But of course, now we're told we're in recovery but this sure doesn't feel like a recovery to more than 9 percent of the Americans out there who are unemployed, or the 16 percent of the African-Americans, 11 percent of Hispanics in the same position, or the millions who can only find part-time work or those who have even stopped looking for a job.

Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.

George W. Bush did an incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.