A tiny bit of good news...

Love it that President Ronald Reagan's inauguration in 1981, with only THREE networks in existence at the time, was viewed on TV by roughly 4 million more than Obama!

I suppose some party-pooper will come along and say that many were watching on the Internet, which I understand was hot and heavy. But still, think about it. The population has grown tremendously since Reagan's inauguration and there are probably more TV's in households.

Obama's inauguration was shown on 17 or so TV stations... compared with three measly little stations back then. I was surprised when I read the article, and pleased.

Hat tip to RightReel on Twitter for RT on this one, made me smile just a bit to have a tiny glimmer of rightness in this currently gloomy world.

Obama Inaugural Ratings Fall Short of Reagan’s
Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:30 PMBy: Rick Pedraza
Although the number of viewers watching the presidential inauguration coverage of Barack Obama was impressive, they fall short of those who saw Ronald Reagan take the oath of office for his first term in 1981. According to Nielsen Media Research, 37.8 million television viewers tuned in Tuesday to watch the swearing-in ceremony, which was the largest inaugural audience in 28 years. Reagan's first inauguration in 1981 drew a whopping 41.8 million...
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_inaugural_reagan/2009/01/22/174132.html?s=al&promo_code=789C-1

Atheists Sue to Get Prayer, God Out of Obama's Swearing-In

I don't see the point. I have never seen the point for lawsuits to push someone's belief off on another. I'm fine if people want to be atheists. I think when they go for these lawsuits which try to cram their point of view down my throat then they've stepped over the line. They're free not to pray. They're free to insert "human" in the place of God in their minds if they want. However, for them to try and take away my rights to pray if I want is over the line.

I believe it's a way for these people to feel important. They have a cause and it gives their life meaning. If the President-elect WANTS to pray, more power to him. To have some group force him NOT to pray is wrong.

I know the arguments from the atheists side. I've heard it all. I know why we can no longer pray in school. I know that the minority is forcing their point of view on the majority (again and again), and that, too, is wrong.

I figure, just like the suing folks are probably figuring, that sooner or later someone is going to agree with them and we will no longer be a free country. I'm hoping and praying that the Obama administration isn't the one that will fill the Supreme Court with the kind of justices that will bend to the false premises put forth by the atheists and friends.

Atheists Sue to Get Prayer, God Out of Obama's Swearing-In
By Nikita Stewart
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 31, 2008; Page B03

A group of atheists, led by a California man known for challenging the use of the words "under God" in recitals of the Pledge of Allegiance at public schools, filed a lawsuit yesterday to bar prayer and references to God at the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002858.html?hpid=sec=religion

Encouraging Numbers in Florida

America Needs Sarah Palin posted this and I thought it was well worth spreading around!

Palin draws crowd of 60,000 in The Villages
By Bill Cotterell • news-press.com capital bureau • September 21, 2008
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022
THE VILLAGES -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told wildly cheering, flag-waving, chanting supporters that John McCain is "the only great man in this race" and promised Sunday he will fix the nation's economy if voters give the GOP four more years in the White House. "He won't say this, so I'll say it for him," the Alaska governor said in an almost confidential tone at the close of her first Florida stump speech. "There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you. John McCain wore the uniform of his country for 22 years -- talk about tough."
http://news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022

Barack Obama is losing out the the Moose Shootin' Barracuda Babe! What a crowd! You know Obama is losing sleep over this kind of stuff as he figured he had it made in the shade before Sarah Palin came on board.

Saw the new Read My Lipstick Network blogs! If I counted correctly we're up to 21 blogs now? I'm excited to see the proliferation of McCain-Palin blogs that are springing up everywhere. We have to keep the momentum going all the way through November 4th.