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For those of you who doubt, be of good cheer. For those of you who falter, stay focused and active. America is awakening and November is going to be a very sunny month.

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Let’s see, now … the government wields near-total control of banking, lending, retirement fund, investment, and housing capital; it is now an auto maker; it already controls our government schools, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and food prices; it will soon force us from halfway into fully-socialized medicine; censored speech will be implemented with the Fairness Doctrine; the [...]

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• Democrat Lincoln Says Congress Can Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance - Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln told CNSNews.com that Congress has the authority to force individual Americans to buy health insurance because the U.S. Constitution "charges Congress with the health and well-being of the people." The words "health" and "well-being" do not appear anywhere in the Constitution. The Congressional Budget Office has determined that in the entire history of the United States the federal government has never mandated that Americans buy any good or service . . . [comment]
• Democrat Congress Says No One Questions Our Authority - In the history of the United States, Congress has never forced individual Americans to buy any good or service. That would change if the health care bills approved by either the House or Senate ever became law. Each would require individuals to buy a health insurance plan approved by the government. Since Congress started debating these bills, CNSNews.com has been asking members of Congress: Where does the Constitution authorize Congress to force individuals to buy health insurance? The legislators have given a variety of answers. Some could give no answer at all. The video embedded here puts their answers back-to-back . . . [comment]
• Stocks tumble on worries about jobs - Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three months. A flood of bad news, including rising debt levels in European nations and an unexpected jump in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits, had investors pulling money out of assets like stocks and commodities that look increasingly risky. Fears of more disappointing news Friday, when the government issues its January employment report, contributed to the slide. [comment]
• White House Prepares for Two Supreme Court Vacancies - Lawyers for Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring. Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give Obama his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court. Last week, when Obama took the classless step of criticizing the court's opinion in a major campaign finance case, some believed he was showcasing for the American people that presidential elections and Supreme Court nominations count. [comment]
• U.S. To Hit $14.3 Debt Ceiling By March 1 - The U.S. debt is on track to hit a congressionally proposed debt ceiling of 14.3 trillion dollars by the end of February, the Treasury said Wednesday, a day ahead of a key vote to raise it to that level. "Based on current projections, Treasury expects to reach the debt ceiling as early as the end of February. However, the government's cash flows are volatile, making it difficult to forecast a precise date," the Treasury said in a statement. The current limit on the public debt of the United States is 12.374 trillion dollars. [comment]