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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Pro-Abortion ‘Republican’ Group Cheers Demise of Mexico City Policy
   Republicrats piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/27/09)

With the disingenuous premise that the majority of Republican voters are actually pro-abortion, ‘Republican Majority for Choice’(1) is celebrating President Obama’s repeal of the policy that prohibits federal money from flowing to foreign abortion mills—variously called the Mexico City Policy, the family planning gag rule, or the global gag rule.

CIA Director: Mexican Nationals’  Violence a Threat to US
   National Security piece by Jim Kouri (1/27/09)

During Monday’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck Show, the decidely conservative host asked his viewers to answer a question: outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden had stated that Iran was the Number One threat to the security of the United States; what country did Hayden rank as Number Two? The answer was Mexico.

Obama and The Culture of death
   Culture Wars piece by Miguel Guanipa (1/27/09)

“...it cannot be denied that such a culture of death, taken as a whole, betrays a completely individualistic concept of freedom, which ends up by becoming the freedom of “the strong” against the weak who have no choice but to submit”. - John Paul II ,1995

“Jim Dandy To The Rescue”—- Of The Economy
   Economics piece by Guest: Steve Selengut (1/27/09)

More than fifty years ago, LaVern Baker & The Gliders, brought Jim Dandy into the fray to lasso runaway horses, dry the tears in little girls’ eyes, and to save special mermaids from the hooks of villainous fishermen.

‘Hey Conservatives. . . .where are you?‘
   Politics piece by Guest: Greg Fink (1/27/09)

Hey, all of you conservative legislators and activists out there, where in the world are you and frankly, where all have you been for nearly the last eight years.

Fetus: I Hope He Changes His Mind
   Political Correctness piece by Rev Bresciani (1/27/09)

On the internet, that last bastion of free speech, a cartoon is going around of a frightened unborn child cocooned in a uterus. The caption says “I hope he changes his mind.“ The “he” is an obvious inference to Barack Obama and his first act as president. Is it fair?

What a Difference a Generation Makes
   Society piece by Doug Patton (1/27/09)

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.“  - Ronald Reagan, from his first inaugural speech as governor of California January 5, 1967 - A middle school vice principal told me last week that he could see the thrill and the pride in the faces of his black students as they watched the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. He seemed to think this was a good thing. When asked why a Clarence Thomas or a Bill Cosby were not role models to them, he said that these young people saw Obama in a way they could never see Thomas or Cosby.

Fighting Fire with Fire
   Terrorism piece by Alan Burkhart (1/27/09)

In a recent article posted at truthout.org, Phillip Butler makes a case for the arrest of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld for crimes against the U.S. Constitution.  Butler is a veteran military pilot and was a POW in Vietnam for 2,855 days. Since his repatriation in 1973, he has earned a PhD in Sociology and according to his author bio, “he mentors business and organization leaders and is a community activist.“

Monday, January 26, 2009

The Obama Presidency Is Lurching Wildly To The Left
   ObamaNation piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (1/26/09)

On an hourly basis the ObamaNation is generating mindless Socialist directives and programs.  To make things interesting, documented criminals are being given positions in high places.

Apple Is Getting Worse Than Microsoft!
   General piece by Editor (1/26/09)

OS 10.5.6 is a real mess.

Consumer Product Safety Law Backfires, Killing Thousands of Jobs
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Offsite (1/26/09)

A consumer-product safety law recently passed by Congress will drive up the price of children’s clothes and toys and put thousands of small toymakers and children’s clothing makers out of business. (We wrote earlier about how it will enrich trial lawyers and “may actually harm safety”).

No Consensus for “Stimulus” Among Economists
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/26/09)

Contrary to claims by the Obama administration, there is no consensus among economists for a “stimulus” package, much less the trillion-dollar pork-filled “stimulus” package being crafted by Obama and liberal Congressional leaders. (Many economists oppose it).

Global Warming Ranks Last Among Issues of Concern to Americans
   Global Warming piece by Offsite (1/26/09)

CNSNews.com) - While addressing global warming is a top priority of the Obama administration, it ranks low on the public’s list of concerns, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.

‘Who Trumps Whom?‘
   Politics piece by Geoff Metcalf (1/26/09)

“The United States is a republic, and a republic is a state in which the people are the boss.”—Willis Goldbeck - Several readers took umbrage to my last column(1) in which I wrote, “Despite my sincere best wishes for the incoming administration, I remain a prisoner of reason and empirical evidence.”  Specifically, critics were offended that I would want President Obama to succeed so that the nation and republic could succeed.

What Obama Means to The Enemy
   National Security piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/26/09)

Terrorists, murders, oppressors and Islamofascists understandably were not very fond of George W. Bush. Neither were the fellow travelers of the aforementioned lowest rung of the human ladder in Europe, those in the offices of the ACLU and the Democratic Party fond of our late president. This is well understood. But what does the ascension of Barack Hussein Obama mean to them? More importantly, what will what it means to ‘them’ mean ‘for’ us?

Obama Picks a fight.  The Wrong Fight!
   Culture Wars piece by J. D. Longstreet (1/26/09)

According to The Telegraph: “Barack Obama is on a collision course with his critics after picking a fight with Rush Limbaugh, America’s most influential conservative commentator.“

Real Racism
   Government piece by Guest: Nathan Tabor (1/26/09)

The media lovefest over our new President makes much of the fact that he is the first African-American to hold the highest office in the land.  One would expect, then, that the nation’s most prominent black leader would pursue policies that would benefit blacks as never before.

Of False Choices And Childish Things - Part I
   Socialism piece by Jayme Evans (1/26/09)

“I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers,“ - Obama Adviser Robert Reich - Of Childish Things: Mere days into the Obama presidency and already the actions taken by the newly minted Chief Executive further divide the country, emboldening some and alienating others. Actions always speak louder than words, especially campaign rhetoric. And Obama’s actions show that although possessing enough self-confidence in his ability to save the entire planet, he has already demonstrated that he sorely lacks the courage of those iron-clad convictions he so loudly professed to the hypnotized masses for over two years. The convictions he’s now in the process of “tweaking”.

‘The state establishment of atheism?‘
   Religion piece by Robert E. Meyer (1/26/09)

Along with the “coming out” of militant atheism in recent years, there has been a growing perception that freedom of religion is tantamount to public freedom from religion and, such pursuit is a legitimate objective of The First Amendment. Such sentiment was displayed lately in an editorial I read, which postulated that the ideological separation between church and state was proscribed by the First Amendment.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Editorial: Progressive Socialist Arrogance Gone Wild
   ObamaNation piece by Editor (1/25/09)

Comrade Pelosi and President Obama said it in few words: “We won the election” - and so it follows ‘now we are the rulers of the USA’.

Democrat Cannibals Busy Eating Their Own (As Usual)
   Demercrats piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (1/25/09)

The new ‘blue dog” (conservative and moderate) Democrat Senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand is under horrendous attack.  She dares not to a be Left-Wing Progressive Socialist.

Why some people can’t put two and two together
   Science piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

JILL, 19, from Michigan, wants to go to university to read political science. There is just one problem: she keeps failing the mathematics requirement. “I am an exceptional student in all other subjects, so my consistent failure at math made me feel very stupid,“ she says. In fact, she stopped going to her college mathematics class after a while because, she says, “I couldn’t take the daily reminder of what an idiot I was.“

A Prayer for Archimedes
   Science piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

A long-lost text by the ancient Greek mathematician shows that he had begun to discover the principles of calculus. - For seventy years, a prayer book moldered in the closet of a family in France, passed down from one generation to the next. Its mildewed parchment pages were stiff and contorted, tarnished by burn marks and waxy smudges. Behind the text of the prayers, faint Greek letters marched in lines up the page, with an occasional diagram disappearing into the spine.

Lower gas prices send buyers after big cars again
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

NEW ORLEANS - Gyrating gas prices are playing havoc on auto industry planners, who’ve been adding small cars to their lineups, even as customers are showing more interest again in bigger vehicles.

Hamas, Gaza, And The U.N.N. (United Nauseating Nations)
   Middle East piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

No sooner was Israel reborn in the wake of the Holocaust in May 1948 as a result (on the human part of the deal, at least) of a United Nations’ vote, it was attacked by a half dozen Arab nations—most of which had gained their own independence only recently as well. From that moment on, with a few (but important) rare exceptions, the U.N. would work to basically try to undo its “mistake” of permitting the resurrection of the Jew of the Nations.

Federal Defense of Marriage Act
   Progressivism piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (1/25/09)

The Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is under attack! American voters last November made clear: We don’t support same-sex marriage. Homosexual activists will stop at nothing to impose same-sex marriage on the rest of us, “whether we like it or not.“ Special interests demand that Obama and the new Congress OVERTURN DOMA.

The New Liberty Thought Leaders
   Society piece by John Longenecker (1/25/09)

The Modern Independence - Second Amendment Connection in 2009. - For two decades since the beginning of talkradio and the blogosphere, audiences and readerships have exploded in receiving the liberty message. There is an eagerness to learn more about our freedom and how it exists in 2009. .. Whether it exists in 2009.

Whitney: Banks Should Have a Yard Sale
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

Banks should hold a yard sale, argues Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Meredith Whitney in a Financial Times editorial.

Chrysler Exec Sees Automaker Viable by Spring
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/25/09)

NEW ORLEANS—(AP) Chrysler LLC Vice Chairman Jim Press expects the automaker to be viable by springtime after a restructuring, the introduction of new and improved vehicles, loosened credit and sweetened buyer incentives.

Foreign National Imprisoned for Smuggling East Africans into the US
   National Security piece by Jim Kouri (1/25/09)

A Ghanian man was sentenced Friday in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States, according to reports and court papers obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.