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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Americans Converge On Arizona
   States Rights piece by Guest: Armand C. Hale (5/8/10)

Encouraged by news at least twelve states plan to follow Arizona’s lead by cracking down on illegal immigration with versions of SB 1070, organizers with Voice of the People USA and Tea Party Patriots Live are announcing historic mega rallies in Phoenix Arizona and around the nation this June 5 through June 12 accompanied by Americans shopping in Arizona to counter any boycotts.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Religion Invoked To Coax America’s Cultural Surrender
   Progressivism piece by Frederick Meekins (5/7/10)

The March 2010 issue of Sojourners Magazine pictured on its cover an adorable Hispanic child with a caption next to the photograph reading “Citizen or Criminal”.  Inside the issue were a number of articles expositing how Christians are obligated to basically surrender America to outsiders, most of whom defended by the magazine have no standing to be in the United States to begin with.

How Hollywood Maligns The Right
   HollyWeird piece by Warner Todd Huston (5/7/10)

We all know of the great slights that Hollywood deals out to the American right. We see them all the time. From the TV shows that casts Republicans as villains, the movies that make Christians out to be hypocrites or even outright evil. Traditional motherhood and fatherhood also find constant ridicule at the hands of Hollywood. The overt examples are everywhere, of course. But the grand swipe isn’t all that Hollywood indulges. There are also these ubiquitous, small, quick, too fast to notice swipes against the right perpetrated by Hollywood. A fine example of the side-swipe approach to denigrating the right came in the April 29 episode of ‘The Mentalist’(1), a CBS detective show starring Australian actor Simon Baker.

Ernie Harwell has made it home
   Society piece by Guest: Kendall Wingrove (5/7/10)

Every year, countless baseball fans would gather around their radios and wait to hear the familiar verse from the Song of Solomon:  “For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.“

GOP to Insist on 10th Amendment
   States Rights piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

Republicans are so determined to stop what they say is abusive and unlawful expansion of the federal government under President Obama that they are willing to abdicate power to the states to do it.

Greek Crisis Will Destroy European Union
   Economics piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

The European debt crisis that has spread from Greece will ultimately tear apart the entire European Union, says hedge fund manager Dennis Gartman.

Broader U-6 Unemployment Rate Increases to 17.1% in April
   Employment/Jobs piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

The U.S. jobless rate was rose to 9.9% in April, the first increase in three months, but the government’s broader measure of unemployment ticked up for the third month in a row, rising 0.2 percentage point to 17.1%.

The end of La Dolce Vita
   Socialism piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

Are Europe and America headed to where Athens is today? - To answer the question, consider what brought Greece to where she is - running a deficit of 14 percent of gross domestic product with a debt approaching 100 percent, with Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Great Britain not that far behind.

The last communist
   ObamaNation piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

I recall when I was a teenager asking the question, in a civics class, “What’s to stop the president or Congress from ignoring the Constitution and doing whatever they please?“ Predictably, the class laughed and the teacher patronizingly explained to me that our system of “checks and balances” made such a scenario impossible. I clearly remember that I was totally unconvinced by his dismissive answer.

Not so ‘NICE’
   ObamaCare piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

NICE is the body within Britain’s national health-care system that establishes guidelines with regard to who should receive how much and what level of health care. - As the reader may recall, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and scores of other prominent “fear mongers” were ridiculed for asserting that recently passed health-care legislation would despoil our health-care system, and that it was truly calculated to augment the federal government’s power and not about health care at all.

Report calls tea party-supporters ‘insurgents’
   TEA Parties piece by Offsite (5/7/10)

A report about this week’s primary elections calls citizens in the grass-roots tea-party movement “insurgents” and raises questions about whether they can impact the November vote.

I’m NOT an Environmentalist!  I’m a Christian!
   GreeenIsm piece by J. D. Longstreet (5/7/10)

The OTHER Holy War - We now know that environmentalism is a religion.  It is, of course, a pagan religion, but a religion, nevertheless.

Greece Today - USA Tomorrow - Under Socialism
   Socialism piece by JB Williams (5/7/10)

As Rasmussen reports(1) - “New Jersey and California are just two of the states that are wrestling with high numbers of well-compensated unionized public employees as they try to reduce growing budget deficits.  But a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that Americans are generally favorable toward these unions…“

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Preparing for the Bomb That Goes Off
   Terrorism piece by Offsite (5/6/10)

It was the best possible terrorism outcome: several heroes and no victims. A prime suspect sitting in cuffs, and chinks in the national security armor exposed for correction. But while the attack on Times Square failed, the perpetrator did manage a small psychological victory—re-stirring the public’s fear. We should cut that win down to size.

A Spend-and-Borrow Debt Mess
   Economics piece by Offsite (5/6/10)

The ink was barely dry on the $150 billion European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout of Greece, when world stock markets tanked on two major fears. First, financial analysts are concerned that the bailout money won’t be enough to cover Greece’s borrowing needs from its out-of-control budget deficit. Second, there are fears that the EU/IMF deal will not be approved by the German parliament in a vote scheduled for Friday.

More Than Just Government
   Progressivism piece by Bruce Walker (5/6/10)

What vexes conservatives most?  We often think our only foe is too much government, but that is a mistake.  The leftist giants of privately owned media, almost en masse, advance a cultural and moral agenda utterly at odds with what we believe.  Private colleges indoctrinate young adults with hateful propaganda.  The entertainment industry coarsens our morality, savages our faith, and mocks our patriotism.

Obama “Internet czar” linked to “Net neutrality” effort
   ObamaNation piece by Offsite (5/6/10)

President Obama’s “Internet czar,“ Susan P. Crawford, is tied to a Marxist-run liberal media think tank that advocates government intervention in the Internet, charges a new book released this week.

U.S. Marines Reject Recruits with Confederate Flag Tattoos!
   Military piece by J. D. Longstreet (5/6/10)

“A widely regarded Southern symbol of pride and states’ rights is standing in the way of would-be Marines in their quest to serve their country - a Confederate battle flag.

Attacks On Arizona Are Attacks On America
   The Republic piece by Christopher Adamo (5/6/10)

Among the insightful guardrails established in the Constitution for the preservation of the United States, the requirement that the nation’s chief executive be a natural born citizen exhibited a keen understanding of the human condition. Though no single stipulation could provide absolute protection from the incursion of forces that may be unsympathetic or even hostile to the nation, the founders did their utmost to ensure that the succession of leaders would, as much as possible, have the interests of America at the forefront of their ambitions.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Dodd’s Financial Reform Violates Privacy
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

Sen. Dodd’s “Wall Street Bailout” bill, S. 3217, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, seeks to establish a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP). This Bureau violates consumer privacy, monitors personal bank transactions, and uses personal financial data to regulate consumer choice.

Student Interns Aren’t Being Exploited
   Socialism piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

Do you employ unpaid student interns - college students who work in exchange for on-the-job training?

‘Is Secular Poison Infecting America?‘
   Progressivism piece by Thomas D. Segel (5/5/10)

Harlingen, Texas, May 5, 2010: It has only been a month since Christians celebrated Easter.  It is a Holy day when those who follow the Faith recount the resurrection of their Savior.  It is also a day on the calendar often maligned by the secular world.

Coffee: Drink to Your Health
   Health piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

For many years, coffee was considered a vice, linked with sleepless nights and cigarettes. But scientists have discovered that coffee contains potent antioxidants that can fight numerous ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. According to the American Coffee Association, 54 percent of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and they drink, on average, over three cups each.

Eliminate Checking Accounts to End Bank Risks
   Economics piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

What’s the best way to prevent banks from taking reckless risks with customers’ money?

Bond Vigilantes May Hit U.S., Japan
   Economics piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

The sovereign debt crisis will spread to economies outside Greece, with the United States and Japan perhaps representing the ultimate targets, says New York University economist Nouriel Roubini.

L.A. Teetering on Bankruptcy, Former Mayor Says
   Socialism piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

California’s finances have deteriorated rapidly since the beginning of the financial meltdown in 2007, and now it’s really getting bad.

Dentists, Others at Risk From New Bank Regs
   Socialism piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

The new consumer-protection rules that Democrats in Congress are drafting as part of the bank regulation bill may harm industries far removed from financial services.

New light shed on Kent State killings
   History piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

Previously undisclosed FBI documents suggest that the Kent State antiwar protests were more meticulously planned than originally thought and that one or more gunshots may have been fired at embattled Ohio National Guardsmen before their killings of four students and woundings of at least nine others on that searing day in May 1970.

New state law requires cities and counties to challenge intrusive federal rules
   States Rights piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Nick Dranias (5/5/10)

Last week, Governor Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1398, which mandates that local governments enforce their “coordination rights” against federal agencies. This new law enlists Arizona cities, counties and special districts in the fight against an overreaching federal government.

Arizona’s immigration law spreads
   Law piece by Offsite (5/5/10)

A national grassroots organization that fights illegal immigration is boasting that Arizona’s controversial new immigration-enforcement law is an idea that’s catching on.