tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:41:23 +0000Stepping right up and doing the right thinghttp://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)Blogger2412125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-3355201188792095339Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:37:00 +00002009-11-09T08:41:23.239-06:00When even the liberal newswriters at the Detroit News are pounding you, perhaps the liberals should start listening:The narrow margin that carried the Nancy Pelosi/Barack Obama health care bill to victory in the House late Saturday should inform the Senate as it finalizes its own plan.The bill passed 220-215 with one Republican siding with the majority and 39 mostly moderate and conservative http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/aRy2KMg1e1I/great-op-ed-from-detroit-news-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-op-ed-from-detroit-news-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-6046845256262222054Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:00 +00002009-11-07T08:49:04.198-06:00Pro LifeGovernor Sarah PalinI posted this early in the morning on Conservatives 4 Palin:First of all, let me start with how Governor Palin looked tonight. We all know that she is a beautiful woman, but that does not come close to describing how she looked. She was stunningly beautiful tonight. Maybe better than I have ever seen her look when I have seen her in person. She had on a two piece pink business suit on. Not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/sCOI7-KMw3M/gov-palin-in-wi-dont-let-anyone-tell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/gov-palin-in-wi-dont-let-anyone-tell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-3314020247795242251Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:00 +00002009-11-06T21:33:17.201-06:00Call your congressman, even if you think he will be voting "no" tomorrow on the health care garbage.Once you have done that, call the rest of the Wisconsin delegation also.Here is a list for the entire House. Call them all!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/5Flfyhf-ckQ/melt-phones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/melt-phones.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-5741054242777107182Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:38:00 +00002009-11-06T09:00:30.628-06:00Obama is busy dithering with healthcare reform, promising to spend trillions more on a program that will take more freedoms from the average American.I will be waiting to hear from President Obama today about his being all of Bush's fault.Of course, it has taken a few months for folks to figure that this is Obama's economy. President Obama and the Democrats bought this economy with a $787 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/VHn3civwhZM/obamas-economy-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/obamas-economy-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-2953905739510042202Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:00 +00002009-11-06T07:57:46.418-06:00After Obama's claim of saving and creating 1 million jobs with stimulus funds a week ago, today's unemployment numbers came out telling the real story.Massive jump in unemployment.10.2%!Crap, this is not good!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/uKesHpsZOdc/102.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/102.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-4667799661255837047Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:24:00 +00002009-11-06T01:04:49.600-06:00I have heard all kinds of blithering excuses. They are all crap.The soldier that did this was upset that other soldiers called him names. It was Bush's fault because he stressed out the military too much. It was Obama's fault because he had not pulled the troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan yet.All of that is crap. It is not Bush's fault. It is not Obama's fault. It is not his fellow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/B-hz9Nh3Nio/prayers-for-victims-and-families-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/prayers-for-victims-and-families-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-2439177372785822881Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-11-04T16:03:25.604-06:00These lies are not funny anymore.Obama admin claims to have saved 935 jobs at Southwest Georgia Community Action Council:President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there.508 people? Apparently if a person gets a raise with stimulus money, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/6Dyh59qHLgo/more-faked-numbers-by-obama-admin-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/more-faked-numbers-by-obama-admin-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-4454292505031533312Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-11-04T08:54:14.625-06:00All the rumors last week after Lawton dropped out of the governor's race was that Obama was coming to Wisconsin on Nov. 4th and the Dems might announce their big candidate for governor this week, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.Oh please, oh please...Let Tom Barrett stand with President Obama today and announce his run for governor! Of all the days, let today be the day!After the President got http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/C-cEx0L0WI0/obama-in-wisconsin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-in-wisconsin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-674400334146656566Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:00 +00002009-11-04T06:59:11.356-06:00Got up this morning and turned on the computer. The first article out of the gate was from CNN:Election not a referendum on ObamaSecond article out of the gate, NY-23 was a referendum on Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty.Oh good grief.Of course, Obama campaigned for both the NJ and VA governor's candidates and he is not the loser, right?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/EcQwRus-LQg/right-out-of-gate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/right-out-of-gate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-8848281905783684020Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:44:00 +00002009-11-04T02:23:05.103-06:00I mean pretty much everywhere.The liberal spending policies of President Obama were soundly rejected today.In Virginia, a state that went for Obama last year by a pretty big number last year, got wiped out. Republicans swept everything. McDonnell, a real conservative, clobbered his opponent. The Republicans also won all of the down ticket seats. For those 3 new Democrat members of Congress http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/OR7PNF4iNCw/obamas-grab-mop-political-strategy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/obamas-grab-mop-political-strategy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-5071738211453970962Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:24:00 +00002009-11-03T06:53:47.828-06:00Are today's election a referendum on President Obama?I am kind of with Dana Milbanks on this today...it depends on who you ask.Of course, if you ask President Obama and the Democrats in NJ, they are trying to sell the idea that it is a referendum on President Bush.All of those tax increases by Governor Corzine in NJ, making NJ one of the highest taxed states in America, were all Bush's fault. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/uPG8s-rWzwc/todays-elections-referendum-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/todays-elections-referendum-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-1296063510093718357Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:34:00 +00002009-11-03T05:34:00.585-06:00I know the reality has sunk in with a lot of people recently, but I guess I am confused why so many people fell for it.Last year, hundreds of stories were being highlighted by the mainstream media about all of the Republicans that supported Obama. Team Obama was on cloud 9.Today, the reality has hit. Barack Obama is not God. In Iowa:Interviews with voters across Iowa offer a window into how http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/3X7PvUlIE-s/obama-is-not-god.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-is-not-god.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-3336175009702664696Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:12:00 +00002009-11-03T00:19:28.570-06:00Apparently the Dems do not feel they can honestly win in New Jersey, so they have started paying for third party robocalls.Of course, the Dems denied it until they got caught, then called it an innocent mistake.The Democratic State Committee now admits paying for a robocall to Somerset County voters that slams Republican Chris Christie and promotes independent gubernatorial candidate Christopher http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/SOWbzoiOYVM/wow-dems-paying-for-third-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-dems-paying-for-third-party.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-5161439608324841213Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +00002009-11-02T11:09:26.289-06:00Hat tip: Kate Wagner, TwitterISLAMABAD – The emboldened Taliban movement in Afghanistan turned down an American offer of power-sharing in exchange for accepting the presence of foreign troops, Afghan government sources confirmed."US negotiators had offered the Taliban leadership through Mullah Wakil Ahmed Mutawakkil (former Taliban foreign minister) that if they accept the presence of NATO troopshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/gQskEEFQ3Rw/since-when-does-america-negotiate-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/since-when-does-america-negotiate-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-205562336891712890Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:36:00 +00002009-11-02T05:36:00.477-06:00Hey, it is not my idea of a good time, but there is someone out there suggesting it:David Harsanyi RealClearPoliticsThe King James version of the Bible runs more than 600 pages and is crammed with celestial regulations. Newton's Principia Mathematica distilled many of the rules of physics in a mere 974 pages.Neither have anything on Nancy Pelosi's new fiendishly entertaining health-care opus, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/wxcZDMlVU70/feel-like-getting-drunk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/feel-like-getting-drunk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-2801682410907440626Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:52:00 +00002009-11-01T17:59:25.291-06:00I heard this on Friday from Vicki McKenna.Stimulus money to be used on D-Backs, Rockies facility The Salt River Tribe will use federal stimulus money to help it build a $100 million Spring Training complex to house the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, who are planning to leave Tucson and move to the new facility in 2011.The Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community is due to receive http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/lqhjqMvd0GU/yes-professional-baseball-teams-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/yes-professional-baseball-teams-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-623507886182569729Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:34:00 +00002009-11-01T17:36:06.544-06:00Yes, we know Hillary. The US taxes everything...really that is no reason to brag!“Maybe that’s the case; maybe they’re not gettable. I don’t know... As far as we know, they are in Pakistan,” Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, AFP reported. “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world... We (the United States) tax everything that moves andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/RElEkacnfbQ/clinton-us-taxes-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/11/clinton-us-taxes-everything.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-5710832694166442566Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:27:00 +00002009-10-31T07:39:36.228-05:00Are you Taxed Enough Already? Well, there will be another TEA Party in the Milwaukee area on October 31st, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex at 60th & Ryan Rd. And don’t worry about the weather, it’s indoors. Franklin Fright Fest Haunted Tea Party Date October 31st, 2009Time 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMSponsor Wisconsin GrandSons of LibertyLocation Milwaukee http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/dhb4Ue_qWts/franklin-frightfest-tea-party-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/franklin-frightfest-tea-party-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-3797951755795416930Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:34:00 +00002009-10-31T07:26:06.887-05:00I am still attempting to figure it out. Nothing changed in the last two days that would cause the stock market to jump on Thursday and then crash on Friday.On Thursday, GDP showed growth at 3.5% for the last quarter. All that was government debt spending. The government went out and borrowed a bunch of money and spent freely. Truth be told, the GDP did not really grow during the last quarter, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/q_LYJvB9oH0/why-did-stocks-crash-yesterday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-did-stocks-crash-yesterday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-4042316108028403468Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:32:00 +00002009-10-30T13:40:16.705-05:00Apparently, when it comes to spinning, this administration is breaking records.The Obama Administration plans on telling America today the 650,000 jobs were created or saved by the stimulus.I cannot believe that the Obama administration would even be crazy enough to announce this.About 3 million jobs have been lost since the President and his liberal cohorts through America's future down the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/a5J5FpsxtW4/can-obama-administration-spin-anymore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/can-obama-administration-spin-anymore.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-2710497485456751525Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:52:00 +00002009-10-30T06:06:01.159-05:00It is not just the Washington Times investigating the Obama administration and their penchant for giving big donors cushy jobs; USA Today has begun investigating:WASHINGTON — More than 40% of President Obama's top-level fundraisers have secured posts in his administration, from key executive branch jobs to diplomatic postings in countries such as France, Spain and the Bahamas, a USA TODAY http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/XRZiHo6uEPQ/more-info-on-buying-your-way-into-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-info-on-buying-your-way-into-obama.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-7709838220833015932Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:58:00 +00002009-10-29T08:11:37.833-05:00A few weeks ago, liberals cheered when a report came out that about 30,000 jobs had been created or saved by stimulus dollars. Of course, these liberals shut down pretty quickly once they realized that Obama had promised 3.5 Million jobs and that 30,000 job number was a huge disappointment.The AP has done a check into those 30,000 to see if they were real. Turns out, even the 30,000 job number http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/03QrkEck9_s/stimulus-jobs-less-than-americans-were.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (K. Carpenter)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/stimulus-jobs-less-than-americans-were.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25751430.post-6850012827686894834Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:00 +00002009-10-28T16:15:00.783-05:00Rep. RyanObamacarehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SteppingRightUp/~3/ZiPpEi-A6XQ/rep-paul-ryan-on-increases-in-health.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GOPgal)0http://steppingrightup.blogspot.com/2009/10/rep-paul-ryan-on-increases-in-health.html