Victory! Republicans Blocked Global Warming Bill
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Senate Republican Conservatives on Friday blocked a global warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases, after a bitter debate over its economic costs and whether it would substantially raise gasoline and other energy prices. The bill would have capped carbon dioxide coming from power plants, refineries and factories, with a target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 71 percent by mid-century. "It's a huge tax increase," argued Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a prominent coal-producing state. He maintained that the proposed system of allowing widespread trading of carbon emissions allowances would produce "the largest restructuring of the American economy since the New Deal." Both presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, were absent, although supporters of the bill said they had sent letters advising they would have voted for the bill!

Congressional Records Released by Pro-Growth Group
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Club for Growth conducted a comprehensive examination of each lawmaker's record on pro-growth policies and computed an Economic Growth Score on a scale of 0 to 100. A score of 100 indicates the highest support for pro-growth policies. Those lawmakers scoring 90 or higher receive the Defender of Economic Freedom award. Local congressmen’s scores were Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) 80%, Jerry Moran (R-KS) 45%, Dennis Moore (D-KS) 12%, Nancy Boyda (D-KS) 8%, and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) 5%. 100% awards went to Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO).

Senate Records Released by Pro-Growth Group
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Club for Growth conducted a comprehensive examination of each lawmaker's record on pro-growth policies and computed an Economic Growth Score on a scale of 0 to 100. A score of 100 indicates the highest support for pro-growth policies. Those lawmakers scoring 90 or higher receive the Defender of Economic Freedom award. Local Senator’s scores were Sam Brownback (R-KS) 82%, Pat Roberts (R-KS) 57%, Christopher Bond (R-MO) 48%, and Clair McCaskill (D-MO) 13%. 100% award went to James DeMint (R-SC). Presidential contenders John McCain (R-AZ) 94%, and Barack Hussein Obama (D-IL) 0%.

U.S. Policies Put Most U.S. Oil Off-Limits to Drilling
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Huge basins of untapped oil can be found on federal lands throughout the United States, according to a new report from the federal government. But much of it cannot -- and may never be -- recovered, because it lies under national parks and national monuments, or it is subject to environmental laws and restrictions that make drilling prohibitive.

Priest investigated for quoting Bible
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A priest is being investigated as a potential criminal under a federal "hate crimes" law for quoting from the Bible, and he's being targeted using a Canadian provision under which no defendant ever has been acquitted, according to a new report.

Priest warns of pending liberal fascism in Canada
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"Some people may think that use of the term 'fascism' must be an exaggeration," Father de Valk wrote. "Surely, Canada is not that far down the political slippery slope! But remember, fascism is little more than the political notion that the state – through its various organs – is the final authority in all things human.

Yale University President Compares Pro-Lifers to Saudi Extremists
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The president of the Ivy League school is accused of comparing pro-life advocates to Saudi Arabia extremists. At the American kickoff of a religious foundation former British Prime Minister Tony Blair started, Yale University president Richard Levin made a comment sure to upset the majority of Americans who are pro-life. He said that pro-life Americans who support the current Bush administration policy of prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortions overseas are like Saudi extremists.

Video shows bystanders ignoring hit-and-run victim
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A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away. The chilling scene -- captured on video by a streetlight surveillance camera -- has touched off a round of soul-searching in Hartford, with the capital city's biggest newspaper blaring "SO INHUMANE" on the front page and the police chief lamenting: "We no longer have a moral compass."

South Dakotans vote for refinery
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After 32 years, South Dakota will finally build a new oil refinery. By a solid 58 percent to 42 percent margin, county voters approved Hyperion's request to rezone 3,292 acres of farmland for a new classification, Energy Center Planned Development. At stake was billions of dollars in capital investment and thousands of high-paying jobs. From the beginning, Hyperion executives said they would abandon its Union County site, just north of Elk Point, if a majority of voters failed to give their blessing to the rezoning.

Global Warming Update: Animal farts must be curtailed!
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The 45 million sheep and 10 million cattle in New Zealand burped and farted about 90 percent of that country's methane emissions, according to government figures. Under the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, New Zealand must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. New Zealand's farmers have showed their disgust at government plans to impose an animal "flatulence tax" by sending parcels of manure to members of parliament.

Billionaire Drug Bust
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A technology billionaire was a drug fiend who trafficked in cocaine, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine, spiked the drinks of business associates and employees, hired prostitutes for himself and others, and maintained several narcotics dens, including one in an underground lair at his Los Angeles mansion, prosecutors charge.

McCain Should Talk About Abortion Industry's Obscene Profits
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GOP presidential candidate John McCain sounded more like a Democratic presidential candidate (a recurring trend) when he joined the Left's oil industry bashers a few weeks ago. Asked by a North Carolina voter whether he supported a Jimmy Carter-era windfall profits tax, McCain responded: "Um, I don't like obscene profits being made anywhere -- and I'd be glad to look not just at the windfall profits tax -- that's not what bothers me -- but we should look at any incentives that we are giving to people or industries or corporations that are distorting the market." Here's an idea for all the hand-wringing GOP strategists in Washington wondering what it will take to win back disgusted economic and social conservatives: How about a Republican presidential candidate who will talk about the tax-subsidized abortion industry the way McCain talks about the oil industry?

Pro-Abortion Group Endorses Obama
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Emily’s List, a top pro-abortion group says it's in Barack Hussein Obama's corner in his battle for the White House against John McCain. Emily's List released a statement today saying it is behind Obama now that he has virtually wrapped up the Democratic nomination. "The differences between Sens. Obama and McCain dwarf the nuanced policy differences between Obama and Clinton," she added. "We can never forget what John McCain stands for: a steadfast determination to overturn Roe vs. Wade."

HamNation: Obama on Your Shoulder
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Mary Katharine Ham, with the help of her favorite songwriter, explores life under the new rules and politics of an Obama administration that's in all your business.

Oprah Excited About Obama
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Oprah is speaking out about Barack Hussein Obama having won enough delegates to get the Democratic Presidential nomination. She tells ET in a statement: "I'm euphoric, I've been doing the happy dance all day. I'm so proud of Barack and Michelle and what this means for all of us ... the new possibilities for our country. And if he wants me to, I'm ready to go door to door."

Wind Farms Kill Birds
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Wildlife groups have long objected to the deadly toll wind turbines take on birds and bats. The wind farm at Altamont, CA with more than 5,000 turbines sprawling over more than 50 square miles of land has been the poster child for that problem. Among the birds killed there each year are protected raptors, including golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, American kestrels, and burrowing owls.

Seattle Parks to Eliminate Bonfires at the Beach
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The park board will hear the recommendation Thursday, and the city plans to run public-service announcements and hand out brochures later this month about the effects of bonfires on global warming. According to a memo to the park board from the staff released Thursday, "The overall policy question for the Board is whether it is good policy for Seattle Parks to continue public beach fires when the carbon ... emissions produced by thousands of beach fires per year contributes to global warming."

San Francisco Police Chief an embarrassment to law enforcement
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After being assailed by the police officer whose satiric videos earned him and nearly two dozen others suspensions in 2005, San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong acknowledged that she has gone nearly five years without taking the required firearms qualifications for law enforcement officers.

Mexican Cheese carries rare form of TB
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A rare form of tuberculosis caused by illegal, unpasteurized dairy products, including the popular queso fresco cheese, is rising among Hispanic immigrants in Southern California and raising fears about a resurgence of a strain all but eradicated in the U.S.

Clint Eastwood to Politicians – Leave Us Alone
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“So I believe in that value of smaller government. Give politicians power and all of a sudden they'll misuse it on ya."

Congressmen Introduce Pro-Gun Bill in House
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U.S. Reps. Zack Space (D-Ohio) and Steve King (R-Iowa) have introduced the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007" legislation which represents a major advance in protecting the rights of firearms dealers, bringing consistency to ATF enforcement actions and providing ATF with additional compliance tools long sought by the bureau. HR 4900 is a bipartisan bill that will overhaul many of the administrative penalties for licensed firearms dealers, manufacturers and importers of firearms that currently treat simple paperwork mistakes as purposeful and willful violations of the law.

Gun Owners embrace “Open Carry”
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Then one evening he stumbled across a site that urged gun owners to do something revolutionary: Carry your gun openly for the world to see as you go about your business. In most states there's no law against open carry gun display.

Phoenix PD Reverses Immigration Policy after Judicial Watch Inquiry
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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement today in response to Phoenix, Arizona Police Chief Jack Harris’s changes to the city’s Operations Order 1.4.3, which had prohibited police officers from inquiring about the immigration status of individuals and from cooperating with federal immigration officials. Under the new policy, everyone arrested in Phoenix, America’s fifth largest city, will be questioned about his or her citizenship.

The Aftershocks of Gay Marriage
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Still, it is not economic issues that ignite the passion to save the most foundational union know to humankind. Every society, every major religion, every great nation has enshrined the union of man and woman as vital and even sacred. To throw that away on the whim of four judges is not only undemocratic; it shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the beauty and benefit of marriage to all of us. It may be a union under fire, and its reputation may be frayed, but it’s worth saving.

Oregon Health Plan: Covered to Kill but not Cure!
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An Oregon woman suffering from lung cancer was notified by the state-run Oregon Health Plan that their policy would not cover her life-extending cancer drug, telling her the health plan would cover doctor-assisted suicide instead.