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. . . the truth is, academia and the educational establishment believe they are allowed to have their heroes - whether it's expressed by teacher's unions celebrating with an image of Che Guevera emblazoned on a t-shirt while marching in protest with communists, or whether it's expressed with giddiness over a Hollywood Lincoln movie that's not even been released yet, that kind of "celebratory" history is just fine and dandy. Am I the only one who sees the double-standards? Perhaps these folks view themselves as so intellectually and morally superior to the rest of us that they view their "celebratory"...

In the 1998 video (linked below) of Obama saying "I actually believe in redistribution," he also said he was looking for a "trick" to structure government in a more effective way to accomplish that redistribution of wealth, but he also criticized Chicago public schools and the Chicago Housing authority which is the perfect opportunity, less than two months away from election day, to remind us of how Obama and his cronies work when it comes to housing, schools, and his commitment to both... In the video Obama said the the Chicago Housing Authority "has not been a model of good...

Count the cost.... and the consequences! "All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions." Reinhold Niebuhr - Writer / Philosopher I am constantly saying to my kids, "Think before you act...", "Don't be over zealous...", "Stay with the group", " Think about those around you! How will your decisions affect others?" But you know what... it has absolutely no effect on them...! They think they know better, so they touch the stove, or jump off that high thing, or they swing to fast, and not wear a helmet and then suffer the consequences because...

On February 27, 1933 at about 9:25 PM a fire in Germany’s Reichstag building was detected. The Reichstag building was the assembly place for the German Parliament. After a brief “investigation” Adolph Hitler’s Nazis, who had already begun to take control of Germany, arranged the arrest of a Dutch Communist who was charged with the arson. The fire and the destruction it brought was blamed on this handy scape goat, and Herr Hitler then pointed to him and used the fire as a reason for demanding dictatorial powers over Germany. Civil liberties soon started to disappeared and mass arrests of...

A Stratfor article, From Gadhafi to Benghazi, appears below in its entirety following my comments. It would be great -- and so would be our nation -- were our leaders to learn from and be guided by it. The United States of America is now perceived as weak regardless of whether she actually is. The Stratfor article concerns naive attempts by such nations to do, or at least to feel, good by freeing the impoverished subjects of suitably weak dictators without following through competently and in the long term to ensure the successes of their efforts. Since the freed...

Everyone is talking about the "leaked" video of Mitt Romney at a fundraiser in Boca Raton earlier this year -- the one in which he discusses the 47% who do not pay income taxes, how he is not responsible for them. Leftists, of course, have hit the roof, with their usually sputtering panoply of frothing-at-the-mouth buzzwords. But you know, I think there is a one-word answer to all of the Democrats' objections: an answer which is to my mind, disposative.deTocqueville. Here are a few relevant quotes: be sure to use them in answer to the frenzy. “The American Republic will...

No doubt that that paranoid right wing pseudo-documenatry 2016: Obama's America has been a huge success at the box office grossiing some $30 million to date. Last month Courtney covered the film (HERE) and we got a ton of comments - especially from hard core fans of the fans saying how much they loved it and that people stood up and applauded at the end of the film. No doubt the same type of people who stand up and applaud at cross burnings. In reality 2016 is nothing more than a modern day new version of the infamous 1962 TV...

Republicans and Democrats have been guilty of buying votes by promising FREE STUFF to potential voters according to the dictate of Karl Marx: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." This has led to a Polarized America. This polarization has increased as the number of those with ability has decreased and the number of those with needs has increased. Romney is correct that 47 % of voters pay no Personal Federal Income Tax. Romney is probably correct that these same 47 % will vote for Obama no matter what. The Liberal Agenda Media, (LAM), supports...

Am I alone; seeing the hand of GOD in everything? There has/have to be others. Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Rom 1:21 Because...

This weekend, the news is full of Obama's Cairo speech three years ago when he gave Muslims the idea that he was the savior of the Muslim people, and would change American Government, thus The People would submit and respect Muslims, come hell or high water. From my perspective, the new President of the United States effectively said  'I understand why you hate us, your hostility is my country's fault, and I will change that reality by the sheer force of my magnetism and power of office.' To Obama, Islamic jihad was nothing more than a gnat on a camel, nothing...

The background Archeologists from Leicester University have uncovered an intact skeleton which they believe is that of Richard III, the king whose reputation as a ruthless hunchback comes from William Shakespeare’s play. The skeleton has a deformed spine, and is at the site of Grey Friars church, where Richard was thought to have been buried after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, where he was defeated by Henry Tudor. His grave is now underneath a council car park in Leicester. DNA tests will reveal whether he’s really the king or not – it’s an adult male, with spinal abnormalities that...

Maybe if Hillary wasn’t so busy doing God knows what she would have been paying attention to what was going on here, and maybe if Obama would’ve attended more than just 39% of his national security briefings he would’ve as well. Or maybe they both knew, and were SO negligent that they didn’t do anything. One or the other is the case here, because I’ve been on the ground in U.S. military/diplomatic installations in war zones, and intelligence is normally lapped up like mother’s milk as a matter of survival, and whenever threats start trending over a period of time,...

The liberal media’s desperate and shameless attempt to hold Islam in a positive light – solely to shield a battered Obama from blame - is disgusting and nothing short of criminal. The Libyan embassy debacle had nothing to do with an anti-Muslim movie pieced together by a Christian; it was but another viscous and coordinated attack on the independence of America. Does the fact this act happened on 9/11 mean nothing…the same day Mr. Hussein sent a letter of apology to Egypt? Did the White House not receive multiple warnings as early as three days before the attack? Why were...

The brilliance of “2016: Obama’s America” is not so much in the endless array of immutable details, it resides in the levelheaded delivery and common sense approach of Dinesh D’Souza’s premise: to psychologically and historically link the anti-American influences of Barack Obama’s past, to his political ideology of the present. To simply condemn Obama as a rogue Communist or Socialist, even amidst an avalanche of incriminating evidence, would appear as nothing more than Right Wing propaganda; no matter how much irrefutable proof was presented, those Americans he intended to reach, regardless of age, class or party affiliation, would immediately turn...

Arts, books, conspiracy, education, government, history, military, politics, religion, science, tv, ufo, weird, originality.....this ones got it all. The old Hollywood vs the new. Captain America was created by two Jewish guys back in N.Y. just before WW2. It was personal to them. They were ahead of the country and declared war on Adolph before America did. Simon and Kirby had their patriotic creation punching Hitler in the face. Two Jews punching this Nazi Bastard in the face. With their imaginations. Something they knew they couldn't do in reality but actually did. They answered no small threat with not just...

70% chance that Israel will launch a strike against Iran on Rosh Hashanah. If the strike doesn’t go in on Rosh Hashanah, then Yom Kippur, September 26th. SUMMARY and PREDICTION: An Israeli strike on Iran either on Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 17th) or Yom Kippur (Sept 26th) is more likely than not. Top off your gas tanks this weekend, because such a strike will give us $8/gal gas here in the US. 1861. 1914. 1939. 2012? Do these dates mean anything to you? The first three are the start dates for major wars. Is 2012 going to be the same? In...

f we had a decent media in this country, reporters would be demanding to know why there was such limited security in Libya and other countries on the anniversary of 9/11. President Obama sent in a U.S. Marine contingent, but at that point, it was too little, too late to save Ambassador Stevens and his team. Other troubling reports have surfaced in recent days that Stevens and his colleagues were not only beaten to death, but raped as well. This horrific brutality contradicts official reports that the Ambassador died of smoke inhalation.

To be abject failures, more harmful if possible even than his domestic policies.The free flowing Arab Spring, once beloved of President Obama, continues to gush red-tinged waters bountifully. Although President Obama owns his foreign policies, he may now find bitter some of the fruits the spring has watered. There is little if anything that he can do to bleach the waters or to sweeten the fruit. Is it possible that President Obama saw this video and took to heart only those portions of its wisdom that appealed to him?[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKerbOi_mrI?feature=player_detailpage] The video is one of the best I have seen....

But this attitude by the Veterans Administration is not necessarily confined to Confederate soldiers. An article in the most recent issue of Civil War News explains that the current V.A. has "reinterpreted existing law." This flies in the face of a policy which has been in place since 1906 and which allowed--even encouraged--the placing of appropriate headstones, without preference, for both Union and Confederate Veterans . . .

Hi all, first vanity post ever. Hopefully you will forgive me. I don’t have a blog, but wanted to put a couple things out there that I am not seeing in any articles. /tinfoil on First, does anybody at all see anything suspicious about this third rate movie coming from a Coptic Christian? Probably one of the most persecuted people in the world today. In the end we will find out this was directly from the Muslim Brotherhood. Much like they added their own cartoons in the Danish episode several years ago. It is my feeling that they approached this...