Everyone should watch this video by Jerry Day before answering census questions this year.

Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter in November 1980 to become our nation's 40th President. At the time, America was facing significant economic woes, just as we are today. However, it is important to note the differences between how Reagan saw the problem in comparison to the current Administration. This video contains excerpts from Reagan's first inaugural address on January 20, 1981. His words ring out as true today as they did nearly 30 years ago.

UPDATE: Check-out this recent opinion column entitled "What Would Reagan Do?'" on Fox News.

From the Washington Times

The era of big government has returned with a vengeance, in the form of the largest federal work force in modern history.

The Obama administration says the government will grow to 2.15 million employees this year, topping 2 million for the first time since President Clinton declared that "the era of big government is over" and joined forces with a Republican-led Congress in the 1990s to pare back the federal work force.

Most of the increases are on the civilian side, which will grow by 153,000 workers, to 1.43 million people, in fiscal 2010.

The expansion could provide more ammunition to those arguing that the government is trying to do too much under President Obama.

"I'm shocked that the 'tea party' hasn't focused on it yet, and the Obama administration only has a thin sliver of time to deal more directly with it, I believe," said Paul C. Light, who studies the federal bureaucracy as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at New York University. "When you talk about big government, you're talking about a big employer."

The new figures are contained in the budget that Mr. Obama sent Monday to Congress.

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Election research being done by Minnesota Majority is receiving national attention.  A story today by Fox News reports that Secretaries of State are being ushered into office by George Soros' Secretary of State Project in an effort to influence the outcomes of elections.  One of the individuals featured in the Fox story is Minnesota's own Mark Ritchie who was elected with the help of Soros' organization and ACORN. 

Fox reports on some of the many irregularities uncovered by Minnesota Majority's elections research, including felon voters and the fact that thousands more ballots were counted and certified by the Canvassing Board than Secretary Ritchie's voter registration system can account for in the 2008 general election.

The story raises the question of whether the outcome of the Coleman/Franken election contest may have had a different outcome if not for Mark Ritchie.  Ritchie's response?  "No comment."

TAKE ACTION

• Read the Fox News story.
• Sign our Election Integrity Petition calling upon the Minnesota State Legislature to pass reforms to improve the integrity of our elections.
• Make a donation to Minnesota Majority to help us continue to fight for election integrity in Minnesota.

Here are some additional perspectives on the President's state of the union speech:

George Will: The State of the Union Address Reveals a President of Two Minds

Michael Barone: Inside Obama's State of the Union Speech

Mark Tapscott: A Speech with Nothing for Everyone

Reality Check - President Obama Gropes for a Strategy

The Supreme Court campaign finance ruling last Thursday means corporations can spend freely on political ads leading up to elections. The Thursday decision invalidates portions of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform law that sought to limit corporate influence. If you want to understand whether this decision was a positive development for everyday Americans, you need only look to the immediate reaction of those on the far Left -- elitists that want to speech to be controlled by government bureaucrats.

If you want to understand what was at stake in the Court's decision, watch the following 5 minute video produced by the CATO Institute.

This is the video we produced as a result of Scott Brown's historic win in Massachusetts.  If you enjoy our work, please consider making a donation to help us continue the fight.

This is a 2-part, one-hour, must-see video from David Horwitz's Restoration Weekend held on November 19 - 21, 2009.   It features David Horowitz, Pat Caddell and Scott Wheeler.  We are at war and most people do not understand this basic fact.  People must "wake-up" if we are to preserve freedom for future generations of Americans.

Part 1

Part 2

President Obama repeatedly promised the American people that he planned to televise the health care reform negotiations on CSPAN. But the reality is that most of the most important negotiations that have taken place to date and are currently taking place in reconciling the House and Senate versions of the bills are occurring behind closed doors.

Earlier this week, C-SPAN's CEO Brian Lamb sent a letter to Henry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell  requesting that all “important negotiations” in reconciling the differences between the House and be opened up to C-SPAN’s cameras.  But C-SPAN's request has thus far fallen on deaf ears.

TAKE ACTION: Send a message to President Obama and Congress demanding that the President keep his promise to the American people to televise all important negotiations related to the health reform bill.