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Host of the most popular local talk show in Dallas/Fort Worth, Mark Davis took the Metroplex by storm in March, 1994 when he arrived at WBAP.

05/22/2009 Mark Davis: Unfettered comments are just noise
For years now, after reading stories or blog posts online, we've been able to also see whatever occurred in the minds of whoever decided to comment. Sometimes that meant thought-provoking content that added perspective. Usually not.

05/19/2009 Mark Davis: In Pelosi flap, whoever is lying must pay
If it is the CIA, Nancy Pelosi should launch an investigation to reveal the spy agency's dishonesty. If it is Pelosi, we have to figure out how to evaluate the sinister notion of a politician slandering the intelligence community to save her political hide.

05/12/2009 Mark Davis: Really, no apologies necessary
You are free to like or dislike what David Feherty wrote about Nancy Pelosi, but is it something that requires a public apology? Of course not. And, for that matter, neither is Wanda Sykes' tasteless, off-color rant on Rush Limbaugh. Enough of this already.

05/05/2009 Mark Davis: Amid the swirl, a moment to cherish
News events far and wide added to a weekend whose theme of prayers and good wishes had already been established. My wife's wonderful sister is 36. A magnificent man proposed to her just weeks ago, layering marriage on top of another challenge.

04/28/2009 Mark Davis: We will regret 'post-American' outcome
I doubt it's possible to be ambivalent about such a monumental global moment. Some cheer this development as refreshing and timely; others dread it for the certain dangers it poses. Count me among the second group, and I would like a word with the first.

04/24/2009 Mark Davis: So what did we learn from tea parties?
For all the attention paid to the words and motives of those who planned the tea party agendas and filled the venues, the behavioral portrait that begs to be analyzed is the torrent of unhinged tantrums thrown by those repulsed by the exercise

.04/21/2009 Mark Davis: What I'll leave my son on Earth Day
My son arrived on Earth Day, 2003. We are teaching him to love the planet but also to respect its people. He will value clean air and water but also learn to balance those goals against responsible human productivity.

04/14/2009 Mark Davis: Your guide to a day of Tea Parties
Exhibit A that today's Tea Parties are a success before they begin: They have drawn the adolescent derision of hateful critics and their envy or political bigotry. So for Tea Party supporters, skeptics or detractors alike, a handy guide to today's phenomenon.

04/07/2009 Mark Davis: Trillions of reasons for a Tea Party
There's something different about the last few months. I'm ready to say it: I want my country back. And apparently I have some company. Across our area and the nation, Tea Parties are breaking out all over

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The Death of the GOP and the Birth of a New Political Party

An Invitation to a New Revolution in America

Blame the GOP for America’s First Marxist President.

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OBAMA CRAP (SPELLING INTENTIONAL) AND TRADE NOTHING MORE THAN AN ENERGY TAX FOR CONSUMERS - THE SUNDAY COMMENTARY

On Friday three people in The United States were actually grateful for the tragic death of Michael Jackson. One was Mark Sanford because the all Jackson all the time news coverage took the affair scandaled South Carolina Governor from headline to side note. The other two were Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.

Friday saw the House of Representatives barely pass the Henry Waxman ,"Cap and Trade," bill which for a time was in danger of being pulled from the House floor because Democrats could not find enough votes to pass this huge debacle which will cost every consumer who uses energy whether at home on in their cars.

Jackson's death consumed the news cycles so much that the embarrassment of the Democrats in having to strong arm many of their own into voting for this disaster was not covered as it would have been had Jackson not died. Also the very fact that this bill was being debated and passed fell under the usual scrutiny of news coverage as the Democrats pushed this through without allowing the 1200 plus page bill to be read. A practice that seems to run rampant with Obama legislation.

House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R Ohio), in a move to at least try to get this piece of crap legislation read by members and before the public, actually used his privilege as a House leader to hold the floor for an indefinite period of time and read from the 1200 plus page nightmare for one full hour. But again because the news outlets were so invested in the Michael Jackson coverage even this fell under the usual news radar and became another side note.

The "Crap" and Trade legislation passed the House by a vote of 219 - 212. 40 Democrats voted against it and many who voted for it did so only after Speaker Pelosi used her usual strong arm tactics against Democrats to force passage. 12 Republicans jumped ship and also voted for the bill. Thankfully the Senate does not seem to be as ,"enthusiastic," about Cap and Trade as the House is and many are predicting that this ridiculous bill will stall and ultimately fail in the Senate. We can only hope and contact our Senators now to vote against it.

What Cap and Trade boils down to is this. The government under liberal control who claim that Global Warming which they now call Climate Change is a proven fact, (in their own minds only), will set a "cap" on the carbon emissions emitted. Those emitting carbon emission will be required to purchase permits equal to the number of allowances allowed under the cap. Those who fall under the cap will then be allowed to sell excess permits to those who are over the cap. Another form of redistribution, one of Obama's favorite activities.

This is supposed to encourage business to cut back on emissions and consumers to cut back on energy usage since energy prices will go up as a result. Of course we all know that just as consumer usage did not slow as gas prices went up consumer usage of energy will not slow because business will be required to pay for permits under the cap who will in turn pass the energy cost increases on to we the people causing our electric bills and gas prices to rise accordingly.

This whole idea being pushed by Democrats follows the usual liberal thought that raising taxes on business does not hurt consumers but punishes corporations and rich business owners who unfairly make more then, "average," Americans. Conservatives understands that businesses do not actually pay taxes.

Sure they receive the tax bill and it is their corporate or business check that is sent to the IRS for the tax payment put ultimately it is the consumer who pays for business tax which are embedded in the cost of goods. Any increase in that tax is passed on to consumers through higher prices on the goods that a given business produces or sells. Energy is not an exception to this standard business practice. As businesses are forced to pay more to meet the ,"cap," by purchasing permits or are forced to rebuild facilities in order to decrease the purchase of permits, the cost will be passed onto consumers.

Those that choose to not continually participate in the purchase of permits or rebuild facilities to meet new cap requirements will instead move their operations to countries whose requirements and costs are not as high as those which would be forced on business in America due to cap and trade. This will have the effect of increasing unemployment as jobs are lost and the additional cost of getting products to The United States for consumers will still be passed on in the form of higher prices.

So no matter how you look at it, if cap and trade is passed as Obama and the Democrats are hoping, we the people will be paying through the nose for energy cost increases which will effect our pocket books more than any of the other massive spending programs already passed by Obama and liberals. Then these same idelogs who claim to care for the common person are trying to force the cost of government controlled health care down our throats as well. But that is another story for another post.

Liberals are claiming that the Congressional Budget Office, (CBO), has proven that cap and trade is not as damaging to tax payers as has been stated by the opposition. The CBO states in their study that it will cost every American only $ 175.00 more in higher energy cost during the course of one year. But in looking at the CBO's study and by their admission the the figure is based on only a ONE YEAR, the first year, snapshot of taxes based also on ONLY the first level of the cap. The cap under the Waxman program will be dropped on a continual basis which forces the costs higher with each drop in the cap.

So the CBO's study does not take in the full picture but only the first level of caps only. Using another example as to the flaw in the CBO study, it would be like looking at gas prices based on a one year price of $ 1.75 per gallon while five years, (or as we have seen five months), later the actual gas price is $3.25 per gallon. A big difference to business and the consumer for covering the increased expense.

Another aspect of this ,"climate change," legislation which is flawed is the fact that it virtually does nothing to, "protect," the environment. In Europe cap and trade did not cause a reduction of emissions but only a rise on the cost of energy as usage did not decrease and companies continued to operate as they did before cap and trade took effect.

In Los Angeles a cap and trade program designed to reduce ground level ozone instead just issued permits for more emissions than were being emitted. In five years the LA program finally reached a cap below emissions levels but permit costs skyrocketed threatening rolling blackouts by utility companies. These are just two examples of cap and trade that failed.

Now liberals at the behest of Barack Obama are attempting to legislate this type of problem on a federal level from a government who constantly fails at every turn in handing programs that effect and cost tax payers.

Cap and Trade is nothing more than another liberal program designed to control business and tax consumers through increased energy costs and dictate to all Americans how we live. This Nation under liberal control is quickly becoming a country where government control is the norm and freedom is a dream of the past. But this is Obama's and the liberal ideal of Utopia. Where everyone marches to the beat of their drum and Americans become mind numb followers who open their wallets when asked and say here take what you want because only you know what is best for me.

Ken Taylor

Newt Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in forty years.  After he was elected Speaker, he disrupted the status quo by moving power out of Washington and back to the American people.  Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a generation, and passed the first tax cut in sixteen years.  In addition, the Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

April 26, 2009 Will The Tea Parties Matter?

Cap-and-Trade is another way of saying 2+2=5

By: Newt Gingrich
Examiner Columnist | 6/26/09 6:44 AM

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Cap and Trade GOP Eight; The Sellouts of America June 27, 2009

Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti

Well Folks… the results are in.

The good news: 44 DEM House of Representatives voted against the Socialist Cap and Trade Bill.I applaud them and wish to thank them for their Patriotism.

The bad news: Eight so-called Republicans Sold Out America and, by voting for Cap and Trade, provided a tie breaking win for Obama and the Socialists in a final vote of 219 to 212.

Rep John Boehner Calls Out just some of the crap these Republican RINO CAP & TRADE Sellouts voted for!Following is a list of their Websites; each website provides means to send a message…

US Representative Mary Bono Mack (R-California) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Mike Castle (R- Delaware) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Mark Steven Kirk (R-Illinois) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Leonard Lance (R- New Jersey) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (R-New Jersey) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative John M. McHugh (R-New York) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Dave Reichert (R-Washington State) – Sellout to Obama

US Representative Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) – Sellout to Obama

Meanwhile in the final two days leading up to the final vote, what did FOX News do?

FOX NEWS CONSUMED THEIR AIR TIME

IN MORBID FASCINATION
OF THE DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON
ALL BUT IGNORING THE NEED
TO COVER THE HOUSE VOTEAND IT CONTINUES TODAY

I am sure Obama Appreciates FOX News and the Eight GOP SELLOUTS…