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Priceless Encounter This is a great story from a friend of a friend of a friend up in WA. ~Pete Last Thursday I put out one of my Bush/Cheney signs in my front yard. Between midnight and 3:00 a.m. someone stole it. On Friday night I put out sign No. 2. Since I didn't have to get up early, I thought my dog and I would "stake out" our sign. This time I put the sign a little closer to the gate leading to my backyard. With my dog on an extra long leash, I planted myself on a lawn...

The Leftist Language Kill Exercises in Grammatical Error By David Yeagley Leftists methodically destroy language and thinking skills. They make special targets of the accuracy and integrity in words. It’s not just through Clintonian doublespeak or even radical usurpation of word meaning. It’s through grammar itself, and the very structure of words. The classic ‘70’s case of a destructive attack on words was the feminist excision of the suffix “man.” It seemed obvious to feminists that every occurrence of the word “man,” or any part of a word which included “man,” was an aggressive assertion of male chauvinism, and...

Conservatives for Kerryby David Vance 2 June 2004 Several prominent British conservatives are joining up to help John Kerry beat President Bush in November. There's a very pertinent old British press nostrum that begins: You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to! At this time of sustained liberal media attack on the Bush administration, which rather like the threat from Al Queda is likely to increase in the months ahead, it is informative to read what prominent British conservatives have to say on...

A critical reason that John Kerry's once-assured election is going up in Deweyesque smoke is Kerry's inability to pass the Commander-in-Chief test: Can this candidate be trusted to ensure our security in a manifestly insecure world? In the three previous presidential contests, voters could ignore that question. But they can't now, not after 9/11. Yet Kerry comes across as though he thinks he can deal with mortal, major foreign policy issues by senatorial fudging and "nuancing." • Iran. The mullahs will soon have nuclear weapons. What should the U.S. do? Europe has tried its ineffective diplomacy and has, predictably,...

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1948 Mr. CHAMBERS. Almost exactly 9 years ago-that is, 2 days after Hitler and Stalin signed their pact-I went to Washington and reported to the authorities what I knew about the infiltration of the United States Government by Communists... The heart of my report to the United States Government consisted of a description of the apparatus to which I was attached. It was an underground organization of the United States Communist Party developed, to the best of my knowledge, by Harold Ware, one of the sons of the Communist leader known as...

Educational Group: Occidental on Thin Ice, Suppressing Student Free Speech By Jim Brown July 20, 2004 (AgapePress) - Occidental College in Los Angeles is being accused of suppressing free speech by firing the host of a popular student radio program and finding him guilty of sexual harassment due to satirical jokes he made on the air. In March, the school fired Jason Antebi for making on-air comments that two of his student government rivals claimed were offensive to "women, diversity, and Occidental College." Greg Lukianoff with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) then wrote a letter to...

Contact: Larra Clark Press Officer 312-280-5043 For Immediate Release June 22, 2004 ALA hosts special screening of "Fahrenheit 9/11" for members, attendees at Annual Conference in Orlando Proceeds to benefit association's intellectual freedom, USA PATRIOT Act education efforts (CHICAGO) The American Library Association (ALA) will host a special benefit screening of "Fahrenheit 9/11" for members and attendees at the 2004 Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, 10 p.m. in the Orlando Convention Center Auditorium. The screening is an encore of sorts for Moore, who previewed "Bowling for Columbine" to a standing-room-only crowd two years ago and met Ann Sparanese...

LIFE I wonder what it's all about, and why We suffer so, when little things go wrong? We make our life a struggle, When life should be a song. Our troubles break and drench us, Like spray on the cleaving prow Of some trim Gloucester schooner As it dips in a graceful bow. Our troubles break and drench us But like that cleaving prow, The wind will fan and dry us And we'll watch some other bow. But why does sorrow drench us When our fellow passes on? He's just exchanged life's dreary dirge For an eternal life of...

The UCLA Student Chapter of the American Library Association, UCLA Library, and UCLA Library Committee on Diversity invite you to the ALA Spectrum Scholarship Celebration Sunday, November 23, 2003 2-4 p.m. Faculty Center Sequoia Room UCLA Honoring writer and filmmaker Michael Moore's contributions to librarianship and diversity. Mr. Moore recently made a generous contribution of $25,000 to the Spectrum Scholarship Fund. Signed copies of his recent book Dude, Where's My Country? will be raffled by the ALA Student Chapter, with proceeds benefiting the fund, and additional donations are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Parking available for $7 in Lot...

As South Cheers, Northern California Liberals Mourn Schwarzenegger Win 10/12/03 5:14PM By RACHEL KONRAD, Associated Press Writer Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking office with a clear mandate from millions of people in Southern California's suburbs and the state's vast interior, where 70 percent of voters favored recalling Gov. Gray Davis. But liberals are mourning along the state's northern coast, particularly San Francisco, where 80 percent voted against the recall. In the city that nurtured beatniks in the '50s and hippies in the '60s, Schwarzenegger came in a distant second to Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante among the replacement candidates. Some...

Goldwater's Acceptance Speech, July 16, 1964The following is the text of Barry Goldwater's 1964 speech at the 28th Republican National Convention, accepting the nomination for president. Provided by the Arizona Historical Foundation To my good friend and great Republican, Dick Nixon, and your charming wife, Pat; my running mate and that wonderful Republican who has served us well for so long, Bill Miller and his wife, Stephanie; to Thurston Morton who has done such a commendable job in chairmaning this Convention; to Mr. Herbert Hoover, who I hope is watching; and to that great American and his wife, General and...

The Banning of the Indian By Jeffrey Hart Editors’ Note: With the Student Assembly’s resolution to hold an Indian merchandise trade-in, The Dartmouth Review has decided to republish Jeffrey Hart’s article regarding the banning of the Dartmouth Indian. I judge the 1974 decision to attempt to abolish the Indian symbol to have been a moral, intellectual, and above all, because we are talking about an educational institution, an educational disaster. I do not speak from the standpoint of a nostalgic alumnus. I am not nostalgic for the so-called ‘old-Dartmouth’ and in fact transferred out of it after two years...

Review of the News, Week of April 27, 2003 Clintonian "Conservatives" Hello and welcome to Review of the News Online. I'm William Norman Grigg, Senior Editor for The New American magazine -- an affiliated publication of The John Birch Society. In May of 1995, shortly before traveling to Moscow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stalin's victory in what the Soviets called the "Great Patriotic War," then-president Bill Clinton used a commencement address at Michigan State University to redefine patriotism in quasi-Soviet terms. Clinton directed much of that address to Americans who "believe the greatest threat to America comes...

April 21, 1836 was destined to be an important date in history. It was a day for winning freedom. At the junction of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, two rival armies were camped. In the Texan camp there were about 800 men. Some were volunteers who had recently arrived from the United States. Others were settlers who were helping Texas to develop from the wilderness. Many of them had lost friends or relatives at the Alamo and at Goliad in earlier struggles with the Mexican army. "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" was their battle cry. They were...

Come Thank Our Troops! They're Our Home Town Heroes! 11:00 AM * Thursday * April 17 Free Admission Remarks by Bruce Herschensohn Bring Family and Friends! Hear Military Leaders! Meet the families of our soldiers in Iraq! Enjoy a stirring performance by Robbie Britt! To commemorate the one-month anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Nixon Library is hosting a red, white and blue tribute to the volunteer men and women of our armed forcews--true Home Town Heroes no matter where they are from. Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd. Yorba Lnda, Calif. Call 714-993-5075 or check...

http://www.lukeford.net/Dennis/Default.htm Dennis Prager Announces He's Not Running For US Senate Dennis Prager said on his nationally syndicated radio show that he is not running for US Senate. He said that he believed he could've raised the requisite amount of money and that he could've won, in part because he has such good relations with minorities. I noticed no groundswell for Prager to run. I found not a single post on an internet newsgroup about Prager running. I think most non-fans of Prager's will have found his trial balloon attention-seeking and emotionally manipulative. DP: "I met with important people in Washington...

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:34:56 -0800 From: USJF To: usjf USJF Subject: USJF Files Challenge to Ban On Pro-Lifers Entering Waco, Texas, Public Library USJF United States Justice Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT PERSON: PATRICIA ROMERO (760) 741-8086 UNITED STATES JUSTICE FOUNDATION FILES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO BAN ON PRO-LIFERS ENTERING WACO, TEXAS, PUBLIC LIBRARY The UNITED STATES JUSTICE FOUNDATION (USJF) today announced that it had filed litigation challenging the "library patron policy" of the Audre Rapoport Library located in Waco, Texas. The library is a part of the Waco public library system. The library policy provides "Planned Parenthood...

Costs of War Already Coming In By Pat Buchanan Had President Bush never used all that barstool bellicosity about an Axis of Evil, "pre-emptive strike," "regime change" and "weeks, not months," he could now claim victory in his showdown with Saddam. For it is only through Bush's resolute leadership that U.N. arms inspectors are back in Iraq. With steady pressure, Bush could have hundreds more swarming all over that country, to where it would be inconceivable that Saddam could mount an assault on his neighbors. Without war, Saddam could be back in his box. But Bush set the bar...

God, please Protect America We read in the newspapers, hear on the radio They're fighting in Korea. The boys are called to go, To meet the enemy as he comes across the line God, please protect America in this troubled time. Refrain: Oh, people, let's start praying, as we've never prayed before, We need the hand of God to lead us through this war. Give us victory in Korea, and save our boys so fine. God, please protect America in this troubled time. How can we stand another war to take our loved ones dear? And leave our homes...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1961 Version) Adlai the bald-head comsymp Had a very shiny head, And if you ever saw it, You would even say it's red. All of the other comsymps Used to laugh and call him names. They'd never let poor Adlai Join in their appeasement games. Then one dark and stormy night Nikita came to say: "Adlai, with your head so red, won't you help make America dead?" Then how the comsymps loved him And they shouted with one voice: "Adlai, the bald-head comsymp, You will be our UN choice!" Anon., c. 1961, from The Young Americans...