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The so-called conservative Democrats ( Blue Dogs ) were the difference in passing ObamaCare in the U.S. House of Representatives. A total of 28 Blue Dog Democrats forfeited their principles in favor of socialist healthcare & big government. [1] "If this bill passes the Senate, America will be bankrupt and nobody will have healthcare."
The House of Representatives is currently debating the liberals' massive, trillion-dollar takeover of health care, with Nancy Pelosi determined to hold the vote tonight.
Minority Leader John Boehner called the pro-life amendment a meaningless "shell game" because it wouild be removed by liberals in conference. "Shame on you," Charles Rangel replied after Boehner asked him to guarantee it would not be removed. Latest updates
16 Million Americans are now suffering without hope in a jobless recovery. [2] Earlier, the president promised unemployment would never rise above 7.8%, [3] as an additional 4 million jobs were destroyed after the Obama stimulus passed, as experts predicted. [4]
House holds rules debate on health-care bill whether to allow amendments, and will vote on the trillion-dollar government takeover Saturday night. Do the liberals have the 218 votes needed for passage? Pelosi said, "We'll see when we get to the floor."[5]
The New York Times recently endorsed liberal Jon Corzine for governor of New Jersey, but now it recounts his spending $130 million on his own political career with little more than a bad car crash to show for it. His 49-45% defeat Tuesday was "humiliating", says the Times, and its headline screams, "Unlucky and Aloof, Corzine Fell Short of Trenton Goals."[6]
We pray for the victims of the Fort Hood massacre and we pray that America takes steps to prevent this type of attack from happening again.
The British press mistranslates for liberal England the Fort Hood shooter's final words: "Allahu Akbar," which really means "Allah is great." A British paper shouts in its headline that his final words were "God is great,"[7] and then deflects the reader's attention to the heroine who stopped him.
Unemployment Rate tops 10%
The nation's unemployment rate rose above 10% for the first time since 1983 in October, a much worse jump than expected as employers continued to trim jobs from payrolls. The unemployment rate, calculated using a survey of households as opposed to companies, rose by 0.4 percentage point to 10.2%, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast an increase to 9.9%. [8][9]
Hours before the Fort Hood massacre, "Democratic liberals" who lead the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to weaken the USA Patriot Act as a tool for combating terrorism.[10]
Liberal headlines downplay the facts about the Fort Hood massacre, but details are emerging through quotes by fellow soldiers.[11]
Gay activists: it's Obama's fault: "Gay activists were frustrated that Obama, who insists he staunchly supports their overall civil rights agenda, didn't speak out forcefully in defense of Maine's marriage law before Tuesday's referendum. The law was repealed in a vote of 53 percent to 47 percent. ... The White House, asked about the criticism, had no immediate comment."
Tragic Shooting at Fort Hood in Texas
A shooting rampage Thursday afternoon at the Army's Fort Hood in Texas killed 13 and wounded 30 before the gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was sent to the hospital in stable condition. Two other suspects have been taken into custody. "We have a terrible, tragic situation here," said Lt. General Bob Cone. "Soldiers, family members and the civilians that work here are absolutely devastated." [12][13][14] Most of those killed were soldiers.
Eleven more videos of schoolchildren trained to praise Obama: "when eleven more dropped in our email box it came as quite a shock. ... Each one of the videos below is creepier than the last because the further down you go, the younger the children — brace yourself for kindergartners – except for the last and most disturbing video, which you have to see to believe."[15]
Governor Charlie Crist: 'I didn't endorse' the stimulus package.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist was interviewed on CNN's The Situation Room wednesday and claimed he did not endorse the 2009 economic stimulus package.
WOLF BLITZER: Do you have any regrets about endorsing the economic stimulus package?
CHARLIE CRIST: Well, I didn't endorse it. I — you know, I didn't even have a vote on the darned thing. [16] [17]
Planned Parenthood makes the bulk of their money through abortion, setting quotas of how many babies per month should be killed, and raking in the cash[18]. And to add insult to injury, they are going to court to silence the director who quit after witnessing the procedure through an ultrasound.[19]
The largest Economics class for teenagers -- 50 students -- will post its midterm exam later today here. How well would public school students do?
Michele Bachmann "sets the stage for a congressional confrontation" today at high noon, and thousands converge on D.C. for her rally against Pelosi's planned federal takeover of medical care.[20] "The Republican lawmaker has been on a media blitz promoting [today]'s rally against the Democratic health care proposal on the steps of the Capitol, which she has dubbed 'The Super Bowl of Freedom.'"[21]
The number of jobs the Obama administration credits to federal stimulus money could be overstated by at least 20,000 of the 640,000 claimed, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. Recipients of the government grants and contracts appear to have made mistakes when estimating the number of jobs that have been saved or created, according to the Journal's review. The Obama administration said Friday that spending from the $787 billion stimulus program had directly created or saved about 640,000 jobs through Sept. 30. Republicans challenged the claim, saying there was no concrete way to tally jobs "saved." [22]
53-47% was the wide margin by which Maine voters rejected gay marriage, the centerpiece of the homosexual agenda.
What did $5 million in spending by gay activists buy them in Maine? Only 267,574 votes, about $20 per vote.
"Republicans won two big races Tuesday – the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey – in a rebuke to the Democratic Party and a blow to President Obama."[23]
"Gay marriage has now lost in every single state -- 31 in all -- in which it has been put to a popular vote."[24] Spending more than $10 per vote promoting the homosexual agenda did not change the outcome: Maine restores the traditional institution of marriage.
Liberals admit this: "Contests serve as warning to Democrats: It's not 2008 anymore."[25] But then comes the liberal denial: "Neither gubernatorial election amounted to a referendum on the president." In fact, Obama hitched his presidency to both gubernatorial candidates, especially in New Jersey where he made 3 special election-eve appearances.
Thought the Democrats striped ACORN of taxpayer money to continue its corrupt practices, like facilitating child prostitution and human trafficing, besides ballot box stuffing? Wrong. Think again. The action only applied to the current year budget and continuing resolution, which ended October 31. When the continuing resolution expires, ACORN will be free to help register as many illegal aliens in California necessary to insure natural born citizens in other states lose thier representation during redistricting. [26]
Gay marriage defeated in liberal Maine. [27]
Republican Chris Christie elected Governor of New Jersey [28]
Jon Corzine loses by over 100,000 votes, despite spending more than 3 times his opponent.[29]
In the final days the Democrat Jon Corzine turned the race into a referendum on Obama, and the overwhelmingly Democratic New Jersey repudiated Obama's liberal agenda.[30]
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP STATEWIDE RACES IN VIRGINIA[31]
The conservative McDonnell won in Virginia, a Democratic state, by 18%!!!"
Another reason to remove the incumbents from Congress: We - the United States - have the largest proven energy reserves on the planet, and Congress refuses to let us drill for it: [32][33]
Election Day 2009: Four key races rivet the nation's attention:
- the race for Virginia's governorship, in a state that went Democratic a year ago
- the race for New York congressional seat 23, as an insurgent Conservative Party candidate could make history in a liberal state
- Maine Proposition 1, where an initiative to restore traditional marriage has been opposed by massive gay spending exceeding $10 per vote
- the race for governorship of New Jersey, a heavily Democratic state.
"Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Watching Abortion on Ultrasound"[34]
Monday in history, November 2nd, 1983- Republican President Ronald Reagan signs into law the bill that recognized Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
"With two new polls showing the race over Question 1 a dead heat, the Yes on 1/Stand for Marriage Maine campaign released a new radio ad Monday spotlighting what it says is harassment and intimidation of public high school social worker Donald Mendell Jr., who faces the possible loss of his social worker license for his support of Question 1, which would reverse the new law.""[35]
The future is conservative: Doug Hoffman takes a commanding 5-point lead in the liberal state of New York's congressional race.[36]
Former Mayor Steve Lonegan Fires Up Voters at Jackson Tea Party. [37]
Total repudiation of Obama in Virginia, as the Republican Bob McDonnell now has a 12% lead over the Democrat Creigh Deeds in the race for the governor's seat, which is currently held by a Democrat. Obama won this state merely one year ago.
"Democrats Scramble to Prevent GOP Victories in Key Races: The White House is aware Democratic losses would be spun as a referendum on Obama. The results of Tuesday's elections could also foreshadow next year's elections, when 37 governorships come up for grabs."[38]
In an overwhelmingly Democratic state, it's now a dead heat in the race for governor.
"Zogby: Corzine, Christie in N.J. Nailbiter"[39]
Democrats are fleeing NY Congressional candidate Owens like rats from a sinking ship: "He's losing 25% of the Democratic voters, versus only a 13% defection rate among Republicans. Fully 14% of Dems say they will vote for the Conservative Hoffman. Another 11% were going for Scozzafava."[40]
Nearly everyone should turn their clocks back early Sunday morning!
Happy Halloween celebrations!
Obama administration invokes State Secrets Doctrine in court challenge to Obama's domestic spying program. Reports say Obama conducting warrantless wiretaps. [41]
Jon Corzine's Assistant Deputy Campaign Director Arrested on Drug Charges
A man who identified himself as an official with New Jersey Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine's reelection campaign was arrested Friday night after the police found ecstasy tablets wrapped and ready to be sold in his car, which was rented from the Corzine campaign. Jason Shih, 25, is being charged with possession of drugs, possession of drugs in a school zone, intent to distribute drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also charged with two motor vehicle violations -- driving while using a cell phone and having drugs in his car.
Tickets for an upcoming campaign rally with Barack Obama were found mixed in with the drug paraphernalia. [42]
Liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens. [43]
Public Policy Polling editorializes that "We're finding Hoffman with more support than Owens and Scozzafava combined...explains the withdrawal." [44]
"Kansas Supreme Court rules against wind farms." Wind energy is not eco-friendly after all: "hundreds of turbines towering 300 or more feet above the landscape will disrupt the natural beauty of the prairie, create noise pollution and hurt dwindling populations of prairie chickens, which won't mate anywhere near large structures."[45] They are also inefficient.
"GOP Poll: Obama Visits Backfiring In New Jersey? A new survey from Neighborhood Research (R) shows that Republican Chris Christie has pulled ahead as voters are breaking late from the undecided column toward the challenger.
Christie 42 (+6 vs. last poll, 10/6-8)
Corzine 35 (unch)"[46]
The homosexual agenda targets liberal Maine by spending more than $10 per vote, but the latest poll shows a dead heat on the proposition to reverse gay marriage on Tuesday.[47]
Liberal hatred strikes once again: if a liberal commits a heinous crime, always make sure to attack the victim, as Gore Vidal does in his defense of recently-arrested Roman Polanski: [48]
Obama's buddy "Hugo Chavez is currently conducting a political and financial 'blitzkrieg' in countries such as Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia. So far, country responses to his aggressive efforts have been rather languid, with the exception of Honduras, where a rapid civic and military reaction has checked the progress of his offensive."[49] Uncensored, up-to-the minute news from Honduras can been seen on this blog: [50]
Record-low temperatures and snow may hit tonight in ... Tucson, one of the most southern cities in the western United States.[51] Global warming, anyone? Yes, liberals still want to control energy regardless of the facts, and under any pretext possible.
The Conservative Bible Project has translated over 30% of the New Testament already: 2400 out of nearly 8000 verses.
The Nazis once made bar soap from Jewish fat; this Swiss company makes anti-aging skin cream from an aborted baby: [52]
Climate Science For Dummies: The church of Global Warming. "Where environmental scientists are the clergy, Green is the color of purity and the central icon is not Jesus suffering on a cross but the image of a tortured planet dying for our sins." [53]
Desecrating Old Glory, a Democrat fund-raising video to promote ObamaCare. [54]
Women in Peril, the Parents Television Council is highlighting the increasing graphic violence against women and girls by Hollywood. Extreme violence against women has increased in frequency, is deemed trivial and even a humorous matter. Statistics show broadcasters have aired 120% more violence against women between 2004 and 2009. Conservatives fight for women, liberals exploit them. [55]
Down to the wire in the exciting New York congressional race: Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has been endorsed by George Pataki, Sarah Palin, Dick Armey, Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, former Sen. Rick Santorum, "Fred Thompson, Dr. James Dobson, and Sen. Jim DeMint, as well as groups such as NY Right to Life, National Organization for Marriage, Susan B. Anthony List, Concerned Women for America, and others."[56]
Is the RINO gambit in New Jersey about to crash and burn in ignominious defeat? The Quinnipiac poll thinks so: RINO Chris Christie falls to five points behind the unpopular Jon Corzine.[57] Christie stumbled with conservatives by picking a pro-choice running mate rather than Steve Lonegan, a movement conservative who won 42% in the primary despite every "leader" opposing him and being outspent by millions.
"City Parents Opting Out of Swine Flu Vaccine: At Public School 157 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where health officials opened their public school vaccination campaign on Wednesday, only a third of students had permission to receive it. 'The swine flu vaccine has not been out long enough for me to trust it,' said Sheena Ash, who has three children at the school."[58]
Liberal John Kerry insists that "we invented wind" as he desperately pushes for more government control over energy, under the guise of man-made global warming. Give it up, guys: not even name-calling by liberals who cry "flat-earther" is going to pass "cap and trade" or change the fact that Earth is getting cooler.[59]
Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France
A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro 600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.
The group's French branch said it would appeal the verdict.
The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized fraud. Investigators said the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used "commercial harassment" against recruits. [60]
Republican Florida Senatorial Candidate Marco Rubio uses Charlie Crist's own words against him. [61]
Liberals may howl with rage over the Conservative Bible Project, but when it really comes down to the Bible, or to God, or Christianity, or Judaism, liberals enjoy showing their true colors: [62]
Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a soon-to-expire tax credit for first-time owners started to wane. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales fell 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000 from a downwardly revised 417,000 in August. [63]
Gallup poll shows an increase in conservatives: 40 percent of Americans call their political views conservative, 36 percent moderate and 20 percent liberal. Last year, conservatives were tied with moderates at 37 percent.[64]
Pro-life Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) "said he is undeterred in trying to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not pay for abortions. ... Stupak wants a vote on the House floor to strike the language, and predicts he would have the votes to pass such an amendment. ... 'We have to have a vote,' he said. If he doesn't get one, Stupak said he and as many as 39 other Democrats will vote no on a procedural motion to bring the health bill to the floor. A House vote on healthcare reform could be voted on next week."[65]
Joe Lieberman to Filibuster Government Option
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.
Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance program — even if it includes a provision allowing states to opt out of the program, as Reid has said the Senate bill will.
"To put this government-created insurance company on top of everything else is just asking for trouble for the taxpayers, for the premium payers and for the national debt." Lieberman said. [66]
Murdered By Muslim Terrorists. The story of a father who lost his son on September 11th and the fight over the inscription on his son's memorial. [67]
A "free thinker" demands censorship of voluntary Christian prayer at City Council meetings.[68] The top-rated comment observes, "This woman needs all the prayers she can get."
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Basic instructions
A template is simply a page (usually a very brief one) that is inserted into another page.
For example, the two separate boxes on the Main Page ("Mainpageleft" and "Mainpageright") are each actually separate pages that are "included" on the Main Page. In fact, they can be included on any page: The "Mainpageright" page has been included to the right just to demonstrate that point[1]:
Templates are included on a page by typing the page name in double curly brackets. So to include this page on another page, you could type {{help:Using templates}}. If, however, the template is in "template" namespace (i.e. the page name starts with "template:"), then you don't need to include that bit. So to include the "Mainpageright" page, you would just type {{Mainpageright}}.
For simple templates, that's all there is to it.
Parameters
However, many templates allow you to add to the information in the template, or to change it's appearance, by supplying parameters.
For example, the Welcome template that someone might have put on your user talk page has two parameters. One is the name of the user, and the other is the name of the person placing the welcome message. See the example below welcoming The Joker, placed by Batman:
Welcome!
Hello, Joker, and welcome to Conservapedia!
We're glad you are here to edit. We ask that you read our Editor's Guide as soon as you can.
At the right are some useful links for you. You can include these links on your user page by putting "{{Useful links}}" on the page.
Thanks for reading, Joker!
- from Batman
(This was included on this page by typing {{welcome|Joker|sig=from Batman}}.[1])
"Pipe" characters (|) separate each parameter.
Parameters can be optional or required, and they can be named or not named. In the example above, the first parameter ("Joker") was not named, but the second ("from Batman") was named sig. Two points need to be kept in mind with parameters:
- Named parameters can be supplied in any order.
- Un-named parameters must be supplied in the correct order.
See below for how parameters are provided to templates.
Each template has (or will have) a list of parameters, looking something like this (this one is from the {{welcome}} template):
| Template Parameters (See using templates). | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Purpose | Required? | Comment |
| 1 | The user name | no (see note) | Defaults to the page name |
| sig | The signature of the editor posting the welcome ("~~~~" will do) | no | |
This tells us the following:
- Neither parameter is required.
- The first parameter (shown as "1") is not named (hence the number, the order in which it must be supplied).
- The second parameter is named ("sig").
- If the first parameter is not supplied, then the page name is used instead.
You can assume that if no default is shown for a parameter that is not required, the result will be blank (i.e. in this case, the welcome message would not show who it was from).
To supply a value to a named parameter, put the parameter name followed by an equals sign (=) followed by whatever you want that to be. In the example above, this is sig=~~~~.
Parameters shown with numbers are the un-named parameters. You can treat them as named parameters, by typing 1=your text, but this is not necessary, except in the case that you want your text to include an equals sign (=). Normally you just supply the value, such as YourUserName.
Each parameter is separated from each other, and from the template name, by a 'pipe' character: |.
So supplying both parameters in the {{welcome}} template would look like this: {{welcome|YourUserName|sig=~~~~}}.
What do you pass to parameters?
Obviously, you give a parameter the text that it expects, such as "from Batman" in the example above. But in most cases, you can give a parameter any text that you like. You could, for example, put "But break any laws and I'll bring the full weight of the law down on you, (signed) Batman"!
In some cases, however, specific text must be supplied. The {{Bible ref}} template, for example, expects a book of the Bible for the "book" parameter, and giving it something that is not a book of the Bible will break the link to BibleGateway that the template creates.
In many cases you can supply a blank value to the parameter. You can set a parameter to be blank by typing nothing after the pipe character for an unnamed parameter, or nothing after the equals sign for a named parameter. For example, if you wanted the welcome template to not show "Joker" or "from Batman", you could type {{welcome||sig=}}.
However, a well-written template will allow you to simply omit the parameter altogether, as the {{welcome}} template does with the sig parameter.
