George H.W. Bush bald?

What could be images that define 2013 - George Bush poses bald holding a 2 year old in one image and posing with the secret service in another.

George Bush acting in solidarity with a two year old who is a leukemia patient is gaining praise throughout the world. Leukemia is of special interest to George Sr and Barbara who lost their daughter to the disease in 1953.

Obamacare: Praying That Hollywood Can Bring Success

Because there is such resistance to Obama care the White House is turning to Hollywood to help sell Nationalized Health Care to the American public. Why because this country's youth who are needed to balance off and offset America's mature population. So as a young person the White House is asking that you pay rates that are higher than the penalty. Really..... Is the White House being realistic or are they off base? You decide....

CheatSheet

The Obama administration’s thirst to attract young Americans to the health care exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act, meant to bring coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, is well documented.

Because this demographic is cheap to insure, the Obama administration needs to convince young people to sign up for insurance on the superstore-like exchanges this October in order to balance out the older and sicker patients who are more likely to sign up for health insurance as soon as possible. The correspondingly larger insurance premiums paid by the young cover the big bills for the relatively small number of sick people. According to estimates made by the Obama administration, approximately 7 million people will sign up for coverage via the exchanges in 2014, and about 2.7 million of those enrollees need to be young, cheap-to-insure Americans for the system to work.

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Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom

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While there are plenty of people who have to find themselves it usually takes years to do so. People mature and go through changes before they settle on an identity. A child in the first grade has not lived life enough to know or realize his/ her identity. Especially whether or not he/ she identifies with the other sex to want to change.

This case brings all sorts of issues that the school, students and parents are now forced to deal with. It is a forced equality coming from the ‘parents’ of a child they have what appears to be little or no control over. This boy has control over his parents. What is going to happen to him as he ages? Is he really ready to transform from boy to girl? What of the other students that now have to share the bathroom with this boy – wanna be girl? What of their rights?

What we have here is a very small minority imposing their will on the majority.How confusing is this for children that are now dealing with this? Could this be considered child abuse – not only of this little confused boy but also of the children who go to school with him?

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(CNN) -- A transgender first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl has won the right to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado school.

The Colorado Rights Division ruled in favor of Coy Mathis in her fight against the Fountain-Fort Carson School District.

Coy's parents had taken her case to the commission after the district said she could no longer use the girls' bathroom at Eagleside Elementary. In issuing its decision, the state's rights division said keeping the ban in place "creates an environment that is objectively and subjectively hostile, intimidating or offensive."

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Richmond Dominates Again for Democrats - CQ Roll Call Congressional Baseball

Let us hope that this lop-sided score is no indication of what is to come in the future. Enjoy.

Roll Call|Heard on the Hill

House Democrats may not be able to reclaim the majority for another decade because of redistricting, but for as long as Rep. Cedric L. Richmond, D-La., is an elected official, they’re certain to reign supreme on the baseball diamond.

Richmond, donning an old-school Brooklyn Dodgers No. 42 jersey in honor of the late Jackie Robinson, dominated the game, pitching 7 shutout innings, notching 4 hits and driving in 2 runs, to lead the Democrats to the most lopsided win in 52 years of CQ Roll Call Congressional Baseball, 22-0. The Louisiana Democrat told teammates and reporters he was sick before the game. Yet he recorded a Michael-Jordan-in-Game-Five-Of-The-1997-NBA-Finals-like performance, making everyone else on the field look like the out-of-shape congressional amateurs that they are.

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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the American Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian."


Henry Ford

The Loss of Economic Freedom in Maine, in the US

Economic Freedom – what is it based on? What are the indicators? The monthly meeting of the Knox County Republican Party discussed what economic freedom meant. Carol Weston was the speaker and representative from Americans For Prosperity (AFP). During this discussion Carol pointed out that economic freedom is measure by the following:

1. The size of the government – policies that grow our government take away our freedom away. The more money goes to fund the Federal and state governments mean that there is less for our families.
2. Regulation that comes about with the increased size of government – as our Federal and State governments grow more regulation is created to justify the increased size and cost. This leaves less for our families to survive on.
3. Having a Sound Currency (Sound Money) – when our government is printing money at the rate it has been our currency becomes devalued. It becomes less sound.
4. Being able to trade with whomever brings about benefits for our national and local economies. Regulation will restrict what we can trade and limit opportunities and job growth.
5. Then there is the rule of law. Without a sound Judicial and court system. Without a process of a fair trail (for instance) there is a lack of a rule of law that diminishes the economic freedom we supposedly enjoy.

In 1999 the United States ranked number 5 in economic freedom. In 2012 the United States had fallen to 18 – behind such countries as Singapore, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Qatar and the United Kingdom. The ability of our families to do better is being crippled by the bureaucracy surrounding us. There is less that we are able to do. Yet we are being asked to do more. We are told that the rich should be taxed more and that tax breaks should be taken away from them. Yet taxing those that make more than $1 million a year at a rate of 129% still would not close the gap and would only manage to run the government for a couple of weeks. No one wants the poor or down trodden to suffer. No one – not Republicans not Democrats. Neither do we want to lose the freedom we have – to make our own choices and not have others make them for us. Yet our economic freedom is quickly eroding away.

Carol Weston was engaging and mesmerizing in the message she delivered. Yet that same message was one of concern. Concern with the policies that our various levels of government are enacting are hurting the people. This hurt is at every level – rich, poor, families and single people. The economic freedom that is being stripped away hurts everyone and no one gains from the experience. To the audience Carol Weston invited anyone with questions to contact her. For up to date happenings in the RepubliCAN party please like us on Facebook. Or contact us at RepubliCANof ME@gmail.com.

The White is Playing with Childhood Memories

The White House took a $1 million dollar hit because of budget cuts. $1 million dollars is all that is standing between the citizens of this country and being able to visit the White House.

Currently the White House spends the following on 'essentials'

1. $100,000 for a dog trainer
2. $300,000 for three calligraphers

The White House budget amounts to $500 million a year. Of this the tours is budgeted at $4.3 million. The cuts as a result of the sequester amount to $350,000 - $50,00 less than the cost of the dog trainer and three calligraphers.

To put it into perspective. The Capitol Visitors Center is taking a $2 million dollar hit. The Capitol though continues to offer visits despite these cuts. Are these cuts really a result of the sequester or are they a way for the White House to politicize the cuts resulting from the sequester? Think of it this way. What will impact the American public react to more? Cuts on aid to such countries like Egypt, Pakistan or the Sudan? Or stopping visits to the White House?

Cuts to countries will have little or no media impact on the public. Not very dramatic. Yet on the other hand – limiting or eliminating visits to the White House will. That has media impact. I remember going as a kid to visit the White House - it has a lasting impression. President Obama has decided to deprive the children of this nation of a potentially life long memory – because of the sequester. President Obama will tell us that closure of the White House is a result of the Republicans.

Let the President know that you are upset by the fact that visits to the White House are being eliminated. Is it more important for the President to continue his Golf outings then for our children to be able to visit the White House - let us remember that the White House is our house. It is self serving of the President to cancel visits to the White House. It is also the President playing politics and trying to force his oppositions hand. Let him know you are not happy.

The President can be emailed here.