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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 31, 2009 at 12:13pm

Comment by CCR on December 30, 2009 at 9:39pm

Deborah thanks for that news about the international police state. I hate it when we have good policies that have been in place since Ronald Reagan and along comes somebody (BO) who doesn't believe "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and revokes those. Now look what happened. HELLO!!!!

Comment by CCR on December 30, 2009 at 9:12pm

Mary, do we know when those postal stamps will come out? I love it!

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 30, 2009 at 9:50am

The post office will be announcing their new stamps for 2010 today and included in the new releases will be a "Distinguished Sailors" series starting with Adm. Arleigh Burke! Details are:

Arleigh A. Burke will be part of a four-stamp set featuring distinguished sailors. Burke was a top destroyer commander in World War II and played a role in modernizing the Navy. Joining him in the set are William S. Sims, commander of U.S. naval forces in European waters during World War I; John McCloy, one of the few men in the nation's history to earn two Medals of Honor for separate acts of heroism; and Doris Miller, recognized for his actions at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and the first African-American recognized for heroism in World War II.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 29, 2009 at 1:25pm

One, Two, Three ----------- welcome home to your sailor! Nothing sweeter than seeing them sleeping in their own bed again!

Just the beginning of the insults against the taxpayers of America ------ raising healthcare premiums already, not surprised at all to hear that and wonder how many ways our taxes will be raised to pay for this mess.

In the meantime - can anyone explain to me WHY Janet N. is still in her job??

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on December 27, 2009 at 11:41am

Deborah, I send out the GOP women's email newsletter in this area--I'm sharing this with them. They'll love it!

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 24, 2009 at 4:53pm

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 24, 2009 at 9:56am

Voting at 1 am, voting on Christmas Eve --- has not happen in 114 years, services being cut, wheeling and dealing with money this country does not have and ohhhhh in FOUR years -------- some MAY have health coverage that MAY provide basic services or not. Bring on the elections.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on December 22, 2009 at 12:49pm

.I'm thinking by the end of the day, Reid will probably GIVE the state of Alabama to this Congressman...

Exclusive: Rep. Parker Griffith switches to GOP

POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.


According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith's district in northern Alabama.


Griffith’s party switch comes on the eve of a pivotal congressional health care vote and will send a jolt through a Democratic House Caucus that has already been unnerved by the recent retirements of a handful of members who, like Griffith, hail from districts that offer prime pickup opportunities for the GOP in 2010.


The switch represents a coup for the House Republican leadership, which had been courting Griffith since he publicly criticized the Democratic leadership in the wake of raucous town halls during the summer.


Griffith, who captured the seat in a close 2008 open seat contest, will become the first Republican to hold the historically Democratic, Huntsville-based district. A radiation oncologist who founded a cancer treatment center, Griffith plans to blast the Democratic health care bill as a prime reason for his decision to switch parties—and is expected to cite his medical background as his authority on the subject.


While the timing of his announcement was unexpected, Griffith’s party switch will not come as a surprise to those familiar with his voting record, which is one of the most conservative among Democrats.


He has bucked the Democratic leadership on nearly all of its major domestic initiatives, including the stimulus package, health care legislation, the cap-and trade energy bill and financial regulatory reform.


He was one of only 11 House Democrats to vote against the stimulus.

“Look at his voting record – he’s had substantial differences philosophically with the Democratic agenda here in Congress,” said an Alabama ally who is familiar with Griffith’s decision. “It’s something that’s been discussed for the last several months… talking to people in his family. And it genuinely is a reflection of where he feels. It’s his own personal conviction.”

The Obama administration’s decision to scrap plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe further frustrated Griffith, according to GOP sources, because his district contains the base for Boeing’s ground-based missile defense research.


Ironically, a National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman called Griffith a “woefully ineffective advocate for Tennessee Valley jobs” after the decision was announced in September.


Signs of Griffith’s dissatisfaction with his party began to surface publicly during the summer recess, when he received an earful of criticism from constituents.


In August — one month after Republicans picked up his former state legislative seat in a special election — Griffith told a local newspaper that he wouldn't vote for Nancy Pelosi to remain as House Speaker because she's too divisive. He joked that if she didn’t like it, he’d provide her with a gift certificate to a mental health center.


He added that if the Democratic leadership wouldn't commit to working in a more bipartisan manner, "perhaps we should look at altering that."

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on December 18, 2009 at 12:05am

Gosh, I don't know! He has been in a couple parades and also does funeral duty. I have a group here--look for PGR, Patriot Guard Riders. It's all explained there. The original mission was to shield mourners from protesters at military funerals.

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