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Thursday, September 2, 2010

On October 2, 2010 Americas Leftists Will Converge In D.C.
  Progressivism piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (9/2/10)

Search this on Google ‘october 2 2010 march on washington’ the hits are huge.

Obama’s Latest Outrage Against Arizona And America
  National Sovereignty piece by Christopher G. Adamo (9/2/10)

As freedom and individuality are crushed throughout the Middle East under the weight of Sharia law, Barack Obama opts to bow and grovel at the feet of Islamic dictators with whom he seeks to “build bridges.” Comity with such people is paramount. In contrast, human rights abuses among the common people of those regions are inconsequential. Or worse, as was the case in Iran after thug leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad secured his electoral victory through highly dubious means, the concerns and complaints of the people become a distraction and hindrance to Obama’s fawning diplomatic overtures, at which point he turns a blind eye to the mass state oppression of their dissenting voices.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Obama Throws America Under the Bus
  ObamaNation piece by OffSite (9/1/10)

An indignant President Obama complained last week, “I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead.” Fine. How about plastering a copy of his presidential oath of office there instead? The kowtowing commander-in-chief is in dire need of a daily reminder that his job is to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” - not international law or global diktats.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Muslim Soldier Refuses Deployment
  Military piece by Selwyn Duke (8/30/10)

Twenty-year-old Naser Abdo joined the U.S. Army more than a year ago.  Now that it’s time to be sent to Afghanistan, however, he’s having second thoughts.  He is refusing deployment, claiming conscientious-objector status.

Lesbian Battering: The Sisterhood Turns on Itself
  Domestic Abuse piece by Carey Roberts (8/30/10)

A series of high-profile cases of lesbian-perpetrated domestic violence has sent shock-waves through Massachusetts communities in recent months:

Friday, January 25, 2008

‘How Do You Elect an Unpopular Nominee?’
  Elections piece by JB Williams (1/25/08)

Republicans are headed for BIG trouble as all of the unpopular party “front-runners” head into Super Tuesday with their campaigns on life support.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Loose Lending and Recession
  Big Brother piece by FreeCongressFoundation: E. Ralph Hostetter (1/24/08)

When loose lending policies become the order of the day the forces of recession begin to move in. That is exactly what has been happening over the past months.

Soros Backs Corporate Democrats
  Demercrats piece by Cliff Kincaid (1/24/08)

Our media have treated us to endless replays of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama attacking one another’s corporate ties. Obama said Clinton had been a corporate lawyer on the board of Wal-Mart, while Clinton countered that Obama did favors for a slumlord who contributed to his political campaign. But there’s more to this than charges and counter-charges and a desperate race for the White House. It is apparent that both of these candidates are “corporate Democrats” with substantial ties to the business community. But haven’t we been told by the media that the Republicans are the party of Big Business?

Barack Hussein Obama’s Contribution to the Clash of Ideologies
  General piece by David J. Jonsson (1/24/08)

This is the first of a series of articles on The Clash of Ideologies and Leftist/Marxist - Islamist Alliance

Muslim Teen: ‘Jesus Christ And Heavenly Father’ Repulsive
  Islam piece by Grant Swank (1/24/08)

This is how Muslims take over a culture not previously Islamic. They complain and get their way. They don’t assimilate. They don’t dialogue. They demand. Liberal judges in America, for instance, are heeding the complaints of Muslims in our Judeo-Christian culture.

Nuclear Security: US Finding Jobs for Former Soviet Weapons Scientists
  Big Brother piece by Jim Kouri (1/24/08)

To address concerns about unemployed or underemployed Soviet-era weapons scientists in Russia and other former Soviet Bloc nations, the US Department of Energy established the Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention or IPP program in 1994. The general idea was to engage former Soviet weapons scientists in nonmilitary work in the short term and create private sector jobs for these scientists in the long term.

The Middle East’s Tribal Affliction
  General piece by Daniel Pipes (1/24/08)

Why is the Middle East so at odds with modern life, laggard in everything from literacy to standard of living, from military prowess to political development?

‘Why Not Romney?’
  Elections piece by Bruce Walker (1/24/08)

As unlikely as it seemed several months ago, it seems increasingly likely that Mitt Romney should win the Republican primary and win the general election.  Mitt Romney may be the last best hope of conservatives.  Before condemning that statement as un-Reaganesque, consider that Ronald Reagan as Governor of California was once pro-choice.  The Gipper changed dramatically, but change is part of the process that people of the Judeo-Christian tradition undergo when they reflect.  As an enthusiastic supporter of the now ended candidacy of Fred Thompson, whose sentiments on abortion changed, I am willing to concede to Mitt Romney the same prerogative.

‘Man Falsely Accused in Sex Attack Brings Calls to Restrict… the Falsely Accused?’
  Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/24/08)

Only the left and their lapdogs in the media can construe a story about a construction worker that was ‘falsely’ accused of sexually molesting a girl in a school where he was working as a call to further restrict construction workers who are contracted to work in schools. The Baltimore Sun(1) gives us this tale of a world upside down in a society that cannot seem any longer to understand what should be focused upon and what should not.

Fifty Million Lives After Roe
  Progressivism piece by Christopher G. Adamo (1/24/08)

This week marks thirty five years since the Supreme Court’s monstrous “Roe v. Wade” decision gave a blanket legalization to abortion, and by which the feminists claim that women have been greatly elevated in society.  At this milestone, it is worthwhile to ponder the horrendous consequences they have paid.

Private Philanthropy is Bad for Socialism
  Progressivism piece by Thomas Brewton (1/24/08)

The ‘New York Times’ is distressed that private philanthropists can give money to any charity they choose. 

Green Desperation Time
  Global Warming piece by Alan Caruba (1/24/08)

News of a January 31 “teach-in” on more than 1,000 college campuses nationwide strikes me of just one more example of the growing desperation of the environmental movement that has bet its credibility and influence on global warming.

Vital Transportation Testimony and a Tribute to Oberstar
  General piece by Paul M. Weyrich (1/24/08)

Last week was busy for Members of the Surface Transportation Revenue and Study Commission.  We had spent twenty-two months of hard work, with hearings around the country, long deliberations in Washington for at least two days or more each month. We held a two-hour press conference, had a presentation with questions and answers before the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and then Thursday hours and hours of testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Chairman James L. Oberstar (D-MN).

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Ready, Shoot, Aim!
  Edukshun piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Dr. Matthew Ladner (1/23/08)

Napolitano’s higher education proposals are off the mark - Governor Janet Napolitano called for the doubling of the number of college graduates by 2020 in her 2007 state of the state address and paying the tuition for students who graduate high school with a B average. How fast can you say grade inflation?

Voting the Race Color and Creed Ticket
  Elections piece by Michael Bresciani (1/23/08)

How many people really vote for the person they think is the best all around and most qualified candidate for President of these United States apart from race, color or creed? It might surprise you to learn how few there are.

Huckabee’s Fat Lip Yammering On About Your Gastronomic Business
  Elections piece by Frederick Meekins (1/23/08)

Throughout his time in the public limelight, Republican Mike Huckabee has made obesity awareness one of his pet issues having lost over 100 pounds himself.  However, as is typical of most fanatics having come to a realization or a cause a little later in the game than most, it is not enough for them to keep what they have learned to themselves but now they are out to impose their new way of life to such an extent that they are willing to appeal to the mechanisms of the state in order to enforce their vision of reality.

Obam-O-Vision: My Race, Right or Wrong
  Elections piece by Erik Rush (1/23/08)

I broke this story last February (with help from a Chicago area journalist whom I did credit because I’m extraordinarily noble), and as I said two weeks ago in this space, it had its fifteen minutes and fizzled, which was somewhat expected given the mindset of the establishment media.

Election Year Nonsense
  Elections piece by Selwyn Duke (1/23/08)

To use a play on Winston Churchill’s cynical words, the best argument against democracy is a five-minute perusal of election coverage.  Another way to put it - at risk of sounding trite - is if it weren’t for nonsense, it wouldn’t make any sense at all.  Yet, if being trite were a sin, most presidential aspirants would languish in political purgatory.

All Done but the Moulderin’
  Elections piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/23/08)

What for Federalism With Thompson’s Loss?

A Need For More Reality in the Presidential Nomination Process
  Elections piece by Paul M. Weyrich (1/23/08)

When was the last time Republicans had a true brokered convention?  I would argue that it was the 1920 Convention which produced Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio and Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts. There was a record number of ballots without result. Finally the boys in the backroom produced these two candidates and they were approved at last by the convention delegates. It turned out to be a winning combination. On election night for the first time radio broadcast the results. KDKA in Pittsburgh and a few other locations caused listeners to tune in their crystal sets to hear about the landslide victory of Harding and Coolidge.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

‘What Defines Abortion?’
  Progressivism piece by Grant Swank (1/22/08)

Confusion. Is “it” baby or thing?

Ron Paul Could Be Another Ross Perot…
  Elections piece by John A. Ross (1/22/08)

Nineteen percent of Americans voted for Ross Perot in 1991, to send the forty-first president, George H. W. Bush, a message.  The message sent is now a recorded fact of American history; however, we also, effectively, ensured that William Jefferson Clinton would become America’s forty-second president.  Compounding the irony that “Slick Willie,” William Jefferson Clinton, was elected president his wife, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, could be elected The President of The United States by Ron Paul.  Having the same first and last name initials and both being from Texas only reinforces this writer’s rampant paranoia that Lady Bird Johnson has somehow orchestrated all of this.

The Man Who Plays Guitar with His Feet
  Progressivism piece by Cliff Kincaid (1/22/08)

Patrick Wood of the August Review, an excellent newsletter covering political and economic developments, says January 22 could be “Black Tuesday” because of a meltdown in the financial markets. But it’s Black Tuesday for another reason - the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision allowing abortion on demand. We should anticipate that the major media will make economic but not moral collapse into a national story. After all, cultural rot is a rather old story, isn’t it? In terms of Roe v. Wade, it goes back 35 years.

Budget Blues
  Bird-Brain Flu piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Darcy Olsen (1/22/08)

Budget deficit opportunity for creativity, not inaction - After five straight years of being flush with cash, Arizona faces a staggering deficit of about $1 billion. What went wrong?

Our Public Libraries Are Being Turned Into Video Game Arcades
  Edukshun piece by Dave Gibson (1/22/08)

A recent article in my local newspaper about libraries “efforts to woo teens,” caught my eye. Apparently, the works of such luminaries as Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain have been replaced with the Xbox and Nintendo Wii. It is little wonder that our nation’s literacy rate continues to decline.

Using Recession as a Political Scare Tactic
  Progressivism piece by Guest: Mary Mostert (1/22/08)

Recently the war in Iraq seems to have dropped out of the news while the
status of the US Economy has suddenly become the main focus even in the
Presidential caucuses and primaries. Associated Press articles last week
characterized a 306 point drop in the stock market, as a “plunge” that
underscored “deepening concern about the country’s economic health.” What
happened last week was not a plunge. It was a small adjustment. 

Businessman Busted for Harboring Illegal Alien Cop-Killer
  Immigration piece by Jim Kouri (1/22/08)

A Texas businessman, who employed an illegal alien charged with capital murder in connection with the 2006 shooting death of Houston Police Department Officer Rodney Johnson, was arrested Wednesday and charged with harboring an illegal alien here. This case was investigated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Houston Police Department.

We never believed such a terrible thing could happen here
  Immigration piece by Guest: Carolyn Hileman (1/22/08)

You have to wonder if in 1941 if the Jewish people had any indication that their world would literally crash down around them, surely there were rumors, and surely there were people who warned them. I am sure that when someone spoke of such things they were quickly shunned, considered a lunatic and ignored, perhaps they were called rebel rousers, trouble makers even considered a worse threat than this impending doom they spoke of. It must have been very hard to fathom such a thing happening and I am sure that they went about their daily routines believing that no one would be so cruel.

Thompson is in Trouble: And so are ALL other Republicans
  Elections piece by JB Williams (1/22/08)

Fred Thompson was drafted by the conservative base of the Republican Party for two very simple reasons.

Poor Countries Don’t Need Climate Change Welfare, They Need Capitalism
  Progressivism piece by Ayn Rand Institute: Dr. Keith Lockitch (1/22/08)

Irvine, CA--A major theme of the recent climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, is that wealthy, industrialized nations have an obligation to help poor countries adapt to climate change. Delegates agreed to activate an “adaptation fund” to help undeveloped nations cope with projected threats such as disruptions to agriculture and decreased water availability.