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COMMON SENSE CONSERVATISM Written by Sarah Palin Thursday, 24 September 2009 [Text of speech delivered at the CLSA Pacific Markets Conference in Hong Kong on September 23, 2009] You can call me a common-sense conservative. My approach to the issues facing my country and the world, issues that we'll discuss today, are rooted in this common-sense conservatism... Common sense conservatism deals with the reality of the world as it is. Complicated and beautiful, tragic and hopeful, we believe in the rights and the responsibilities and the inherent dignity of the individual. We don't believe that human nature is perfectible; we're...

HOW TEXAS CAN SAVE AMERICA FROM WASHINGTON Written by Governor Rick Perry Thursday, 17 September 2009 As the federal government continuously churns out ideas and policies that drive our nation deeper and deeper in debt, citizens and taxpayers are right to be worried. From federal "stimulus" bills that force state governments to change laws, raise taxes and increase spending, to cap and trade proposals that will run our energy industry into the ground, to emerging plans for an unprecedented and unsustainable expansion of government health care, it is clear that the swollen river of our federal government has overflowed its...

THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERTARIAN by Wayne Allyn Root Review by Dr. John Hospers, © September 2009 My book, LIBERTARIANISM was first published in 1971. Its subtitle, ‘A Political Philosophy for Tomorrow’ has at long last come true today. I hope it’s not too late. The pragmatic reality is in Wayne Allyn Root’s brilliant new volume: THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERTARIAN - a title I might add, that was obviously carefully considered and borrowed in the “classic liberal” sense –that is, it was returned with dividends of thought and deserved tribute to The Conscience of a Conservative author, politician –...

So Barack Obama denies he's a Socialist or Marxist? Really? I sat in amazement as I heard the news earlier this week from the Obama campaign- Barack Obama is telling his supporters, at least those who work for a living, to take the day off from work, and his younger supporters to take the day off from school, in order to vote for him. Comrade Obama has decided to declare a national holiday so everyone can praise him- we'll call it “Obama Day.” The man who has vowed to punish success and redistribute wealth, but claims he is not a...

Last week, just before Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) big speech, Tim Cavanaugh and I attended a small fundraiser for Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Wayne Allyn Root. The chatty Vegas sports bettor, memorably profiled by David Weigel two months back, was in a mind to talk about a fellow classmate of his at Columbia University back in the early 1980s, a guy by the name of Barack Obama. Root is no fan of the Democratic nominee: "A vote for Obama is four years of Karl Marx, and no one should be happy about that," he told us and a few...

This one is very, very special. Listen to the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE being recited in a very special way by Red Skelton. http://patriotfiles.org/Pledge.htm Take a moment and listen to it (from 1969). How would he have known that this is what is happening today?

Global Warming: Moving Towards Metrosexuals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest point of emphasis in the global warming movement is that cattle farming endangers the planet by producing too much methane. So now, steaks and hamburgers are classified as instruments of destruction, along with large vehicles, lawn mowers, and charcoal grills. It can't be much longer before cowboy movies, cigars and hockey are held to be enemies of the earth as well. This has got to be the most blatant assault on guyhood since ABC moved Coach to the same night as Roseanne, and turned Hayden Fox into Phil Donahue. It's a wonder...

To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business. Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" and highly irregular loan from the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). According to a July 29, 1980 Jack Anderson expose in The Washington Post, the bank's biggest borrower was Mr. Carter, and its chairman at that time was Mr. Carter's confidant, and later his director of the Office of Management and Budget, Bert Lance.

Issues & Insights TEACHING JOHNNY ABOUT ISLAM Investors Business Daily Posted 5/19/2006 Education: In our brave new schools, Johnny can't say the pledge, but he can recite the Quran. Yup, the same court that found the phrase "under God" unconstitutional now endorses Islamic catechism in public school. In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including: Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . ....

LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOUNDER ENDORSES BUSH From Elder Statesman John Hospers * * * AN OPEN LETTER TO LIBERTARIANS Dear Libertarian: As a way of getting acquainted, let me just say that I was the first presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party back in l972, and was the author of the first full-length book, Libertarianism, describing libertarianism in detail. I also wrote the Libertarian Party’s Statement of Principles at the first libertarian national convention in 1972. I still believe in those principles as strongly as ever, but this year -- more than any year since the establishment of the Libertarian Party...

Michael Moore brought to their feet the adoring European elites with his accustomed diatribes, defamations and wild attacks against President Bush and the American traditions and values. The jubilant reaction of the privileged European and Hollywood elites in attendance to the Festival, says more about their own values than the alleged merits of Moore's documentary. Accordingly, he received the longest standing ovation ever at the Cannes Festival, an spectacle bordering on collective hysteria. What makes it more loathsome, is that the French would be speaking German today if Americans had not given up their lives by the tens of thousands...

Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a Presidential election that was too close to call. Neither the Republican presidential candidate nor the Democratic presidential candidate had enough votes to win the election. Therefore, it was decided that there should be an ice fishing contest between the two candidates to determine the final winner. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the (manly) way to settle things. The candidate who catches the most fish at the end of the week wins. After a lot of back and forth...

I happened to turn Savage on yesterday and caught him in the middle of a comment about Rush. Apparently, Savage claims, he never gives Rush a moment of thought, yet he has spent enough time thinking about Rush to label him a "drug addict." That's it for me with Savage. I can't stand him. I lost a huge amount of respect for him when he suggested (while the fighting was ongoing) that Rumsfeld be fired do to his supposed ineffectual prosecution of the war. What was ineffectual was Savage's pathetic analysis. This Rush comment he made yesterday destroys any shred...

ON THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME, WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE SECOND DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME - SUSIE HAS TWO MOMMIES – BUT WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE THIRD DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME, ISLAM IS PEACEFUL, SUSIE HAS TWO MOMMIES – BUT WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE FOURTH DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME - OUR MILITARY’S EVIL, ISLAM IS PEACEFUL, SUSIE HAS TWO MOMMIES – AND WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE FIFTH DAY OF WINTER MY...

12 DAYS OF WINTER Heidi Harris ON THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME, WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE SECOND DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME - SUSIE HAS TWO MOMMIES – BUT WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES. ON THE THIRD DAY OF WINTER MY TEACHER TAUGHT TO ME ISLAM IS PEACEFUL, SUSIE HAS TWO MOMMIES – BUT WE CAN’T HAVE NATIVITY SCENES..

Dear Left-Wingers: Trying to make the case that Howard Dean is a moderate, is about as incredulous as trying to make the case that the California Recall is the result of a vast right-wing conspiracy.

Parents: Black Teacher Should Not Teach White History OBERLIN, Ohio, Updated 1:33 p.m. EDT July 28, 2003 -- A group of parents said they will fight a possible decision to allow a black teacher to lead classes in white history at Oberlin High School. NewsChannel5 reported that a scheduling conflict could cause the district to reassign the white teacher who has taught the course for seven years. Using a black teacher at Oberlin High School would send the wrong message to white students, said A.G. Miller, an associate professor of White American history at Oberlin College. "The message is that...

July 21, 2003 The Honorable John D. Dingell Member of Congress House of Representatives Washington D.C. 20515-2215 Congressman Dingell, Thank you for such a warm and hospitable welcome to Michigan. Amendment I of the United States Constitution is, in part, as follows: Congress shall make no law …abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Amendment XIV of the Constitution is, in part, as follows: All persons born and naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,...

Attention Freepers! I need your help. That is, if you are a credible attorney or know of someone who specializes in Copyright law. A major television network has knowingly and intentionally plagiarized my copyrighted literary property, and is using it on a current, successful syndicated network series. I can prove this claim without a shred of doubt. A lawsuit against them in this matter of plagiarism is a must. If you can assist in bringing this to task, contact me for details. Thank you.

What would be the best way to convert lots of Americans to Islam? Forget print, go to film. Put together a handsome documentary with an original musical score that presents Islam's prophet Muhammad in the most glowing manner, indeed, as a model of perfection. Round up Muslim and non-Muslim enthusiasts to endorse the nobility and truth of his message. Splice in vignettes of winsome American Muslims testifying to the justice and beauty of their Islamic faith. Then get the U.S. taxpayer to help pay for it. Show it at prime time on the most high-minded TV network. Oh, and screen...