Tuesday, February 9, 2010 -- 10:00 AM

Kathleen Baker -- The Examiner      Tancredo states civics literacy test not racially biased     Former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo is asking Colorado House Speaker Terrance Carroll to retract his statements to the Denver Post he made on February 6 and to "speak honestly about the genuine problem of civic illiteracy" in the United States. Carroll made the statements after Tancredo's speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville this past week...

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas      McCain's Daughter: Tea Party movement is "racist"     According to Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain, the Tea Party is chock full of racists. Once again appearing on the View, McCain slammed the Tea Party movement, said young people are "turned off" by its "innate racism," and attacked Sarah Palin, the washed up former vice presidential candidate...

Paul Craig Roberts -- VDare.com      It Is Now Official: The U.S. is a police state    Americans have been losing the protection of law for years. In the 21st century the loss of legal protections accelerated with the Bush administration's "war on terror," which continues under the Obama administration and is essentially a war on the Constitution and U.S. civil liberties... [See Obama Watch]

Trans World News      Investigators declare, "Obama never attended Columbia University"    New evidence has come to light whereby Dr. James Manning has declared that Obama never attended Columbia University [New York]. -- Dr. Manning has hired a team of investigators to comb over every bit of available evidence to validate his declaration. -- Manning's investigators conclusively state that:... [More on the phony in the White House]

KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas      Murder of illegal alien likely linked to organized crime    ...An off-duty police officer found Gilberto Rosales Aguilar's body northwest of Mission [Texas] Friday. Investigators say the 33-year-old is an illegal [alien] from Guadalajara. -- We're told Aguilar was bound and shot execution-style. Investigators identified him using his fingerprints...

Joseph Farah -- WorldNetDaily.com      Obama acknowledges his problem    Barack Obama has a problem, and he finally acknowledged it last week at the National Prayer Breakfast. -- His problem? -- Not only is he about to lose a friendly Congress this year, he also doesn't have a prayer to be re-elected in 2012. -- Why? -- Because half the country now suspects he may not even be constitutionally eligible to serve in office...

New York Times     Open-borders RINO McCain takes on GOP foe by tilting right    Phoenix -- J. D. Hayworth is a large man, and to compensate for his indulgences, he hits the elliptical trainer every morning at 4, zipping along to an incongruous soundtrack of Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra and old advertising jingles. -- Until recently, he would then repair to a local radio station, where he would spend the better part of the day denouncing, in no particular order, illegal [aliens]...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner     Trial begins for illegal alien accused of killing Colorado toddler and two others     Illegal alien Francis Hernandez is on trial this week in Arapahoe County District Court for an automobile crash that resulted in the deaths of three people, including a 3-year-old boy. -- Francis Hernandez, faces a total of 19 charges, including vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, and child abuse resulting in death... [See Crime Watch]

Hispanic News      Lawless Mexico now narco country    For months, the leaders of Tancitaro [Mich., Mex.] had held firm against the drug lords battling for control of this central Mexican town. -- Then one morning, after months of threats and violence from the traffickers, they finally surrendered. -- Before dawn, gunmen kidnapped the elderly fathers of the town administrator and the secretary of the City Council...

Associated Press       Here's Your "Change": Ohio fiscal year tax revenue off by nearly $100M    Ohio's tax coffers are nearly $100 million lighter than officials had expected by this point in the fiscal year, largely due to a January income tax shortfall. -- Gov. Ted Strickland and his budget chief say one bad month does not make for a trend and note that tax collections were roughly on target...

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