ruining DC. He now wants to ruin the Senate.

h/t to Goldwater Gal for her piece on The Delusional Right-Wing and the GOP.

And here is a happy 1st anniversary to the Goldwater Gal website!

Here’s yet another case of a black Liberal bashing a black conservative.

the battle over the past month about the fiscal cliff hurt the middle class the most. (h/t Michelle Malkin)

Hope all can tune in to Red, Right, and Blue tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 PM Eastern as I debut from a new site!

And that is all that is news for today. Check out my Twitter (@RickBulow1974) for more news and also other information. Also, feel free to like the latest project I am working on. Remember that most of these projects do not come free, so please hit the tip jar and help me get these projects off the ground!

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No matter the weather or time

The News never sleeps.
House Speaker John Boehner may say he is through with one-on-one discussions with Obama, but we will find out at noon Eastern today if he is done as Speaker
In the “no big surprise” column, Al Jazeera buys Al Gore’s Current TV. (I cannot resist a joke here. Will it now be called Al JaGOREa?)
Maybe Mark Steyn is right. The Fiscal Cliff signaled the end of the American Era.
h/t to Diane Sori of The Patriot Factor for her Op-Ed: 85 Republicans should just put a 'D' after their names
It looks like Diane Feinstein will have an opponent to her anti-gun legislation bill she is going to propose in the 113th Congress. (h/t Jackie Wellfonder via The Other McCain)
h/t to Jackie Wellfonder for her piece on The Flesh and Blood of America
Michelle Malkin’s blog has a very interesting fact about the Senate Fiscal Cliff bill: Senators received 154-page fiscal cliff bill 3 minutes before voting on it. (by Doug Powers)
Goldwater Gal’s blog has a very interesting piece (by George Neat) on the future of America.
Join me this Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern for Red, Right, and Blue as I have moved to another network.
And that is all the news that is news for now. I will be dropping more news links in my Twitter feed throughout the day (@RickBulow1974) so look there for more news. Also as I had just mentioned, check out Red, Right, and Blue this Saturday at 1:30 PM Eastern on a different network. Also, feel free to hit the tip jar as maintaining a blog (and also starting a network) takes a lot of work.

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70th Rant: Time to give up or time to fight on?

Last night the House voted to pass the Fiscal Cliff deal, thereby slapping the American People in the face. In fact, Speaker John Boehner (Republican from Ohio’s 8th Congressional District) voted for the deal (thereby proving that he deserved the title of Schmuck of the Week on Red, Right, and Blue for December 8, 2012) as well as Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (Republican from Wisconsin’s 1^st Congressional District) while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Republican from Virginia's 7^th congressional district) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Republican from California's 22^nd congressional district) voted against the deal, thereby dividing the House Leadership and also possibly firing Boehner as Speaker.

This whole fiscal cliff debacle reminds me of the most recent issue of the Imprimis newsletter from Hillsdale College. In it Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale, had posted his interview on the Hugh Hewitt show from November 7. There was a very interesting dialogue at the beginning of the newsletter in which Hewitt had mentioned that “there are a lot of people who are close to saying “game over,” who are tempted now to retreat from politics—to go do missionary
work, for instance—and give up on the republic. But you have made your life’s work the studying of leaders who have refused to do that.” Dr. Arnn’s answer is one in which many people should read many times and commit it to memory.

That’s right. And the reason you can’t do that, by the way—the reason you can’t retreat into private life and give up on politics—is that the cost of doing it is overwhelming. If you don’t live under good laws, life becomes truncated and less happy, injustice becomes customary, civilization is compromised. And one
cannot acquiesce in that. One has to be involved. And since politics is natural to us—man is essentially political, as Aristotle says—and since we do live in the greatest modern country—founded that way at least—we owe it a lot. And many of the people who have seen the republic
through to where we are today have gone through things that are worse than this. So first of all, it’s a duty not to give up. But second, there are good reasons to
know that the game isn’t over.

When pressed by Hugh what he meant, Dr. Arnn went on to say,

One of them is that the election is shot through with contradictions. The obvious contradiction is that we have a divided government. The presidency and the Senate are in the hands of one party, and the House of Representatives and most governorships are in the hands of the other. A second contradiction is that a large majority of people continued to say in the exit polls that they were against raising taxes in order to cut the deficit.
One might be cynical and put that down to an irresponsible refusal to pay for existing benefits—to get more and more “free stuff.” But for a long time now, opinion polls have pointed towards the existence of a broad majority of Americans who favor smaller government. This obviously contradicts the re-election of the president and the Democratic gains in the Senate. The
country is still a house divided against itself, and that’s dangerous. But it doesn’t mean that there’s been a resolution. It means in fact the opposite: there is not a
resolution. That resolution still has to be made, and the making of it lies ahead of us, and not behind us.

Dr. Arnn went on to say that Reagan and Churchill were “two statesmen that regarded the Soviet Union as weak, even at the height of its power, because it was built on self-contradictory propositions and its system led to obvious and repeated injustices.”

You can read the entire interview here and also subscribe to Imprimis for free here. I strongly recommend subscribing to Imprimis as it brings the best and brightest from well-known politicians, columnists, and radio hosts like Thomas Sowell, Mark Steyn, John Bolton, Margaret Thatcher, Mark Helperin, and others. The main question here is, “will you give up, or will you fight on?”

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