http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While the 2010 congressional elections are still a long way off, the conservative resurgence in New Jersey, Virginia, and NY23 has been refreshing and exciting. Worst case scenario at this point is Democrats win NJ and NY23 (Virginia is all but sealed), but even that will hardly be a victory ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/10/30/the-campaign-to-unseat-allyson-schwartz-pa-13-has-begun/ This article scares right out of the gate:  In a locally unprecedented move, the School District of Philadelphia will hold principals accountable for the number of students eating breakfast in their schools. Alas, this does not mean schools are attempting to control waste by limiting the number of students who receive breakfast ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/10/08/from-force-feeding-healthcare-to-forced-feeding-in-philadelphia/ The PA state budget is expected to pass with Republican approval because of the exclusion of a PIT (personal income tax) increase.  However, they are adding additional taxes to cigars and cultural tickets despite an admission that most people are against ANY kind of tax increase.  We still need to voice ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/09/29/call-pa-state-senators-and-tell-them-no-to-tax-increases/ Spirit in my psyche Double in my role Alter in my image Struggle for control   Rasmussen’s Approval Index (the difference between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove of the job the president is doing) has frequently been used along with the president’s overall approval; numbers which, of late, indicate that his ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/08/26/polarize-me/ I am a lifelong conservative.  I first took a serious interest in politics when I was in college at Penn State, joining activist groups (like the local chapter of Young America's Foundation), and reading authors ranging from Rush Limbaugh and William F. Buckley Jr. to Ayn Rand and P. J. O’Rourke. ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/08/10/need-more-tinfoil-the-life-in-a-day-of-a-liberal-blogger/ Either way, it certainly wouldn't be for lack of effort by schools such as this.  A school right in Obama's backyard (though the video plays more like a movie trailor than anything else.)  I'm told Hizb ut-Tahrir means "party of liberation" in Arabic.  As in "liberate" the world to Islam.  Don't worry, though. ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/06/24/think-shariah-law-cant-happen-in-the-us-think-again/ I’d imagine I’m not the only one who contacted the Florida GOP, given their tax happy nature. However, I felt compelled to comment on the boldness of this form letter response to my expression of disappointment in their (namely, Governor Crist’s) refusal to offer a real alternative to voters. This could ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/06/05/my-sort-of-correspondence-with-governor-crist-on-taxes/ America, while still (for now) a system founded on individual rights, seems to be moving hopelessly toward socialism (or fill in the blank with your favorite collectivist term).  Currently, conservatives and libertarians merely hope we can get through the Obama Administration with some semblance of capitalism remaining so that we ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/05/20/is-america-inexorably-moving-toward-statism-maybe-not-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-timing-of-ideas/ The primary for a critical PA judicial election is coming up.  The PA Supreme Court (can I say SCOPA?) is evenly split, so the winner of this election will determine the direction of PA courts for many years.  The PAGOP site has a list of endorsements, though I would recommend ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/05/17/pa-voters-did-you-know-about-the-swing-vote-on-the-pa-supreme-court-updated/ The primary for a critical PA judicial election is coming up.  The PA Supreme Court (can I say SCOPA?) is evenly split, so the winner of this election will determine the direction of PA courts for many years.  The PAGOP site has a list of endorsements, though I would recommend ... http://www.redstate.com/atlaspuked/2009/05/11/pa-voters-did-you-know-about-the-swing-vote-on-the-pa-supreme-court/