PORKBUSTERS UPDATE: Citizens Against Government Waste praises the new earmark moratorium : “CCAGW supports this step on the journey toward the complete elimination of congressional earmarks,” said CCAGW President Tom Schatz. “Over the last three years, under intense pressure from taxpayers, member of Congress have been ratcheting down their earmarks and the earth has not stopped rotating on its axis. With each reduction, members confirm what CCAGW and other taxpayer groups have been saying all along: Historically, Congress has not had to earmark in order to do the taxpayers’ business and that Congress can, and should, live without earmarks.” In fact, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week called for a one-year moratorium on all earmarks but has not made any specific proposal to implement her plan.

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A GOOD QUESTION: Will Congress dock its pay for the first time since the Great Depression?

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USA TODAY: House ethics enforcers leave Congress mired in the muck.

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SALESMANSHIP: A new healthcare approach — “the Slaughter solution.” If they actually pass it without a House vote, opponents will deem the bill illegitimate, and Congress along with it. Imagine if Bush had tried to pass the war resolution this way, or the Patriot Act. . .

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SALESMANSHIP: A new healthcare approach — “the Slaughter solution.” If they actually pass it with…

BETTER LIVING THROUGH LOOTING: Six of the ten richest counties in America are in the D.C area. Obviously, we should move Congress to Detroit

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There is comfort in Robert's speaking out. It's going to take incredibly brave men to speak out in the age of Obama. America is doing it and is summarily ignored.

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U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts: "I think the process is broken down,"

ANN ALTHOUSE ON GROPEGATE: “Groping.” There’s a loaded word. Can we have some details? Are the Democrats really policing their own?

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Let's take a moment out for prayers and to remember the survivors of the Nigerian Christians slaughtered yesterday.

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Nigeria: 200 dead as machete-wielding Muslims attack Christians

More of that ” mutual respect” coming from the Islamic world.

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Turkish PM Erdogan: ‘Rachel’s Tomb was never Jewish’

TAKING THE “TOWN HALL” PROTESTS TO DC: “If members of Congress won’t come to their constituents, their constituents will come to them.” Plus, Ohio Tea Party folks going after their Congressional delegation.

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TAKING THE “TOWN HALL” PROTESTS TO DC: “If members of Congress won’t come to their constituents, th…