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Global Warming Wrapup - Hansen A Fraud; Australia Turning Against Emission Trading System; Ethanol Boom Increasing Pesticide Use; DNC Carbon-Offset Program Producing No Electricity

Posted by: Curt @ 9:44 am in Uncategorized
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A little roundup of global warming news that should perk some interest. First there is Christopher Bookers editorial in The Telegraph about the fraud known as James Hansen:

There are four internationally recognised sources of data on world temperatures, but the one most often cited by supporters of global warming is that run by James Hansen of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS).

Hansen has been for 20 years the world’s leading scientific advocate of global warming (and Al Gore’s closest ally). But in the past year a number of expert US scientists have been conducting a public investigation, through scientific blogs, which raises large question marks over the methods used to arrive at his figures. Read the rest of this entry »

Is the electric car “cure” worse than the AGW “problem”?

Posted by: MataHarley @ 2:56 pm in Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Uncategorized
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As Curt points out in his post a round up of the AGW and energy news, the debate is raging in Australia , where they are finding resistance to their AGW mandates in the wake of Dave Evans (the man who designed FullCAM - the model that measures Australia’s compliance with the Kyoto Protocol) - switch from proponent to skeptic

Meanwhile, enviros and agenda driven pols around the world do their level best to halt any constructive means of affordable, clean energy production, as well as increasing the world’s supply of oil.

There’s no dearth of “cures” offered by “the debate is settled” crowd. And one of these is everyone’s favorite - the electric car. To this I can only say… where is the logic?

To draw the parallel between the “problem” and “cure”, we need to talk water vapor. According to the pro AGW EurCarbon

Greenhouse gases (GHG) are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. The major natural greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect on Earth (not including clouds); carbon dioxide, which causes between 9-26%; and ozone, which causes between 3-7%, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and chlorofluorocarbons. The greenhouse gases, once in the atmosphere, do not remain there eternally. They can be withdrawn from the atmosphere:

Some of the beef of many skeptics is that water vapor is not included as mitigating factor in the IPCC’s “consensus” of perceived global warming - now called “climate change” since the 10 year global cooling, most likely to protect the activists/alarmists’ credibility.

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Obama won't pick VP for 'funeral duty' [Hillary Clinton, would be on his "short list".......]

Obama Wows at Journo Convention: 'He Touched Me!'

 

Seriousness Merges With Satire in Iconographic Obama News Coverage

[Howard]Kurtz: Is Journalism Giving One Candidate Twice the Coverage?

President of the World (Byron York opines)

But they have “global rights,” she insists.

What are “global rights”? I ask.

There’s no precise definition, but as far as I could tell, “global rights” appear to be American constitutional rights applied to the entire planet. It’s an astounding notion, given that American constitutional rights definitely do not apply across the entire planet — not even in places like, well, France.

Do you have “global rights,” I ask. Wha  We went round and round without reaching any agreement on much of anything. And then things went downhill a little farther when the talk turned to the subject of Obama and race. She told me that in France there isn’t the racial segregation one finds in the United States.

I have a friend in London, very Euro in outlook, who is terrifically frustrated and worried about the election.

His chief concern: the role of Americans. “It’s a pity that Americans are the ones who elect the president,” he says. “It would be much better if the people of the world voted on the American president.”

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FBI says at least 20,000 terrorists in America

 

Killing In The Name Of Islam Is Acceptable... The View Of One Third Of British Muslim Students

 

[UK] Muslim students back killing in the name of Islam

 

The Religion Of Peace

Hard at work bringing the message of Islam to the world.

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Here's a chronology of the major bomb blasts in India. It's easy to forget that India has been under seige from the Death Cult for a long time and with a lot of lives lost.

 

Sanctuary v. enforcement in neighboring counties: a natural experiment.

July 27, 2008 10:02 AM by see-dubya

Here’s what the social-science types might call a “natural experiment”: have one county take a hard line on illegal immigration. Have the adjacent county adopt a sanctuary policy. What happens to crime rates as a result?

First, let’s see what happens in sanctuary land (under the auspices of aspiring congressman Gerry Connolly):

So, pretty much what common sense tells you would happen, then.

While I’m still on the subject, do check out this AP Report of a Congressional hearing about the Postville raids. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is angry that ICE did its job in Postville, and the sob-story coverage is utterly infuriating:69 Comments "...don’t expect liberals to understand this. Much like they can’t get their heads around the statistics proving gun-control laws do not decrease crime, they’ll try to explain this away with equally specious logic."

"I’m at the point of giving up. ...people are stupid beyond comprehension, and it’s all out of fear of being labeled racist if they dare do anything to uphold federal law. I guess they don’t mind being labeled criminals though."

Funds for Highways Plummet As Drivers Cut Gasoline Use, (are tax hikes next?)

What a bunch of Maroons you guys turned out to be !

 

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Laughing at the Lightworker

July 25, 2008 09:20 AM by Michelle Malkin

What a breath of fresh air this Gerard Baker column is. Read and savor the whole thing98 Comments "...every Obama speech I’ve had the misfortune of hearing or reading has been nothing more than a pompous and self-indulgent string of platitudinous non-sequiturs. His wife is even worse. No wonder liberals like them."

 

Data point

An interesting thing happened while Barack Obama was on his worldwide “victory lap”. His fortunes began to fall in the Intrade prediction markets and lost momentum over the same period.

The Victory Lap time period

It may not have any real long term significance, but it is possible the trades capture short-term information arising from a period of intensive coverage of the candidate’s message, often in adulatory terms. But why didn’t BHO’s fortunes in the prediction markets climb? The latest trades should have incorporated the information from the early part of BHO’s overseas trip. It will be interesting to watch. I don’t think it tells us anything about how the election might go in November, other than that the current betting odds still favor Obama, but there might be a clue or two about what drivers are providing impetus — or not providing impetus — to BHO’s campaign. Read | (68) Comments

 

Triton’sPolarTiger said:

“I … have children young enough that I feel very invested in where this country is headed…. I’m steadily getting us prepared to beat feet outta here if the situation warrants. Don’t know what the triggering event would be - I guess I’ll know it when I see it.”

I’m also a father of young children and have similar concerns. I see no obvious solutions.

I would call the following triggering events:

1) Two or more large American cities getting nuked.
2) President B. Hussein declaring martial law and suspending the U.S. Constitution.

I haven’t yet figured out where I’d run to.
Maybe running isn’t the answer?

Don’t really know what to do… the problem is too hard…

However, staying put and doing nothing is NOT a correct response…(study the Soviet Gulag or the Nazi holocaust if you have doubts).

 

Top 10 things that creep me out about Obama

 

But can he make the trains run on time?

 

Chances Dim For Clinton As Obama V.P. - He Wants A messenger of Change In Washington

Oil Could Be McCain’s Issue (Swing States Are Open to Drilling)

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I've been an oilman my whole life, but ...

Has the time come for nuclear power? Yes: It's safe, clean, cost-effective

Islam Doesn't Distinguish Between American People, American Gov't–Both Infidels, At War with Islam

FOX NEWS SPECIAL ON HONOR KILLINGS EDITED FOR INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE

The FOX news special, Murder in the Family: Honor Killing in America.  was edited for the international audience. I received this from  a reader in Bray (Bray (Irish: Bré, formerly Brí Chulainn) is a town in northern County Wicklow, Ireland.)

Atlas reader Eretz captured the video: IF YOU MISSED YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE

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"Upper Midwest Politics - As Blue as the Great Lakes"

The Operative Term is 'Hubris'

 He has a seat on his campaign aircraft marked "president". He has taken a shot at creating his own presidential seal, complete with Latin motto. He has laid claim to personal control over the world's oceans and seas. He has repeatedly attempted to dictate how and on what level he, his ideas, and his activities may be discussed. He has encouraged a portrayal of himself as a messianic figure, including a portrait of himself as Christ, complete with halo.

Obama notes ‘tragic’ US past (Reparations?)

 

Love child and mistress claims rock former White House hopeful John Edwards

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Why the gas tax could go up (After the Election Expect an Increase in Fed Gas Taxes)

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U.S. Headed for 'Heightened Alert' Stage

1992: we changed Presidents

1993: America attacked (WTC bombing)

2000: we changed Presidents

2001: America attacked (WTC destroyed)

2008: we change Presidents

2009: anyone else see a pattern here?

Is Obama King Of All Media?

Mika: So What If 95% of Media Support Obama?

 

 

The Letter You Must Write: The Obama UN Giveaway -- $8000 from each American Family

 

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Has Deleveraging Even Begun? (Not For the Fainthearted)

Driving Less Means Less Gas Tax Revenue

 

Transportation Hit Tipping Point As Gasoline Breached $4 A Gallon

Developing oil shale is best choice

Beware your children: They might be 'Climate Cops'

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Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards 'Love Child' Story

Not 1, not 2, but 3 additional twists to the edwards "non-story" [!]

Barack Obama's Branch-y Family Tree

A Surprising Leak by the Obama Campaign?

When the prayer that Barack Obama inserted into the Western Wall was made public, I had an unworthy thought: the prayer sounded suspiciously as though it had been written for public consumption. For Obama, embarrassed by his association with Jeremiah Wright and increasingly tagged as arrogant, the prayer seemed to touch all the right bases, including a plea to "help me guard against pride." But any suggestion that Obama had planted the prayer with a view toward having it published seemed churlish.

Now, though, it is being alleged that this was just what happened. Ma'ariv, the paper that published the prayer, says that "Barack Obama's note was approved for publication in the international media even before he put in the Kotel, a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem." Ma'ariv's claim may have been backed up by Israel's most popular daily paper, Yediot Aharonot, which says that it too had a copy of the note but decided not to print it. It isn't clear, though, whether Yediot Aharonot got the note from the Obama campaign or after the fact, from the student who apparently removed it from the Wall.

It isn't yet clear what happened here, but it is fair to say that if anyone would leak a prayer, it is the all-politics-all-the-time Barack Obama.

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Why Do Europeans Love Obama?

"Why Do They Hate Us?"

It is a question that aches today in the heart of every liberal.

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A winning proposition

The conventional wisdom is that, as the economic downturn shifts the focus of the presidential debate back to domestic issues, the advantage goes to Obama. This view isn't entirely implausible, but it tends to be overstated by members of the liberal MSM who think that the Democrats have all the right answers domestically and have lost presidential elections only because of national security and cultural concerns.

The conventional wisdom notwithstanding, McCain already has gained the upper hand on one economic issue -- drilling for energy. In a slumping economy where consumers are paying $4 dollars for a gallon of gas, this may be the most important economic/domestic issue of the campaign, and McCain is on the popular side of it.

Now another domestic issue (though not mainly an economic one) favorable McCain may be emerging. Voters in Arizona, McCain's home state, will be voting on a proposition that would ban the state from preferring people on the basis of race. The proposition states:

The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.

McCain supports this proposition; Obama, I understand, opposes it on the grounds that it is "divisive."

McCain is on the popular side here, and it's not even close. The very "blue" states of California, Washington, and Michigan have all passed this resolution by sizeable majorities. Moreover, in 2000, a Pew Research Center poll found that only 13 percent of the public strongly or somewhat agreed with this statement: "Blacks should get hiring preference." Pew broke down the responses for those living in blue and red states and found no difference.

McCain, though, should not over-emphasize this issue. For one thing, it's not central to his thinking and to pretend otherwise might undermine his authenticity, perhaps his most valuable asset. For another, stridency on this issue might make McCain seem divisive, to use Obama's term. Independent and swing voters overwhelmingly side with McCain over Obama on this issue, but probably won't appreciate being bludgeoned with it especially given Obama's race. Though President Bush's squishiness on racial preferences bothered me greatly, I think it helped him politically because it softened his edges. Unlike Bush, McCain's moderate credentials are well-established, so he doesn't need to be squishy, just not overly aggressive.

But McCain shouldn't let the matter die either. The MSM can be counted on (1) to ignore the issue as much as possible (2) when discussing it, to obfuscate by casting the matter in terms of "affirmative action," not racial preferences and (3) if all else fails, to accuse McCain of playing the race card. Thus, McCain must focus on the wording of the specific proposition that Obama won't support: "The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting." This formulation commands overwhelming support, and Obama's attempt to finesse it by crying "divisiveness" is likely to reinforce his emerging image as wishy-washy and unwilling to stand on principle.

JOHN adds: You can only shake your head over liberal claims that it isn't "divisive" for government to engage in race discrimination, but it is "divisive" to point out that fact and stand up for equal treatment under the law.

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THE GREAT AMERICAN RACIAL DIVIDE

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ANWR: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This photo shows caribou at the existing drilling operation at Prudhoe Bay where we've been bringing up oil since the 1970s. They appear to be at peace with the oil operation.

Rush for Natural Gas Enriches Corner of the South(Haynesville Shale)

The Democrats' Energy Charade

Gun Rights and International Moral Consensus

 

 SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD! [ 1, 2, 3 ]

Illegal Alien Sob Story Of The Day

Tale Of Two (Sanctuary) Cities: Don't Re-Elect Their Mayors, Indict Them

Pull Up Our Anchors To Discourage Illegal Immigration

They Got The House For Free--And We STILL Have To Bail Them Out!

 We all know people like that. Heck, during my misspent youth I was a person like that. But that doesn’t fit the media’s narrative for the government bailout plan.

Virginia GOP Chairman calls for criminal investigation into voter fraud activities

Another front group for the left....

http://www.virginia-organizing.org/index.php

Hillary's PUMA supporters dissed by DNC

 

Obama's Naive Berlin Speech (Dennis Prager On How The Left Overlooks Evil Alert)

Isn’t it ugly the way Obama seems to feel compelled to say what he thinks people want to hear, rather than the truth?

And why is he kissing up to the Hun anyway? The world media certainly would have Obama as your next President, but perhaps fortunately Jerry and all the rest of us foreigners, don’t get to vote in your Election.

That was one weird trip he made, that’s for real. Missing out on the wounded vets in Germany was a colossally stupid move, because they at least get to vote.

Speculation here in New Zealand is that he was trying to drive home the comparisons between his fine self and JFK. Only the most superficial of people would fail to recognize that he ain’t no JFK on any level:

- Not a war hero
- Not a member of the Eastern Establishment
- Not a (known) womanizer
- Not articulate
- Not a Patriot (yeah, I’d say JFK qualified...)
- Not Irish
- Not Catholic
- Not the President of the United States (yet)

...the list could go on and on. I’d have more luck and a better chance passing myself off as Lynda Carter than ol’ Obama would have passing himself off as JFK.

That said, Obama *does* bear a striking resemblance to King Tut, right down to the ears...

America is about to elect its very first Pharaoh...

 DieHard the Hunter

Media bias won't win the presidency

GOP ready to link Obama to Reid, Pelosi (Heads Up Politico, he's already a no-drill Rat)

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I keep telling The Stupid Party:

It's the $4 gas, stupid.

Wait 'till winter comes.

The illegal alien invasion, and lurking Sharia, could be pivot issues, too, if the fools will wake up and get a spine.

Zell Miller called these "kitchen table issues"-- what real families really talk about at breakfast & dinner.

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Next stop: Reparations!

What should the House apologize for?

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 29, 2008 11:43 AM

Talk about warped priorities. The do-nothing/14 percent approval-rated Congress, led by Nancy the Navigator Pelosi, refuses to allow debate on drilling; the appropriations bills are in limbo, and judicial vacancies abound.

But hey, they’ve found time to take action on that all-important apology for slavery and Jim Crow laws:

The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow.

The nonbinding resolution, which is expected to pass, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.

While many states have apologized for slavery, it will be first time a branch of the federal government will apologize for slavery if the resolution passes, an aide to Cohen said.

By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the “injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow,” the period after slavery was abolished in which African-Americans were denied the right to vote and other civil liberties. The resolution states that “the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day.”

“African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow — long after both systems were formally abolished — through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity,” the resolution states.

Next stop: Reparations!

What a sorry lot.

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What should the House be truly sorry for? Leave your apology suggestions in comments or e-mail.

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Flashback: New Jersey apologizes for slavery

Flashback: Get out your reparations calculator.

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The only thing the african americans still suffer from is being treated like incompetent little children by the liberal democrats. They can apologize until they’re blue in the face, but no one in that godforsaken House is responsible for slavery any more than I am. Apologizing for the mistakes of past generations does nothing for the people living today.

 

Obama Lead Continues to Shrink (MSM in full panic!)

As Pelosi Tries to 'Save the Planet,' Republicans Criticize Offshore Drilling Ban

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Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S.

Clean-energy pipe dreams

My heating oil bill today was over $900 for 201 gallons of oil! Yikes!

 

Speculators Trying to Buy Control of Food Supply

 

Home-Price Declines Accelerate

 

(D.C.) State Board of Education Approves New Restrictive Homeschool Regulations

BREITBART: Hollywood Blacklist then and now (2nd try)

 

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Where Are the John Edwards Photos? (Enquirer has them. Wiil release at proper time)

What the "Experts" Don't Get About Obama's Low Poll Numbers.

“Errogant” made sense to me because it combines error and arrogant. Perfectly understood! How do we nominate this new word to be included in the dictionary?

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Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S.

Clean-energy pipe dreams

Nuclear Power Key To Containing Energy Costs

Howard Shaffer: For cheaper, more reliable energy, go nuclear

My heating oil bill today was over $900 for 201 gallons of oil! Yikes!

 

Speculators Trying to Buy Control of Food Supply

 

Home-Price Declines Accelerate

Is it becoming cool to mock the Greens? The bossy, self-righteous, and hypocritical ones, anyway.

 

A Country At Mercy Of Environmentalists

 

HE COULD BE RIGHT: "The era of carbon craziness is almost over."

 

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CORRUPTION, A LOOK AT FREDDIE MAC AND FANNIE MAE'S LARGESSE:

Not agreeing doesn’t make you hateful(Same Sex Marriage)

 You should see the comments section to this article.

The perverts are crawling out of their dens offended that anyone would support the California ballot amendment against same sex marriage.

Someone signing on calling themselves a Coach this or Coach that and support their right to live with another man and enjoy licking a chocolate lolly pop worries me greatly about them being around impressionable children.

It wasn't that long ago that the Gay and Lesbian groups said they just wanted to be left alone to enjoy their diverse lifestyles.

Now those same people are like those in San Fransicko who are brazenly pulling offensive In-Your-Face perversion.

Online Sellers Face New IRS Rules (Attn Paypal users)

Bill Requires eBay, Amazon, Google, and & Credit Card Companies to Report Transactions

We’ve got every purchase of allergy medicine being tracked to determine if you buy “too much.”

Don’t forget these meddlers have banned our asthma inhalers effective next year.

Where Are the John Edwards Photos? (Enquirer has them. Wiil release at proper time)

What the "Experts" Don't Get About Obama's Low Poll Numbers.

“Errogant” made sense to me because it combines error and arrogant. Perfectly understood! How do we nominate this new word to be included in the dictionary?

 

Flirting with reparations?

  Have you noticed the footwork?

SEN. BARACK OBAMA: You know, I have said in the past, and I’ll repeat again, that the ...

Since he has no principles other than wanting to win and dominate all of us, and therefore needs to avoid getting caught in contradicting earlier statements that he can't remember, he starts many responses with this attempted preemptive phraseology.

Obama says he'll order review of executive orders

So, he thinks he is already the President?

 

Obama's Global Tax

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Domestic Energy Access

Are You Ready For $6.00 a Gallon Gas?

Pelosi Dodges Drilling Question; Blames Bush for Economic Downturn

McDonald's profits help fund naked homosex-fest

Report: Black U.S. AIDS rates rival some African nations

In the black community, which is my community (or half my community lol) there’s a phenomenon of men who sleep with men who pretend that they are not gay and sleep with women. It’s called ‘living on the down low’ and it is reprehensible. Its how AIDS has come to be spread. Black people need to stop blaming white america for everything, and take responsibility for themselves.

 

Hopium helps you forget several unpleasant facts

President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour

Obama: Amnesty for all "law abiding" illegal immigrants

JOHN EDWARDS' HU$H MONEY TO MISTRESS

Yup, the Enquirer actually has people out in the field being paid to do investigative reporting.

It’s a foreign concept to many in the LSM these days. All they do is regurgitate the news re: an Obama photo op. They call that journalism these days.

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McCain talks energy

 For years, Democrats have hit President Bush for being too isolated. But as Obama campaigns Oz-like from behind a curtain of advisers, McCain mixes it up in public on a regular basis. You don't hear Democrats complaining about isolated politicians any more.

 

How Much Time does the U.S. Have?

Shhh! It’s The John Edwards Sex Scandal

Beware your children: They might be 'Climate Cops' (Obama Youth Corps Alert)

Boortz: THE RACISM OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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Bush - All Democrats have to do is allow a vote,they should not leave Washington without doing so.

Americans favor offshore drilling (69% want drilling)

 

Jihadist cells urged to kill Canadians

State job is not to redefine marriage (Orson Scott Card)

 What these dictator-judges do not seem to understand is that their authority extends only as far as people choose to obey them.

 

Houston doctors say they may have found a way to destroy HIV...

 

Reps. Tanner and Dingell seek to strike deal with NRA

 Watch the NRA f*** this up just like every other piece of legislation they've ever gotten near.

And they'll tell us it was for our own good.

Then they'll send the fundraising letters warning us about Dingell yet again.

The NRA has spent way too much time on K Street....

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Knife dealers in Scotland will need a licence under plans to tackle blade culture

Widow hands in ancient razors due to gang fears[UK]

North American Union: The dream 'is dead'

Enviroleft Redoubles Efforts To Bury Greenlanders Under Ice

And it's not the worst of their troubles...

Anyway: the words on the effigy read: "Mohammed: Pedophile Highwayman"

What brought this on, you ask?

Many Greenland families have been harassed out of the Gellerup-park near Aarhus. They have been verbally abused, threatened and spat on [by Muslims], they have been forced to give up celebrating their national day, and have had to abandon their Sunday football. One of them was even killed with a screwdriver. This is one of the worst cases of racism in Denmark, since the Nazi occupation.

However, no one has responded. Where is the press outcry? Had it been Muslims, the media would have placed it on the front page and on prime-time news broadcasting every day for a whole month.

Where are the politicians? Where are the politicians? The SF-Unit and the Radicals have ignored it, and where are the anti-racists DEMOS and ANTIFA, they are in fact not anti-racist, but Muslim collaborators – it would seem. There is silence across the board. Why?

Hmmm, sounds SO familiar for some reason, and I don't just mean "Kosovo"...

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FYI, for what little it's worth:

John McCain's Military Record in Question

Birth Certificate: Obama, Soetoro or Dunham

Obama: "I Have Become a Symbol"

Source: John Edwards Buying Rielle Hunter Silence

WHERE IS OUR LEADERSHIP?!? What happened to the Republican Party?

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Plants Need To Sub Natgas With Nuclear

IBD Editorials ^

 

POLL: Most Americans Want Offshore Drilling.

Poll: Most Californians approve of offshore oil drilling

Pelosi's Planet

The Reality Revolt  Democrats are rebelling against their leadership and joining with Republicans to push for more domestic oil drilling. They've gotten an earful from voters who demand real solutions.

Gallup: Presidential Race Tightens. Is there a connection?

SOME THOUGHTS ON MARKETING and green conundrums.

Plus, is green mass transit a myth? "A full bus or trainload of people is more efficient than private cars, sometimes quite a bit more so. But transit systems never consist of nothing but full vehicles. . . . Transit vehicles also tend to stop and start a lot, which eats a lot of energy, even with regenerative braking. And most transit vehicles are just plain heavy, and not very aerodynamic. Indeed, you'll see tables in the DoE reports that show that over the past 30 years, private cars have gotten 30% more efficient, while buses have gotten 60% less efficient and trains about 25% worse. The market and government regulations have driven efforts to make cars more efficient, while transit vehicles have actually worsened."

Congressional Feminists Resurrect "Comparable Worth" Legislation

Bush Signs Historic Global AIDS Bill God, help us...

 Fighting Back in Tulsa -- In recent years CAIR and the various other American front groups for the Muslim Brotherhood have instituted a practice commonly known as “lawfare”.

 

McDonalds Homosexual Advocacy Increases -- make copies of the pictures of the Parade they sponsored and post them at all McDonald's restaurants. it would be interesting to watch them explaining the pics to angry mothers.

Jamie Gorelick's Cloudy Memory (mega clintonista wall gag alert)

 Remember this?

Able Danger, 9-11 Report, Gorelick, and so much more...

Click the picture...

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Anarchists Want $50M To Lay Off DNC

July 30th, 2008

From the (Denver) Rocky Mountain News:

Anarchists offer DNC deal to Denver

They’ll go away if $50 million goes to community

By Daniel J. Chacon

A group of self-described anarchists threatening to disrupt the Democratic National Convention is promising to go away if the $50 million federal grant that Denver received to pay for convention security is invested in the community instead.

“As anarchists, we feel the greatest problem with government is how its primary interest is to protect the profits of those in power, even when it comes at the expense of the general public,” Clayton Dewey, an organizer with Unconventional Denver, said in a statement.

“Spending $50 million on weaponry to attack people voicing their opinion and flooding the streets with riot police while schools close down, children go without health care and people lose their homes is exactly the problem with the corrupt two-party system we’re opposing this August,” he said.

Lindy Eichenbaum Lent, a senior adviser to Mayor John Hickenlooper, said the grant is needed to protect the public, including protesters.

“Congress appropriated these security-designated funds to both convention host cities because, in a post- 9/11 world, planning for major national events like this requires heightened security preparations,” she said. “It is in the interest of local residents, businesses and visitors, including those participating in demonstrations, to have a safe and secure event.”

Denver officials said last week they expect to spend more than $18 million on police equipment for the DNC, but the purchases won’t include high-tech weapons that use sonic waves to incapacitate protesters or “goo” guns to immobilize them.

Unconventional Denver is the local organizing body of a national network of anarchists mobilizing against the DNC, said Tim Simons, another organizer.

Simons said the group’s offer to sit out the convention if the city, the federal government and the DNC all agree to “redirect” the $50 million to things such as health care, education and housing is not a publicity stunt.

“We understand that it’s far-fetched, but it’s a sincere offer,” he said…

This is different from terrorism how? Or from a mafia shakedown?

Just imagine the outrage from our media if rightwingers ever tried something like this? (Of course you first have to imagine that the rightwing would even have militants.)

But something tells me these heroes are putting out these feelers because they are afraid they aren’t going to get the turnout they had hoped for.

(Thanks to the ever watchful BillK for the heads up.)

5 Comments » "These morons don’t really want to LIVE in anarchy, they want to CREATE anarchy, because they HATE you. You are prosperous and well-adjusted. They are rich and psychotic/ psychopathic."

 

DANA MILBANK FINDS OBAMA PRESUMPTUOUS: President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour:

Along the way, he traveled in a bubble more insulating than the actual president's. Traffic was shut down for him as he zoomed about town in a long, presidential-style motorcade, while the public and most of the press were kept in the dark about his activities, which included a fundraiser at the Mayflower where donors paid $10,000 or more to have photos taken with him. His schedule for the day, announced Monday night, would have made Dick Cheney envious. . . . As he marches toward Inauguration Day (Election Day is but a milestone on that path), Obama's biggest challenger may not be Republican John McCain but rather his own hubris. . . . On his presidential-style visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem last week, Obama left a written prayer, intercepted by an Israeli newspaper, asking God to 'help me guard against pride and despair.' He seems to have the despair part under control, but the pride could be a problem.

Well, when you're getting standing ovations from journalists, it's easy to see how it might go to your head. He's clearly the landslide favorite of the Media Wing of the Democratic Party, and they have a loud voice. And a consistent one.

Related item here: "In his closed door meeting with House Democrats Tuesday night, presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama delivered a real zinger, according to a witness, suggesting that he was beginning to believe his own hype."

SF Chron columnist: Obama’s the first “Asian-American” president

July 30, 2008 06:43 PM by Michelle Malkin

File under “What the…?” A San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Jeff Yang, muses that Barack Obama may be the “first Asian-American” president. Why? Because he lived in Hawaii and Indonesia, has relatives who are Asian-American, and has Asian-American staffers.

This guy makes Toni Morrison look sane:

If all that proximity to Asian-Americans makes Obama the first “Asian-American” president, then I’m a liberal black blogger! After all, I’ve lived and worked on the Left Coast in Los Angeles and Seattle and then in D.C./Baltimore over the past 15 years, and have been mistaken more than once for black.

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"Give them some slack,liberals can’t help themselves. They cannot resist ethnic identity politics even if they have to stretch some way to make “TheObama” a member of their little ethnic group.

TheObama Knows All. TheObama Sees All. TheObama Will Provide Meaning To Your Life. Accept TheObama."

'The Obamessiah is all things to all moonbats.'

 

Things that chap my ass - an ongoing series [Darleen Click]

One could almost hear the audible hissing over McCain’s ad questioning O!’s unseriousness over drilling while O! continues his Great Pretender tour, yet O! turns around and continues to insult the intelligence of those not completely in his thrall:

“We could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could save just as much.”

Oh goody. Let’s all welcome the Pressure Police.

But let’s give credit where it is due when it comes to the Don’t Drill Dems. While Queen Nan continues to bitterly cling to her gavel as the number of days until recess wane (and isn’t it apropos that we call the break this gang of juveniles take “recess”?), DDD’s did get around to passing something. Oh looky, [another] unbinding House Resolution apologizing for slavery. Something so obviously contrived would usually get a yawn from me. It’s right up there with declarations of recognizing Pioneer Prarie Dog Days in Weararewhee, ND, save for a quick perusal of the text of the resolution contains this jaw-dropping mendacity:

Whereas slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude known in history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate objects or animals;

Excuse me? Excuse me? I mean there is more incredulous crappola in that resolution, but that has to be the shiniest bowel movement of the smelly lot.

Back to related idiocy from Acting President Barry

“I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged.”

Excuse me while I go disembowel a Prostatot Build-a-Bear …but Jaysus on a Pony … Is there some Civil War Denier movement out there I didn’t hear about? Have all the chapters about [black] slavery, Trail of Tears and Japanese internment in school textbooks across this country been ripped out? Books on the subject ripped from libraries? Is there some great Suppress The Tragic Elements of Amerikkkan History conspiracy?

We are poised to see elected a man who says

Logan: Do you have any doubts?

Obama: Never.

Never.any.doubts.

We may, friend, be truly effed.

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He WAS Listening to Reverned Wright All Those Years -- and the Chicken Has Come Home to Roost

Political Prisms (Our domestic Cold War)

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House Democrats Vote, Say Screw Americans, & Time For Vacation - A Call To Action

To Drill or Not to Drill?

 

 

The Tools of Free Men

Oil is the fuel of free nations, guns and speech the tools of free men.

Giving 'Em Heller--There is a fine crop of brilliant young conservatives waiting in the wings. We just need to keep the socialists at bay for a little while longer to give them a chance to lead the USA.

I think the ageing ‘60s Left knows this, and that is why they are betting the house on little Barry to save their bacon. If he gets in, the Left intends to stay in power for the next 50 years, and the “change” we get will be an openly Socialist America. The Right, once again, will have managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Stop "Comparable Worth" Bill

"What will really suck about this is if men’s salaries get REDUCED because of this stupid proposal."

Why the use of the word "if"? The only possible outcome is a reduction in the pay of men, that's how "equalization" works unless every industry & business in the country instantly turns more profitable and they all decide to use the difference for salaries rather than dividends or reinvestment.

There is little doubt this bill will in fact lower the salaries and pay of men in the workforce.

Socialists are always too narrow minded (and stupid?) to see the big picture results of their plans.

Check, Please (Obama Plans Reparations for Slavery)

I agree with him. We should give a check to every former slave and we should tax all former Confederate soldiers for it.

Barack Obama`s 10 Point Plan to "Change" The Second Amendment

 

Obama, the Savior?

 

Obama Says Wild Bill (Hussein?) Hickok Was His Cousin

Cracks Emerging in MSM Wall of Silence on John Edwards Scandal

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*Breaking* Obama Hides Indonesian Identity: Fake Birth Certificate Explained

Summary of Obama’s Deception

Barack Obama has misled and deceived the American public about his dual identity, dual citizenship, religious background, and birth records.

He was, and possibly still is, a citizen of Indonesia.

Contrary to Obama’s public statements that he’s “always been a Christian” Obama was at one time a Muslim.

His Hawaiian Birth Certificate reveals the legal name Barry Soetoro. His original Birth Certificate, with the name Barack H. Obama, was sealed.

(video) Leave Barak Obama alone, please!(Obama supporters' response to McCain's ads, Hilarious!!!)

Where did BO's mojo go?

[backhoe]

Not Even At $10 A Gallon?

Charles Krauthammer: Drilling and Blissful Ignorance

Pelosi's Moratorium Puts Planet At Risk ( Charles Krauthammer )

Lift The Offshore Drilling Ban Before Congress’ Summer Recess

How we know immigration enforcement is working–Part I

August 1, 2008 12:20 AM by see-dubya

The independent (but pro-enforcement) Center for Immigration Studies estimates an eleven percent drop in the number of illegal aliens in America from last August to this May.9 Comments "...too little, too late. The next administration won’t follow through. Bush should have tried this about 6-7 years ago..."

 

URBAN AMERICA: A political monoculture:

Today, America’s urban areas have evolved into a political monoculture that increasingly resembles the “solid South” that provided a base for Democrats from the late 19th century to the 1960s. Since 1972, the year of the Nixon landslide, the Democratic share has grown 20 percent or more in most of the largest urban counties. . . .

Race and income levels do not explain the emerging urban mono­culture, because the cause lies elsewhere: in the evolution of cities over the past four decades. The shift began in the late 1960s, when urban regions, from financial centers such as New York and Chicago to old industrial cities such as Detroit and Cleveland, began to suffer a massive exodus of predominantly white, middle-class residents.

Read the whole thing. (Via Newsalert).

 

DAMSELS OF DEATH.

 

Brutality

Background *

"On Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves" by Dave Grossman

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"What really annoyed me is that every single news outlet I've heard, after they first describe the unfortunate occurance, immediately launch into the ol' predictable, utterly dumb "What can we do do make buses safer?"/"Are buses safe enough?"/"Are bus companies doing enough to make sure their passengers are safe?..." etc. etc. etc."

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Obama’s Racism Card - The charge against the McCain campaign is a flat-out smear

ACORN Watch: New whistleblower affidavits

July 31, 2008 04:20 PM by Michelle Malkin

The Consumers Rights League continues to expose the shady dealings of Barack Obama’s old friends at ACORN. And we’ll continue to keep the spotlight on them.

It’s your money!

Details from CRL:

The new affidavits are here and here from former ACORN employees who detail the shared funding between ACORN and AHC.

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Meanwhile, ACORN’s busy bullying mortgage firms in Arizona.

Just a reminder: You can thank President Bush for putting more public tax dollars in ACORN’s coffers. As I reported before, there’s $230 million in “mortgage counseling” money in the housing bill Bush signed this week that will go to ACORN and other left-wing groups.

Thanks for nothing, President Bush.16 Comments  "I sat in on a meeting where a BofA rep was telling people how to defraud the Feds to get ACORN loans. “The income level for your household can’t be over XX, so don’t include any income over that. They don’t check. This is a snap.” It was remarkable, and troubling."

Can see some of ACORN at work on video at my site

 

ANDREW MALCOLM: Where did Obama's Mojo Go?

Something's going on. Or some things.

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll out Wednesday shows that despite nine solid days of blanket media coverage from overseas with Barack Obama cheered by adoring throngs of Germans and parlez-vousing with the French, making a three-point shot in the Middle East and standing outside No. 10 Downing Street, the freshman Illinois Democratic presidential nominee to be Senator Barack Obama of Illinois stayed static in the polls despite his well-covered long foreign tripsenator is stuck right where he was in the polls before he left.

Read the whole thing.

“Some say that America’s evovling attitudes about race has allowed [Barack Obama] to be the first black Presidential nominee of a major party. That and the fact Colin Powell decided not to run eight years ago.”
Newbusted, about 40 seconds in.

"a Hopenchange presidency"

LEAVE BARACK ALONE! (video)
(WARNING: SOME OFFENSIVE “F-WORD”-variety LANGUAGE)

Barack Obama is afraid of himself

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 31, 2008 11:05 AM

Update: Obama now says he wasn’t race-baiting with his dollar bill comments. Horse-hockey!

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How moronic is Barack Obama’s latest, bogus whine about Republicans emphasizing his funny name and how “different” he looks from other American presidents to gin up fear?

Well, look who’s afraid of himself. This comes not from the GOP. Not from conservative talk radio. Not from John McCain, who has been too busy calling members of his own party racist for challenging the Obamessiah.

No, this comes from the Senate website of…Barack Obama:

I remember when I first ran for the state Senate - my very first race. A seat had opened up, and some friends asked me if I’d be interested in running. Well, I thought about it, and then I did what every wise man does when faced with a difficult decision: I prayed, and I asked my wife.

And after consulting with these higher powers, I threw my hat in the ring and I did what every person on a campaign does - I talked to anyone who’d listen.

I went to bake sales and barber shops and if there were two guys standing on the corner I’d pull up and hand them literature. And everywhere I went I’d get two questions:

First, they’d ask, “Where’d you get that funny name, Barack Obama?” Because people just couldn’t pronounce it. They’d call me “Alabama,” or they’d call me “Yo Mama.” And I’d have to explain that I got the name from my father, who was from Kenya.

As for how “different” Obama looks, here is another “attack” on his looks. Not from the GOP. Not from conservative talk radio. Not from John McCain.

It’s from Barack Obama in Berlin last week, via LGF:

“I know that I don’t look like the other Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city.”

Self-fear-mongerer Barack Obama: Afraid of himself.

Stop the hate! End the fear!

It’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Oh, wait. That’s racist.

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Reviews of Obama’s latest victim card stunt…

Jake Tapper: “Pretty inflammatory.”

Yeah, and defamatory.

Allahpundit: Defibrillating a desperate narrative.

Peter Kirsanow: “If the GOP really wanted to scare voters they would simply threaten to replay all of Sen. Obama’s insufferable statements, accumulating rapidly by the hour.”

Instapundit: Gaffe-o-matic!

Flashback: Ed Morrissey called out Obama’s race card strategy last month.

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"I understand the fear issue….it’s if you don’t vote for me because I have a funny name and I am half black then you are a racist. So fear and guilt is what he is going after and there are so many who will fall for this."

Or, this from Obama himself on the trail in Missouri that I mentioned on another thread..

“Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they’re going to try to do is make you scared of me,” Obama said. “You know, he’s not patriotic enough, he’s got a funny name, you know, he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”

As far as I know, Washington is the only president on the $1 bill, at least on the currency I use.

"The more I hear this guy speak, the clearer it becomes that he is simply a putz.

He is like a spoiled child who has never been told “NO”

In November, if he loses, we are likely to be witness to a temper tantrum of epic proportions."

You do remember Obama did threaten “quiet riots” in a race-filled diatribe just last year?

Obama: Bush Ignoring Blacks’ “Quiet Riot”

Here is great article that Michelle linked to on “buzzworthy.” It shows the utter lack of historical knowledge that even a middle school student should have. . .but Obama doesn’t when he complains about all the “presidents” on dollars who have had “decades” of Washington experience.

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2008/07/obama_dont_know.html

Barack Hussein Obama has the lack of knowledge of American history that you would expect any foreigner to have. A foreigner should not be the president of America.

Obama removes his mask

It's not even quite August yet and he's still ahead in the polls, but Barack Obama has played the race card, claiming that he expects Republicans to inject race into the campaign. In Missouri, he told a crowd:

Nobody [ed: nobody?] thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, 'he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name,' you know, 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

The Obama campaign denied that the comment about "presidents on the dollar bills" was a reference to race. It claimed that Obama was referring to the fact that "he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington." But, of course, neither did the presidents on the dollar bills (Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant). Thus, the campaign's spin does not pass the straight face test.

Moreover, a month ago, Obama explicitly claimed, without evidence, that the Republicans will attack him on racial grounds:

The choice is clear. Most of all we can choose between hope and fear. It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy. We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid. They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?

It seems clear, therefore, that the race card has become a permanent part of Obama's hand, a wild card to be played whenever the spirit, or the circumstances, so moves him

What does Obama's latest play tell us about the current circumstances? I think it tells us that, despite Obama's presidential preening, he senses he may be in trouble. The "world tour" bounce appears to have been a short-hop only, and his pretentiousness and arrogance are beginning to grate even on some in the MSM. The McCain campaign is ridiculing Obama as a celebrity and little more. There's enough truth in this suggestion to make the candidate uncomfortable. He doesn't feel he can ignore the attack, but he also cannot respond with "I am too a man of substance who deserves my celebrity." Hence the whining; hence the race card.

Shelby Steele has divided African-American public figures into two categories: bargainers and challengers. Bargainers state, in effect, “I will presume that you're not a racist and by loving me you'll show that my presumption is correct.” Challengers say, in effect, that whites are racist until they prove otherwise by conferring tangible benefits on them. Oprah is a bargainer; so was Louis Armstrong. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are challengers.

Barack Obama made his political breakthrough as a bargainer. By constantly referring to the national yearning (including, he said, by many Republicans) to "come together" as blacks and whites, Obama presumed we are not racists. His reward was an almost magical appeal to broad portions of the electorate.

However, Steele (who believes that bargainers are masking their real, more subtle, view of whites) predicted that Obama would not be able to maintain his bargainer status. That prophecy began to come true when the tapes of Rev. Wright surfaced. Now, as Obama feels the heat of the campaign, he continues his transformation to challenger. In Steele's terms, he no longer offers us the assurances, required of bargainers, that he knows we’re not racists; we now have to prove it to him. Having issued this challenge, Obama can no longer receive our unconditional love.

Of course, Obama doesn't need our unconditional love; he just needs 50 percent plus one of the vote. Straining to get to that number, his mask is coming off, probably to his detriment.

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Posted by Paul at 2:43 PM | Permalink "Take a good look at the real Barak Obama.  The public has had no real glimpse of the man behind the carefully crafted mask that has served as a useful façade to conceal the substance of the man.  Obama the candidate is a synthetic public edifice designed for the sole purpose of attracting votes."

 

"Obama wants to continue pushing this, as some others have, that if you don’t vote for him, or you question him, you are a racist. We have not seen the end of this racist crap out of his mouth, or from others. The race card seems to be of the few things he can actually say without, without a teleprompter, and not stutter. He must have been using the same card for years now. He has it memorized."

 

Reparations Rising

Hard To Swallow

 Why act surprised by this? As conservatives, we have made the single biggest mistake it is possible to make to continue our societal mores: the education of our youth. As Buckley noted so many decades ago, we conservatives have willingly retreated from the field of education allowing enemies to our way of life to take over. If not willingly, then by blind neglect. Our schools are almost universally the bastion of the socialist, anti-American left and we’ve done nothing about it.

We have allowed these enemies of America to take over the education of our children from the lowest to the highest levels. Hence, our schools constantly kick out kids wholly unfamiliar with our history, our culture, our civics, and our philosophies and imbued with replacements wholly situated against our nation.

Then we cry that we are being voted out of existence by an electorate hostile to our views? Gee, I wonder why?

Exclusive: Indoctrination in Public Schools Leads to Rise in Home Schooling

No Father for Edwards' Supposed Child (Birth Certificate)

World sees Obama as symbol of change

I'm sure they do. They're hoping the U.S. changes from strong to weak. ...from leader to follower. ...from a fighter of Islamofascism to an appeaser. And they know a B-HO Presidency would serve those purposes.

Victor Davis Hanson: "Issues" or "Reparations"?

Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama

A must-know for conservatives-- remember Ms Burleigh?

”Most media hawks remember when Nina Burleigh offered to put on 'knee pads' for Bill Clinton's support of abortion. She went even further than that. “ ...American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads on to show their gratitude for keeping the theocracy off our backs." -- Nina Burleigh

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Video: Dems won’t act even at $10 per gallon

Pelosi's Energy Stonewall (Oil up $3 a barrel, gas up 9 cents a gallon. Thank a Democrat)

Until the U.S. opens offshore oil drilling, it will be seen as the world's worst energy hypocrite

Mechanics see ethanol damage small engines (Thank your Government)

The Spoiled Children of CapitalismNotes of a gun show debutante

 As a resident of New Jersey, I live in a place with almost total gun control too. I wrote a little thing about NJ gun Shows (they don't have any) and compared it to a Pennsylvania gun show which is thankfully still close enough to reach.

Another Gun Show Perspective

WHO'S FUELING THE GREEN MOVEMENT?

Hillary Clinton asks not to be nominated at Democratic National Convention

Thinking the Unthinkable . . . Obama Loses

Obama Wants You (For Universal Voluntary Public Service aka national involuntary servitude)

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Check out Praise The One…

Floor revolt: No vacation for House Republicans; GOP calls for special session on gas prices; Pence: “Prepared to stay here as long as we can.”

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 1, 2008 12:37 PM

Scroll for updates…2:00pm Eastern. 40 GOP congressmen come to the floor. Pence: “We’re prepared to stay here as long as we can”…Live Twitter updates from Rep. John Culberson! “Min Whip Blunt speaking now describing our bill to drill here drill now to get us through the next 10 to 15 years till we can get new tech…12 minutes ago from TwitterBerry…We are speaking without microphones - as though it were 1908 - acoustics of House chamber are good and gallery and you can hear us…Video here…

Just got this heads up from a Hill staffer. The Democrats may have gone on vacation, but House Republicans are on the floor today, working on behalf of taxpayers to push energy proposals forward. Nancy Pelosi, meanwhile, is busy hawking her miserably performing book–currently 1,726 on Amazon.com:

From: Stipicevic, John
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: WHIP FLOOR UPDATE

Although, this Democrat Majority just Adjourned for the Democrat 5-Week Vacation, House Republicans are continuing to fight on the House Floor. Although the lights, mics and C-SPAN camera’s have been turned off, House Republicans are on the Floor speaking to the taxpayers in the gallery who, not surprisingly, agree with Republican Energy proposals.

All Republicans who are in town are encouraged to come to the House Floor.

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Update: From the Republican Study Committee, a call for President Bush to convene a special session on gas prices.

Just do it!

Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee (RSC), and Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), former Chairman of RSC, today urged President Bush to call for a special session of Congress after the House adjourned without allowing a vote on comprehensive legislation to develop more American energy and help the millions of Americans currently feeling pain at the gas pump.

The text of their letter is below:

The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President,

The House of Representatives has not taken a vote since January 2007 that would expand domestic energy production. All the while, Americans are hurting. Every time they go to fill up their cars, trucks or tractors they feel the pain at the pump. High gas prices are harming the vitality of our families, the elderly, small businesses, and family farms. Each and every American is affected.

Today the Democrat controlled Congress adjourned for a five-week vacation without taking a vote on bipartisan measures that would lessen our dependence on foreign oil by allowing more domestic drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf. In fact, they adjourned without even allowing time for debate on the subject of drilling.

On July 14, 2008, you took the strong action of lifting the executive order that had banned offshore drilling. In so doing, you said that allowing offshore oil drilling is “one of the most important steps we can take” to reduce the burden of high gas prices. Now, all it would take is an act of Congress for that drilling to begin.

Since Speaker Pelosi has decided not to keep the House in session to allow this vote to take place, we urge you to use the power vested in you by the Constitution to convene an immediate energy special session of Congress. Under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, you have the power ‘on extraordinary occasions’ to convene the Congress.

We believe that the energy emergency that has increased the pain felt by Americans when they purchase $4 per gallon gasoline is an extraordinary occasion. We urge you to immediately bring the Congress back into session to do its job and give the bipartisan, pro-drilling majority a vote.

Thank you for your consideration of our request.

Update. 2:00pm Eastern From GOP House leader John Boehner’s office…

In a dramatic revolt against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) refusal to allow Congress to vote on legislation to increase American-made energy and lower gas prices, House Republicans today refused to leave the House floor after Speaker Pelosi adjourned the House for the five-week August break, staying in the chamber to speak directly to Americans watching the historic event unfold above the floor in the House gallery. Even after lights, cameras, and microphones in the chamber were turned off, House Republicans were undeterred, continuing to make speech after speech demanding that Speaker Pelosi listen to the calls of the American people – including those coming from whistling, applauding, and cheering Americans sitting in the gallery – for more environmentally-responsible drilling for oil and gas here at home to reduce the price at the pump. Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) defied the Democratic majority by providing live updates on the protest via Twitter directly from the House floor.

Members participating in the spontaneous uprising included Reps. Roy Blunt, John Boehner, Michael Burgess, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, Shelly Moore Capito, John Carter, Mike Conaway, John Culberson, Charlie Dent, Jeff Fortenberry, Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert, Pete Hoekstra, Duncan Hunter, Thaddeus McCotter, Mike Pence, Tom Price, Ted Poe, Adam Putnam, Bill Sali, John Shadegg, John Shimkus, Tim Walberg, and Lynn Westmoreland.

The protest came just minutes after House Republican leaders delivered a letter to Speaker Pelosi demanding that she call the House back into emergency session this month to deal with America’s ever-worsening energy crisis.

Leadership. Finally.

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Maybe the Republicans should bring in cots a la Dingy Harry Reid. Jim Hoft says bring ‘em candles. I love it.

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[backhoe]

Video of GOP revolt in the House Right now

 

[tpanther]

personally, I think the way to go is just as it’s playing out.

If the President called a special session, the media would just squeal he’s playing politics. Just as they’re no doubt thinking Republicans are right now.

As it is, hopefully, the Republicans will keep this going ala Mr. Smith, sooner or later at least Fox will show up there with cameras.

Let the hypocrats go on vacation and cut their own stupid throats with the American people, frankly they’re on vacation when they’re taking up space in D.C. anyway!

And hopefully we’ll get some footage of them leaving huge carbon footprints every where they go on vacation in the meanwhile!