Every time someone writes a piece about the real Obama it is worth looking at. Stanley Kurtz has a excellent piece looking at his past when he was in the Illinois State Senate. He calls them the lost years. In that Senate he voted 132 times present. Is that a person ready to lead this great country. It describes his "post-racial politics, radical friends, and his war on poverty.

Here is the piece:

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/386abhgm.asp?pg=2

Obama Backs Away From McCain Town Hall Challenge

WASHINGTON — Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain’s challenge for a series of joint appearances before the political conventions, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall.

In May, when a McCain adviser proposed a series of pre-convention appearances at town hall meetings, Obama said, “I think that’s a great idea.” In summer stumping on the campaign trail, McCain has often noted that Obama had not followed through and joined him in any events.

Iran: No Deal

Saturday, August 02, 2008

AP

Iran doesn't seem fazed by the West's looming threat of sanctions. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that his country wouldn't retreat "one iota" from its nuclear enrichment program, Reuters reported based on a statement posted on the presidential Web site.

Investor's Business Daily has an ongoing series describing Senator Obama's radical plans for this country. I don't know how many more editorials will they have on him, but I know there probably could be thousands. To keep an up-to-date look on what they are writing about here is the link:

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/series8.aspx

Investor's Business Daily should be commended for all their great work. While you are there, they're other great series on their website.   

Now that Nancy Pelosi has made the American people suffer, we should discuss why she is making us suffer and for what. I'm sure everybody now knows what is ANWR and where it is, but just to show an image here it is:
Thanks to the Heritage Foundation

House Dems turn out the lights but GOP keeps talking

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m., and they are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess.

At one point, the lights went off in the House and the microphones were turned off in the chamber, meaning Republicans were talking in the dark. But as Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz..) was speaking, the lights went back on and the microphones were turned on shortly afterward.

But C-SPAN, which has no control over the cameras in the chamber, has stopped broadcasting the House floor, meaning no one was witnessing this except the assembled Republicans, their aides, and one Democrat, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), who has now left.

Only about a half-dozen Republicans were on the floor when this began, but the crowd has grown to about 20, according to Patrick O'Connor.

With the public viewing galleries shutting down for the night, Rep. Kevin Brady has just invited everyone down to the House floor to keep the protest going.

It has been quite the scene on the House floor this afternoon, as GOP staff members have kept the chamber filled with an eclectic assortment of people.

Boy Scouts, members of the German army, stray tourists and even members in shorts and t-shirts have all been spotted on the floor at different times.

While Democrats have privately decried the breakdown in order, Republicans defended the protest.

"You are not witnessing a revolt," said Rep. Mike Pence. "You are witnessing democracy in action."

Rep. Donald Manzullo also delivered a passionate speech, saying today was his late father's birthday.

After relating how his father, an Italian immigrant, came to live in Illinois and own a little grocery store,  Manzullo brought the crowd to its feet with this line: "The people of this country are rising up and saying, 'We want our country back!'"

This is great news. Even though this was not televised hopefully the fair and balanced station (Fox News) can cover this story. This protest shows that there is still some life in the GOP and that they are willing to fight for what Americans want because after all this is the people's house. The fact that Democrats tried to close the lights and microphones numerous times just shows you that they will do anything to censor free speech especially having to do with the debate on oil. What is sad is that the Democrats are going away for five weeks and drilling has not come up for a vote yet. The American people are hurting and it is because of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Hopefully the president will call Congress back into a special session to deal with America's energy crisis. If President Bush does do that it will show that he is no lame duck president. This protest is definitely a win for the GOP as long as it is reported somewhere hopefully.

Gallup Daily: Race Tied at 44%

Registered voters evenly split in their support for Obama versus McCain

PRINCETON, NJ -- According to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from July 29-31, John McCain and Barack Obama are now tied at 44% in the preferences of national registered voters.

It is obvious the Democrats do not want to drill now in America, but what about some where down the line. Democrat Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado made it clear that at least he does not want to drill no matter what the gas prices become. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continued to pursue the debate of this amendment and asked that when it reached a certain amount of money at the pump, then the bill would automatically triggered, but Senator Salazar continuously rejected his numbers. The numbers just keep going up and up. This video is startling. It is clear the Democrats don't ever want to drill no matter how much the gas prices rise and how much money we dole out to countries that despise us.

Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0FcNNeuf0E

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U.S. official: Iraqis told me WMDs sent to Syria
Former head of prisons says incarcerated ex-Saddam forces disclosed move

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Posted: July 30, 2008
11:20 pm Eastern

By Ryan Mauro
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

A former American overseer of Iraqi prisons says several dozen inmates who were members of Saddam Hussein's military and intelligence forces boasted of helping transport weapons of mass destruction to Syria and Lebanon in the three months prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Don Bordenkircher – who served two years as national director of prison and jail operations in Iraq– told WND that about 40 prisoners he spoke with "boasted of being involved in the transport of WMD warheads to Syria."

A smaller number of prisoners, he said, claimed "they knew the locations of the missile hulls buried in Iraq."

Yesterday, the Senate rejected a concurrent resolution by a tally of 48 in favor of adjourning to the 40 opposed proposed by the House that would have enabled them to adjourn Friday. Like I said in my previous post, this is just a way to avoid dealing with the energy crisis in this country. The people who voted to leave should explain why they would not debate for an extra week or two and try to solve this energy crisis. The people who voted for this are not all Democrats; there is one Republican:

Aye	HI	Akaka, Daniel [D]
Aye	MT	Baucus, Max [D]
Aye	IN	Bayh, B. [D]
Aye	DE	Biden, Joseph [D]
Aye	NM	Bingaman, Jeff [D]
Aye	CA	Boxer, Barbara [D]
Aye	OH	Brown, Sherrod [D]
Aye	WV	Byrd, Robert [D]
Aye	WA	Cantwell, Maria [D]
Aye	MD	Cardin, Benjamin [D]
Aye	DE	Carper, Thomas [D]
Aye	PA	Casey, Robert [D]
Aye	ND	Conrad, Kent [D]
Aye	CT	Dodd, Christopher [D]
Aye	ND	Dorgan, Byron [D]
Aye	IL	Durbin, Richard [D]
Aye	WI	Feingold, Russell [D]
Aye	CA	Feinstein, Dianne [D]
Aye	IA	Harkin, Thomas [D]
Aye	HI	Inouye, Daniel [D]
Aye	SD	Johnson, Tim [D]
Aye	MA	Kerry, John [D]
Aye	WI	Kohl, Herbert [D]
Aye	LA	Landrieu, Mary [D]
Aye	NJ	Lautenberg, Frank [D]
Aye	VT	Leahy, Patrick [D]
Aye	MI	Levin, Carl [D]
Aye	CT	Lieberman, Joseph [I]
Aye	AR	Lincoln, Blanche [D]
Aye	IN	Lugar, Richard [R]
Aye	MO	McCaskill, Claire [D]
Aye	NJ	Menendez, Robert [D]
Aye	MD	Mikulski, Barbara [D]
Aye	WA	Murray, Patty [D]
Aye	NE	Nelson, Ben [D]
Aye	FL	Nelson, Bill [D]
Aye	AR	Pryor, Mark [D]
Aye	RI	Reed, John [D]
Aye	NV	Reid, Harry [D]
Aye	WV	Rockefeller, John [D]
Aye	CO	Salazar, Ken [D]
Aye	VT	Sanders, Bernard [I]
Aye	NY	Schumer, Charles [D]
Aye	MI	Stabenow, Debbie Ann [D]
Aye	MT	Tester, Jon [D]
Aye	VA	Webb, Jim [D]
Aye	RI	Whitehouse, Sheldon [D]
Aye	OR	Wyden, Ron [D]