Traditional Conservatives

NOW who do you support?

2011-05-17T10:12:00.002-05:00

That's the big question this week for previous "Hucksters". The answer for me is fortunately not too hard. I had not expected him to run (or rather actually hoped he wouldn't). Oh, don't get me wrong. He is STILL my ideal president. I just remember the mud slinging and horrible media coverage he had last time, and didn't expect it to get any better this time. Who knows...maybe there is a VP spot with his name on it??

So I've had my eyes open for a few months, looking for my "replacement".

1st, off, Romney for me is a big NO. The talking heads who believe Huckabee votes go to Romney are nuts. Money can't buy my vote, he was vicious in the last campaign, and let me just give you one word: "Romneycare".

Pawlenty is a typical politician with absolutely nothing new to say....*yawn*

Ron Paul has some good ideas, but a bit too radical...EVEN for ME.

Sarah Palin is great, but would get thrown under the bus. I don't believe she's running anyways and she would make a GREAT Secretary of Energy!

Michelle Bachmann will likely run, and I love her to death....but I'm not sure I'd support her for president. I think we still need her in congress and as an unofficial leader of the Tea Party. She would also get the same Palin treatment...so that would stink...

Rick Santorum is a great guy and I agree with almost everything he stands for...but I don't believe he has the guts or the strength to compete against Obama.

Newt Gingrich is OK. I would fully support his nomination. He's kind of "old news" to me. He was great in his day, but I think people are bored with him. If he did win the primaries, I think the national election would be a very close race, and I'm looking for someone that drums up LOTS of enthusiasm and who can dumb-found the media........so......

My TOP pick today is (drumroll please)....Herman Cain!

Herman Cain is a no-nonesense conservative; he is full of common sense sound bites therefore a great debater; he's 100% prolife (even in cases of rape or incest); he supports the fair tax (WHOO HOO); he's a Christian (Baptist preacher actually); he's basically Mike Huckabee on ALL those counts...so DUH!

How is he different (i.e. even BETTER) than Mike Huckabee? He was a very successful businessman (CEO of Godfather's Pizza but also executives for Burger King, Pillsbury, and started at Coca-Cola as a goal-driven young man who got the job when it wasn't even open!). He also worked for the Federal Reserve in Kansas giving much better economic insight.

Oh yeah....and did I mention he's black? Black or white I would love the guy. Oh wait...I belong to the Tea Party so I have to be racist...guess I'll have to look for somebody else! NOT! But can YOU think of a better weapon against Obama than a successful, conservative, black opponant? He could wipe the floor clean in a debate with Obama and steal the election with a landslide after dipping into Obama's crucial black voting block (the chunk that aint so happy about Obama's actions on DOMA).

So there you have it folks. Herman Cain is MY man! I LOVE Presidential Election Season :)

Israel needs Huckabee

2011-02-02T08:26:00.002-06:00

I've had my doubts on whether Huckabee would run in 2012, and after Mike Pence's recent announcement not to run, I'm now hoping more than ever that Huckabee decides to jump in. But after the current falling of dominos all over the Arab nations, at the same time that Huckabee visits Israel for his 15th visit, I am more hopeful than ever that Huckabee will come home motivated and impassioned with a desire to stand firmly against the threat that is swelling against us (and Israel). Egypt is Obama's Iran, and Huckabee is our Reagan to his Carter.

Good Article in Jerusalem Post: 'After Egypt, US must tell allies it won’t abandon them'

My favorite line from the article:

“It may not be popular position, but I think it is the right position,” Huckabee said of his support for the settlements. “I’d rather have people angry because they knew where I stood, rather than because they thought I stood somewhere and it turns out I didn’t.

The Forgotten Man-Jon McNaughton

2011-01-20T13:46:00.001-06:00

Hope for America's Future

2010-10-26T08:52:00.004-05:00

Glenn Beck's Keynote Address on 8/28

2010-08-30T18:10:00.007-05:00

I wish I could have been there. I tried looking into different ways of getting there, but in the end I couldn't go. I was there in spirit and watched it at home.

It wasn't violent, racist or a "pit of hatred" as the media predicted. Over 500,000 were there (they are still trying to figure the total out from pictures). Dr. Alvida King bravely spoke in the memory of her uncle. Sarah Palin spoke in honor of all mothers of veterans. And one of the now most hated men in America, Glenn Beck (wearing a bullet proof vest at the request of his wife) courageously called our country back to its founding principles and called to God to help us remember our divine destiny. The great experiment of allowing Man to rule themselves COULD end now if we don't turn back to God: the REAL giver of human rights and freedoms, NOT the government. His MUST SEE Keynote Address can be found here. It's one for our children. PLEASE watch it:

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/45013/

Mike Pence...the next Ronald Reagan?

2010-08-19T08:40:00.001-05:00

Krista Branch: I am America

2010-07-08T15:07:00.000-05:00

Ezra Taft Benson

2010-06-25T15:35:00.004-05:00

Former Sec. of Agriculture under Eisenhower. In a speech at BYU in 1966:

“I have talked face to face with the godless communist leaders. It may surprise you to learn that I was host to Mr. Kruschev for a half day when he visited the United States, not that I’m proud of it. I opposed his coming then, and I still feel it was a mistake to welcome this atheistic murderer as a state visitor. But, according to President Eisenhower, Kruschev had expressed a desire to learn something of American Agriculture — and after seeing Russian agriculture I can understand why. As we talked face to face, he indicated that my grandchildren would live under communism. After assuring him that I expected to do all in my power to assure that his and all other grandchildren will live under freedom he arrogantly declaired in substance:

“ ‘You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you’ll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won’t have to fight you. We’ll so weaken your economy until you’ll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.’

News about the economy that's NOT news.

2010-04-28T09:20:00.002-05:00

It AMAZES me that people think this is NEWS??? Those of us who have been wide awake since Sept. 2008 already KNOW about the pending economic catastrophe...no not the baby one we're in now...the NEXT one. Wake up people!!

Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance

2010-04-26T16:21:00.001-05:00

Tax Day Tea Party 2010

2010-04-15T20:54:00.000-05:00

Crashing the Tea Parties

2010-04-13T07:24:00.003-05:00

Watch out! I'm SO scared...

http://www.crashtheteaparty.org/

If we are SO good at being morons "naturally" why do you have to infiltrate us? Why do you have to make us look MORE racist, homophobic, and moronic? Shouldn't the truth speak for itself?

Oh, right! The truth is extraneous to you.

Welcome to the Divided States of America

2010-03-22T09:29:00.003-05:00

I actually watched the health care debate in the House yesterday, praying for a miracle. I think the next civil war is about to begin. We are the last chance for freedom, and I don't see us handing that over so easily.

Many say the States now have a chance to stand up and protect their rights. I hope they do, but why do I think that won't be so easy...

Perhaps the most surprising and sickening part of yesterday was the Stupak stunt! Obama: "I will sign an executive order AFTER the bill is passed into law to protect the unborn." I'm sorry. Did he not see the Pinocchio nose a mile long? The MOST proabortion president in our nation's history is going to exercise a power he doesn't even legally have to help out the prolife cause? Uh, no. Even if he DID try to, what kind of government do we have? A dictatorship?

Thanks alot Stupak and the prolife dems that voted for this bill. The blood will be on YOUR hands.

A high point of the debate was the raging mad minority leader John Boehner with his "Hell No!" speech.

The low point was Pelosi's nauseating speech. (I was still having dry heaves as of 3am this morning.)

It's a sad morning. The sky is gloomy, the storm is coming, but we will not cower. We aren't afraid of you.

Debra Medina and Sonograms

2010-03-02T08:30:00.000-06:00

In case you haven't heard: The latest LAST MINUTE attack in Medina is to CLAIM she isn't prolife enough. She is said to oppose the proposition to require a Sonogram for mothers before an Abortion.

She is 100% prolife from conception to national death. It's stated on her website and she has stated it many times in speeches that she thinks Roe V Wade is unconstitutional. Some have said she doesn't even think there are "reasons for the life of the mother". And she's a nurse too don't forget!

What she IS opposed to is the government mandating medical procedures.

The State has already declared that life begins at Fertilization yet abortion is legal. THAT is what she desires to clear up.

One to watch for 2012

2010-02-21T23:14:00.001-06:00

Maybe Pence/Jindal, Dad??

I saw Debra Medina!

2010-02-19T22:50:00.002-06:00

But I brought the kids along so we had to leave when the questions began and I didn't get to shake her hand :( Oh well! It was still fun!

(video coming soon)

Glenn Beck's Blackboard

2010-02-18T23:17:00.003-06:00

Glenn Beck's Blackboard = THE KISS OF DEATH!!!

He put Debra Medina on the Blackboard for crying out loud!!!

If he lies about HER... who else has he misrepresented based on little or no facts??

Glenn Beck LIES!

2010-02-18T18:50:00.003-06:00

Ok... I've stuck my neck out for Glenn all week. I've given him the benefit of the doubt that he was just in the moment, ignorant of who Debra Medina REALLY is, just having a locker room moment....whatever! but he WON'T leave this alone!!!

Debra Medina was on the Mark Davis show this morning. It was a good interview. It should have been the final interview on the subject...complete closure to this insanity.

But instead, Beck decided to replay the interview on his show, and pick it apart bit by bit! And outright LIED!

Medina DID laugh it off. He ONLY plays her 2nd answer. The 1st time he questions her about being a Truther she CLEARLY laughs it off.

What? Why? How? *sigh*

I knew I should have given up Beck for Lent. He makes it too easy NOW!

It was good while it lasted Glenn. *insert "Taps" on the bugle here*

LOL

2010-02-18T09:30:00.000-06:00

From Beck's Pic of the Day.

JD Wells reporting on Glenn

2010-02-17T14:53:00.001-06:00

Watch live video from the_wells_report on Justin.tv
The world waits for your apology Mr. Glenn Beck!

Let's see if Beck REALLY leads with his mistakes??

2010-02-16T20:49:00.001-06:00

Medina's Press Conference

2010-02-13T18:10:00.002-06:00

From Friday: (video at the bottom of this op-ed). The guy presents a few interesting perspectives. #1, Medina was briefed on the interview.... but not on a 9/11 Truther question. And #2, Medina's answer is given in a way that makes you think She's not sure what BECK'S position on the issue is... and maybe she played it safe by NOT taking a position.

Hmmmm.....Still don't believe it was a hack job. Unprofessional and insensative interview....probably....but THAT'S America!

I'm NOT mad at Glenn Beck

2010-02-12T12:39:00.003-06:00

Alot of Medina supporters are angry at Glenn Beck all of the sudden for asking an EASY question to Medina. I never believed he had ill intentions, and unfortunately because he doesn't know her from Eve, he immediately wrote her off after the interview. You and I know more about her of course than to just easily write her off; you see he doesn't trust ANYONE. He recently told Sarah Palin "Bull Crap" during an interview.

I was disturbed by Debra's answer. And even more disturbed at the inadequate PR from her camp on all this. In Beck's defense, he was NOT working for RP or KBH; here is the transcript from his show today...worth the read. I believe every word.

Mark Davis' Emergency Op-Ed:

2010-02-11T21:55:00.003-06:00

Finally a voice of reason!!!! I completely agree. And I LOL on his poetic rendition of what happened today, even if it is so sad and tragic. The world waits and watches.

Mark Davis: Can Medina recover from unmitigated disaster?

06:47 PM CST on Thursday, February 11, 2010

(WEB EXCLUSIVE)

If I had not developed considerable respect for Debra Medina, I would not bother to offer urgent advice on how to save the political future she may have torpedoed Thursday morning.

Talk show host Glenn Beck asked if she was a "9/11 truther" – that is, a member of the deranged community that says the World Trade Center towers were brought down not by terrorists hijackers but rather a U.S. government hungry to spark a nation to war by killing its own people.

Her answer was an unmitigated disaster. What we have to figure out now is what she has revealed. Was it just a profoundly clumsy misstep on the path of a neophyte candidate, or was it a genuine willingness to give benefit of the doubt to one of the most demented beliefs of our day?

"I don't have all of the evidence there," she answered, using breath she should have used to instantly dismiss the insane ravings of people so far gone that they believe the jetliner impacts into the towers are diabolical concoctions meant to hide the truth: government sabotage.

It got worse. "I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard, there are some very good arguments, and I think the American people have not seen all of the evidence there."

In the dampened quiet of the morning snowfall, two sounds rolled across the Texas prairie: the collective gasp of sensible people who thought they were backing a sensible candidate, and the sickening thud of a once-promising campaign dashed against the rocks.

Can it be saved?

Only if she stops the bleeding immediately with a tourniquet fashioned from deep humility and skillful self-correction.

That presumes that she is not in fact tolerant of the 9/11 "truth" psychosis. If she is, then she has little business in polite society, much less high elected office.

But I'm going to give her benefit of the doubt. She has not struck me as a lunatic in any other way, and we have spoken often. That leaves the only other possibility, which is the nightmare combination of an unexpected question about something she was wholly unprepared to address, leading to an unthinking ramble into unintended territory.

Problem is, given time to examine the hole she had dug, she issued a statement that contained precisely none of the contrition her supporters desperately needed to hear.

Her press release should have contained about 30 words: "I am so sorry. I was exhausted and my brain had turned to jelly. Let me make clear today and forever that in no way do I share the inexcusable conspiratorial fantasies of these people."

Instead, after offering perfunctory comfort that she did not harbor their beliefs, she said the question was a "surprise" because it is not relevant to the campaign. Wow. One hopes that someone seeking to run a state is not so easily bamboozled by a subject plucked from the topical periphery.

Then: "The real underlying question here is whether or not people have the right to question the government."

No, that is most certainly not the question. Despite its execrable views, the truther cult has every right to spew its pathological delusions. The question is whether Debra Medina has committed political suicide.

"She is not a 9/11 truther" was the single-sentence reply to the e-mail I immediately sent her campaign. Fair enough, but not good enough. Rationality requires not just a certificate of non-membership in that disturbed subculture. It requires instant and clear condemnation for a set of beliefs that are an unparalleled combination of baseless venom, stunning gullibility and juvenile stubbornness.

If she is of the proper mind on this, why did she not say so immediately? Since newcomers to the punishing world of campaigning often make stupendous mistakes, she needs to own up to this one and make it right. The people who viewed her as a worthy voice for courageous, populist conservatism are waiting.

The backfire:

2010-02-11T21:38:00.004-06:00

Just some of the comments I've run across:

Austin Bureau:

Perry quickly seized on the interview, calling her comments an “insult” to Americans who lost their lives and to former President George W. Bush in his fight against terrorism.

Medina spokeswoman Nelda Skevington said Perry's campaign was using the interview in robo-calls to Republicans an hour after the show aired.

Hutchison also pounced on Medina's comments.

“I know exactly who was responsible for the horrific attacks on September 11th — Al Qaeda terrorists who declared war on America,” Hutchison said. “To suggest otherwise is an affront to the men and women who are sacrificing their lives to root out the terrorists in Afghanistan and around globe.”

Medina's remarks on Beck's show made statewide news within hours and were picked up by talk radio.

Republican Paul Bettencourt of Houston said Hutchison was in real danger of getting edged out of a runoff by Medina prior to the comments.

“That will probably clip her wings in overtaking Kay,” Bettencourt said. “She was a moon shot before this.”

Kansas City Star Editorial:

Medina tried to clarify her remarks later, saying, "I have never been involved with the 9/11 truth movement, and there is no doubt in my mind that Muslim terrorists flew planes into those buildings on 9/11."

Too late.

Beck said later of Medina, "I think I can write her off the list" of serious candidates for governor.

At least, we can hope that will happen in Texas.

Medina's Response:

2010-02-11T13:01:00.000-06:00

Medina Campaign Responds to Glenn Beck Interview

by Debra Medina on Feb 11, 2010

I was asked a question on the Glenn Beck show today regarding my thoughts on the so-called 9/11 truth movement. I have never been involved with the 9/11 truth movement, and there is no doubt in my mind that Muslim terrorists flew planes into those buildings on 9/11. I have not seen any evidence nor have I ever believed that our government was involved or directed those individuals in any way. No one can deny that the events on 9/11 were a tragedy for all Americans and especially those families who lost loved ones.

The question surprised me because it's not relevant to this race or the issues facing Texans. This campaign has always been about private property rights and state sovereignty. It is focused on the issues facing Texans. It is not a vehicle for the 9-11 truth movement or any other group.

The real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government. I think the fact that people are even asking questions on this level gets to the incredible distrust career politicians have fostered by so clearly taking their direction from special interests instead of the people, whether it's Rick Perry and his HPV mandate or Kay Hutchison and voting for the bank bailout. It is absolutely the right and duty of a free people to question their government. Texas does not need another politician who tells you what you want to hear, then violates your liberties and steals your property anyway. I fully expect to be questioned and to be held accountable as Governor, and that's the underlying issue here: should people be questioning their government. And the answer is yes, they should be.

Medina in Hot Water

2010-02-11T12:56:00.004-06:00

Medina was on the Glenn Beck Radio show this morning...she sounded nervous from the start. This isn't the WHOLE interview...just the last half when she "didn't" answer Glenn's question about being a 9/11 Truther. (Full Transcript of the Interview Here)

She has a SMALL window of opportunity to clarify her position. If she doesn't, it's OVER...and I'm back to NOT having a candidate :(

New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra Medina would defeat Democrat; Perry still leads

2010-02-08T12:21:00.001-06:00

New Texas gov poll shows Tea Party candidate Debra Medina would defeat Democrat; Perry still leads

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Palin @ Tea Party Convention

2010-02-08T12:06:00.001-06:00

1948 Cartoon gives lessons for today...

2010-02-01T10:21:00.000-06:00

Senator Scott Brown

2010-01-23T14:07:00.000-06:00

Who would have thought, a year ago at this time, that today we would have a Conservative Republican filling the seat held by Teddy Kennedy for the last 48 years or so? Unbelievable. I never thought I'd see the day. I have never had much faith in Massachusetts voters over the years. Gee, the only thing better than this would be if they voted Barney Frank out !!

CNSNews.com - Pro-Life Advocates Plan to Protest Opening of Largest Abortion Clinic in U.S.

2010-01-07T15:34:00.001-06:00

CNSNews.com - Pro-Life Advocates Plan to Protest Opening of Largest Abortion Clinic in U.S.

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FOXNews.com - 'Frozen Gore' Sculpture in Alaska Fuels Warming Debate

2010-01-07T15:25:00.001-06:00

FOXNews.com - 'Frozen Gore' Sculpture in Alaska Fuels Warming Debate

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Arguing with Idiots: Healthcare

2009-12-15T14:09:00.000-06:00

Video: Population control and Planet Allegiance

2009-12-15T13:36:00.003-06:00

See it Here: The One Thing: 12/14

I said on June 1st this was coming! And on July 16th I shared my greatest fear. It's coming folks...sooner than you can imagine.

In the words of the feminazis: "Get the government out of my uterus!!"

Sad but True Holiday Video

2009-12-14T15:25:00.001-06:00

Hello 3rd Party!

2009-12-08T11:52:00.004-06:00

That sure was quick...

The Banner "Tea Party" beat Republicans in a generic Rassmussan Poll and WINS among nonparty affiliates. Even Republicans alone are equally split.

Debra Medina!

2009-12-03T20:56:00.007-06:00

A conversation between my Dad and I today concerning the governor's race here in Texas went something like this:

Me: "Who are you going to vote for in the primary?"

Dad: "Probably Rick Perry...Hutchison isn't prolife enough."

Me: "True...but man...I don't want either of them! Who else is there?"

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

I've found my candidate: Debra Medina

1. She's a grassroots, liberty loving, Christian, prolife, down to earth, mother, who took on her own party (so basically the next Sarah Palin??)

2. She homeschooled her children so she DEFINITELY understands my rights as a parent to homeschool my children.

3. She wants to take away property taxes...using the same philosophies of the fair taxers.

4. She's got tea party philosophy written all over her: "The only disconnect in this country is between the people and their government."

Good News: She's got more time than Doug Hoffman to gain recognition
Bad News: She needs alot more money and prayers

FYI: Huckabee & Clemmons

2009-11-30T11:53:00.002-06:00

I'm sure you've heard the bad news that the cop killer was once pardoned by Huckabee. However, he did not let this guy out on the street. The media is already slaying him though. The commutation may have been a mistake anyway in hindsight, but here's the full story as posted on his blog yesterday even before they were sure it was this guy:

November 29, 2009 - 11:14 PM
Statement Regarding Washington State Slayings
by Press Team

The senseless and savage execution of police officers in Washington State has saddened the nation, and early reports indicate that a person of interest is a repeat offender who once lived in Arkansas and was wanted on outstanding warrants here and in Washington State. The murder of any individual is a profound tragedy, but the murder of a police officer is the worst of all murders in that it is an assault on every citizen and the laws we live within.

Should he be found to be responsible for this horrible tragedy, it will be the result of a series of failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and Washington State. He was recommended for and received a commutation of his original sentence from 1990, this commutation made him parole eligible and he was then paroled by the parole board once they determined he met the conditions at that time. He was arrested later for parole violation and taken back to prison to serve his full term, but prosecutors dropped the charges that would have held him. It appears that he has continued to have a string of criminal and psychotic behavior but was not kept incarcerated by either state. This is a horrible and tragic event and if found and convicted the offender should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Our thoughts and prayers are and should be with the families of those honorable, brave, and heroic police officers.

Either way it's disappointing and may ruin any chance he has for politics. He thought he was pardoning a stupid mistake of a teenager but that just started the domino effect of many other mistakes by others. But Huckabee will be the ONLY one responsible according to the media.

Today's Quotes

2009-11-03T18:50:00.002-06:00

"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy".
John Marshall

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents".
James Madison

"The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it". H.L. Mencken

"Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not it's inhumanity but it's anti-humanity". Eric Hoffer

Rush on Today Show

2009-10-12T08:49:00.001-05:00

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Hydrogen Barackside

2009-10-08T08:40:00.000-05:00

Very Important....Very Scary... The Demise of the Dollar

2009-10-07T10:46:00.003-05:00

Dad...I hope you've been recording Beck:

Sign the Balance, Cut, and Save Petition

2009-10-01T09:23:00.002-05:00

Team Huck and HuckPAC are trying to get 50,000 signatures by Friday midnight for their Petition to Pres. Obama, Sen. Reid, and Speaker Pelosi, demanding they Balance, Cut, and Save!! They just reached 40,000. Please sign it here.

Yes...Heck I miss Clinton!

2009-09-24T15:29:00.003-05:00

Huckabee at Value Voter's Summit! Wins Straw Poll

2009-09-20T07:51:00.004-05:00

Not just wins...knocks it out of the park! If you remember, he won the Value Voters debate 2 years ago during the early primaries (that was actually the first time I saw/heard from Mike).

Here's the straw poll:

1. Mike Huckabee 28%
2. Mitt Romney 12.4%
3. Tim Pawlenty 12.2%
4. Sarah Palin 12.06%
5. Mike Pence 11.89%

View his speech here.

9/12: Wish I had been there! God Bless them all!

2009-09-16T21:34:00.001-05:00

The Best of Huck

2009-09-11T11:10:00.000-05:00

We have NOT forgotten...

2009-09-11T10:58:00.003-05:00

Have you??

Huck PAC - Blogs - It's Time to Hit The Reset Button

2009-09-10T12:51:00.002-05:00

Huck PAC - Blogs - It's Time to Hit The Reset Button

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More Wit and Wisdom

2009-09-08T18:37:00.005-05:00

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan

"When they call roll in the Senate, the Senators don't know whether to answer 'present' or 'not guilty'. " Theodore Roosevelt

"There is good news from Washington today. The Congress is deadlocked and can't act."
Will Rogers

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies"
Groucho Marx

Obama = Chavez

2009-09-03T12:34:00.004-05:00

From Wikipedia: (my comments in red)

-Chávez and his followers described their aim as "laying the foundations of a new republic" to replace the existing one. Obama: "We're 5 days away from fundamentally changing the United States of America." Van Jones: "We're gonna change the whole thing."

-Chávez used his flamboyant public speaking style, which was notable for its abundance of colloquialisms and ribald manner—on the campaign trail to win the trust and favour of a primarily poor and working class following. (Obama to a T)

-Later in his life, Chávez would acknowledge the role that democratic socialism (a form of socialism that emphasizes grassroots democratic participation) plays in Bolivarianism. Because his Bolivarianism relies on popular support, Chávez has organized the "Bolivarian Circles", (ACORN Circles??? Community organizers?)which he cites as examples of grassroots and participatory democracy. The circles are forums for a few hundred local residents who decide how to spend the government allowance for social development. They usually decide for neighborhood beautification, mass mobilization, lending support to small businesses, and providing basic social services. Obama speaking to community organizers: "But let me even say before I even get inaugurated. During the transition we're going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda. We're going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America."

-Chávez is an outspoken proponent of what he calls a socialism of the 21st century as a means to help the poor. Since 2003, the Venezuelan government has set price controls on around 400 basic foods to counter inflation, which has led to "sporadic food shortages". Food processing companies said that regulated prices had not kept pace with inflation, so that they were producing regulated food at a loss. Chávez has also nationalized a number of major companies, including in the telephone, electric, steel, and cement industries, and encouraged cooperatives. (Banks, Cars, Cap & Trade, etc.)

-Paraphrase: Chavez took control of the opposition after an attempt on his life. Mostly any opposing media. Obama's media czar has already stated his support of Chavez' actions and already has plans in place to silence right wing media when the time is right.

They are waiting for an "Emergency" folks. It will give them the reason to take over. Please, God, don't let it happen. Have mercy on us!

Audio: Van Jones, Obama, and Chavez

2009-09-02T15:47:00.003-05:00

Listen

Cool Book!

2009-08-28T23:50:00.003-05:00

Here's a cool book Dad got me.

Another book for the future homeschool curriculum.

Thank You Daddy. You Rock!

Proof: God is replaced by Earth

2009-08-28T23:43:00.000-05:00

This was in a public classroom! And people wonder why I homeschool. No Green propoganda in my classroom:

Glenn Beck - Reagan: Don't say we weren't warned

2009-08-28T23:38:00.002-05:00

Listening to the clip is better!! Don't read it!

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Reagan: Don't say we weren't warned

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Meet Van Jones

2009-08-25T23:03:00.003-05:00

A must see video from Glenn Beck's special series this week on the "New Republic: America's Future":

More exploits of those funny folks running the government

2009-08-24T06:33:00.001-05:00

Congressman: Health bill 'threat to democracy'... POLL: New Low for Obama Approval Index... Thrill is gone for Obama and the media...

Lieberman: Jamming through health care 'real mistake'; 'Won't be good for Obama presidency'...Roubini: Risk of double-dip recession rising...NY Gov. blames his problems on his race... 'The next victim is President Obama'... (Now the excuses begin)

More Rush Wisdom

2009-08-21T10:08:00.001-05:00

"Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?" -Rush

2009-08-21T09:35:00.000-05:00

Obama: Republican conspiracy out to kill health reform... Charlie Cook: Dem situation has 'slipped completely out of control'... Post-Partisan Promise Fizzles... NOONAN: Pull the Plug on ObamaCare... Stephanopoulos: Americans 'Worried He's Getting in Over His Head'... Obama's blame-game list... Voight: Is Obama creating a civil war in America?... How's all that "Hope and Change" going for everyone?

Socialism is a Joke

2009-08-04T20:48:00.000-05:00

5 freedoms you'd lose in health care reform

2009-07-28T06:47:00.000-05:00

If you read the fine print in the Congressional plans, you'll find that a lot of cherished aspects of the current system would disappear.
By Shawn Tully, editor at large
July 24, 2009: 10:17 AM ET
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- In promoting his health-care agenda, President Obama has repeatedly reassured Americans that they can keep their existing health plans -- and that the benefits and access they prize will be enhanced through reform.
A close reading of the two main bills, one backed by Democrats in the House and the other issued by Sen. Edward Kennedy's Health committee, contradict the President's assurances. To be sure, it isn't easy to comb through their 2,000 pages of tortured legal language. But page by page, the bills reveal a web of restrictions, fines, and mandates that would radically change your health-care coverage.
If you prize choosing your own cardiologist or urologist under your company's Preferred Provider Organization plan (PPO), if your employer rewards your non-smoking, healthy lifestyle with reduced premiums, if you love the bargain Health Savings Account (HSA) that insures you just for the essentials, or if you simply take comfort in the freedom to spend your own money for a policy that covers the newest drugs and diagnostic tests -- you may be shocked to learn that you could lose all of those good things under the rules proposed in the two bills that herald a health-care revolution.
In short, the Obama platform would mandate extremely full, expensive, and highly subsidized coverage -- including a lot of benefits people would never pay for with their own money -- but deliver it through a highly restrictive, HMO-style plan that will determine what care and tests you can and can't have. It's a revolution, all right, but in the wrong direction.
Let's explore the five freedoms that Americans would lose under Obamacare:
1. Freedom to choose what's in your plan
The bills in both houses require that Americans purchase insurance through "qualified" plans offered by health-care "exchanges" that would be set up in each state. The rub is that the plans can't really compete based on what they offer. The reason: The federal government will impose a minimum list of benefits that each plan is required to offer.
Today, many states require these "standard benefits packages" -- and they're a major cause for the rise in health-care costs. Every group, from chiropractors to alcohol-abuse counselors, do lobbying to get included. Connecticut, for example, requires reimbursement for hair transplants, hearing aids, and in vitro fertilization.
The Senate bill would require coverage for prescription drugs, mental-health benefits, and substance-abuse services. It also requires policies to insure "children" until the age of 26. That's just the starting list. The bills would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to add to the list of required benefits, based on recommendations from a committee of experts. Americans, therefore, wouldn't even know what's in their plans and what they're required to pay for, directly or indirectly, until after the bills become law.
2. Freedom to be rewarded for healthy living, or pay your real costs
As with the previous example, the Obama plan enshrines into federal law one of the worst features of state legislation: community rating. Eleven states, ranging from New York to Oregon, have some form of community rating. In its purest form, community rating requires that all patients pay the same rates for their level of coverage regardless of their age or medical condition.
Americans with pre-existing conditions need subsidies under any plan, but community rating is a dubious way to bring fairness to health care. The reason is twofold: First, it forces young people, who typically have lower incomes than older workers, to pay far more than their actual cost, and gives older workers, who can afford to pay more, a big discount. The state laws gouging the young are a major reason so many of them have joined the ranks of uninsured.
Under the Senate plan, insurers would be barred from charging any more than twice as much for one patient vs. any other patient with the same coverage. So if a 20-year-old who costs just $800 a year to insure is forced to pay $2,500, a 62-year-old who costs $7,500 would pay no more than $5,000.
Second, the bills would ban insurers from charging differing premiums based on the health of their customers. Again, that's understandable for folks with diabetes or cancer. But the bills would bar rewarding people who pursue a healthy lifestyle of exercise or a cholesterol-conscious diet. That's hardly a formula for lower costs. It's as if car insurers had to charge the same rates to safe drivers as to chronic speeders with a history of accidents.
3. Freedom to choose high-deductible coverage
The bills threaten to eliminate the one part of the market truly driven by consumers spending their own money. That's what makes a market, and health care needs more of it, not less.
Hundreds of companies now offer Health Savings Accounts to about 5 million employees. Those workers deposit tax-free money in the accounts and get a matching contribution from their employer. They can use the funds to buy a high-deductible plan -- say for major medical costs over $12,000. Preventive care is reimbursed, but patients pay all other routine doctor visits and tests with their own money from the HSA account. As a result, HSA users are far more cost-conscious than customers who are reimbursed for the majority of their care.
The bills seriously endanger the trend toward consumer-driven care in general. By requiring minimum packages, they would prevent patients from choosing stripped-down plans that cover only major medical expenses. "The government could set extremely low deductibles that would eliminate HSAs," says John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a free-market research group. "And they could do it after the bills are passed."
4. Freedom to keep your existing plan
This is the freedom that the President keeps emphasizing. Yet the bills appear to say otherwise. It's worth diving into the weeds -- the territory where most pundits and politicians don't seem to have ventured.
The legislation divides the insured into two main groups, and those two groups are treated differently with respect to their current plans. The first are employees covered by the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974. ERISA regulates companies that are self-insured, meaning they pay claims out of their cash flow, and don't have real insurance. Those are the GEs (GE, Fortune 500) and Time Warners (TWX, Fortune 500) and most other big companies.
The House bill states that employees covered by ERISA plans are "grandfathered." Under ERISA, the plans can do pretty much what they want -- they're exempt from standard packages and community rating and can reward employees for healthy lifestyles even in restrictive states.
But read on.
The bill gives ERISA employers a five-year grace period when they can keep offering plans free from the restrictions of the "qualified" policies offered on the exchanges. But after five years, they would have to offer only approved plans, with the myriad rules we've already discussed. So for Americans in large corporations, "keeping your own plan" has a strict deadline. In five years, like it or not, you'll get dumped into the exchange. As we'll see, it could happen a lot earlier.
The outlook is worse for the second group. It encompasses employees who aren't under ERISA but get actual insurance either on their own or through small businesses. After the legislation passes, all insurers that offer a wide range of plans to these employees will be forced to offer only "qualified" plans to new customers, via the exchanges.
The employees who got their coverage before the law goes into effect can keep their plans, but once again, there's a catch. If the plan changes in any way -- by altering co-pays, deductibles, or even switching coverage for this or that drug -- the employee must drop out and shop through the exchange. Since these plans generally change their policies every year, it's likely that millions of employees will lose their plans in 12 months.
5. Freedom to choose your doctors
The Senate bill requires that Americans buying through the exchanges -- and as we've seen, that will soon be most Americans -- must get their care through something called "medical home." Medical home is similar to an HMO. You're assigned a primary care doctor, and the doctor controls your access to specialists. The primary care physicians will decide which services, like MRIs and other diagnostic scans, are best for you, and will decide when you really need to see a cardiologists or orthopedists.
Under the proposals, the gatekeepers would theoretically guide patients to tests and treatments that have proved most cost-effective. The danger is that doctors will be financially rewarded for denying care, as were HMO physicians more than a decade ago. It was consumer outrage over despotic gatekeepers that made the HMOs so unpopular, and killed what was billed as the solution to America's health-care cost explosion.
The bills do not specifically rule out fee-for-service plans as options to be offered through the exchanges. But remember, those plans -- if they exist -- would be barred from charging sick or elderly patients more than young and healthy ones. So patients would be inclined to game the system, staying in the HMO while they're healthy and switching to fee-for-service when they become seriously ill. "That would kill fee-for-service in a hurry," says Goodman.
In reality, the flexible, employer-based plans that now dominate the landscape, and that Americans so cherish, could disappear far faster than the 5 year "grace period" that's barely being discussed.
Companies would have the option of paying an 8% payroll tax into a fund that pays for coverage for Americans who aren't covered by their employers. It won't happen right away -- large companies must wait a couple of years before they opt out. But it will happen, since it's likely that the tax will rise a lot more slowly than corporate health-care costs, especially since they'll be lobbying Washington to keep the tax under control in the righteous name of job creation.
The best solution is to move to a let-freedom-ring regime of high deductibles, no community rating, no standard benefits, and cross-state shopping for bargains (another market-based reform that's strictly taboo in the bills). I'll propose my own solution in another piece soon on Fortune.com. For now, we suffer with a flawed health-care system, but we still have our Five Freedoms. Call them the Five Endangered Freedoms.

Cicero 2012 !

2009-07-27T18:22:00.001-05:00

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." --Cicero , 55 BC

That was then, This is now !

2009-07-19T20:54:00.000-05:00

Newsweek Editor, Evan Thomas, February 2007:

"Well, our job is to bash the President, that's what we do"

Newsweek Editor, Evan Thomas, July 2009:

"We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is the guy that stands above everybody."

"I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above the world, he's sort
of.....God"

This says it all !! God Help us !

2009-07-17T12:53:00.002-05:00

Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’

One of my greatest fears...

2009-07-16T11:19:00.002-05:00

Here it is! The moment I've been waiting for. With National Health Care on the brink of existence, we now learn of the philosophy of Obama's Science Czar: John Holdren.

(My emphasis in black, comments in red).

Obama's science czar suggested compulsory abortion, sterilization
By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer, Washington Examiner
07/14/09 4:55 PM EDT

Internet reports are now circulating that Obama's Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, John Holdren, penned a 1977 book that approved of and recommended compulsory sterilization and even abortion in some cases, as part of a government population control regime. (Are we sure this isn't really Peter Singer in disguise?)

Given the general unreliability of Internet quotations, I wanted to go straight to this now-rare text and make sure the reports were both accurate and kept Holdren's writings in context. Generally speaking, they are, and they do.

The Holdren book, titled Ecoscience and co-authored with Malthus enthusiasts Paul and Anne Ehrlich, weighs in at more than 1,000 pages. Of greatest importance to its discussion of how to limit the human population is its disregard for any ethical considerations. (no kidding? Are we surprised?)

Holdren (with the Ehrlichs) notes the existence of “moral objections to some proposals...especially to any kind of compulsion.” But his approach is completely amoral. He implies that compulsory population control is less preferable, because of some people's objections, (Uh, yeah! As sure as the day is long) but he argues repeatedly that it is sometimes necessary, and necessity trumps all ethical objections. (Obama Philosophy 101)

He writes:

Several coercive proposals deserve discussion, mainly because some countries may ultimately have to resort to them unless current trends in birth rates are rapidly reversed by other means. (of course this is old and today we are at birth rates below the replacement level...but why should that stop them?? Now they can use the "save the planet" argument to have fewer carbon breathers walking around.) Some involuntary measures (scariest 2 words ever) could be less repressive or discriminatory, in fact, than some of the socioeconomic measures suggested.

Holdren refers approvingly, for example, to Indira Gandhi's government for its then-recent attempt at a compulsory sterilization program:

India in the mid-1970s not only entertained the idea of compulsory sterilization, but moved toward implementing it...This decision was greeted with dismay abroad, (shocking) but Indira Gandhi's government felt it had little other choice. There is too little time left to experiment further with educational programs and hope that social change will generate a spontaneous fertility decline, and most of the Indian population is too poor for direct economic pressures (especially penalties) to be effective.

When necessary, then, compulsory sterilization is justified. This attitude suffuses the following passage, in which the possibility of putting a “sterilant” into a population's drinking water is seriously discussed. Holdren and his co-authors do not recommend this particular method, but their objections to it are merely practical and health-related, not moral or stemming from any concern for human freedom: (much like our leaders today...*sigh* Great!)

Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary fertility control. Indeed, this would pose some very difficult political, legal, and social questions, to say nothing of the technical problems. No such sterilant exists today, nor does one appear to be under development. To be acceptable, such a substance would have to meet some rather stiff requirements: it must be uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex, children, old people, pets, or livestock...Again, there is no sign of such an agent on the horizon. And the risk of serious, unforeseen side effects would, in our opinion, militate against the use of any such agent, even though this plan has the advantage of avoiding the need for socioeconomic pressures that might tend to discriminate against particular groups (30 years later this is no longer tickling anyone's conscience...embryonic stem cell research and other immoral scientific experiments exploit the poor every day, for example, harvesting eggs for money). or penalize children. (Again...commonly set aside as a consideration...i.e. killing children, same-sex adoption, performing abortions on minor illegally and/or sending them back to their rapists, etc.)

Even though they do not recommend it, note that Holdren and his co-authors treat this as a serious policy proposal with serious drawbacks -- not as an insane idea unworthy of consideration. (What are the odds he's had a conversion of heart??)

They look with more favor on this “milder” form of coercive sterilization: (Doesn't that phrase just make your scalp itch?)

Of course, a government might require only implantation of the contraceptive capsule, leaving its removal to the individual's discretion but requiring reimplantation after childbirth. (Via national health care? He must be dancing in his boots right about now!) Since having a child would require positive action (removal of the capsule), many more births would be prevented than in the reverse situation.

Holdren and his co-authors also tackle the problem of illegitimacy, recognizing that it could be one consequence of a society which, in its effort to limit births, downgrades the value of intact nuclear families and encourages lifelong bachelorhood: (Duh!)

[R]esponsible parenthood ought to be encouraged and illegitimate childbearing could be strongly discouraged. (Obviously on the surface that sounds great...but this is the Anti-Humanae Vitae form of Responsible Parenthood...read on) One way to carry out this disapproval might be to insist that all illegitimate babies be put up for adoption (how generous) -- especially those born to minors, who generally are not capable of caring properly for a child alone...It would even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society. (Again, via national health care?)

Holdren's suggestion here is presented perfectly in context. It stands alone in the text without any accompanying reservations.

President Obama has spoken repeatedly in favor of putting science before ideology. The real debate, however, has never been about whether ethics are needed in science, but rather over whose ethics should determine where science will or will not go. (God help us all)

Nowhere has Obama suggested that science should be completely ethics-free. But Holdren is his Science Czar all the same.

Conservatives VS Liberals

2009-07-08T21:31:00.002-05:00

A conservative and a liberal were walking down the street when they came to a homeless person. The conservative gave the homeless person his business card and told him to come to his business for a job. He then took $20 out of his pocket and gave it to the homeless person.

The liberal was very impressed, and when they came to another homeless person, he decided to help. He walked over to the homeless person and gave him directions to the welfare office. He then reached into the conservative's pocket and got out $20. He kept $15 for administrative fees and gave the homeless person $5.

Now you know the difference between conservatives and liberals.

More Wit and Wisdom

2009-07-08T20:40:00.003-05:00

The difference between death and taxes is, death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
Will Rogers

Government can't tax things like businesses or corporations, it can only tax people. When it says it's going to "make business pay", it is really saying it is going to make businesses help collect taxes.
Ronald Reagan

We don't have a trillion dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion dollar debt because we spend too much.
Ronald Reagan

Tea'd Off

2009-07-04T23:37:00.000-05:00

Couldn't miss the little Tea Party in our town. Got lot's of laughs for my sign:

Like PB & J

2009-07-03T19:27:00.002-05:00

(This week from the Reagan Library)

Pay attention

2009-06-30T17:45:00.000-05:00

A government big enough to give you everything you want,

is strong enough to take everything you have.

Thomas Jefferson

I love my insurance!

2009-06-25T22:12:00.001-05:00

I had to have $1500 of medical work done today...not to mention everything else I had done this year. But I'm NOT complaining. I'm eternally GRATEFUL...I COULD see a specialist without a waiting period...that I COULD have the tests...that I LIVE to tell about it. That the medical assistants were caring and treated me like a customer.

I'm also grateful about my deductible...yes that's right. I'm happy to pay it. I hoped I wouldn't have to, but this year I need it! Thank You Blue Cross Blue Shield. I enjoy giving you my business.

What will ObamaCare be like?

Today the lab techs were complaining because their urine specimen cups were on back order...I thought, "You ain't seen nothing yet!"

Huck on Iran

2009-06-22T19:54:00.002-05:00

The conservative movement needs sharp contrasting colors to make a mark in 2010/2012...here's on more example on how Mike's my face for the conservative movement:

Quotes for the Day

2009-06-19T07:30:00.002-05:00

Anything the private sector can do, the government can do it worse.
Dixie Lee Ray

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
Ronald Reagan

Why are congressmen called "Public Servants"? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.
Robert Quillen

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine

Socialization would seem to operate on the theory that a socialistic government can legislate unsuccessful people into prosperity by legislating successful people out of it.
Cecil Palmer

The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of bad men.
Plato

Today's Quotes

2009-06-18T09:59:00.002-05:00

Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P.J. O'Rourke

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire

There is no art which government soon learns more quickly than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

Ronald Reagan

The fact is that government cannot produce equality, and any serious effort to do so can destroy liberty and other social goods.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Is this Venezuala or Cuba?

2009-06-16T12:12:00.001-05:00

The Government can now come in and "Seize" Companies it deems necessary?????

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-financial-regs16-2009jun16,0,4262249.story

(Copy and paste this address, and read article)

Check this out

2009-06-12T11:41:00.000-05:00

http://www.thoseshirts.com/rdo.html

What's the difference between God & Obama?

2009-06-10T16:32:00.001-05:00

More Rush Wisdom:

What's the difference between God & Obama?

#1 God does not think he is Obama.

#2 Neither one has a birth Certificate. (This is actually how they are alike!)

#3 God only asks for 10%.

Glenn Beck on 20/20 Friday

2009-06-10T13:51:00.002-05:00

Sneak Preview: Glenn Beck on Glenn Beck - ABC News

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Another Reason Huckabee is my Reagan

2009-06-10T06:46:00.003-05:00

If you can't watch all of "Huckabee" on the weekends, try not to miss the opening monologue at least!

Surprise !

2009-06-09T07:06:00.001-05:00

Love or lust, Obama and the fawning press need to get a room

More Wisdom from Rush

2009-06-08T15:34:00.001-05:00

"Opposing this health care bill ought to be the focus of everybody's energy, because if they get it, it will allow the government to regulate and control virtually every aspect of our lives. Not to mention raise everybody's taxes, which will further choke off any economic recovery. Your health care will cost more and be of lower quality." -Rush

Gary Varvel, Political Cartoons, Editorial Funnies, Conservative Funny, Cartoonists: Townhall.com

2009-06-07T06:49:00.001-05:00

Gary Varvel, Political Cartoons, Editorial Funnies, Conservative Funny, Cartoonists: Townhall.com

2009-06-07T06:49:00.000-05:00

Gary Varvel, Political Cartoons, Editorial Funnies, Conservative Funny, Cartoonists: Townhall.com

From the Paragons of Equality

2009-06-05T20:34:00.000-05:00

Is It Going to Be Race and Resentment — All the Time? [Victor Davis Hanson]

Michelle Obama is now weighing in on the Sotomayor nomination, and I think it will prove a serious political mistake, since she is reverting back to her "me too" campaign mode, in that she emphasizes both race and the anonymous "they" who are not nice or not sufficiently accommodating to the Other.
So Michelle Obama describes the fear that Sotomayor felt at Princeton — and its lasting effects to this day — and then compares it, of course, to Michelle's own ambiguous feelings toward the same Princeton campus (cf. Michelle's thesis for the details), that one is willing to put up with for the education and prestige it gave, but does not really like for the presence of apparently so many stuck-up, rich, preppy kids and their ubiquitous exclusive campus culture.
Three or four observations:
Many Americans were terrified about our first year in college. Some left farms for sophisticated urban environments and were lost; others were the first in their families to go to colleges, and so on. The Ivy League is by definition snobbish to all outside its traditional insular orbit, whether white, black, brown, country folk, foreigners, etc. But by predicating such common discomfort on their own race and gender, Ms. Obama and Judge Sotomayor deprecate a universal human experience, and instead claim it as something unique to identity politics;
Once more we see the schizophrenia of affirmative action, diversity, and identify politics — the university is both obliged to select students on the basis, at least in part, of race, class, and gender, but then almost immediately faulted for a climate that, in the eye of the recipient, stigmatizes those to whom it gives unusual consideration (what is the answer? — no race/class/gender consideration at all?; constant race/class/gender consideration that begins at admission and continues through graduation?; damned if you do, damned if you don't?);
And the remedy for feeling separate at elite colleges is apparently to reemphasize separatism based on identification with the tribe (e.g., Justice Sotomayor's senior thesis, like that once written by Ms. Obama, is predicated on ethnic and racial grievance).
All this should disturb Democrats because it fuels a general and growing perception (cf. Sotomayor's white-male references, Eric Holder's "cowards" remark, the serial Obama apologies abroad, the confusion about America being an important Muslim nation, etc.) among the public that something very strange is going on — a sort of generic anger being expressed at the highest levels of government that seems fueled by long past resentments against a perceived establishment that at times apparently is to roughly characterized as white, or white male, or rich, or Christian, or something other than poor, of color, or of female?
One would have thought with the presidency, or nomination to the Supreme Court, or with the office of Attorney General, or First Lady, such hurt feelings and old grievances might wane; but instead the resentment seems to be ubiquious, and growing, and the lectures will be with us for the next four years in almost every imaginable circumstance. If the administration is not careful, millions of Americans are going to begin feeling that they are caricatured pretty much as those once were in rural Pennsylvania.

Obamanation

2009-06-05T11:40:00.003-05:00

Unemployment is at a 26 year high now, 9.4%

How's all that "Hope and Change" going for everyone?

The deficit is $2 Trillion,,,the National Debt is something like $11 Trillion now.

And the Liberal Media used to raise Hell when Reagan's deficit was $150 billion
or Bush's was $400 Billion.

Poor Ronald Reagan, spinning in his grave, like an airplane propeller !

I know....I know... still too early...

2009-06-04T20:20:00.001-05:00

Huckabee is Out in front for 2012! The News is Here.

Clever

2009-06-04T14:37:00.000-05:00

5 Words I Never Thought I'd Say:

2009-06-04T09:53:00.002-05:00

I MISS THE CLINTON YEARS...

More Rush Wisdom

2009-06-04T09:40:00.002-05:00

"I assume that all of you Republicans who admonished me for saying I want Obama to fail are endorsing Sonia Sotomayor. I assume you are supporting Obama nationalizing Chrysler and GM, his $12 trillion in new budget deficits with massive tax increases to pay for it." -Rush Limbaugh

See, I Told You So! State-Run Media Turns to Optimism
They convinced people that the economy was in the tank when it was booming under Bush.
Now, they're at work convincing us that happy days are here again.

"None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything
the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at." -Rush Limbaugh

"I'll tell you, this whole news day is unbelievable. I won't be surprised if I wake up in a moment and this whole day has been a nightmare -- that Barack Obama did not say America is a Muslim nation and Lara Logan did not say that the Muslim world's hopes reside on his shoulders." -Rush

"The left, which owns the Democrat Party, uses race all the time against blacks and Hispanics and women with whom they disagree. So when Leahy, Schumer, Kennedy and the rest apologize to Miguel Estrada, Clarence Thomas and Janice Rogers Brown, I might give a damn what they have to say -- and that goes for their media puppets in the state-controlled media as well." -Rush Limbaugh

Warning, America: National Health Care Will Obliterate the Concept of Individual Liberty
Once they get it, they will run every aspect of your life.

Barry Goldwater's "The Conscience of a Conservative", 1960

2009-06-02T21:23:00.004-05:00

In this 1st instillation of a series of quotes from Barry Goldwater on "The Conscience of a Conservative"(1960), I would like to show how Conservative Principles can be applied to any time or problem.

"The Conservative approach is nothing more or less than an attempt to apply the wisdom and experience and the revealed truths of the the past to the problems of today. The challenge is not to find new or different truths, but to learn how to apply established truths to the problems of the contemporary world. My hope is that one more Conservative voice will be helpful in meeting this challenge." -From the Forward

More Founding Fathers Wisdom for Today

2009-06-02T08:46:00.001-05:00

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive."
- Thomas Jefferson.

Russia Warns US of Marxism!

2009-06-02T07:50:00.005-05:00

Pravda has the story. (The Website is Terrible) ...so here's the article (my emphasis in black comments in red):

AMERICAN CAPITALISM GONE WITH A WHIMPER:

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple ("we the sheeple"), excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. (They WOULD know.) But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists. (Ouch!)

Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. 3 cheers for us homeschoolers! Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. (SO True.) Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.

Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" (No surprise our crediblity is dead here)were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America. (our dear Catholic Churches too!)

The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe. (You think so too? Time to start stock piling Dad)

These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs (truly sad), in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). (Bingo!) Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.

Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.

So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride. (I'm listening...this is truly sick that Putin is the voice of reason)

Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.

So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) (Yep) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive. (Yep)

The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left. (Great!...but I wouldn't blame them)

The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker. (Russia's looking more appealing... living there would almost be like fast forwarding through this nightmare they've already lived and seeing the sunshine again. Maybe learning Russian isn't too hard)

Stanislav Mishin

Reagan Wisdom

2009-06-01T20:38:00.002-05:00

Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July.
Democrats believe every day is April 15th.

More Wisdom from Rush

2009-06-01T17:24:00.001-05:00

Obama Claims He Won't Run GM, Then Explains How He Will Run GM
You're being mandated to sacrifice. Yes, your lives will be miserable, but your children's children will love their bubble cars. Obama owns what happens now.

"Barack Obama -- a man who's never run a private sector business, who's never been challenged to show a profit, a man who sneers at the concept of profit -- now lectures us on how well GM can do if it is managed well. If? Hey, bud, you're managing it. You're in charge!"

-Rush Limbaugh

Pamela's Note: Sacrifice??? For the children??? Why didn't we do that instead of the Bailouts? Our children would have been better off had they left the market alone! That goes for Bush too.

GM, Pelosi, and the Family

2009-06-01T12:32:00.006-05:00

So I was thinking:

If the government is going to be controlling which cars are manufactured, and since Green is the new Red and our whole Mission now as a country is to "Fight" ~~Global Warming~~ Climate Change...

...could the following scenario actually happen???...

We are forced to drive smaller cars because of the "Carbon" (excuse me while I breathe). Yet, a family like mine which I anticipate will get even bigger, won't be able to drive in a small car.

In fact, just having more kids means producing more carbon. And after all isn't it my DUTY to protect HUMAN RIGHTS by FIGHTING Climate Change, according to Fancy Nancy?? I mean, if she doesn't care about China's Human Rights Failures and forced abortion laws, why would they hesitate to bring that here???

It will be a DARK DAY in this country when that happens. And I truly believe it's possible.

Did I forget to mention that National Health Care would make this even EASIER??? Ask Europe. Does it cost more to birth and raise the health of a child or abort it??

Tiller's Murder Deplorable

2009-06-01T11:43:00.000-05:00

I was shocked to hear about the Murder of Tiller the Baby Killer. No matter how much I disapprove this man's actions, and no matter how terrible his actions were, he, like everyone else, did not deserve to be gunned down. He's had his days in court, and although I don't believe justice was served, THIS was not the way to handle it.

I am sorry for his spirit...for the children he now faces that he brutally murdered. But I only wish he would have lived longer to repent of his ways and help convert others to repent.

May God Have Mercy On His Soul

God can make good out of evil, and no doubt at least a few children will be saved without this man's practice. But...

Murdered? And at his Church?! Does this gunman not see that Tiller is now a Martyr for his cause? Nothing but empathy and sorrow will be given for this baby murderer in the media. And how much more will DHS and the Obama Administration accuse "Right-Wing Extremest" Prolifers of being a danger to the country??

This can't be good...Thanks for nothing Mr. Gunman.

My New Litmus Test: Amendments

2009-05-27T10:13:00.005-05:00

No candidate for public office should get my vote unless they are in support of Constitutional Conventions and Amending the constitution on the following:

-Term Limits for Congress

-Repealing the 16th and 17th Amendments

-Marriage Amendment

-Human Life Amendment

Did you know we can do this WITHOUT the Federal Government?? Did you know the President plays NO part in this... he has no veto power?? 3/4 of the states? Piece of cake! 38 states. After 2010, we can storm the State Legislatures and even Governors with conservatives...Leave the Washington Elitists in the dust!!!

TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!

Only in America !

2009-05-27T07:24:00.001-05:00

http://cbs11tv.com/local/patriotism.at.office.2.1020415.html

Joke

2009-05-26T16:36:00.001-05:00

Gun Control

Barack Obama at a recent rural elementary school assembly in East Texas, asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds, holding the audience in total silence.
Then he said into the microphone, 'Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence.'
From the back of the room, little Richard Earl, with a proud East Texas drawl, pierced the quiet and said: ''Well, dumb-ass, quit clapping!'