http://www.redstate.com/natenelson Just another RedState: Where the VRWC Conspires Online weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Gouverneur Times: The computerized voting machines used by many voters in the 23rd district had a computer virus - tainting the results, not just from those machines known to have been infected, but casting doubt on the accuracy of counts retrieved from any of the machines. Cathleen Rogers, the Democratic ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/20/breaking-voting-machine-virus-taints-ny-23-election/ Just a few absurd news stories I thought I would share with my fellow college undergrads this beautiful, yet chilly Friday morning... First up is news that the New York Times, clearly desperate for readers, is offering any college professor who makes the Times required reading in his or her syllabus ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/20/good-morning-undergrads/ If Democrats don't want gays and lesbians to stay home in 2010 and 2012 (they don't), they will pass at least a partial repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) sometime next year. President Obama explicitly promised to repeal DOMA during the 2008 campaign, and the Democratic leadership in ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/19/taking-back-doma-let-the-people-decide/ Sarah Palin is making news everywhere over the past few days, promoting her new book Going Rogue: An American Life through a series of interviews and a national book tour. Many are looking to her most recent interviews to examine whether or not she is in fact qualified to run ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/19/sarah-palin-and-the-judgment-to-lead/ It's a beautiful Thursday morning here in Southeastern Ohio. Actually, I think every Thursday morning is beautiful because it's the last day of classes for me for the week. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, I thought we should play a game called Name That Democratic President. I'll provide you with ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/12/name-that-democratic-president/ Don't let them tell you that Barack Obama wasn't watching the election returns last Tuesday. From a sickeningly sappy interview with Dede Scozzafava in the Washington Post, we glean this little gem: Scozzafava's black Nokia phone vibrated nonstop. She rarely picked it up, except for family or close friends. She called ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/10/how-important-was-ny-23-ask-bill-clinton/ Today is the 234th birthday of the Marine Corps, and it has me thinking about a friend of mine who comes from a Marine Corps family. I met him shortly after I came to the Ohio University campus in 2007 and we became pretty good friends throughout that school year. ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/10/happy-birthday-marines/ Leftists have created their own abortion nightmare. They can whine all they want to about the eeeeevil pro-life movement and those aaaaawful conservatives, but the truth is that the Stupak amendment was only made possible by the liberal obsession with government-run health care. Consider this, Planned Parenthood and NARAL: Under ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/10/they-brought-this-on-themselves/ As at least a nominal Catholic, I was perplexed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) decision to endorse PelosiCare after the Stupak amendment prohibited federal funding for abortion. While abortion is the number one issue confronting those who are trying to build a culture of life, it ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/09/top-5-reasons-catholics-should-oppose-pelosicare/ Many are interpreting the message of the new ABC show V as a thinly veiled attack on the Obama administration, intended to reach out to libertarian and conservative Tea Party activists. That's probably the most obvious interpretation, as the Visitors bring "universal health care" (direct quote) to earth and encourage ... http://www.redstate.com/natenelson/2009/11/09/v-an-indictment-of-cultural-gullibility/