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Thursday, April 30, 2009

An Administration/Regime In Self-Destruct Mode
   ObamaNation piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (4/30/09)

One President Obama is skating on very thin ice.  His “poll” numbers remain very high, however few of those respondents have a clue about what is being done to them.

Obama Warms Up to Joining World Court
   Law piece by Offsite (4/30/09)

The Obama administration will probably shift to a more accepting approach toward the International Criminal Court (ICC) within a few months, according to The Washington Times.

RNC’s Steele Agrees With Limbaugh on Specter
   Politics piece by Offsite (4/30/09)

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said he agreed with conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh that Sen. Arlen Specter’s defection from the Republican Party to the Democrats was no loss to the GOP.

Censors for talk radio expected within 90 days
   Police State piece by Offsite (4/30/09)

The leader of a newly formed public awareness campaign to alert U.S. citizens about an effort to stifle free speech says he expects local “boards” will be assembled within 90 days to begin censoring talk radio, a move that will come as an “Arctic blast” against the expression of opinion in the United States.

CO2 Restrictions Threaten Human Life
   GreeenIsm piece by AynRandInstitute: Alex Epstein (4/30/09)

Washington, D.C., April 30, 2009—The Environmental Protection Agency’s “finding” that carbon dioxide emissions endanger “the health and welfare of current and future generations” is absurd, said Alex Epstein, analyst at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. According to Mr. Epstein, the real danger to Americans’ “health and welfare” is policies designed to fight global warming by throttling energy sources that emit CO2.

Fairness Doctrine ‘unconstitutional’
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (4/30/09)

For the first time, a U.S. Supreme Court justice is offering some legal insight about the so-called Fairness Doctrine, suggesting the off-the-books policy could be declared unconstitutional if it’s revived and brought before the bench.

Cutting out the education middleman
   EdukShun piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Clint Bolick (4/30/09)

Last fall, voters rejected several efforts to consolidate school districts. While the supporters had a kernel of insight—it’s wise to capture economies of scale—they pursued the wrong approach. Instead of making school districts bigger, we should abolish them.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Arizona Attorney General abandons one campaign finance regulation
   Elections piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Nick Dranias (4/29/09)

The Goldwater Institute scored a victory for free speech last week when the Arizona Attorney General abandoned a campaign finance regulation.

Americans to feds: Hands off our news!
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (4/29/09)

A new Zogby poll shows Americans across the political spectrum reject government intrusion into how they get their news and information.

FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic
   Government piece by Offsite (4/29/09)

NEW YORK (CBS) - A furious President Barack Obama ordered an internal review of Monday’s low-flying photo op over the Statue of Liberty.

Parental rights already being lost
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (4/29/09)

Supporters of a plan to amend the U.S. Constitution to include parental rights are warning moms and dads across the United States they already are losing their rights to make decisions regarding their children’s health, education, welfare, finances, sex education, access to abortion and even leisure time.

‘The 2010 Decennial Census In Danger Again - A Church Boycott?‘
   Politics piece by FreeCongressFoundation: Marion Edwyn Harrison (4/29/09)

Confusion,  uncertainty and suspicion appear to have been competing with one another to confound or compromise the clear Constitutional requiement: Article I. Section 2, Clause 3, which pertinently and mandatorily requires that “Representatives [in Congress] shall be apportioned among the several States according to the [the States’] Numbers . . . [the] actual Enumeration shall be made . . within every . . . Term of ten Years, in such Manner as [Congress] shall by Law direct.”  Section 2 of Amendment XIV requires that “Representatives shall be apportioned among the . . . States according to their numbers, counting the whole number of persons in Each, excluding Indians not taxed.”

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

‘Pandemic? What Pandemic?‘
   Health piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (4/28/09)

A few people have came down with the flu, the MSM and various governments are running with the “crisis”? Political opportunism?

Gun Owners Worried Over Limbaugh Stance
   Society piece by Offsite (4/28/09)

Rush Limbaugh’s new pet project - fighting animal cruelty for the Humane Society of the United States - is riling sportsmen from coast to coast, prompting fears that the talkster typically supportive of gun rights is aiding a group they say has a secret agenda to end all hunting in America.

He Ain’t No RINO No More - Arlen Spector Becomes A DINO
   Demercrats piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (4/28/09)

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has announced he is now a Democrat when in fact he is a Progressive Demercrat.

A Culture Of Surveillance
   Big Brother piece by Guest: Chuck Baldwin (4/28/09)

It is truly amazing how much news the American news media chooses to ignore. If one wants to discover what is actually going on in the world, he or she often has to go to the foreign press. This has again been the case with a story that every American should be extremely interested in, but which has been totally ignored by the American news media. I found this story in Russia Today.

‘Swine flu an act of biological warfare?‘
   National Security piece by Offsite (4/28/09)

With 40 confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S., an anti-terrorism expert is questioning whether the outbreak is an act of biological warfare.

Rich state or poor state, that is the question
   Taxes piece by GoldwaterInstitute: Byron Schlomach (4/28/09)

No later than June 30, Arizona’s legislature and Governor Brewer have to agree on a budget for fiscal 2010 or the state government will shut down.

U.N. mercury alert neglects metal-laden CFLs
   GreeenIsm piece by Offsite (4/28/09)

NEW YORK - A recent United Nations crackdown on mercury raises concerns about the safety of compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs, that Congress has mandated to replace incandescent bulbs by 2014.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Sen. Patrick “Leaky” Leahy to Investigate Top Secret Interrogations
   Show Trials piece by Jim Kouri (4/27/09)

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy last Wednesday warned Senate Republicans that if they do not back an independent commission to investigate George W. Bush Administration’s detainee interrogation program, he will launch his own committee investigation.

Christians Must Be The Driving Force In Saving America
   Religion piece by J. D. Longstreet (4/27/09)

If one chooses not to subscribe to a religion (in this America) that is perfectly OK.  Nowhere is it written that you must belong to one faith, or the other, to be a good citizen, or even just to be a citizen.  Nowhere.

Why the Law is Foreign to Ginsberg
   Judicial Activism piece by Selwyn Duke (4/27/09)

There is an old saying, “A man who is capable of deceiving only others is not nearly as dangerous as a man who is capable of deceiving himself.“  Truer words were never spoken.  When a person lies, he is deceiving others about reality, but at least knows he is engaging in deception.  But when someone rationalizes - which is when you lie to yourself - he is truly lost.  He then not only bends reality for others as a by-product of bending it for himself, but he can render untruths without having to lie.  This is because a lie is when you tell an untruth knowing it’s untrue.  It’s much like when the ever-prevaricating George Costanza character on Seinfeld gave his advice for beating a polygraph machine, “just remember . . . it’s not a lie if you believe it.“

We Need New Definitions of Rich and Poor
   Society piece by Doug Patton (4/27/09)

“Contentment makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.“ - Benjamin Franklin—Much has been written about the Greatest Generation, and with good reason. They grew up during the harsh years of the Great Depression; then, just as they were reaching adulthood, they were asked to save the world from tyranny - which they did, even though many of them were still teenagers.

Incredible Sea Level Rise Is - Not Credible
   Global Warming piece by Guest: Dennis T. Avery (4/27/09)

A recent scientific paper quoted in the N.Y. Times claimed Mexican corals that died 120,000 years ago showed sea levels might have surged 10 feet in just 50 years! If so, such a sea-level rise must have involved a big ice-melt in Antarctica.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

WHO Tries to Come up With Swine Flu Plan
   Health piece by Offsite (4/26/09)

GENEVA -(AP)- The World Health Organization tried to determine Sunday how to battle a deadly new strain of swine flu, holding teleconferences with staff and flu experts around the world as countries from New Zealand to France reported suspected cases.

2 Swine Flus in Kan., US Total 11; 8 Likely in NY
   Health piece by Offsite (4/26/09)

NEW YORK -(AP)- At least two cases of the human swine influenza have been confirmed in Kansas, bringing the U.S. total to 11. At least eight more are suspected in students at a New York City high school, but health officials say they don’t know whether they have the same virus that has killed scores of people in Mexico.

Solar Scenarios
   Climate Change piece by Alan Caruba (4/26/09)

The end of the world has always been a popular theme for various religions and for doomsayers in general. The Mayan calendar identifies December 12, 2012 as the end of the world. In the second century B.C., the Jewish cult, the Essenes, framed it as a battle between good and evil, and the Book of Revelations offers its own scenario.

What a New New Deal Means For You
   Socialism piece by Thomas E. Brewton (4/26/09)

Socialism, the motivating ideology of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, is the opposite of the political state envisioned in the Bill of Rights.  Socialism requires that your individual liberties be subordinated to the needs of the political state.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Here she comes, Miss Integrity
   Society piece by Offsite (4/25/09)

I’m sure you’ve all heard about the Miss USA pageant in which Miss California, Carrie Prejean, got nailed on a question about gay marriage posed by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. It’s very likely that, had she not let her true hateful nature slip, Miss Prejean would now be reigning as Miss USA and thus in a position to spread her detestable, revolting belief in the sanctity of marriage around the country. Thank goodness Perez Hilton prevented this with his great big “ZERO” score. What a narrow escape.

How one ordinary woman solved a murder
   Crime piece by Offsite (4/25/09)

How an ordinary woman’s persistence led to justice for the victim of a brutal murder - At the age of 40 Susan Galbreath’s life had spiralled into a dull purposelessness, with no fixed ambitions, targets or goals. By the year 2000, she had two failed marriages behind her, one son, and had moved south from Chicago to Mayfield, Kentucky. Her third husband was an alcoholic and the marriage was in atrophy. She had not worked since an illness in 1998 and anyway had a background without any fixed skills or training. It was a dead end-life in a near dead-end town.