HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Watch as 2009 is celebrated at the stroke of midnight around the United States and the world. Crowds are now forming.

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NASA RELEASES REPORT ON BREAKUP OF COLUMBIA, CREW DEATHS

WASHINGTON — Seat restraints, pressure suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship lost pressure and broke apart, killing all seven astronauts, a new NASA report says. At least one crewmember was alive and pushing buttons for half a minute after a first loud alarm sounded, as he futilely tried to right Columbia during that disastrous day Feb. 1, 2003.--Continue reading. (link fixed)

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CAN'T READ THE WRITING ON THE WALL

I never saw this coming. From the Sacramento Bee:

About five years ago, San Juan High School teacher Shirley Bowers realized that half her students had no idea what she was writing on the board.

"I had a student remark that he couldn't read my notes," Bowers said.
His fellow classmates fessed up, too. Bowers' notes were hard to read....Here's why they couldn't read the teacher's notes.

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THROWING UP AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, GOING "LIVE" FROM OHIO

When Walter Cronkite was considering retirement, Roger Mudd was on CBS' short list of replacements. I always liked Mudd but I'm not sure he would've been as entertaining as Rather turned out to be. Marathon Pundit did a post mentioning Ted Kennedy and the famous interview with Roger Mudd. I tried to find it and failed. I did find this little gem of Mudd recounting a couple stories from back in the 60s.



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BUSH LEFT US WAY BACK IN '05

Back in 2005, president Bush went AWOL on us. Remember, he just won re-election, wanted to spend all that political capital and never got around to it. Something happened, but what?

I think this was what happened. And I hate to beat a dead horse, but the MSM was behind it all the way. I'm not saying Bush didn't make mistakes, either. He did.

**Melanie "Club Gitmo" Morgan takes us back beyond '05. This was Bush's strong suit.

**Pam Meister at Family Security Matters is writing about Caroline Kennedy. Caroline should be flattered.

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POINT ONE TWO FIVE

When you're over at Ace's, you just might learn something useful. For example, do you know what an OCTOROON is? I didn't either, but I'm fairly certain this word has potential.

It's called TWITTER.

PUTTING THE MSM IN THE CROSSHAIRS

Today I read an article that dealt with MSM bias and the danger of letting it operate unchecked. The article focuses initially on Newsweek mag but expands from there with other examples of bias. The most important aspect of the article was about putting a stop to the bias. The idea is extreme and plenty of folks will oppose it on those grounds, but we no longer have a choice in the matter. The MSM must be stopped. Here's a snip from The Bulletin:

"This is the perfect time for an all out boycott of the biased mainstream media. It is sinking fast with its lose of advertisers and viewers. For example, National Public Radio (NPR), a leader in biased journalism, faces a $23 million shortfall and is going through one of its first organization-wide layoffs in 25 years. This is a perfect time for the public to cut off contributions to NPR and to write Congressmen to urge that federal funding to NPR be cut off. The New York Times is also hitting rocky times, with a November drop in advertising of about 20 percent.

It’s time for the public to go after the mainstream media just as they would go after any other enemy of America. In a real sense, the mainstream media represents a greater danger than Islamofascism. We know how to fight Islamofascism. But we are still figuring out how to successfully fight the mainstream media. And we have barely started what we have to do to fight the mainstream media. We better get started now.

One way to get started is to follow the information posted on media watchdog sites. Some I’d recommend are http://www.mediaresearch.org/, http://www.aim.org/, www.boycottnyt.com. http://www.camera.org/, and http://www.honestreporting.com/."

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A NIGHTMARE: THE DREAM ACT

In 2009, we'll still be facing economic crisis, bailouts, rising unemployment and probably a couple international events. Quite possibly, a domestic terror attack. In other words, we'll be distracted with one crisis after another.

Roy Beck at NumbersUSA points out that some in congress are banking on you being distracted. While you're watching the geniuses in congress addressing the latest crisis, they'll be quietly moving one of their long-planned pieces of legislation through the back door. Here's a snip:

"A Fort Wayne, Ind., paper says Sen. Lugar thinks Americans will be so distracted by the bad economy that he will be able to slip the DREAM Act amnesty through the Senate this next year. It is always sad when a truly distinguished statesman, with a record of level-headed leadership, embarrasses himself with outlandish open-borders positions, but it happens all the time. Let me tell you why Lugar's dream of amnesty for illegal-alien teenagers is an attack on American workers."--the rest at NumbersUSA.

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THE GREAT TRAIN WRECK OF '08

Have you had a chance to stop, catch your breath, and look back on all the changes we've been through in recent months? Because so much has taken place, it's difficult to put it all together from memory. And then there's trying to figure out why it happened and who the hell's the blame. Two things are certain: our lives have been forever changed, and the government isn't asking why this happened.

Seems odd to me that our government hasn't launched an investigation into what caused a complete breakdown of our financial systems. After all, this wasn't a simple market correction, which happens from time to time, it was a complete Three Mile Island, China Syndrome type breakdown!

Don't you think it would be prudent to figure out why this happened so it doesn't happen, again? Or, could it be that we already know what caused this catastrophe, and that political correctness prevents it from being mentioned?

American Thinker has a piece that walks us through the great train wreck of '08:

"Was Henry Paulson so prescient that he really did time the crisis almost perfectly, announcing the urgent need for a bailout almost exactly as the financial system really did collapse? Or did he cause that collapse?

We'll never know, but I think Paulson and his bailout only made things worse. I think McCain would have won the election if he had come out against the bailout. I think President Bush would have had a very defendable record over his two terms if he had not supported every bailout ever conceived in his last four months in office. But now, even I, who had been one of his few supporters, have to regard Bush as a failure."--continue reading.

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CASHILL SPEEDS THROUGH HISTORY

Recently, Jack Cashill was pulled over and ticketed for speeding through a school zone he didn't know existed. Well, it did. Cashill writes about this experience but it isn't the ticket that's the center of attention, it's the name on the school. Class will now begin.

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HISTORY OF THE FED

*WARNING: ADULT CONTENT*

ELECTORS SPEAK, SCOTUS DOESN'T, PAULSON SUIT

The electors have cast their ballots and it's official: Obama has been confirmed as the winner of last month's election. Obama's NEXT STOP is Washington D.C. for the official swearing-in ceremony on January 20. Read about the electors' vote here.

In other non-news, the SCOTUS decided not to hear a case that called into question Obama's citizenship status. SCOTUS gave no comment for the decision. So I guess this means Obama is a "natural-born citizen" and therefore is eligible to become the POTUS. Next case.

***Tonight, ANDREA SHEA-KING will be discussing the SCOTUS case with Dr. Orly Taitz. Show begins at 9 PM ET--show details and links can be found HERE.

MORE CRAZY TALK: A federal lawsuit was filed today against our good friend Hank Paulson. The Thomas More Law Center has all the terrorizing details.

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FRIDAY: ANDREA, KRISTINN TAYLOR COVER ALL THE HOT TOPICS--BLAGO, OBAMA, SCOTUS...

*SPECIAL FRIDAY EDITION*

The Andrea Shea-King Show--9 pm ET

Show details here.

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FROSTY AND HOT ROD

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TONIGHT--OBAMA AND SCOTUS

GUEST: Constitutional Lawyer, Orly Taitz. Tune in at 9 PM ET.

Truther Button design by Kitty Litter.

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OBAMA--SCOTUS UPDATE; PASTOR JAMES MANNING INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA SHEA-KING

I'll risk being labeled a "truther" by posting the SCOTUS update re Obama's birth/citizenship issues. Let me be clear: I don't care about your opinion. But to be crystal clear, if your opinion happens to begin with "Has anybody here seen Bush's birth certificate?"--leave now and head over to the New York Times. They'll have something more to your liking.

It is newsworthy when there's 17 or so lawsuits calling into question Obama's eligibility for POTUS. It is especially newsworthy when one of those lawsuits gets approved for review by the full SCOTUS. Again, I don't care about your opinion. This SCOTUS-POTUS issue is NEWS.

Now, for the conservative big talkers who aren't mentioning this issue on the air, as well as the big bloggers who are either not reporting or attacking those who are, I'll just assume you folks received phone calls. I know that's crazy talk but I can't square it any other way. Apparently, many of your readers/listeners can't square it, either.

Here's the "truther" SCOTUS/POTUS update. (interesting history lesson included)

Also of interest, Pastor James David Manning was in Washington yesterday for some SCOTUS/POTUS/OBAMA related business at the National Press Club. Thinking ahead, as he often does, Pastor Manning thought there was a chance the MSM would sidestep the 4+ hour presser, so he brought a crew with him to cover the event. BTW, Manning was correct: MSM was listed as AWOL. Manning says the presser footage will be available in a few days. I'll post it.

The day turned out to be a long one for Pastor Manning but he was generous enough to come on The Andrea Shea-King Show to give us all the details. Excellent interview. For any newcomers, Andrea blogs at The Radio Patriot. She doesn't care about your opinion, either.

Pastor James David Manning and his wife, Elizabeth Sarah Manning:

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MESSAGE FROM MELANIE MORGAN

Hello, it's Melanie Morgan, Chairman of Move America Forward (the nation's largest pro-troop organization) and I have a favor to ask of you.

Our group is trying to make sure every single U.S. military servicemember serving in Iraq or Afghanistan receives a care package this holiday season. We want all of our troops to know how much we love and appreciate them.

I've looked over our orders for the past week, and we need many more Americans to sponsor care packages if we're going to meet this goal. I don't believe in failure, especially when it comes to our troops, so I am pleading with you for your help.

Would you please sponsor care packages in your name via the links below, so that we can send a giant shipment of love and support to our troops this Christmas and Hanukkah holiday season?

*Order a Coffee/Cookies Pack for 1 Troop - HERE
*Order a Large Variety Pack for 5 U.S. Troops - HERE
*Order a Platoon Care Package for 10+ U.S. Troops - HERE
*Order a Battalion Care Package for 20+ U.S. Troops - HERE
*Order a Company Care Package for 50 U.S. Troops - HERE

And you can learn more about our care package operations and what this is all about by watching this short video on Move America Forward's care packages for the troops program:



***Be sure to stop by Melanie's personal website too.

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FREEDOM NEVER CRIES--Five For Fighting

PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL

If you're watching your retirement account lose value month after month, you're not alone. The experts on tv, or even your personal adviser, are telling you to relax, hang in there until the market rebounds. You know, like it always does. I'm no expert but I do know we're going through an unprecedented financial crisis that doesn't appear to be getting any better. In fact, it's spreading.

Like many others, you're probably wondering what to do. Read this morning's Radio Patriot post to see if it offers anything helpful. At the very least, it will alarm you. But then again, Glenn Beck is alarming.

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STOPPING ANOTHER 9-11 THROUGH FRIENDSHIPS, PRAYER RUGS

From the Sacramento Bee:

"Local FBI agents and Muslim American leaders now come together "through friendship and partnership, not eavesdropping," Azeez said. "It's not us against them, and by working together, it's having a profound effect on preventing another 9/11. Prevention's not about phone- tapping and visiting people at 3 a.m., it's about being friends with the community.

"He's the guy with the gun," Azeez said. "If he puts a smile on his face and approaches you humbly, you're going to open up right away."

Now, the imam and the FBI agent plan to travel around California and the nation, to show other communities how to build similar partnerships."

There you have it. Terrorism solved through "friendships"--who knew?

This new approach by the local FBI office is a direct result of the Lodi terror case. That case upset the Muslim community and now the FBI has embarked on a friendship campaign in the hopes of ending the distrust the Muslim leadership has for the local feds.

I'm not sure the Muslim community can be trusted but maybe the FBI knows what it's doing. Is this PC gone wild?

What do you think?

***Related Lodi terror posts and check out ACT FOR AMERICA.

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