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The nature of this peculiar primary season – the reason it seems at odds with both the 2009-2010 political narrative and the seriousness of the times – was determined by Mitt Romney. Even if you don’t mind RomneyCare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there’s a more basic problem: He’s not a natural campaigner, and on the stump he instinctively recoils from any personal connection with the voters. So, in compensation, he’s bought himself a bunch of A-list advisors and a lavish campaign. He is, as he likes to say, the only candidate with experience in the...

Want to consider something for a change, rather than simply accept mass advertized "free trade" propaganda from Walmart during this season, to be buying crap made in China?

OK we're not allowed to source to Bloomberg, but this one is worth alluding to, just with a few facts: America and the commie Chinese began "trade talks" today. That means, America once again gives crap away, with nothing in return. The "trade talks" (which mean America gives crap away, with nothing in return) are being held in the commie Chinese city of Chengdu; ironically in a hotel with a clothing store named "Amornini". Which features, according to the article summarized for this thread: "a bird logo that closely resembles that of the Milan-based Giorgio Armani SpA fashion house. "...

By Andy Xie 10.14.2011 14:52 Underground Rumblings, then a Financial Quake Private, real economic activities are on shaky ground as high-rate loans, speculation and the state sector surge A real business does not go bankrupt simply because it can't borrow money. But a money-burning speculator does. This fact explains why it's wrong to blame the recent wave of private company bankruptcies in Wenzhou on China's monetary tightening and credit squeeze. The real story is that the companies speculated with borrowed money, and lost. Excessive monetary expansion from 2008-'10 rewarded speculation through asset inflation. The Chinese government's economic stimulus, launched in...

School board's motion to dismiss...denied! "The controversy from Cinco de Mayo 2010 at Live Oak High School that spurred a federal civil rights lawsuit by the parents of three students who were asked to turn their American T-shirts inside-out or leave school is moving through the federal judicial system after Federal Judge James Ware issued his decision Thursday." This means that the case will continue and the judge recognizes that it is a First Amendment issue, which the school denies.

Just a modest request please: As you see what's happening to America. Lost jobs. Lost power. Lost capability. Lost national wealth. Lost budgets. Lost national unity. Lost American purpose.

It is time to face up to the elephant in the living room, which for some reason conservative Americans are desperately determined to ignore. "Free trade" is destroying America. A generation ago, America was the world's preeminent power. We led the world in manufacturing. Technology. Space. Innovation. In every way, America was the best. In a single generation, we have squandered that heritage, and now are deeply in debt to a communist nation which just one generation ago - rode only bicycles. WTF will it take, to wake Americans (particularly conservative Americans, who should know better) up to the very...

For far too long, American conservatives have become accustomed to "blaming" the destruction of American jobs (rightfully) on unions and lawyers. It's all true, but while it's true - America is falling apart. Blaming those who caused the problem won't prevent the destruction of our great nation.

We are told by careful pollsters that half of the American people believe that American troops should be brought home from Iraq immediately. This news discourages supporters of our efforts there. Not me, though: I am relieved. Given press coverage of our efforts in Iraq, I am surprised that 90 percent of the public do not want us out right now. Between January 1 and September 30, 2005, nearly 1,400 stories appeared on the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news. More than half focused on the costs and problems of the war, four times as many as those that discussed...

John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, announced today he is considering a bid for U.S. president in 2012. It was his first direct response to months of Internet speculation that he may join the next presidential race. Bolton was speaking to WND senior reporter Aaron Klein on the latter's investigative radio show on WABC in New York. "Yes, I am considering it," Bolton said when asked if he is considering a 2012 presidential run. "I am very concerned about the direction of national security policy." Continued Bolton: "I am concerned that we hardly talk about it...

I am posting this announcement with Jim Thompson's blessing and support.Patriotic Americans all across the nation are being called on to 'flaunt the American flag' on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by wearing patriotic-themed clothing such as American flag style shirts, blouses, ties or jackets; American flag lapel pins or brooches; and by displaying the American flag at home, on your car or at your desk at work. You can even carry an American flag with you as you make your rounds on Wednesday and really flaunt that flag!This is being done as a show of support for the American families...

As the academic year winds down, Creighton School Principal Rosemary Agneessens faces a wrenching decision: what to do with veteran teachers whom the state education department says don't speak English well enough. The Arizona Department of Education recently began telling school districts that teachers whose spoken English it deems to be heavily accented or ungrammatical must be removed from classes for students still learning English. State education officials say the move is intended to ensure that students with limited English have teachers who speak the language flawlessly. But some school principals and administrators say the department is imposing arbitrary fluency...

The world turns. In Indonesia, the principal of a Muslim boarding school in Tangerang who is accused of impregnating a 15-year-old student says the DNA test will prove that a malevolent genie is the real father. In New Zealand, a German tourist, Herr Hans Kurt Kubus, has been jailed for attempting to board a plane at Christchurch with 44 live lizards in his underpants. In Britain, a research team at King’s College, London, has declared that the female “G-spot” does not, in fact, exist. In France a group of top gynecologists led by M. Sylvain Mimoun has dismissed the findings,...

So much for America getting all the oil it spent billions of dollars, and thousands of lives to "liberate." ----- By SINAN SALAHEDDIN (AP) – 10 hours ago BAGHDAD — A consortium led by Russia's private oil giant won the biggest prize of Iraq's second oil auction this year, nabbing a field initially promised them a decade ago by Saddam Hussein while other companies Saturday showed little interest in offerings outside the secure southern part of the country. Lukoil and Norway's Statoil ASA won rights to develop the 12.88 billion barrel West Qurna Phase 2 field in the Basra region,...

The election is in a few days. While it has become plain to me that the reporting of the polls has been manipulated (along with everything else) by a media actively campaigning for Obama, the math apparently says that the amount of manipulation is not enough to flip the basic result: an Obama victory. I would be very happy to be wrong about this, and enough people to make a difference could still change their mind, but I'm pretty much resigned to an Obama victory. I'm still going to vote for McCain, and urge everyone I know to do the...

Hunter drops out of race, CNN reports.

A Pennsylvania district attorney who has drawn national attention for his raids on businesses that employ illegal aliens is considering a run for state attorney general to broaden his effort to secure the nation's borders. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, however, has had to scramble to bury a report – from his own camp – that he will make a third bid for state attorney general in 2008. An e-mail from Morganelli's political action committee, Us Securing America, announced the veteran prosecutor's intentions and asked for grassroots and financial support. ''I have decided to seek the office of Attorney...

While the debate within Democratic circles has been raging longer and at a much higher pitch than its Republican counterpart, the diverging Republican visions of America’s role in the world may prove the more important. The United States has never fully shaken the isolationist impulse that stretches back to its founding and the temptation to withdraw into our geographically dictated boundaries is still strong. But the echoes of isolationism that are currently reverberating throughout the conservative movement are not the simple demands for “America First” that have more often characterized the anti-internationalist crowd, but stem from the deepest and most...

Here's a line from a favorite song:"When you reach your destination, the journey's just begun." Today, our heroes reach their destination of our Nation's capital. May they have fair weather (the forecast is partly cloudy ) and a warm, supportive welcome. We already know the enemy will be there; what else is new? Washington D.C. Rally 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 12 Upper Senate Park Following successful rallies across the Southwestern United States and in President Bush‘s hometown of Crawford, TX, the Minuteman Caravan is pushing through the South into Washington, D.C. The Spirit of '76

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryMarch 25, 2006 President's Radio Address       Audio      In Focus: Immigration      THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Monday, I will attend a naturalization ceremony here in Washington. It's always inspiring to watch a group of immigrants raise their hands and swear an oath to become citizens of the United States of America. These men and women follow in the footsteps of millions who've come to our shores seeking liberty and opportunity, and America is better off for their hard work and love of freedom.  Radio Address 200620052004200320022001  Radio Interviews 20052004 America is a nation...

President Bush has repeatedly said that he is not for providing “amnesty” to illegal aliens in the United States, but he has not always made clear exactly what he means by the word “amnesty.” White House spokesman Scott McClellan defined it this week, however, when I put the question to him at a White House press briefing. Webster’s Dictionary defines “amnesty” as “the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals.” McClellan, however, said that the President believes “amnesty” would be anything that “put someone on an automatic path to...

Dubai is threatening retaliation against American strategic and commercial interests if Washington blocks its $6.8 billion takeover of operations at several U.S. ports. As the House Appropriations Committee yesterday marked up legislation to kill Dubai Ports World’s acquisition of Britain’s Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation (P&O), the emirate let it be known that it is preparing to hit back hard if necessary. A source close to the deal said members of Dubai’s royal family are furious at the hostility both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have shown toward the deal. “They’re saying, ‘All we’ve done for you guys, all...

Font Size: Vidal Baboon By Scott Galupo  Published   03/18/2002   TCS  ALEXANDRIA, VA - Gore Vidal is a weird hybrid, an intellectual schizophrenic with equal affection for radical leftists like Noam Chomsky and America Firsters like Charles Lindbergh. In a 1992 lecture at Harvard University, Vidal described the radical half of his brain this way: "I am a radical reformer. The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you must be radical. It is no accident that the word has now been totally demonized by our masters,...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. JESUP --- Why the Central America Free Trade Agreement? Why should anyone want to integrate the United States with Mexico and Canada, and destroy everything we know and love? Our country is so different in freedom from other countries in the world. The Council on Foreign Relations has a 59-page document establishing a five-year plan for the "establishment by 2010 of a North American economic and security community" with a "common outer security perimeter." This plan calls for massive U.S. foreign aid to the other countries. It demands we implement "the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Let's give the National Association of Manufacturers some credit. Usually, its analysis of a new trade deal consists of little more than dismissing its opponents as "protectionists" and predicting that the pending trade agreement is needed to prevent a new global economic Dark Age. By contrast, the organization's recent study of the Central America Free Trade Agreement actually presents the semblance of an argument. Unfortunately, it's an argument devoid of rigorous or even coherent thought – at least when it comes to how global trade and business really work. In fact,...

WASHINGTON - The Central America Free Trade Agreement debate is heating up, and one part of the proposed pact has not received the attention it deserves - an overlooked section that offers further evidence why Congress should emphatically reject CAFTA. Chapter 9 of the agreement covers government procurement and establishes a rule of "national treatment" in government purchasing. This means that under CAFTA, each participating nation must treat goods, services and suppliers from the other CAFTA nations in a manner that is "no less favorable" than it treats domestic firms when awarding contracts. And so the U.S. government would not...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Alan Tonelson says he is not asking for fairness in America's trade policies. He wants the United States to win. Tonelson is a research fellow for the United States Business and Industry Council, a trade association for small and medium sized manufacturing companies. He also is the author of a book with a rather long title, "The Race to the Bottom, Why a Worldwide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards.'' He appears regularly on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight and PBS' Frontline. He was in the area...

“IT’S SUCH A huge mystery,” says Professor William Gaines, of the University of Illinois. “One of the great journalism mysteries of all time.” In the movie “All the President’s Men,” Hal Holbrook played Deep Throat, the source in the shadows, passing on clues to a young reporter about a scandal that would ultimately topple a president. In real life, Richard Nixon resigned and “Washington Post” reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein won the Pulitzer Prize. But for nearly 30 years, the identity of “Deep Throat” — the legendary, cigarette-smoking, scotch-drinking secret source — has remained a mystery. Now, a soft-spoken...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... . U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. . . Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family...

The United States has made mistakes, but those who would judge our behavior and our record should look to real historians and real historical contexts, not the fabricated conspiracies of Noam Chomsky and his ilk. The United States has been taking its share of hits lately as the Iraq war has stimulated the literary appetite of American critics and given birth to a slew of books sharply critical of the world's lone superpower. That the most recent books have been aimed at the Bush administration is no surprise, but there is nevertheless nothing particularly new in such works as Hegemony...

Israel represents the synthesis of Pat Buchanan’s paranoid delusions -- rampant interventionism, neo-conservatives (his euphemism for Jews) in charge of the Bush’s foreign policy, American empire and a war on terrorism that can’t be won. Thus, in his new book – "Where The Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency” -- all roads lead to Jerusalem. In Buchanan’s fantasy world, were it not for America’s outrageously pro-Israel foreign policy, Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar would be sending us anonymous love letters, the World Trade Center would still be standing, and the Moslem...

Since September 11, 2001, the phrases "American empire" and "America as an imperial power" are being heard a lot more. But in contrast to the 1960s and 1970s, when such terms were brandished by an angry domestic anti-war movement or by developing nations in U.N. debates, the concept they represent has now at least partially entered the mainstream. However much it has incurred hostility throughout most of the world, including European and other countries usually allied with the U.S., the "new imperialism" has gained ground among the Establishment here. The post-9/11 rationale is that America has terrorist enemies and rogue...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Lost in the flood of Ronald Reagan retrospectives and testimonials is a crucial fact with special relevance for all Americans today: To a great extent, Ronald Reagan was a trade realist. The conventional wisdom about Reagan as free enterprise, free market champion is largely true. But on trade policy, Reagan acted decisively in five instances to save major American industries from predatory foreign competition. Moreover, as I detailed in a 1994 article in Foreign Affairs, in each case, the temporary import relief succeeded spectacularly, resulting in improved performance by these industries...

America Must Come First By: Andy Obermann Recently, I’ve criticized the President for a series of doomed liberal domestic policies he has pushed onto the American public. To me, Mr. Bush is obviously pandering to expand his electorate come November. He has sold his conservative base down the river in hopes of gaining some moderate Democrat voters, expanding the narrow margin of victory in the 2000 election. Now, it isn’t in my nature to express such criticism without having some sort of idea as to how these problems should be solved. These ideas aren’t the end all/be all of policy,...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.More evidence of the short-sighted nature of the “penny wise, pound foolish” practice of outsourcing manufacturing was provided by the President´s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology last week.  PCAST´s Subcommittee on Information Technology Manufacturing and Competitiveness issued its “Preliminary Draft Findings and Observations” on October 3. President George W. Bush created PCAST on September 30, 2001 by executive order, re-establishing a body formed by his father when he was president in 1990.  Members of the this particular subcommittee include chairman George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association; Michael Dell,...

There´s good news, and not so good news. First the good news. When it comes to foreign policy, unlike his predecessor, William Jefferson Clinton, President George W. Bush stands up like a man and declares America first. That is good news and amen. For speaking like a man on that issue, and for that matter an American man, Mr. Bush has deservedly received hallelujah praise from the conservative right, and hellfire and damnation from the malevolent left. Now for the bad news. Bush´s definition of America first does not translate from Third Way middle-speak into plain old American English as...

Most Americans know where Republicans and Democrats stand on the war in Iraq, but few have heard views on the war expressed by the plethora of other, smaller political parties. Accepted as the nation's third-largest organized political party, the Libertarian Party generally advocates a military policy of non-interventionism unless such intervention is directly tied to American security. "Any U.S. military policy should have the objective of providing security for the lives, liberty and property of the American people in the U.S. against the risk of attack by a foreign power. This objective should be achieved as inexpensively as possible and...

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will leave early Thursday morning for Washington, for his first trip abroad as Israel's foreign minister. Shalom is slated to address the annual AIPAC convention in Washington, in place of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon was originally slated to address the conference, but cancelled because of the war in Iraq. During his visit, Shalom is scheduled to meet US Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Congressional leaders, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Back Our Troops and George W. Bush, Rally with your friends and Neighbors in favor of defending this Great Nation in your cities and Towns. We need to show the World our Resolve!!!! Ops4 God Bless America!!!!!

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Layoffs in both manufacturing and the service sector continued last month at near record rates, giving the lie to claims by both government economists and private financial analysts that the world’s largest economy is well into a recovery. While stocks traded modestly upward September 6 on the strength of a monthly Labor Department report showing a slightly lower than expected unemployment rate, a series of economic indicators showed the slashing of jobs in every major sector continuing with even sharper cuts anticipated in coming months. Consolidated Freightways Corp. filed for Chapter...

"For the first time in more than two decades, trade barriers are moving in the wrong direction. This isn't the 1930s ... but Pat Buchanan is one happy camper these days." So writes Steve Moore in a long and anguished column in the Washington Times titled, "A Comeback for Protectionism." A free-trade purist at Cato Institute, Moore is right to be alarmed. Americans, souring on what global free trade has done to them, are again turning to the philosophy that converted America from 13 rural colonies into the mightiest industrial power the world had ever seen – in a single...

Who is the congressional candidate in America being chased all over his district by a large yellow chicken because he want debate his opponent?

<p>March 23, 2002 -- It's steel versus oranges in a battle that's supposed to be about economics, but that economists say is nothing but politics. The European Union said it will introduce new import tariffs totaling $2.1 billion on things like orange juice, textiles and motorcycles.</p>