Archive for October, 2008

A number of interesting articles have come out recently about Roy Carter’s connections with the California sex industry. Yes Weekly, an alternative publication, was the first to reveal that Carter’s campaign has taken money from the sex industry. Later, Carter reveals in the Winston-Salem Journal that the person making the contributions for the sex industry [...]

 
There is a really powerful video on YouTube that everyone should take the time to watch. It is a testimony by an Iraqi veteran about the importance of our military’s mission in Iraq and how it is so vital for us to finish the job there.  The video reminds us that one of the reasons [...]

Kay Hagan who gladly traveled to Boston to accept money from members of the Godless Americans PAC is now crying foul after she was exposed by the Dole campaign. The facts are that Kay Hagan did accept money from a board member of the PAC. Kay Hagan did travel to Boston for this secret fundraiser. [...]

The Wall Street Journal had a great article a couple of weeks ago about the direction the United States would go in if Obama wins the presidency and the Democrats in the Senate and House increase their majorities. It is an article everyone should take the time to read and consider fully, especially if you [...]

The issue of the Iraq War also came up in the debate between Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and Roy Carter. Foxx talked about the domestic security the United States has been blessed with since the attacks of 9/11, and she attributed this to the fact that the United States has taken the fight to the terrorists, which [...]

On Friday, October 24 the two candidates for the 5th district congressional seat, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and Roy Carter, met for their first debate at Ashe County Middle School. Foxx and Carter were asked a series of questions by seventh and eighth grade students that covered a variety of issues that are important to the [...]

Republican nominee for the North Carolina State House, Dan Soucek, is the best new candidate we have seen in Watauga County for many years.  He is the real deal.  Not only does he have the right kind of values but he lives those values.  He is running for the North Carolina State House to continue [...]

Virginia Foxx visited the town of Troutman yesterday to honor the organizers of its 4th of July parade. The parade is unique because it has a special military theme each year to commemorate those who have fought for our country. Earlier this year Foxx gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives [...]

Who is the Democratic nominee for president this year? Is it Barack Obama or Barack Osama? We are not 100% sure and neither is the elections office in Rennsselaer County, New York. The absentee ballots that the office mailed out named Barack Osama and John McCain as the two presidential choices. Two election commissioners issued [...]

The Ayers Factor

An issue that has not been talked about much during the presidential campaign is Barack Obama’s questionable personal association with William Ayers. Ayers is a left-wing radical who co-founded a group known as the Weather Underground in 1969, which was a domestic terrorist group responsible for several bomb attacks and riots in the United States. [...]



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