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Sunday, March 21, 2010

A Dime’s Worth Of Difference Is Not Enough
  Republicrats piece by J.J. Jackson (3/21/10)

Conservatives are in an abusive relationship with a lying, cheating and stealing spouse.  And just so there is no mistaking who I am referring to, I am talking about the GOP.  A lot of conservatives are fed up and, if you ask me, rightfully so with the party that they have called home.  Republicans have for decades talked a good talk but have never really walked the walk relying on the fact that conservatives have nowhere else to go.  They certainly are not going to become Democrats and other parties like the Libertarian and Constitution Parties have failed to woo conservatives to their ranks in any significant number for a variety of reasons.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Causes and Consequences of Liberal Superiority Complex
  Progressivism piece by Thomas E. Brewton (3/20/10)

Liberal-progressive-socialists, from Henri de Saint-Simon and Auguste Comte in the 1800s and Karl Marx in the mid-1800s, to present-day liberal-progressive members of the Democrat/Socialist Party, have believed as an article of secular religious faith that their superior intellects alone are capable of intuiting the inevitable course of history.  Those who disagree with their reading are written off as cranks or imbeciles, unworthy of serious consideration.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Unemployment Tied to Lack of Immigration Enforcement
  Employment/Jobs piece by Jim Kouri (3/18/10)

Although President Obama says creating jobs is his top priority, his failure to enforce immigration laws at worksites has led to job losses for American workers.(1) That is the message of a new television ad campaign by Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) and allied organizations concerned about unemployment.

NPR: ‘Patriots’ Are Dangerous to Our Government
  Progressivism piece by Warner Todd Huston (3/18/10)

Public supported National Public Radio (NPR) posted a report on March 17 during its “All Things Considered” radio show that warns its listeners that “patriot groups” are dangerous and are apparently increasingly prone to attacking government officials and facilities. Oddly the two examples it uses to prove its case have no ties whatsoever to any “patriot groups.“

And That’s All He Has to Say about That: Tom Hanks and Twisted History
  Bird-Brain Flu piece by Selwyn Duke (3/18/10)

Stupid is as Hollywood does . . . and does and does and does.  And the latest example is Forrest Hanks, who has just managed to graduate - in the Tinseltown U. way of thinking - from moron to imbecile.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

India Sets up Independent Global Warming Panel
   Climate Change piece by Guest: Dennis T. Avery (2/7/10)

CHURCHVILLE, VA - India is setting up its own climate research unit because it no longer trusts the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’ve been predicting such a move for years - partly due to the IPCC’s biased science, but more because India simply cannot afford to curtail its desperately needed and energy-powered economic growth. India’s government’s stability depends on expanding prosperity for the all of its people. That means more energy, and over half of India’s electricity comes from coal.

U.S. Waives ‘Buy American’ Clause for Canada
   Foreign Policy piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

WASHINGTON - (AFP) - The United States has agreed to waive “Buy American” provisions for Canadian companies under a massive economic stimulus package, a joint statement said Friday, ending a year-long dispute between the neighbors.

Media cools on global warming
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

Climate-change sceptics are being vindicated by scientific scandals that are no longer being ignored - LAST weekend looks likely to have been a tipping point in the media debate on climate change in the English-speaking world.

Angry young men
   Society piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

Recently I read an extraordinary essay on the subject of why so many young men are angry, sullen and rebellious. The writer of this piece (Tiffani) has five children, including two sons ages 14 and 2. In the laboratory of a happy, stable, chaotic home life, she concocted this wild harebrained theory: That boys need men to teach them to be men. Crazy, ain’t it?

Climate makes money move in mysterious ways
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

In all the coverage lately given to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its embattled chairman, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, one rather important part of the story has largely been missed. This is the way in which, in its obsession with climate change, different branches of the UK Government have in recent years been pouring hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money into a bewildering array of “climate-related” projects, often throwing a veil of mystery over how much is being paid, to whom and why.

Climate change research bungle
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

The research institute run by the head of the UN’s climate body has handed out a series of environmental awards to companies that have given it financial support, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.

How Met Office blocked questions on its own man’s role in ‘hockey stick’ climate row
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

The Meteorological Office is blocking public scrutiny of the central role played by its top climate scientist in a highly controversial report by the beleaguered United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

U.N. gun ban faces pre-emptive attack
   Guns/Self-defense piece by Offsite (2/7/10)

A gun rights organization has launched a petition effort to build opposition to plans being discussed by U.S. officials and the United Nations that could result in the confiscation and destruction of privately owned firearms inside the U.S.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Disclosing the real risks of climate change
   Climate Change piece by Guest: Paul Driessen (2/6/10)

We are not weighing in on the climate debate. We are not opining on whether the world’s climate is changing, at what pace or due to what causes, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Shapiro insisted on announcing the SEC’s new “interpretive guidance” on climate change.

Calculating the Unemployment Rate
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (2/6/10)

Recently several news pieces have made the claim that if the unemployment rate were calculated as it was during the Great Depression, the current rate would be close to double what it is, and creeping toward the formidable rates back in the 1930s.

European Policymakers Try to Calm Global Markets Amid Euro’s Plunge
   Euro piece by Offsite (2/6/10)

(Reuters) - European policymakers scrambled on Friday to reassure markets about the stability of the 16-nation currency bloc as investors shed euro assets for a second day and Portugal backed a law that may push its swollen deficit higher.

U.S. Is a Ticking Fiscal Time Bomb
   Economics piece by Offsite (2/6/10)

The Obama administration lacks the “political capital” for serious financial reform, and that is putting the U.S. in a perilous fiscal position, writes former Clinton White House economist Nouriel Roubini.

Unemployment Rate Drop Is Fluke
   Economics piece by Offsite (2/6/10)

The drop in the unemployment rate to 9.7 percent in January from 10 percent in December isn’t as good as it looks, says Bank of America’s chief economist Ethan Harris.

Keynesian Economics Another Progressive Trojan Horse
   Economics piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (2/6/10)

You learn something every day. A piece on WND brought to light valuable previously undiscovered information on Keynesian Economics.

Open Letter To Conservatives
   Politics piece by Guest: Charles Cole (2/6/10)

Ladies and Gentlemen, We stand at perhaps the most important juncture in recent American history.  The events of the past several years, and most especially of the past year, should be alarming to every American patriot.  The threat to our beloved Republic is very real and quite imminent. I do not say this lightly, but resolutely from the standpoint of a patriotic American and U.S. Army veteran who has been actively engaged in the study of American government and history since my 1959 freshman class in what used to be called “civics”. 

Friday, February 5, 2010

John Boehner is Kidding Himself
   Republicrats piece by Warner Todd Huston (2/5/10)

Yesterday our Republican minority leader in the House of Representatives proved that he still isn’t seeing the problem with the GOP. He’s living in denial, at least he is if we can take his words at face value.

‘Is the Constitution a Partisan Document?‘
   The Republic piece by Guest: JB Williams (2/5/10)

From all outward appearances, one would think that the U.S. Constitution is a partisan document loved and revered by the political right, so-called republicans, conservatives or constitutionalists, and hated or at least treated like an old worn out shoe no longer of any use by the political left, often referred to as democrats, liberals or progressives.

The Super-Sized Census Boondoggle
   Demercrats piece by Offsite (2/5/10)

If only the federal government were as responsible with our money as Pepsi is with theirs. The soda giant has been in the Super Bowl ad business for more than two decades. But this year, Pepsi determined it was economically unwise to pay $3 million for a 30-second spot. So, who’s foolish enough to pay for Super Bowl gold-plated airtime? You and me and Washington, D.C.

Gibbs: Public Broadcasting ‘not on radio’
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Offsite (2/5/10)

Muffs answer to question over $8 million weekly tax bill - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today said that National Public Radio is for those who “don’t listen to the radio or can’t buy cable TV,“ but corrected himself when reporters questioned the comment.

New mistake found in UN climate report
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/5/10)

The Dutch environment minister, Jaqueline Cramer, on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the 2007 report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change after a Dutch magazine uncovered it incorrectly states 55 percent of the country lies below sea level. The the Dutch national bureau for environmental analysis has taken responsibility for the incorrect figure cited by the IPCC. Only 26 percent of the Netherlands is really below sea level.

‘Did EPA check global-warming claims?‘
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (2/5/10)

Two members of Congress have written to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding answers about scientific documentation that was used to support the agency’s determination that “greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.“

Constitutional Courts Are A Threat To Liberalism
   Supreme Court piece by Christopher Adamo (2/5/10)

The reverberations from Republican Senator Scott Brown’s Massachusetts election had barely subsided when an even greater shockwave was sent throughout the liberal world. On Thursday January 21, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned major pillars of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance “reform” act, thereby reestablishing the ability of the people to express themselves freely during election time, and thus to publicly hold Washington accountable for its actions.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Review: The Free Glary Utilities For Windows
   Software piece by Editor (2/4/10)

The Glary Utilities 2.19.0.800(Free Version) Jan. 21, 2010 is a comprehensive collection of tools that can augment your toolbox.  It works in W2K thru Windows 7.

‘Safer Streets 2010: How many guns are enough?‘
   Guns/Self-defense piece by John Longenecker (2/4/10)

Leftists are always limiting freedoms. Our Constitution limits only one thing: Government powers, and in doing so, affirms freedom. Sometimes there aren’t two sides to an issue when it comes to liberty. As if there were two sides to safer streets, leftists tend to ask provocative questions which wind up only provoking people, especially free Americans. They ask irritating questions as if they’re crafted to vex, as if they have no answer, and as if the question itself were an accusation. One of the best ways to short-circuit a liberal is to take that question in front of others such as an audience and then answer it.

Investors’ Biggest Problem Is Fear
   Investments piece by Offsite (2/4/10)

Economists mistakenly assume that investors are rational, says Yale economist Robert Shiller, co-founder of the Case/Shiller index - but nothing could be farther from the truth.

The buck stops with Gates
   Government piece by Offsite (2/4/10)

So often when something in Washington goes wrong, no one is singled out as being at fault. It’s a kind of bureaucratic and political fatalism: Bad stuff happens.

Don’t Turn Cybersecurity into a Bureaucracy; Enhance Private Sector Practices
   National Security piece by Press Release: Richard Morrison (2/4/10)

Washington, D.C., February 3, 2010 - Today the House of Representatives is considering HR 4061, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act. A solid Cybersecurity Enhancement Act might read “Title I: Stop losing federal laptops.“ That’s too flip, but consider that there are cybersecurity risks to cybersecurity legislation.

How to Save the Obama Presidency: Bomb Iran
   Middle East piece by Daniel Pipes (2/4/10)

I do not customarily offer advice to a president whose election I opposed, whose goals I fear, and whose policies I work against. But here is an idea for Barack Obama to salvage his tottering administration by taking a step that protects the United States and its allies.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Tim Tebow: To be or not to be, that was the question
   Culture War piece by Guest: Kendall Wingrove (2/3/10)

Bob and Pam Tebow faced a decision.

The Gender Silent Majority
   Social Engineering piece by Guest: Gordon E. Finley (2/3/10)

On February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for the coming year.  Most commentaries focus on debt, deficits, taxes, and unemployment.  With the trillions of problems in Obama’s multi-trillion dollar budget, however, it is easy to overlook his gendered social engineering approach to the budget process and its impact on boys and men.