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In 2008, Human Events polled their readers to find out what issues were most important to them. I have been waiting and waiting for more polls like this from them, but have been left wanting. So, I decided to conduct the poll myself. I asked around and looked at some various websites and pulled together 27 different issues that you could possibly care about most, including Human Events' Top Ten from 2008. Please choose the one you think is most important right now. In the slim chance your most important issue isn't on the list, add it in the comments....

What is the oldest civil rights organization in America? Give up? Established in 1871, it’s the National Rifle Association. Yeah, I know. It surprised me when I found that out too. I never really considered them to be a “civil rights” organization, but they are on the front lines of defending the Second Amendment and constantly under attack by liberals. When you look at what the Tea Party is fighting for, lower taxes, free markets, the reduction of government’s role and impact in our lives, you can see these are civil rights issues also, making the Tea Party a civil...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have been on tour across America. In their talks, they have been saying some very inflammatory things. Naked Emperor News has compiled them into one video: The video itself is outrageous and plenty of bloggers like Gateway Pundit and Patterico, even outfits like The Blaze, simply post it will little or no comment. At least Townhall's Guy Benson pointed out that they were "openly -- even gleefully -- stirring up racial tensions, without any pretense of subtlety, and with zero apparent hesitation." What no one is asking is: Why? Why are members of...

Let's look at the cause of this problem. California's prison population is far over capacity. Why? The "three strikes rule," promoted by one of the most powerful lobbies in California — The California Correctional Peace Officers Association — is part of the problem:In three decades, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association has become one of the most powerful political forces in California. The union has contributed millions of dollars to support "three strikes" and other laws that lengthen sentences and increase parole sanctions. It donated $1 million to Wilson after he backed the three strikes law. And the result for...

Rand Paul is wrong. You, Rand Paul, that punk kid down the street who plays his music too loud at night and I have a right to any kind of health care. We have a right to affordable health care, expensive health care and yes, even free health care. We even have a right to Voo Doo chiropractic therapy. Now before you scroll down to the comment section to lambast me, or click back and forget the article entirely, I beg you to read the rest and then tell me I’m wrong. And liberals, don’t get cocky, because you are...

A new study has found there is one religion in the world that is far more persecuted than any other.  As a reader in the western world, it might come as a surprise to learn that Christians face persecution at a far higher rate than any other religion in the world.  In fact, 75 percent of religious persecution is against followers of Jesus. Examining 33 countries, the British branch of Aid to the Church in Need reported that most of the persecution was occurring in the Middle East, Africa and Asia in its 2011 "Persecuted and Forgotten? A Report on Christians...

In 1991, there was a massive meltdown in the U.S.S.R. I’m not talking about Chernobyl. Think bigger. The entire country was destroyed when the weight of decades of communist rule finally caused the nation to buckle. Despite the leftists in America telling us they had seen the future, and it works, the fact is it didn’t. Millions more died under communist rule than will ever be killed by the nuclear reactors in Japan. Yet, none of that seems to impact the left the way problems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station impact the dialogue on nuclear power.

How many liberals have clamored for the humanity of the Canadian Health Care system? I think it's safe to say that at one time, a majority of the have advocated for a single payer system. One of the problems with single payer is the government can decide to stop paying because some "death panel" declared the patient's life not worth the money required to keep them alive. For example, a panel in Canada's health care system has decided to remove a baby from life support, despite the parents protestations. The parents when to court. The court found in favor...

In the article on Herman Cain's speech, the author, who is also black, wholly ignores the premise of the speech, aka the facts, and goes into how Cain delivered the speech: Herman Cain’s shtick is a version of race minstrelsy where he performs “authentic negritude” as wish fulfillment for White Conservative fantasies. Like the fountain at Lourdes, Cain in his designated role as black Conservative mascot, absolves the White racial reactionaries at CPAC of their sins. This is a refined performance that Black Conservatives have perfected over many decades and centuries of practice. According the most enlightened author, Cain did...

In the article on Herman Cain's speech, the author, who is also black, wholly ignores the premise of the speech, aka the facts, and goes into how Cain delivered the speech: Herman Cain’s shtick is a version of race minstrelsy where he performs “authentic negritude” as wish fulfillment for White Conservative fantasies. Like the fountain at Lourdes, Cain in his designated role as black Conservative mascot, absolves the White racial reactionaries at CPAC of their sins. This is a refined performance that Black Conservatives have perfected over many decades and centuries of practice. According the most enlightened author, Cain did...

At CPAC today, during his panel titled "Andrew Ian Dodge and the World of Tomorrow," Tea Party activist and author Andrew Ian Dodge announced his candidacy for Republican Senator for Maine, challenging sitting Republican in Name Only Olympia Snowe. Polls show that Snowe is vulnerable to a conservative challenger, with 59% of the Republican base saying they would prefer a "conservative" challenger. ...basically everyone else in the state has a more positive view of Snowe, the poll found. Dodge writes at Pajamas Media and is a leader in the Maine Tea Party Movement, but is he the conservative Maine Republicans are looking...

You told Greta Van Susteren the chances of you running for President was 70%. Where does it stand now?I told Greta then I was about 70%. I would say that now I'm about 75%. I was telling a friend of mine at work about you and he asked me how a person who had never been elected to office could win. And there's a professor at Mercer University who's quoted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution this last week that said I didn't stand a chance. So when I was doing an interview yesterday, somebody wanted to know, "What do...

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In 2006, Sen. Claire McCaskill rode the anti-Bush, anti-Republican wave to victory, beating incumbent Sen. Jim Talent. Four years later, Republicans have won back the House and is taking aim at the Senate in 2012. Claire McCaskill has a target on her, and is very vulnerable. The question is: who will run against her? I can think of ten people who might: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder In 2008, when other Republicans were getting served their walking papers, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder was winning a second term as Missouri's Lt. Governor. In fact, he was the only Republican to win a...

The main tactic used by the left against the right is to characterize any candidate, no matter how educated or intelligent, as a boob.They have made an industry out of George Bush's speaking errors. And now, they are throttling up the campaign against Gov. Sarah Palin.The most recent is when she accidentally said, "North Korea" when she meant "South Korea."This is from ThinkProgress: Palin misspoke, but this was hardly the first time. While malapropisms can and should be forgiven for frequent public speakers, it’s worth remembering what happened the last time America elected a candidate known for gaffes. Oliver Willis...

Eliot Spitzer / Ashley Madison Why pay for trysts when you can simply set one up for free? It was the money factor that brought Eliot Spitzer down, and if he's classless enough to pay call girls to have sex with him, then he's classless enough for Ashley Madison. Barney Frank / American Cornhole Organization World Championship of Cornhole I don't know if you know it or not, but Barney Frank loves him some cornhole. In fact, I heard that at one time, Barney had some professional cornholers staying at his house. Frank would be a perfect spokesman for the...

I had a Redbox movie I needed to return (Robin Hood, if you're wondering) and I needed to pick up a few things from the grocery store, so I decided to put on my old USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) ballcap and take advantage of the free breakfast for veterans at the local Maryville Hy-Vee Food Store. When I walked into the store I saw the eating area fuller than I had ever seen it. There were even tables set up outside the seating area for overflow customers. Before I could make a move towards the cashier, legendary store greeter (and...

The NAACP has released its unbiased report on racism in the Tea Party and has unexpectedly found it is racist. Hardly surprising. The president of the North Carolina NAACP chapter, Rev. William Barber, went far enough in his condemnation of the group to be noticed by the Washington Post: "We have to have particular concern about supremacy attitudes, violence, hate language, particularly when it's rooted in notions of restoring or taking back or redeeming the country," Barber said. "Because, in the American social-historical-political psyche, we have historical markers that tell us how dangerous this is to be given legitimacy." For...

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