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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Obama Plans to Impose a Solution on Israel
  Middle East piece by Guest: Ted Belman (3/10/10)

President Obama intends to impose a solution on Israel.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Consent of the governed - and the lack thereof
  Elitists piece by OffSite (3/8/10)

Our Declaration of Independence observes:"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

No Need to Get Tied Down Yet
  Republicrats piece by OffSite (3/8/10)

The GOP lacks a standard-bearer for 2012 - but the list of contenders will be growing in the fall.—Texas governor Rick Perry’s impressive primary victory over Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is a signal. After the midterm election this November, the field of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 (or later) is going to get bigger and possibly better.

Democrats’ delusional ‘jobs’ bill
  ObamaNation piece by OffSite (3/8/10)

It started with the prediction by the administration that passing the $787 billion stimulus bill would keep the unemployment rate under 8 percent. It exceeded 8 percent in 2009 and has not gone below 9 percent since.

Obama energy plan implodes
  ObamaNation piece by OffSite (3/8/10)

The president promised to “transform America.”

Saturday, January 5, 2008

The Madness Of Would-be King John
  Demercrats piece by J.J. Jackson (1/5/08)

Liberals complain loudly about President Bush and how he is supposedly accruing power to the Executive Branch.  While he has certainly promoted some bad laws, which liberals would tend to love otherwise, that increase the power of the federal government as a whole and without Constitutional Amendment, to say that he is accruing power for himself is a bit of a stretch.  If you listen to the political left, President Bush is a virtual tyrant wielding dictatorial power.

Prosecutors give up after judge bans ‘rape’
  Judicial Activism piece by OffSite (1/5/08)

Prosecutors in Nebraska have given up on a sexual assault case in which a trial judge banned the use of the word “rape,” and have notified the alleged victim they would not be launching a third trial.

Marine Captain Conspires with FBI/CIA Employee in Naturalization Fraud
  Immigration piece by Jim Kouri (1/5/08)

Samar Khalil Spinelli, 39, a Captain in the US Marine Corps, pleaded guilty this past December in a Detroit federal court to conspiring with former FBI Agent and CIA employee Nada Nadim Prouty and Elfat El Aouar, the wife of fugitive restauranteur Talal Chahine, to commit citizenship fraud and passport fraud, according to US Attorney Stephen J. Murphy.

The most ignored stories of 2007
  MSM piece by OffSite (1/5/08)

Quiet steps by the federal government toward merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico top the list of the 10 most “spiked” or underreported stories of the last year, according to an annual WND survey.

Mexican trucks defy Congress, still roll
  Big Brother piece by OffSite (1/5/08)

A constitutional crisis is developing between Congress and the Department of Transportation over the federal government’s decision to continue its project allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads, in defiance of new legislation.

Morality, Schmorality—‘Have More Sex in 2008’!
  Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/5/08)

It looks like a wayward hippie from Haight-Ashbury circa 1967 found himself a time machine and came forward to 2008 and barricaded himself in the editorial room of the ‘Chicago Tribune’, today. To celebrate this magical feat, the Trib has gathered together all their best thinkers and, guided by their time leaping hippie, they’ve decided to advocate a little tonic for the New Year: Have more sex in 2008(1). But, man, let’s not bring us all down with talk of marriage, commitment, and morality, shall we? No, cast off that morality talk. Have sex because it “makes you younger.”

Some Observations of Obama
  Elections piece by Aaron Goldstein (1/5/08)

Now that Barack Obama has won the Iowa Democratic caucuses handily and appears poised to do very well in the New Hampshire Primary, I thought I would share a few of my observations about this erstwhile upstart.

Huckabee: It’s Not Just Evangelicals
  Elections piece by Grant Swank (1/5/08)

Press says evangelicals gave Iowa to Mike Huckabee. No doubt

Friday, January 4, 2008

Do Your Kids A Favor - Don’t Send Them To College
  Edukshun piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (1/4/08)

...Most of today’s school children can barely read or write...(1) - The more kids go to “modern” schools, the dumber they get!(2)

Conservative Media on the Defensive
  Elections piece by Cliff Kincaid (1/4/08)

If the liberal media have lost much of their influence, are the conservative media beginning to lose theirs? Talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is on the defensive for attacking Mike Huckabee, the big winner in the Republican Iowa Caucuses, and Fox News is under fire for excluding Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter from its scheduled Sunday night debate.

‘ What Does the Progressive Left Stand For?’
  Progressivism piece by Nancy Salvato (1/4/08)

I’ve come to the conclusion that the United States is having a midlife crisis, an identity crisis. And this is a huge problem because if we don’t know who we are, what we stand for, or how we arrived here, how can we know how to navigate the 21st century while maintaining the freedom and standard of living we’ve come to take for granted?

This is war….
  Elitists piece by Guest: Carolyn Hileman (1/4/08)

Call it what you want I call it treason, when senators who are supposed to be doing the bidding of the people decide on their own during the holidays to kill the border fencing when the people called and sent emails in support of this fence it shows simply that our government has resorted to tyranny and is no longer a government by the people for the people but a government of the senate for the senate and senator Harry Reid is now our leader.

A Chance to Merge Money and Mouth
  Global Warming piece by NewMediaAlliance: Ken Marrero (1/4/08)

It is impossible anymore to go anywhere without being followed by the Global Warming gremlin. It’s on the Radio and TV. It’s in the papers and the magazines. The folks on the Left are agonizing over the destruction being visited upon our planet by the heartless, soulless minions of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy driving from rubber chicken fund-raiser to rubber chicken fund-raiser to support the US occupation of Iraq in their SUVs. The glaciers are shrinking; the oceans are rising, tempers are flaring and those who got in on the ground floor of carbon offsets are smiling.

In Dissent - Number Two Hundred Twenty-Seven
  Elections piece by Brian Wise (1/4/08)

One could comfortably assume that once Iowa rolls up its sidewalks, we can go back to ignoring it for another four years.  Regretfully, however, the closer we come to continuous election cycles, the closer we come to All Iowa, All the Time; the next crop of malcontents will start drifting in two years from now, meandering in corner diners and boring everyone anew.  Ten months before Election Day, those of us with attention spans cannot help but feel utterly exhausted; all their faces and ideas already seem to blend together.  Who do you support?  Huckabamaclintmey.  That’s my guy.  Or gal.

Democracy Without Liberty Is Just Authority
  General piece by Frank Salvato (1/4/08)

Benazir Bhutto’s assassination is probably one of the most serious events that has happened since the attacks of September 11, 2001. She represented a move toward a Pakistan governed by political process and away from government by military rule. Truth be told, the only true stabilizing force in Pakistan is its military. It is for this reason that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was so reluctant to relinquish his military commission, a move he made in deference to his exclusively civilian role. To be sure, Bhutto was no angel but she was certainly a more attractive choice in an unattractive field.

Critique Of The Virginia Tech Review Panel: Nothing Has Changed
  Bird-Brain Flu piece by John Longenecker (1/4/08)

Don’t do anything until we get there is very bad advice.  In analyzing the Virginia Tech Review Panel’s Report to the Governor since it came out, I have praise for the overall analysis. I have praise for the Police and EMS who responded with a well-organized response plan. It was a good report, but I have criticisms for Virginia Tech itself, of course, for her conclusions.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Don’t Count Your Victories Before They’re Won
  Terrorism piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

The war in Iraq is not over or waning.  In many ways the false idea that the war is won is far more dangerous than the defeatist ideas of the last year ever were.

Conservative Blackout
  Elections piece by Lisa Fabrizio (1/3/08)

Back in the early days of the 2000 presidential campaign, right after John McCain beat George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary, there were many dire media predictions along the lines of, “If Bush doesn’t turn things around quickly it could turn into a McCain rout.”

The No Solution Zone
  Elections piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

Am I being unreasonable for wanting the presidential candidates to have solutions for the difficult problems the nation is facing? It was striking that during the Bhutto assassination news cycle, not one of the candidates put forth a solution to deal with the dangerous situation in Pakistan.

Murdoch Picks Liberal Son As Successor
  General piece by AccuracyInMedia: Cliff Kincaid (1/3/08)

Sean Hannity, the conservative Republican commentator who takes on such controversial issues as Hillary Clinton’s legal work in a communist law firm, could be on his way out of the Fox News Channel as a result of Rupert Murdoch’s decision to turn the company over to his liberal son James.

A resolution:  Abolish the income tax
  Bird-Brain Flu piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

ON ELECTION DAY five years ago, 885,683 Massachusetts citizens voted for a ballot measure to abolish the Massachusetts income tax - a 45 percent level of support that shocked the state’s political establishment, which had expected the question to go down to ignominious defeat, not come within a few percentage points of passing. So when Libertarian leader Carla Howell launched a new effort to junk the income tax earlier this year, the powers that be made it clear that this time they would do everything they could to discredit it.

School Prayer Battle Rages On
  Progressivism piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

...The culture war on school prayer began with a landmark Supreme Court case of Engel v. Vitale in 1962 and has continued as a battleground between religious liberty and public education ever since.

Republicans Keep the U.S. Safe
  Elections piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

A lot of Jews who left Russia for America in the late 19th and early 20th century were docile people; beaten into submission by Czars who easily might have done to the Jews what the Nazis later did if they’d only had the imagination. My Grandma Farber was no different.

Democrats Want Socialist Change
  Demercrats piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

Americans are restive, for good reason. Although most observers blame the war in Iraq for the unease abroad in the land the war is remote, except for those with loved ones fighting there. It’s what’s happening here at home, in the economy, in politics, and in the state of the nation’s religious faith and morals that have our teeth on edge.

UN Condemns Counterterrorism
  United Nations piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

The Organization of the Islamic Conference, the largest voting bloc at the United Nations, has succeeded in pushing through the UN a resolution condemning the “defamation of religions.” That’s “religions,” not “religion” – yet according to Cybercast News Service, “although the resolution refers to defamation of ‘religions,’ Islam is the only religion named in the text, which also takes a swipe at counter-terrorism security measures.” The OIC has been pushing hard for such a measure ever since cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten late in 2005.

Islamist Payola in the City of Brotherly Love
  Progressivism piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

The history of the United States runs through Philadelphia. It is there that the American Revolution was born. However, a new revolution threatens to take hold of Philly, a Muslim one. It is led by one of Philadelphia’s favorite sons, singer/songwriter/producer Kenny Gamble (a.k.a. Luqman Abdul Haqq), who has a master plan to renovate a once great part of the city using taxpayers’ money. While on face value his intentions appear to be worthy, Gamble’s revitalization plan for Philadelphia has sinister implications, leading to the question: Will Philadelphia remain “the City of Brotherly Love” or will it become a city of Muslim Brotherly hate?

‘Hillary Clinton: ‘World-class genius’?’
  Demercrats piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

For supposedly being such a smart politician, Bill Clinton has said some really dumb things.

Don’t criticise Islam, says UN
  United Nations piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

It didn’t attract much notice, but the General Assembly of the United Nations ended the year by passing a disgusting resolution protecting Islam from criticism of its human rights violations.

Best-selling author targeted with venom
  Progressivism piece by OffSite (1/3/08)

The message in “The Marketing of Evil” by David Kupelian certainly has attracted its share of venom, including an unsigned comment, “Will you do me a favor and kill yourself?” and another from Ryan, “I’m SO VERY GLAD I’m not you! Get hit by a bus, please!”

Abortion Supporter Knocks 69 Yr. Old Pro-Lifer Unconscious, Media Silent
  Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/3/08)

On December 22nd a 69 year-old pro-life activist who was standing atop his automobile and protesting in front of the Hillcrest Abortion Clinic in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was physically attacked by an abortion supporter and thrown to the ground with enough force to knock him unconscious. Doctors even worried for a time that the elderly man might perish from the attack.  And here, nearly 7 days out from this attack, there aren’t any accounts of the attack in the MSM. As I searched for the story myself, I found two and only two Internet hits for it. Why the silence from the MSM? Can you imagine the MSM swarm that would have occurred if it had been a pro-lifer that attacked an abortion supporter? The cacophony would have been deafening if a pro-lifer had been the one to get violent.