Charlie Daniels vs. Barack Obama

Charlie Daniels vs. Barack Hussein Obama

Guns and Church Since I identify with the people who fall into Barack Obama's elitist description about people of faith who keep firearms I'm not very happy with Barrack Obama's recent remarks. He said something to the effect that us rednecks cling to our guns and our religion when we get frustrated and I would like to take umbrage to these remarks.  My faith goes much deeper than his superficial explanation and I love my guns even when I'm not frustrated. And I am not by myself.  I was going to church and shooting guns before Mr. Obama was even born and come from a long line of good people who have been doing it for generations. To me this latest Obama blunder only helps reveal the depth of condescension the far left wing of the Democrat party has for the folks out here in flyover country. Mr. Obama's remarks are insulting to a lot of folks.  It's kind of like Abraham Lincoln said, 'God must love the common people because He made so many of them'. His remarks make me think that Obama doesn't know the people of this country very well.  I'm sure he knows the jet set and the Hollywood bunch, the limousine liberals and the save the whales, kill the babies crowd, but does he think that the ordinary people don't count?  Does he think that they're so stupid that they don't know who he's talking about when he says these things?  Does he think their opinions aren't important?   Apparently. How can a man stand in front of America and tell people what he wants to do for them and have so little respect for a whole segment of the population?  In fact, a very large segment.  Does that mean that he would only represent the high-minded liberal ideals of the far left and ignore the rest of us?  What kind of Commander and Chief would he make if he doesn't respect the very people who make up the lion's share of the armed forces? You may say I'm over reacting, but I'm getting sick and tired of him making these elitist statements and saying that he had been taken out of context or some other flimsy excuse. After his wife's remark about not being proud of this country and his pastor's statements calling America the U.S.K.K.K.A. And his own statement about not wanting his daughter punished with a baby, it makes me wonder what kind of a man Obama really is and what kind of a President he'd make. Would he be an antigun advocate pushing the effort to take the firearms out of innocent citizen's hands? Would he not respect the religious beliefs of America, not taking them into account in his agenda? I really don't know much about the man and neither does America.  He basically came from out of nowhere and as the facts come out little by little, they don't make a particularly confident picture.  I have a great fear that if our military gets broken by another president, this time we're not going to have time to fix it again and what that spells for America, I don't even want to con template.  Oh well, I guess I'll grab my gun and go to church. Pray for our troops.  What do you think? God Bless America Charlie Daniels

Jessica Simpson in Utah

Jessica Simpson draws cheers at Weber High

September 15th, 2008 @ 3:00pm

(KSL News) Imagine high school kids cheering wildly with unbridled enthusiasm.

It may be hard to picture, but that's just what happened this morning at one Utah high school.

The raves were for Jessica Simpson, who dropped by during a special assembly at Ogden's Weber High as part of a radio promotion. The celebrity singer and actress appeared center court and even fielded questions from the ecstatic students.

The crowd got a special glimpse of Simpson's newest music video, "Come On Over."

Weber High beat out several other Utah high schools by texting more votes for Simpson's appearance.

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Palin spells out her role in McCain administration

Palin spells out her role in McCain administration
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Sep 15, 8:24 PM (ET)

By DAVID ESPO

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GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the solution.

Campaigning on her own, the Alaska governor also said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "wants to raise income taxes and raise payroll taxes and raise investment income taxes and raise business taxes and raise the death tax.

"But John McCain and I know that's not the way you grow the economy," she added.

In fact, independent groups such as the Tax Policy Center have concluded that four out of five U.S. households would receive tax cuts under Obama's proposal, which include higher income and payroll taxes only for the wealthiest wage-earners.

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McCain's selection of Palin more than two weeks ago has brought renewed enthusiasm to his campaign, particularly among conservatives who have long been wary of him. Yet the governor, with little experience outside her own state, has largely been kept out of public view while aides seek to bring her up to date on a range of issues.

The current trip is her first outside her home state without McCain, and the schedule was relatively light, with only a speech in Colorado and a fundraiser in Ohio. The governor has had only one substantive media interview since joining the ticket, and she and her husband, Todd, ignored reporters' shouted questions throughout the day.

Aides went to unusual lengths to maintain her privacy aboard her chartered campaign jet, pulling a curtain across the center aisle to separate the Palins and their top aides from the rest of the passengers.

Appearing before an enthusiastic crowd in swing-state Colorado, Palin struck populist themes. She said that as governor of Alaska she had broken "the old oil monopoly that had controlled" the state, and eliminated the "good-ol'-boys network of lobbyists and special interests" once in power.

She also referred to her time as mayor of Wasilla in terms that echoed former President Reagan, a hero to many conservatives.

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"We became part of the fastest growing area of the state because businesses wanted to be there," she said. "They also knew that they would have elected leaders knowing that government isn't always the answer. In fact, too often government is the problem."

Presenting her credentials as a reformer, she told her audience that she had told Congress "thanks, but no thanks" when it came to the so-called Bridge to Nowhere, designed to link a small Alaskan town with its airport on a nearby island. She made no mention of the fact that she favored federal funding for the structure before she turned against it.

She also said, without elaboration, that "too often, the government gets in the way when innovators take on cancer or Parkinson's or Alzheimers.

"To help Americans overcome these terrible diseases, our administration will lead efforts to find new treatments and cures," said Palin. The governor did not mention embryonic stem cell research, which many advocates say holds the key to treatment or even cures of numerous diseases. Palin, along with many other conservatives, oppose federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. McCain's campaign is currently airing a radio commercial that indicates support for an expansion of the federal involvement in stem cell research.

The speech was the first time Palin has indicated what role McCain might give her in his administration.

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She said Alaska has nearly 20 percent of the nation's supply of oil and gas and said her job as vice president would be to help McCain, "implement his 'all of the above' strategy for energy independence."

She also said she would play a role in an effort to reform government.

"I've got another idea that I think Senator McCain likes. In Alaska, we took the state checkbook and put it online, so everyone can see where their money goes. We're going to bring that kind of openness to Washington," she said.

In fact, there already is a searchable database that allows the public to track federal grants and contracts, and Obama was a principle force behind the 2006 law that created it, along with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act is one of Obama's few legislative accomplishments in his short Senate tenure.

Palin, who has a 4-month-old son with Down Syndrome, said she would ensure government is on the side of families with special needs children.

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Congressman Charles Rangel is under fire once again

More Errors For Rep. Rangel; Hires New Account

Though Many Think Harlem Congressman's High-Powered Job Is Safe, House Speaker Pelosi Has Final Say

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Pablo Guzman

NEW YORK (CBS) ― Congressman Charles Rangel is under fire once again over questions about his personal finances. 

On Monday, the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee was scheduled to meet privately with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, trying to deal with the ethics questions that just won't go away. 

It has gotten to this for Rangel. Although he is one of the most powerful men in Washington, here in his own district -- to avoid yet another round of embarrassing questions from reporters -- Rangel had to be brought in through a back door, surrounded by children, no less. He did acknowledge that he was going to be asked about Speaker Pelosi, but said he did not want to take away from what was supposed to be the children's day. 

"The feeling was it had to do with Speaker Pelosi, but I don't want to detract from this at all," Rangel said. 

The "Speaker Pelosi" reference is because the lead editorial in Monday's New York Times calls for Pelosi to ask Rangel to temporarily step aside as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, or else be removed permanently. 

It's because Rangel, the head of the committee that writes the tax code and oversees the budget, now admits his own tax records are in such disarray, he's had to bring in a forensic accountant to find out just what he owes on items like unreported income on the building he and his wife once owned, or the possible ethical lapses in perhaps getting a favor to combine three condos into one, below-market apartment. Or explaining just how another Dominican condo was financed. 

In fact, Rangel left in a rush Monday to meet with Pelosi in Washington. His future is in the balance, but even people in his district critical of what they call his sloppy record-keeping do not want him removed as the tax committee chair. 

"Well, I think it's a little premature. I think they need to finish the investigation first," said Dave Hill of Harlem. 

Fellow Harlem resident Mir Lande said most of the people in this community will stand by Rep. Rangel. 

"I think that people make mistakes, and politicians make mistakes like everyone else," Lande said. 

So it seems that while calls mount for Rep. Rangel to step aside as Ways and Means chairman, many of his constituents are closing ranks behind him -- in support. 

While republicans are demanding Pelosi remove Rangel, the Democrats are caught between getting rid of a problem that could come up in debates versus not wanting to alienate black voters who may think removing Rangel would be overkill.

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Eating veggies shrinks the brain? What?????????

MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. 

Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. 

The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. 

When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12. 

Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk. 

Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism. 

Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine. 

And being overweight or obese is linked to brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average body mass index of 27 And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to 16%.