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• New Rasmussen poll: Arpaio could easily take Goddard in governor’s match-up

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  A recent poll of 1,200 likely Arizona voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio leading Arizona Attorney General Samuel Pearson “Terry” Goddard, III by a whopping 12 percentage points, 51 percent to 39 percent. Arpaio has not expressed any interest in the race, but perennial candidate Democrat [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:28pm EST
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• Want to help J.D. Hayworth? Here’s your chance

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  Fellow Citizen: You have contacted me with words of encouragement following the release of a Rasmussen Reports Poll which finds me in a statistical dead heat with John McCain for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 2010. Miss Mary, our children, and I will do a lot of praying [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:20pm EST
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• The British press calls BHO’s fed-med “radical”

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  This is how London’s Daily Mail characterizes Obama’s health care scheme. They should know a thing or two about rationed care.  For a comparison of the British and American systems, read Fox News anchor David Asman’s article: There’s No Place Like Home — What I learned from my wife’s month in [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:20am EST
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• BHO: Dropping’ like a rock

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  Gallup: “Obama’s descent in his approval rating below 50% is an important symbolic milestone in his presidency.” With less than a year in office, he now stands at 49%. Rasmussen: The Daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday showed that only 29% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:27am EST
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• Weekend reading and viewing to make you smarter

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  Charles Krauthammer’s column, Travesty in New York, reveals the security nightmare, forum for terror threats, and the setting of the stage to proclaim the glory of jihad. Here is Krauthammer on FOX News discussing the unconscionable travesty of holding the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in civilian court, and [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:36pm EST
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• Quiz

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  This past presidential campaign UPI article provides a concise memory jogger. Which candidate  told The London Telegraph he advocated shutting down the terrorist detention camp at Guantanamo Bay and taking quick action on global warming? “I would immediately close Guantanamo Bay, move all the prisoners to Fort Leavenworth [Kansas] and truly expedite the [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:20pm EST
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• ‘Happy Holidays’ from AZ Capitol Times

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  An email from former Maricopca County Republican Chairman, Lyle Tuttle, contained this impossible-to-argue-with message: As I brought in my mail, I noticed I had received an elaborate card from Arizona Capitol Times. Two items caught my eye. 1. The message on the front of the card was ”Happy Holidays.” 2. That greeting was accompanied by an offer to [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:11am EST
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• McCain scurries away from reporter merely mentioning J.D. Hayworth

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  Hat tip to our loyal reader Night Owl for furnishing this video. He wrote, “If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video clip is worth a million. We can’t top that for a caption. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:56pm EST
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• Democrats for sale: “We’re just negotiating the price”

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  Until recently Sen. Ben Nelson (Dem-NE), Sen. Mary Landrieu (Dem-LA) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Dem-AR) were the last holdouts among the 58 Democrats and two Independents whose votes Majority Leader Harry Reid and Barack Obowma must have to force the American people into a socialized medicine plan controlled by the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:29pm EST
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• ASU students: First Amendment protects their rights but not Sheriff Arpaio’s

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  The State Press at Arizona State University runs a puzzling opinion piece by student Dustin Volz. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been invited to participate in a roundtable question and answer session with three Cronkite School of Journalism faculty members. Volz advises students against raucous protesting of the sheriff, citing “Like [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• The rest of the story: Sen. Verschoor fights tax increases

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  Friends: This morning is the second time in recent months that I have been personally attacked by Senate President Bob Burns for stopping TAX INCREASES to my fellow Arizonans. SB 1003 was written with enacting language to give unchecked authority for unelected appointees of the governor to raise taxes in the form [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:11am EST
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• BHO ensures dramatic decline in illegal worksite arrests; American jobs are casualty

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  Arrests of illegal alien workers have dropped abruptly under President Obama, according to recently released figures. Criminal and administrative arrests along with indictments and convictions of illegal laborers at work sites have all fallen by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009 –  and not due to illegals [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:22pm EST
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• AG Eric Holder’s path to setting the nation on its ear aided by AZ’s two senators

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  “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.”   Attorney General Eric Holder Attorney General Eric Holder, acting on behalf of President Obama, has ordered [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:18pm EST
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• McCain’s Swan Song: The sound of music to our ear

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  Rasmussen Reports polling figures released today indicate that in a hypothetical match-up between former Congressman J.D. Hayworth and Arizona’s senior senator John McCain, McCain holds a measly 2 percent lead.  This is remarkable given that he has a mega-million dollar campaign war chest, was most recently the GOP presidential standard-bearer [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:01pm EST
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• Thud

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  The sound of dissent makes a loud kerplunk. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:06am EST
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• Another indisputable indicator Americans are tiring of the status quo

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  Republican candidates maintain a steady six-point advantage over Democrats in the most recent edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national survey indicates that 44% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 38% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for each party rose one [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:35am EST
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• Democrat Fed-Med: Health care Americans cannot afford

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  After weeks of secretive drafting, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-UT) unveiled Barack Obowma’s socialized, government takeover of American health care. The Democrat’s $849 billion measure designed to remake the nation’s health care system, relies on cuts in future Medicare spending  (read: Rationed Care to America’s seniors) to cover costs, higher [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:50pm EST
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• Obowma: Working to perfect the art of double talk

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  Reuters reports that Barack Obowma is issuing warnings about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying that if government debt were to pile up, it could lead to a double-dip recession. “It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:22pm EST
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• Employer sanctions law at work

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  Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has announced that his office has filed the state’s first employer sanctions case, a civil complaint against an employer accused of violating the Legal Arizona Worker’s Act.  The action alleges Michelle Hardas, the manager of Scottsdale Art Factory,  allegedly hired illegal labor  — by deliberately [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:54am EST
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• This is a Commander-in-Chief?

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  At a stop off at South Korea’s Osan Air Base, while greeting the very troops to whom he continually denies additional backups, Obowma insultingly said: “You guys make a pretty good photo op.” The Washington Post has the full report. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:56am EST
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• Atheists declare God is “an affront”

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  House Minority Leader John Boehner and 44 other Republican lawmakers have joined a legal crusade to keep “In God We Trust” inscribed above the newly constructed visitors’ entrance to the U.S. Capitol. In July, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit to block the engravings at the visitor center. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:50pm EST
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• He said, he said: Shadegg vs. Bloomberg

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  Arizona U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (CD-3) has apologized to New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg for this. “I apologize for the insensitivity of my remarks with respect to the mayor or his family, however I think it is important to note that this decision involves potential risk to innocent people,” Shadegg said [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• Treasurer Dean Martin: Arizona faces historic debt level

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  Arizona legislators, convened in a special session, are  setting about shaving nearly $460 million from this year’s $2 billion budget deficit. The session, expected to run through tomorrow, was called by Gov. Jan Brewer. It will look at restoring funding to a handful of state agencies, authorizing an $18 million payment [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:05am EST
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• Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office conducts 13th crime suppression operation

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  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has undertaken his 13th crime suppression/illegal immigration operation. The two-day long, county-wide presence of two hundred volunteer posse, reserve, deputy and helicopter air support units on the streets, highways and in the air throughout Maricopa County assures future safety in the area for the citizen residents. The [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:59pm EST
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• Obowma angers Europeans: Not “Citizen of the World,” after all

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  Uh, oh. The German news Spiegel accuses “Citizen of the World” Barack Obowma of lies, international deception, betrayal and, would you believe — following the path of George W. Bush, on dealing with global warming…er…climate change. The name has been altered since global temperatures are actually cooling, but the United [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• Who can quarrel with this Dem?

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  New York’s Democrat Gov. David Paterson has broken ranks with his fellow partisans and is openly criticizing President Obowma, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists to New York for trial. “This is not a decision that I [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• Thank God! Obowma is creating 30 jobs in AZ’s CD 15

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  President Obowma has claimed that the $787 billion economic stimulus package “saved or created” some 650,000 jobs. But almost as soon as the White House related this figure, news organizations found huge exaggerations in the reported data. Many of the jobs reportedly created are phantoms which do not exist or [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:06am EST
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• Providing a great lesson in citizenship: Union thugs target Boy Scout

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  Like unions? Here are the rollicking antics of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) taking on an Eagle Scout who apparently poses a threat to their workers due to his volunteerism. The Morning Call, a Pennsylvania newspaper, reports that Nick Balzano, president of the local SEIU, told the Allentown City Council [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:56pm EST
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• The Left: Desirous of remaking Arizona in its own image

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  The daily is pounding its drum again. If you are new to Arizona and unacquainted with the technique, the newspaper often resembles a nagging ex-wife. The editorial staff can’t offer an opinion. They harp. They badger. They stridently repeat.  And often they rewrite the same thoughts with a slightly different [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• Legalizing grateful Democrats in time for the 2010 elections

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  Obowma’s Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently addressed a gathering at the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington, D.C. policy group. She unveiled new arguments for an amnesty/legalization program for illegal aliens living in the U.S. in her duplicitous presentation, Napolitano actually claims such a program will enhance national [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• Democrat slackers hard at work on the budget

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  Yes, it’s Connecticut, not Congress or Arizona — but this AP picture — which we missed when first reported — is still worth checking out. It shows two Democrat lawmakers, members of the Democrat-controlled legislature, sitting in the back row of the historic Hall of the House in Hartford during [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:58pm EST
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• Linda plays an ever goofier one-note tune: Open borders provide ocean ports

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  In today’s daily, Linda Valdez tells readers: We must recognize border benefits as well as problems. Her piece begins by taking on Sen. Russell Pearce, whom she refers to as “one of Arizona’s biggest border critics” when he says, “The greatest threat to our citizens is the failure to enforce [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:29pm EST
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• Obowma bows again

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  First, the King of Saudi Arabia, now the Emperor of Japan.  What’s next?  Bowing to Castro and Chavez? The community organizer needs to remember that he now holds the office of the President of the United States!  Even  his socialist chums Putin and Mao have never given deferential bows to anyone.  [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• Mark your calendars: EAST VALLEY PAChyderm Coalition meeting, Thurs. Nov. 19

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  Where:  Freddy’s Frozen Custards and Steak Burgers 2065 Baseline Road Gilbert, AZ 85234 When:  Thursday, November 19,  6:00 PM Special Guest: Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett Check out the PAChyderm Coalition’s fact-filled website for additional information regarding the meeting. Seating is limited, so please contact Jeff Dial at jd@jeffdial.com to reserve your seat. Dinner meeting [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:50pm EST
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• Could there be a correlation?

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  The daily’s headline blasts the good news: Fewer murders expected in Phoenix. Readers had to muddle through to paragraph five before getting a clue about the reason for the substantive drop in homicide cases in the Valley. Tucked in among the lengthy article were these telling words:: Since 2000, on average, detectives [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:06pm EST
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• Duel in the Desert Rematch: Sat. Nov. 21, 2009

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  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas will face off in a rematch of their famous 2008 Duel in the Desert quick draw to determine the fastest lawman in the West. Master of Ceremonies: J.D. Hayworth Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse 10426 E Jomax Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85262 November 21, 2009 Social [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:34pm EST
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• Republicans make us proud — again

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  POLITICO has reported that the Republican National Committee had a health care plan that included coverage for abortion.  This was played in the media that the RNC was just like everyone else — duplicitous — due to its public stand against abortion, while providing coverage for its own employees. The difference [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:10am EST
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• Mark your calendars: PAChyderm Coalition meeting, Wed. Nov. 18

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    Where:  Marie Callender’s Restaurant (NOTE: NEW LOCATION)  4930 West Bell Road, Glendale, AZ 85308  When:  Wednesday, November 18, 6:00 PM Special Guest: Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett Check out the PAChyderm Coalition’s fact-filled website for additional information regarding the meeting. Seating is limited, so please contact Diane Douglas at azpatsfan@cox.net  to reserve your seat. Dinner [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:40pm EST
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• Fascinating reading: The Goldwater Institute Legislative Report Card

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  The 7th annual Goldwater Institute Legislative Report Card considers how well Arizona legislators are fulfilling their constitutional obligation to uphold liberty. The report scores legislators on 305 votes across four categories: education, constitutional government, regulation, and tax and budget. The primary criterion is whether a vote for or against each [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:16pm EST
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• PC denial of the obvious is at our own peril

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   The daily has taken political correctness beyond reasonable limits with the editorial titled: Our enemies don’t belong in our Army. At first blush it appeared to be a rational assessment of the criminal mind of the mass-murderer Islamfascist Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who massacred 14 military and civilian personnel, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:38am EST
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• Religion of Peace update: Feds seize mosques, skyscraper

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  Federal prosecutors have taken steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:52pm EST
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• As grocery strike looms, many workers oppose union’s demands

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  Not all employees of Fry’s and Safeway supermarkets support the strike that is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 6 PM.  And many Valley grocery shoppers agree with them. Although the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s reputed 25,000 members are scheduled to walk off the job, others employees are firmly stating [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:29pm EST
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• 1,000 plus stolen bags later, Sky Harbor reinstates bag check

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   Many of us are reassured to read that Phoenix is right on top of the airport’s stolen baggage problem, reinstating random luggage checks. It’s obvious Travelin’ Man  Mayor Philly Gordon hasn’t had his bags missing or this might have been handled sooner. As Phoenix Sky Harbor spokeswoman Deborah Ostreicher so artfully put [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:20am EST
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• I’m outta here

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  “….it’s become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us….” More. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:50pm EST
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• What’s this? Linda Valdez supports merit pay for teachers?

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  Number of comments: 5
  The decidedly liberal and over 3 million-member-strong National Education Association (NEA) teachers’ union has long taken a hard-line approach against performance-based teacher pay. But since Obama’s Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told union officials and delegates to the NEA convention, that teacher evaluation based compensation was a goal to consider, the [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 2:36pm EST
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• What? The daily distrusts the CBO numbers?

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  Number of comments: 3
  Today’s lead editorial, House bill fails to curb costs, would be amusing were it not so serious a topic. The newspaper has written incessantly about the need for the federal government to become the determiner of the extent to which Americans interact on the most fundamental level in their private [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:19am EST
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• Honoring Our Veterans (Parade route included)

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  Veterans Day parade: 11:00 AM – 2 PM today The annual VA Veterans Day Parade will kick off this morning at 11 A.M.. This year’s parade theme is “Home of the Free, Because of the Brave,” honoring veterans who have fought in the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, also referred [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:58am EST
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• U.S. Attorney General Holder to address Hamas-linked CAIR despite FBI ban

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  Number of comments: 4
  These linked articles (below) serve up more than most Americans are prepared to digest. Still, we urge you to make yourself aware of what we are getting from the Obamanation administration. Our future depends on it. Thanks to POLITICO and Jihad Watch.  Read this letter to Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl from Holder’s own Justice Department [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 2:26pm EST
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• Terrorism: Let’s call it by its rightful name

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  Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, Fort Hood’s top commander has obviously gotten the word from on high. He’s calling for “counseling  and healing,” in the wake of the terrorist attack on the base last week by a Muslim extremist and base psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who fired more than 100 [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:14am EST
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• Rep. Quelland faces fine, ouster

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  Administrative law judge Thomas Shedden has ruled that Rep. Doug Quelland (R-Dist.10) must forfeit his office over campaign finance violations. The penalty for the violations is removal from office and $30,500 in fines. Quelland’s lawyer, Tim Casey, said Rep. Quelland will contest the decision in Maricopa County Superior Court. He can [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:09am EST
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