"THE GATHERING STORM"

If Europe comes down like an old, outdated Vegas casino, your guess is as good as mine where it will all end. The Gathering Storm--Hat Tip: Andrea Shea King:

BARACK OBAMA CHRISTMAS CAROL

Hat Tip: Rad Rog

CUTTING THE FEDERAL BUDGET REALLY ISN'T THAT DIFFICULT

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom Blog has a funny video starring Chuck Woolery and his attempt at doing what the Magnificent 12 couldn't do: find $1.2 Trillion to cut from the budget. Woolery was successful. Actually, he was too successful, but we'll forgive that.

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"OCCUPY WALL STREET IS NO TEA PARTY"--JOHN RUBERRY

Friend of this blog, John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit, is now writing for Yahoo! Associated Content. His first piece is a report on the fine folks at the Occupy Movement.

Ruberry attended a few rallies, talked with some of the protesters and came off with some pretty ridiculous responses from their lesser informed and not-so-motivated. Having never attended one of these rallies myself, I still have a feeling the people Ruberry engaged are typical of the movement. Pathetic, to say the least.

Good reporting, John, and good luck with the new writing gig.

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*TONIGHT: ANN BARNHARDT'S FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE PULLING THE PLUG ON BARNHARDT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Andrea Shea King will be interviewing Ann Barnhardt Monday night at 9 pm et.

Last week, Barnhardt stunned her clients when she advised them that she was ceasing operations at her firm, Barnhardt Capital Management. The reason was simple: Barnhardt didn't feel her clients' investments were safe in today's markets.

Andrea posted Barnhardt's letter, which garnered both Beck and Limbaugh's attention, at her blog, The Radio Patriot. In part, here's what Barnhardt had to say:

"The reason for my decision to pull the plug was excruciatingly simple: I could no longer tell my clients that their monies and positions were safe in the futures and options markets – because they are not. And this goes not just for my clients, but for every futures and options account in the United States. The entire system has been utterly destroyed by the MF Global collapse. Given this sad reality, I could not in good conscience take one more step as a commodity broker, soliciting trades that I knew were unsafe or holding funds that I knew to be in jeopardy."

Tune in Monday night to hear Barnhardt as she explains in more detail her decision to cease operations at her brokerage firm, the state of markets, and where she thinks the markets are headed. It's an interview you won't want to miss.

THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW-- Monday at 9 PM ET

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Pictured below, Ann Barnhardt--tougher than the back wall of a shootin' gallery!

ANN BARNHARDT GOES "JOHN GALT"

I'm pressed for time so I'll direct you over to The Radio Patriot for all the details. This story is huge. Hit the link!!

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GRADEGOV'S ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH AT 9 PM ET

TONIGHT: The Honorable Elizabeth Letchworth, owner/founder of GradeGov, will return for her regular Wednesday interview with Andrea Shea King. Letchworth brings to our audience the ins and outs of congress--26 yrs of experience in the snake pit... and counting. So be sure to hit the link at curtain time:

THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW--9 PM ET

For more on Elizabeth Letchworth, check out her articles at The Daily Caller.

TODAY: TREVOR LOUDON ON GLENN BECK'S GBTV--5 PM ET

An alert hit my box this morning from Terresa Monroe-Hamilton of NoisyRoom Blog and Andrea Shea King of The Radio Patriot. This is important and I do hope all of you take advantage of watching one of our patriots--Trevor Loudon--being interviewed by Glenn Beck on GBTV at 5 pm et.

Details at NoisyRoom Blog. Don't miss this one!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BIGFURHAT AT "I OWN THE WORLD"

Say Happy Birthday to him!

On one of my several daily visits to I Own The World, I ran across an interesting post involving businessman, Gene Simmons, of KISS fame. I never followed KISS back in the day, but I do take a look at Simmons' reality show from time to time. He's most impressive when gets to talking business because, well, he's an extremely successful businessman.

As you'll see, Simmons' comments are directed at governments and how they screw up everything they get their hands on. Putting a businessman at the head of government seems to be a good idea, according to Simmons. And he offers up some wonderful advice on what we should do with our politicians.

Read all about it at I Own The World.


As for putting a businessman at the head of government, sounds reasonable to me.

JOHN RUBERRY--MARATHON PUNDIT--INTERVIEWED AT BLOGCON11

Our friend John Ruberry out of the greater ChicagoLand area is on the road this week covering BlogCon11. While there, DaTechGuy and John sat down for a short video segment covering Ruberry's blog, Marathon Pundit. Watch it here. More BlogCon11 coverage--it seems the "Occupy Denver" folks are causing trouble for the BlogCon11 attendees.

Also from the Windy City, NBC Chicago is reporting on another example of society coming unraveled. A truly savage attack involving an elderly gentlemen on a train platform. This horrendous attack was caught on video and I warn you that it's very graphic.

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"THE OTHER McCAIN" RENTS A CAR

Most people think the big disaster last week was Rick Perry's memory lapse at the CNN GOP debate. It was disastrous. But the real disaster was the little reported story of Stacy McCain renting a car. This has disaster written all over it. We've all rented cars, but not quite like Stacy does. The key to renting a car is to rent it, not buy it. It just got out of hand. The only advice I can offer is... HIT HIS FREAKING TIP JAR!

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YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED

Not having stocking stuffers at the holidays would be like a Marxist Regime without firing squads. This little gem will be in hot demand before the snows hit the ground, so head over to your better book stores and snap one up before it's too late.

CATCHING UP: CAIN PRESSER, GOP DEBATE, SHERIFF ARPAIO ARRIVING IN ORLANDO, AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

I've been busy this week--doctors--and haven't been able to spend as much time blogging as I'd like, so I'll catch up this morning on a few items.

Herman Cain's presser the other day went better than I thought it would. Cain's in a difficult spot having to prove a negative--all in all I think it went very well. I thought his lawyer's opening remarks set the tone perfectly--it was as if he was presenting closing remarks to the jury. Excellent idea. And when Cain came to the podium, he presented himself as well as he could and did something our Dear Leader rarely does--Cain took lots of questions from the press.

This type of political lynching is nothing new, especially for the operatives out of the Illinois/Chicago Combine. This is how the Obama machine has always operated, and it's how Obama so successfully won his campaigns from the very start, with the exception of the loss to Bobby Rush--The Radio Patriot revisits Obama's political beginnings in Illinois and his staffer's MO when entering into a campaign. It's dirty, hardball politics where the ends justify the means.

Last night's republican presidential debates, put on by CNBC, had people focused on mainly two of the candidates--Cain and Perry. Cain because of the ongoing controversy of sexual harassment allegations, and Perry because he has posted several poor debate performances and this put Perry in a position to redeem himself in future debates. Perry has admitted that he hates debating and isn't the best at it--so true--but last night Perry stumbled badly when he needed to just get through the debate with no mistakes. Well it didn't turn out that way at all. Perry stumbled so badly that the gaffe will go down in debate history as one of the worst, and possibly the beginning of the end for his campaign. 53 of the longest and painful seconds in the annals of debate history. As of this morning, Perry insists he's staying in the race--when the polls and contributions head south, Perry will probably have a change of heart. There's just so much the experts can do to rebuild a candidate after so many missteps. If a candidate is to have a chance in any political campaign, at the very least he must present well in debates. Perry has proven he is not able to do this.

The other candidates did just fine last night--aside from Perry's gaffe, he did a good job, but the gaffe was so monumental that it will be the only thing remembered from his performance. Cain was forceful and in command of the issues, though he was laughed at as he reminded the audience again and again of his 9-9-9 economic plan. Now this CNBC debate was focused on economic issues but Maria was somehow able to fashion a question that involved Cain's recent sexual harassment problems. It was low class and had no place in this debate. It's a legit question, just not in this particular debate. Others, I'm sure, will disagree. The audience booed as the question was posed to Cain, then boos again erupted from the audience when Maria attempted to involve Mitt into the controversial question. Mitt deflected the question, saying he wasn't going to respond. Cain's response to her inquiry was perfectly acceptable, I thought.

The remaining candidates did a good job too. Mitt seemed presidential, in command of the issues, never stumbling. Overall, he helped himself. Ron Paul, a candidate that's hard to argue with unless, of course, he ventures into his foreign policy stances. I'm sure his supporters were pleased with his presentation. Bachmann didn't do much to enhance herself, nothing remarkable from her, just the standard Bachmann positions, so she didn't move up in the ratings. She's in a deep hole when it comes to her polling, but there's plenty of time for her to get back into the race. Money must becoming an issue with her campaign. We'll soon see how that plays out.

Being his usual energetic self on the issues, Santorum did as he usually does but can't seem to get out of the blocks when it comes to polling. It could be that this isn't his cycle. There's more presidential cycles ahead for this former senator, I don't think this is his time, though. Jon Huntsman--great job, maybe his best. Again, he's an unknown factor with little name recognition.

One of the winners from last night was Newt Gingrich, who is slowly moving up the political charts. I think he's underestimated, cunning and the smartest man in the room. His command of the issues are second to none and the other candidates know it. The panelists are aware of it too and must dislike asking him questions because he's too smart to allow a panelist to cut the ring off on him, not allowing himself to get caught in one of their traps. Newt's more than willing, as he's shown in all the debates, to give as good as he gets, especially when it comes to the media's coverage and types of questions. He's been there, done that. Watch his candidacy.

The winners last night: Newt and Herman. Losers: Rick Perry and CNBC's Maria and Jim Cramer.

*****OTHER NEWS*****

***A man who has been savaged by the msm for years--Sheriff Joe Arpaio--will be arriving in Orlando for the Choose Liberty 2012 conference. However, the msm who's usually not far behind Arpaio, is not providing coverage on the event so far. (Arpaio is investigating Obama's eligibility) We're still wondering if they'll even cover it. Well, not to worry. Our own Andrea Shea King will be there to cover the event for The Tea Party Magazine. When the msm fails to do its job, King, a big player in the New Media, is more than willing to travel to Orlando to do the job the msm refuses to do. Look for her reporting this weekend. Details at her site, The Radio Patriot. Andrea has an additional post about Karl Rove. He's no friend to the conservative movement. I think we're all beginning to realize this. Andrea reports on this too.

***John Ruberry, our man from the Greater ChicagoLand area, blogging at Marathon Pundit, is traveling to Denver for Freedonworks' BlogCon event. Tune to his blog for details and his final report. Good luck, John, and thanks for being so involved in the process. Ruberry is one of the best.

***My health situation has changed so I'll be updating my many blog friends and family very soon on how that's going. For now, I'm feeling just great. I'm about to enter into some very serious procedures and will be updating. And I've planned to document the process the best I can with blog posts and videos from the hospital because I'll soon be going in for at least four weeks and quite possibly as many as seven. More on that soon.

***TONIGHT: THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW--9pm et. Chat room will be open and the call in number is 1-646-478-4604. Author Brenda Elliott will be our guest this evening, and we've confirmed Jack Abramoff for Nov 21st. Mark your calendars!

***Finally, seriously consider supporting The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama. It's one of the most important, effective organizations and deserves our support. Stop by to contribute and don't forget to sign up for their email alerts. This is the type of org that will help in bringing down Obama in his quest for a second term at 1600. Lloyd Marcus is the Chairman, Andrea Shea King is the Vice-Chair. We need your support more than ever. Ridding our nation of a Marxist is expensive, so do what you can. Thanks.

HERMAN CAIN PRESS CONFERENCE 5 PM ET

Awaiting Herman Cain's presser where he will address the latest on the sexual harassment charges against him. Should be interesting and quite possibly a turning point in this ongoing political lynching. More afterwards...

THE CAIN TRAIN'S STILL ON THE TRACKS... FOR NOW

*Tonight*: THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW-9pm et

This morning's Drudge headline about the latest shoe to drop on Herman Cain's campaign was not a surprise. All last week, the establishment in DC, in conjunction with the ever trustworthy MSM, attempted to put an end to the Cain Train. Didn't work. In fact, it helped Cain, holding steady in polls and taking in more in campaign contributions than ever before.

This week will be another test for Cain, and if they don't kill off his campaign this week, well, there's always next week. I have a doctor's appointment just after the presser, so I'm focused on that. But I'll probably toss my opinion out there later, and I'm sure we'll be discussing this on tonight's Andrea Shea King Show.

Speaking of Andrea, she's already posted her thoughts on this new development, so head over to The Radio Patriot and drink it in. More from Radio Patriot here. It was all too predictable. Below: Andrea with Herman Cain during a TPX IV tour stop.

CAPE CANAVERAL BEACH RECOGNIZES HERMAN CAIN!!

Just watching CNN's Wolf Blitzer discussing Herman Cain's problems as of today. But they didn't really sound like problems since Blitzer mentioned Cain's polling is holding strong at the top and his fundraising over the last two days topped out at $1.6 million. In the last qtr, Cain raised $3 million. So Cain is losing no ground whatsoever, in fact, he seems to be gaining momentum in the GOP race.

Earlier today, Radio show host, Andrea Shea King, was walking the beach at Cape Canaveral and ran into a Cain ad on the Cape's beach. Supporters of Cain seem to be showing up at every turn--not in the MSM, but in the real world where it really counts. If you'd like to get on The Cain Train, jump on board!!

Photo by Andrea Shea King

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ANN BARNHARDT TALKS MF GLOBAL CRISIS WITH ANDREA SHEA KING--9 PM ET

TONIGHT: Join Andrea as her guest Ann Barnhardt of Barnhardt Capital Management schools the audience on little Johnny Corzine and the MF Global meltdown. MF Global looks like just another failure on Wall Street but Barnhardt has other ideas--it doesn't take much of an investigator to connect these dots, so be sure to tune in.

THE ANDREA SHEA KING SHOW--9 PM ET Call in 1-646-478-4604 Chat room will be open.

NOTE: A big "thank you" to Terresa Monroe-Hamilton at NoisyRoom for helping get the word out on this important interview. And another big "thank you" goes out to BigFurHat at I Own The World for helping get the word out!! Too funny!!

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