Americana-Tammy Derouin-Hard work and endless hours are the forgotten aspects of the American dream. The American dream is not an entitlement. It’s not something the government can give.

LIBERTY REVIEW:
"All businesses start out small.
There’s a commercial currently running which points out that several big corporations began in a garage.
Being successful is the American dream.
Entrepreneurs are the ones who create jobs.
Nobody, including the government, should tell you there’s a limit as to how much you can make or how you should run your business."

Tomb guard sentinels acting to keep visitors quiet and respectful

Tomb guard sentinels acting to keep visitors quiet and respectful:
"A compilation of sentinels acting to keep visitors quiet and respectful.
The sentinels at Arlington Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier aren’t just automatons!
They actively guard the atmosphere at the tomb, telling visitors to remain respectful by quieting down or by staying off restricted areas.
I’ve added subtitles to the video for the full effect of the guards’ “third-person” warnings."

Never trust the liberal MSM. Never!--------Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin guilty on 20 counts; networks fail to mention he’s a Dem

Ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin guilty on 20 counts; networks fail to mention he’s a Dem - BizPac Review
A federal jury found that Ray Nagin abused his office during the 8 years he served as New Orleans Democratic mayor, and found him guilty of 20 of the 21 counts he was indicted on, including bribery and conspiracy.

The jury found that both Nagin and his family’s granite business reaped hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts, according to the Associated Press.

Nagin is best remembered for his impassioned pleas for help after levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, flooding much of New Orleans and plunging the city into chaos. […]
The charges against Nagin included one overarching conspiracy count along with six counts of bribery, nine counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy and four counts of filing false tax returns. He was acquitted of one of the bribery counts.

Black residents reject Trader Joe’s because it would attract too many white people

Although the Associated Press noted that Nagin was a Democrat, the “big three” network news reports weren’t quite as forthcoming. 
Link to transcript of their reports, according to NewsBusters:

Tell me Woman’s Day did not just give Bill Clinton an award by this name

Tell me Woman’s Day did not just give Bill Clinton an award by this name - BizPac Review:
"No one’s ever said Bill Clinton didn’t love women in his own way.
In fact, most of the country over 20 years old or so knows more about Clinton’s way of loving – and the trail it can leave — than mere political awareness would require.
So word that the former president and the foundation he heads were honored Tuesday  by Woman’s Day magazine drew more than a few laughs in the Twitter world.
 And the award being called a “Red Dress” didn’t help matters."
Photo: Cheaphumidors.com

It's the culture, stupid!------D.C. social services worker admits to scheme to steal $800,000 in Medicaid, food stamps

D.C. social services worker admits to scheme to steal $800,000 in Medicaid, food stamps – D.C. Crime Stories:

"A former District of Columbia Department of Human Services employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal $800,000 in Medicaid, food stamps and other benefits meant for the city’s poorest residents.

Forty-five-year-old Aretha Holland-Jackson,........"

This video brought tears to my eyes---I Am the Ukrainian (MUST WATCH)

Rage Explosion: Left Hosts Twitter Hatefest for Deceased Republican... 'F*ck Shirley Temple'

Rage Explosion: Left Hosts Twitter Hatefest for Deceased Republican... 'F*ck Shirley Temple' | Independent Journal Review:
"Oh no, they weren’t done yet.
There are a few more saved as screenshots, and you can get those on Twitchy.
But you get the point, the left will hate on anyone whom they perceive as their political enemies – even an adorable child star who just passed away after a long life making people happy."

MSM forgets his political party------Ray Nagin found guilty on 20 of 21 counts

Blog: Ray Nagin found guilty on 20 of 21 counts:
"Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, whose tenure in office included disastrous incompetence in handling Hurricane Katrina (for which the media blamed President George W. Bush), has been found guilty on 20 of 21 counts of corruption in a federal trial. 
Conviction on all counts could have led to a 20 year jail sentence and $1 million in fines, but at this point it is unknown which count went not guilty and how that will affect the sentence.
Bill Chappell of NPR writes an article that does not identify Nagin's political party, which is the mainstream media convention when treating criminal Democrats:"

History for February 15

History for February 15 - On-This-Day.com
450th birth anniversary of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).

Birth anniversary of intrepid Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922).

Birth anniversary of Miep Gies (1909-2010), Dutch woman who with her husband Jan hid the Otto Frank family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII. Gies discovered Anne Frank’s diary.

Birth anniversary of Irena Sendler (1910-2007), Polish social worker who spearheaded a rescue operation of Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII.

Happy Birthday! Matt Groening, Melissa Manchester, Jane Seymour

1758 - Mustard was advertised for the first time in America. 


1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed. 


1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America. 


1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "The Guy Lombardo Show" on CBS radio. 


1933 - U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack. 


1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright. 


1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
 

1982 - During a storm, the Ocean Ranger, a drilling rig, sank off the coast of Newfoundland. 84 men were killed. 


1989 - After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan. 


2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush approved Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a site for long-term disposal of radioactive nuclear waste.

Video: NAACP Marchers Claim Tea Party Racist, but Don’t Know Why

Video: NAACP Marchers Claim Tea Party Racist, but Don’t Know Why:

"In a stroke of irony, attendees wishing to protest a supposed racism inherent in voter ID laws by marching in the Forward Together March had to show identification to do so. "

When hearing news about MI road spending as...

(1) When hearing news about MI road spending as... - Scott Hagerstrom:
"When hearing news about MI road spending as outlined below.
Remember MI has the 7th highest tax on gasoline. Michigan residents are already paying for first class roads. It is up to our elected officials to put that money into roads.
Michigan Ranks 50th In Per-Capita Spending On Roads And Bridges
Some Census data could better explain the numerous potholes in Michigan.
The state is dead last in per-capita spending on infrastructure among the 50 states, according to the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA).
According to 2010 Census Bureau data, Michigan spends $154 per person annually on its infrastructure. Many neighboring states spend anywhere from $60 to $376 more per person, MITA reported"

Obama's executive actions "a very dangerous thing," says legal scholar

Obama's executive actions "a very dangerous thing," says legal scholar:

"A legal scholar said Wednesday on Fox New’s “The Kelly File” that President Obama’s decision to bypass Congress to enact legislation is “a very dangerous thing.” 

“The framers created a system that was designed to avoid one principle thing, and that’s the concentration of power in any one branch, because that balancing between these branches in a fixed orbit is not only what gives stability to our system, but protects us against authoritarian power, protects civil liberties from abuse,” Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University Law School, told host Megyn Kelly.

“And what we’ve been seeing is the shift of gravity in that system in a very dangerous way that makes it unstable.”"

Cuomo aide caught breaking gun law quickly receives waiver

Cuomo aide caught breaking gun law quickly receives waiver | The Daily Caller:

"Jerome Hauer, a top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, appears to have regularly carried a firearm to work in violation of state law.

 Hauer runs New York’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Cuomo, an advocate of ultra-strict gun control laws, appointed him to the job in 2011.

Hauer’s 9-millimeter Glock first came to the attention of local newspapers when he used the gun’s laser sighting attachment as a pointer during a meeting with a Swedish delegation.

....State law, however, explicitly bans state workers from bringing guns to the workplace, which Hauer apparently did frequently. Reporters began asking questions about Hauer’s habit of carrying his gun to work, only to be stonewalled by the Cuomo administration.

On Wednesday, the Times Union learned that Hauer had received a waiver allowing him to carry a handgun to work. The waiver was issued only four days after they ran the story about Hauer using the laser sight as a pointer.

Colorado Health-Exchange Director Indicted for Fraud, Theft

Colorado Health-Exchange Director Indicted for Fraud, Theft | National Review Online:

"[Christa Ann] McClure, 51, pleaded not guilty Feb. 6 in federal District Court in Montana to eight counts of theft and fraud from a nonprofit housing agency in Billings."

LINCOLN PARK: Governor appoints financial review team

LINCOLN PARK: Governor appoints financial review team - thenewsherald.com

— A financial review team officially appointed for the city Monday by Gov. Rick Snyder likely will decide by late April whether it will recommend appointment of an emergency manager.

...When the team concludes the review, it will recommend that the one of the following options for the city:

......File for bankruptcy, an option that is considered unlikely.

Endangered Senate Dems openly pushing IRS to target opposition political groups

Politics: Endangered Senate Dems openly pushing IRS to target opposition political groups | Best of Cain:
"So what do they do?
Why they call the IRS for help, of course.
From The Hill's piece entitled "Vulnerable Dems want IRS to step up"...
Senate Democrats facing tough elections this year want the Internal Revenue Service to play a more aggressive role in regulating outside groups expected to spend millions of dollars on their races.
In the wake of the IRS targeting scandal, the Democrats are publicly prodding the agency instead of lobbying them directly."

Clarence Thomas: Northern liberals are more racist than southerners

Clarence Thomas: Northern liberals are more racist than southerners:
"“My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school.
To my knowledge, I was the first black kid in Savannah, Georgia, to go to a white school.
Rarely did the issue of race come up,” Thomas said during a chapel service hosted by the nondenominational Christian university.
“Now, name a day it doesn’t come up. "

Another impossibly stupid Common Core worksheet

Another impossibly stupid Common Core worksheet | The Daily Caller:

"Here is the latest in a long line of frighteningly stupid Common Core math worksheets to bubble up courtesy of Twitter, according to Twitchy."

Obamacare's america-------Colorado Health-Exchange Director Indicted for Fraud, Theft

Colorado Health-Exchange Director Indicted for Fraud, Theft | National Review Online:

"The director of Colorado’s health exchange has been placed on administrative leave after the state discovered she had been indicted for stealing from a non-profit, the Denver Post reports:

 [Christa Ann] McClure, 51, pleaded not guilty Feb. 6 in federal District Court in Montana to eight counts of theft and fraud from a nonprofit housing agency in Billings."

Get the facts!-----------RNC Committeewoman Candidate Questionnaire Results

RNC Committeewoman Candidate Questionnaire Results » Grassroots in Michigan:
"I have received many questions from Party members about the candidates for National Committee person. In order to gain insight to give input to our state committee members I have complied a questionnaire of most asked questions.
I believe that people should know where those who wish to be in leadership positions stand on issues and policy.
As you know voting will take place at a 8:00 a.m. session on Saturday, February 15th. 
This has placed a time burden on both candidate and membership in gaining valuable information needed in order to make a knowledge choice so I want to thank all the candidates for taking time out from their very busy schedules to answer these questions."

History for February 14

History for February 14 - On-This-Day.com

Saint Valentine’s Day

Great Backyard Bird Count (Feb 14-17). See www.birdsource.org/gbbc.

Ferris Wheel Day: birth anniversary of inventor George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896).

Birth anniversaries of sports broadcaster comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974), football coach Woody Hayes (1913-87) and labor leader James Hoffa (1913-75?).

Happy Birthday! Teller, Meg Tilly

1903 - The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established. 


1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed. 


1932 - The U.S. won the first bobsled competition at the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, NY. 


1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer. 
 

1962 - U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television. 


1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his novel "The Satanic Verses."  (In 1998, the Iranian government rescinded the death sentence.)

Rush Limbaugh’s Really Bold Prediction About 2014 Midterm Elections

Rush Limbaugh’s Really Bold Prediction About 2014 Midterm Elections | TheBlaze.com:

"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh went “out on a limb” and predicted Wednesday that the 2014 midterms will be a “wave election like 2010.”

“I think the people of this country are gonna sweep Democrats out of office every chance they get, every opportunity they get — and I think there’s plenty of evidence for it right now,” Limbaugh said.

“You don’t have Henry Waxman and these people retiring unless they know.”

He argued Democrats like Waxman don’t want to be a member of the minority party and are getting out of the way.

“These people don’t want to be in the minority. 

It’s no fun,” the radio host added. 

“If a guy like Waxman’s gonna quit… 

Believe me, this is all he knows. 

He doesn’t play golf.

He doesn’t play shuffleboard.

He uses nasal spray, but that’s about it.”

Limbaugh also theorized that Democrats have the polling data that shows their support lacking."