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This article was published a couple of years ago, but it is important in highlighting prejudice against people with disabilities that was common in the past. (....)There are numerous stories of German doctors under the Nazi regime using disabled patients as subjects for horrific medical experiments. But an obsession with experimenting on disabled people was not confined to Germany. Hospitals in Britain and America were also keen to experiment on disabled people in the first half of the 20th century(....)Some British psychiatric patients were given malaria to see if it would cure their mental illness. Barbiturates were often administered in...

A few honest left-wing Christians will admit that Jesus was conservative on issues like abortion and gay rights (he would oppose them). But they argue that Jesus would have supported their socialist economic agendas. But they fail to realize that Jesus was a small businessman for most of his adult life - he ran a carpentry business. Jesus was a businessman for a longer time than he was a preacher. His parable in Matthew 25:14-30 promoted responsible investment. Two workers were given 5 and 2 talents respectively by their master, and they doubled their master's money, and won their master's...

There are strong indications that Jeb Bush will be a candidate in 2016: http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2013/03/04/17179710-jeb-bush-i-wont-rule-out-2016-white-house-run-but-i-wont-declare-today?lite It also well known that Hillary Clinton is preparing to run in 2016. Did you know that there has been a Dole, Bush, or Clinton running for President or Vice-President (including primaries) since the year 1976, with the sole exception of the year 2012? That is a total of 9 Presidential elections - 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008! If either Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton is a candidate in 2016, then America will have officially become a banana republic, and the...

There has been a lot of speculation on Obama's past, most of which is unknown. American historians living 100 years from today, may tell us the full truth about what Obama did with his life from 1961-2004, before he was elected to the US Senate. Obama's autobiography focuses too much on his opinions on various issues, but gives us very few details on what he actually did with his life since he graduated from high school in 1979. His autobiography was more like a campaign brochure to market himself to the American left. What is obvious is that establishment Republicans...

We have many prominent atheists in the Western World, who include many celebrities and movie stars.They publicly proclaim that God does not exist, or that God is an inhuman monster. Assuming that Allah and God are one and the same thing, how come there has never been a Muslim Fatwa targeting them? Individuals in the Western world are only targeted when they talk of the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims are more protective of the name of the Prophet Muhammad, than they are of the name of Allah. Islam is a religion that begins and ends with Muhammad. Muhammad has a higher...

Please, do not laugh. Barack Obama has the same qualifications to be Pope, as he has to be a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, or President of the United States. If Obama can win the Nobel Peace Prize, then we cannot say with 100 percent certainty, that he cannot become Pope. Stranger things have happened. As far as I am aware, one does not need to be a Cardinal in order to become Pope. The job is open to any Baptized male Catholic. Two Popes, Benedict IX (1012 - 1056) and John XII (930 - 964), become Popes when...

Here is some excellent analysis that shows that swimming pools kill more children than guns, despite the fact that we have more guns than swimming pools in this country: http://www.m1-garand-rifle.com/firearms-versus-swimming-pools.php When you factor in the number of pools relative to that of guns, the analysis shows that a child is 52 times more likely to die in a swimming pool than by a gun shot. We need to outlaw swimming pools, in order to save the lives of children. I am all for pool control. We must fight to ensure that the pool builders lobby does not undermine our attempt...

Southerners who celebrate their cultural heritage, are among the most misunderstood people in America. Italians who celebrate Colombus Day, and Irishmen who celebrate St. Patricks Day, never have to suffer the grief that Southerners who want to celebrate Robert E. Lee's Birthday have to endure. Southern identity is partly about celebrating the Anglo-Celtic culture, which is the core culture that existed in America at the time of the founding of America in 1776. It is the culture that gave us the King James Bible, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and others. Most Southerners, both white and black, are...

Up to last year, most Americans believed that Jimmy Carter was the worst President in American history. But, right now, Americans are more fearful and more uncertain about the future of their country, than they were during the years that Carter was President (1977 - 1981). Obama has not even completed a year in office, yet the country is on the verge of economic collapse. Does anyone believe that America can afford to fight and win a war with Iran? People may complain that tax rates were higher in the Carter years, but at least the financial burden for government...

Ron Paul supporters have been harshly criticized on this forum. OK, I agree that some of them are a little bit nutty. Just about every far-right organization has endorsed Paul. They include militia members, unreconstructed neo-confederates, Conspiracy theorists, Birchers, anti-tax activists, Christian Reconstructionists, opponents of the CFR and the Federal reserve, anti-Black Helicopter conservatives, supporters of the Gold Standard, anti-immigration groups, etc. But one should accept that many of Paul's supporters are true patriots. They are the most outspoken opponents of the New World Order. They want the US out of the UN. They want the Southern border closed. They...

Most conservatives are religious. But there is a small minority of non-religious individuals, who were attracted to the conservative movement because they were influenced by secular movements such as Ayn Rand's objectivism. Should atheists be welcomed into the conservative movement? Do atheists make good conservatives?

A Political Science Professor at the University of Maryland, Prof. Ronald Walters, recently published a book suggesting that American conservatism is heavily influenced by what he calls "White Nationalism": http://wsupress.wayne.edu/africana/afrlabor/walterswn.htm The Professor is reputed to be a leftist, and he doesn't like conservatives. But how does one explain the influence that some White nationalists such as Pat Buchanan, Peter Brimelow, Jared Taylor and the late Sam Francis have had on the conservative movement? Both conservatives and white nationalists want to preserve Western civilization. But White Nationalists argue that Western civilization cannot exist without whites. Do most conservatives really believe that...

Every day, the economic power and political influence of Red China continues to increase. I am, however, interested in knowing how powerful China is militarily. Is China strong enough to defeat the US in a conventional war? The latest I heard is that they have a total of 10 million trained to serve in their military, including reserves. I would especially like to hear from Freeper veterans as well as those serving in the military, on the potential threat that China poses to the United States.

When he took office in the year 2001, President Bush began to make every effort to convince Jews that he was on their side. He did everything he could possibly do, to get Jews to vote Republican. Bush is the most pro-Israel President in American history. Indeed, 2004 was anticipated as the year when Jewish voters would vote majority Republican, for the first time since World War Two. But, once again, Jewish voters rejected the outstretched hand of a Republican Presidential candidate. Kerry is the man who once called Yasser Arafat a statesman. And in 2004, Kerry worked in close...

Some conservatives were angered by President Bush's decision to attend the military parade in Russia, where the Red Army was honored for its role in World War Two sixty years ago. The Red Army has a record of bloodshed that exceeds even that of the Nazi SS units. The leaders of Lithuania and Estonia acted on principle, and decided to boycott the military parade in Russia honoring the Red Army, with communist hammer and sickle flags in full display. While we remember the victims of Nazism, we should not forget the tyranny that the Baltics and the rest of Eastern...

I met an old friend at a high school reunion, and he informed me of plans he has to make an aliyah (immigrate) to Israel. What is interesting about the individual, is that he is a self-proclaimed deist, but one who was raised in a Jewish household (both parents Jewish), which makes him eligible to immigrate under Israel's law of return. From him, I came to learn that anyone with a Jewish parent is eligible to immigrate to Israel. However, a gentile who converts to Reform or Conservative Judaism, is not eligible under Israel's law of return. What this means,...

While President Bush has been able to do a number of good things as President, the most tragic aspect of his presidency, is that he has not been able to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court. I was sincerely hoping that Stevens, Rehnquist and O'Connor would retire, as was widely speculated in the media, which would allow Bush to appoint conservative justices in their 40s and early 50s, who would influence the court for the next generation. These justices would have the same influence on the court that Justice Rehnquist has had over the past 30 years. Unfortunately, Bush...

My intention is not to make anyone panic. But we all have to realize that the election this November, is, in my opinion, the most important of the post World War Two era. The election will determine whether you will live in the America you were born in, or whether America will be transformed into a totally new country (one similar to France, Cuba, Netherlands, etc.) In 1972, George McGovern run as an anti-war liberal. But he never revealed any intention to radically transform American culture. In 1976, Jimmy Carter run as a moderate, who was to the right of...

The gleeful reaction to the government railroading of Martha Stewart, by so-called "conservatives" on this forum, totally sickens me. Conservatives are outspoken in criticizing blacks who live in the ghetto, or the NAACP, for their hostility and hatred for middle-class whites, especially white Republicans. But the hatred I have seen on this forum for Martha, exceeds the hatred that leftist blacks have for white Republicans. I am not one of those who believes that Martha should have been allowed to walk scott-free. But not all types of perjury are the same. If you lie during a trial involving a murder...

Liberals love nothing better than to portray George W. as the representative of the interests of the rich. Okay, Bush accumulated a decent bit of change, during his career as a baseball manager. But it gives me a kick, that Bush is the poorest of the 4 men running for President and VP. But the media will not focus on that. You will hear John Edwards being portrayed as a mill worker who lost his job through outsourcing to Mexico, and Kerry felt so sorry for this laid-off mill worker, that he made him his running mate. No one will...