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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Obama Is Surrendering Control Of The Internet
   Information Police piece by Offsite (1/31/10)

Without the ingenuity of America’s brightest minds and the investment of U.S. Taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it today.

A Chill Hits Wind Power
   GreeenIsm piece by Guest: Dennis T. Avery (1/31/10)

CHURCHVILLE, VA - As I write, a strong wind is blowing across the Alleghany Mountains onto my house. It’s bringing an “Arctic Clipper” that will drop my temperatures this weekend to a frigid and unusual 6 degrees F. Why can’t I get some good from this chill wind - with a wind turbine to harvest the “free” energy?

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Trillions for Global Warming Hoax, Nothing for NASA
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (1/30/10)

In yet another blow to progress and achievement and the advancement of man, Obama aims to ax the moon mission.

The Great Green Land Grab
   GreeenIsm piece by Alan Caruba (1/30/10)

All across America, various environmental organizations have been engaged in schemes to deter development such as housing, new energy plants, or the horror of a manufacturing facility that might actually employ people. In some states, the attack has been on farms and ranches, finding ways to punish their owners for improving their land in any fashion such as digging a drainage ditch.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Markets Will Tank Any Day Now
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/29/10)

Global equities are “vulnerable to correction” after rallying from their March lows and as governments around the world withdraw stimulus measures, says investor Jim Rogers.

RJC Praises Senate Passage of Iran Sanctions
   Middle East piece by Press Release: Shari Hillman (1/29/10)

Looks for quick action on a strong final bill - Washington, D.C. (January 29, 2010)—Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Executive Director Matt Brooks praised the United States Senate for passing the Iran Refined Petroleum Act, a bill targeting Iran’s energy sector with sanctions as a response to Iranian nuclear proliferation. The Senate passed the measure on a unanimous voice vote yesterday. The Senate-passed bill must now be reconciled with the version of the legislation passed by the House of Representatives in December.

Scientists in stolen e-mail scandal hid climate data
   ClimateGate piece by Offsite (1/29/10)

The university at the centre of the climate change row over stolen e-mails broke the law by refusing to hand over its raw data for public scrutiny.

Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi’s in-flight ‘food, booze’
   Elitists piece by Offsite (1/29/10)

It reads like a dream order for some wild frat party: Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, Bailey’s Irish Creme, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey ... and Corona beer.

Supermarket bans PJs and bare feet
   Culture Wars piece by Ann "Babe" Huggett (1/29/10)

On the Culture Wars front, the British supermarket chain, Tescos, struck a blow for sartorial dignity in its St. Mellons in Cardiff, Wales branch by posting a “Customer Dress Code Policy” banning shoppers coming in clad in pajamas, barefoot and/or both.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

RJC Disturbed by Congressional Democrats’ Efforts to Pressure Israel
   Middle East piece by Press Release: Shari Hillman (1/28/10)

Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2010)—Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Executive Director Matt Brooks responded to reports of a letter in which 54 U.S. House of Representatives Democrats (no Republicans) urged President Obama to pressure Israel to loosen security measures implemented to counter the threat from terrorism originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip:

‘Homeschooling German Family Awarded Political Asylum in U.S., Where is U.S. Media?‘
   Police State piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/28/10)

A federal immigration judge in Tennessee has awarded political asylum to a German couple who were threatened by the German government with having their children forcibly removed from their home because the couple chose homeschooling instead of sending them to state approved schools.

Warren Buffett on the Business and Government Connection
   Economics piece by Kevin Price (1/28/10)

Warren Buffett rolled up his sleeves on the Fox Business Network in a very candid interview with the channel’s Liz Claman, in which he discussed CEOs of failing banks, reconfirming Ben Bernanke, and his Berkshire company.

‘Dawkins on Haiti - Robertson True to Christian Theology?‘
   Religion piece by Rev Bresciani (1/28/10)

Bill O’Reilly was the first to bring up Pat Robertson’s statement on the Haitian pact with the devil to rid them of French rule. Bill said he didn’t agree with Pat but Dawkins says in an article posted online that at least Robertson is true to his own theology.

BREAKING! Great Chicken Trial Hangs In Limbo
   Culture Wars piece by Rev. Miles (1/28/10)

1/27/10 Brentwood, California. The Great Chicken Trial of Brentwood took place before the Brentwood City Council last night. A packed chambers witnessed the historic event along with media.  The defendants, Henny and Penny, were present, even though in confinement. The two chickens who became the focus of world wide attention after a neighbor raised her wings in attack-mode and complained about the hens before the City Planning Commission. It was then sent over to be heard by the city council for what was to be a final hearing and decision. However, there were surprises…

Senate Considers More Corporate Pork - AKA Green Jobs
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Press Release: Christine Hall (1/28/10)

Washington, D.C., January 28, 2009 - Today’s Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in the Senate promises to focus on solar power and green jobs, but the most likely outcome will be energy company executives attempting to squeeze the American taxpayer for even more billions of dollars in subsidies, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. 

And, now, for Some Good News
   The Republic piece by Alan Caruba (1/28/10)

After the State of the Union speech and the instant analyses on television and the punditry that follows on newspaper’s editorial pages and, of course, on news/opinion websites and countless blogs and forums, the tendency is likely to dwell on how it portends more of the same bad policies.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Obama fighting ‘Alice in Wonderland’ terrorism war, says Sen. Lieberman
   National Security piece by Jim Kouri (1/27/10)

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, accused the Obama Administration of an “Alice in Wonderland” approach to the nation’s anti-terrorism strategy.

A Nation in Decline
   Socialism piece by Tom DeWeese (1/27/10)

Many politicians are asking the question today: “Why are the American People so angry?“ The following may lend a clue to the clueless.

The Peoples Republik Of Oregon Seals Its Own Fate
   Socialism piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (1/27/10)

Measure 66 and Measure 67 passed in Oregon to raise income taxes and attack business for the benefit of the Socialist Machine.

A Message From The Band of Brothers
   Politics piece by Thomas D. Segel (1/27/10)

Harlingen, Texas, January 25, 2010:  There are an estimated 27 million men and close to two million women who are veterans or serving on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.  They rank among the most patriotic of our citizens, are predominantly conservative in their political ideas and in recent years tend to be moving away from membership in either the Democrat or Republican Party.  We sent a call out to those veterans who were now among the ranks of independent voters and asked them to tell us their concerns as we entered another national election year.  They were asked to list and rank their top political issues. Though only the top three concerns were requested, most lists ran far longer.

Homeschoolers on run win U.S. asylum
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (1/27/10)

Judge: Teaching children ‘basic right no country has right to violate’ - In a decision bound to send a shock wave through the European Union, a federal immigration judge today granted political asylum in the United States to a German family whose members feared persecution if returned to their home country because of their decision to homeschool.

All politics and unemployment are local
   Politics piece by John David Powell (1/27/10)

The late Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Jr., made grammarians grimace and pundits ponder when he shared the wisdom of his father who noted that “all politics is local.“  The elder O’Neill’s comment followed his son’s only election defeat, the result of the campaign’s failure to heed what was happening in the candidate’s own backyard.

Climate Greenshirts: The Rise of Eco-Fascism
   GreeenIsm piece by Carey Roberts (1/27/10)

I like liberals. In fact I count liberals among my best friends. But when they get peeved, liberals can say the darndest things!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

President Obama should transfer Head Start funds to D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
   EdukShun piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Matthew Ladner (1/26/10)

On March 10, 2009, President Barack Obama gave a major education speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In that speech, he declared that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan “will use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It’s not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.“

Government Health Care and Personal Economies
   Health Care piece by Kevin Price (1/26/10)

Socialized medicine through out the world has the following characteristics:  It leads to delays where, as in the case of Canada, patients wait for 17 weeks on average from the time a general practitioner says indicates that something is wrong until one visits a specialist.

MilesTones To Start The New Week
   Culture Wars piece by Rev. Miles (1/26/10)

Mark Ye Your Calendars. This evening January 26, 2010.  The Great Chicken Trail of Brentwood will be heard before the Brentwood City Council Meeting at 7 PM. The defendants, Henny and Penny, the hens that became famous when a neighbor complained about them, will be there in person er in chicken?  MilesTones will be there to speak in de-fence of the chickens…plus…Gunsight Scriptures Controversy, Screen Actors Guild..uh..program? Global Warming…Swine Flu…Obama and more…

RJC Blasts Jewish Democrats’ “Holocaust” Politicking
   Demercrats piece by Press Release: Shari Hillman (1/26/10)

Partisan Democrat group that excuses Pelosi, Grayson Holocaust talk lacks credibility - Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2010)—Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) Executive Director Matt Brooks responded to what the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) is billing as a “pledge campaign” against the use of “Holocaust rhetoric and anti-Semitic language.“

Monday, January 25, 2010

Global Warming’s Glacial Blunder
   ClimateGate piece by Guest: Rusty Wright (1/25/10)

“World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown,“ declared the disturbing headline(1) in The Sunday Times of London.

The real State of the Union
   Politics piece by Offsite (1/25/10)

We already know that the president will deliver an eloquent State of the Union address filled with exaggerated accomplishments and some not-so-subtle blame-Bush references. Whereas the president must try to be as optimistic as possible, we must also be realistic about the state of the union through the voice of the people, because problems do not fix themselves.

Next up: Obama wants your retirement money
   Socialism piece by Offsite (1/25/10)

Trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see are not going down well with voters. The president has plans for even more big spending. The Chinese have said there’s not enough money in the world to finance U.S. debt. Already, the annual federal deficit is being financed by selling 80 percent of the Treasury notes and bonds – to the Federal Reserve! Obama needs lots of real money, and he needs it now.