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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Jihad Jane: An unsavory wartime tradition continues
  National Security piece by Jim Kouri (3/11/10)

During the Vietnam War, we had “Hanoi Jane” a/k/a Jane Fonda, an American actress who espoused Marist ideology and actually provided enemy troops with a Hollywood-style photo-op. One of the most famous photographs of the Vietnam era is that of the Oscar-winning actress sitting atop a North Vietnam anti-aircraft gun while she adorned herself in a North Vietnam soldier’s helmet.

Wake Up America! Democrats Hate “Democracy”
  Demercrats piece by Christopher G. Adamo (3/11/10)

Among the many absurdities proffered by Barack Obama sycophants in the media and throughout the liberal establishment is the notion that Obama possesses great leadership qualities. Throughout his public life he has consistently proven himself to be the antithesis of leadership. And ever since the “healthcare” debate reached its present impasse, he has resorted to the manner of pettiness and bullying that would embarrass any truly great leader of the people.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Regime Of Supreme Ruler Obama Is Crumbling
  ObamaNation piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (3/10/10)

Dictators and despots are infamous for desperate plunges trying to justify their existence and create a fictitious legacy.

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.”

Friday, February 26, 2010

Another Politically Correct War Strateg
  Political Correctness piece by Jim Kouri (2/26/10)

U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal has ordered U.S. troops to limit night operations and raids in Afghanistan. According to a report, the Pentagon is worried about rising civilian deaths in its assaults within the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah.

Obama and Democrats’ Unprecedented Attack against American People and the Obama Summit
  ObamaNation piece by Sher Zieve (2/26/10)

For the first time since the loyalists to King George III and the British army moved against the American colonists and patriots, the US government is moving en masse to both stop and silence any opposition from the American people to Obama and any and all of his and his Marxist-Democrats. While watching Thursday’s faux Obama-organized Health Care Summit (planned as a day of photo-ops and sound-bites for Obama‘s 2012 campaign), it became clear to me and others that the Democrat leadership had and have no intention of listening to sound arguments against the ObamaCare Death Plan, Cap and Trade or any of the other ulterior-motive clandestine procedures they have planned against We-the-People. Instead, Harry Reid had already announced the day before--Wednesday--that he and the Dems would affect reconciliation (the “ramming and shoving” process), probably next week, in the Senate in order to force the despotic ObamaCare Death Plan onto us. Note: Reconciliation--incorporating a simple and not a super majority--is supposed to be used for budgetary items.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Its Not About Money, It’s About Power
  Government piece by James T. Moore (2/24/10)

It amazes me when otherwise intelligent people who follow elections, listen to speeches, support their party, believe in the Constitution, and are proud of their American heritage, take everything they hear and see as gospel and deny that this great nation is in danger of being “taken down” and destroyed.

Monday, February 22, 2010

The Party of Hell No!
  Politics piece by Robert R. Owens (2/22/10)

The Democrats have decided to re-name the Republicans the Party of No.  That’s it.  That’s their strategy to avoid an electoral debacle shaping up to be as bad for the Party of Hope and Change as 1994 was for the Party of Grope and Sleaze.  Many have tried this strategy before.  Harry Truman ran against the “Do-Nothing Congress” in 1948.  Given their legislative and economic record, it makes sense the Democrats want the American people to spend the election year looking at someone else besides the Denizens of Chicago’s 51st Ward.

IRS Plane Attacker Part of ‘Right Wing,’ Christmas Bomber Just a ‘Lone Wolf’
  MSM piece by Warner Todd Huston (2/22/10)

No clearer difference can be seen in how the Old Media and its left-wing compatriots treat mass killers, terrorists and nutjobs than the way Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab and Joe Stack have been portrayed by the Old Media and the left. Abdulmutallab, the jihadi Christmas Bomber, was treated as an aberration unconnected with any larger group—despite that he trained with al Qaeda—and Joe Stack, who flew a plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, has been held up as the epitome of the “teabaggers” and the “anti-government right” despite that not a single tie to those folks has been yet discovered.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

More, More, More!
  The Republic piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (2/21/10)

We are nearing the end of the second month of the most crucial time in American History. The 2010 midterm elections are the “hope and change” the American people want and demand. Let’s not give up yet. Proceed ahead at ramming speed. Here is more news on the political front to digest.

‘What’s All This Talk About Empires?’
  Foreign Policy piece by James T. Moore (2/21/10)

The word “empire” is getting lots play these days. People who know little or nothing about empires, relax and go about their business. People, though, who do know something about empires-- and see America as one-- are scared half to death. And who can blame them?

Friday, February 19, 2010

Congress Through the Next Two Elections
  Congress piece by Bruce Walker (2/19/10)

The decision by former Hoosier Senator Dan Coats to seek his old seat again ought to inspire conservatives.  His lifetime voting record with the American Conservative Union is 90%, which is much more conservative than Indiana Republican Lugar at 77% and vastly more conservative than Evan Bayh at 20%.  The fact that Democrats are seriously trying to recruit an aging rock star to fun against Coats shows how desperate and how out of touch they are:  Americans deeply concerned about jobs, debt, and recession will want grown-ups in the Senate.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

U.S. schoolbook glorifies communists
  Edukshun piece by OffSite (2/17/10)

Anti-American radicals upheld as ‘role models for citizenship’ - A book for high-school students glorifies communists, socialists and at least one activist who has called for “resistance” against the U.S. government, WND has learned.

Monday, February 15, 2010

‘How True is the Truth?’
  Society piece by Robert R. Owens (2/15/10)

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.  In a similar fashion everyone wants smaller budgets and lower taxes but nobody wants their services cut.  Like all truisms these sound right but are they?

‘Obama The Pro-Gun President?’
  Guns/Self-Defense piece by Warner Todd Huston (2/15/10)

Is President Obama a surprising gun rights supporter? He might be if the Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman(1) is correct. And Chapman isn’t the only one. It seems to be shaping up to be the lefty complaint du jour this week. Reality, however, might say something different. 

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Five Unthinkable Options (Part 1 of 5)
  The Republic piece by J.J. Jackson (2/14/10)

The scene is from The Simpsons Movie.  Russ Cargill, the movie’s villain, stands before President Schwarzenegger with five plain brown file folders each containing government solutions to the pollution in Springfield.  Cargill proclaims, “Well, I’ve narrowed your choices down to five unthinkable options. Each will cause untold misery ...” Humorously the President, as I think so many presidents have done throughout history, calls out, “I pick number three!” Cargill, perhaps stunned, but perhaps not, asks, “You don’t wanna read them first?” To which President Schwarzenegger scoffs, “I was elected to leeead, not to reeead. Number three!”

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Recalling the History of RINOs
  Republicrats piece by Bruce Walker (2/13/10)

As a Republican victory in 2010 becomes increasingly likely, conservatives need to understand that the fight to keep the Republican Party really stand for something is not new.  In the last eighty years, except for Reagan and Goldwater, every Republican presidential nominee has been what we today would call a RINO.  Does that statement sound extreme?  Consider the history.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Jobs we all pay for
  Employment/Jobs piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

Public sector expands at the expense of the private - Americans often wonder where all our tax money goes. Well, a good chunk finances a steadily growing government work force. State and local governments spent $1.1 trillion on employee wages and benefits in 2008. That’s half of what those governments spent overall.

The president meets reality
  ObamaNation piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

Reality bites. President Obama is just discovering this, after campaigning astride a unicorn of hope and change and after a year of trying to govern high atop Fantasyland.

BREAKING! Council Votes Against Famed Hens
  Big Brother piece by Guest: Austin Miles (2/12/10)

Oakley, CA (2/10/10) Their goose is cooked. Henny and Penny learned last night that The Brentwood City Council voted against them staying in their home. The famed hens did not attend the meeting. The final vote by Erick Stonebarger, who was absent during the Janurary 26th hearing which ended in a tie, sealed the fate of the chickens, not only them, but the fate of all chickens. Ms. X the neighbor who first complained actually was there and emphased that “chickens poop 1000 times a day (?) and if one had three chickens, that adds up to 3000 pounds of chicken poop each and every day which is not acceptable in good neighborhoods,” saith she. 3000 pounds is a lot of ...ah never mind!  A last ditch effort to prevent eviction of the hens is below… .

Duplicity, delivered
  National Security piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

The Obama administration is accusing Republicans of enabling Islamic terrorism. The White House has sent out John Brennan, President Obama’s chief counterterrorism adviser, to defend its mishandling of the failed Christmas Day bomber.

Marketing to American men
  Society piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

In recent years when I have heard the ongoing dirge about the deficiencies of America’s young men, I have had my doubts. The Army we have sent abroad to confront some of the most barbaric enemies Western civilization has ever faced is superb. Confronting savages, usually on their own soil, our forces have been professional to the utmost - the Wehrmacht but with democratic values. Withal, they are brave, spirited, manly.

CNBC’s Kudlow weighs bid for Senate seat
  Elections piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

Economist urged to take on Schumer - Larry Kudlow is seriously considering a move to another network - from CNBC to C-SPAN.

‘ Will State Legislators Allow the Life Support Plug on Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution?’
  Elections piece by OffSite (2/12/10)

First the good news, Article II, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution is still alive. The bad news is that she is on life support. There is a cure but the political side effects may be so severe that politicians lacking sufficient strength of character and commitment might allow the plug to be pulled unless they receive sufficient support and encouragement from their constituents.

Black Panthers Alleged Voter Intimidation Case Remains in Limbo
  ObamaNation piece by Jim Kouri (2/12/10)

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Inspector General told conservative lawmakers that he was not empowered to investigate complaints of voter intimidation during the 2008 presidential election, according to the Washington Times.

Obama’s Progressive Regime Attacks Local Radio
  ObamaNation piece by J. D. Longstreet (2/12/10)

A Proposed Tax That Could Kill Local Radio, As We Know It.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Obama Should get Serious about Spending
  Economics piece by Guest: Kevin Price (2/11/10)

It is that time of the year when Presidents rant and rave about the problem of government spending being out of control and they produce budgets that only add to the waste.  Barack Obama is no different; in fact, his budgets are the largest seen in US history.  Furthermore, his annual deficits are higher than the national debt was just a couple of decades ago.  Rhetoric aside, Obama is operating as if it is business as usual.

Argentina Seizes the Central Bank
  Government piece by OffSite (2/11/10)

President Cristina Kirchner wants to pay foreign creditors but doesn’t want to use treasury revenues. - After a month of wrangling, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner succeeded in sacking central bank President Martin Redrado last week. In his place she named Mercedes Marcó del Pont, a Yale-trained economist who has expressed the view that central bank autonomy ought to be limited.

United We Fall
  ObamaNation piece by OffSite (2/11/10)

“How could such smart people do so many stupid things?” asks Michael Barone.

The Scalia v. Stevens Smackdown
  Supreme Court piece by OffSite (2/11/10)

In President Obama’s view, corporations are anathema—Nothing - not even George W. Bush - has sent liberaldom screaming into the streets more than the Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The Court’s ruling that corporations have a free-speech right to express opinions about politicians running for office really let the furies out.

Amnesty Inat’l Am Nasty for Supporting Taleban
  Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (2/11/10)

If it’s anti-west, anti-British, Anti-American, Anti-Israeli… well, be sure that Amnesty International supports it.  Here’s another bit of proof(1) for that bromide with AmNasty International’s suspension of human rights specialist Gita Sahgal. Why was Sahgal removed from her AI position? Because she criticized AI for supporting Moazzam Begg, Britain’s biggest supporter of al Qaeda, the Taleban and religious oppression against women.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

It’s Time to Phase Out Fannie and Freddie
  Progressivism piece by Ayn Rand Institute: Yaron Brook (2/10/10)

WASHINGTON--An article in the Wall Street Journal(1) today illustrates the hopeless futures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The companies have so far swallowed $111 billion of taxpayer money with no end in sight. But rather than phase out the mortgage giants, the government is, in the words of former Fannie CEO Daniel Mudd, “running Fannie and Freddie as an instrument of national economic policy. . .”

The ObamaProblem: It’s the People, Stupid!
  ObamaNation piece by Sher Zieve (2/10/10)

We-the-People have protested the increasingly apparent willful destruction of our economy, jobs and careers and liberties and freedoms by the Obama Administration for many months. We have told Obama and Co--in no uncertain terms--that we want neither his totalitarian ObamaCare Death Plan nor his Cap and Tax based upon the global warming hoax; a hoax established by the Marxist elite to steal even more power and resources from the American people and ultimately the people of the world. But, even after that has been made irrefutably clear to the plundering Obama hordes--most recently hordes that are beginning to diminish somewhat--the dictator-in-chief has again begun strongly announcing that his death plan and cap and tax WILL become the law of the land despite the will of the people. Note: This is Communism folks--a governmental system that relies solely upon the will and desires of ruling elitists and one which depends upon the enslavement of an impoverished working class (AKA ‘proletariat’). And this is what Marxists do.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Marvel Comics: Captain America Says Tea Parties Are Dangerous and Racist
  Shadow Government piece by Warner Todd Huston (2/9/10)

Marvel Comic’s Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man. Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who’ve joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he’s sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.