Time 2 Escape Daily for Thursday, Jan 5, 2012

Unfortunately, my time was very limited today, and I will probably be on the busy side for the next few days. I can not expound on this post due to my time limitations. But I do want you to know that there is some great information embedded in the post for YOU to spend some time pondering. Being that I've found that I have my limitations, I have decided to do what I can do, but leave it to you to learn what you can from what I've posted.

Hopefully, I'll have more time to continue this effort soon. I'm just sayin'...

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The News Stories:

Rush: I wouldn’t want McCain’s endorsement
Limbaugh expects Newt to go for Romney's jugular
by Joe Kovacs ~ Jan 4, 2012

PALM BEACH, Fla. – The real winner in the Iowa Caucuses was not Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney or Ron Paul, but rather President Obama, at least according to the national news media.

So says radio giant Rush Limbaugh who noted major media voices from across the country were singing the praises of Obama’s re-election chances, claiming Republicans appear to be divided among the likes of the top three finishers in the Hawkeye State.

MSNBC’s Martin Bashir declared: “The big winner in Iowa: President Obama.”    READ MORE

Obama fundraising e-mail expresses fear over “tea party extremists”
From the Greeley Gazette (via WND) ~ Posted by Matt Lacy • January 4, 2012

The Obama campaign appears to have shown us who they are really concerned about running against, a solidly conservative candidate instead of moderate Mitt Romney.

Following the Iowa caucus last night Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager sent out an e-mail expressing their fears over the results.

The message titled, “this is not a joke” expressed the campaign’s concerns that Governor Mitt Romney only received around 30 percent of the vote. “Many observers still think Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee. If he is, we will be prepared. But it's curious that no one can really explain how, when or why the 70-plus percent of Republicans saying in polls and in Iowa that Mitt Romney's not their candidate will suddenly come around.”

“So the path ahead for Romney -- or whichever of the Republican candidates is going to emerge from this process -- is sadly and starkly very clear: to run even further to the extreme right, and make even more dangerous promises that threaten not only the progress we've made but the fundamental fabric of American society.”   READ MORE

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Columnists and Their Commentaries:

Gingrich and climate change ~ By Jane Chastain
Exclusive: Jane Chastain looks at controversy over line in candidate's future book
From WND ~ Wednesday, January 4, 2012

“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.”

Mark Twain

JANE CHASTAIN

Does a leopard change its spots? Does a tiger change its stripes?

Newt Gingrich is what you might call a striped tiger or a spotted leopard. When it comes to what some see as the impending doom of climate change, the former speaker of the House is trying to have it both ways.

On Dec. 20, at a campaign stop in Iowa, he looked more like a deer than a leopard or tiger – a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming vehicle. When confronted by a woman who expressed concern about a chapter on climate change being written for his post-election book on the environment by climate change apologist Katherine Hayhoe, Newt began backpedaling. “That’s not going to be in the book,” he said. “We didn’t know that they were doing that, and we told them to kill it.” Ah, the proverbial “we.” Who are/is the we? The book’s editor, some unknown puppeteer who is out of sight pulling all the strings, or Gingrich himself?    READ MORE

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From the Blogs:

Best place to start ~ By Ralph Marston
From The Daily Motivator ~ Thursday, January 5, 2012

Where is the best place to start, when you’re determined to make real improvements in your life? Where is the best place to start, when you’re totally committed to following your dream?

The best place to start is precisely where you are. The best time to start is the moment you are in.

As difficult and challenging as your situation may be, in that situation is a way to move forward. From where you are right now, there is a path that leads to precisely where you would like to be.

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Don't be afraid!

WE the PEOPLE

are the MOB
ONE NATION UNDER GOD

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
johnny2k's Tea Party Gear

Sarah who? ~ By Jane Chastain

Like Palin, Bachmann is attractive and articulate (minus the down-home charm that some find offensive). Like Palin, Bachmann has done an incredible job of balancing family and career. While Palin is a mother to five, Bachmann is a mother to 28, five of her own and 23 foster children. No one can argue. That's an incredible accomplishment!

Palin plowed the field for conservative women who are aiming for the White House. It is now entirely possible that Bachmann may reap this harvest. Could she be the dark horse who thunders out of nowhere like the 304-day Senate wonder who became our 44th president?

After watching the New Hampshire debate Monday night, I decided that the pundits who were saying that we have a weak field of possible GOP nominees are a bunch of airheads! And, fortunately, this will be the election where We, the People, are going to decide who the Republican nominee will be, rather than the mainstream press, belt-way pundits, or the old-establishment Republicans, who gave us John McCain in 2008.

Jane's column does well in explaining why Michele Bachmann would be a better GOP candidate than Sarah Palin. However, I still feel very strong about the candidate that I've been supporting, Mr. Herman Cain, even long before he announced his candidacy on May 21, 2011. At least we now know that Cain would have some very qualified people to choose from for a great running mate in 2012 to defeat Barack Obama. And yes, Michele Bachmann would be an excellent choice and should be high on Herman's list.

Seriously, this needs to be the year that we (the tea partiers) totally ignore what Charles Krauthammer, Dick Morris, or Ann Coulter think. I'm just sayin'...

Sarah who?

JANE CHASTAIN

By Jane Chastain

June 16, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Sarah Palin. The very mention of her name invokes a strong response from almost everyone. You either love her or hate her. (Count me in the former category.) Until now, Palin has been sucking up all the oxygen in the media with her "Will-I-run-or-will-I-not" bus tour.

I confess that since the 2008 election, I have been disappointed with the former Alaska governor. I was sure that when she was free from the McCain campaign and could finally speak for herself, she would lose the generalities that dominate political speech and dazzle us with specifics. I'm still waiting. In short, I admire what she has accomplished, but I hope she doesn't run.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

I felt much the same way about Michele Bachmann. I hoped she would not run – until around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Although Bachmann has a potpourri of interesting experience, I felt it was too thin to be a serious candidate. I've admired the fact that she has been willing to go anywhere at any time to build a case for free-market, conservative principles, but I felt she would be nothing more than a distraction.

Long before the end of the GOP debate in New Hampshire, it was clear this lady would be the winner and is now ready and able to mix it up with the "Big Boys." Bachmann grabbed the spotlight at the very beginning when she formally announced that she was, in fact, running for president and, in the hour and a half that followed, she left the other candidates in her dust. She was poised and polished to a high gloss. Her remarks were pithy, specific, carefully chosen and to the point.

READ MORE at WND.com

Don't be afraid!

WE the PEOPLE

are the MOB
ONE NATION UNDER GOD

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
johnny2k's Tea Party Gear

About your tax cut … By Jane Chastain

"A chicken in every pot" is the temptation waved under the noses of voters by politicians of every political stripe. It's an alluring promise. Little wonder that the average life of a democracy is a mere 200 years. Obama was elected on the idea that he was going to reward 95 percent of us at the expense of the top 2 percent. That will work, right? read more | digg story

The president's plan to stimulate poverty - By Jane Chastain

In the description on digg.com for this story, I wrote: "With the passage of the so-called economic stimulus bill designed by the Democrat-run Congress and promoted by President Obama, the perverse incentives that actually reward states for enrolling and keeping people on the public dole are baaack! But Barack Obama had praised the welfare reforms of 1996 during the election campaign. Go figure..." Another great digg user and friend, indygirl, submitted the same story, only from the other WND url, and she said it in a way I liked better than my description: "1965, L. Johnson initiated a welfare system that for many people became a way of life. Not until 1996, when a Rep[ublican] Congress forced President Clinton to change welfare reforms was a 60% drop in welfare caseloads seen. Obama praised these reforms during his campaign, but now he seems bent on trapping ignorant people into poverty and control." It was the part when indygirl wrote, "he seems bent on trapping ignorant people into poverty and control," that was the perfect follow-up to what I had stated above. Well, except for the fact that she submitted the story first... Please note: I'm the guilty one of submitting a duplicate story to digg.com. The reason I submitted it again is because many readers of WorldNetDaily have to choose between the worldnetdaily.com or the wnd.com urls. Many of the people that see the article at WorldNetDaily or WND go to the digg page directly from the article. I am providing the links to both of the digg pages dealing with this column by Jane Chastain below. read the column digg the story I submitted digg the story indygirl submitted

All is not lost! - By Jane Chastain

If you had an employee who was steeling from you, you would fire that employee. Why would you do otherwise with your employees in Washington? Plug into the National Taxpayers Union and start receiving those report cards on Congress. Then, be prepared to do the right thing in 2010. The money that hasn't been spent can be reclaimed!

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Flight 1549: When greed replaces gratitude, by Jane Chastain

On Jan. 15, the world watched in awe as all 155 passengers and crew from a crashed US Airways jet were rescued from the Hudson River in New York in record time. One flight attendent was briefly hospitalized with two broken legs but, miraculously, there were no other serious injuries. Even after the obvious miracles, there are some that want to sue.

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Farewell to George W. Bush - by Jane Chastain

By Jane Chastain © 2009 WorldNetDaily No one is perfect. That is true for your spouse, your children, your mom and (look in the mirror) even yourself. While we readily recognize and accept the flaws and frailties of those closest to us, somehow we expect that the person we elect to be president of the United States will live up to all our grandiose expectations and we are shocked when we discover that he is a mere mortal. That said, I say goodbye to President George W. Bush with a lot of mixed emotions. To be honest, I didn't expect a lot from this man. He had run two companies into the ground and road his father's coattails to become governor of the state of Texas. Surely, the country could do better! I was pleasantly surprised on many levels. The 2000 election was so close that Bush literally backed into the presidency without the usual amount of time one needs to assume the office with a team in place. Nevertheless, he was tested on 9-11-2001, as no other American president has been, and he met that test head-on, with strength and resolve. Nineteen days later, one day after Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that new terrorist attacks may be planned for the country in the coming week, President Bush showed unusual courage when he made good on his promise to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York. The country was gripped with fear. We had battened down the hatches. Travel plans were cancelled and shopping trips minimized. I will never forget the night of Oct. 30, 2001, when Mr. Bush, wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with "FDNY," in honor of the New York City Fire Department, strolled resolutely to the pitcher's mound. Yes, security was tight, but he was alone under the glaring lights, before a sellout crowd of more than 57,000 people, an easy target. How many presidents would have done that? Most would have stayed behind layers of security in the bunker. Bush, looking small and vulnerable scanned the upper decks. He paused and smiled and gave a big "thumbs-up" sign to reassure the crowd, before throwing a strike. Then, he walked off the mound to chants of "USA, USA" and the country slowly got back to normal. [Continue reading]

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Sarah Palin: "Dumb" like a fox - by Jane Chastain

Anonymous attacks by disgruntled political staffers is nothing new. While the pundits most adored by the Washington media have written Palin's political obituary, she is adored by the rank and file. Ninety-one percent of Republicans have a favorable view of her, and 64 percent say she is their choice for the party's nominee in 2012. You Betcha!

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Why Joe the plumber is more articulate than McCain

Ever wonder why a guy like Joe the plumber is more articulate on the issues than John McCain, a man who has been a United States senator for 22 years and who won his party's nomination for president of the United States? McCain's policies, for the most part, are the right policies, but he needs an interpreter, in this case, Joe the Plumber!

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ACORN and the Obama tree - by Jane Chastain

Ties between Obama and ACORN are legion. However, now that ACORN's part in the sub-prime mortgage mess has been exposed and the group's voter registration programs have become an object of public scorn, the junior senator from Illinois is trying to throw ACORN overboard as he did his former pastor and a laundry list of other unseemly characters.

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