“My name is America, and I’m addicted to debt.” As a nation, we must have a recovery program. Check out a great article by Dr. Robert Owens at the Alabama Tea Party Express:

Anyone who’s walked down the twelve-step path or knows someone who has, which is almost everyone in America, has heard the saying, “Until you admit you have a problem there’s no hope for a cure.”

We, as America have a problem: we’re addicted to debt. Now is not the time to point fingers. This isn’t the time to figure out whose fault it is or when was the fatal binge that sent us over the line from recreational user to addict. Now is the time to man-up, to admit we have a problem, and take the first steps toward recovery….

Go take a “ride” on the express and read MY NAME IS AMERICA-I’M A DEBT-A-HOLIC.

Tail wag: Bamabelle

The Moral Liberal contributing editor, Henry Lamb, has written a great article called Tea Parties’ Next Challenge. If you have the time, visit and read. Here’s a sample:

The Tea Parties – and other organizations – started last week on a path to put the federal government back on track to protect the unalienable rights of the people who created it. Now it is time for these same determined Americans to focus on state and local governments, and put them back on the right track to protect the rights of their citizens as well….

In collusion, our federal government and British Petroleum try to hide the terrible effects of toxic chemicals being used to disperse the oil from their man-made disaster.

The pathways of exposure are inhalation, ingestion, skin and eye contact. Health impacts include headaches; nausea; vomiting; diarrhea; abdominal pains; dizziness; chest pains and tightness; irritation of eyes, nose, throat and lungs; difficulty breathing; respiratory system damage; skin irrigation and sensitization; hypertension; central nervous system depression; neurotoxic effects; genetic damage and mutations; cardiac arrhythmia and cardiovascular damage; among several others.

Visit truthout and read their article — Toxic Dispersants Near Gulf Harm Humans and Wildlife. Their reporters visited Louisiana for a first hand look and interviews, and came back with a vividly descriptive story.

Dead crabs float in a sheen of oil. It is a toxic soup of stench and death that fouls the air and burns my nose.

Go to truthout and read the whole thing.

Tail wag: May Lattanzio

Today marks the launch of an important new ezine in the Blogoshpere — Gulag Bound. Several bloggers and web radio personalities have been planning this venture for the last year.

The articles will expose the hidden agendas of those who seek personal power at the expense of our freedoms — disciples of Alinsky, Cloward, Piven and their ilk. We wish them all success in their venture.

 

Today, the “hope and change” administration that promised to be so transparent is revealed not only to be opaque, but also dishonest. The Lonely Conservative reports — White House Officials Meet Lobbyists At Coffee Shops To Avoid Disclosure:

Because the meetings take place at coffee shops they don’t need to be disclosed by the White House.

I suspect that she is “lonely” because she lives in a blue state. But go pay her a visit and leave a comment anyway!

Important facts about Hawaiian birth certificates are detailed in today’s post at The Steady Drip. The difference between hospital certificates signed by delivering doctors and certificates based on walk-in requests by citizens is explained. A MUST READ!

On June 6, 1944 allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of the European countries occupied by the Nazis. Debbie reminds us over at Right Truth:

We pray for an administration and leadership that supports the military and is equally dedicated to America’s safety and future.

And Arlen of Investigating Obama shares this video of President Ronald Reagan’s speech at Point-du-Hoc given June 6, 1984 (you may have to wait for the video, or try later, as demand is pretty heavy today):

Other resources:

World War II History Info — D-Day

Encyclopedia Britannica — Guide to Normandy 1944

Vigilant blogger Arlen Williams does a meticulous job of documenting all the clues to Obama’s real identity and hidden agenda. After taking a break from blogging since the end of December, he is back at his post, and worth a visit. Go to Investigating Obama and read some of his latest posts:

• Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — ‘Nuclear Summit Logo Uses an Islamic-Shaped Crescent’ by Alec Rawls
• Tuesday, April 13, 2010 — What Would a Pro-Islamist American Presidency Look Like?  and
  Why is it So Difficult for Bill O’Reilly to Understand?
• Monday, April 12, 2010 — ‘We’re Still Working on our Democracy’ – as a Demolitions Crew
• Sunday, April 11, 2010 — Jon Voight Gets It; Mike Huckabee, Not So Much, Yet
• Saturday, April 10, 2010 — Trilateral Commission meeting in Ireland, Bilderbergs in Spain
• Tuesday, March 30, 2010 — Obama Birth Certificate Issue More Urgent than Ever by Joan Swirsky
  [Joan Swirsky discusses in print, what others whisper and silently email to their trusted friends -- are you at least taking the last option?]
• Thursday, March 25, 2010 — Intended Consequences: Obamacare Bomb Blowing Up More American Businesses

Arlen also produces programs for  Sentinel Radio.   You can listen live on Mondays at 9pm ET or listen to archived programs any time.

There are three great posts in a row in News and Opinion over at Fort Hard Knox today. All are of interest to bloggers and others who live in the Blogosphere.

At the top is Basic HTML, with referrals to websites where you can learn to write the code that formats posts on weblogs. But the real jewel in this article is the accompanying picture. Visit the Fort and take a look.

Next up is Blogging Laws, an important guide to bloggers to avoid getting sued for slander. This post reminds us that in addition to expressing their own opinions, the bloggers at the Fort are always trying to empower and improve the larger blogging community, and we love them for it.

Finally, there is the definition of an important term in conservative blogging circles in the piece What’s a Moonbat? We always knew it referred to slightly unhinged liberals, whose policies rely on faith rather than fact. But we learned a couple of new things about the third stage of a moon-bound rocket and the originally tagged liberal George Monbiot, an environmental activist who writes for The Guardian.

The Fort’s News and Opinion is always well worth a visit.

[Editor's note 1/15/2011: Fort Hard Knox went dark last year, and the articles are no longer available.]

While most newspapers are blaming the Internet for destroying print journalism, one local paper is embracing the future and expanding its audience. The Morning Journal, which serves northern Ohio (from Lorain), is breaking news first on its webpage and mobile phone apps, supplementing with social media, and then backing it up with the print edition. Editor Tom Skoch writes:

HERE we are, a decade into the 21st century. The “future” is now. And never has the future of local news looked so good to this newspaper guy.

For The Morning Journal’s readers, that means getting the news sooner than ever, in more dimensions, and in new ways that best suit their needs.

It also means engaging readers in a continuing conversation that brings them into the news process.

The Morning Journal and other newspapers like us in the Journal Register Company family are, collectively, becoming one of the most-watched news outfit in the nation.

That is because under JRC’s new CEO John Paton we are rapidly evolving from being a “newspaper company” to being a “media company.” That means taking a quantum leap off the one-dimensional surface of the printed page to bring you the news more quickly and in more dimensions than ever….

Even if you don’t live in their local area, these are journalists worth getting to know, just for their approach to information delivery.

Newspaper website — The Morning Journal

Their Facebook page — MJ

Tom Skoch on Twitter — @MJ_Tom_Skoch

The next time you hear the WaPo or the New York Times caterwauling about declining readership, dear readers, you don’t have to feel sorry for them.