http://www.redstate.com/raven Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:58:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Buyers' Remorse has set in. We would like to play on your team for a little while. Please? Sincerely and ever ashamed of ourselves, 52 http://www.redstate.com/raven/2010/01/21/dear-48/ In the movie Dead Poets Society, a teacher educates his students in Freedom. His most poignant lesson on the subject is when he takes the class to the courtyard and instructs them to walk. Any speed, any direction, any rythm, any way they wished. They had the ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/12/22/the-right-to-slavery/ h/t Gamecock There is a slowly growing movement among the so-called "Religious Right" to call for civil disobedience to laws concerning the promotion of abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, and "Hate Crimes" legislation. This movement is centered on the "Manhattan Declaration" Drafted Oct 20th, 2009 after a meeting of religious leaders in NYC ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/11/23/the-manhattan-declaration/ There are a lot of people saying that these days. "Oh, you support the war.  Well, you'll change your mind when you lose someone over there." "When you lose a family-member, you won't be so sure about the war." Really?  And what of the thousands upon thousands of people who actually Have lost ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/10/28/youll-change-your-tune/ Emperor Cartagia is insane. Cartagia is the emperor of the Centauri, a major race of the television series Babylon 5. And he is quite mad. He has made a deal with the Shadows that will bring death and destruction upon his entire race in exchange for lifting him to ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/10/04/falling-toward-apotheosis/ The University of Florida, like all schools and most other organizations, has Emergency Plans for all kinds of situations. Hurricane Evacuation, Pandemic, a shooting on campus, zombie attack. You know the usual. Well, the zombie attack isn't normal for Most organizations. Seems UF is the only semi-rational group ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/10/03/on-a-lighter-note-zombies/ Even by the media. In Johnstown, PA last night, the Tea Party Express made another stop.  I was there for most of it, but had to leave early in the actual Tea Party Express presentation because, due to a traffic accident, they were 2 hours late and I had dogs to ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/09/10/counter-protest-ignored-during-tea-party/ Now, many of you who view the above video and read this blog entry may be familiar with Choson Ninja, the Youtube ninja instructor.  Some of you may even be away of the danger he presents within the martial arts community.  All of you, I'm sure, having read this ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/09/07/in-defense-of-christianity-of-america/ Just recently, over in Massachusetts It is a dark time for Obamacare.  Although Darth Cheney has been removed, Tea Party troops have driven Democrat forces from their hidden backrooms and pursued them across the country. Avoiding the dreaded Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, a group of Liberals led by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid has ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/09/01/episode-v-the-headline-strikes-back/ There is a problem with the abortion "Debate." Half the people arguing believe it is only a simple question of "When does life begin?" Well, this is what it really should be. After all, if life has not begun, then the abortion is a simple medical procedure entirely up to the person ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/07/20/the-truth-of-the-abortion-debate/ It's not kosher. . . . . . . . . . . . . Yeah, I know. And I also know I'm not the only person to think it. Hell, I'm not even the First person to think it. But it had to be said. http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/05/05/the-real-problem-with-swine-flu/ I figured it would be a good idea to collect a list of the numbers from each of the Tea Parties, nationwide. Or, at least as many as we can get. Update: Totals also displayed here: 366,535 people counted at 194 Tax Day Tea Parties, thus far. Update: If you know where ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/04/15/tax-day-tea-party-numbers/ Earlier, Crippy wrote about Texas reaffirming its rights under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. A few moments after reading this, I learned that Texas is not alone. Delegate Christopher Peace (R-97) of the Virginia State House has sponsored a bill that will put Virginia beside Texas in telling the Feds ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/04/14/have-the-democrats-given-archimedes-his-place-to-stand/ Yeah, we have all heard it.  The horror story where a friend or family member had a serious medical issue and was turned down for care, not by the doctor, but by his insurance, or, worse, Medicare or Medicaid.  Or they received treatment but found out afterward that it wasn't ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/04/07/sexual-aids-but-not-cancer-treatments/ There has yet again been talk about what Gov Palin did with the oil companies being a so-called "Windfall Profits Tax." It's not. However, while the explanations given thus far for why not are accurate, they may not be clear to someone who doesn't know what, exactly, is going on. Let me try ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/11/16/on-alaska-and-oil/ I've been thinking about the polls that have Obama winning by anything between 1 and 13% tomorrow. Frankly, as many of you know, I don't believe them. So I started to look at a few things. Namely, I looked at the %s in the polls by which ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/11/03/about-those-polls/ McCain-Palin by 5-10 points. Anyone else? Bah. So much for that. Back to listening to people who know better... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/10/30/my-prediction-for-tuesday/ I'm confused. There are a few things I don't get about this election and I hope that someone can explain them to me. 1) John McCain has a former lobbyist working on his campaign. This we know. We also know that this gentleman has done some work for ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/10/15/a-few-points-on-the-campaign/ I know this isn't a particularly popular topic right now, what with the election drawing to a close, but it is still pertinent... We have all heard the infamous statement, "I support the troops but not the war." At some point, many, if not most of us have responded with, "You can't ... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/10/13/support-the-troops/ Just got linked to this by my friends over at www.LordsoftheBattlefield.com Figured ya'll would appreciate it as much as I did and I hope it spreads... http://www.redstate.com/raven/2008/10/05/darth-barack/