Giving Thanks For The Internet

Yes and that is why you need to join a local organization instead of just reading and complaining here. My local 9-12 group has all of our phone numbers and a phone tree to call in the event such a thing happens. Organize at the local level – figure out which of your neighbors and friends are similar in thinking. Exchange phone numbers with people you meet at these and other gatherings.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by deb on Wordpress

This is exactly why our CORRUPT GOVERNMENT is going to try to shut down talk radio and the internet. They know that if they can't control the media they won't be able to control us. Prepare to fight like the Dickens to keep your 1st Amendment Rights in the years to come. They are going to try to muzzle us soon. March on Army of Davids, March on!

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Those commies sure have some weak as$ crowds...We REAL Americans would show em how it's done. Commies and socialists are not Americans at all, they are an as$-backwards breed of mentally insane, SELFISH, INGRATES. They should just be happy with whatever they have and stop trying to change my country. You want your life dictated to you by an oppressive tyrant who tells you you are only allowed to shower for 3 minutes? Move to Venezuela! Go live in huts down there. But stop being greedy your never going to get the rich people's money so knock it off you big losers. ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

If I had to pick a moment when the "shot was heard around the world", I'd have to pick the Rathergate scandal, when a blogger, armed only with rudimentary tools, used to to verify that the "Bush memo" wasn't a genuine document, but a fake.

Right then, millions realized that the MSM had no special powers, no special knowledge – even worse, less than a handful of "guys in their pajamas". ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 3 weeks ago by Linda F on Wordpress

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3 months, 3 weeks ago by Big Government » Blog Archive » Giving Thanks For The Internet on Wordpress

It wasn't his merchandise to give away

3 months, 3 weeks ago by xhristopher on Wordpress

Yes, yes and yes.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by peaches1 on Wordpress

you are right on the money. the hype is over.

the sermons? wow. 20 years of it.

empty promises? POTUS shouldn't splash "transparency" around. If they were trying to one-up Nixon then they should celebrate what is left of their political capital.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by Dave Rooney on Wordpress

"Ward Churchill Meets Rahm Emanuel" ???????? Depression drug makers might serve the lobbying entity. Make no mistake about it. They have been prepared for resistance. They have no clue.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

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Gentleman,

It appears as though, Carol Marin has made a decision that she no longer wants any information about Dr. Ronald Michael and his pals.

This does not bode well for the state of journalism in Chicago. As many of us know, Dr. Michael is a close friend of Tony Rezko. One of my sources informed me that Dr. Michael's family met Tony in Lebanon, before he came to the U.S. to live with the Michael family. This story gets better everyday, so you can imagine my dismay that a veteran like Carol Marin would want to be excluded.

Anyone else want out of their responsibility as a journalist?

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3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Why are all these Liberal Fascist Militant Communist Progressive Social Democrats, always referring to themselves as "Activists"? If they want to get atctive, why don't they get a job working, as opposed to being profesional public speakers? They are nothing but non contributing social leeches. There should be a bounty on them.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by Cowboy Logic on Wordpress

You may want to consider that this administration's FCC members are looking for ways to cut off some dialogue and freedom of information. Not to mention all the so-called czars who have far-left leaning convictions.

It isn't a time for us to become complacent … not with this bucket of eels.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by Chuck on Wordpress

He claims to be a Conservative. He also claims that he'd decided to give away merchandise on this particular day, just to be a good guy. I have no problem believing either.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

DOC Banks on government cash Unpaid taxes no obstacle | Big campaign donor still got OK to buy controlling interest in bank October 18, 2007 BY CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporter Dr. Ronald Michael once headed a company that faced more than its share of money troubles. It didn't pay its taxes. And it ended up bankrupt. But those financial problems didn't prove to be a hurdle when Michael decided to buy a downstate bank. RELATED STORIES • Indicted but still lobbying The List: Doctor's political giving Dr. Ronald Michael has given a total of $178,390 to state lawmakers, state political groups and Chicago aldermen. Nearly 60 percent of the money has gone to Republicans. Judy Baar Topinka, former state treasurer and 2006 GOP nominee for governor: $63,810 Gov. Blagojevich (D): $47,000 Illinois Republican Party: $25,000 State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D): $21,180 Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica (R): $10,000 State Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson (D): $3,000 Former Gov. George Ryan (R): $2,500 Kankakee Republican Central Committee: $2,400 Jim Ryan, former attorney general and 2002 GOP gubernatorial nominee (R): $1,500 State Senate President Emil Jones (D): $1,000 Chicago 1st Ward Ald. Manuel "Manny" Flores (D): $750 Chicago 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson (D): $250 Republican total: $105,210 Democratic total: $73,180 Source: Illinois State Board of Elections State and federal officials signed off on the Bourbonnais neurosurgeon's purchase of 73 percent of Arcola Homestead Savings Bank in 2003. And in the past year, the tiny bank has seen a big boost in deposits from public, taxpayer-funded sources. So how do you go from running a bankrupt company to owning a bank with millions in government deposits? Michael -- who's made $178,390 in campaign contributions to state and local officials and thousands of dollars more to federal candidates -- won't say. "I'm not talking about my personal life," he says. His business troubles involve a restaurant delivery company called Hypermeals Inc. In the late 1990s, Michael started a business that acquired a 70 percent stake in Hypermeals. He personally held a 2.5 percent stake in Hypermeals and served as its chairman. In 2002, Hypermeals' troubles boiled over. The company filed for bankruptcy that May after failing to pay $34,987 in state taxes. The state filed a second tax lien -- for $49,979 -- against the company in 2004. Hypermeals still owes the tax man, records show. Less than six months after the bankruptcy filing, Michael began seeking approval to buy Arcola Homestead from then-Gov. George Ryan's administration. State and federal banking officials gave their OK to the $1.1 million purchase in February 2003, a month after Gov. Blagojevich took office. Bank regulators won't say if they investigated Michael's involvement with Hypermeals. Nor will they release details of the financial report Michael filed with his banking application. They cite privacy laws. But records show that, as of June 30, 2006, Arcola Homestead had just $550,000 in deposits from state and local government entities. A year later, that figure had soared to $7.2 million. FDIC records don't specify where the cash comes from. But the Illinois State Treasurer's office says it has $285,000 in Michael's bank. The most recent deposit came in January 2004, when then-state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka deposited $95,000 in state funds. Subsequently, in May 2005, Michael started donating to Topinka's failed 2006 run for governor. In all, he ended up giving Topinka $63,810. Michael also has given $21,180 to current state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat. Topinka and Giannoulias say Michael's contributions didn't affect decisions about his bank. Also, they say they didn't even know Michael was in the banking business, that they knew only that he was a doctor. Gov. Blagojevich has accepted $47,000 from Michael, including $25,000 on Nov. 23, 2002 -- 18 days after Blagojevich won election. About three months later, on Feb. 28, 2003, Michael won approval to take control of Arcola Homestead. He gave another $20,000 to the governor's campaign fund on July 25, 2003. The donations had nothing to do with Michael being OKd to buy the bank, Blagojevich campaign spokesman Doug Scofield says. ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Word soup, anyone?

3 months, 3 weeks ago by HumanPersonJr on Wordpress

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3 months, 3 weeks ago by Giving Thanks for the Internet « The Bader Nation on Wordpress

Hack Them before They Hack You.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Until ACORN and SEIU began showing up in the news a few months ago I was unaware of their existence. Now I wonder how many more of these organizations are out there being funded by my tax dollars.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Ironically the Internet was originally created to protect America from a communist socialist threat. It's working!

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

Thanks to the Internet, and the Army of Davids it has empowered http://bit.ly/87koHH

3 months, 3 weeks ago by JoannasDaddy on Twitter

I was having this conversation today with my Dad. Acorn, SEIU, Climategate, The MSM losing viewers like crazy , the (fill in the blank)... it seems that all of these things are falling apart. Has there been a new rash of scandals and corruption? No. The scandals have always been there, the corruption, has always been there. The only thing that is new? The internet. Everything is being brought to the surface at this time in history because the internet is the perfect extension for man's need for freedom and truth, justice... all those good things. Not to spew platitudes, but the internet is the best gift freedom and liberty has ever had. And I believe it is too powerful to even attempt to stop. They lost. ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

The Internet is a fantastic tool for learning. Granted you have to learn how to wade through the trash to learn where the real facts are at but once you figure it out, the truth and facts are easy to find.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

hype never lasts phonie sermons and empty promises

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate

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3 months, 3 weeks ago by BigTweeting on Twitter

The internet ties in wonderfully well with man's need to learn more, to satisfy his curiousity. All that is needed is a spark to pique their interest in the government and how it has been encroaching on our lives.

3 months, 3 weeks ago by on Intensedebate