As ratings plummet for liberal media news sources ratings are rocketing for those deemed conservative sources by the liberal media sources: Evening News Ratings are down 1 million viewers a night since 06-07 season and may be at their worst viewership ever.
Cable News Ratings: Of those watching news on cable Fox News shreds apart their competition.
Public opinion in accuracy of news stories are at a 20 year low but Values Voter News has a suggestion
Evening News Ratings for Big three networks continues to plummet. Now down 25% since January 26 Obama's nomination.
Media ignoring soaring conservative talk show host ratings in liberal areas and conservative book selling over 1 million in top 10 for 24 weeks

Congressman Lamar Smith of the Media Fairness Caucus speech on the floor recently concerning recent Gallup poll which you can find video and links to at Gallup poll and video: Only 19% of Independents, 20% of Democrats and 8% of Republicans say news media is "too conservative"



Lamar Smith on the New York Times and liberal media bias



Here is but one more example from AP at CNSNews.com of the newspaper industry failing as the only successful story is the Wall Street Journal which conservatives would favor over the New York Times any day because of bias

Newspaper Circulation Falling Fast, Down 10.6 Percent

New York (AP) - The decline in U.S. newspaper circulation is accelerating as the industry struggles with defections to the Internet and tumbling ad revenue.

Figures released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that average daily circulation dropped 10.6 percent in the April-September period from the same six-month span in 2008. That was greater than the 7.1 percent decline in the October 2008-March 2009 period and the 4.6 percent drop in the April-September period of 2008.

Sunday circulation fell 7.5 percent in the latest six-month span.

As expected, The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling newspaper in the United States. The Journal's average Monday-Friday circulation edged up 0.6 percent to 2.02 million -- making it the only daily newspaper in the top 25 to see an increase.

USA Today saw its worst decline ever, dropping more than 17 percent to 1.90 million. The newspaper has blamed reductions in travel for much of the circulation shortfall, because many of its single-copy sales come in airports and hotels.

The New York Times stayed in third place at 927,851, down 7.3 percent from the same period of 2008.

Newspaper sales have been declining since the early 1990s, but the drop has accelerated in recent years. Part of this is because newspapers stopped serving harder-to-reach areas and limited circulation to their core regions.

In many cases, people simply aren't buying print copies as much as they used to, given the abundance of free news on the Internet, often from the newspapers themselves. This has prompted newspapers to consider charging fees for Web access, but it could prove difficult to persuade people to pay for something they are used to getting for free.

Newsday, a Long Island daily, said last week it plans to start charging people who don't subscribe to its print edition $5 a week for access to its Web site. Newsday's circulation dropped 5.4 percent in the latest reporting period, to 357,124.

Of the top 25 dailies, the San Francisco Chronicle saw the worst circulation decline, falling 25.8 percent to 251,782. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., and The Dallas Morning News both fell 22.2 percent.

Of all the newspapers with a paid circulation of more than 50,000, the York Daily Record in Pennsylvania saw the biggest increase -- rising 16.5 percent to 55,370.

The figures from the circulation bureau compare 379 newspapers that had reported daily average sales for both the current and year-ago periods. The Sunday figure, meanwhile, compares 562 newspapers.

The closures of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and other printed newspapers aren't reflected in the total decline. (And in many cases, subscriptions were transferred to each city's other major newspaper). The total also excludes many smaller newspapers because of rule changes that make direct comparisons impossible."

Update 10/27/2009 Public Option Puts Obamacare In Critical Condition - Very interesting article as to how this may or may not work out.

Related: Michael Moore on video: "If a true public option is enacted - and Obama knows this - it will eventually bring about a singly payer system"



The issue of health care is being debated in the senate today. Watch what has already been argued here at CSPAN. And depending on when you are reading this post watch it live here.

60 Minutes just did an expose on Medicare see Breaking News: NBC and CBS actually air shows that are sympathetic to Pro-lifers and expose Government waste in Government ran Medicare-"The exposé, "Medicare fraud: A $60 billion crime," investigated what "has become one of, if not the most profitable, crimes in America... push[ing] aside cocaine as the major criminal enterprise." and also see $63 million in Medicaid fraud in 5 states alone GAO finds.

So government has been unable to cut fraud in both Medicare and Medicaid and now liberals want us to believe that a public option will be properly managed by government to reduce costs. Would an investor invest his hard earned money into a company that has as much deficit, fraud and waste as our government has? Hardly. So why are we tagged racists when we ask questions like: why should tax payers be forced to invest in further government deficit, fraud and waste at our hard earned money's expense?

Government solutions tend to leave the whole nation in debt, deficit, fraud and waste all at our expense!!! For more on that see how our government corrupted the mortgage market and one of the major reasons why we are in the economic state our country is in at: Obama administration admitting that Fannie and Freddie were a "core part" of the country's financial woes and CSPAN Video of Geithner admitting that the perceived government safety net of financial institutions distorted the free market

This video applies here with over 2 million hits in 2 months:



Daniel Hannan from the UK on Health Care



Europe with their recent elections has turned back from liberal politics and I am sure it has nothing to do with race nor hate there either. See 2.5 million YouTube hit back in March and notice the prediction at the end and then see: First Canada, then UK and EU, then Japan and now Germany's recent elections give another all time worst blow to liberal politicians

Excellent!!! Get to the end it's only a minute...



Congressman Lamar Smith on the media skewed polling on public opinion of the public option



Congressman Lamar Smith and Dan Lungren. For Lungren it is at about 2:30 into the video

Wow!!! Impressive. Unbelievable. Shocked. Don't know what to say. NBC and CBS must be praised for their two recent episodes. Give credit where credit is due.

Before getting to those recent episodes which there are videos of below OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com reports,

"The Washington News Bureau chiefs of NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN all joined in OPPOSING the White House’s attempt to ban FOX NEWS from interviewing "pay czar" Ken Feinburg.

This is a good thing. Kudos to those 4 Bureau Chiefs!

And this quote from the NEW YORK TIMES!…

"Later that week, White House officials said, they noticed a column by Clark Hoyt, the public editor of The Times, in which Jill Abramson, one of the paper’s two managing editors, described her newsroom’s “insufficient tuned-in-ness to the issues that are dominating Fox News and talk radio.” The Washington Post’s executive editor, Marcus Brauchli, had already expressed similar concerns about his newsroom.

White House officials said comments like those had focused them on a need to make their case that Fox had an ideological bent undercutting its legitimacy as a news organization."

Here is video report from Fox News on White House's recent attacks of Fox News



The below episodes come just after the Big Media protest that occurred on 10/17/2009. Now I would guess that these episodes were probably produced before the protest but none the less maybe they are listening and if they are and even if they are not then the credit that this post gives them is due them either way for these stories.

CBS with a 60 Minutes show titled "Medicare fraud: A $60 billion crime," and then NBC with a positive pro-life slant as woman in court describes a gruesome abortion on Law and Order show titled "Dignity". Also, see $63 million in Medicaid fraud in 5 states alone GAO finds

CBS with 60 minutes as reported at JillStanek.com exposed Medicare fraud and asks "can gov't "manage a medical bureaucracy"?

"Will the Obama administration now place CBS in timeout next to Fox until they both learn to propagandize properly?

A 60 Minutes story last night did the liberal thrust for nationalized healthcare no favors.

The exposé, "Medicare fraud: A $60 billion crime," investigated what "has become one of, if not the most profitable, crimes in America... push[ing] aside cocaine as the major criminal enterprise."

I knew there was fraud in the Medicare/Medicaid system, but I had no idea of the magnitude.

I was surprised this led correspondent Steve Kroft to the obvious point, "This story may raise your blood pressure, along with some troubling questions about our government's ability to manage a medical bureaucracy." Bingo.

About the 60 Minutes segment, Jim Kouri, a VP of the National Association of Chiefs of Police wrote on Examiner.com:

[F]inally a major news organization was asking the right questions regarding the current epidemic of fraud and abuse within the government health care bureaucracy which is a preview of what can be expected once the federal government takes control of Americans' overall health care.... [O]ne can only imagine the amount of corruption that will occur....

Here's the piece...

Watch CBS News Videos Online

60 Minutes tried to portray the Obama administration favorably. Attorney General Eric Holder said they had earmarked $200 million to the Medicare fraud division in the stimulus package.

Two problems there. #1, the corruption appears too massive:

But Tony, who has just begun serving his 12 year prison sentence, says there's no shortage of people in Miami waiting to take his place.

Asked how many people in Miami were doing this, Tony said, "I'd say at least 2,000 people. At least 2,000, 3,000 companies."

He estimated that less than 5% of these companies were legitimate.

And that's just Miami. #2: Government bureaucratic intervention will only encourage crooks to become more sophisticated while punishing legitimate companies - and increase the bureaucracy - by forcing them to fill out endlessly more paperwork.

Per MN Public Radio via Kaiser Health News:

Medicare fraud is difficult to find and prosecute without whistleblowers, says MN federal prosecutor Gerald Wilhelm. "'Medicare cases are often what I call the death of a thousand ankle bites,' Wilhelm said. 'Every bad claim is a dollar, but there are a billion bad claims so it's a billion dollars, and so to look at all of those claims is impossible.'" While some cases are obvious, "many cases fall into a gray area that mean second-guessing a physician's decisions." But "[t]he Medicare statute itself prohibits the government from interfering with the practice of medicine. Wilhelm said the question with Medicare is often whether a clinic billed the government for a more complex procedure than it performed or than the patient needed. He said it's like buying a Chevrolet and charging the government for a Cadillac."

And as much as MSM would like to portray Obama as the 1st Enlightened One to attain the presidency, not so fast. Kim Brandt, Medicare's director of program integrity, told Kroft, ""[O]ur primary focus over the past years has been to tighten our enrollment standards to make it so it's much harder for people like that to be able to get in the program, and to be able to commit that kind of fraud."

Well, that "primary focus" hasn't borne any antifraud fruit.

Brandt added, "Well, it really does come down to the size and scope of the Medicare program, and the resources that are dedicated to oversight and anti fraud work."

And the "size and scope" of nationalized healthcare would only be Medicaid on steroids."

And then Jill Stanek has this excellent blog concerning NBC's recent episode of Law and Order at Law & Order's abortion episode: Is pro-life the new gay?

"Unable to watch Friday night's "ripped from the headlines" Law & Order episode about the murder of an abortionist in church, I thought I'd view it on the Internet tonight.

Unfortunately, I found NBC does not air full episodes of L&O. I'll have to see if past shows are available on cable t.v.

Meanwhile, pro-life reviews have been favorable, including comments on the post I wrote giving a heads up on the episode. Here's a sample why, a longer clip made available by NBC, where a post-birth partial birth abortion (yes, that's right) is detailed...

Comments from the L&O site:

"This episode was one of the most- probably THE most- moving TV I've ever seen. I don't feel you can justify the Dr's. murder, you certainly can understand the emotions. I wish NBC would show FULL shows - not just highlights. I'd love to have the rest of my family."

"'Dignity' was the most powerful episode you have done. I am used to seeing pro-lifers marginalized and dismissed as narrow minded religious zealots. This was one of the most fair-minded and even-handed presentations of this critical and persistent legal and moral issue."

"Congratulations, NBC. This was a great, thought-provoking episode. Anybody who watched this show experienced new ideas and feelings about abortions, and specifically, late term abortions. The scene that moved me the most was Detective Bernard's statement about how his mother tried to terminate her pregnancy. Her actions, like abortion, would have robbed him of his life, a life of a good man & police officer. The answer is that there is no easy answer. Thanks L&O, we have lots to think about!"

Pro-abort reviews most interested me. Did NBC throw them bones, too, as I expected? Apparently not so much. Wrote Kate Harding at the liberal rag Salon...

On Friday night's Law & Order, the abortion debate was represented by 2 separate, yet equally important, groups: The anti-choicers, who believe fetuses' rights trump women's, and the pseudo-pro-choicers, who are conveniently persuaded to agree with them by the end of the episode.

That sound? It's my head exploding.

Kind of like a late-term baby being aborted, Kate? Not quite. Read Kate's review for descriptions of more surprising pro-life apologetics in the show, even on minor rape:

What's up? In a town bent on stirring controversy, does Hollywood now think the pro-life view is in, hot - the new gay?

Or perhaps NBC is trying to recoup lost mainstream viewers?

Or most likely, since L&O's previous 2 episodes dealing with abortion slanted way left, this was its attempt at balance?

Whatever, I'll take it."

Last Week In Review

Found chart to the left at Heritage Foundation's blog which is reposted at Values Voter News here: White House released the first hard numbers on how many jobs the stimulus package has created or saved at a cost of $533,000 per job and then see Creating jobs at tax payers expense is getting far to expensive, Video: Newspapers to be bailed out at tax payers expense? and Tax payers will now be bailing out the bus industry via stimulus package and Tax payers funding free golf carts? Private Jet, airports, unnecessary road sign advertisments for the stimulus package and now this. and Interior Secretary wants to take $96 million of tax payers money to move horses around and $63 million in Medicaid fraud in 5 states alone GAO finds

Headlines

CDC report shows that abortion and pregnancy rates dropped to historic lows from 1990-2005. Abortion rate by more than 1/3.

Values Voter News on Sundays tries to keep Sunday set apart for more spiritual posts. To keep in line with honoring the Lord one day in seven as He revealed in the 10 commandments remembering and honoring that He is our Creator and Saviour (Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:14-15 and John 1-21). Below is an example from this Sunday starting with Headliner Nick Vujicic

Take a tour around the world with Nick Vujicic on YouTube

Piper interviews Doug Wilson concerning new video documentary/debate over the existence of God

Video trailer: The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry in theaters now. Including interviews with Gavin MacLeod about movie.

Video: Get to know 40 Days for Lifers in Kentucky and Florida as 40 Days for Life in 31 days has been used to save 405 babies

Faith and Family at work in Thailand, Haiti, Indonesia and Michigan

Missing her left hip and leg Michele Perry has opened a home for 100+ orphaned children in the middle of warfare territory in Africa

Polls

Obama has the largest 2nd to 3rd quarter drop in approval ratings ever on the Gallup poll and other interesting polling stats

Videos

Liberal Media Bias

Americans For Prosperity asks its readers to compare Fox's Hannity show with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show

Excellent video interview of Andrew Breitbart of Breitbart.com that was intrumental in defunding ACORN on CSPAN and If they are going to ignore us let's start ignoring them by turning them off!!! 40 days for life protester assaulted by abortion advocate: no media.

Many videos of Operation Can You Hear Us Now? events and what is next?

2nd Amendment

Video: Guns Are Good

Economy

Local Video News report from New Hampshire on how well the stimulus package is working for their state. and White House released the first hard numbers on how many jobs the stimulus package has created or saved at a cost of $533,000 per job

Maker of IndoctrinateU has video comparing Obama merchandise sales when first in office to Obama merchandise sales now

Health Care

New Video exposing ObamaCare at tax payers expense funds abortions and so does the AP in a recent 10/09/2009 article

Breaking News: First Senate vote on ObamaCare fails big time.

Obama adviser speech in '07 describing what an honest democrat president would say about health care reform

Bill Watch

Excellent new GOP.COM video exposes broken promises of transparency by our current congress and president over Health Care Reform

Global Warming

Video: Professor of meteorology at MIT on panel answering questions concerning the subject of global warming after premiere screening of new movie

Pro-Life

Video" 1 million prolife protesters in Spain. CNN actually covers it but what about America's annual pro-life protests?

Excellent new pro-life video out of Europe for TV in 5 parts. Must view....

Religious Liberty

And yet another UK Council worker sacked for witnessing online to gay christian is labeled "homophobic"

Same Sex Marriage

Take a tour around the world with Nick Vujicic on YouTube

Jokes and Cartoons

Here lies....Best Epitaph

Remember: It ain't over till it's over

Elections

Signs that democrats are in trouble in '09 and '10 elections.

International

Africa

African Bishops lambast Western media for spreading "abuse, lies and hate or derogatory propaganda"

African bishops, "vigorously denounced the ideology and international programs which are imposed on African countries under false pretexts.."

Italy

Italy rejects "sexual oreintation" in hate crimes legistation arguing that it would produce an inequality

Spain

Video" 1 million prolife protesters in Spain. CNN actually covers it but what about America's annual pro-life protests?

UK

And yet another UK Council worker sacked for witnessing online to gay christian is labeled "homophobic"

LifeNews.com reports on what Big Media won't: British woman gives birth and dumps body at recycling plant and same thing in the US. Unbelievable.

British Doctor found guilty of poisoning lover to cause an abortion

BBCNews reports that Dutch MP won appeal in Britain and can now enter Britain.

Jamaica

Jamaican PM said Jamaica will not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power

Bill Watch

Last count shows 778 ear marks attached to Senate Defense Bill

Faith and Family Philanthropy vs Government volunteerism

Serve.org promoting volunteerism for ACORN which is scrubbed but now promotes volunteerism for Planned Parenthood to combat 40 days for life

Attorneys have donated $100 million worth of pro bonon litigation work toward the fight for religious liberity across the globe.

Faith and Family at work in Thailand, Haiti, Indonesia and Michigan

Pro-Life

Abortionist writes about her experience of dismembering one baby while feeling her own flutter in her womb

Our family had a chance to see The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry which Values Voter News highly recommends. Makes for a great family fun night to hit a theater with the whole family and get fed God's Word at the same time. We don't usually attend the theaters except in support of movies like these.

Movie is playing in theaters click here for showings and times. As soon as it is on DVD it will be available at Values Voter News Store powered by Amazon.com. For another good movie by same director with Gavin MacLeod as actor see Time Changer at Values Voter News Store but first watch trailer in 4th video below.

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry trailer.



Gavin MacLeod hollywood actor in movie gives a little of his testimony



Gavin MacLeod interviewed about movie on CCS



Trailer to Time Changer

God's work through Faith and Family around the world. Found these encouraging videos from CBNNews.com. See more at label Faith and Family Philanthropy

Thailand



Indonesia



Haiti



Michigan

"And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."-John 9:1-3

Nick's most recent interview that Values Voter News could find in 2 parts





Nick in the US on 60 minutes part 1 and 2





Nick in China Answers 2 questions





Nick in Colombia



Nick in Egypt part 1 and 2 and 3







Nick in Indonesian



Nick in Hong Kong



Nick in South Africa

But it's not all about the babies as you will watch. See Testimony of the very Roe of Roe v Wade after finding forgiveness in Christ for her sins. Once abortion activist now trying to reverse Roe v Wade

Jacksonville, FL



Lexington, KY



Louisville, KY

"Is Christianity Good for the Word?"-Documentary/debate between theist Douglas Wilson and atheist Christopher Hitchens.

“(Christianity) is a wicked cult, and it’s high time we left it behind.” - CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

"There are two tenets of atheism. One, there is no God. Two, I hate him." - PASTOR DOUGLAS WILSON

Values Voter News has been documenting evidence in the affirmative that Christianity is indeed good for the world at label Faith and Family Philanthropy. Purchase this new release at Values Voter News Store powered by Amazon.com. Also, see these two debaters in a different setting at a not so well produced YouTube setting Hitchens vs Wilson over the existence of God part 3, Video debate between Wilson and Hitchens over God's existence and Hitchens vs Wilson over the existence of God part 2

Trailer...



Interview of Douglas Wilson by John Piper...



John Piper to Obama...

Related: Sudan's "Machine Gun Preacher" has the only organization willing to risk entering the war zone for orphans and has saved 1000 so far...



Remarkable Story of Woman with One Leg Serving Sudanese Orphans

Love Has a Face by Michele Perry

Mascara, a Machete, and One Woman's Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan

Contact: Brett Benson, 952-829-2529, bbenson@bakerpublishinggroup.com

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- Termites for dinner. Bombs in the backyard. A nation torn by decades of war still on the brink. Can one life really make a difference?

Born without her left hip and leg, Michele Perry is no stranger to seeming impossibilities. So when she arrived in war-torn Southern Sudan--with little more than her faith in God's promises--she did what everyone told her was crazy: she opened a home for orphaned children in the middle of guerilla warfare territory and has now become "mama" to over one hundred little lives.

"How did I wind up here doing this?" asks Perry. "I began a journey. I said yes to a downward trail of humility to find His heart, to find what is really real. I prayed a dangerous prayer a little over a decade ago: Jesus, teach me how to love." And He did.

With a deft pen, she recounts unforgettable stories of life in the bush, stories that capture the reader with the stark realities of living in a war zone--and the power of God's love to transform them. "I am no super saint," says Perry. "There are moments a hot shower would be lovely, but it cannot compare to being in the middle of God's dreams."

Her own story is just as compelling as the ministry she is living. From working in the slums of India to finding her home in war-ravaged Africa, Michele's life has been a journey deeper into the supernatural power of God. A journey she eagerly invites readers to join.

"All journeys that really matter start deep inside us," says Perry. "Yet no matter where in the world we reside, it is this journey into God's heart that will lead us home."

Readers will be swept up in one woman's poignant, spellbinding, captivatingly honest journey of love and the glimpses of God's tender grace and mercy in the midst of a broken and hurting world.

"Perry's tender story may very well change your life. Embrace every word!" -- Beverly Lewis, New York Times bestselling author

"Michele Perry has captured the message of revival in her life and in her book. It is the message of love. The message of His heart." -- from the foreword by Heidi Baker, PhD, founding director of Iris Ministries, Inc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michele Perry is the founding field ministry coordinator for Iris Ministries in Southern Sudan under Rolland and Heidi Baker. Born without her left hip and leg, Michele was no stranger to seeming impossibilities--by the age of 13 alone she had undergone a total of 23 intensive surgeries. A native of Florida, she studied at Baylor and has previously served in Bangladesh, India, and the inner cities of the U.S. Michele is also an artist, photographer, and poet. She wrote most of Love Has a Face on an old computer by a kerosene lamp in a bullet-hole ridden shell of a building in Southern Sudan. Her writing was punctuated by the occasional AK-47 shot.

Watch a 5-minute greeting from Michele in Sudan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFDSSUyeBm0&feature=related

Michele will be available for interviews while she is speaking throughout the States from late October 2009 through Jan. 2010.

For interviews/book requests, contact:
bbenson@bakerpublishinggroup.com

For a possible tri-partisan solution for those who have access to cable news or for those who can access cable news see: Public opinion in accuracy of news stories are at a 20 year low but Values Voter News has a suggestion.

In a recent email from Americans For Prosperity

"Dear ...,

Ever noticed how the Left focuses on attacking us personally rather than engaging in honest debate on the issues?

Just last week I appeared on two very different shows: Sean Hannity's Great American Panel and Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show. Seeing how the debate went is instructive.

On Sean Hannity's show Wednesday night, we had a civil yet spirited discussion on issues of the day. Juan Williams, a Fox News contributor and PBS commentator (with whom I often disagree) made his points concisely and focused on genuine issues. Hannity, as moderator, led the discussion in a manner befitting a leading national media figure.



The next evening, Rachel Maddow's show was completely different. During a 10-minute segment with me, she flatly refused to discuss even for a moment the health care issue, which was supposed to be the topic.

Instead, she spent her time in a screeching, angry, at times irrational attack on Americans for Prosperity saying that activists like you are not real, that you're part of a big corporate front, etc. Her attacks on you echoed Speaker Pelosi calling you "un-American" for your grassroots involvement and Sen. Harry Reid calling you "evil-mongers" and others on the Left saying we incite "mob violence."

Maddow attacked the personal integrity of our Americans for Prosperity Foundation chairman, David Koch, and another of our board members, Art Pope. The spectacle was enlightening: On a national network, Maddow was viciously attacking two great Americans simply because they volunteer their time and give some of their money to support the cause of freedom. Somehow, she has forgotten to attack George Soros for giving tens of millions to liberal causes like MoveOn.org. When I called her on this hypocrisy, she had no answer.

Then, Maddow cast me as the bad guy. The most outlandish part was when she called me a "parasite feeding on the fears of Americans."



It's never fun being attacked. You and I both get frustrated when we see politicians and pundits denigrate Americans like us because we are in the arena fighting for our freedoms.

But, here's the encouraging part.

The Left is not debating us on the issues precisely because they know they're losing on this front.
Americans are agreeing with us that a Washington takeover of health care will mean medical treatments denied, longer lines, less choice and more taxes and more debt. ObamaCare is now supported by only 35% of the American people because our fellow citizens are hearing both sides and supporting our view that individual freedom, less government control, lower taxes and less debt is better than the Left's alternative.

So, that means folks like Rachel Maddow, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid, the big labor unions, and all their friends are going to drop the issues debate and focus their fire on discrediting us with personal attacks.

We should be encouraged by this turn of events. Their attacks mean we are winning with the American people."

Found this interesting read concerning this years off-year elections and the polls for next year's elections from CBNNews.com Dale Hurd.

This could explain why Democrats are pushing all they can get pushed through these next two years cause the road afterward looks bleak for them right now.

First, found this via below article by doing some searching that: "....Republicans have captured a total of six state legislative seats from Democrats in special elections this year. The other wins came in Delaware, Texas, New Hampshire and Virginia."-Boost for GOP at Washington Times. And then found these Rasmussen polling results showing Republicans in the lead since 06/28/2009 and the most recent polling results for the two races for governor in New Jersey where Republican leads by 2 points only because third party candidate has stepped in to take 11 points which would help the democrat to win (Update 10/30/2009 This third party may not exactly be taking votes away from the Democrat. This may be disputed and Values Voter News may have jumped the gun on that however, the Republican has gained a point as the third party drops two points since then) and in Virginia where the Republican has a healthy 7 point lead. Not to fail to mention that the House and Senate democrat majority leaders Reid and Pelosi are currently polling low for 2010 elections. Harry Reid Trails Republican Challengers in 2010 Election and Only 34% of Californians approve of Pelosi. And then this just released Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues.

Bad Signs for the Democrats - CBNNews.com

The Wall Street Journal’s Political Diary reports that “Republicans won a pair of special elections on Tuesday in Tennessee and Oklahoma, picking up seats held by Democrats for decades. Combined with this month's capture of the Albuquerque mayor's office by a Republican for the first time in 28 years, Democrats have reason to be nervous about the approaching November 3 off-year elections. Given their lackluster performance in these races, they could face serious turnout problems that will boost GOP performance."

One of the Democratic losers quoted in the piece blamed his defeat on the fact that "a lot of people based their opinions on national issues . . . the health care issue was the main one."

CBN News Political Editor John Waage tells me “The thing that's striking is that Republicans are winning seats that Democrats have held for decades. They're also winning with 56 percent of the vote. Too soon to say if it's a trend, but if it continues into November, next year is likely to be a "wave" election
Pundit George Will asked today, “Could a Wave Be Building?" Uh, do you think? Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, seeking a sixth term, has an approval rating of just 43 percent. Nevada's Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, is below 40. Some think Republican Mike Castle will win Joe Biden’s Delaware senate seat. In Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln trails all four of her Republican challengers. And Donald Lambro at the Washington Times thinks "even Mr. Obama's old Senate seat is at risk in heavily Democratic Illinois."
The congressional approval ratings for both parties are in the cellar. But on the question of which party Americans want to run congress, the Democratic lead has been trimmed from 9 percentage points to 3.
Waage says, “If the GOP candidates win in New Jersey and Virginia this November, and especially if Republicans make big gains in the New Jersey State Assembly, it's probably an indicator that voters are expressing their anger against the Dems' excesses.“
And the political ground could really shake next year.
Of course, if the Republican Party had somehow stayed true to the principles of limited government during the big spending Bush years, instead of turning into Fabian Socialists, next fall would be even more interesting. As it is, a lot of Americans now curse both parties."

Update to: New Hampshire releases its first formal tally of jobs saved with stimulus money. 796 is far from expected 16000 but not only that... where some possibly legitimate excuses were made for the low job creation. Now we are 2 months later and see local new video report below. Also, see recent post at White House released the first hard numbers on how many jobs the stimulus package has created or saved at a cost of $533,000 per job



Daniel Hannan explains why it didn't work in Europe and why liberal politicians in Europe are losing big time. See First Canada, then UK and EU, then Japan and now Germany's recent elections give another all time worst blow to liberal politicians. Values Voter News wonders if they are all racists in Europe since they have started to opposed bigger government.



Here is a very popular YouTube internet speech by Daniel Hannan before the European elections. Quite interesting. Get to the end.



And a debate over the issue of the stimulus package from non government funded CSPAN back before the stimulus package was passed.

Related: Geert Wilders in America advocating for an international First Amendment law

From BBCNews...

Dutch MP overturns UK entry ban

Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders has won an appeal against a Home Office decision barring his entry to the UK.

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruling overturns a government decision that led to Mr Wilders being turned back at Heathrow in February.

The Freedom Party leader, who has been accused of Islamophobia, planned a UK visit next week, his solicitor said.

The Home Office said it was disappointed, and would decide in "due course" whether to fight the ruling.

A spokesman said: "We are disappointed by the court's decision. The government opposes extremism in all its forms.

"The decision to refuse Wilders admission was taken on the basis that his presence could have inflamed tensions between our communities and have led to inter-faith violence. We still maintain this view."

BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said that a further appeal by the Home Office or a new ban on different grounds were possible.

The Home Office will need Court of Appeal permission to keep the travel ban in place pending any appeal.

Mr Wilders faces trial in his own country for inciting hatred.

The refusal to admit him to the UK in February prompted "a very heated debate at the time", our correspondent added.

"There were people that said, 'Look, we don't like his views. His views may be unpleasant, they may be something we don't agree with - but he should be allowed in to express those views and show his film, and we can argue and debate with him.'

"There were others that said, 'It would actually inflame tensions. This is not the kind of person that we want to have.' That was very much the line that the government said at that time."

UKIP invite

Mr Wilders' lawyer, Tiki Emezie, said his client was "very happy" at the ruling, and would attend a meeting with the UK Independence Party's Lord Pearson in London next week.

In February, he had been invited by Lord Pearson to the House of Lords to show his controversial film Fitna, which caused outrage across the Muslim world when it was posted on the internet last year.

When he was refused entry, Mr Wilders told the BBC it was a "very sad day" for UK democracy.

"I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not protesting or running through the streets of London," he said.

"Democracy means differences and debate. It's a very sad day when the UK bans an elected parliamentarian."

Lord Pearson said it was a "matter of free speech", telling the BBC: "We are going to show it anyway because we think MPs and peers should see this film."

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LifeNews.com has three shocking stories below from Britain and the US of woman who have dumped their babies off at a local recycling plant in Britain and a Rhode Islander who gives birth to a daughter and leaves the baby to die in a field and a Honduran who leaves baby to die in brush near the nation's capital.

"Lincolnshire, England (LifeNews.com) -- A British woman is making international headlines for giving birth to a baby boy and dumping his body at a local recycling plant. Police officials are currently trying to identify the baby's mother, who wrapped her newborn son in a black bin liner on a conveyor belt at the Greenstar Recycling Plant.

A worker at the plant discovered the body of the infant, who was no more than two or three days old at the time his mother discarded him.

The worker was searching for glass in piles of rubbish when he discovered the boy's body.

"At this stage we are investigating the death of a baby who was probably no more than two or three days old," detective Stuart Gibbon told the London Telegraph newspaper today.

Gibson indicated the boy's mother likely gave birth without any medical help...."-British Woman Gives Birth to Baby and Dumps Body at Local Recycling Plant

And in the US...

"How can anyone ignore the irony in this awful story reported in the Washington Post yesterday?

A young woman walks out into a field with a pink towel, scissors, and a plastic bag, gives birth to a daughter, cuts the umbilical cord and leaves the baby to die.

Of course she could have had an abortionist legally kill the child....."-Woman Leaves Baby to Die in Bag, Gets 13 Years; Abortion Prompts Infanticide

And back in 2008 a baby girl was found in the brush near the nation's capital who was found dead.

"Prosecution in Case of Baby Abandonment Highlights Contradiction in Nation's Laws
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When workers cleared acres of brush near the nation's capital in 2008, the last thing they expected to find was a tiny baby girl. She'd been born just hours earlier to a depressed Honduran woman who was afraid to let anyone know that she'd been raped. By the time the field crew took the newborn to Children's National Medical Center, she was already dead. Wendy Villatoro sat for sentencing last week where her attorney painted a tragic picture of a sexually abused woman trying to provide for her two sons back home. After hearing the evidence, Circuit Judge Cathy Serrette said, "Leaving the baby to die certainly merits punishment. At the same time, [it looks like] you've pretty much been punished your whole life." Serrette sentenced Villatoro to 13 years in prison. Family Research Council president Tony Perkins had this to say in response: "Hers is a tragic story--not only because this mother was violently raped and chose to abandon her baby, but also because it shows the incredible contradiction of our country's laws. Had this baby been aborted in the womb, our laws would have protected Wendy's 'right to kill' her unborn child. But by virtue of entering the world for just a few hours, our courts suddenly recognized that this little girl's life has meaning and significance." During oral arguments, Assistant State's Attorney Renee Battle-Brooks said, "Just because the baby was the product of rape... That doesn't make [her] life any less valuable." Perkins added: "Nor, would I add, is a baby any less valuable if you carry her in your stomach rather than in your arms. If only this hurting mother had known about the options available to her through the country's pregnancy resource centers. Instead of leaving the baby to die, she could have been supported by loving volunteers who would have helped to find the child an adoptive home."

Jamaican PM: new constitution should ban gay marriage

KINGSTON — Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country's parliament would not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power.

"I make no apology in saying decisively and emphatically that the government of Jamaica remains irrevocably opposed to the recognition, legitimization or acceptance of same-sex marriages or same-sex unions," Golding said on Tuesday.

The prime minister was opening parliamentary debate on a major proposed amendment to the constitution which would lay out the scope of rights and freedoms for Jamaicans.

The provision, known as the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, has been under consideration for several years in the island nation.

"There is the possibility that sometime in the future parliament could pass a law that says same-sex unions are legal but it won't be done in this parliament. Not as long as I sit here."

Golding, who in 2007 told the BBC he would not allow gays to sit in his cabinet, said he does not believe it is the business of government to "interfere in what two consenting adults chose to do within their own protected privacy.

But he stressed "I will not accept it that homosexuality must be accepted as a legitimate form of behavior or the equivalent of marriage."

He acknowledged to parliament that his stance could prompt the "aggressive" international gay-rights lobby to continue attempts to discourage tourists and investors from traveling to Jamaica.

"But we remain steadfast in our determination that the values and culture must be protected and preserved," Golding said.

Jamaica's constitution affirms the right to freedom of association, but the country has experienced recent antipathy towards gays and gay rights groups, according to Human Rights Watch.

Earlier this year the rights group wrote the prime minister urging action to stem endemic violence against gays, bisexuals and transgender people in Jamaica and calling for Golding to condemn a member of his Jamaica Labor Party who called for tightening of laws against homosexual conduct.

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Interesting comments from Dan Gainor (VP of Media Research Center's Business and Culture). Quite a conflict in interest if you ask Values Voter News.



New Columbia J-School Report Advocates Government Support for News Media

Bemoaning the decline in advertising for newspapers, two leading media figures, in a report from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, the bastion of establishment liberal journalism, call for taxpayer spending on the news media, advocating that public radio and television be “substantially reoriented” to “provide significant local news reporting” and for the creation of a “a national Fund for Local News” paid by “fees the Federal Communications Commission collects from or could impose on telecom users, broadcast licensees or Internet service providers.”

In a Monday op-ed, “Finding a new model for news reporting,” former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson, a professor of communication at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, previewed a “comprehensive report commissioned by” the school, “The Reconstruction of American Journalism,” which was to be posted Tuesday (PDF version) but was put up late this morning on the site of the school's magazine. Echoing the rationale for ObamaCare, the duo contended the fate of the legacy media is a governmental responsibility:

American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public education, health care, scientific advancement and cultural preservation, through varying combinations of philanthropy, subsidy and government policy. It may not be essential to save or promote any particular news medium, including print newspapers. What is paramount is preserving independent, original, credible reporting, whether or not it is profitable, and regardless of the medium in which it appears.

Amongst their proposals, which would inevitably lead to more liberal output from the journalists matching the interests of government bureaucrats and political appointees:

♦ The Internal Revenue Service or Congress should clarify tax regulations to explicitly allow new or existing local news organizations to operate as nonprofit or low-profit entities, allowing them to receive tax-deductible donations, along with advertising revenue and other income.

♦ Public radio and television should be substantially reoriented, through action by and reform of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to provide significant local news reporting in every community served by public stations -- reporting that too few of them do now.

♦ A national Fund for Local News should be created with fees the Federal Communications Commission collects from or could impose on telecom users, broadcast licensees or Internet service providers. Grants should be made competitively by independent state Local News Fund Councils to local news organizations for innovations in local news reporting and ways to support it.

Downie, after 17 years at the helm of the Washington Post until September of 2008, is now a journalism professor at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Related, from the MRC's Business & Media Institute: “The Great Newspaper Bailout; Liberals, politicians, journalists want Uncle Sam to save news with your tax dollars.”

— Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center

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