Teeing it up: A Round at the LINKs

First off I want to thank every one who helped spread the word about Coco-Cola’s live positively campaign and their vote for your favorite park competition.  As of yesterday Minot’s Oak Park was in 1st place with 1,223,261 votes.  We hold a 275,000 vote lead over the park currently in 2nd place.  Since last Sunday we have picked up approximately 350,000 votes.  Please continue to support this worthy cause by voting like Democrats…early and often.  The recovery effort in Minot continues.  Work to repair one of our main bridges on a key north and south bypass began this week.  They hope to complete repairs actions by the end of August.  Additionally the city has seen a massive influx of outside contractors to help in the recovery effort; with this comes a variety of problems ranging from limited areas to stage from and increase in criminal activity.  A plan was proposed to create a new multimillion dollar levee system that will provide permanent flood protection to the city.  The new system will be able to handle up to 30,000 CFS.  The city took the first steps this past week to get the plan moving forward by giving approval to conduct research to see if the proposal is feasible.  As for the national news, the focus remained on the debt ceiling debate.  The House passed two plans that were quickly rejected by the Democrats in the Senate.  Both plans had a balance budget amendment proposal within them.  In the end this proves that the Democrats are not and more than likely will never be serious about getting a handle on spending in Washington.  Moving in a different direction, Steve over at America’s Watchtower continues to keep the focus on the gun runner scandal and at one point last week was linked by Media Matters and labeled a pro-militia website.  You must being do something right Steve to pop up on their radar.  Keep it up.  I made my rounds this past week and below are links to my favorite articles from the best conservative blogs on the web.  So tee it up and enjoy another SENTRY JOURNAL round at the LINKs.

Marco Rubio is the voice of the people on the floor of the Senate…simply awesome!

H/T Adrienne’s Corner

A Conservative Teacher: Latest EPA Rules to Cost 1.4 Million Jobs and a 12% Increase in Utility Bills

Ace of Spades: Let It Bleed? Debt Limit Fight May Be Hurting Obama

Adrienne’s Corner: Obama campaigning on our dime…

American Glob: Al Franken Is The New Alan Grayson

America’s Watchtower: Media Matters calls America’s Watchtower a pro-militia website

ARRA News Service: Anti-Private Business Bureau

Atlas Shrugs: Sharia Zones Enforced in UK

Be Sure You’re RIGHT, Then Go Ahead: Constitutional Crisis?

Big Journalism: New York Times Downplays Muslim Fort Hood Terror Plotter

Blog de King Shamus: John McCain Reminds Us All Why He Did So Well In 2008

Bread upon the Waters: Boehner & Reid’s Nearly Identical Bills

BUNKERVILLE: NATO kicks butt: Asks Gaddafi to please give up – we want to go home

Capitol Commentary: The Space Station: From Russia With(out) Love

Catholibertarian: On Envy, Ecology, and the Redistribution of Wealth

COMMON CENTS: Peggy Noonan on the Obama Supporters “They’ve lost that Lovin Feelin”

Conservative Hideout 2.0: ObamCare Damage: Medical Device Manufacturer to cut 1400 Jobs

Conservatives On Fire: Who Is Responsible For Our Debt The Deomcrats Or The Republicans?

DON’T TREAD ON US: Meet Your Elites: Anne-Marie Slaughter

Doug Ross@Journal: The Top 150 Conservative Websites — 3Q11

EASTERN RIGHT: Don’t celebrate socialists, Argentina…

EYE OF POLYPHEMUS: Atheists Sue to Keep The Cross at Ground Zero Out of the 9/11 Museum

Freedom’s Lighthouse: Financial Adviser Suggests Everyone Have “$1,000 Cash on Hand

J O S H U A P U N D I T: Libya Gets More Complicated As Rebels Begin Fighting Among Themselves

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: California Redistricting

Liberty At Stake: President WTF Still Has No Plan

Maggie’s Notebook: Paul Ryan Explains Harry Reid’s Accounting Gimmicks Video

Manhattan Infidel: Holder Out as AG: Master Sergeant Hans George Schultz Named Successor

Mind Numbed Robot: Regime Uncertainty – Steve Wynn Was Right!

Moonbattery: Obama Economy Is Destroying Black Middle Class

Motorcitytimes: Inside The Mind Of An Ivy League Liberal: Why A Shrinking Economy Is Good

NoOneOfAnyImport: On The Outside Looking In

Pirate’s Cove: Boehner’s Gone To The Dark Side, Per Queen Nancy

Political Realities: Downgrading The USA

Proof Positive: One Man’s Debt Ceiling is Another Man’s Floor

Randy’s Roundtable: President Zero Has Nothing

Right Truth: Who Voted ‘NO’ On Boehner Bill?

Right   Klik: Of RINOs and Hobbits

rjjrdq’s America II: John McCain Bashes Tea Party

Robbing America: Requiem for the Welfare State

SayAnything Blog: Rating Agency Says US Will Not Default Even If Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raise

Spellchek: Norway killer You Tube video

teresamerica: Operation Fast and Furious: Report Shows that ATF ‘Stonewalled’ Agents…

That Mr. G Guy’s Blog: Kathleen Parker, “Conservative Journalist” Throws Tea Party Under Bus

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: THERE WOULD BE NO DEBT CEILING CRISIS IF THE GOP HAD CARRIED…

The Camp Of The Saints: To The Land Of Nod – Go!

The Classic Liberal: Do You Know That You Are a Creditor?

The Country Thinker: Missing from the Debt Ceiling Debate: Overregulation

The Daley Gator: Your over the top moment of the day from your Marxist Moron of the Day

The Lonely Conservative: The Voice of the People Was Heard On the Senate Floor Today

THE OTHER McCAIN: VIDEO: The Man With No Plan Accuses House Republicans of Irresponsibility

The Reaganite Republican: Obama Already DOOMED: Another Record Low for this Despicable Regime

The TexasFred Blog: Ordinance threatens citizens’ constitutional rights

Thomas Jefferson Club: Three Point Plan to Sanity

Virgina Right: Democrats: Meet the New Party of NO!

WARD WORLD: Epic: Angry Pat Caddell strikes Hugh Hewitt on Hannity

WESTERN HERO: Experiments in Multiculturalism, European Edition

What Would The Founders Think: The Founding Fathers Solve Our Debt Crisis

Wyblog: Crimson Tide researchers roll over Globull Warming alarmists

Thanks for all the great articles from the past week.  Always remember that it is darkest before the dawn.  We are indeed making a difference even though it at times it appears we are not.  Keep up the great work.

Liberty forever, freedom for all!