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I will be speaking tonight, Wednesday, March 10th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm, to the North Jersey Regional Tea Party at Gabriel’s Restaurant in Wayne.

My presentation will be on the NJ 2010 Elections: Who Will You Send to Congress? It’s a Big Deal!

For more information, please email njregionalteaparty@gmail.com.

The second event is on Saturday, March 27th from 9:00pm – 5:00pm, an all day conference sponsored by RightOnline and hosted by Americans for Prosperity New Jersey at the Hilton Inn in Saddlebrook.

As one of the top National Bloggers, running the Number ONE Conservative blog, I will be introducing the attendees to the various technologies associated with blogging and how to use them to their advantage.

The final session of the program will be a Candidates Forum with all primary candidates running for Congress.

Registration w/ lunch is just $49.00. For more information and to register, please visit the Event Registration Page.

Since Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak made abortion a defining issue in the health care debate, we’ve seen a landslide of human interest stories surrounding the topic. It has put the emotion-laden argument on a pedestal, but has ultimately been a winner for the pro-life community. Stats show that more Americans are pro-life than pro-choice for the first time and the trend is only growing. It’s an interesting dichotomy within the younger generation of the conservative world. As more young voters support gay marriage, less support abortion and this is true on the Right and the Left.

For some reason, President Obama will not strike out the abortion language in the health care bill, despite it being the specific piece of the legislation causing many Democrats to vote no. Though the President and Nancy Pelosi have attempted to convince folks that the language doesn’t exist, that’s simply untrue. Townhall’s Greg Hengler put together a video that proves it here. It boggles my mind that the Administration is willing to keep the language at the possible expense of the entire bill.

It’s clear that abortion is no longer a partisan issue. Democrats and Republicans alike oppose this “woman’s right” to have her child killed. There are very few circumstances in which both parties would agree such an option is viable; those being rape, incest and serious health risks. Such cases make up a tiny percentage of the nearly 1.4 million abortions per year in the United States. Just the other day I heard from a woman who attempted to get insurance coverage on her fertility treatment. She discovered her insurance didn’t cover anything fertility related but fully covered abortion. They don’t support creating life, but they sure support destroying it.

Femi-crazies all over the Internet have had a hey day with this “Live Tweeting My Abortion” chick, who posted a video of herself in the midst of an abortion. She had taken the RU-486 pill and urged women to understand that there is “no shame” in making such a choice. Her circumstances were not those of a typical young woman choosing abortion, though. This woman claims she had severe health issues that would put her life in danger if she were to continue her pregnancy. Such is an instance uncommon and should not be used as an example for those with unexpected, healthy pregnancies.

The efforts of Americans United for Life, Students for Life of America, Jill Stanek, ProLife News and many more should be applauded. They have fought a long and tireless battle and continue to do so as this genocide of unborn children begins to decrease in number. What we know is this: Everyone — pro life or pro choice — wants to decrease the number of abortions seen in this country.

It’s clear including federal funding of abortion in the health care bill is NOT what the American people want — Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Tea Partiers, Moderates, Libertarians and more. President Obama must listen to the people who elected him. He must listen to His Congress and if he is very quiet, perhaps, listen to his heart.

I like to repeat myself sometimes so I can show my consistency. I have said it before; I am NOT a big poll person, but I thought this one deserved some attention.

A new poll shows that Rush Holt’s re-election numbers have dropped 10 points in 6 years and is indeed beatable. The poll also shows that Mike Halfacre, NOT democrat donor Scott Sipprelle, is the man to do it:

A recent poll conducted by Gov. Chris Christie’s pollster, Adam Geller of National Research, shows that U.S. Rep. Rush Holt’s hard re-elect numbers have gone down. A recent poll shows that 39% of twelfth district voters believe Holt deserves to be re-elected, while 41% believe it is time for a new person. When Geller polled the district in 2004, Holt’s re-elect was at 51% and just 23% wanted a new congressman.

Geller, now polling for Fair Haven Mayor Michael Halfacre, says his client is “much better positioned than (GOP rival) Scott Sipprelle to defeat Rush Holt.”

In a head to head ballot test between Holt and “a Republican who, as Mayor, cut spending and lowered property taxes three years in a row,” Holt trailed by five percentage points, 46%-41%. Against “a Republican who made millions on Wall Street, and who contributed some of his money to Democrats like Chuck Schumer and five House Democrats as recently as June of 2009,” Holt has a huge lead: 55%-20%.

As much as the Sipprelle campaign want’s Sipprelle’s donations to 5 House Democrats last year to go away, and the many different story’s for the reason he donated to Chuck Schumer years ago, people know the truth.

Sipprelle, who just recently advocated for bigger and over reaching Government by calling for a super-regulator of the financial industry, is a Rockefeller Republican, pure and simple.

I will continue to write regularly about issues of life, abortion, etc. Here are my latest:

Dr. Laura today read an email (first hour of the show from Friday, March 5th) from a woman who was seeking insurance coverage for some fertility treatment. Though she did not cite the insurance company, she said it was a big one and that they did not cover fertility treatment. However, the company DOES provide full coverage for abortion services. Are you kidding me? I understand insurance not covering fertility — that’s fine. But to not cover helping someone create life while encouraging others to destroy it (with their funding!) is disgusting. By allowing easier access and lower prices for abortion, you are encouraging the act itself.

Abortion is not simply an elective surgical procedure. How do we know this? Because you can’t talk about it in public, you can’t ask how someone is recovering from it, because it’s painful for women to think about — even if they say they don’t regret having done it.

On MTV’s “Teen Mom” they document the mothers deciding to have their babies or give them up for adoption. If abortion were truly an acceptable “choice”, why don’t they feature a couple who decides on that option? The answer is obvious. Thankfully, America has become more pro-life as of late. We can see this from the bipartisan opposition to abortion coverage in the health are bill and a younger generation of pro-lifers rising up, from the Left and the Right.

Someone very close to me recently found out they were pregnant out of wedlock. She does not believe in abortion and it was so refreshing to talk about the situation — and the options — without anyone even mentioning abortion. That’s not in our vocabulary, it’s not a “choice” that crossed her mind. It’s not an ideal situation but it IS a life that is already in existence. Someone else in her position might have been encouraged to consider ending this baby’s life because she’s “too young”, “not ready”, not married or any other number of reasons. Instead, I proposed the idea of adoption. That’s not the choice she’s making and that’s okay.

We are now awaiting the birth of a — hopefully — healthy child that will no doubt bless our lives. A child that will takes her first breath less than 8 months after we first heard about her. She’ll cry and walk and talk and someday I’ll talk to her about boys and she’ll go to the prom and get married and have her own kids someday. This is the life my friend has chosen for her baby. And I’m glad no one was around to convince her that maybe, just maybe, choosing death for this baby would be the best thing.

Choose Life.

It’s a very complicated story with many twists and turns, but it’s a story worth telling, and being told in layman’s terms.

A few years ago back in 2006, while the economy was still humming a long, Morgan Stanley decided to enter the Atlantic City casino business under the umbrella of an entity called Revel Entertainment Group.

And as a good economy became an awful economy, Morgan Stanley vowed to prevail. Now, years later the casino was STILL not built, and there delays upon delays and other businesses started crumbling, while other casino’s around them were faltering, yet Morgan Stanley continued in this enterprise.

As the debt piled up and this dream enterprise started to look more like a nightmare, Morgan Stanley did what has become an all too often trend; they asked for a BAILOUT!:

AFP activists made their voices heard yesterday in opposition to the bailout of Morgan Stanley’s failing Revel Casino project in Atlantic City. Activists protested at Morgan Stanley’s offices in Jersey City.

Also joining in the protest were workers from the labor union UNITE-HERE. The labor group fears the bailout will give Revel an unfair advantage and cost jobs by pushing other struggling AC casinos out of business.

Of course, Morgan Stanley is trying to distance itself from being that heavily involved in this project, it is a proven fact that Morgan Stanley is the key principle investor/entrepreneur in this venture:

While Wall Street firms have long provided casino financing, Morgan Stanley “is blazing a trail here,” said Joseph Weinert, a consultant at Spectrum Gaming Group LLC in Northfield, N.J. He added that it is unusual to have “a sophisticated financial institution taking the lead in casino development. Typically, you have the gaming developer looking for money; here, you have the money looking for a developer.”

Indeed, Morgan Stanley changed the name of the entity that acquired the casino site from Morgan Stanley Gaming Cos. Holdings to Ventura Holdings to avoid being seen as a would-be casino operator. But as they scramble to find new investments for their burgeoning capital troves, some blue-chip securities firms and hedge funds are pushing ahead anyway.

But the real issue is the New Jersey State Senate interfering with the local citizens of Atlantic City and overturning

The development group put together by Morgan-Stanley seeks more than $300 million in tax breaks to finish off that casino. The pols pushing the deal argue this is the one casino that will finally be a “game-changer,” the super-big, super-flashy attraction that will finally get tourists to see Atlantic City as a destination resort.

Hence the bailout pushed by the pols. But those abatements of sales and property taxes would give that new, glitzy casino an advantage over the older, established casinos, which pay their full tax bills. And that has prompted a rather unusual coalition of local residents to oppose the deal. Among them is Seth Grossman, a lawyer and radio personality who heads a right-wing group called “Liberty and Prosperity,” named after the slogan on the New Jersey flag. Also in the coalition are members of Local 54, a union that represents bartenders and waiters working in casinos.

The union members fear they’ll lose their jobs when the new, subsidized casino puts older casinos out of business. This is hardly an unreasonable fear. Three Trump casinos are already in bankruptcy court.

The Atlantic City Council voted in December to move ahead with the tax break plan, but the coalition gathered enough signatures to put it to a referendum. That prompted the legislative delegation to cook up a bill to remove retroactively the right to hold that referendum. The bill passed the Senate yesterday; Christie has not commented on whether he would sign it if it passes the Assembly. But Grossman’s point remains. This deal is great for the developers, but there’s nothing in it for the taxpayers.

Once again the will of the people does not matter. The Bill vote by the way, had one vote against it, Michael Doherty once again voted for the people.

Another major controversy that will be coming up is the possibility that some votes on this whole issue may in fact be tied to campaign contributions, recent contributions that one might say, influenced voting patterns.

No matter how you roll the dice on this one, it comes up craps!!

I had the opportunity to sit down with Bill Spadea, President of Building the New Republican Majority, he started with John Crowley.

Bill talked about many of the Congressional races that are just heating up as the GOP County Convention process starts up here in New Jersey.

Bill talks about Mike Halfacre and Scott Sipprelle for the 12th Congressional District, Diane Gooch, Anna Little, Shannon Wright and Fabrizio Bivona for the 6th Congressional District, Chris Smith and Alan Bateman in the 4th Congressional District and the special election convention to replace Bill Baroni in the 14th Legislative District, which takes place this Thursday.

Much has been made about the recent endorsement of Alan Bateman by Steve Lonegan in Alan’s attempt to dethrone Chris “What, I am a republican?” Smith and his quest for a 15th. term in the House of Representatives.  Lonegan lists quite a few reasons why Smith should rightfully be labeled a RINO, some of them being:

It seems that Smith loves to side with Pelosi and the big spending libs in congress.  This is backed up by his grade from the National Taxpayers Union whose grades for him have been going down hill during his time in Washington that they now are in the C-/D range.  This is a sure sign of a tax and spend lib.  But, is he really representing the citizens of New Jersey’s 4th congressional district?  Let’s take a look at that.

For a representative to truely understand the needs of his constituents, it has always been assumed that he/she should live in that district whenever they are not needed in Washington D.C.  With Smith, this seems to not be true. 

Chris “What, I am a republican?” Smith lists his home as: 107 Nottinghill Ln; Trenton, NJ 08619-4003

This address is for an apartment building right off of Kuser Road in Trenton.  If you would like to see it, here is the goggle map for it.  Make sure you go to the over head view too!  I tried to find out some further information on the apartments and I came up with this information:

Kuser Village
Legow Management Company   Managed by: Legow Management Company		Address: 110 Nottinghill Lane Hamilton, NJ 08619 Print Friendly   Phone: 609-587-4959 Fax: 609-584-0284 Lease Terms: Variable Office Hours: Other Open 7 days a week
Kuser Village Type & Pricing:
Beds Baths Price Deposit Type Sq. Ft. 1 1   $725       Apartment   2 1   $845       Apartment   *Prices might be out of date. Contact apartment for up-to-date information.
Kuser Village Features:
Apartment Features Community Features Air Conditioning Balcony/Patio Pet – Friendly Some Paid Utilities Emergency Maint. Laundry Facility
Custom Features: Newly renovated kitchens Wall-to-wall carpeting Large closets Easy access off street parking Bright interiors Beautifully landscaped

Wow, sounds like a nice place, if you were a young couple just starting out in life, but not what I would expect of a 15 term United States Congressman who’s yearly salary alone is $174,000.  I would think that a person who has a wife and four children would want something more than a two bedroom apartment to call home.  Of course the idea of paying about $850 a month for two bedrooms does sound like a real deal.  Further, he does not have to burden himself with the nasty property tax problem that is such a pain in the butt here in New Jersey.  That said, lets  look a little bit further into this issue.

While congress is in session, Chris “What, I am a republican?” Smith has to live close to Washington D.C. in order to vote along the same lines as Nancy “I can’t feel my face” Pelosi.  Where might that be and what type of sacrifice is he making to live in Northern Virginia, as he told politickernj.com.

A check of the White Pages for Virginia shows the following:

Christopher H. Smith

2666 Unicorn Ct.