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The 180lbs. "Guerilla": China's Military Aspirations
 Nancy Salvato (07/25/08)
As the mainstream media is dominated by its attention to the preparations for Beijing Olympics being held August 8-24 this year, an obvious truth is being ignored or going unaddressed. The more important story is that China is on a mission to dominate the United States and the rest of the world militarily by building nuclear weaponry meant to defeat the United States on the world stage. The actual Olympics pale in comparison to this upcoming event. And while our people continue to be distracted by a variety of “shiny things” meant to divert their attention, the Chinese continue their march to dominance in the military sphere. What serves to distract our nation from such an important subject?
Coming to a city near you
Guest Author: Carolyn Hileman (07/25/08)
It would seem like a suspense movie, the car blocking some guys turn, they getting out and are getting angry, the twist is he uses an AK 47 and he shoots the driver and his sons who were coming home from a picnic, that in and of itself is tragic beyond belief, but this movie has even more twists, the murderer was an illegal immigrant who was released from a gun charge in March, he had been driving a car that had a murder weapon in it. This is where it goes from tragic to just plain wrong. The murderer lived in a sanctuary city one of those wonderful places that is just like home to gangs, thugs and just about any deviant except American citizens, this is a haven for criminals, a place to hide legally even if they are illegal and a really good place for an unsuspecting American citizen to die.
'Restraining Orders Unconstitutional in New Jersey?'
David R. Usher (07/25/08)
For many years, domestic violence laws have been carelessly abused at both the federal and state levels. Gary Hession, J.D., just nailed the rabid possum to a tree in his New American cover story “Restraining Orders Out of Control”.
McCain Has Plenty of Reason to Pick Pawlenty
Aaron Goldstein (07/25/08)
Over the past several days, speculation as to who John McCain will select to be his running mate on the GOP ticket increased considerably when it was learned an announcement might come imminently. While as of this writing no announcement has been forthcoming, if nothing else, it has given the media an opportunity to take a cold shower from their fawning over Barack Obama.
Lecturing Europe While Accepting the Social Structure of Brutality
Frank Salvato (07/25/08)
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote, “The reason we have a democracy is that no one side is right all the time. The only people who are dangerous are those who can’t admit, even to themselves, that obvious fact.” Aside from the glaring error in his declaration that we live in a democracy (the United States is actually a Democratic Republic, not a democracy) his assertion is spot on. In light of the logic in Mr. Brook’s statement, it would seem that the woman slated to be Barack Obama’s “Muslim liaison” is dangerous, especially to women.
Obama's Pompous Circumstance
JB Williams (07/25/08)
International Pandering Bound to Backfire - Presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken his pander machine on the road around the world in an effort to demonstrate two points vital to the success of his campaign for the office of Commander-in-Chief.
Ban on aid for Christian college students tossed
OffSite (07/25/08)
A federal court has ordered the state of Colorado to stop discriminating against students of a Christian college, a facility that state officials determined provided too much religion.
Obama's $845 billion U.N. plan forwarded to U.S. Senate floor
OffSite (07/25/08)
The U.S. Senate soon could be debating whether you, your spouse and each of your children – as well as your in-laws, parents, grandparents, neighbors and everyone else in America – each will be spending $2,500 or more to reduce poverty around the world.
The Politics of Showmanship
Alan Caruba (07/25/08)
For political theatre, there is no denying that the speech Sen. Barack Obama delivered in Berlin drew a huge, adoring crowd and was filled with the kind of talk intended to impress, not just Berliners, not just Europe, not just America, but the entire world that a new leader has appeared on the scene to work miracles.
Drilling Our Way Out of This Mess!
Guest Author: J.D. Longstreet (07/25/08)
You know what is frustrating? Having a problem and having the answer to that problem within reach but being prevented, by the government, from utilizing that answer to solve the problem. Now… THAT is frustrating! And it happens to be right where we Americans find ourselves today.
MSNBC Prez Claims They're Not Liberal On Purpose, But 'You Can't Trust A Word' Fox Says
Warner Todd Huston (07/25/08)
Once again MSNBC president Phil Griffin is claiming that his cable outlet is not liberal on purpose. (I know what you're saying, if you believe that he has a bridge to sell you) In an interview with a TV reviewer for the Kansas City Star(1), Griffin once again made the claim that the extreme leftward tilt that MSNBC has taken over the last few years was a complete accident and that they aren't "tied to ideology" like Fox News is. Griffin also attacked Fox News saying that, "you can't trust a word they say."
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Editorial: Socialism Gone Wild!
Editor (07/24/08)
The Progressive Socialist Democrats think they are on a roll.
A Country Without Affordable and Plentiful Energy Is Economically Crippled
Malcolm Hedges (07/24/08)
The Demercrats and Greens know this and this is why they are doing their best to strangle energy resources and inflate energy prices in the US.
A Word To The Wise...
John A. Ross (07/24/08)
Prior to November 4th, 2008, all eligible voters need to determine if their federal representative, senators and presidential candidate support energy independence from foreign oil. Should your federal representative cling to, or waffle on the need for ending the influence foreign countries that hate America vote for someone that does, regardless of party affiliation. The United States of America faces internal and external enemies that fear and hate our freedoms and are plotting to eliminate our ability to influence the world and militarily protect all Americans and our friends.
The Gaping Ignorance of Democrat Leaders
Bruce Walker (07/24/08)
Barack Obama has made a serious of statements recently which show an appalling ignorance of history and the world. He recently spoke about “the bomb” being dropped on Pearl Harbor. Before that, in May, Obama talked about the Iraq war sucking up Arabic translators need in Afghanistan (which is a non-Arabic nation in which the people speak languages from a completely different language family.) A few days earlier, Barack spoke of the “57 states.” One might allow him some credit if he had intended to include all the different jurisdictions that send delegates to the Democrat Convention – although Obama still would have been woefully wrong – but even when you count American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, the total is 55, not 57. Obama seems ignorant of history and unable to do basic arithmetic. Before that Barack Obama did not know at all about the historical impact upon revenue of raising the tax rate on capital gains (which always lowers tax revenues) and lowering the tax rate on capital gains (which always raises tax revenue.) These statements by Obama do not reflect dishonesty. He has, to be sure, lied to the American people about his knowledge of Jeremiah Wright’s hatefulness. Nor is Obama trying to “spin” something with these statements. He simply does not know very much.
ADVISORY: Political Storm Obama
Doug Edelman (07/24/08)
Disclaimer: This piece is political humor and parody. (I don’t want any misunderstandings like the New Yorker recently experienced!) - Dateline: July 2008 - The National Climate Agency has been tracking a new political storm which is rapidly becoming so powerful it threatens to change the landscape of the entire nation! Political Storm Obama is predicted by some to make landfall in November, triggering potential landslides. Some are calling this a history maker.
The "Fairness" Doctrine: America In The Balance
Christopher Adamo (07/24/08)
Lurking in the gloom of the Democrat agenda is a resuscitation of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine,” which would allow the federal government, at the behest of liberal special interests, to selectively harass and intimidate radio stations whose broadcasting format it finds objectionable. Thus, the proliferation of conservative talk-radio and virtually all of the alternative media would be threatened with eventual extinction.
'Sports Heroes?'
Lisa Fabrizio (07/24/08)
Every Sunday night I go out to my favorite club to engage in lively conversation and enjoy some adult companionship. In the summertime, this often includes taking in ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. This Sunday however, the Red Sox-Angels game was scheduled two hours earlier than the usual 8:00 PM start so that the network could air its annual ESPY Awards show in prime time.
Mexico's Version of La Cosa Nostra Spreads Like a Virus
Jim Kouri CPP (07/23/08)
The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the country.
Democrat Presidential Hopefuls Admit They'll Try to Con Americans
Liberals Really Were Spying for the Soviets
"The official thermometers at the U.S. National Climate Data Center show a slight global cooling trend over the
last seven years, from 1998 to 2005."
Senate Vote on More Money for U.N.
Cliff Kincaid (07/23/08)
Having failed to stop the irresponsible $50 billion global AIDS bill, Senate conservatives are now being given a second chance. Can they stand up to Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid and block the so-called Coburn Omnibus of more irresponsible spending? Reid jokingly named the bill after the Oklahoma Republican Senator, Tom Coburn, who has prevented dozens of excessive federal spending bills from passing the Senate. But Reid is actually titling the bill “Advancing America’s Priorities.”
These are the Torturing, Maniacs Obama Thinks he can Befriend
Warner Todd Huston (07/23/08)
In 1999 a handsome, earnest young man named Ahmad Batebi(1) defied Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran. His photo caused an instant sensation and became a symbol of the flower of Iran standing ready to oppose the oppression of the Iranian religious regime
Fred Phelps: The Father of the New Liberal Tactics
Adam Graham (07/23/08)
There are few people who are as universally loathed as Fred Phelps. I think it wouldn’t be understatement to say that more Americans sympathize with Osama bin Laden than approve of the tactics of the renegade Kansas minister.
Parson Moyers's Prevarication
Tom Brewton (07/23/08)
Bill Moyers's PBS presentation on Cleveland's real estate foreclosure problem was a product, either of economic ignorance, or of deliberate distortion for political purposes.
Water Boarding Does NOT Fit the Definition of Torture
Kevin Roeten (07/23/08)
Do you worry about “water boarding”? Have we decided the Army Field Manual (AFM) will dictate American morals and change the definition of torture? Thorndike-Barnhart defines torture as “The act of inflicting very severe pain; a very severe pain or suffering--agony.” It seems the word torture is used frequently by those opposed to Bush, or his techniques to eliminate more American deaths.
Train Yourself To Discern Good From Evil
Guest Author: Marsha West (07/23/08)
“But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.” -- Hebrews 5:14”
The Cold Hard Facts About Lobbying Washington, DC
JB Williams (07/23/08)
The very first fact every American must reconcile with is the fact that “lobbying” elected representatives, like other forms of prostitution, is as old as the constitutional republic itself.
Media Shuts Out McCain
Sher Zieve (07/23/08)
In yet another blatant attempt to render the Republican presidential candidate impotent, therefore propping up their secular messiah Barack Obama, the New York Times has rejected an Op-Ed by presidential contender John McCain. Instead, this “news” paper has reportedly told McCain that his Op-Ed needs to be more like Obama’s - which was accepted (surprise - surprise!”) by the Times. In case there are a few individuals who’ve been living in a cave for the last year or so - Obama is for an immediate pull-out of US troops from Iraq and McCain is not. Obama believes the pull-out should occur based upon his ideology and McCain believes any pull-out should occur based upon what’s actually transpiring in the region. Brian Rogers, a McCain spokesman, said of the Times’ rejection that it “reveals where they're coming from” and that McCain’s position “will not change based on politics or the demands of The New York Times.”
Someone Needs To Stop The Iranian IslamoFascist Machine
Malcolm Hedges (07/23/08)
Israel is the most obvious target of Iran, next comes the Middle East in general with Europe a not very distant third.
District gives students exam answers, half still flunk
OffSite (07/22/08)
The school district of Rochester, N.Y., gave teachers and students exact copies of the questions and answers that would appear on a mandatory test, only to have officials deny wrongdoing and watch half the students fail anyway.
The myth of a teacher shortage
Ari Kaufman (07/22/08)
Too many credentialed dinosaurs are holding jobs - For three years in these columns, I have implored teachers to recognize what excellent jobs they have and to cease complaining. Well, here is an issue I believe teachers can rightfully remonstrate about.
Government to Blame for Housing and Financial Crisis
Ayn Rand Institute: Yaron Brook (07/22/08)
Irvine, CA--In "The Government Did It," an opinion piece published last Friday on Forbes.com, Dr. Yaron Brook, president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, argued that our government's massive control over the housing and financial markets has led to many of the problems being blamed on the free market today.
Congressional Democrats Say NO to Drilling but YES to More Oil Taxes
Sher Zieve (07/22/08)
In another move geared to even faster destroy the ability of the American people to support themselves, Congressional Democrats have decided the price of a gallon of gas just isn’t high enough to really hurt us. So, Democrats have decided to raise yours and my gasoline taxes by $.10/gallon. Instead of even thinking about bringing the price of gasoline down - by allowing us to drill for additional petroleum reserves in our own country (in those places that oil actually exists) as well as 100-200 miles off shore - it has decided to raise the price from its already all-time high! Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said: “We'll put all things on the table but, the gas tax is the cornerstone. Nothing else will work without the underpinning of the higher user fee gas tax.” Hmmm. Note: It appears that Mr. Oberstar’s “all things on the table” does not include the thing that would actually bring gasoline prices down and increase the US domestic supply. That would be drilling for oil in our own country and, thus, would greatly reduce our need for foreign oil. Does any sort of logic register with these clowns anymore?
A Persistent Threat To Second Amendment Rights
Paul M. Weyrich (07/22/08)
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia’s highly restrictive ban on guns is unconstitutional. The ruling was anticipated across the nation. It was the first time the Court made a direct judgment about the right of individuals to keep and bear arms since the adoption of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. One would think that under these circumstances the D.C. government would get the message. Not a chance. The Washington D.C. City Council lives in its own world.
Judge-mentally Impaired Should Get Off Michael Savage's Back
Selwyn Duke (07/22/08)
It seems as if taking offense is the recreation of choice in modern America. The latest example (of which I'm aware; I’m sure our UPS {umbrage per second} statistic is sky high) has resulted in a planned protest at WOR Radio in Manhattan over some comments radio talk show host Michael Savage made concerning autism. Or, to be precise, the commentary involved not that condition but behavior that might be misdiagnosed as autism.
'Will Obama's European Tour Backfire on Him?'
Guest Author: J.D. Longstreet (07/22/08)
There is a very good chance that the Obama's European tour will backfire on his campaign here in the states.
US Government no Longer Values Citizenship
Frosty Wooldridge (07/22/08)
Citizenship constitutes the foundation of the United States of America. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union...."
Fathers: Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Britney
Guest Author: Doug Giles (07/22/08)
Father, have you been to the mall lately and watched an unsupervised group of teenage girls get hit on by the ubiquitous male oxygen thieves? Pretty disturbing, eh? What's even more mind numbing is the number of beautiful young ladies who actually give these scat based boys the time of day. Unreal.
Change? Looks Like More of the Same
Guest Author: Chip McLean (07/22/08)
I haven’t checked to see if their sales are up, but the makers of Dramamine should be experiencing record profits this campaign season. Why, you ask? Simple - the word “change” has been thrown around so much in recent months that it undoubtedly is causing many to buy massive quantities of the anti-nausea medicine.
'What Is Our Government Hiding In The Prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean?'
Dave Gibson (07/22/08)
The government watchdog group known as Judicial Watch recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department, for that agency’s failure to turn over certain documents related to the prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean.
Moms, Don't Take Your Kids to an Abuse Shelter
Carey Roberts (07/22/08)
Abuse shelters are the domestic violence industry’s Holy of Holies. Their ministrations are shrouded in mystery, the High Priestesses unnamed, their locations often kept secret. There abused women can become purified of the patriarchal demon and begin life anew.
A Few Days On Cat Island
Jack L. Key (07/22/08)
It’s been some time since I had a little vacation, and I needed a break from writing about politics for awhile, so I decided to slip away last week for a few days down to the Bahamas.
We are Americans
Guest Author: Carolyn Hileman (07/21/08)
Do you remember how you felt on 9/11? The feeling of dread, the feeling of there was really nothing you could do? The feeling of anger that you couldn’t even tell your kids everything would be OK and know it was true? I am willing to bet that a lot of you are feeling those same things today. You are feeing battered, beaten down, worn out, you wonder how you will pay your bills, how you will buy your groceries and gas and you are just plain tired. It is a different kind of apprehension but apprehension all the same, you feel like your country and you are under attack all over again and you are not really sure what putting out your flag will do for you now.
The sky is falling on Gore again
Henry Lamb (07/21/08)
Al Gore has certainly secured his place in history. His Academy-Award-Pulitzer-Prize-winning prediction that climate change will raise sea levels by 20 feet will be studied by future history students, along with the predictions of Malthus and Paul Ehrlich.
The Rules for Democrats and Republicans
Doug Patton (07/21/08)
During his days doing stand-up in the 1960s, Bill Cosby recorded a track for one of his comedy albums about the American Revolution. As only Cosby could tell it, he spun a hilarious version of “the rules” for how the war for American independence was to be fought. The British, Cosby said, had to wear red and march in slow, straight lines, making them targets for the colonists, who were allowed to wear drab clothing that blended into the landscape and who could hide behind hills, trees and rocks as they took aim. It is a bit like this year’s presidential race, with Republicans playing by the British rules and Democrats in the role of the colonists.
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