Thursday, August 7, 2008

Obama Is Europe’s “Vision” For America

  Elections item by Christopher G. Adamo (8/7/08)

Fawning over Barack Obama as they did during his recent overseas campaign swing, those cheering multitudes of Europeans said much more about themselves than they did about either Illinois Senator and Democrat presidential candidate or the best course to chart for the future of the United States. Somewhat surprisingly, and despite all of the dutiful and harmonious consensus of Obama’s lackeys in the American media, his campaign gained little credibility from the venture.

America’s Political Gag Reflex

  Elections item by Lee Culpepper (8/7/08)

With Obama’s lead in the polls disappearing, a steady stream of doubt is now being poured over Obama’s nervous and inverted campaign. The great orator appears ready to crack. Soon, Obama could be flip-flopping so swiftly that the infamous 90 seconds required to break someone through waterboarding will seem like eternity. If swearing to be a born-again conservative would make him president, Obama would find a way to deliver the announcement and still pacify his government-dependent audience.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

A Great Lakes Eco ‘Catastrophe’ That ISN’T

  GreeenIsm item by Warner Todd Huston (8/3/08)

The Chicago Tribune posted a story(1) in the July 30 edition that highlights the often absurd hyperbole all too common in the language of environmentalists and eco-watchers. The story detailed the findings of scientists studying Lake Michigan and the ecology of the Great Lakes, one of them saying it is in “catastrophic” shape. Native fish and vegetation are being crowded out by new species and the “Great Lakes are at a tipping point” the Trib warns. It’s all presented as some major disaster that should alarm us all, as if Mother Nature is being ruined, presumably by man.

Outrageous Reaction to Profits

  Progressivism item by Thomas E. Brewton (8/3/08)

ExxonMobil’s quarterly report, taken out of perspective, predictably evoked screams of outrage from liberal-progressives and from the general public.

US Arctic Oil May be LOST to the UN

  Energy item by Alan Caruba (8/3/08)

“The Arctic may hold 90 billion barrels of oil, more than all the known reserves of Nigeria, Kazakhstan, and Mexico combined, and enough to supply U.S. demand for 12 years.” One would have thought Joe Carroll’s Bloomberg News report would have evoked some interest by the public and other media outlets. Instead, news of the U.S. Geological Survey was greeted mostly by a giant collective yawn.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

The Greens are Going Crazy

  GreeenIsm item by Alan Caruba (7/27/08)

It’s hard to ignore the fact that the Greens are going crazy, not just in the United States, but around the world. They are increasingly frantic over the opposition being voiced against global warming, one of the greatest hoaxes in modern history.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Global Warming Challenged by New Data and Failed Predictions

  Global Warming item by Mary Mostert (7/20/08)

The American Physical Society (APS), representing over 50,000 physicists, has re-opened the discussion of the issue of global warming. In 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that more than half of the “Global warming” of the past 50 years (IPCC, 2007) had been caused by CO2 emissions from humans and that human activity would cause further rapid warming . That conclusion is now being challenged by new data and the failure of old data to predict what has actually happened to the climate since 2001.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Divisive Politics

  Elections item by Thomas E. Brewton (7/5/08)

Senator Obama’s campaign is based upon a fantasy: his claimed ability to transcend politics-as-usual and thereby to unite the nation for a common purpose.

The Devil You Know Or The Devil You Know

  Elections item by J.J. Jackson (7/5/08)

Well, here are your choices in November - a devil or a devil. Maybe the choice could be made easier. After all the saying goes, “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.” Ok, well the only problem with that philosophy is that we “know” both of them.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

On Promises Kept, Rank Our Government ‘Unsatisfactory’

  Big Brother item by Thomas D. Segel (6/29/08)

Harlingen, Texas, June 26, 2008:  I really have a great amount of pity for those millions of poor souls who have such undying faith in the promises made by any politician, particularly those who hold national offices.  Those who swallow this “Alice in Wonderland” rhetoric will suffer the deepest cuts of all when they step back through the looking glass and view reality for the first time.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Nazism, Marxism and Islam

  Politics item by Bruce Walker (6/22/08)

There is an invidious desire by those on the atheist Left to pretend that Hitler and the Nazis were some sort of rogue Christians and that many devout Christians accepted the Nazis and Hitler as protectors against Bolshevism and Jews.  Those who wish to so this often note that Hitler made references to the Almighty or to Providence in his speeches, invoking the name of God.  This had nothing to do with Christianity and everything to do with his own religious beliefs, which were anything but Christian.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Obama Would Be A Clinton Third Term

  Elections item by Christopher G. Adamo (6/19/08)

Forget about the rancor of the Democrat Primary season. That is all history now. In truth, the heated rivalry between the two candidates was hardly an indicator of any philosophical or moral differences between them, but only a strident argument about which liberal “messiah” deserved to be president. Even the fierceness of their efforts was itself a reflection of comparable components of raw ambition that each possesses.

‘The (Liberal) Media Empire Strikes Back?’

  MSM item by Jack L. Key (6/19/08)

Well, here we go again. It’s big-time politics. The liberal media’s finest hour! Just the look and sound of the word “politics” grates on me.  So does the word “freedom” of a runaway liberal press. Has any other “freedom” or “right” of America’s Constitution ever been so abused?

Sex, Lies, and Datatapes of the Partner Abuse Industry

  Femi-Nazis item by Carey Roberts (6/19/08)

The domestic violence industry is reeling from a recent series of high-profile scandals, leaving abuse workers to wonder how things could have possibly gone so wrong.

Democrats Continue to Make Fools of Themselves

  Demercrats item by JB Williams (6/19/08)

Allow me to begin by stating for the record that I realize how politically incorrect it is to single out a specific group of people and acknowledge their overtly foolish behaviors. But it seems we have reached a moment of insanity, when enough really should be enough!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

‘Will the Greens Sacrifice Their Own ‘Sacred Cows’?’

  GreeenIsm item by Dennis T. Avery (6/14/08)

Wired Magazine has published a list of “Green sacred cows” it says must be sacrificed to save the planet. Wired’s founding editor, Kevin Kelly, formerly edited the Whole Earth Catalog, so the magazine has credentials for rethinking what it means to be Green.

‘Are American Voters as Stupid As Democrats Bank On?’

  Elections item by JB Williams (6/14/08)

I’d love to be able to say that American voters are far too intelligent to ever fall for the socialist drivel currently peddled by the New Democrat Party, aka - the Democratic Socialists of America. But that would be a lie…

Friday, June 13, 2008

Dismantling the USA Part I:  The Beginnings

  Progressivism item by Sher Zieve (6/13/08)

Today’s US Supreme Court ruling advising the country and the world that foreign terrorists now essentially are afforded the same rights to have their cases tried in the US federal court system and pounds another nail into the coffin of the USA, prompted me - again - towards the realization that today’s students haven’t a clue as to how and why the United States of America now finds itself in the current predicament that presages its end.  Leftist academia has only taught them to hate their country.  But, I do not only blame the leftist faction for its unrelenting indoctrination of Communist ‘principles’ calling for the destruction of freedom and liberty into the minds of children and young adults.  I also blame our faux conservative elected officials for allowing said indoctrination to go unchecked for decades.  And now it’s too late.  This was probably our first - and greatest - mistake.

Land-Use Reform and Risk

  Big Brother item by Paul M. Weyrich (6/13/08)

Phil Truluck is today Executive Vice President of the Heritage Foundation. He is the right-hand man of Edwin J. (Ed) Feulner, Jr. In 1973 he worked under my supervision. Then as now he is one of the most able and tireless laborers for the cause I ever have known.  That year he worked day and night on the liberal’s pet cause of that era - namely, land use. Had the land use bill passed the Federal Government would have been able, in effect, to do away with private property.

Monday, June 9, 2008

“Media Reform” Activists Cheer Obama

  Progressivism item by Cliff Kincaid (6/9/08)

Minneapolis: Dropping any pretense of objectivity and non-partisanship, the “National Conference for Media Reform” on Saturday night turned into a Barack Obama-for-President rally, as left-wing media figure Arianna Huffington denounced Senator and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain as a “Trojan horse for the right” who had “sold his soul” to become president.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Chicago Daily Herald: Vote for Obama or You’re a Racist

  MSM item by Warner Todd Huston (6/6/08)

The Daily Herald, a Chicago area paper, waxed triumphant over the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the assumed position as the Democratic Party nominee for the presidency today.  The article was filled with soaring pronouncements of the historical nature of this moment and what it means for America but, by the end of the piece, “Historic candidacy brings hope, obligation(1),” one gets the feeling that the Daily Herald is saying that if you don’t vote for Obama it’s because you’re a racist.

‘Did the S-word Doom Hillary’s Nomination Bid?’

  Elections item by Carey Roberts (6/6/08)

Like an over-hyped TV reality series that finally came to an end, Hillary has conceded the Democratic nomination race to Barack Obama. This past Saturday the Democratic Rules and Bylaws Committee drove the final nail in the coffin, declaring the vote of the Florida and Michigan delegates would only count for half.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

‘Why Does the Senate NOT Want Energy Solutions?’

  Energy item by Doug Hagin (6/1/08)

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee summoned top executives to Capitol Hill, to explain why gas prices are so darned high, and most importantly in their minds, to make themselves seem important, righteously indignant, and to convince Americans that they are looking out for us.

NH Middle School Celebrating ‘Open Tent’ Day—Kids Dress Like Arabs

  EdukShun item by Warner Todd Huston (6/1/08)

Only in the west can one see a school that hosts a day when school children are encouraged to dress like, act like, and “learn about” those trying to kill them and all in a day that the country is in the midst of war. And only in the west would the media help celebrate such an outrageous example of support for what, in truth, are our enemies. 

Gas Too High? Burn Coal!

  Energy item by Dennis T. Avery (6/1/08)

We are truly conflicted about energy.