Faster, Please! » The Battle of Gaza and The Real War

Faster, Please! » The Battle of Gaza and The Real War: "It was only a matter of time before Israel lashed out at Hamas in Gaza. Even the appeasers in Israel, of whom there are many, could not indefinitely accept thousands of rockets landing in civilian centers, especially after the battle against Hezbollah in 2006, which was widely viewed as a fiasco for the Israeli Army and for the leaders in Jerusalem who are facing an election in two months. Defense Minister Barak says it’s “all-out war,” which suggests ground operations. The usual rule in these cases is that Israel doesn’t have much time to accomplish its objectives; the “international community” rallies to the side of Israel’s enemies, and Israel’s leaders invariably convince themselves that if they play ball, they’ll be rewarded for it. But that never happens. So far the Brits and the Vatican have already demanded an end to operations against Hamas, and by the time I finish typing this there will be more."

Cornwall Alliance :: Alerts :: “We Get It!” Campaign Kicks Off Effort to Enlist One Million Signers On Landmark Statement

A national coalition of pastors, Christian leaders, and policy makers announced the launch today of the “We Get It!” campaign aimed at enlisting one million Christians on a new, historic statement on environment and poverty. The campaign, which has been endorsed by Dr. James Dobson, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, Rev. Dr. James Tonkowich, historian David Barton, singer Pat Boone, as well as a growing host of national and state organizations, calls on Christians to add their name at www.WeGetIt.org.

Can you be pro-life and support Senator Obama?

I'm glad to hear Martin Sheen is pro-life! Oh nevermind, he's only pro-Charlie Sheen. Canard number one: "Republican partisans maintain that the only way to be pro-life is through the supreme court." Not true at all. Simply go to the national right to life website and see a link for the many adoption options that are out there.

Republicans/conservatives maintain that abortion is a barbaric taking of innocent human life that shouldn't be condoned in a civilized society. We maintain that society must be educated, while at the same time pointing out that the law of the land reflects and guides the morality of that land. Why do you think homosexual lobby is working so hard to equalize homosexual union with marriage? They want to change society from the top down... through the courts or the law.

Mr. Kmiec (the interviewer ) is right when he says overturning Roe V. Wade would return the issue to the states. Each state could then make its own decision. Yet Democrats often make it sound as if electing a Republican is akin to taking away a woman's right to choose.

Canard number two: "Most of those women are in bad times economically." He makes it sound as if most of the women who have an abortion are practically homeless. I simply did a google search on abortion statistics and came up with a paper at a site called www.thirdway.org, so no one can dismiss this as "pro-life propaganda." Here's an excerpt from the paper: "Women who have abortions tend to be low income, but that could be a factor of their age rather than their poverty status. 57% of women who seek an abortion have incomes that are below twice the federal poverty level. However, the portrait that it paints of them as poor could be misleading. 52% of women who have an abortion are under the age of 25. Young people simply earn less than older people and single people earn far less than married people. For example, a 2003 census bureau study found that those under 25 with a bachelor’s degree earned on average $22,000 while those between 25 and 29 with the same degree earned $39,000.x Thus, these women could have low incomes, but they could also have wealthy or middle class parents."

Canard number three: It's okay to vote for Obama even though you're pro-life because he wants to expand government to help women with unwanted pregnancies: The absurdity of his argument amazes me: that the Government on one hand should come alongside you can try to convince you to have that baby, presumably through some sort of social welfare program or other financial incentive, while on the other hand encouraging abortion by giving more money to planned parenthood and making abortion more and more acceptable and accessible. Talk about mixed messages!

In Obama's case he even justifies infanticide on the basis that it could threaten a woman's right to choose http://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/Truth.html

YouTube - Violent Homosexuals on the Warpath Attack elderly & Stomp crosses

YouTube - Violent Homosexuals on the Warpath Attack elderly & Stomp crosses

Ahhh, the tolerant left!

Word of the Day for Sunday, November 9, 2008
horripilation \haw-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn; ho-\, noun:

the act or process of the hair bristling on the skin, as from cold or fear; goose flesh

For many Americans, the election of our 44th president has caused horripilation.

There are a few things capable of sending an icy horripilation through even the bravest man.
-- Who Will Provide Social Security?, Washington Times, June 11, 1996
This is not to say that the horripilation Iran's nuclear programme inspires is unjustified; nor is it to claim that no other state would seek to develop or maintain nuclear weapons if the official nuclear powers gave theirs up.
-- George Monbiot, Guardian, January 23, 2002

Works and Days » The Day After

Works and Days » The Day After: "It seems to me that conservatives have a golden opportunity to offer criticism and advice in a manner that many liberals did not during the last eight years. By that I mean I hope there are no conservative versions of the Nicholson Baker Knopf-published ‘novel’ Checkpoint, the creepy documentary by Gerald Range, the attempt to name a sewer plant after an American President, or the celebrity outbursts that we have witnessed with the tired refrain of Hitler/Nazi Bush—that all have cheapened political discourse. When I hear a partisan insider like Paul Begala urging at the 11th hour that we now rally around lame-duck Bush in his last few days, I detect a sense of apprehension that no Democrats would wish conservatives to treat Obama as they did Bush for eight years."

The Good of It

Even though my guy lost, last night was strangely cathartic. I had my doubts about the polls, but didn't think McCain was really going to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

One thing I did enjoy last night was watching Juan Williams of NPR on Fox. Juan is a Democrat and an African-American, and he supports Obama. However, he has also been critical of the media's coverage of an as well as Obama's lack of substance: in short, he is not just a Kool-Aid drinker and has earned my respect. Last night as he was speaking about the historocity of the first black president he couldn't help but choke up. I can only imagine how emotional this moment is, not just for blacks but other minorities as well.

Many don't know or understand what he stands for, he is just a symbol to them. It's ironic that it's taken the election of a Democrat to prove what conservatives have been saying for years: that America is not a racist country, that anyone can succeed.

Unfortunately this didn't stop a mob from gathering outside of the White House chanting "evict Bush now." There are simply too many on the left that are driven by hate. My fear is that even if Obama wanted to govern as a centrist (and there is some evidence that he would, for example on the makeup of economic team, and the fact that he has backed off saying he will immediately pull out the troops), he is beholden to the far left constituency and a far left Congress. And he has shown no record of breaking from Democrats in the past, voting with Nancy Pelosi 97% of the time.

He has pledged to NARAL to bring up the Freedom of Choice Act, which would bar states from restricting abortion in any fashion. That means no parental notification, and partial-birth abortion cannot be restricted by states. It would not have a mandate that a doctor treated baby that survives abortion: it would be okay to simply put that baby in a closet to die.

I will pray for President Obama. I will pray he will have wisdom and courage. I will pray that he not govern from the left, but from the center-right. And if he does not, I will pray for a conservative Congress in 2010 and a conservative leader (Palin? Bobby Indall? Mike Pence?) in 2012. But my prayer today is that everyone who thinks America is a hateful and racist country, e.g. those who have for too long listen to the Reverend Wrights and Louis Farrakhans of the world, disavow that notion. By God's grace, this is the greatest country on earth.

I'm *truly* pro choice.

I'm pro choice.

That may come as a surprise to many of you who know that I am ardently pro-life. Let me explain that I'm not changing my position; I'm simply taking back a term that has been hijacked: choice.

When people say they are pro-choice, they are really only referring to one choice, i.e., whether or not to prematurely end their pregnancy through abortion. Those of us who understand that a fetus is not an organism, but a stage in the development of a human being, are the ones who are *truly* pro-choice:

I want that baby to choose his favorite food, his favorite color, his favorite toy. To choose his best friend. His favorite stuffed animal. When he gets a little older he can choose whether he wants to be a fireman or an astronaut when he grows up. And then I want him to be able to change his mind every month after that.

When he starts school I want him to be able to choose who to sit by on the bus. In high school I want him to pick his first girlfriend and whether or not he will go to the prom. Then I want him to choose what college he wants to go to, who he is going to marry, and whether or not he still wants to be an astronaut when he grows up.

So the next time someone tells you they are pro-choice, ask them if they are, really.

YouTube - The Onion: Obama Undertakes Presidential Internship

YouTube - The Onion: Obama Undertakes Presidential Internship

Obama Feels A Righteous Wind

There goes another Bible-thumping Republican claiming to have God's will on his side.... oh wait a minute that's Obama making that claim- nevermind.

Obama's Abortion Extremism - Townhall.com

Robert George : Obama's Abortion Extremism - Townhall.com: "Barack Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate ever to seek the office of President of the United States. He is the most extreme pro-abortion member of the United States Senate. Indeed, he is the most extreme pro-abortion legislator ever to serve in either house of the United States Congress.
Yet there are Catholics and Evangelicals-even self-identified pro-life Catholics and Evangelicals - who aggressively promote Obama's candidacy and even declare him the preferred candidate from the pro-life point of view."

Michelle Malkin » Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who’s “gripped by insane rage”

Michelle Malkin » Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who’s “gripped by insane rage”: "The Obamedia is attempting to set yet another false narrative: The narrative of the McCain “mob.” McCain-Palin rallies are out of control, they wheedle. Conservatives are mad! They’re yelling mean things about Obama and calling him names! It’ scaaaaary!"

The Church of Oprah Exposed

My carbon footprint is bigger than yours!

If you're like me, you may be concerned about your carbon footprint. You're probably wondering to yourself, "Am I doing enough to pollute the environment?"

But face it, you're busy. Budgets are tight. It's not like you can go out and buy a Hummer just so you can spew more carbon monoxide. And if you stop recycling, your neighbors may look at you funny.

Well, worry no longer. Through my new Carbon Debit Program, you can pay me to maximize your carbon footprint! For just $250 per debit, I can ease your conscience. So what exactly is a "carbon debit"? For the low price of $250, I will drive around the neighborhood for an extra 30 minutes, for the sole purpose of producing the smog you were too busy too.

But that's not all! Purchase the extra Landfill Option for $25 and I will litter profusely while I drive. For $500 you can purchase our Silver Package, which guarantees I will drive around for one hour in an SUV doing same as above, but within a 1 mile radius of an EPA- declared "endangered zone."

For $1000 and not only will I stop recycling for a week, but I will double- bag all of my groceries, get everything "to go" in restaurants, and turn my thermostat up to 75°,

So worry no longer that you're not doing enough. And don't forget to tell your liberal friends!

Planting Seeds of Disaster by Stanley Kurtz on National Review Online

Planting Seeds of Disaster by Stanley Kurtz on National Review Online: "You’ve got only a couple thousand bucks in the bank. Your job pays you dog-food wages. Your credit history has been bent, stapled, and mutilated. You declared bankruptcy in 1989. Don’t despair: You can still buy a house.” So began an April 1995 article in the Chicago Sun-Times that went on to direct prospective home-buyers fitting this profile to a group of far-left “community organizers” called ACORN, for assistance. In retrospect, of course, encouraging customers like this to buy homes seems little short of madness."

Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam

An O-pology

I recently made an embarrassing mistake I need to own up to, because I always hold other Christians accountable when they make this mistake. I passed on what I thought was a fact before checking it out.

As Christians we need to make sure something is true before we affirm it's so. For example, rumors that BO is a secret Muslim. My mistake was passing on that Obama had supported on allegedly communist candidate in Kenyan politics as alleged in Jerome Corsi's "Obama Nation". Special thanks to Brian for pointing out that the allegations are based on spurious evidence at best.

In researching this article however I did come across some great in-depth stories on Obama's history with other unsavory characters and organizations. While I don't believe in guilt by association, you have to wonder why so many radicals, from Reverend Wright to William Ayres, are so in love with Obama if he's the "uniter" he claims to be. He talks a moderate game, but when you look at his (albeit thin) voting record, and even his much touted history as a community organizer working with verifiably communist groups such as ACORN (see article below), you see that he is quite possibly the most leftist candidate to ever run for the office of President.

His refusal to support The Born Alive Infant Protection Act is just one example of what an ideologue he is. "Change" is a great slogan. But Obama doesn't offer anything new- just the same old socialist utopian ideas wrapped in slick marketing.

Barack Obama, Abortion Extremist by Rich Lowry on National Review Online

Barack Obama, Abortion Extremist by Rich Lowry on National Review Online: "Asked by Pastor Rick Warren when a baby gets rights, Obama said, “I’m absolutely convinced that there is a moral and ethical element to this issue.” This is a crashing banality couched as thoughtfulness. If Obama is so sensitive to the moral element of the issue, why does he want to eliminate any existing restrictions on the procedure?"

What Did Obama Do As A Community Organizer? by Byron York on National Review Online

What Did Obama Do As A Community Organizer? by Byron York on National Review Online: "Barack Obama often cites his time as a community organizer here in Chicago as one of the experiences that qualify him to hold the nation’s highest office. “I can bring this country together,” he said in a debate last February. “I have a track record, starting from the days I moved to Chicago as a community organizer.”"

Joe Biden and American Charity by Byron York on National Review Online

Joe Biden and American Charity by Byron York on National Review Online: "It has become a common practice, when a presidential candidate releases his or her tax returns, for reporters and pundits to examine how much the candidate gave to charity. In September 1992, for example, when the Washington Post reported that Al Gore, then the Democratic candidate for vice president, had released his tax returns, the second paragraph in the story noted that out of income of $183,558, Gore “donated $1,727 — less than 1 percent — to charity.” Other stories about other candidates routinely included figures on charitable giving."

On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right by Byron York on National Review Online

On Sex-Ed Ad, McCain Is Right by Byron York on National Review Online: "In recent days, a consensus has developed among the Obama campaign and commentators in the press that John McCain has decided to lie his way to the White House. Exhibit A in this new consensus is McCain’s ad, released last week, claiming that Barack Obama’s “one accomplishment” in the field of education was “legislation to teach ‘comprehensive sex education’ to kindergartners.”"

Word of the Day for Sunday, August 17, 2008: philter \FIL-tur\, noun:

1. A potion or charm supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love.
2. A potion or charm believed to have magic power.
3. To enchant or bewitch with or as if with a magic potion or charm.

Some things you can feel coming. You don't fall in love because you fall in love; you fall in love because of the need, desperate, to fall in love. When you feel that need, you have to watch your step; like having drunk a philter, the kind that makes you fall in love with the first thing you meet. It could be a duck-billed platypus.
-- Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum

When it comes to Barak Obama, the American People seem to have consumed a philter.

Jesus and Easter Bunny

Gut Check

Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com: "Barack Obama got to be the Democratic presidential nominee in large part because he opposed from the start the use of U.S. military force to liberate Iraq. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, by contrast, both voted for it. But an exchange in Saturday night's forum with Rick Warren raises serious questions about Obama's honesty vis-à-vis Iraq. Here it is:

Warren: What's the most significant--let me ask it this way. What's the most gut-wrenching decision you ever had to make and how did you process that to come to that decision?

Obama: Well, you know, I think the opposition to the war in Iraq was as tough a decision as I've had to make. Not only because there were political consequences, but also because Saddam Hussein was a real bad person, and there was no doubt that he meant America ill. But I was firmly convinced at the time that we did not have strong evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and there were a lot of questions that, as I spoke to experts, kept on coming up. Do we know how the Shia and the Sunni and the Kurds are going to get along in a post-Saddam situation? What's our assessment as to how this will affect the battle against terrorists like al Qaeda? Have we finished the job in Afghanistan?

But Obama's famous anti-Iraq speech, which he delivered Oct. 26, 2002, depicted the decision as anything but profound:

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne. What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income, to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.

The speech did include a condemnation of Saddam, but it was a pro forma one--not a concession to the other side, but an inoculation against the charge that Obama was siding with a vicious dictator. In his speech, Obama gave no quarter to those who disagreed with him: no indication that there were any valid points on their side, or even that they might have been arguing in good faith.

Now Obama expects us to believe that opposing what he understood at the time to be no more than a "cynical attempt" by "armchair, weekend warriors" to "shove their own ideological agendas down our throats" and an "attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us" was the most gut-wrenching decision of his entire life.

Could it be that Obama did in fact agonize over the decision but decided not to share that fact with the voters until now? Perhaps, but why? Earlier in Saturday's interview, Warren asked Obama to name an incident in which he "went against your own best interest, for the good of America." Here is the relevant part of that response:

When I opposed the initial decision to go into war in Iraq. That was not a popular view at the time. And I was just starting my campaign for the United States Senate. And I think there were a lot of people who advised me, you should be cautious. This is going to be successful. The president has a very high approval rating and you could end up losing the election as a consequence of this.

If Obama told Warren the truth about his own deliberations in 2002, then he misled the voters back then by concealing his sympathy for (notwithstanding his ultimate disagreement with) what he believed to be a politically expedient position. Perhaps a psychiatrist could offer some elaborate explanation of why he would do this, but Occam's razor suggests that what Obama is saying now is simply at variance with the truth.

For Obama, Taxes Are About Fairness

Main Street - WSJ.com: "Now there are good reasons Mr. Obama is not likely to pursue the revenue side of the fairness question. As this newspaper noted in a recent editorial, the latest data from the Internal Revenue Service does not show to Mr. Obama's advantage. As we come to the end of the Bush administration, the top 1% of American taxpayers already pay 40% of all income taxes -- the highest level in 40 years. The top 10% of income earners pay 71% of the taxes."

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he has tried to save—launched his infant son into space Monday in the faint hope that his only child would reach the safety of another world."

Stop the War on the Poor

Harry R. Jackson, Jr. :: Townhall.com :: Stop the War on the Poor: "Many of us have realized that most legislators on the Hill are advocating ideologically-based approaches to our energy problems. While Washington plays politics with American energy supplies, people are hurting – and the poor are hurting the most."

Word of the Day for Friday, July 18, 2008

tatterdemalion \tat-uhr-dih-MAYL-yuhn; -MAY-lee-uhn\, noun:

1. A person dressed in tattered or ragged clothing; a ragamuffin.
2. Tattered; ragged.

When compared to the Reagan era, today's Republican Party could be called a tatterdemalion.

Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Word of the Day for Wednesday, July 16, 2008
mephitic \muh-FIT-ik\, adjective:

1. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.
2. Poisonous; noxious.

The policies of the Democratic Party are positively mephitic.

McDonalds: Billions and Billions Insulted

Liberty Counsel: "Liberty Counsel is joining the boycott against McDonalds. While referring to Christians and other people with traditional values, a McDonalds spokesman arrogantly stated, 'Hatred has no place in our culture,' suggesting that anyone supporting the historical definition of marriage is motivated by hate. The company has insulted everyone who supports traditional marriage. McDonalds might as well change their signs from 'billions and billions served,' to read 'billions and billions insulted.'"

Hitchens D'Souza Debate Book TV

America: Designed with Godly Intent, 1

Focus on the Family (Dr. James Dobson) - Broadcast Archives: "'Religion is the only solid basis of good morals. Therefore, education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man toward God,' said American diplomat Gouverneur Morris, the final man to sign the U.S. Constitution. What is the role of religion in America today? David Barton of WallBuilders – an educational organization that highlights America's forgotten history and heroes – gets back to the basics of U.S. history, taking a closer look at the nation's founding documents and their interpretation then and now."

Poll: Pet owners prefer McCain over Obama

KRLA 870 AM Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio: "If the presidential election goes to the dogs, John McCain is looking like best in show."

Abortion Causes Global Warming

Abortion Causes Global Warming

It is a sad fact that if you could prove a link between abortion and global warming many more people would be a pro-life. We would no longer have to rely on science and compassion to prove our point. We would not need to take the time to explain the fact that the "fetus" has a distinct and unique set of DNA from the moment of conception. No more arguing about "viability"- nevermind the fact that viability moves up earlier and earlier as medical technology improves. All we have to do is point out that when Planned Parenthood incinerates the "nonviable tissue," they contribute to greenhouse gases.

Actually just think how much our collective carbon footprint could be shrunk just by closing all of those planned parenthood clinics! Maybe we should impose a new fall profits tax on them!

Yes this is pretty sardonic-but just count how many times today you see the word "green"-in the stores you go to, the websites you visit, in the advertisements you see and hear.

Not my Wallet

McCain: Pump This!

McCain: Pump This! - HUMAN EVENTS: "It's always the same argument. Year after year, the 'moderate Republicans' so respected at The New York Times harangue us to dump the Christians, the conservatives, the Swift Boat Veterans, the 'right-wing extremists,' the gun-and-God clingers and the fanatical pro-lifers from our party so we can repel every American who voted for Ronald Reagan in order to win the votes of people like Christine Todd Whitman."

Spending Proposals by Senators

Very compelling information on proposed spending by Senators from the National Taxpayers Union. Check out all the "D's"at the top of the list!

Lee Vogler's Political Points: Obama's Spending Proposal is an Outrage

Lee Vogler's Political Points: Obama's Spending Proposal is an Outrage: "If Obama Could Enact All Of His Campaign Proposals, Taxpayers Would Be Faced With Financing Over $850 Billion In New Spending Over One White House Term"

"How Would God Vote?"

Townhall.com::Blog: "The campaign of 2008 has already witnessed the dramatic rise of the Religious Left, with Barack Obama and other liberals claiming scriptural authority for their big government versions of compassion. In this context, “How Would God Vote?”, the explosive new book by David Klinghoffer, provides an invaluable response. The subtitle says “Why the Bible Commands You to be a Conservative” and the book digs deep into scriptural text to emphasize that the Almighty demands individual commitment, rather than asking human beings to satisfy their obligations to their nieghbors through impersonal government policy."

Global Warming Hysteria

Global View - WSJ.com: "The Arctic ice cap may be thinning, but the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been expanding for years. At least as of February, last winter was the Northern Hemisphere's coldest in decades. In May, German climate modelers reported in the journal Nature that global warming is due for a decade-long vacation. But be not not-afraid, added the modelers: The inexorable march to apocalypse resumes in 2020.

This last item is, of course, a forecast, not an empirical observation. But it raises a useful question: If even slight global cooling remains evidence of global warming, what isn't evidence of global warming? What we have here is a nonfalsifiable hypothesis, logically indistinguishable from claims for the existence of God. This doesn't mean God doesn't exist, or that global warming isn't happening. It does mean it isn't science."

Carter, Obama, and the Evangelicals

KRLA 870 AM Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio: "Social actions – good works, if you will – are taught in scripture to be by-products of personal renewal, redemption, and commitment to “the faith once for all delivered to the saints.” They are the fruit, not the root, of faith. And those who bought into those ideas a century ago also learned that this activist emphasis was part of a larger systemic denial of basic truths explicitly taught in the Bible. They sought to “demythologize” the Bible (read: no miracles). By the time these spiritual and political antecedents were done, the book revered by so many as the Word of God had been reduced to a collection of a few benign directives about doing good."

Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Gay-Pride Parade Sets Mainstream Acceptance Of Gays Back 50 Years | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA–The mainstream acceptance of gays and lesbians, a hard-won civil-rights victory gained through decades of struggle against prejudice and discrimination, was set back at least 50 years Saturday in the wake of the annual Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade."

Obama’s Alternative (Energy) Reality - HUMAN EVENTS

Obama’s Alternative (Energy) Reality - HUMAN EVENTS: "bama’s government-dictated market-based plan uses the words “require” or “requirement” 21 times, and refers to spending (which he calls “investment”) 42 times. I’m no Milton Friedman, but I’m not sure that Obama knows what the word “market” means, when it’s not used as part of the name “Whole Foods Market.”"

Progress? So What::By Cal Thomas

Townhall.com::Progress? So What::By Cal Thomas: "If this headline writer were reporting victory in World War II, it might have read, 'America wins; German and Japanese Psyche Seriously Affected.' The 1968 moon landing might have read: 'Man Lands on Moon; Will It Hurt the Lunar Environment?' Or, 'Adam and Eve Marry; Gays Demand Similar Rights.'"

Sound Familiar?

Bush's America: 100% Al-Qaeda Free Since 2001::By Ann Coulter

Townhall.com::Bush's America: 100% Al-Qaeda Free Since 2001::By Ann Coulter: "In a conversation recently, I mentioned as an aside what a great president George Bush has been and my friend was surprised. I was surprised that he was surprised."

Obamacans

The Washington Times Inside Politics: "The largest group of Obamacons hail from the libertarian wing of the movement. And it's not just Andrew Sullivan. Milton and Rose Friedman's son, David, is signed up with the cause on the grounds that he sees Obama as the better vessel for his father's cause. Friedman is convinced of Obama's sympathy for school vouchers - a tendency that the Democratic primaries temporarily suppressed. Scott Flanders, the CEO of Freedom Communications - the company that owns The Orange County Register - told a company meeting that he believes Obama will accomplish the paramount libertarian goals of withdrawing from Iraq and scaling back the Patriot Act. ..."

New front opens on evolution wars

The Washington Times New front opens on evolution wars: "battle over science education could soon spill into the courts in Louisiana, where looming legislation would allow teachers to bring up scientific criticisms of evolution, global warming and other hot-button topics."

Who is Barack Obama?

The Washington Times OPINION: Who is Barack Obama?: "'We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.'"

Harboring al Qaeda

Harboring al Qaeda: "THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE has once again released a report claiming that the Bush administration hyped prewar intelligence. The so-called Phase Two report is supposed to investigate the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence. In reality, the report is little more than yet another attempt by partisan Democrats to make political hay out of flawed prewar intelligence. (The only Republicans to endorse the report were two of the Senate's most liberal GOP members.) The committee focused exclusively on prewar statements by Bush administration officials, ignoring similar statements by leading Democrats. Therefore, the report is intended to portray the Bush administration in the worst possible light. But even with this bias, the committee came to a noteworthy conclusion: The Bush administration was right to claim that Saddam's regime was harboring al Qaeda members."

The Washington Times PRUDEN: The faith healer for our time

The Washington Times PRUDEN: The faith healer for our time: "He's ready to rock. 'A light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany,' he told a raucous rally of the rapt in Lebanon, N.H., back in January. 'You will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama.'"

Main Street - WSJ.com

Main Street - WSJ.com: "Barack Obama is no John Kennedy. And that may turn out to be a good thing. At least with regard to reversing one of the unintended consequences of Camelot: the idea that religious voices have no place on the public square.
[Obama, Religion and the Public Square]
AP

At first blush, Sen. Obama may appear to be an odd choice to lead such a reversal. Until very recently, he worshipped at a church whose preachers apparently regard America as something to be abhorred – and have a distressing penchant for being filmed while they do so. Earlier in the primaries, Mr. Obama took flak for his own comments describing small-town Pennsylvania as a place populated by those who 'cling to' religion because they are 'bitter.' And Mr. Obama's positions on hot-button issues like abortion – as a member of the Illinois Senate, he voted against legislation protecting a child who was born alive despite an abortion – put him at odds with many of those thought to represent the religious vote"

Check out my Slide Show!

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Democracies Don't Let People Die

Wonder Land - WSJ.com: "Next to Hillary Won't Quit, the least surprising news yesterday morning was the headline: China Rejects Quake Aid. Reasons on offer were that China wanted to prove its 'self-reliance,' difficult roads, blah, blah, blah. A virtual army of high-tech, highly skilled relief teams are ready to go into Wenchuan County, where mountains literally have fallen onto villages.
Wonder Land columnist Dan Henninger speaks to Kelsey Hubbard about why the Burmese and Chinese governments have rejected global aid in the wakes of their deadly disasters. (May 15)

Meanwhile, even as a second storm headed toward the same Burmese people hit by last weekend's cyclone, its military junta, a government of almost cartoonlike cruelty, continued to tell the helping world to get lost. The U.N. is now talking of a death toll exceeding 100,000. We know that number to be unnecessary because India warned Burma about the cyclone two days before it hit.

When a China or Burma and its people are in the throes of such catastrophe, one is loath to make invidious comparisons."

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Conservatives Really Are More Compassionate

Townhall.com::Conservatives Really Are More Compassionate::By George Will: "WASHINGTON -- Residents of Austin, Texas, home of the state's government and flagship university, have very refined social consciences, if they do say so themselves, and they do say so, speaking via bumper stickers. Don R. Willett, a justice of the state Supreme Court, has commuted behind bumpers proclaiming 'Better a Bleeding Heart Than None at All,' 'Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty,' 'The Moral High Ground Is Built on Compassion,' 'Arms Are For Hugging,' 'Will Work (When the Jobs Come Back From India),' 'Jesus Is a Liberal,' 'God Wants Spiritual Fruits, Not Religious Nuts,' 'The Road to Hell Is Paved With Republicans,' 'Republicans Are People Too -- Mean, Selfish, Greedy People' and so on. But Willett thinks Austin subverts a stereotype: 'The belief that liberals care more about the poor may scratch a partisan or ideological itch, but the facts are hostile witnesses.'"

Faith, Race and Politics

KRLA 870 AM Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio: "Last Thursday evening I sat in the green room of the Hannity and Colmes show. It had already been a long week. I was thrilled to have an opportunity to point the nation to my new book Personal Faith, Public Policy. On the other hand, I was concerned about how black viewers would respond to my statements about Jeremiah Wright or Senator Obama. There has been an unspoken sentiment among blacks that we have to support Senator Obama at all costs."

KidZui's Parent Plan Lets Children Explore In Safe Corner of Web

Personal Technology - WSJ.com: "The Internet presents a real dilemma for parents with younger children. On the one hand, it's filled with fun and wholesome sites for kids, and lots of educational material. On the other, it teems with inappropriate content and potentially dangerous means of communicating with strangers."

Note to representative Steve King: shut your stinkin' trap!

When Republicans make comments like Iowa Representative Steve King did this week about Obama's middle name, all it does is play to the stereotype that Republicans are xenphobic racists. There are plenty of reasons not to vote for Barack Obama: what his middle name is is not one of them.

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Obama's politics of surrender - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Obama's politics of surrender - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "One year ago, in the wake of the Democrats recapturing Congress, it was unimaginable that in 2008, Republicans (or for that matter, any American politicians) would be emphasizing military and political successes in Iraq. But thanks to the outstanding leadership of Gen. David Petraeus and the men and women who participated in the Iraq troop surge, things have changed quite dramatically. For now, their achievements sem to have sapped the MoveOn.org, anti-war- movement crowd of much of its political support and energy."

The Price of Going Green - WSJ.com

The Price of Going Green - WSJ.com: "Most homeowners like the idea of going green -- until they get the bill."

Children, Children's Children: 'Stop Worrying About Us' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Children, Children's Children: 'Stop Worrying About Us' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "WASHINGTON—In a statement channeled back across generations to the present day, the nation's children and the nation's children's children called for an end to decades of passionate oratory over their well-being."

Area Liberal Worried His Asian Dry Cleaner Doesn't Like Him | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

I'm beginning to think there may be a token conservative on staff at The Onion! Area Liberal Worried His Asian Dry Cleaner Doesn't Like Him | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "SAN FRANCISCO—Despite his open-mindedness and deep commitment to multiculturalism, Steve Bern, 32, expressed fear Monday that Rei Luo, the Chinese woman who does his dry cleaning, does not like him."

E-Mail From Aunt Accidentally Opened | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

E-Mail From Aunt Accidentally Opened | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "CHICAGO—An otherwise routine e-mail-checking session went wrong when college student Gwen Petersen, 20, accidentally opened a message sent by her Aunt Sophie in Michigan, sources reported Monday."

Hiatal hernia - MayoClinic.com

Hear is where the true value of the Internet is made plain: when I can share with the entire world the findings of my upper endoscopy:

Hiatal hernia - MayoClinic.com: "A hernia occurs when one part of the body protrudes through a gap or opening into another part. A hiatal hernia forms at the opening in your diaphragm where your food pipe (esophagus) joins your stomach. Part of the stomach pushes through this opening causing a hiatal hernia."

How my twins saved my life by kicking loose a tumour while still in my womb | the Daily Mail

How my twins saved my life by kicking loose a tumour while still in my womb | the Daily Mail: "Like any thrilled mother to be, Michelle Stepney cherished the first kicks she could feel from her unborn babies.
But her lively twin girls were doing more than simply making their presence felt.
Each little kick was saving their mother's life."

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Samuel's Spina Bifida Surgery In Utero

Samuel's Spina Bifida Surgery In Utero: "As a veteran photojournalist in Nashville, Tennessee, I was hired by USA Today newspaper to photograph a spina bifida corrective surgical procedure. It was to be performed on a twenty-one week old fetus in utero at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At that time, in 1999, twenty-one weeks in utero was the earliest that the surgical team would consider for surgery. The worst possible outcome would be that the surgery would cause premature delivery, and no child born earlier than twenty-three weeks had survived."

Bill Clinton: 'Screw It, I'm Running For President' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Bill Clinton: 'Screw It, I'm Running For President' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "CHARLESTON, SC—After spending two months accompanying his wife, Hillary, on the campaign trail, former president Bill Clinton announced Monday that he is joining the 2008 presidential race, saying he 'could no longer resist the urge.'"

The issue of life should never be on the back burner.

Polls consistently show either immigration or the war on terror as the most important issue in surveys of conservatives. The argument seems to go that if terrorists destroy the country, we will not have the luxury of debating the morality of abortion.

I would argue that regardless of the other issues, any civilized nation that allows infants to be killed for the sake of convenience is in deep trouble. How can we say to the Islamofascist, you won't kill our babies-only we can do that?

Obama is the Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Ever

KRLA 870 AM Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio: "Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion presidential candidate ever.
He is so pro-abortion he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions because he did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois Senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact 'persons.'"

Democrats and religion - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Democrats and religion - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "Pop Quiz: Which presidential candidate opened a recent event in South Carolina with: 'Giving all praise and honor to God. Look at the day that the Lord has made.' Former Baptist Minister Mike Huckabee? Nope. Former Mormon Bishop Mitt Romney? Nah. Catholic school-educated Rudy Giuliani? Not even close."

McRomianihuckson

I've decided to create my own presidential candidate for the GOP. He is a hybrid of the current field incorporating the best features of each: Ron McRomianihuckson.

He has some of the libertarian leanings of Ron Paul but none of the geekiness and antiwar views; he has the bona fides of John McCain but none of his silliness regarding campaign finance reform; he has the smoothness and business sense of Mitt Romney; he has the no-nonsense style of Rudy Giuliani; the charisma and social conservatism of Mike Huckabee without the anti-Bush foreign-policy nonsense; and the "hands down" approach to global warming of Fred Thompson.

The question is will "McRomianihuckson" fit on a bumper sticker?