Answers? I meant Stonewalling, sorry for the typo.
Feds Slow To Respond
By Sarah Mills
Updated May 13, 2008 - 2:58pm
The federal Infrastructure Minister is all but ignoring Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco’s plea for action on the Building Canada fund.
Fiacco insists the government is dragging it’s feet on handing out the infrastructure funding and that the construction delays [...]
The more and more I see about Obama the worse and worse I fear for the future of this country should he get elected. I am seriously bothered by so many conservatives I hear saying that they will not vote for McCain in November and so will either sit out or vote Losertarian. This is so damaging to the party and to the country. Yes, McCain is not the ideal Ronald Reagan conservative we all want, oh
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The handshakes and smiles continued over the weekend, with the Edward Timpson campaign also in Crewe town centre (they even agreed to pose with our iconic clock tower in the background). There have been a few Nantwich visits but you get the feeling they see that and other villages as pretty safe. Their hard work needs to be done in Crewe, still boasting strong Labour roots despite what the nation
Otherwise engaged with the Lib Dems over at the station end of town, I couldn't get over to see Edward Timpson's (Conservative) visit to Coppenhall this morning. He and Alan Duncan (shadow business secretary) were over at the North Street Post Office (near the Cross Keys roundabout) highlighting the need to retain these local outlets. It's a valid cause that many feel passionate about. Timpson seems to be trying to tackle some of the core issues and he has pounded the pavements. Plenty of mud-slinging and insults, but he is perhaps the more local of the candidates. I'm hoping to get a profile piece done over few days. Have you met the Conservative candidate recently? Are his (and his party's) policies in line with what Crewe and Nantwich want and need?
Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson was elected mayor of London by a margin of around 140,000 votes. While this news was expected earlier today, its confirmation adds to Labour's woes.
The BBC has more.
- Scott Miller
It’s sad. Just when most of the rest of the Western democracies are turning against the utter economic and social disaster their liberal governments have left in their wake, Americans seem to be flirting with two of the most radically liberal politicians we’ve ever seen in modern American times.
The latest European setback for [...]
Pro Vita Advisors, a non-profit organization that helps write and present shareholder resolutions designed to make companies less supportive of things like gay rights and a woman's right to choose, will tomorrow introduce a shareholder resolution asking banking institution Wells...
iranian conservatives “won” a large majority in parliament after completion of the second round of voting. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Conservatives won 69% of the votes, reformist garnered 16% and independents obtained about 14%. Of course, it is difficult ascertaining the extent of popularity of Ahmadinejad because so few reform candidates were even allowed to [...]
Barack Obama did a good job in his interview on Fox News Sunday (video above). With all my criticism here of Fox I should also say that Chris Wallace also did a good job. Sure I could nitpick (and I was annoyed by him repeatedly calling Clinton’s nine point victory in Pennsylvania a big [...]
Recently I read an article by Whit Ayres: “Let’s Get Right into the Debate.” Basically, the article polarizes or politicizes environmentalism and champions green conservatism while demonizing liberal environmentalism. Personally, I believe it is dangerous to politicize environmentalism because environmentalism at its core is not to be politicized. Politicization demands benefit to politics or a political ideology or system and not towards the environment or Nature. Of course, there is political ecology but political ecology focuses on how behaviors of individuals living within a political system influence environmental issues and the landscape.I also believe that green conservatives are stealing elements of environmentalism like market-based mechanisms and making them their own.
Read Tim Graham’s point-by-point skewering of the article at NewsBusters. Funny, I think radical Muslims are more like the loonies at the far left of the political spectrum.
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This is a portion from the chronic Negro liberal Oliver Willis
“the vast majority of blacks engaged in politics are moving forward you have a miniscule few who for whatever the reason (I tend to think its for them to adopt a contrarian pose) will vote Republican. As a result, they are outliers within their own [...]
As I’ve noted before, Republicans are to some degree right in defending John McCain over the 100 years in Iraq line. On the one hand McCain was not talking about another one hundred years of war in its current form. On the other hand, McCain, and his defenders, are wrong in thinking that we can [...]
In a full-page letter ad that will run Saturday in an Arizona newspaper where Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will be on the presidential campaign trail, leading social conservatives warn the GOP hopeful against picking Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate.
On my desk I have a letter form my own MP who tells me the Conservative party believes that elected representatives should not give up the powers they were elected to wield without asking the people who first elected them. In the modern world, where people want power and control over their lives to deny [...]
Image from WikipediaMcCain Has Yet to Win Over Key Conservatives - The Wall Street JournalExcerpt:"On the campaign trail last week, Sen. John McCain declared at least three times that the Republican Party is "united." But is it? Some prominent conservatives say they remain disenchanted with the party's likely nominee. Sen. McCain isn't doing enough to persuade them of his conservative credentials, they say, or win them over to his side. Although the sentiment among conservative leaders is that they will vote for Sen. McCain come November, they aren't thrilled about the prospect."Related articlesMcCain Nearly Left Republican Party [via Zemanta]Maverick [via Zemanta]John McCain's Free Ride [via Zemanta]Paul Feels Snubbed by McCain, GOP [via Zemanta]
Image from WikipediaMcCain Has Yet to Win Over Key Conservatives - The Wall Street JournalExcerpt:"On the campaign trail last week, Sen. John McCain declared at least three times that the Republican Party is "united." But is it? Some prominent conservatives say they remain disenchanted with the party's likely nominee. Sen. McCain isn't doing enough to persuade them of his conservative credentials, they say, or win them over to his side. Although the sentiment among conservative leaders is that they will vote for Sen. McCain come November, they aren't thrilled about the prospect."Related articlesMcCain Nearly Left Republican Party [via Zemanta]Maverick [via Zemanta]John McCain's Free Ride [via Zemanta]Paul Feels Snubbed by McCain, GOP [via Zemanta]
Republican Evangelical voters are already trying to get motivated against Barack Obama, since it’s hard to get motivated FOR McCain, in the General Election, they’re telling you he’s pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, and they’re even trying to use his Muslim childhood against him. It’s going to be a really nasty campaign for Senator Obama.
Now for [...]
Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.
Clinton apologists have tried to excuse Clinton’s attacks on Obama yesterday for his affiliation with Jeremiah Wright by claiming Clinton was just answering a question. Josh Marshall presents a couple of arguments to debunk this defense. First he notes that Clinton repeated the attack later in the day and goes on to write:
Now obviously, Hillary’s [...]
I want to start off by telling everyone how happy I am to be talking to a new audience. I have been blogging on myspace for a couple years now with a pretty good following, but nothing compares when you can branch off into that new arena, where people may have never heard of you [...]
There are some conservatives who practice a knee jerk opposition to Obama, believing that labels like “liberal” and “conservative” mean far more than they do. As I’ve noted many times before, such labels can be misleading, and will often artificially separate people who agree on more matters than they might realize and can also lump [...]
I am a Huckabee supporter and coming to the realization that I need to support John McCain has not been easy. Sure, I will check the box in November for McCain but I will be voting with my head not my heart. In my heart Mike Huckabee is and always will be the perfect choice for President. That being said, McCain needs to choose a running mate quickly if he wants people like me to even attempt to emotionally take a step onto the straight talk express. McCain needs a VP choice who can gather up some enthusiasm for his candidacy. I would say at least 60% (unscientific, of course) of Republicans are supporting McCain because they have to not because they want to, so this VP choice has to be someone really special. Of course I would like that special someone to be Mike Huckabee but the chances
And our future is apparently going to be paying money to the Oil Sands, but not to the people who will find a way to avoid working there by investing in an education instead of hard labour and an environmental disaster.
If we can’t invest less than C$1B (Yes Reuters, 1 does = 1, I see [...]
Well, didn’t you know that if Conservatives were allowed to change crime law, there would be fewer deaths in the country due to crime? Apparently that’s the case. And not to make a point about Chuck Cadman being deceased himself, but rather to point out why he entered politics in the first place, Cadman wanted [...]
There are approximately 700,000 marijuana-related arrests made very year. Most of these — 87 percent — involve nothing more than mere possession of small amounts of marijuana. This exercise in scrupulosity costs us $10-15 billion per year in direct expenditures alone. read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
Premier Ed Stelmach calls Calgary "Conservative Heartland ...Sure is....Neo-Nazis Firebomb Calgary Activists Thursday, 28 February 2008 On Tuesday, February 12, two prominent members of the Communist Party of Canada were the target of an attack by suspected Neo-Nazis in Calgary. A firebomb was thrown at the home of Jason Devine and Bonnie Collins. Luckily they and their four children escaped unharmed, but considerable damage was done to the home itself. The Molotov cocktail just missed the rear window of the home, but torched their patio and fence. Jason was a candidate for the Communist Party in 2006 and Bonnie is running in the current Alberta election. The two are known in Calgary as activists with Anti Racist Action.White supremacists have been on the marc
From Monday's Hansard, our so-called "honourable" minister of Veterans Affairs:Hon. Greg Thompson: Missing in action, Mr. Speaker, hiding under the furniture. The member from Sackville is always on his hind legs in here ranting about what he would do, I guess, but his record speaks for itself. Those members have done absolutely nothing. For them to suggest that we are doing nothing is just fundamentally wrong, because we were asking for their support on the floor of the House of Commons in a minority Parliament. We were asking for their support to make this happen and they denied us that support. They voted against our veterans. An hon. member: They scurried out.Hon. Greg Thompson: They did scurry out, Mr. Speaker, and they will continue to do that because they do not believe in the
Received Via Email MEMO TO CONSERVATIVES: THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING by Richard A. Viguerie The time has come for conservatives to move on, to shift priorities, and to work to elect conservatives at all levels now and in the years to come. For too long, conservatives have done most of the work necessary to elect Republican candidates, but, once elected, most of those Republicans have ignored conservatives concerns or have opposed conservatives outright. These Republicans have taunted us: What are you going to do? Vote for the liberal Democrats? Calm down and grow up, and keep supporting us even while we trash you and people like you and much of what you believe in. However, there is a third course neither blind loyalty to an arrogant, out-of-touch Republican Establish
A former colleague of mine sent me this excerpt from yesterday's Hansard of debates in the House of Commons:-------------------------------Hon. Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the House has just given its unanimous consent to a motion that came to us outside of the ordinary order or precedence. Yesterday the Chief Government Whip rejected such a practice. He said that it would create a bad precedent. The precedent now seems to have been set, so in the same spirit of cooperation in the House I wonder if there is now unanimous consent to adopt Motion No. 427, standing in the name of the hon. member for Davenport, which states:The Speaker: Does the hon. member for Wascana have the unanimous consent of the House. The hon. government House leader is rising on a point of orderHon. Pe
Foreign Policy article link McCain sort of apologizes to conservatives Following Mitt Romney's withdrawal speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain had this to say about the topic that has gotten him into such hot water with conservative activists and voters: On the issue of illegal immigration, a position which provoked the outspoken opposition of many conservatives, I stood my ground aware that my position would imperil my campaign. I respect your opposition for I know that the vast majority of critics to the bill based their opposition in a principled defense of the rule of law. And while I and other Republican supporters of the bill were genuine in our intention to restore control of our borders, we failed, for various and unders
John McCain basically swept Super Tuesday and made him all but unstoppable. He was able to rack up enough convention delegates in Super Tuesday’s voting to put him within arms reach of the coveted GOP presidential nomination that eluded him eight long years ago.
McCain led among moderate Republicans of course, while Romney held strong support [...]
First off, thanks to Mr. Everett (The) for inspiring this post. It’s been a long winter break for me, and I needed to get back to posting every now and then.Now, let me say that I’m glad to read at the end of your recent post that you will vote for John McCain if he wins the GOP nomination. I was a little worried reading it at first, because I, for one, am getting pretty upset with hearing conservatives claiming they will not support McCain if he gets the nomination. McCain wasn’t my first choice….wasn’t my second. But a vote for Hillary/Obama over McCain is every bit the same as just staying home and not voting. Both of those options are entirely UNACCEPTABLE. Not in this election. Not at this point in our country’s history. A Republican presidential victory is crucial in this
I joined a political
discussion forum called Conservative Underground right around Christmas of
2003. I made many good friends there and some of them will be friends for life
I am sure. I was a moderator there for a while and took great pride in what the
site was about. When I first joined up there were barely 250 members and today
there is about 7300. The site owner, a rock
solid conservative that goes by the name RobCrook, is one of the two site
administrators. The other is a member that goes by the name of Gator. Gator
is a rather outspoken old school conservative and makes no bones about his
dislike for the current administration. And to be perfectly honest Gator is
quite outspoken about ummm all his beliefs.
Gator is also a supporter
of Ron Paul and a vocal non-supporter
Writes Vox Day: Now, it is true that some individuals are very liberal in their youth and become more conservative as they get older. But if one examines the "conservative" media, one notices a surprising number of individuals who were liberals and claim to be conservatives now, but still continue to advocate the same powerful and intrusive central government that they advocated in their liberal youth. And like young cuckoos and cowbirds, these parasites attempt to push the genuine intellectual heirs out of the nest, hence National Review founder William F. Buckley's attacks on Murray Rothbard and Joe Sobran, FrontPage's Ben Johnson's call for "modern conservatives" to repudiate Paul Craig Roberts, National Review's David Frum's call for "a conservatism of the future" to turn its back on P
- Scott Miller
(Bush to Conservatives: Screw You)
President Bush once again is set to screw conservatives, and most Americans who want our borders controlled, by signing the Democrat Omnibus budget bill. The massive spending bill carries language that essentially guts the existing border fence law calling for double fencing. This from WorldNewDaily:
Bill guts border fence requirement
Republican presidential hopeful Duncan Hunter is blasting a Democrat-sponsored bill that would eliminate the requirement passed by Congress to build a double-layered fence covering 854 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
“By eliminating the double fence requirement, the Democratic Congress is going to make it easier for drug and human smugglers to cross our Southern land border,” said Hunter. “This goes against the interests of any family that has been touched by illegal drugs or any American who has seen their job taken by an illegal alien.”
The Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations b
Which group is preferable, the bulk of the Republicans or those who support Ron Paul? A month ago the choice seemed obvious. Even though I disagreed with Paul’s social conservatism, Paul did seem far preferable with regards to his position on Iraq and civil liberties. Unfortunately the Ron Paul movement increasingly seems to be one of fringe groups such as white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and conspiracy theorists who have little understanding of libertarian philosophy or economic beliefs. As a result it now appears that conservatives have a better understanding of economics than many Paul supporters, at least with regards to the consequences of earmarks.
In the recent past I’ve had disagreements with Paul supporters who defended Paul’s support for earmarks to benefit his Congressional district. Many of his supporters argued that the earmarks did not contribute to increasing government spending as the funds were already appropriated. Conservative blogger Ed Morrissey pr
It would appear from reading this article that there may be more conservatives in Hollywood than we may think. Why then don’t we hear more from them? Because they are scared to death to come forward for fear of losing their credibility and their livelyhood.
“They learn very quickly, if they know what’s good for them, to donate to the Democratic Party,” said Andrew Breitbart, co-author of “Hollywood, Interrupted.” “If they were to donate to the Republican Party, they would be exposed to career-ending ridicule, period.”
Liberals, despite what they say, are the most intolerant people on the face of the earth. They don’t tolerate free choice (smoking, trans fats), they don’t tolerate free speech (political correctness), they don’t tolerate freedom of religion (banning all public displays of Christianity), but most of all, the do not tolerate conservatives. As a matter of fact, they hate conservatives. So is it any wonde
On my "Trolling the Left" section, I try to answer some of the arguments from left columnists and bloggers. I don't always intentionally choose the most extreme arguments either. In fact, most of the articles are recommended to me by my left friends at Magnasquids.
What's the deal? Am I missing the true founts of left or moderate-left wisdom? I must be because the liberals I know are some of the nicest people I've met. A lot of them are pretty smart too. I'd sincerely like the liberals amongst you to give me a name or a blog that will benefit constructive argument and, ultimately, help facilitate some kind of American consensus.
When it wasn't just about grabbing and holding onto power, it was about principles. It was about honoring core beliefs. In 1960, Barry Goldwater took up in his hands the remnants of America's original and long lost tradition when he wrote:"I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' 'interests', I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the v
Huckabee: Conservatives confuse DC, real world
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Convicted Murderer Does Newspaper's Dirty WorkBleeding Heart Liberal Newspaper Editor Defends Publishing Op-Ed Pieces Bashing Conservatives From Convicted Murderer In Local PrisonNewspaper to convict: "Take Care of My Light Work for me, will ya?"The New Hampshire paper, the Concord Monitor invited convicted murderer and prison inmate at the men’s prison in Concord, Charles Huckelbury to write several op-ed pieces.The executive editor, Felice Belman, appalled by the “flood” of over “100 nasty and repulsive emails” followed up with her own editorial, “Murderer gives our readers a peek inside. Prison town needs to look behind walls.”She goes on to ask the question, “Should a convict be allowed to write columns for the newspapers?” I think a better question to ask is this: “Why ask a convicted murderer to write Op-ed pieces for a newspaper?”Ms. Belman writes:“If you're a regular reader of these pages, you already know what I think. The Monitor has published severa
The Daily Mail has an article on problems in the British health care system–a system I’ve also been critical of. It came as no surprise to review the conservative blogs and see them attempt to use this as evidence against Democratic health care plans. Some call this evidence against a single payer plan, but a single payer plan and a government run plan are two separate things. A government run plan is one form of a single payer plan, but is quite different from the plans advocated by most proponents of single payer plans in this country who advocate plans such as extending Medicare where health care is still provided by private doctors and hospitals.
Of the Democratic candidates running this year, only Dennis Kucinich has been pushing a single payer plan, and this plan is nothing like the British government-run plan. Assuming Kucinich has no chance at winning, a single payer plan isn’t even on the table. Right Wing News tries to confuse the British system with Hillary
I found this video on Cao’s Blog, and it really reminded me why I am so proud to be a conservative.
We must continue to carry the torch of freedom to the next generation, and continue to fight the good fight. Our nation, and the world, depend on it.
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As expected, the wing nuts are upset that a fictional character in a fictional world had a fictional crush on another fictional male. Bill O’Riley is upset that J. K. Rowling is promoting the gay agenda for revealing that Dumbledore was gay.
Many fans had already figured this out. The Los Angeles Times contacted “Andrew Slack, head of the Harry Potter Alliance, an organization that uses online organizing to mobilize more than 100,000 Harry Potter fans around social justice issues.” Slack gave seven clues that Dumbledore was gay:
1. His pet. “Fawkes, the many-colored phoenix, is ‘flaming.’”
2. His name. “While the anagram to ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’ is ‘I am Lord Voldemort,’ as my good friend pointed out, ‘Albus Dumbledore’ becomes ‘Male bods rule, bud!’”
3. His fashion sense. “Whether it’s his ‘purple cloak and high-heeled boots,’ a ‘flamboyantly cut suit of
Do you think they speak English at that restaurant, Lovey?
They usually change the "b" to "w" in another word. Henry Gekonde reminds everybody why Thurston Howell wouldn't have been president even if they had rescued him from Gilligan's Island. Gekonde sounds like a wick. The pictures of the food weren't enough; Gekonde had to ask about the preparation: "What is the cholesterol count, madam? Lovey said I shouldn't eat fatty foods. What's that? You don't speak English? Good God! A Yale woman!"
Unless you want all conservatives to look like dandies unable to navigate their own cities, do us all a favor, American Spectator, and stop posting this stuff.
Oh, and he missed the big picture. The ladies were WORKING at a BUSINESS. How conservative is that?
First off, it's sad to report that Hillary Clinton may have sabotaged the bill for recognizing the Armenian Holocaust. But with that told, this brings me to a most astounding revelation this week: that some conservatives were against the bill...because it jeopardizes American's relations with Turkey!
For example, we have Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters, who alienated me some time ago, as he
No. But they are realizing that achieving energy independence and fighting climate change both have common solutions. Over at Townhall conservative columnist Cal Thompson comes around to a point I made over a year ago about the debate on climate change (although he first does some Gore bashing and accuses those that believe in global warming of being a cult first)"Republicans and Democrats repeatedly tell us we rely too much on foreign oil, especially that which comes from a current trouble spot, the Middle East, and that which comes from a potential trouble spot, Venezuela. Might it be possible for the CGW crowd and the Church of Free Enterprise (CFE) to come together for the common purpose of reducing our reliance on foreign oil? CGW fundamentalists would get what they want — a reduced carbon footprint and supposedly lower global temperatures (go ahead and let them believe it) — while CFE parishioners would rejoice that Saudi Arabia’s hold on us (not to mention its use of our m
The Conservative party will scrap the unpopular Home Improvement Packs (Hips) scheme if they are elected at the next election.
In fact they are so determined to reverse this scheme that Grant Shapps MP, the Shadow Housing Minister, is already preparing the Civil Service and existing HIPs businesses for the abolition of Home information packs, if [...]
When the Bong Hits 4 Jesus case was argued before the Supreme Court, the bratty student had, what on first glance,is a strange coalition of support. Although the case is old news, having been decided (stupidly) by the Supremes, it occurred to me today, this is a clue to the route which the Ron Paul campaign should take.Writing amicus briefs on behalf of the right of a student to unfurl a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner at an off school event were not only the usual suspects such as the ACLU but Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice, the Christian Legal Society, the Alliance Defense Fund, and various other fundie legal defense and lobbying groups . They recognized if the government could stop this type of free speech they could also shut up Christian kids.The fundamental importance of free speech is a bedrock conservative value, which is considered quaint by the neoconservatives. But I think this is a clue to how conservatives could actually obtain unity and beat Hilla
Now that republicans have made sure that children don't have access to health care and farmers don't have a sufficient labor force to harvest their crops, the "conservatives" have moved on to important things like chastising presidential candidates for not wearing tacky American flag pins on their lapels and declaring Google "unamerican". To celebrate the anniversary of Sputnik, Google did the unthinkable and created a special Google logo for the day. Fifty years ago we were in a cold war and space race with the USSR. Allegedly, we are not enemies and we aren't supposed to hate the Russians anymore. I guess some of these old dinosaurs didn't get the memo. Not to mention the fact, that the Russians did us a favor by launching Sputnik because it put our space program into high gear. Sometimes you need a kick in the pants when you are trying to get to the moon. Besides, whoever said that space belongs to America? And in all fairness Google also commemorated the anniversary of
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: October 5, 2007 - NYTimes.com
In 1960, John F. Kennedy, who had been shocked by the hunger he saw in West Virginia, made the fight against hunger a theme of his presidential campaign. After his election he created the modern food stamp program, which today helps millions of Americans get enough to eat.
But [...]
West Sussex, UK, August 2007:
The conservative representative for Crawley Borough Council’s Ifield ward runs an online lingerie website selling adult costumes.
Daniel Kavanagh, 21, has met with disapproval for his ‘labour’s from fellow councillors who call his enterprise ’unseemly’ and believe it may have a negative effect on the local authority.
Mr Kavanagh claims that his sexy sideline doesn’t influence his council work. In response to the criticism he has, however, recently removed certain items from his website, including a schoolgirl uniform and a newspaper delivery-girl costume. How very ‘conservative’!
Mr Kavanagh says he doesn’t sell anything you can’t buy in Ann Summers which seems very ‘liberal’ of him. The Crawley Labour councillor, Stephen Joyce, responded:
”I’m not saying what he is doing is illegal or anything like that, but it’s unseemly.”
Daniel Kavanagh’s website was ’down for maintenance’ but now appe
In an interesting twist, a large coalition of Christian conservatives met in Salt Lake City to discuss a possible third-party candidate if Giuliani is their nominee. Let's take a look at what could happen as a result.1. The first conclusion is obvious: Giuliani will win the nomination, but the Democratic nominee will easily win the presidency because the normally Republican votes will be split by the third party candidate.2. This effort on the part of these conservatives will scare the Republicans enough to vote for somebody other than Giuliani in the primaries, thus perhaps achieving the coalition's real goal of both getting rid of Giuliani and having a shot at the White House in 2008, though they may be disappointed if Romney is the alternative.People don't seem to consider the second possibility.
Michael Scherer reports that many on the religious right are considering a third party campaign should a pro-abortion rights candidate such as Rudy Giuliani win the Republican nomination. This leaves many liberals thrilled with the idea of an easy win, while some liberals such as Ron Beasley are also looking for an independent alternative to the Democratic candidates.
I don’t have much hope that this will have a lasting impact. Assuming the Democrats stay away from fringe candidates such as Kucinich, Gravel, and increasingly John Edwards, they should win in 2008 regardless of what the Republicans do. The conservative wing of the Republican Party has intermittently played with challenges to the Republican Party in the past, but this rarely goes anywhere as they realize they have a greater chance for electoral success by concentrating on fighting for control of the GOP.
On paper a Giuliani Republican Party looks good and I might support a socially liberal Republican over many Democ
Liberals seem to think that it benefits their academic environment by allowing dictators and tyrants to speak at their Universities. Yet, while they proclaim themselves as champions of free speech, they so quickly forget how intolerant they are when that speech is Conservative. Just this year, the MinuteMan Project (an organization that is anti illegal immigration) were stormed by protestors before they even had a chance to speak. They were even physically threatened and had to leave. Lee Bollinger refused to reprimand any of the students. Had it been a liberal speaker on stage, someone surely would have pulled out the taser.In all seriousness, it was an absolute embarrassment that Colombia University breached its duty to protect Conservative guests who speak at its University. It is also relevant that the MinuteMan Project is on the same ideological side as 80%+ of Americans. Nevertheless, these types of violent protests are common all over the Country.People like Ann Coulter,
Have You Wondered WhatIt Is Conservatives AreReally Conserving?
Concentrated WealthA Two Tier SocietyFascism, NeverEnding HypocrisyAnd A Bizarre Need For AnAuthoritarianWhether ReligionOr Government, The Right WingCraves A Strong DaddyThey Would Combine ChurchAnd State If They Could, HavingNot Learned HistoryHappy To RepeatThe Same Mistakes Again AndAgain, Ad Nauseum
There Are SeveralCharacter Traits Among OurConservative FriendsLacking EmpathyJudgmental, Uncaring AndHypocriticalJust For Example:Young Bush Blew Up Frogs And HasMoved On To PeopleJust As Any GoodPsychopath Does, He'll Stop WhenHe Destroys The WorldAnd Then There Are ThoseSpecial Little CheerleadersThe Sheep Who Believe
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In an attempt to win over conservatives, The Yellow Sheet has decided to change its name to The Red Sheet. While there will be no change in the actual content of the report, the publishers hope that slapping the color red on their product will help give the impression of conservatism.“We were originally going to go with The Purple Report, you know, as a mixture of red and blue,” said Ginger Lamb, Vice President & Publisher of the Arizona Capitol Times, “But the conservatives we talked to kept complaining about how much blue was in the purple.”Since the change in ownership of the Arizona Capitol Times, many conservatives have claimed that the newspaper has taken a liberal turn. The Yellow Sheet, their self proclaimed “first and best political tip sheet,” has received the brunt of the criticism.The publishers also announced that they will be changing the term “railbirds” to “railelephants” and the meeting times section will be now noted as “Freedom Opportunities
"The Karl Roves of the world have built a generation that just wants a couple slogans: 'No, don't raise my taxes, no new taxes,'" she says. "It's pretty hard to write a book saying, 'No new taxes, no new taxes, no new taxes' on every page."
Political Betting asks whether Gordon Brown's 'theft' of policies will damage his reputation and image amongst the media and the general public:It struck me while re-watching this on the net a couple of night’s ago that something significant was happening. That the standard Brown approach of closing down debates by stealing popular policies from his opponents might not be so easy in the future.The notion of Gord the policy thief is starting to gain credence. We saw that line being used by the Sun in its editorial on the inheritance tax plan and increasingly commentators are making the same observation. For once people have noticed what you are doing then it is much harder to do it. The Brown government might need to be a lot more subtle in the language it uses.The key question should not be whether Brown 'steals' policies, but whether this is a bad or unusual thing.All parties 'steal' policy ideas from somewhere. John Redwood did not invent the idea of reducing inheritance tax
An AP-Ipsos poll found that liberals read more than conservatives:
The AP-Ipsos poll found 22 percent of liberals and moderates said they had not read a book within the past year, compared with 34 percent of conservatives.
Among those who had read at least one book, liberals typically read nine books in the year, with half reading more than that and half less. Conservatives typically read eight, moderates five.
By slightly wider margins, Democrats tended to read more books than Republicans and independents. There were no differences by political party in the percentage of those who said they had not read at least one book.
The head of a book publishing industry trade organization offered one explanation:
“The Karl Roves of the world have built a generation that just wants a couple slogans: ‘No, don’t raise my taxes, no new taxes,’” Pat Schroeder, president of the American Association of Publishers, said in a recent interview. “It’s pretty hard
I love this guy, Rob. The deeper I wade into his pool of idiocy, the dumber it gets. Check this out:
and yet I wonder
for what purpose? Efficient farming just creates the illusion that we can sustain even more people on the planet than we really can.
Would it be wrong to genetically alter all life so that it doesn't procreate so quickly? Why can't cat's and dogs go in heat after five years instead of five months?
Why can't a women's cycle be twice a year instead of once a month? Might not that be the next great advance in the name of peace?
Is it wrong to suggest such a radical change when I probably would not exist if what I advocated had already been in place prior to my birth?
by Alessandro (13 articles, 174 comments) on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 6:59:12 PM
Rob Kall
neat ideas
I would imagine that technolgy that enables higher birth rates and larger population woudl be far more likely to be supported by the religious right, while the ideas you propose would be op
In several previous posts, including at the time of the release of the documentary Mr. Conservative, I’ve noted the irony that the modern conservative movement has moved so far to the right that Barry Goldwater ultimately considered himself a liberal. As Barry Goldwater was mentioned in a recent post, and the conversion of the conservative movement to an authoritarian mind set became a major topic in the comments, I noted with interest that another blogger was discussing Goldwater. Jim Lippard viewed Mr. Conservative and had some observations similar to those in my previous posts on Goldwater:
In his later life, he was outspoken in his support for a woman’s right to abortion, for gays to serve in the military, and for the religious right to stop pushing their religious views into politics. The film reveals that he supported his daughter obtaining an abortion before Roe v. Wade, and that he has a gay grandson. Several of the more liberal interviewees say that they thought Go
There are two reports today on different conservatives taking the problem of global warming seriously. Former Bush speech writer Michael Gerson has a flawed column in The Washington Post but it is significant for at least admitting that there is a problem. While he returns to partisanship in claiming “Hysteria on the environment is a liberal temptation” he also admits that in some areas liberals have been right. David Roberts goes further into the problems with Gerson’s column.
Fortune reports on a surprising crusader against global warming–Rupert Murdoch:
…Murdoch has boldly promised to make News Corp. carbon neutral by 2010 and to weave environmental issues and themes into his newspapers, TV shows, movies and online properties - a tricky business, particularly when it comes to news.
“Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats,” Murdoch said last spring, in a speech webcast to all News Corp. employees (and available here.) “We may
Conservatives, Liberals....and mad dogs (1996) Having spent the better part of teenage years living in a small Midwestern town; somewhere out past the boondocks, I have long had a familiarity with the well known killjoy that is the All-American-Conservative. Indeed, I have encountered them, and come to blows with them (usually verbally, sometimes physically), on many an occasion.Throughout that part of my life, the part that I spent in the Midwest, I generally considered said conservative to be the polar opposite from normal. A breed of man (and often woman, too) whom could find vulgarity in purity, whom saw egalitarianism as being a plot destroy their way and quality of life, and whom saw the first amendment as giving them the constitutional right to try and impose their views on the rest
Conservatives, Liberals....and mad dogs (1996) Having spent the better part of teenage years living in a small Midwestern town; somewhere out past the boondocks, I have long had a familiarity with the well known killjoy that is the All-American-Conservative. Indeed, I have encountered them, and come to blows with them (usually verbally, sometimes physically), on many an occasion.Throughout that part of my life, the part that I spent in the Midwest, I generally considered said conservative to be the polar opposite from normal. A breed of man (and often woman, too) whom could find vulgarity in purity, whom saw egalitarianism as being a plot destroy their way and quality of life, and whom saw the first amendment as giving them the constitutional right to try and impose their views on the rest
I switched on 'The World at One' this lunch time and caught the tale end of the sorry saga of the Ealing Southall by-election. The burning issue was who had asked for the tag line 'David Cameron's Conservatives' on the ballot paper.It was a highly entertaining set of interviews by the BBC, listening to a range of Conservative activists and officials all deny all knowledge. Yes, it really must have been an act of God, because no body in charge in the Conservatives (possibly an oxymoronic notion) was prepared to put their hand up.It seems obvious to me that somebody must have signed a form saying, in effect, this is the wording we want. They might have just been a junior amanuensis, but that person must either take personal responsibility or be able to say who told them the words to write ... and so on up the chain of responsibility.Whatever you might think of the pros and cons of the tag-line itself, one of two things are clear - and both of them say that the Conservative leader
It is about time Conservatives stop making excuses for Alberto Gonzales. He is an abject failure as an Attorney General, and has demonstrated that he clearly was not running anything anyway. As much as it is hard for a libertarian like me to praise John Ashcroft, I think it is that time. At least Ashcroft would not have allowed things to get this bad. In fact, I think Alberto Gonzales may be too incompetent to be impeached; he just is too clueless to commit a “High Crime and Misdemeanor.”Pathetically, Alberto Gonzalez managed to turn multiple non-scandals into major catastrophes. For example, when the United States Attorneys were fired, there was speculation as to whether or not the firing was political. Had Gonzales simply said, “President Bush can fire anyone he wants in the Executive Branch for whatever reason because the Constitution makes him the head of the Executive branch,” there would have been no scandal. Instead, he tried to cover up this nonsense, thereby creating i
Breitbart has a terrifying account of the the current assault being conducted by liberals against the advertisers on all of Fox News channels. This leftist thuggery of course is cheered on by the mainstream media as well as the leadership of the Democrat Party (they refuse to debate on Fox).In 2006, the GOP got thrown out because they were a bunch of corrupt crooks. We should have known better. The left has moved further and faster to its fascist roots then I ever could have imagined. This fascist drift of the Dems has the support of the media and they want Fox News dead (not to mention Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, Boortz, Savage, etc.); they can't even tolerate Lou Dobbs.Libertarians and Conservatives alike must act. The American left has exposed itself as the greatest threat to individual liberty we have faced in a generation. Giving these people the keys to the car would be the end of our Republic in so many ways.Related EditorialsLiberals And TaxesDaily Kos Bans Copious DissentLiber
I was looking through some blogs** and noticed that some conservatives aren't happy with the arrival of David "Becks" Beckham to Los Angeles:
I just watched a BBC interview in which the LA Galaxy's newest moron said that his biggest hope is that his arrival in Los Angeles will send a message to the children of America that their future need not be based on dreams of playing professional baseball, professional basketball, or professional (real) football. Instead, he hopes that his presence in the United States will inspire a whole generation of American kids to become ambitious enough to covet making a living and creating a meaningful life for themselves and their families by getting paid to play soccer. Wow! Talk about thinking outside the box. I guess we do already have far too many educators, health care workers, priests, volunteers, soldiers, small-business owners, cops, writers, cops turned writers, masons, artisans and master craftsmen.
Yes, this nation has a dangerously low n
I am not a big fan of free speech because some people well, umm…just make an idiot of themselves when they open their mouths; but like it or not, it does exist. So, I wonder what the big deal is when Anne Coulter called John Edwards a “faggot” back in March. Everyone who saw the tape knows that she was only kidding, yet she continues to get attacked by the mainstream media and liberal blogs. The fact is that Ann Coulter has the right to say any damn thing she wants; even if it’s that she wishes John Edwards would be killed in a terrorist assassination plot (sounds quite similar to the comments made by Bill Maher about Cheney a few months back - and where was the outrage?). Yes indeed, seems like Anne’s comments are a tad bit extreme but let’s go back to all the things that liberals have said that the media hardly ever reports:
Rosie O’Donnell (aka: the beast) - The Bush administration was behind 9/11.
Michael Moore - I personally hold Blair more responsible fo
Last week, a report commissioned by the Conservative government advised them that a carbon tax of up to $50 would cause no harm to the economy. A new report now follows that up stating that they...
Earth-centred news for the health of air, water, habitat and the fight against global warming
H/T to Say Anything Ø Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the...
Now, this is quite interesting. Note that these guys are not liberals or ACLU types by any stretch of the imagination; their conservative credentials are all quite strong but they still object to the manner in which the current Administration has conducted military and anti-terrorist activities. They are confronting the candidates with a request that they sign a pledge to limit their Administrations' activities in certain ways that it is quite likely the current Administration would reject.So far, only Ron Paul has signed the pledge. Apparently Mitt Romney refused to, and was rewarding with an excoriating press release condemning him as ignorant of conservative principles. Whether it will be of any effect or import remains to be seen.My strong suspicion is that Rudy Giuliani will be the focus of the group’s attention next. They picked Romney first because they thought he'd want to sign the pledge to beef up his credibility with conservatives; Giuliani seems like a likely next ta
Conservatives would bolt GOP over Rudy - The PoliticoExcerpt:"A growing number of influential social conservatives are speaking out against Rudy Giuliani, with some threatening that they will take flight from the Republican Party in 2008 if the former New York mayor is the GOP nominee."http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4432.htmlAlex
With the 20th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s monumental speech calling on the Soviets to “tear down” the Berlin Wall upon us, once again we are seeing freedom-loving people taking power in European capitals.
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Catholic Conservatives are lining up in hopes of bringing down GOP front runner Rudy Giuliani.No matter how much of a hero you are, the Religious Right will destroy you if you don't endorse their middle ages philosophy on the world.This is why I don't want to be President.
Obviously the subject line was to show how the NYT tends to stereotype yet gets away with it. Liberals go on and on about the evils of stereotyping people yet not a word when such a venerable institution of *cough, cough* journalistic integrity as the New York Times engages in it. In this story they make the assumption that all conservatives are automatically against gay rights and stem cell research amongst other issues. Nothing could be further from the truth. What they should have said is the Bush administration is against stem cell research and gay rights. Many if not most conservatives are either for or as a minimum not actively against them. But the stereotypical image of a conservative is a gun toting, knuckle dragging, fag hating beer swiller. But that's not us anymore than the left are all America hating communists. Oh wait Seriously though it is like I always say, the left and in this case the leftist lapdogs in the media, engage in stereotyping and intolerance at least
Since they can’t beat ‘em, might as well silence ‘em. That’s the new approach that Democrats are taking on the matter of silencing the opposition of conservative talk radio. If you aren’t for us, we’ll pull your plug, and not in a good way.
SALEM’S WITCH TRIAL
According to two members of the House Democrat Caucus, Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer have informed them that they will “aggressively pursue” reinstatement of the so-called Fairness Doctrine over the next six months. In January, Democrat presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich announced that he was going to pursue the Fairness Doctrine through his Government Reform subcommittee. That announcement was greeted with silence. But now, Pelosi has moved things to the front burner…
…The decision to press for re-establishment of the Fairness Doctrine now seems to have developed for two reasons. “First, [Democrats] failed on the radio airwaves with Air A
Several leading Christian conservatives say they will rally to former Sen. Fred Thompson, who they expect to announce “in a matter of weeks” that he will seek the Republican nomination for president next year.
“It’s not ‘if’ but ‘when,’ he will announce,” one Protestant evangelical leader says of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering for position in the 2008 race.Â
A prominent Roman Catholic social conservative says the three Republicans who have raised the most money and have led the polls — former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — fall short of social conservatives’ expectations, but Mr. Thompson doesn’t. “He’s right on the issues … He’s better than all of the above.”
Both the Protestant and Catholic activist, like other Christian conservatives, spoke to The Times on the condition of anonymity.
They say their
Call it the Rudy abortion test. Will Republicans and conservatives pass or fail?
While there obviously are pro-choice Republicans around, the GOP generally ranks as the pro-life party due to its presumed conservative roots. Conservatism sees intrinsic value in each individual - no matter the person’s stage of development - and defends his or her right [...]
Time: Conservatives to Bush: Fire GonzalesExcerpt:"In what could prove an embarrassing new setback for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the eve of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of influential conservatives and longtime Bush supporters has written a letter to the White House to call for his resignation.The two-page letter, written on stationery of the American Freedom Agenda, a recently formed body designed to promote conservative legal principles, is blunt. Addressed to both Bush and Gonzales, it goes well beyond the U.S. attorneys controversy and details other alleged failings by Gonzales. "Mr. Gonzales has presided over an unprecedented crippling of the Constitution's time-honored checks and balances," it declares. "He has brought rule of law into disrepute, and debased honesty as the coin of the realm." Alluding to ongoing scandal, it notes: "He has engendered the suspicion that partisan politics trumps evenhanded law enforcement in the
Web media upstart caters to conservatives - By Salena ZitoExcerpt:"When the public relations gurus at Quantum Communications could not find a conservative new-media network, they did what any frustrated, information-driven businessperson would do."We made one," said Charlie Gerow, founder of the Harrisburg-based firm."http://www.townhall.com/columnists/SalenaZito/2007/04/10/web_media_upstart_caters_to_conservativesAlex
“We hope that the voices of hatred and bigotry will silence themselves for this debate…”
Sen. Kennedy
According to Kennedy You are a Bigot if:
You believe that 12-20 million illegal aliens who violated United States law by sneaking across our border should not be rewarded with a path to American citizenship
If you’re frustrated by the fact that politicians in Washington won’t enforce our laws and secure the border
If you believe that the laws of the United States should be respected…
STOP the Kennedy – McCain AMNESTY bill NOW!
Send YOUR blast faxes to ALL 535 of these Congressman NOW, demanding that they secure our borders and say NO to amnesty:
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This week, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., plans to introduce another AMNESTY bill and his co-sponsor, Sen. John McCain, R-Az., is expected to lend his support again.
The McKennedy AMNESTY bill will set far easier conditio
On the lighter side. :)
From the dawn of mankind, Conservatives and Liberals have had a differing set of evolutionary footprints. So it comes as no suprize that today, they have both evolved at an uneven pace.
What makes them both so uniquely different from each other?
“Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.
These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals; and
2. Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sittin
ok, so y'all may remember hearing about the CPAC conference last weekend where coultergiest made her homophobic slur against john edwards. well, one more interesting little tidbit has arisen from that gathering of *cough* conservatives. it turns out that Matt Sanchez, a 36-year-old Columbia student and Marine Corps reservist, who has been all over fox news in the past cause he claims he was mocked about his military service by folks at Columbia, has also gone by the name "Rod Majors" in such cinematic triumphs as Jawbreaker, Donkey Dick, and Glory Holes Of Fame 3. yep, he's a former gay porn star (and male escort, as it turns out...but no business with the fabulously rev. ted haggard has turned up yet).so why was he at the CPAC conference, you ask? well, aside from his past cozying up to coultergiest, hannity, o'reilly, gingrich, malkin, and other conservatives after he spoke publicly on his experiences at Columbia (bashing one of the evil eight will get you on fox news, no problem)
There have been a number of pieces in the news about potential Republican nominees for the Presidency who have been steering themselves rightward (SOTUblog mentions McCain’s repositioning here), and it appears that the Right isn’t too happy with the moderates trying to get into right-wing clothes in order to mingle with the flock. Reuters reports that sentiments at the Conservative Political Action Conference were none too positive about Giuliani, McCain, and Romney, or “Rudy McRomney,” as one conference-goer referred to them collectively:
“Giuliani, the leader of the pack in polls, has dismayed some conservatives by supporting abortion rights, gay rights and gun control. McCain has championed campaign finance reform, opposed some tax cuts and attacked conservative religious leaders during his 2000 campaign. Romney has shifted his positions on social issues like abortion and gay rights to become more conservative. Visitors to the convention exhibit hall
Well, clearly the way I've been blogging in the past isn't working any more, so it's time to change. I could spend a lot of time telling you what happened on the campaign trail six weeks ago, but you don't want to read it, and I don't have enough time to tell you about it. I have to accept that with the time constraints I have, I'm going to need to blog less, and not blog about every single tiny story that comes my way. I know you don't really care how I do this, but I thought I should explain why my postings will be less frequent and less fiddly, but hopefully no less enjoyable for it. It also explains why I'm going to pretend why much of the last few weeks didn't really happen.Actually, I don't think there's much from the last few weeks that we haven't touched on - with either comment from me or one of the other bloggers. I haven't personally made mention of the great Hillary/Obama spat over David Geffen, but it was such an unedifying experience that I'm not sure i
John McCain is snubbing the people that are in control of the primaries. This is not a good idea, because most conservatives already don't trust him. this would have been a good venue to show the conservatives in the Rpublican...
In response to alleged biases at the user-edited Wikipedia, conservatives built their own called Conservapedia. (The culture of conservative victimhood continues.)
The fantasy-based reality constructed by conservatives has a new home on the web, in addition to right-wing blogs.
The main page explains:
Conservapedia is a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American. On Wikipedia, many of the dates are provided in the anti-Christian “C.E.” instead of “A.D.”, which Conservapedia uses. Christianity receives no credit for the great advances and discoveries it inspired, such as those of the Renaissance. Read a list of many Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.
Conservapedia is an online resource and meeting place where we favor Christianity and America. Conservapedia has easy-to-use indexes to facilitate review of topics. You will much prefer using Conservapedia compared to Wikipedia if you want concise answers free of “p
OK. this is a great question that I cannot address fully at the moment because of the time I'm dedicated to Army training. When I do get a chance, however, nobody will doubt the logical superiority of conservatives.
Quote from post:
I am liberal in the sense that I make my decisions using logic rather than emotion, a quality I've yet to find in anyone calling themselves conservative.
It will be fun and conclusive, I promise.
