Thank you President Obama

It's weird one of the strongest and most prevailing thoughts I have coming out of CPAC this year is to thank President Obama........

If you're paying attention to Tea Party or anyone in the conservative movement you know the biggest gripe isn't with the Democrats alone-they are acting just as we would expect them to. Liberal policy dictates they create large social and governmental programs to "help" the masses. However, as Republicans started following suit with more government and a tax and spend mind-set, conservatives started losing it. One of the original nasty deeds was the unfunded, improperly implemented Medicare Part D-Prescription Drug Benefit. Follow that choice then with the auto-bailout and TARP, conservatives have had enough with our own representation. While all government has been growing at a whip-lash inducing rate for far too long, these are recent catalystist which put an already failing system into a fiery tailspin.

It is time to return the Republicans to being the "Grand Ole Party". Republicans have forgotten their roots; I would even go so far as to say that even some Republican voters forgot their roots. We were voting for these guys time after time......one lone voice yelling on the T.V. was our wake up call. We are not "grand" if we are participating in the bankrupting of America.

If not for President Obama pushing for the hard liberal policies of the left, a majority of conservatives may have continued to sit in silence. As these policies have become clear and the Reid/Pelosi tag team have demolished the Constitution, conservatives watched our lawmakers go along for the sake of "looking good". For years we have been subjected to a dearth of leadership within the GOP.........as a result the people are now taking the reins. Once again we realize we are in charge of this country; we are the ones to be reckon with. As shown with the defeat of Dede Scozzafava in New York and the election of Scott Brown in MA-Tea Partiers are vetting candidates, then exerting the pressure to make things happen. We will no longer be silent or allow the GOP to pick who will represent us.

An oft occurring theme during CPAC was Republicans desire to take back the country and bring government and policy back in line with what most of the folks actually want. It is refreshing to hear our representative using these words and throwing out conservative talking points. I just hope they understand they must follow through, otherwise we will come looking for them too. No one is safe from the wrath of conservatives and Tea Partiers who have had enough.

The fact is, I have no problem believing most Conservatives and Republicans would have continued going along to get along, never challenging those who told us they were going to be good for us. While no doubt along the way we will make some mistakes and no single politician will make the choices we want them to at every turn, we will continued to vet, vote out and exert force on those in our party. We will continue to be sure our voices are heard and our wishes are considered.

......so for that I thank you President Obama. You woke up conservatives across the country and gave us the incentive we were looking for to return this country to greatness once again.

Scott Brown wins in MA!

Congratulations to Scott Brown for campaigning hard and earning a well deserved win in Massachusetts!

The Associated Press called the race for Brown as the Republican held a 53percent to 46 percent edge over Coakley with more than 70 percent of precincts
reporting. Coakley conceded defeat to Brown in a phone call shortly before the
race was called....

Scott Brown worked hard, got the eye of the people and was successful in taking back the PEOPLE'S SEAT. Other political candidates should take that as a mandate by Tea Party.

Moore from the Right

As most of you know I started a new online T.V. show two weeks ago, "Moore from the Right". The content of the show is centered around current events, mostly politics to be sure, but it is my intention to cover anything that is hot in the news.

A fun, interactive, smart show discussing politics and current events. Sometimes sweet and always snarky-join Michelle Moore for the most informative and exciting 30 minutes you will find anywhere on the Internet!

Our first show went off without a hitch. I started with one of my favorites, GatewayPundit, Jim Hoft. We talked Climategate/the fallacy of Cap and Trade for the majority of the show. Jim has done some great work highlighting all of the information coming out on the hacked emails and as always he gave us fantastic insight into the real story. Jim was a great guest and I look forward to having him back in January. It is my plan to talk him into doing a semi-regular thing with me.

This week I had Luke Livingston on. Luke is the Executive Producer of "Tea Party Movie: The Documentary Film" and owner of Ground Floor Video, a video production company. I wanted to talk to Luke because I had seen a preview of the Tea Party movie and thought it was fantastic. As someone who has been involved with Tea Party since before it was Tea Party, I can tell you it really brings back memories to see all the hard work and dedication it took to get this thing started. (Not that we aren't all still hard working and dedicated-WE ARE. Now though, it has been incorporated into our lives. Now it is something we do, not something we are trying to figure out how to fit in. Weird how things change.) The documentary follows 5 main folks who first got involved with the Tea Party movement-before it was really a movement-and then their rise into full-blown activism. The documentary is exceptionally well done. I encourage anyone who has been involved with Tea Party or who has secretly desired to be involved with Tea Party to watch this movie. Luke was a fantastic guest. They are running a great Christmas special on the site-buy two get one free. Promote capitalism and get your copy today!

It is my plan to do a better job of posting each week who our guest will be and our topic for the night. There are no archives of the shows at this time, but that should be changing very soon. For now, you'll just have to be sure to watch us LIVE every Thursday at 9pmCST on PreppyDudeTV!

First they help Fox News, now the Chamber of Commerce

I guess the Administration doesn't get it yet. The more they attack people who dare question dear leader, the more they drive people to those organizations or points of view. Fox News rating have gone up 10% since the White House began attacking them.
Now the Chamber of Commerce is enjoying boosted membership.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is on track to exceed last year's fundraising
by more than $10 million, thanks in part to the Obama administration's decision
to target the pro-business group, according to the organization's president.

President Tom Donohue told Politico.com that even though a few companies have left the chamber over its opposition to President Obama's domestic policies, the
organization is actually benefiting from its place in the White House crosshairs.

"There are some longstanding members that wanted to step up and help more," he told Politico.com. The public friction with the White House comes in the midst of a $100 million fundraising campaign for the chamber.

Do you think the administration will understand this means the majority of people are on the side of opposing them or will they still hang on to the straw man that government run healthcare and Cap and Trade is what we want?

Fickle Fools and Wall Street Money

This week the stock market is revving back up in to "oh-we're-so-happy" territory, so all the outrage and angst over banking bonuses has fallen by the way-side.......It's no longer worth getting all worked up about because the folks are getting money back in their 401k's and stock portfolio's-until they tank again. Then I'm sure the "Pay Czar" will be back, using all those retroactive clauses in the addendum to the TARP funds.

Today was a good day to be on Wall Street. The Dow nosed above 10,000. Big banks are enjoying resurgent profits and assembling pay packages that could be bigger than the boom year of 2007, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Did something bad happen last year?

Is it time for another storm of populist outrage in Washington? Maybe, but not today.

After indulging in a round of populist outrage last spring, Congress and the Obama administration have turned down the volume. Technocrats at the Federal Reserve and the Treasury’s pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, have taken over the task of devising ways to make it harder for banks to reward risky behavior without killing competitiveness. Institutions that receive bailout funds are still subject to certain limits on executive pay. Feinberg is wrangling with American International Group, one of the biggest bailout recipients, over bonuses the company says it’s obligated to pay to certain executives.

It would seem then, all the outrage last spring was just a show for the "regular folk". Once the beast was quelled with rising balances the injustices and inequities no longer matter.
Hmmmm, fickle fools and Wall Street-a match made in heaven.

Open up and say "Cram it!"

It looks as though there is a strong chance Reid is going to piggy-back the Healthcare Bill on to legislation where they once again use laws to violate employment contracts. This of course has nothing to do with healthcare, but who's checking anyway.

Nicholas Ballasy reports “a senior aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told CNSNews.com that it is ‘likely’ that Reid will use H.R. 1586—a bill passed by the House in March to impose a 90-percent tax on bonuses paid to employees of certain bailed-out financial institutions—as a ‘shell’ for enacting the final version of the Senate’s health care bill, which Reid is responsible for crafting.”

This of course violates the very transparency and public involvement on legislation that Obama promised, but eh, what are pesky promises anyway.....
Moreover, the thing we can all take away from the use of this procedure if it goes down in this way? Our lawmakers don't give a damn what we the people think. Democrat or Republican they will do what they please without one iota of thought about you.

And now the White House will attack you directly.

Now, for our most ludicrous item of the day: Time magazine reports that the White House will no longer sit on the sidelines and let Fox News, pundits or basically anyone with a negative opinion of this Administration or it's policies express themselves without retaliating with an attack of their own.

All the criticism, both fair and misleading, took a toll, regularly knocking the White House off message. So a new White House strategy has emerged: rather than just giving reporters ammunition to "fact-check" Obama's many critics, the White House decided it would become a player, issuing biting attacks on those pundits, politicians and outlets that make what the White House believes to be misleading or simply false claims, like the assertion that health-care reform would establish new "sex clinics" in schools. Obama, fresh from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, cheered on the effort, telling his aides he wanted to "call 'em out."

So our President and his staff are so full of themselves that they cannot take a little heat. However, they find it perfectly acceptable for former Presidents to say most of the population is racists or Janeane Garofalo to surmise that "teabaggers" are racist rednecks and for Rachel Maddow call people Nazi's.
For the first time in history our very own President will argue facts with the people. As many times as his "facts" have been proven to be lies, I'm confident this will be interesting.

Maxine says "We're all criminals-why you pickin' on Charlie?"

Of course one of the most corrupt politicians ever doesn't want you to worry your pretty little head over a few ethics indiscretions by Charlie Rangel......you might start looking hard at her. Considering her ethics are also being called into question because of some dirty dealing her husband has been involved, with it only makes sense she wouldn't want us scrutinizing Charlie too hard. After all, that wouldn't be fair.

"Many members" of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday.Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms."I want to tell you, there are many members who, if you go back over all of their records, over all of the years, you're going to find that there were disclosures that were not made," Waters said during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday morning.

Essentially Maxine Waters argues that we should look the other way and not be concerned about Charlie because they are all criminals anyway-so what's the difference? Err, well Maxine how about if our elected politicians start following the rules? I know.....how silly of me.
Considering Charlie Rangel holds one of the most powerful positions in Washington and considering he is the head of a committee in the House thru which all things tax and budget for the entire country must pass, you would think honesty and integrity would be of the utmost importance.
Uh, guess not to Maxine.

Cass Sunstein Wants Me to Shut My Mouth

It would seem that the evidence becomes more than anecdotal all the time: President Obama can't take the heat. Not only does he get aggravated and pout like a petulant child when Fox news doesn't kiss his behind, but he surrounds himself with people who would desecrate the constitution and our freedoms to stop the truth from coming out when it might harm him or his agenda. Cass Sunstein is a crazy fool who would put the rights of animals on a level playing field as those of people. He is also our Regulatory Czar.
In Mr. Sunstein's new book he reveals that the word police should be brought out in full force. Extending to the Internet and beyond, anyone who perpetuates "falsehoods" would be subject to fines, regulation and who knows what. One problem? It's up to this administration to define what a falsehood is.

These revelations are found in Sunstein's new book, On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done, in which he attacks the plague of "rumors" besetting the Obama administration. Rumors must be regulated, according to Sunstein. Suspiciously, Sunstein's definition of "rumors" never seems to favor conservatives. To combat "rumors," Sunstein proposes fines, and even obligatory retractions, in the case of Internet publications.[1]
In his new book, harsh penalties would be meted out for those that "spread rumors about an appointee of a Democratic president," an occurrence likely to increase if Sunstein continues to assault the very foundations upon which America is built.[2] Sunstein will have to accuse millions of Americans of "spreading rumors." Perhaps Sunstein even dreams of an eventual final solution for rumor perpetrators.

It is unfathomable to me that there might come a day when I cannot speak my mind as I see fit. What's worse? That there might come a day when I can't speak the truth because the President or someone in his administration deems the truth a "falsehood". Unfortunately, saying the truth when it disagrees with what they want you to think, does not make it false.
This is America. If you take away our right to free speech, you take away our right to freedom.

Sorry, it is a tax hike on the middle class Nancy.

Not only would a VAT tax increase taxes on the middle class-it will further decimate our base and further erode small businesses ability to turn any profit at all.

A new value-added tax (VAT) is "on the table" to help the U.S. address its fiscal liabilities, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday night.
Pelosi, appearing on PBS's "The Charlie Rose Show" asserted that "it's fair to look at" the VAT as part of an overhaul of the nation's tax code.
"I would say, Put everything on the table and subject it to the scrutiny that it deserves," Pelosi told Rose when asked if the VAT has any appeal to her.
The VAT is a tax on manufacturers at each stage of production on the amount of value an additional producer adds to a product.

Yes Nancy I agree-let's put everything on the table and give it the scrutiny it deserves....like pet projects, like waste and pork throughout the government, like the take over of the health care system.....I could go on and on.
To try to sell this as not being a tax increase on the middle class is a complete and total lie. Anyone, who buys anything EVER will pay this tax. Never mind the added layer of bureaucracy and government waste that is sure to follow. Thanks for once again throwing small business under the bus Nancy.

Administration sad Fox won't kiss butt.

Look out, now they're sending in "the man". David Axelrod met with Roger Ailes a couple of weeks ago so Axelrod could complain that Fox isn't being nice to Obama.

White House officials have expressed pique with what they consider heavy coverage of Obama critics by opinion shows on the news channel.

Obama aides showed their displeasure by omitting “Fox News Sunday” when the president granted interviews last month to the other Sunday shows.

Noting coverage on cable’s Fox News Channel, the Fox broadcast network declined to carry Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress, or his most recent prime-time news conference. White House officials did not like that, but say it is not their primary problem with Fox.

Of course their primary issue is not the fact that Fox didn't carry the President's eleventy-millionth address to the world-their problem is Fox won't carry Obama's water.

You Mean People Like Congress EVEN Less?

They just don't see the correlation do they?

Congressional approval ratings took a 10-point hit this month, because fewer Democrats view Congress favorably, according to a new poll's findings.
Only about 21 percent of surveyed voters in Gallup's latest survey, released Tuesday, indicated they approved of the way Congress was handling its job, down from 31 percent just last month. At the same time, disapproval ratings have jumped about 9 points since September, from 63 percent to 72 percent, according to the poll.

Do you think they would listen if the rating would go to 100% disaproval?

General Nancy Pelosi???

Good lord let's hope not.

Republicans are taking some heat today for suggesting that Gen. Stanley McChrystal should put Nancy Pelosi "in her place."
In a statement criticizing Pelosi for not supporting a troop surge in Afghanistan, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said Pelosi should stop meddling in foreign policy.
"If Nancy Pelosi’s failed economic policies are any indicator of the effect she may have on Afghanistan, taxpayers can only hope McChrystal is able to put her in her place," the statement reads.

And because they disagree with Nancy and want her to stop talking, what do they get? Oh wait for it folks-you knew it would happen eventually.....they can't call them racists 'cause 'ole Nan is as white as they come, but they can call them sexists. Of course.

Democrats are jumping all over the NRCC for alleged sexism.

That's OK though, Ken's got it:

But Ken Spain, NRCC's communication director, is defending his organization's claim:

“The Speaker of the House is taking on a highly decorated general who has outlined a strategy in Afghanistan that she once claimed to advocate. This is the same San Francisco liberal whose military foresight — or lack thereof — led her to oppose General Petraeus’ successful surge strategy. Up until it became politically inconvenient, Pelosi and her puppets were referring to Afghanistan as the ‘real central front’ in the war on terror, now their excuse is that there is just not enough political will to keep America safe. Nancy Pelosi might think she’s a general, but she’s playing out of her league and she knows it.”

Right on Ken! I couldn't agree more. Why doesn't Nan just mind her own business and stop trying to screw up the rest of the world.

More Lies....

Sick and tired of the lies? Well, here's another one for you:

"These are healthy institutions, and they have taken this step for the good of the economy," Paulson had declared at the time."

The reality? Out of the nine original institutions bailed out, 3 were in fact not healthy. That's one-third, for those who love to do math.

The excuse?

But Assistant Treasury Secretary Herbert Allison Jr., who now heads the bailout program for the government, said that any critique of the announcements made a year ago should take into consideration the unprecedented circumstances facing financial regulators at the time.

Yes, we know......you had no idea what you were dealing with or as we can now see, no real effective way to deal with it. Throwing money at problems is never the answer. If it was we would have abolished poverty, our medical crisis and all our other issues a hundred years ago.

Obama's Halloween Party Came Early

Now he has to scavenge up doctors from every state and dress them up in coats to make a point about health care-too bad people still aren't buying. On that note I wonder how hard he had to work to find 150 doc's to support this crap.

The doctor made a White House call Monday -- 150 of them, in fact, all costumed in white hospital coats -- to try to help President Obama administer a booster shot to his ailing health care reform drive.
White House spokesman Reid Cherlin described the assembled physicians, from all 50 states, as the best voices for reform because they witness the current health care system on a day-to-day basis.
"These folks know better than anybody about what works and what doesn't," Cherlin told FOXNews.com, adding that the physicians come from "a variety of groups that we work with."
But the doctors in the Rose Garden were all supporters of health care reform -- and the invitation-only guest list drew heavily from Doctors for America, a grassroots organization that backs a government-run insurance option.

Sadly, this is not representative of most doctors I deal with. They know more cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will hurt them and that adding more people to an already burdened system isn't going to make their ability to give quality care better.

Defending the American Dream-Day 2

Today will start with a whirlwind of speeches. On tap:
Newt Gingrich, Senator Jim DeMint, Larry Kudlow, Hugh Hewitt, Stephen Moore, John Fund, Herman Cain, Ed Morrisy, Tracy Walsh, David Koch, Tim Phililips and Phil Kerpen.

Jim DeMint Government is the problem. It's freedom that works in America. Its the only hope we need. The Healthcare bill would have passed in July if not for the activists. We're outnumbered in House, Senate and WH, but we're not outnumbered across America. The heart and soul of this country is at stake.
Jim DeMint announces new website http://www.senateconservatives.com/ at

Herman Cain One thing we must do we must save the savable. How do we differentiate? S=if they shift the subject, you're off to a bad start. I=They ignore the facts. N= Name call
Never give up on us taking back the country. I believe this is the greatest country in the world, but we cant let it go. It's up to us to keep it that way.
I found out I’m racist. Maybe I missed something. Maybe what they’re trying to say is I have a perfect tan. We are crazy about liberty, we are crazy about freedom, and we’re crazy about the United States of America. That’s what we’re crazy about. We’ll show you some crazy; all these crazy people are going to show up at the polls.
When they start calling you names, the argument is over. I'm gonna show you some crazy. We are crazy about freedom, we are crazy about liberty-that's what we're crazy about. Wait until November 2010. The crazy people will come to the polls and VOTE.

Dallas Woodhouse He and his brother (Brad Woodhouse, White House Communications Director) are opposite ends of the spectrum. You are stronger than Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid. You make the difference. With you we can stop them because we are right and they are wrong.

Hugh Hewitt Reflecting on his start in politics. Things change in a hurry. You should always be engaged. Minimize the damage the liberals want to do to healthcare. Seniors are worried about the Medicare cuts-as they should be. Educate people on our broken economy. Bad lawsuits are killing our economy. Lawyers are getting richer and it is crushing innovation in America. Credential young people. Take them under your wing and teach them about politics and values. This is the way to bring up the next generation. When Israel strikes Iran, we must stand with Israel. If this happens there will be a course of hate unleashed against us by the media and we must turn out against it. Israel is our ally.

Ed Morrissey Talking taxes. Our tax code undermines prosperity and innovation. We need a tax code overhaul. Last year 250B spent on tax return preparations. This is ridiculous. No one can comply with the laws. Congress wants to allow deductions for Pet Expenses-HAPPY Act. Just one more level of bureaucracy to the tax. Compliance is a nightmare. And why all these complexities? The tax code allows congress to do social engineering and force us into behaviors they want. They will not change the tax code. They want to control our behavior. It also allows them to pick winners and losers in society. They have far too much power with this system.

John Fund We are the new patriots. Liberals don't want to debate the issues. They want to name call and distract. 65% of the American people are part of the "vast right wing conspiracy" The Libs don't want anyone to read the bill. They are pushing the crisis angle to pass this bill. Why do we have to pass this in the next 4 weeks, when we have has this "crisis" for 40 years? Never again should we have legislation the size of telephone bills. We loose when republicans forget their values and when Liberals campaign as moderates. Clinton campaigned as a moderate-that's how he got elected. After the decimation of 1993 the Dems stopped passing all the liberal legislation-were frozen-then we got "The Contract with America" Make this the new 1993 right here right now.

Tracy Walsh Was never politically active until now. Sent her story into AFP because she was tired of yelling at the TV. Was time to take action. Relates her breast cancer story. Believes she would have never received the treatment she needed or in time under the current system being proposed.

After lunch we will be back to the training track. I know it will be excellent-it was yesterday. I will probably run the blog the exact same way as yesterday. As always, you can also follow updates on Twitter @Michelle_Moore

TRAINING
Grassroots Training
What do you need to do to start your own organization?
What has worked for others.
Bigger cities have a lot more rules and regulations/insurance/permits


Right OnLine
People are looking around and saying what's going on here? The media isn't reporting the whole story. Now with new media-we are breaking stories and the truth is coming out to the general population more and more everyday. MSM only wants to report what they see as sensational and what appeals to the liberal base.
DC 9/12 March-The MSM reports are inaccurate or non-existent.
How do we counter media bias?
Use Twitter and Facebook to reach a larger audience. We connect across the Internet and influence others.
Elect yourself to be your papers ombudsman. Keep a watch on your local paper-start putting out an honest critique of them. If your honest they will listen.
Find trends of bias over time. It has more impact.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING SKILLS
Be informed and involved in govnt
The worst offenders will abuse all powers of govnt to cover up their crimes.
Don't make silly mistakes if your going to be an investigative reporter-they will come after you with everything they have. If you get close to serious corruption, you will be tested.
It takes a great angle to push an article through the exponential noise out there right now. (Read the ACORN tapes)
Our opponents are masters of deception.
Traditional media participates in cover-ups until the story is too big to ignore.
Check audits. They hold buried nuggets of waste and fraud. If no one uncovers them, people don't know.
Stimulus Funding- We need to be tracking this money.
Government grants to non-profits.

Emerging Issues for 2010
The Death Tax
Andrew Langer:
We are rewarding failure at an unprecedented rate.
We have to look very carefully at regulation. Every little thing gets justified based on it's incremental value. BUT add them all up and it has huge impact.
They are trying to bring us down so we are all vassals of the economy.
We have to get small businesses hiring again. We do that by getting govn't off their backs

Brian Johnson
2.7 million jobs lost since stimulus bill.
Card Check is going to kill small business. Unions in open vote. Mandatory binding arbitration.
Support:
Portable pensions
401k
Transparency in pensions

How to influence Legislatures-what works
How are we going to effect change?
Using new media-Use new tools to disseminate local information to local people that you know. Build your network to spread information.
We have to train our politicians to respond to us positively.
We have to make them understand we will come after them-there will be consequences.
By banding with others who also have influence you have a greater impact and it causes politicians to take notice.
You can influence positive thought-think Joe Wilson took a negative situation, caused people to start looking into the actual facts and is now looked at positively.
State clearly in the first sentence what item you are contacting them about and if you are for or against put explanation for after that.
Faxes may work best. They are immediate.
The workers do keep lists of what has come in in calls, letters, and faxes with tallies. Your legislature may never see the the actual contact.

Information Pollination: Integrating Technology to Amplify the Message
We live in a new era.
Peer production-when masses of people collaborate openly to drive innovation and growth.
If you don't use technology right-it will not be effective.
Book recommendation-Wikinomics: "We must collaborate or perish."
Obama did well because he had thousands of voices.
It is false to assume that the connections we are making online are somehow "false" this is no longer the case. We are connecting and making a difference together without ever meeting.
Join groups and get information about the things you are interested in. This is how you begin to get involved and make a difference.
You must begin to use New Media to share your message with others.

Another excellent day of training! So many helpful tips and what a powerful message-Connect, engage, influence!

Bloggin' for the Defending the American Dream Summit

Well, kids I have started my adventure on my first trip to D.C. While I am not at all a fan of flying, I am a fan going to Washington D.C. I have never been there and am looking forward to this next adventure, in what has really been a series of cool adventures for me.

When AFP first put out the call that they may have space for bloggers who wanted to go to the DAD09 Summit-I jumped at the chance! Why not? Going to an event of this magnitude, with this caliber of speakers is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I know, I could certainly go anytime as an attendee, taking advantage of the cool training that is being offered (and I will!), but to be stationed on Blogger's Row with the chance to interview the likes of Newt Gingrich or Senator Jim DeMint-that's a dream come true.

Like so many things that have happened to me over the last several months, this is just one more that I cannot quite believe is real. Working with Smart Girl Politics as the Director of Technology and the success of Smart Girl Summit. Our local Tea Party group and the unbelievable impact we seem to have around the country. A chance to co-host a most awesome segment running on RFC Radio on The Snark Factor with Fingers Malloy-Metal Babe and the Mohawk. I just can't believe where life is taking me.

I often wake up wondering how I got here and where I'm going. I wonder what this time in politics and rhetoric will look like in 20 or 50 years. Will we have made a difference? Will America still look the same? Will our children have the same opportunities we had? When I think it might not, I want to scream. When I feel we really are making a difference, it swells my heart. To defend the American dream is why I do this. It's why I volunteer hours upon hours to any group that needs me. It's why I sacrifice time with family. It's why I started doing this from the very first day. I am the American dream and I won't let anyone take that away from me and more importanly, from my daughters. They are why I fight.....

As I sit here waiting to board the plane, taking the next step in my American Dream, I know what I am doing is right. I know what I am doing is just. I know what I am doing matters. And for me-that's enough.

Ed Martin Jr Rally-It's Decision Time Folks!

We will carry the Rally for Ed Martin Jr. LIVE here. Be sure to watch as Ed makes final his decision to run (or not run) against incumbent Russ "Wadda you mean we're not going to save 6 billion dollars" Carnahan for the the upcoming race for the seat in the 3rd Congressional District in Missouri.


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We're going to try to get Ed on sometime during the evening to talk for a few minutes.

ANNOUNCEMENT: I know I often hold a chat here kids, but this one will probably be too difficult. If I can you'll see the window above-otherwise, I will definitely be on Twitter, so chat at me there! ( @Michelle_Moore )

Yay! More Fun Announcements!

I am pleased to announce I will be attending the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington D.C this Friday and Saturday as a blogger! It is an excellent opportunity and I am proud to have Americans for Prosperity as a sponsor. I know it will be informative and a great chance for me to score cool interviews for this blog and my new sweet spot as a co-host for the segment "Metal Babe and the Mohawk" on the totally awesome "The Snark Factor" (which I blogged about two days in a row, which is "da bomb" and funny and very smart-so why are you here reading this when you could be here listening!!!)
Keep your eyes peeled over the weekend-I have no doubt I will be doing some live blogging off and on and of course if I score something that CAN'T wait I will probably, put it up ASAP!

The Most Uninformed President Ever?

I am starting to see a trend here...

Obama had no knowledge of Reverend Wright.
He was unfamiliar with William Ares past.
They didn't know what the actual state of the economy was.
Pelosi didn't know about Water boarding, except when she did.
Obama is "unfamiliar" with what is in the House version of the Healthcare Bill.
The Administration didn't know Van Jones was a communist, "Truther".
They didn't know about the planned 9/12 March on Washington.
He doesn't know (or more correctly-doesn't pay attention to or care about)
what is going on with the ACORN expose' and the subsequent investigation.

I have no doubt there are hundreds of other examples that might be used here, but the point is this: When this Administration or anyone in it gets caught in a situation that is not comfortable or won't fly with the American public, they apparently go stupid and forget everything prior to the previous 5 minutes. Or they weren't there that day. Or they never had that conversation.

Please stop treating the entire population as though we are dumb. If you are so blind as to not see anything going on around you or so arrogant to think that we believe it , then I have no use for you. If you are really so clueless, you are incapable of performing your duty.

If another attack occurs on this country, even many on the left would not forgive you for never having heard that or not being there that day.