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Saturday, 31 May 2014
Friday, 30 May 2014
On Thursday's Hannity, Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson appeared to discuss his speech at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The host suggested Robertson is a "preacher at heart." The A&E star explained that he views everything through a faith lens and finds himself dealing more with "spiritual warfare." The man behind the duck call described his life's mission as one based upon the "gospel of Jesus, Jesus died for the sins of the world." A simple message, Robertson believes. "God loves you, sent Jesus to die for you."
Phil Robertson on Hannity Slams Removing God and Ten Commandments From Our Psyche
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Rush Limbaugh went "On The Record" tonight, where he discussed the VA scandal and health care in the country. Limbaugh said that VA problems could likely be chronicled since the beginning of the VA. He said VA operations should be farmed out in part or entirely to the private sector. "If you want to know where we're headed as a country with health care, take a look at the VA because this is the course that's been charted if we don't change it," he said. Limbaugh also pointed out that when President Barack Obama was selling ObamaCare, he accused doctors of doing unnecessary surgeries to line their pockets. Now, Limbaugh said the same thing is happening within the VA.
Greta Van Susteren Rush Limbaugh Interview Live On The Record - Fox News - 5-27-14
The Dream - Music by Kanye West. Stepping on to the biggest stage in world football means your wildest dreams or worst nightmares can become a reality. Leo Messi and all players going to battle in Brazil have a choice to make -- all in or nothing.
The Dream: all in or nothing ft. Messi, Alves, Suárez, Özil, RVP and more -- FIFA World Cup
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Tuesday May 27th Texas is holding runoff elections to determine who will advance to the general election in November. We have links to Texas Election Results below:
Texas Secretary of State Election Results:
Houston Chronicle - Politics
Dallas Morning News - Politics
Ft Worth Star-Telegraph - Politics
Politico - Elections Section
Texas Secretary of State Election Results:
Houston Chronicle - Politics
Dallas Morning News - Politics
Ft Worth Star-Telegraph - Politics
Politico - Elections Section
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Today is Memorial Day, the day where we remember those Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for their country. If you can - please thank a Veteran for their service! Memorial Day is a time to reflect on all our fallen veterans. They served our Country let us pause this day to remember there service. We hope you enjoy these Memorial Day videos.
Memorial Day Tribute
Amazing Grace Memorial Day Tribute to the US Military
Memorial Day Tribute
Amazing Grace Memorial Day Tribute to the US Military
And now for some fun! Gene Simmons and the Kiss Band sing all four Service Songs and then close with "God Bless America". This video has gone viral and is well worth the 5 minutes.
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Friday, 23 May 2014
How about this for a wedding proposal!
Decided I wanted to marry my girlfriend after first date. Traveled to 26 countries during 4 years of dating to make this proposal video from around the world.
To answer a few common misconceptions: We met when we were in elementary school, but didn't date until college.
I paid for it on my own through working on the oil fields, being super thrifty and at times working multiple jobs. I learned to travel on an extreme $25/day budget. That's why I'm usually wearing gym clothes and rags.
We've been dating longer than many marriages last, and have seen each other at our best and worst, and our marriage will last and it will rock!
For those who might want future budget travelling trips and frugal ideas, follow me at @JackHyer on twitter! Maybe I can help you see as many places on a shoestring budget as I did
EPIC proposal from 26 countries, 4 years in the making
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Duck Dynasty star - Phil Robertson speaking at a Easter Service.
“I gave some guy one list” of sins, Robertson said, referring to Magary. “You say, ‘Were they made at you about that list?’ They were mad at me…Cause instead of acknowledging their sin, like you had better do, they railed against me for giving them the truth about their sins. Don’t deceive yourselves.”
“The news media didn’t even know it was a verse!” he said. “They thought I was just mouthing off. ‘Is homosexual behavior a sin?’ The guy asked me. I said, ‘Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived.’”
“Neither the sexually immoral, nor the idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes, nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves, nor greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God,” Roberts continued to applause. “I gave him the rest of the story.”
April 20, 2014 WFR 2nd Sermon - Phil Robertson
“I gave some guy one list” of sins, Robertson said, referring to Magary. “You say, ‘Were they made at you about that list?’ They were mad at me…Cause instead of acknowledging their sin, like you had better do, they railed against me for giving them the truth about their sins. Don’t deceive yourselves.”
“The news media didn’t even know it was a verse!” he said. “They thought I was just mouthing off. ‘Is homosexual behavior a sin?’ The guy asked me. I said, ‘Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived.’”
“Neither the sexually immoral, nor the idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes, nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves, nor greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God,” Roberts continued to applause. “I gave him the rest of the story.”
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
The government outlawed incandescent light bulbs on January 1st. However companies are allowed to sell out what stock they still have.
Amazon is still advertising and selling incandescent light bulbs. Get them while you can!
Amazon is still advertising and selling incandescent light bulbs. Get them while you can!
CANNES -- In a blockbuster new video, Project Veritas has exposed the truth about the dark funding behind Hollywood's anti-fracking messaging machine. New York Times Bestselling Author and Project Veritas founder and president James O'Keefe debuted the latest investigation at a "premiere" in Cannes, France on Wednesday.
Hollywood celebrities caught on hidden camera accepting money from "Middle Eastern oil interests"
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Tonight there are primaries being held in at least five states. Election Results are linked below:
Arkansas Election Results:
Arkansas Secretary of State Election Results
Georgia Election Results:
Georgia Secretary of State Election Results
Idaho Election Results:
Idaho Secretary of State Election Results
Kentucky Election Results:
Kentucky Secretary of State Election Results
Oregon Election Results
Oregon Secretary of State Election Results
Arkansas Election Results:
Arkansas Secretary of State Election Results
Georgia Election Results:
Georgia Secretary of State Election Results
Idaho Election Results:
Idaho Secretary of State Election Results
Kentucky Election Results:
Kentucky Secretary of State Election Results
Oregon Election Results
Oregon Secretary of State Election Results
Monday, 19 May 2014
VA Wait List Scandal Update - President Barack Obama has not addressed the widening VA scandal, despite allegations that more than 100 veterans have died waiting for treatment. CBS News obtained memos that indicate the president’s advisers were warned about the problem in 2008, months before Obama took office. Major Garrett reports.
Incoming Obama administration was warned of VA wait lists in 2008
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Saturday, 17 May 2014
We have covered Dr Ben Carson numerous times on Common Cents. His latest editorial is "Unfit for Office" is amazing:
The recent escalating arguments over whether there should be further congressional hearings on Benghazi are troubling. The fact that there are substantial numbers of people who feel that there is nothing more to investigate when four American lives were lost and no one has answered for this crime provides an indication of how far our sense of justice has slipped.Read the rest of Ben Carson's editorial here.
This should not be a partisan issue, because the implications of ignoring or prevaricating about the underlying mistakes will have far-reaching consequences. The United States has diplomatic establishments throughout the world, and if they can be attacked without consequences, it greatly diminishes our influence despite any protestations to the contrary. What does it say about our judgment if we have diplomatic establishments for which we make inadequate provisions for protection? This is especially disturbing because it was revealed that requests by the diplomatic facility in Benghazi for more protection were refused. There had been attacks on the facility not long before the fatal attack, and hostile actions had been taken against the British, which they were wise enough to react to appropriately.
Even more confounding was the decision to abandon our personnel at the facility because someone decided that our military forces could not reach them in time to effect a rescue. How could such a decision be made when no one knew how long the hostile action would last?
When our top officials make decisions to abandon our own people because they feel the situation is hopeless, they also abandon the concept of American exceptionalism and create doubt in the minds of all future military participants about the intention of their superiors to expend maximum effort to preserve their lives when they have sacrificed everything for our nation.
Making mistakes is part of being human, but the ever-increasing deception that is necessary to cover those mistakes when honesty is abandoned is evil. Those willing to ignore evil for political reasons should question their fitness for leadership of our nation. In this case, a blatant falsehood was promoted — namely that the Obama administration had international terrorist activity directed at America under control and that the Benghazi incident was a spontaneous action resulting from the outrage of locals who had viewed an offensive anti-Islamic video. Undue importance was placed on promoting an image of U.S. strength during the weeks immediately preceding the presidential election of 2012.
Again, I must emphasize that if we, the American people, the American press, and the American political class, participate in the cover-up or ignore such an important story, we contribute to the demise of honesty and truth as pillars of our governing structure. In the book of Proverbs, King Solomon put it this way: “If a ruler listens to lies, those who serve him will be wicked.”
We also should be concerned about the attempt by some to ignore or downgrade the significance of the Internal Revenue Service scandal. The fact that something this contrary to the concept of freedom can happen in a country based on constitutional values and be characterized as a “phony scandal” by people who supposedly have the best interests of this country at heart again points to the danger of placing partisan politics above truth and honesty.
Friday, 16 May 2014
and is likely headed to the West Virginia House of Delegates. Saira Blair won the West Virginia GOP Primary by running on a Pro Life, Pro Family Pro Gun positive campaign. Good for you Saira!
A teenager is on the verge of becoming the youngest lawmaker in West Virginia’s history just a week before graduating high school after running on pro-life, pro-gun platform.
- Girl, 17, on verge of becoming youngest lawmaker in West Virginia’s history just a week before graduating high school after running on pro-life, pro-gun platform
- Saira Blair, 17, unseated a West Virginia lawmaker almost four times her age
- Now one election away from becoming the youngest state lawmaker
Saira Blair, 17, was barely old enough to vote when she unseated a West Virginia lawmaker almost four times her age.
After Tuesday's GOP primary, she is now one election away from becoming the youngest state lawmaker in West Virginia history - Larry Swan, sworn in as a 20-year-old delegate in 1972, set the current record.
Saira Blair, 17, was barely old enough to vote when she unseated a West Virginia lawmaker almost four times her age
Blair's birthday is in July, so she would just meet the 1
8-year-old minimum age for West Virginia House of Delegates members.
Seventeen-year-olds who will turn 18 by the November election can vote in West Virginia's primary.Soft-spoken and on-message, Blair is a churchgoer who says she is pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun rights and pro-business.Saira and mother. After Tuesday's GOP primary, she is now one election away from becoming the youngest state lawmaker in West Virginia history - Larry Swan, sworn in as a 20-year-old delegate in 1972, set the current record
She can rattle off a laundry list of businesses taxes she wants abolished or lowered.'People saw that you don't need to wait until you are 40, 50 or 60 to realize our conservative principles are beneficial to everyone,' the Martinsburg teen said of her primary win.Blair also has family experience on her side.Her electrician father, Craig Blair, is a state senator who once held the House seat she is seeking.The teenager has more on her mind than stump speeches.She graduates from Hedgesville High School next Wednesday.
Then she'll head to West Virginia University in the fall to pursue economics and Spanish degrees. She says finance is her field of choice.
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Nebraska Primary Election Results:
Nebraska Secretary of State Election Results:
Lancaster County Election Results:
Journal Star Election Results and Sample Ballot
Real Clear Politics Election Results
West Virginia Election Results
West Virginia Secretary of State Election Results
WV Gazette Politics
Charleston Daily Mail Politics
Real Clear Politics Election Results
Monday, 12 May 2014
Via CNN and Anderson Cooper - Donald Sterling is doing much more than just apologizing in his exclusive interview with Anderson Cooper. The L.A. Clippers owner is speaking out publicly for the first time since recordings of his racist remarks led to a lifetime ban from the NBA.
FULL- Donald Sterling Exclusive Interview with CNN Anderson Cooper (Final)
A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed. We covered this store here earlier. Alternate headline - War on Women Update.
NEW: Nigeria girls 'shown' in Boko Haram video - BBC News
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Fox News Video - George Will and Brit Hume mocked the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, a piece of Twitter activism intended to increase pressure on the Nigerian government and international community to more actively seek the return of over 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
George Will, Brit Hume Blast #BringBackOurGirls: 'Exercise in Self-Esteem'
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Amazing! Watch as this hero African American Republican confronts this Democrat who is running for Governor of Wisconsin. This knucklehead Governor Candidate is actually wearing a Confederate Uniform. As we all know the Democrat Party is the Party of the Klu Klux Klan and the Democrat Party supported Slavery and Segregation. Learn more here and here.
Democrat Candidate for Governor Confronted by Black Republican for Calling GOP Racist
Friday, 9 May 2014
In this May 8, 2014, excerpt from Mark Levin's radio show, he assails GOP establishment leaders like McConnell, Boehner, and Rove, reminding us all how they have lost election after election with their moderate candidates, how they have attacked Tea Party conservatives, how they have blamed those conservatives for their minority status in the Senate, and how they have forgotten how they won the House in 2010.
Mark Levin Assails GOP Bosses, Praises Tea Party Conservatives
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Watch Live - NFL.com is Live Streaming the NFL 2014 Draft Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Live Streaming NFL Draft 7:50 EST Thursday
Live Streaming NFL Draft 6:50 ET Friday
Live Streaming NFL Draft 1200 ET Saturday
Live Streaming NFL Draft 7:50 EST Thursday
Live Streaming NFL Draft 6:50 ET Friday
Live Streaming NFL Draft 1200 ET Saturday
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
A Bi-Partisan House has just voted in favor of holding former IRS Commisioner Lois Lehner in Contempt of Congress!
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the agency’s targeting of conservative groups.
The House voted 231-187 for a resolution holding Lerner in contempt. All the Republicans voted yes, along with six Democrats.
Lerner’s case will now be sent to the Justice Department, which then must decide whether to essentially prosecute Lerner in the case.
Minutes after the Lerner vote, the House passed a resolution asking the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to probe the IRS by a vote of 250-168. (26 Democrats voting in favor)
Rep. Jim Jordan on Lois Lerner contempt of Congress vote
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