Up by 7 games over Tony for the ‘O9 NFL season, we made our picks for the Super Bowl. With my heart, rather than head, I picked Les Saints de Nouveau Orleans 35-34 over the Colts. Tony picked Indianapolis Colts 37-27 over New Orleans.

Governor George Allen will appear live on the nationally syndicated “America’s Morning News” with Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin at 8:00 am ET tomorrow. Go to www.talk570.com to Listen Live.

In case you missed Governor Allen’s appearance on “The Mike Church Show” yesterday, CLICK HERE for a transcript and audio.

George Allen will appear on “The Mike Church Show” today live at 11:10 am ET on SIRIUS Patriot channel 144 to discuss the latest job and economic numbers. Please tune in.

About Mike Church:

Mike Church brings his passion for the history of America and our Founding Founders to the air each and every day and has written, produced, and directed three one-of-a-kind docu-dramas including “The Road to Independence,” “The Fame of Our Fathers” and the full length feature film “The Spirit of 76.” Mike’s daily show is characterized by jam-packed phone lines and a free-thinking spirit - opposing the occupation of Afghanistan, 97% of the Federal Government’s agencies and bureaus and the entire Federal Reserve system and all its myriad creations. In short, The Mike Church Show leads the way for others to follow.

On his live, daily call-in show Mike Church fearlessly skewers liberalism and the people that practice it. It’s conservative analysis of today’s top issues with a biting, satirical wit. The Mike Church Show airs Monday – Friday from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET exclusively on SIRIUS Patriot channel 144 and from 12:00 – 3:00 am ET on America Right XM channel 166. Mike broadcasts from Mandeville, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.

While some blissful people wrongly advocate engagement with the brutal Iranian regime, the better approach is to support the brave men and women of the freedom movement.

Iran opposition leaders call for protests
February 2, 2010
CNN.com

(CNN) — Two top Iranian opposition leaders have called on supporters to protest on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, an opposition Web site reported.

According to The Green Way Web site, a meeting took place Saturday between opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Moussavi at Karroubi’s home.

They discussed the two executions that happened last week and the cases of 16 protesters who went on trial Saturday, the site reported.

“The widespread arrests of political activists and university students, the silencing of the media, and the forced confessions of prisoners are against the principles of Islam and the constitution of Iran,” the leaders said in a statement.

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I’d vote for Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Tim Brown, Charles Haley, Russ Grimm and Dick LeBeau. WR Cris Carter and TE Shannon Sharpe should eventually get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But, unfortunately for there are a lot of top WR’s in this crop. Jerry Rice is in his own class - arguably as great a player as Jim Brown and Sammy Baugh from previous era’s. -George Allen

Let the arguments begin

The following is presented simply to open the discussion for the week on the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2010. The 44 selectors for the Hall gather at 9 a.m. Saturday for this year’s selection meeting in Fort Lauderdale. I don’t throw out the Hall of Fame tote board to say that after locks Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice the guys at the top of the list will definitely get in; the odds are simply my gut feeling from years of being in the Hall of Fame voting room as one of the 44 selectors. But my jaw usually drops the same as yours when some of the votes are made public with the announcement of the new class each year. (We vote by secret ballot, so we don’t know who’s in until the class is announced by the Hall the afternoon of our vote. This year, the class will be disclosed at 5 p.m. Saturday.)

There are 15 modern-era candidates and two Senior candidates. A maximum of five modern candidates can be chosen; after Rice and Smith, though, 13 candidates are left to joust for three spots. The two Seniors, running back Floyd Little and cornerback Dick LeBeau, are voted in or out independent of the modern-era candidates. They need 80 percent of the vote to earn entry to the Hall.

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For Immediate Release:
January 29, 2010

Statement from former Governor George Allen

Allen: “Americans want job opportunity and debt reduction ideas emitted from government.”

Mt. Vernon, Va. – Former Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen issued the following statement today in reaction to President Obama’s new rules that the federal government reduce its emissions by 28% over the next decade:

“President Obama’s call for a 28% reduction in the federal government’s emissions is a worthy goal if it reduces taxpayers’ costs by 28%. Government must operate more efficiently by adopting the most innovative technologies, systems and equipment for heating, cooling, and illuminating government buildings, and reducing transportation and operational costs.

“Virginians and Americans wish to be served by an Administration looking to cut government spending as well as government emissions. Washington is creating a nightmare scenario with unprecedented deficits, steep inflation and potential sharp tax increases to pay for burgeoning debt. Americans are concerned that this unprecedented, dangerous debt will mean our children will not enjoy the same levels of opportunity that past American generations have enjoyed to achieve the American Dream.

“The Administration’s “spending freeze”, which amounts to a less than 1% reduction in spending sometime after elections this November, does not go far enough. Additionally, although the White House anticipates $15 billion in savings with this “freeze”, it has already spent almost $900 billion on a failed stimulus that has created no jobs, and is proposing upwards of $100 billion more in “stimulus”. We the people call on the President and Congress to set spending reduction goals closer to 28% than 1%.”

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RR Special State of the Union Forum
Posted by Resurgent Republic on January 28th 2010 @ 8:01am

President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address yesterday. The prime-time event provided an opportunity for the president to emerge from the self-described “buzz saw” that his Administration walked into during its first year, characterized by increasing opposition to health care reform, growing disapproval of his signature economic initiative, heightened national security concerns, three consecutive statewide political defeats — and ultimately the loss of Independent voters. Resurgent Republic Advisory Board Members George Allen, Gary Andres and Daron Shaw critique President Obama’s performance.

The Honorable George Allen, former Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee:

“If the president truly wants to invigorate job opportunities for Americans and make our nation safer, then he should get the Congress to:

1. Stop the pending tax increases. Indeed, reducing tax burdens will make America more competitive internationally.

2. Cut profligate spending and dangerous debt.

3. Create more jobs and affordable energy to power our country by unleashing the creative and clean use of our plentiful American coal, as well as oil and gas resources.

4. Empower families with personal, portable and quality health care choices rather than dictates, taxes and mandates.

5. Stop costly, counter-productive job-killing regulations emanating from their Environmental Protection Agency bureaucracy.

6. Embrace the principles of personal freedom and opportunity rather than dictates from and dependency on the federal government.

7. Focus on defeating vile terrorists rather than defending them.

Unfortunately for our fellow Americans, it appears that the president and the ruling majority in Congress remain disconnected from the real concerns and aspirations of working American families and business owners. We will Fight On!”

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This unnecessary bureaucratic foot-dragging frustrates the people of Virginia to safely explore for natural gas and oil off our coasts. Having worked for years to get Virginia out from this federal moratorium, I know Virginians and Americans would prefer the jobs, opportunities, revenues and resources coming from our lands and waters rather than continuing to be vulnerable to the whims of hostile dictators, oligarchs and cartels.

The current cock-eyed, convoluted policies of our federal government have billions of our American money being loaned to the State-owned oil company of Brazil so that they can extract oil and gas off their coast. Yet, the same government prohibits Virginians from exploring off our coasts and sharing lease revenues with the Commonwealth.

These folks in Washington are running on empty when it comes to common sense and logic. We must keep fighting for American energy freedom utilizing our plentiful coal, as well as oil and gas resources for Americans jobs, competitiveness, our quality of life and national security. We can’t let them get away with thwarting the will of we, the people. -George Allen

US Govt pushes any drilling off Virginia past 2011
Tue, Jan 26 2010
By Tom Doggett

* Earliest date for lease sale off Virginia coast is 2012
* Offshore lease area may hold 130 million barrels of oil
* New Virginia governor wants leasing plan to go forward

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The federal government’s controversial plan to allow oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s coast will be delayed, frustrating energy companies who for years have pushed for access to more offshore areas.

The delay also derails a recent request from Virginia’s new governor for the U.S. Interior Department to lease the offshore tracts to oil and gas companies as scheduled and creates more uncertainty over whether the drilling plan will ever be carried out.

The federal government’s current five-year drilling plan, which was drawn up under the Bush administration, calls for leasing almost 3 million acres in a triangular area located about 50 miles off the Virginia shoreline in November 2011.

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I’m up by 7 games over dear Tony, who is happy Virginia Rest Areas will be re-opening. Here’s this week’s picks:

Brett Favre’s Minnesota Vikings over the tres bon New Orleans Saints. (Tony picked New Orleans)

Peyton Manning’s Indianapolis Colts over the N.J. Jets (Tony picked the Jets).