The Federal ID that Pays Illegal Aliens Billions a Year

Joe Guzzardi,FloydReports.com

Established 15 years ago,the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number [ITIN] is a seemingly innocuous administrative requirement that the Internal Revenue Service assigns to anyone who is employed and pays taxes. According to the IRS website,the numbers are used for federal tax reporting only. But since ITINs,as they are commonly [...]

Obama’s Economic Cures are Worse than the Disease

Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com

I’m not a fan of most television commercials,but in particular,I cannot stand those annoying drug commercials that promise to cure a particular ailment as long as you can live with the potentially fatal side effects.

As the saying goes,“Sometimes the remedy is worse than the disease,”and [...]

New Database Lets You Search Climategate E-mails for Yourself

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Anthony Watts and his colleagues at “Watts Up With That?” have just published a searchable database of the latest 5,000 Climategate e-mails to be released on a Russian web site.

The Climategate e-mails are from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the UK. The first batch of these [...]

Cartoon of the Day:Great Political Messages,Occupy Wall-Street Version

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Video:Chuck Woolery Cuts $1.5 Trillion from the Federal Budget

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We’re Thankful for You on Thanksgiving

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com

We are thankful to be Americans

Thanksgiving is a special holiday for us.

We have much for which to be thankful as we gather as a family,for turkey,conversation and celebration.

Both of us had the privilege of being raised in Christian families. The tradition of trust [...]

Cartoon of the Day:Occupy Thanksgiving

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Must-See Video:Happy Baracksgiving!

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An “Occupy Wall Street” Thanksgiving?

Dr. Paul G. Kengor,FloydReports.com

Last week,a deranged malefactor was arrested at Occupy Wall Street for threatening to launch Molotov cocktails at Macy’s. It might have been a Macy’s Thanksgiving to forget.

A much friendlier Occupy Wall Street offering comes from my Religious Left friend,Jim Wallis:

It’s time to invite the Occupy [...]

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation,1789

[New York,3 October 1789]

By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,to obey his will,to be grateful for his benefits,and humbly to implore his protection and favor–and whereas both Houses of Congress [...]

Michael Moore:Turkey of the Year

Jeff Crouere,Ringside Politics

This year,we continue a cherished Thanksgiving tradition at Ringside Politics by bestowing our annual “Turkey of the Year” award to the most deserving politician or media personality.

This is always a very spirited competition because there are so many turkeys to consider. Previous winners have included former House Speaker [...]

The Best Way to Celebrate Thanksgiving

Dr. L. John Van Til,FloydReports.com

How will you spend your Thanksgiving Day this year? Sleep in because you have extra days off? Settle down to watch football? Pull up a chair at four o’clock to eat a huge feast? Make plans for Black Friday,plotting with the multitudes to storm the stores and [...]

Thanksgiving:Commercialism or Tradition?

Danny Tyree,FloydReports.com

This year I can’t think of Thanksgiving without thinking of Barry Manilow’s melancholy song “Tryin’To Get The Feeling Again.”

Google news items about “Thanksgiving,”and amidst the tofu turkey recipes and 2010 versus 2011 price comparisons,you’ll find a growing number of stories about (a) Christmas decorations popping up before [...]

Cartoon of the Day:Last Year’s Food Bank Donors

Cartoon:The Forgotten Thanksgiving

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Video:Crowd Reacts to NH Obama Eligibility Hearing,“Traitors!”

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Videos:Republicans Finally Get Tough With Obama

Ben Johnson,The White House Watch

After months of stonewalling,ethical violations,and blatant defiance of the Constitution,could it be that Republicans have finally gotten tough with Barack Obama? They are stepping up to demand the recusal of Elena Kagan in the pending health care case soon to be heard by the Supreme [...]

Cover-Up:Fast and Furious Documents Suddenly Sealed on Judge’s Orders

Doug Book,FloydReports.com

The case file concerning the Fast and Furious-spawned murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry has disappeared from federal court records.

According to the Arizona Star,all of the case information gathered by federal prosecutors is now unavailable,“apparently sealed by a federal judge.”

“Our office is handling the case and [...]

Obama’s Salvation? Bloomberg Considers a RINO Third Party Run in 2012

Ben Johnson,The White House Watch

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg considers a third party run;world yawns. Well,not the whole world. Indeed,a European newspaper notes not only could a Bloomberg run shake up the 2012 race but could guarantee Barack Obama a second term in the White House.

The London [...]

Video:Russian TV Anchor Gives Obama the Finger

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