Americans are pissed off — and that’s a good thing

‘People are pissed,” reports Esquire after examining the results of its new survey, conducted along with NBC News. The study finds that roughly half of Americans are even angrier than they were a year ago. --Yes, we’re mad. What of it? --The angry among us should be thanked, not tsk-tsked. Our boiling rage is actually cause for optimism.

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Dems Are At War With Americans On Cars, Guns And Refugees

Politics: Democrats like to portray themselves as champions of the good ol' middle-class. Yet on key issues, they've staked out positions diametrically opposed to the desires of those same Americans.

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Democrats fail to credit Americans with courage regarding debt ceiling

FOX NEWS,7/15/2011 OP-ED by Thaddeus McCotter - In the Debt Ceiling Mess Americans Have More Courage Than Obama and Democrats Think They Do

Amidst this debt ceiling debate, this president and his Democratic minions’ arguments have descended from “straw men” to “bogeymen” in their attempts to scare Americans. Read more at Fox...

Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter represents Michigan's 11th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is currently a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Read More......

Glenn Beck: Fundamental Transformation

America is at a crossroads. We have known this for 10 years now but after each tragic event or “bubble” America has gone back to sleep because we wanted to believe that we could have it all and “it just isn’t as bad as they say.” Our gut however, has told us that it was time to wake up and use what used to be known as “common sense.” It is what Americans from all points of the political compass meant when focus groups gave every politician the presidential campaign slogan, change.

After spending years, and thousands of man-hours, in research, reflection, and prayer, my team and I have come to realize that a “Fundamental Transformation” is required. While it is just as powerful, it’s also the polar opposite of what President Obama touted last election. President Obama and the progressive ruling class of both parties believe in the collective planned society. I believe America’s answers are to be found with, by, and in the individual American honestly pursuing happiness not in 2,000 page bills.

If one is looking for a “collective” based solution it can be found in the phrase: America is great because America is good. When we look for our answers in Washington we ask our politicians or parties to “make us good.” They cannot. But we can, must, and will. The secret our Founders understood was that America is good because individual Americans are honest, just, thrifty, responsible, educated, charitable and God fearing. Read more at www.glennbeck.com...
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What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls

RASMUSSEN REPORTS, 7/24/2010 - One of the key issues in the political debate now roiling the country is how big a part government should play in our lives. ∴ And on this topic there is a huge gap between the Political Class and the rest of the nation. ∴ Seventy-five percent (75%) of voters prefer free markets over a government-managed economy. But a plurality of the Political Class takes the opposite view. Read more at Rasmussen's... Read More......