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A Protest Vote is Bad for America 2008-04-10 15:56:31 People claim that a John McCain win in November will be damaging for the Conservative movement. He is not a strict Conservative, and he appealed to Independents and Democrats, not typical Republicans, in order to secure the Republican nomination. That very well may be true; although, I am not sure I believe it.
It is more [...] Read more:Protest
, America
Senator Rockefellar’s Outrageous Statement 2008-04-09 20:32:04 Senator Jay Rockefellar has shown America his true opinions about both Senator John McCain and the United States military. Yesterday, he made the following statement:
“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t [...] Read more:Senator
, Outrageous
The American Dream 2008-04-03 20:28:00 As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American
dream.
-Steve Forbes
Welcome to America - the land of opportunity. Even today, the American Dream
is still alive and well. All Americans have unique opportunities [...]
Christianity Under Attack in Public Schools 2008-04-02 10:56:00 Two separate students, in two separate states are suing their individual schools for hostility toward Christianity
:
In Santa Ana, California, a sixteen-year-old sophomore at Capistrano Valley High School is suing his teacher, James Corbett, for making overtly anti-religious statements during class.
The student, Chad Farnan, claims in the lawsuit that his teacher demonstrates “a sense of hostility [...] Read more:Public
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President Bush Highlights Democratic Hypocrisy 2008-03-27 14:47:00 President Bush gave a great speech at the Nation Museum of the United States Air Force today. The speech was largely about the Iraq war; however, Bush addressed some Democratic
criticisms. The highlight came when he addressed the pace of progress made:
“They got their budget passed. Sometimes it takes our Congress awhile to get its [...] Read more:President
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Death Toll Nears 50 Million Americans 2008-03-26 12:01:00 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Last year, we permanently deprived over 1.2 million innocent Americans
of their [...] Read more:Death Toll
The Thought Police 2008-03-24 12:42:00 BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.
- George Orwell, 1984
There has been a lot of talk in the various media outlets of the Left about Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos.” As a participant in Operation Chaos, Republican Voters are asked to temporarily switch their party affiliation to Democrat and vote for Hilary Clinton in an effort to, [...] Read more:Police
The Beginnings of Socialist Healthcare 2008-03-23 13:29:00 In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
- Mark Twain
In 2003, the New Haven school system in Connecticut implemented a district-wide “wellness” program on all of its schools. Part of that program banned the buying or selling of candy on school grounds.
On February 26, 2008, eighth grade [...] Read more:Socialist
, Healthcare
The Audacity of Barack Obama 2008-03-14 14:45:00 “A candidate for change.” That is how supporters describe BarackObama
on a daily basis. “Change.” How vague is that? Exactly what change can Obama bring to the United States? Perhaps we should attempt to answer this riddle by looking at Senator Obama’s legislative accomplishments. In his three years in the United States Senate, he [...] Read more:Audacity
, Barack Obama
Eliot Spitzer Needs to Resign 2008-03-12 06:11:00 A couple of days ago, it was revealed to the public that Democratic Governor EliotSpitzer
was the number 9 customer in an organized international prostitution ring. It operated in cities such as New York, Washington, D.C., and London, and it charged as much as $5,500 an hour for time with some of the women. [...] Read more:Needs
, Resign
, Eliot Spitzer
An American Hero 2008-04-11 19:14:55 We used to fight all the time, when we were younger. Of course, that is typical for brothers, close in age, growing up together. It drove our mother crazy. Whenever she caught us, she would break it up and tell us, “You’re brothers! You’re supposed to love each other!”
Certainly, we loved each other; yet, during [...] Read more:American
Jimmy Carter to Meet with Terrorist Leader 2008-04-11 15:55:21 Former President Jimmy Carter
is going to meet with the leader of Hamas, one of the most prominent terrorist organizations in the world. This can do nothing but legitimize Hamas on the world stage, an organization that openly admits that it wishes to wipe Israel off the map.
Many Americans may remember this children’s TV show [...] Read more:Terrorist
, Leader
, Jimmy Carter
Our Disgraceful Senate 2008-04-11 15:10:07 …as I hear the questions and the statements today, it seems to me that there’s a kind of hear no progress in Iraq, see no progress in Iraq, and most of all, speak of no progress in Iraq.
-Senator Joe Lieberman
General Petraeus testified before the Senate
earlier this week. Almost everyone saw the sound bites, especially [...]
And So It Starts… 2008-04-13 00:53:20 In California, Democrat Jim Beall has proposed an amendment to the state constitution to raise the tax on beer by $1.80 per six pack. That’s 30¢ per beer, can or bottle. According to MercuryNews.com the current tax is 2¢ per can, which means the proposed amendment is a 1,500 percent increase.
Beall says, “The people who use [...]
McCain Talks Economics 2008-04-15 09:51:10 According to My Way News, John McCain
has called on the government to implement a break in the federal gas tax over the summer. This, of course, is the real way to lower gas prices - ending government regulation. There is no free market in the oil industry anymore. It has been regulated at every [...] Read more:Economics
Five Worst United States Presidents 2008-04-18 08:25:23 5. James Buchanan
James Buchanan is often remembered amoung the worst UnitedStatesPresidents
. His most remembered failure is his inaction regarding the southern states that had declared their intention to suceed from the Union. As he did with most problems he faced during his Presidency, he merely sat on his hands. Buchanan declared that the [...] Read more:United States
A New Grocery Bag Tax 2008-04-17 20:10:40 At a time when grocery prices are already skyrocketing due to biofuels, the Left is attempting to implement a new tax that would have grocery shoppers paying even more – a tax on grocery bags. The California State Assembly is considering a 15¢ to 25¢ tax per plastic grocery bag, and Seattle officials are proposing [...] Read more:Grocery
Top 5 United States Presidents 2008-04-19 08:25:29 5. George W. Bush
Many people are seen differently through the prism of history. President George W. Bush is no different. Indeed, President Bush has faltered from time to time (border security, Medicare Part D); however, his successes have greatly outweighed those blunders.
George W. Bush has proved to be one of history’s strongest Presidents
on both [...] Read more:United
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, United States
Poor, Poor Hilary 2008-04-23 12:59:32 Poor Hilary
Clinton. Like many people who cling to the failed policies of the Left, she is playing the victim card. Yesterday, on the Today Show, she said this: “The most pervasive form of discrimination in the world — no matter what the ethnicity, the race, the religion of people who live in any society [...]
An Inconvenient Truth 2008-04-23 11:26:41 A now famous shot of Antarctic Ice Shelves caving in Al Gore’s 2006 movie, An Inconvenient Truth
, is actually a computer generated shot from the 2004 Science Fiction movie, The Day After Tomorrow. Viewing the shot on ABC’s 20/20, Karen Goulekas, visual effects supervisor for The Day After Tomorrow confirms, “Yeah, that’s, that’s our shot. [...] Read more:Inconvenient Truth
As Predicted: Carter Achieves Nothing Good 2008-04-23 10:34:45 As was predicted by many Americans, Jimmy Carter
achieved absolutely nothing by meeting with the leaders of Hamas, other than to legitimize their terrorist organization. Hamas has made their demands clear in the past: nothing short of the complete destruction of Israel. There is no negotiating with them.
According to Palestinian foreign minister Malki, “Hamas offered nothing [...] Read more:Predicted
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, Nothing
Scalia Defends Bush v. Gore 2008-04-24 14:55:14 Justice Antonin Scalia has given a rare interview with 60 Minutes that will air this Sunday. Scalia is generally known to shun interviews with the media; however, in this interview he is rather candid and discusses issues such as Bush v. Gore.
To the Left’s fabricated claim that decision in Bush v. Gore was politically motivated, [...]
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