Tuesday, August 24, 2010

‘Will McCain dupe Arizona Republicans today?‘
   Republicrats piece by Jim Kouri (8/24/10)

Arizona Senator John McCain is enjoying a comfortable lead over his primary opponent J.D. Hayworth, who garnered the support of the Tea Party movement and most conservative organizations.

Monday, August 23, 2010

The Palestine Quartet - Out Of Time And Out Of Tune
   Middle East piece by David Singer (8/23/10)

The Quartet - America, Russia, The European Union and the United Nations - continues to miss the beat in attempting to revive its artificially orchestrated two-state solution - the creation of a new Arab state between Israel, Egypt and Jordan for the first time ever in recorded history.

Philly Wants Bloggers to Pay $300 Tax
   Big Brother piece by Warner Todd Huston (8/23/10)

Are you a blogger in the city of Philadelphia(1), Pennsylvania? Do you have Google Adsense or some other sort of low-return ads on your blog? If so expect a letter soon from your friendly city treasurer demanding that you pay a $300 tax on your “money making business.“

‘Guy Gabaldon - Do You Remember ?‘
   Military piece by Thomas D. Segel (8/23/10)

Harlingen, Texas, August 22, 2010:  It happens every time a few grey-haired members of the warrior clan assemble for casual conversation.  Veterans of the Navy and Marine Corps call them “Sea Stories”.  The Army and Air Force crowd refer to them as “War Stories”.  Regardless of their exact title, these tales are told time and time again…and with each telling the details become more enhanced and the actions more thrilling.

End environmental experiments on Africans!
   GreeenIsm piece by Guest: Fiona Kobusingye (8/23/10)

I wish I had a shilling for every time someone told me spraying homes with DDT to prevent malaria is like using Africans in evil experiments. I would be a rich woman.

Genetic Modified Foods - Senate Bill S510
   Food piece by Offsite (8/23/10)

If you are what you eat, we are all in deep trouble. What constitutes healthy food is a debate that can encompass different viewpoints. In spite of this, control of the food chain is a concern that crosses all ideological perspectives. The most essential of all human rights is the effective ability of access and ingestion of nutrients that are necessary to sustain life. Forced feeding of toxicants, as the only foodstuff available to the masses, is a true crime against humanity. Withholding safe food from the public allows for the gluttony of elites. These masters of the universe immunize themselves by hording nontoxic provisions as they ride a black horse. The Apocalypse of a food crisis is not an accident.  The GMO designer cuisine is meant to supply a poisonous menu, until the final collective culling of the herd, is ready for the planet.

Madam Speaker Unmasks the Ugly Face of Socialism
   Socialism piece by J. D. Longstreet (8/23/10)

Back in the 1950’s, while still a lad in high School, I delivered a speech at the University of South Carolina. I don’t remember a great deal of what I said in that particular speech, but I remember I called notice to the dangers of socialism and communism—and the danger of an all powerful government they both demand.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

‘Extreme Weather’? Not Yet!
   ClimateGate piece by Guest: Dennis T. Avery (8/22/10)

Churchville, VA - The death toll from recent “extreme weather events” has been sharply declining since the 1920s, as my valued colleague Indur Goklany has valorously pointed out. Air conditioning, flood control, earthquake proofing and better weather forecasting have all helped. Despite vast media coverage, extreme weather now causes only a half-percent of global deaths. A large part of the gains came through crop production increases using fossil-fueled industrial fertilizers and irrigation pumps. This meant the world had fossil-fueled food to share with countries suddenly caught by devastating (but short- term) drought or flood.

America’s Insurgent Pollster
   Politics piece by Offsite (8/22/10)

You can tell it’s a volatile political year when a balding, middle-aged pollster gets a standing ovation from hundreds of state legislators after delivering the news that only 23% of the people in this country believe today’s federal government has the consent of the governed.

Brass Ring Escapes Again
   Welfare State piece by Guest: Michael R. Shannon (8/22/10)

My local delegate to the Virginia state house, Bob Marshall (R - Prince William) is not particularly popular in Richmond because he’s conservative even when it’s inconvenient.

Reminder: Obama’s Played More Golf in 2 Yrs. Than Bush Did Both Terms
   TheFringeMedia piece by Warner Todd Huston (8/22/10)

Between 2000 and 2008 one of the left’s most cherished ways to ridicule President Bush was to point out how often he went golfing. Bush’s golfing was a clear sign that he was ignoring the work he had to do in Washington and that he just didn’t care they claimed. He was a playboy, a goof off, a time waster. But now that Barack Obama has come to office all of a sudden the left has found that golf isn’t worth noting, even as Obama has played the game more(1) in just under two years than Bush did during his entire eight-year term.

Mexico, Bloody Mexico
   National Security piece by Alan Caruba (8/22/10)

It is increasingly obvious that the Obama administration is more interested in protecting Mexicans than Americans.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

‘Whose Responsibility is It?‘
   The Republic piece by Robert R. Owens (8/21/10)

Having spent time describing the three unalienable rights of life, liberty and property upon which our Republic was founded and from which all others flow it is necessary to speak of the natural responsibilities which form their inverse image.  Peering through the looking glass at original intent we try to make sense of the present wonderland where rights and responsibilities are never what they seem.

Amazing Love Story In Face of Death Unfolds At Oakley School
   Life piece by Rev. Miles (8/21/10)

(Oakley, California 8/21/10)  One of the first individuals to be encountered when coming to Trinity Christian School in Oakley, is School Administration Assistant, Dee Halog. The attractive young woman behind the Reception Area desk possesses a compelling friendly face. Her name wasn’t always Halog. She was formerly Dee Strongren. Nearby, one might notice a young man doing various duties, whose distinctive continental (yes exotic) look was moulded from his mixed Filipino and Japanese heritage which, mind you, is becoming. Sean Halog stands out even though his is a quiet presence. Whoever sees them at their work have no idea of the phenomenon of their lives underneath the surface, which is true of most people…

‘Global currency around the corner?‘
   NewWorldOrder piece by Offsite (8/21/10)

If the International Monetary Fund gets its way, the U.S. dollar will be replaced by the “bancor” as the world’s reserve currency. According to a report published April 13, the IMF would like to adopt a plan of action that would expand the use of SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) to replace the U.S. dollar as the storehouse of value and eventually create a global currency called the “bancor.“

North Korea attacking U.S. with fake $100 bills
   Money piece by Offsite (8/21/10)

A New Jersey man was shocked when police informed him that the $100 bill he withdrew from his bank to pay taxes earlier this month was a masterfully made counterfeit.

Now Democrats Want Another $34 Billion to Bailout Teamsters Pension
   Demercrats piece by Warner Todd Huston (8/21/10)

When will Obama’s gifts to unions (at the expense of the taxpayers) ever end? On the heels of a $26.1 billion teacher union bailout(1), now Democrats are attempting to get Congress to give $34 billion of the taxpayer’s money to the Teamsters because that union has mishandled its pension funds.

A Better Stimulus for Americans
   Taxes piece by Guest: Richard Olivastro (8/21/10)

In the past, readers of this column received reports about the real causes underlying the problems affecting the credit markets, the housing situation, the general economy, and more.

Lessons In Apologetics No. 4: Pragmaticism and Combinationalism
   Religion piece by Frederick Meekins (8/21/10)

The next theory of truth and religious knowledge is pragmatism.  Developed initially by Charles Sander Pierce and expanded by William James, pragmatism is the theory that truth is not determined by what one thinks, feels, or discovers but rather by what works.

The NRA, Poop Creek and A Missing Paddle
   Election 2010 piece by J.J. Jackson (8/21/10)

The National Rifle Association is not getting a lot of rave reviews from its members lately.  In fact, by the looks of things the NRA is willfully taking a long trip up poop creek and doing so without a paddle in hand.  What is the whole kerfuffle that has led to this ill advised journey?  Well it revolves around Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Friday, August 20, 2010

‘The Glenn Beck Show: Feast Or Famine?‘
   Information piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (8/20/10)

The Leftists and Progressives relentlessly attack Beck, now ‘purported’ Conservatives and Republicans are joining the fray.

Obama’s Union Bailout: A Good Crisis Going to Waste
   Unions piece by Warner Todd Huston (8/20/10)

Even the New York Times can’t ignore the fact that Obama’s latest union bailout cash isn’t going to help anyone keep their jobs(1), and The New York Times is ‘really’ good at ignoring things that make Democrats look bad.

Gold Bug Sees 20-Year Global Depression
   Depression/Recession piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

Many economists now see heightened risk of a double-dip recession, but Egon von Greyerz, managing partner of Matterhorn Asset Management, is a lot more pessimistic than that.

Dodd-Frank a Failure
   Economics piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

Economist and former International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Simon Johnson says Congress failed badly by not passing the Brown-Kaufman amendment to the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial regulatory bill.

Stable Inflation A Myth
   Inflation piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

Morgan Stanley’s Arnaud Marès says stable inflation expectations are not so much a sign of confidence as of indecisiveness across the market as to whether central banks are more likely to miss their target on the upside or the downside.

Thomas Jefferson and the Ground Zero Mosque
   The Republic piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

President Obama stepped into it over the weekend. Speaking Friday August 13, 2010, at a White House dinner to honor Ramadan, the President told his audience, “Muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,“ an obvious reference to the controversy surrounding the Ground Zero mosque. On Saturday, while spending the day in the Gulf, the president attempted to clarify his earlier remarks: “I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding. That’s what our country is about.“

‘Should Our Motto Feature ‘Apple Pie’?‘
   The Republic piece by Thomas D. Segel (8/20/10)

Harlingen, Texas, August 21, 2010:  Apple Pie arrived on these shores at the same time our first colonists stepped foot on America’s soil.  Early in our history the statement “As American as Apple Pie” was used to describe a person or a trait that was symbolic of our country.  It is said that during World War II when American soldiers were asked what they were fighting for….the most common answer was “For Mom and Apple Pie.“

Dates That Destroyed America
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

The decision by Congress to socialize medicine in the US ranks among the most draconian, most egregious, most horrific actions ever taken by the central government in Washington, D.C. This bill rocks the principles of liberty and constitutional government to the core. It changes fundamental foundations; it repudiates historical principle. Oh! The same flag may fly on our flagpoles, the same monuments may grace our landscape, and the same National Anthem may be sung during our public ceremonies, but it is not the same America. The Congress of the United States has now officially turned America into a socialist state.

Bond Market Greed Dangerous
   Investments piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

Money manager John Hussman warns investors against becoming greedy in the corporate bond market.

Second-Quarter Growth Could Be Zero
   Depression/Recession piece by Offsite (8/20/10)

Many economists are worried about the threat of a double-dip recession, and now you can count Pimco Chief Investment Officer Bill Gross as one of them.