http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:00:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en But it is clear to me, at least for the homosexual community, that tolerance only extends so far as you are in agreement with them.  Should you dare to oppose their view you are set upon just as the Reverend Rick Warren was set upon when Barack Obama chose him ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2009/01/20/liberals-i-thought-we-were-supposed-to-be-tolerant/ The mainstream media is only relevant if people talk about what they discuss.  They know if they put out inflammatory remarks we’ll pick it up, link to it, and talk about it.  There may be little we can do about this given it is a wise military commander who knows ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/28/why-we-created-the-mainstream-media-bias/ We do not start publicly decrying those Republicans who are Republicans In November Only just to court the conservative base and then abandon us once elected.   We do not stop accepting ‘the lesser of evils’.  Some pain is going to be necessary to over come this death spiral of accepting moderates ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/26/conservatism-will-fail-in-the-republican-party-if%e2%80%a6/ Congressional Hypocrisy Congressional democrats blaming Bush for the decision to go to war when they voted for it Congressional republicans touting their conservative roots and voting for the Bail Out Bill (HR1424) Congressional democrats blaming Wallstreet for the mortgage meltdown while knowing Congressional Republicans warned eeryont it was coming. Congress (all of them) for ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/20/congressional-hypocrisy/ Superior court judge Michael C. Clark correctly enforced state law today by blocking the implementation of the Georgia counties plan to hand over county responsibility for garbage collection to a private firm, Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful.  The short text of the article can be read here.   Erick put out the call ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/19/a-judge-blocks-implementation-of-gwinnett-counties-socialist-garbage-plan/ For at least the last eight years, and highlighted during this past election cycle, members of the Republican party have shown no pageant for a fight.  No backbone to defend themselves when they have hard public opinion, the constitution, or even hard evidence on their side.   A common theme in many ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/19/to-all-washington-conservatives-stand-up-and-fight/ Liberal activists need a cause.  They cannot be content with achieving their stated goals.  Consequently, their stated goals are, usually unachievable so as to ensure the longevity of the cause. Conservative activists do not need a cause.  They rally around an injustice they see and work to correct it.  Once the ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/18/the-difference-between-liberal-activists-and-conservative-activists/ Recently on December 6th, Newsweek published a story by Lisa Miller entitled ‘Our Mutual Joy’.  In this article Ms. Miller (I’m sure she’s a Ms.) trots out a number of quotes from people who say the bible really supports gay marriage despite many passages to the contrary.  We just have ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/16/newsweek-claims-gay-marriage-is-biblical/ On October 21st, 2008 The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt an amendment to the county garbage disposal ordinance.  The amendment is entitled Amendment to Gwinnett County Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Service Ordinance (you can read the signed 33 page document here  http://www.gwinnettcbservices.org/Documents/Solid_Waste_Ordinance_2008_2008112050.pdf ). The amendment, among other ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/13/the-socialist-republic-of-gwinnett-county-garbage-service/ last night when they stymied the union bailout bill cordially known as the Auto Bailout bill.  As many well thought out front page diarists have already pointed out, Francis Cianfrocca most notably, we will do this over again in January when the Democrats control everything.   With this defeat, perhaps the remaining ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/12/the-gop-in-the-us-senate-did-a-good-job/ <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Noes Kingston(R), Westmoreland(R), Price(R), Linder(R), Marshall(D), Deal(R), Broun(R), Gingrey(R) Ayes Bishop(D), Johnson(D), Lewis(D), Barrow(D), Scott(D) HR7321, the auto bailout passed by the House of Representatives yesterday (which can be found here http://clipsandcomment.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/1210autobill.pdf) is fraught with problems. I won't get ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/11/georgia-house-republicans-got-it-right-on-the-auto-bailout-bill/ seasons greetings or anything else. This is the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. If you are offended by that, frankly, I don't care. I'm tired of having to worry about if the most high holy season of my religion offends anyone. You're offense ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/12/02/its-merry-christmas-not-happy-holidays/ Before John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate I didn't know her. Even after we still only know what the MSM and the McCain handlers allowed us to see and hear. I think one of the flaws in McCain's campaign was they didn't allow ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/11/23/conservative-call-to-action/ Americans, why did McCain/Palin loose this election? A lack of conservative principals showcased from the beginning. The Republican leadership allowed a moderate (McCain) to be selected as our candidate. McCain ran a weak campaign only selecting Palin in the end to energize the conservative base, and she did. I ... http://www.redstate.com/firstchevalier/2008/11/15/conservatives-its-our-turn/