Taking this day off to spend with the family and to reflect on the greatness of this country, our history, and the future this administration is leading us too!  I’ll be back tomorrow. Happy 4th of July God Bless America Words and music by Irving Berlin “While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. “ God Bless America, Land ... Read Full Story

Well, that was a very short-lived contest! I received many responses, but, only 10 could win - well, actually, 11 won. I bought 11 copies of Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: A Case Against an Out-of-Control Government inspired by Thomas Paine with the intention that I would keep a personal copy. Well, I decided that in the spirit of the contest I am passing my personal copy along. First up - the winners of the contest. For those winners that have a blog - if they are not already on my... Read Full Story

That’s right folks, we have our winners!  I will be posting them up later.  In fact, we actually had 11 winners.  In the spirit of the intent of receiving this book - to pass it on - I have decided to pass my personal copy to the 11th winner.  Lucky him! If you were one of the people who played and did not win - you can still order your own copy: Make sure you come back later to see who the winners were and to see an appropriate response to the contest question. Read Full Story

Well, here it is! This is an opportunity for you to get your free copy of Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against An Out-of-Control Government. I only bought 10 books - so - the first 10 people to respond correctly to this common sense question will receive them. I have turned off the comments to this post so as not to give anybody ideas. To respond - send an e-mail to commonsensecontest AT gmail DOT com. There is a catch to this contest - once you have read the book - YOU MU... Read Full Story

This is a re-post from My Journey, a Personal Finance Blogger, who sometimes feels the need to voice his poltical views. Whether or not you agree with his views you should check out his site, My Journey to Millions,or subscribe to his Feed. ___________________________________________________________________________ Despite writing a personal finance blog, I enjoy chatting up politics and I think I have been very open about my political views, which are basically libertarian in nature. I g... Read Full Story

Wow, I think it’s been close to a year since I last had a guest post on here.  I haven’t been actively looking - but - I may consider starting that up again.  Coming very soon - a guest post from My Journey To Millions.  He has submitted semi-political related articles to my Carnival in the past.  He is a finance lawyer up in NY and his posts are primarily finance related.  However, he has a great politics related article that he’s just burning to get off his chest. This ... Read Full Story

Funny, maybe not, this seems to have slipped past the regular media - AGAIN As White House Readies Abortion Plan, Packaging Emerges as Major Issue By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country As the White House readies its plan for finding “common ground” on reproductive health issues and reducing the need for abortion, a major debate has emerged over how to package the plan’s two major components: preventing unwanted pregnancies and reducing the need for abortion. Many abortion r... Read Full Story

See - and you guys on the left thought Obama was all for the middle-class and the little people Axelrod: Obama Won’t Rule Out Middle-Class Tax Hike I think what I like best about this particular article is that it comes from ABC - you know - All Barack Central - the one’s who so graciously turned over their entire day of programming to Obama.  I have a feeling that ABC actually thinks this is a good idea and that is why the covered this story - cuz - it sure isn’t becaus... Read Full Story

I’ve noticed that my blogroll has grown considerably within the past few weeks. I’ve come across some really good blogs in my travel - many I found through Twitter. So - I have decided that once a month - sometime at the end of the month after it has grown some more - I will have a Blogroll appreciation day - The idea is to provide some link love to those blogs that I liked enough to put on my blogroll - but - because it is on a separate page - may not get the notice they des... Read Full Story

Quite the week we’ve had so far! Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and now Billy Mays all dead.  Unfreakin’ believable!  I wish piece of shit crap and tax bill would have died as well!  Anyway - after a two week hiatus - The BoBo Carnival of Politics is back with another great edition.  Have at it people! Conservative The Smarter Wallet presents Dave Ramsey’s Town Hall For Hope posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “How does Dave Ramsey explain the financi... Read Full Story