This is probably going to be a fight all the way, but I am glad to see the congress taking it on.   It is a fight worth having and hopefully, the congress will prevail in this matter, since Obama voted "not present" on it. 

House lawmakers on Thursday approved a plan to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline and expand drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The 237-187 victory for Republican leaders — as part of one portion…

Media Matters received a $50,000 grant to investigate the people at Fox.  Information uncovered by Tucker Carlson and reported on Fox and other news sources.  Go to article for more links and info.

Video link:  http://video.foxnews.com/v/1451567602001/

The Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson, who has opened an ongoing investigation into liberal watchdog Media…

This should be a real eye opener.  The CBO report should be on every news channel, but I suspect you won't see it or what it indicates.  I have provided a link to the report, and to better understand unemployment, if you have time, you might read it through (it isn't all that long or complicated).

Actually, the mayor is better off letting folks know who paid and what was paid before it is asked for..........it stops people from imagining something is happening that isn't, and as the mayor indicted, it is transparency!

Outside organizations picked up the cost of hotel rooms and flights.

Should certainly be of interest to everyone as property values go down, so do the tax revenues collected etc.

Submitted by Steve Patterson on February 16, 2012 - 12:39pm PolitiJax

This is something that may well be worth taking some action on as I remember Ms Rhee being called in by Governor Scott.  The bill number is included, and it is still in committee, so you have an opportunity to read the bill and weigh in should you choose to do so.

Submitted by Mike Marino on February 16, 2012…

This one I won't make a judgement call on as I don't have children in school, but it somehow doesn't sound like a good way to do things to me either.  Better be aware this may be what they have to do in the future though.

St. Johns' Joyner calls some proposals "outrageous" and "dumb."

I am afraid I have to agree with one of the comments on this story.  We ask these folks to take pay cut after pay cut while giving millions to the banks and the Jaquars (plus we don't hold them to the things they are supposed to pay for and the taxpayers end up footing the bill).   These guys at least provide a city service and this somehow just does not seem right???

1 percent pay cut, union told, or end talks…

I heard something about this on the radio this morning, and sure enough, the TU also has info about it.  How does someone with a violent crime record or drunk driving or multiple driving infractions stay on as a JTA bus driver?   This is not evidence of anyone doing a good job choosing and checking backgrounds of potential hires or even for those who currently are employed by JTA.  No one who has a history of violent behavior should be driving a city bus!  Please read the article…

And Obama wants to put Monsanto in charge of the FDA.  Not exactly a comforting thought, but even worse is the fact this president is doing what is good for America, he is doing what is good for his friends at Monsanto (and one wonders how much they donate to his campaign and past campaigns).

By Alexis Baden-Mayer & Ronnie Cummins

Organic Consumers Association, February 1, 2012…

I guess every time I read one of these articles about funding our enemies, I wonder what we will use for money since we are borrowing money to keep all the Obama programs going in this country.........maybe borrow more money to give it away to our enemies????

If you can't say anything else about Obama it is certainly that his theme song is TAX, TAX, TAX, TAX.  Here we go again out there trying to make sure moving to another state won't be helping anyone's tax situation.  Now he wants level taxes coming from all the states too!  As well as leveling the affluence of everyone, so he can continue to SPEND, SPEND, SPEND AND SPEND SOME MORE!

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Here we go again.  To say the least, my best friend said at the very start Boehner was the worst choice that could have been made for speaker, because he has no backbone,  .................... so here we go again.

 February 16, 2012…

I am glad to see that some reporters are still grounded  and still have thier common sense in tact :).

"If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes," asserted President Obama in his State of the Union speech.

That would effectively double the tax rate on income from capital gains from the current 15 percent rate, producing a triple negative impact on U.S. economic growth and job creation by…

For those who were not aware this case was in the works, I thought you might like to see what a family of 5 wants done just for them cause they are atheists.  If this flies, the minority of this country really is ruling the roost (never mind we are a Christian country, never mind that they do not understand the majority of us are not atheists, never mind these folks are trying to create a situation where they can make their children into non-believers and ask the rest of us to…

This is very important, because of the attack on our first amendment right to freedom of religion because of the Obama administration's blatantly defiant stand on birth control which violates the religious beliefs and is a mortal sin for many Christians in our country.

HERE IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT:  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of…

This should please a few people (including me) especially if it holds or gets even better for Connie Mack or some other conservative republican.

Election 2012: Florida Senate

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Republican Congressman Connie Mack now runs dead even with incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson in Florida’s 2012 U.S. Senate race. But Nelson outdistances two other potential GOP challengers, former Senator George…

I am going to post this, because I know many of you are not on Facebook.  Judge Napalitano has asked people to stop all the Emails as he program was cancelled for business reasons and has nothing to do with the far left loons.  Please pay heed to his request.  I have included a link to his Facebook page if you wish to verify.

After asking our fine police and firemen to accept a 3% pay cut, passing these bills would not have been appropriate, so I, personally, am glad they chose to block these pay raises.  I am apparently not the only one who felt that was as some of our city council members voiced the same concern, so common sense seems to have prevailed.

This is short but has links to articles with more complete information.

PRISONS LATEST MAJOR LEGISLATION TO DIE IN SENATE: In a rebuke to their own leadership, nine Senate Republicans joined the chamber's Democrats Tuesday to kill a proposed handover of South Florida's state prisons to private companies. Associated Press http://bit.ly/zrrm3o SCOTT REITERATES SUPPORT FOR PLAN…