And a happy Thursday to all! Down here in Raleigh, the drink of choice is something hot, since the global warming hysterics meteorologists got it a wee bit wrong. Went from being mostly sleet and rain in the Raleigh area, to waking up with snow on the ground and the potential for 2 inches or so of accumulation. Might not be much for the Northeast states, but, down South, that shuts schools and business' down.
Anyway, on to McCain.
I have mentioned several times about a portion of Nancy Pelosi's Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007. McCain has stuck his finger in the wind, and wisely come to not only the best Conservative political position, but, the proper position, as well
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has told conservative activists that he will vote to strip a key provision on grassroots lobbying from the reform package he previously supported.
The provision would require grassroots organizations to report on their fundraising activities and is strongly opposed by groups such as the National Right to Life Committee, Gun Owners of America, and the American Civil Liberties Union.
McCain sponsored legislation last Congress that included an even broader requirement for grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. But now he will vote to defeat a similar measure.
It would be politically dangerous for McCain to support disclosure because it would anger many conservative activists, including those who advocate against abortion rights or for gun ownership rights. He is courting many of them for his 2008 presidential campaign. McCain’s presidential exploratory committee announced yesterday that Maxine Sieleman, a socially conservative leader who founded the Iowa chapter of Concerned Women for America, had joined its camp.
Yes, it would be very dangerous for him, and any Conservative, to support the destruction of fundemental 1st Amendment Rights by Congress. To be specific, Democrats in Congress.
You know, it is really funny. The Democrats/Liberals/Moonbat lobby have been complaining about George Bush taking the civil rights of American's away. It was all innuendo and hysterical accusations, with nary a bit of actual facts. Yet, here we have legislation which specifically writes restrictions on civil rights into law! "Congress shall pass no law…." as the 1st Amendement starts out.
As a sidebar, the terrorists at G'itmo and those caught and sent elsewhere are not US citizens, and do not get American rights, moonies!
Anyhow, McCain seems serious about this "being President" thing, and God help him if he changes his position on the legislation. If he was wise, he would be out there yelling it from the Hilltop, as would, and should, other Conservatives.
PS: According to the Washington Times
The grass-roots provision would exempt unions and other organizations that attempt to influence only their members, shareholders and employees. It also would apply only to groups that collect or spend more than $25,000 in three months.
Well, for most bloggers, that is good news. However, it still violates the 1st Amendment.
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Buggers. We got nothing but damn cold rain.
So I guess McCain is taking the Kerry presidential approach? “I voted for it before I voted against it.”
Hillary Wants to Cap Troop Levels…
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Katie…if you’re gonna Blog…..quit yer whining, and check yer facts…
KATIE COURIC’S GOT A BLOG…………….
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Dems Squelching Free Speech, Senate Bill 1, cont….
Reid and Pelosi out to silence conservative America! To arms! To arms! And other daily news……
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Wanna lose weight?..Laugh..heh…
A daily chuckle can burn up to five pounds of fat a year, scientists have found.
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We have turned to chilly rain in the Triangle. Boo hiss!
Power Tool Drag Races…
OK, this seems a little silly… Which makes for a fun break from news and politics……
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A couple of favorites……
I don’t have time for any real blogging today, so I thought I’d take the cheap and easy way out. Here are a couple of my favorite posts that you probably haven’t read.
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The image in the mirror is deceiving…
How many times have you looked into that bathroom mirror, only to find a face you didn’t recognize staring back at you?
Seems over the years that mirror seems to be playing tricks! The face seems to change from day to day. At one time in your life….
A Cop Out…
Deroy Murdock posted an incredible piece at Human Events. He issues a defense of Rudy Giuliani’s indefensible position on abortion. He argues that we should be re-assured despite statements such as these:…
Oil and Islam don’t mix…
For the past few hundred years, Muslims have been minor annoyances, usually as pirates on the Barbary Coast or as slave-dealers in Africa. But the last 50 years have given Arab countries so much money that the only way they know how to spend it is to s…
Tammy Nyp Sex Tape…
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Tammy Nyp Sex Tape…
Tammy Nyp is currently the #4 most popular item at Technorati, with 3,349 blogs using that tag in the past 24 hours. Who is Tammy Nyp, you might ask? Is she any relation to Kim Kardashian, of whom I have also never heard?
Close. According to Wikiped…
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01/19/07: Wrong Reason…
Learning is the ability to recognize repeated patterns in observed facts. Reasoning is the ability to use those facts to derive a completely incorrect conclusion…….
Your Guide to Anti-Obamamania…
I would like to see potential candidates rise and fall on their merits. I feel that’s an American ideal. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So, chose your weapon….
Alabama meteorologist fights back…
Comparing Global Warming hysteria to evil is stretching it a bit but the concept is the same. Unfortunately many of us sit quiet and ignore statements that claim that the sole cause of global warming is human induced and especially by people in the w…..