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A True Conspiracy: the Unconstitutional Elimination of Christianity |
| Governments throughout the world attempt to keep secrets from the people they rule. Some of these secrets are to protect the nations from their enemies. However, some people believe that governments keep secrets from their own people for the purpose of gaining some type of control over them. Many times ... |
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Government of the People or By the Faction? |
| Now comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat’s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard Nixon? Losing an ... |
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Press one to continue in English |
| America is a "Melting Pot" (if it still is) because until now English has been the de facto national language. Efforts to make English the official national language have failed in congress due to federal legislators acting on the misguided notion that to make English our official national language would ... |
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Unions oppose military voting bill .. because it expands private sector workforce |
Earlier this week, I wrote about a proposal by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-22) to make it easier for active duty military to vote absentee by accelerating the mail delivery process.
It turns out, surprise, surprise, that the unions are opposed. Why? Because it uses the private sector. Seriously. They are opposing making it easier for our deployed active duty soldiers on the grounds that it expands the private sector. From the letter that they sent to the House Subcommittee on Elections (full text at the end of the post):
NAPUS is deeply concerned about HR 5673, particularly the provision that sanctions private contractor conveyance of overseas and military ballots.
Note that this was the first thing that they said.
Furthermore, the Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA), the Chairman of the House Administration Committee, refused to hold a mark-up on this bill this week after the unions demanded that he pull it from the schedule.
Let's get this straight. Democrats cave to unions who oppose increased military voting if it means using the private sector.
Read on.
The union makes a half-valid point:
We believe, as is borne out in the testimony submitted to the Committee, that the overwhelming majority of the problem rests with State Election authorities who are not able to prepare the necessary election materials and locate eligible overseas and military voters in timely manner. While the elections timeline may be appropriate for state-based absentee voting, it may have the effect of disenfranchising overseas and military voters.
NAPUS correctly identifies that a large part of the problem is that local election bodies have deadlines that make it very difficult. And sometimes, political leaders intervene to make it worse, such as when Pennsylvania's Governor, Ed Rendell, didn't send out the ballots until it was too late.
But is clear that there is a genuine problem. The Army Times write up of the legislation cited an Election Assistance Commission report on the subject:
The report found that only 47.6 percent of absentee ballots requested by members of the military ended up being counted, and that some of the problem appeared to stem from mail delays. Ten percent of ballots arrived too late to be counted under deadlines applied by states, which usually are a combination of the date the ballot is postmarked and the absolute last day for ballots to be counted before election results are certified.
In other words, if they solve the problem, another 1 in 10 military voters get their votes counted.
But not for the unions. Damn those evil private sector jobs.
To be fair to them, the problem about the states (or even counties) being more cooperative is real. But ... that is well out of the scope of the federal government. So let's just help our heroes share in the franchise.
The full text of the letter is below:
The National Association of Postmasters of the U.S. (NAPUS) represents approximately 41,000 active and retired Postmasters from every city, town and hamlet in the country. Many of our members have served in the US military.
NAPUS is deeply concerned about HR 5673, particularly the provision that sanctions private contractor conveyance of overseas and military ballots. We believe, as is borne out in the testimony submitted to the Committee, that the overwhelming majority of the problem rests with State Election authorities who are not able to prepare the necessary election materials and locate eligible overseas and military voters in timely manner. While the elections timeline may be appropriate for state-based absentee voting, it may have the effect of disenfranchising overseas and military voters. If the state boards of election do not have good destinations addresses for overseas and military voters, providing an alternative to the Postal Service for ballot returns will not correct the underlying deficiency. Consequently, the linchpin to alleviate the problem is not creating a parallel "inbound" privatized ballot conveyance mechanism, which could complicate ballot collection; rather, State Boards of Election should enhance communications with the military and State Department to locate and keep track of non-resident voters, so eligible voters may receive their ballots in a timely fashion.
Thanks you for consideration of the views.
Robert M. Levi
Director of Government Relations
National Association of Postmasters of the U.S.

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White House Stays Quiet on Jenna Bush's Wedding |
| Gathered in Crawford, Texas, to get what few morsels were available, reporters on Friday got anything but an open book on Jenna Bush's wedding, which is set for Saturday afternoon on the president's home away from home. |
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Pentagon Proposes Changes in Cremation Policies |
| The Pentagon is considering changes to its troop cremation policies, after it was revealed that the crematoriums used handle both human and animal remains. |
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Bulletins at Obama's Church Carry Their Own Controversy |
| (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) recently said his relationship with his long-time pastor and friend Rev. Jeremiah Wright "changed" after what Obama called the clergyman's "divisive and destructive" remarks at the National Press Club. Later, however, Obama stressed his loyalty to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where he has been a member for many years. |
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Illegal Returns After Indecency Conviction, Kills Cop |
| Houston (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Mexico was convicted of capital murder Thursday in the 2006 shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop. |
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Dem Leader: It's Not 'Practical' to Stop War-Funding Vote |
| (CNSNews.com) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told Cybercast News Service Thursday that he does not think it would be "practical" to stop the war in Iraq simply by not allowing a war-funding bill to come up for a vote on the House floor, something that it is within his power as Majority Leader to do. |
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Colombian Paramilitary Leader Extradited to US to Face Drug Charges |
| Carlos Mario Jimenez-Naranjo, a/k/a Macaco, has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher announced yesterday. |
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‘Liberalism’ Is The Death-Knell Of Civilization! |
| Now and then I like to share some of my e-mails from the weekly readers of my globally syndicated column. My column currently has millions of readers both on the Internet and a handful of magazines and newspapers in this region that pick up my columns, which I have been writing since 1959 (almost a half-century now). |
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‘Clean Elections-Or Incumbent Protection?’ |
| The Clean Elections Act was supposed to level the electoral playing field and remove special interest influence from Arizona politics. But one group has found ways to skirt the law: incumbents. |
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Matthews: Snagglepuss Hillary Ready to Exit Stage Left? |
Heavens to Murgatroyd! Chris Matthews has reduced Hillary Clinton to a cartoon character. Snagglepuss to be precise. "Exit stage left" was one of the Hanna-Barbera animation's catchphrases, and Matthews used it to wonder whether Hillary was prepared to leave the presidential race, given her flagging political fortunes. Here's how Matthews put it at the top of today's Hardball:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Meanwhile, listen carefully. That sound you hear is the slow falling of electoral delegates, of superdelegates, to Barack Obama. Seven more came aboard today. So with Obama way ahead in elected delegates, now trails Hillary Clinton by only four-and-a-half superdelegates. It didn't help Clinton when her long-time supporter and U.S. congressman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois called Obama today "the presumptive nominee" of his party.
As Snagglepuss flashed on the screen, Matthews wondered out loud: "does Hillary have an exit strategy at this point?"
View video here.
Ouch.
Catchphrase aside, did Matthews also perhaps have this description of the pink mountain lion in mind?
Snagglepuss lives in a cavern, which he constantly tries to make more habitable for himself. No matter what he does, however, he always winds up back where he started or worse off than he was before.
Question: if Hillary's Snagglepuss, who is Barack Obama?
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Friday's Guest: "A Moratorium on the Charge of 'Racism'" |
| Do accusations of "racism" undermine the national discourse on race in America?
About.com Guest Commentator Jack Kerwick attempts to answer that question in this this week's column.
From the article:
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