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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Bunkum-Babbling Ben Bernanke
   Economics piece by Thomas E. Brewton (12/2/09)

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is a devotee of Keynesian economics, which is to say that he is incapable of learning from experience.  Either he can’t comprehend that the Fed’s excessive fiat money creation always precedes bubbles of economic exuberance, or he insanely proposes to continue repeating the Fed’s cheap money policies, ever hopeful of a different result.

Stocks Will Dive Back to March Lows
   Economics piece by Offsite (12/2/09)

U.S. stocks are heading for a fall to below their lows of last March.

Amazing Mushroom Shrinks Tumors
   Health piece by Offsite (12/2/09)

Maitake mushrooms used in Chinese and Japanese cuisine shrink cancerous tumors by up to 75 percent, according to a new study.

5.7-Liter Hemi V-8 Engine 376 Horsepower!
   Transportation piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (12/2/09)

The 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T Classic starts at $34,005 (including $725 destination) and is available for ordering now at Dodge dealerships nationwide.(1)

Obama’s 18 Month War - Speech at West Point Misses the Point
   War piece by Rev Bresciani (12/2/09)

Years of writing opinion editorials has assured me that my opinion is no more important than anyone else’s but at times I understand that it may be more called for if not seriously necessary.

How Dare We Defile The Holy Land
   Culture Wars piece by James T. Moore (12/2/09)

Male or female, light or dark, religious or atheistic, rich or poor, strong or weak, American or other nationality, all of us, like it or not, share a unique birthright: we came to life and opened our eyes here on this planet; not on Mars or Saturn or Uranus or some distant star, but here, on this verdant world called Earth.

New Lefty Outrage: Gasp, Sarah Palin Flies in Planes!
   GreeenIsm piece by Warner Todd Huston (12/2/09)

Al Gore flies all across the world destroying the environment with his travels so that he can sell the fantasy of globaloney. Hundreds of government officials will be crisscrossing the globe flying to Copenhagen to “save the planet” at the upcoming Climate Conference this December. All are adding to what leftists call global warming and they are adding more in just the month of December alone with their efforts than any common citizen would in their entire lifetime.

The Waste of Tax Dollars Never Ends
   Taxes piece by Tom DeWeese (12/2/09)

The Obama Phone - The nation is collapsing under the federal deficit and Washington can’t find a dime to cut from the budget. Here’s an idea. Stop the Obama phone. What’s the Obama phone, you ask? Well then, that tells me something important about you - you aren’t on welfare - you are just a stupid tax payer. Because everybody on the dole knows about the Obama phone.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Brave New Schools: Education With Conditions
   EdukShun piece by James T. Moore (12/1/09)

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” - Bill Beattie. - I humbly admit, my “formal” education consisted of getting only grammar and high school diplomas. In grammar school I got a heavy dose of “politically incorrect” subjects such as reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, penmanship, geography, and discipline. In high school my curricula (also politically incorrect) included history, civics, math, languages, art, music, mechanical drawing, and perhaps some kind of shop work. Back in those days we didn’t automatically head off to college, we went to work; nevertheless my family and I have never missed a meal.

Population Control for Non-Thinkers
   Population piece by Kevin Roeten (12/1/09)

People who are afraid of overpopulation seem to be very short-term thinkers. Come 2050 (40 years from now) it will be too late. Population will top out, and will begin to fall. By then, we will be scratching our heads and wondering how it all came to this.

It Isn’t About The Settlements
   Middle East piece by Aaron Goldstein (12/1/09)

Scarcely a week after President Obama deemed the construction Israel’s settlements as “dangerous”; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a ten month halt to settlement construction in the West Bank.(1)

For SBA Loans, Stimulus Well Runs Dry
   Economics piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

Two popular stimulus provisions that drew hundreds of banks back to the small-business lending arena ran out of funding Monday, setting the stage for a potential new credit squeeze for business owners.

December 15: A day patriots should celebrate
   The Republic piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Nick Dranias (12/1/09)

For tyrants, December 15, 1791 is a day that lives in infamy. It is the day the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Bill of Rights not only confirmed that the federal government was meant to be one of limited powers, it also crucially underscored the existence of inalienable natural rights that are beyond the power of any legitimate government to deprive.

Of ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice’
   Socialism piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

Sometimes we seem like people on a pleasure boat drifting down the Niagara River, unaware that there are waterfalls up ahead. I don’t know what people think is going to happen when a nation that already sponsors international terrorism has nuclear bombs to give to terrorists around the world.

Why there’s no left-wing ‘Boy Scouts’
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

Watching the left attempting to undo the greatness of American medicine and dismantle the unprecedentedly powerful American economic engine built almost entirely on nongovernmental entrepreneurial effort, I realize once again that the left is far better at destroying than building.

How Anwar Awlaki Got Away
   National Security piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

U.S. Attorney’s Decision to Cancel Arrest Warrant “Shocked” Terrorism Investigators - A felony arrest warrant for radical Islamic cleric Anwar al Awlaki was rescinded in 2002 a day before he was intercepted as a terror suspect at New York’s JFK airport, forcing authorities to release him, according to sources familiar with the case. The warrant was cancelled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver, even though Awlaki was on a terror watch list, and even though the office’s supervising prosecutor for terror cases—who has now been appointed by the Obama administration as the U.S. Attorney in Denver—had been fully briefed on Awlaki’s alleged terror ties, according to investigators.

‘No dispute’ on global warming
   Climate Change piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today brushed aside the concerns of more than 31,000 scientists who have signed a petition challenging the theory of man-made global warming.

Scientist calls nation’s biggest solar plant a toy
   Energy piece by Offsite (12/1/09)

Green energy advocates are promoting the newly built, largest solar-power plant in the nation by means of hiding costs and inflating energy output claims, according to a prominent research scientist and founder of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, who says he has crunched the numbers.

Lewis Diuguid: Ice Cream for Breakfast and a Unicorn in Every Garage
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Warner Todd Huston (12/1/09)

Kansas City Star columnist Lewis Diuguid is, I am forced to believe, completely addicted to some sort of hallucinogenic drug. What else could explain Diuguid’s serious echoing(1) of the unserious proposal of a federal “department of peace” offered by that well known UFO enthusiast from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich?

Monday, November 30, 2009

Editorial: We Have A New Economic Model Thanks To Meddling By Government Hacks
   Economics piece by Editor (11/30/09)

The “Housing Bubble” was engineered by Government Hacks to enable and support a false US economy for their political advantage.

Credit Card Providers Are Becoming Predators That Obviously Don’t Want Our Business
   Economics piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (11/30/09)

They are getting money for almost nothing and charging interest rates approaching 30%!

Ballooning Food Stamps Erode Marriage, Analysts Say
   Welfare State piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

As the federal food stamp program balloons at a record rate, and the stigma for receiving it fades, analysts fear that so much more shame-free government cash may erode the institution of marriage to a devastating degree.

BBC weatherman ‘ignored’ leaked climate row emails
   MSM piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

The BBC has become tangled in the row over the alleged manipulation of scientific data on global warming.

Cleaning out the climate science cesspool
   Climate Change piece by Guest: Paul Driessen (11/30/09)

The data manipulation and fraud stench is too strong to be ignored any longer - As frigid Copenhagen prepares for the upcoming Climate Armageddon confab, a predictable barrage of hothouse horrors has been unleashed, to advance proposals to slash hydrocarbon use and carbon dioxide emissions, restrict agriculture and economic growth, and implement global governance and taxation.

Teachers too often MIA
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

Most discussions about school attendance focus on students. Now, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to talk about teachers.

U.N.‘s Goal of Becoming Rule-Maker in Global Environmental Talks
   GreeenIsm piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

Environmentalism should be regarded on the same level with religion “as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity,“ according to a paper written two years ago to influence the future strategy of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the world’s would-be environmental watchdog.

ACORN Considered Name Change
   Shadow Government piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

The embattled community service organization ACORN recently considered changing its name in an effort to improve its image, according to an internal memo obtained by Politico.

The U.S. is not dead ... yet
   The Republic piece by Offsite (11/30/09)

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” was an expression popularized by Mark Twain after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal circa 1897.

Massive Tax Hikes And New Taxes On The Way, America!
   Taxes piece by J. D. Longstreet (11/30/09)

Oh, please tell me you did not buy the lies out of Washington that the government is going to tax the rich to pay for Socialized Medicine otherwise known as ObamaCare?  Surely you didn’t fall for that!

Do I hear $400,000,000.00
   Congress piece by Jayme Evans (11/30/09)

Now that the US Senate has voted to begin debate on their vision of a health scare bill, Congress has moved our entire country one step closer to the national nightmare of government-controlled health care that millions of people strenuously reject and simultaneously fear. If Nancy Pelosi’s bill placed one of the nation’s feet in the grave, then Harry Reid’s bill placed the other squarely in the path of the banana peel. All the while, Barack Obama has stood ready with the first shovel full of dirt. A couple more steps, and in we go.