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Posted at 4:15pm on Jul. 11, 2008 Chris Satullo: Pantywaist Extraordinaire

By gclaghorn

There's a reason I hate the Philadelphia "Pinkquirer" more than I loath the New York Times. Maureen Dowd doesn't bother me with her downright vicious columns on Laura Bush's "omnivorous fiction reading." I'm not disturbed in the least by Paul Krugman's commentaries on the obvious rise in gas prices. (We hadn't noticed that gas hit $4!) I shrug when Frank Rich gay-baits God. Sure, if it matters that much to Keith Olbermann, Bush is comparable to Hitler.

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Posted at 5:49pm on Jul. 10, 2008 Hispanosupremacists Infiltrate Evangelical Movement

By FMeekins

Minority activists and other guiltmongers often whine that 11 am Sunday morning is often the most segregated hour of the week. I wonder what the we-are-all-one-big family agitators have to say about the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which bills itself as the National Hispanic Association of Evangelicals.

While prominent Christian leaders are correct that all of mankind descends from one set of parents, interesting, isn’t it, how these speakers only expect Whites of a more Northern European extraction to abide by such radical color-blindness. For if a group of Caucasians a little to wrapped up in their pigmentation ratios established the Nordic Christian Association, it would not be tolerated in contemporary Evangelical circles, and rightfully so.

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Posted at 11:52am on Jul. 10, 2008 Black this, black that, black everything -- today is Black Day

By E Pluribus Unum

THERE IS MUCH MORE BLACKNESS TO AMERICAN CULTURE THAN ONE MIGHT THINK - SO I SAY CELEBRATE IT!

I declare today, July 10, 2008, at least for myself, Black Day. I was inspired to do so by a couple of upstanding Black Americans in my area - Dallas City Council members John Wiley Price and Thomas Jones. The Dallas Morning News throws down the tale of this Monday afternoon caper:

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term.

It seems to me that some people have an obsessive attachment to the word "black", and would prefer it if only *they* were allowed to use it. Well, tough noogies, Commissioners Price and Brown. I like that word, and I think I'll celebrate it all day today. And good on Mayfield for not kowtowing to those sorry race pimps.

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Posted at 1:20pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Hating James Dobson: To Heck With His Qualifications, He's a Meanie

By Erick

Rush Limbaugh is in the Radio Hall of Fame and deservedly so. He redefined talk radio. This year, the Radio Hall of Fame is considering Dr. James Dobson, along with Howard Stern, Bob Costas, and Laura Schlessinger.

As you can imagine, the left is going nuts over Dobson's nomination. They do not care about Dobson's impact on the medium. They do not care about how many people listen to him [Ed. -- That is *precisely* what they care about]. They really only care that Dobson is a Christian with strongly held views they consider hateful, i.e. his opposition to gay marriage.

A group called Truth Wins Out is trying to scuttle Dobson's nomination because, according to their Executive Director, "We believe that character counts and nominees should have careers based on honesty and integrity – not discrimination, distorting research and outright lying."

Just to be clear here, this is a pro-gay organization that wants to shut out Dr. Dobson for disagreeing with the lifestyle -- in other words they are intolerant of Dobson's opinion and want to deny him entry into the Radio Hall of Fame as a result.

It's a sad day in America when a man as imminently qualified for recognition in the field of radio as Dobson is would be shut out of the Hall of Fame for exercising his first amendment rights on the radio in a way leftists disagree with.

I'd encourage you to go support Dr. Dobson.

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Posted at 2:47pm on Jul. 8, 2008 Oh Maureen Dowd - Find Ye the Ideal Husband

By TheSophist

It is good from time to time to emerge from the seriousness of the threat against civilization posed by radical irhabis, or the continuing slide towards socialism, to take on topics of utter frivolity.

Maureen Dowd is herself such a topic, but it never gets more frivolous than when she -- the author of the book Are Men Necessary? -- takes on marriage. She did so in a recent Op-Ed in the NY Times. Most of the column is devoted to the advice of one Father Pat Connor, a "79-year old Catholic priest born in Australia" who has been giving lectures to young women entitled "Whom Not to Marry". Some pearls of wisdom are:

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Posted at 12:15am on Jul. 8, 2008 Study: Military gays don't undermine unit cohesion

By tankertodd

This is crap.
Call it a product of a panel of retired generals with liberal guilt. You know, the Wesley Clark Foundation.

These yahoos, including one who allegedly implemented the policy under Clinton in 1993, assert that gays in the military don't hurt unit cohesion. Unfortunately their study has one seriously fatal error: it cites Israel and Great Britain as their case studies.

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Posted at 12:07pm on Jul. 7, 2008 The rewards of hard work, of doing the right thing

By Dana R Pico

As my younger daughter and I were driving to pick up a wireless receiver for her new computer yesterday, we got into a discussion concerning achievement. She had asked me why, if Adolf Hitler hated Jews so much, he didn't just draft them all into the Wehrmacht, and send them to fight the Red Army. As it happens, I'm currently reading Mein Kampf¹, so I did have some answers for her.

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Posted at 6:04am on Jul. 7, 2008 NYT Magazine Puff Piece on Rush Limbaugh?

By Vladimir

Considering the source, today's New York Times Sunday Magazine cover article on Rush Limbaugh is almost a puff piece. You wouldn't guess it from the cover:

Sure, certain passages have a "Conservative in the Mist" overtones, but Limbaugh granted unprecedented access for this interview, and actually gave voice to opinions and points of philosophy that went unchallenged by the Times.

Read on . . .

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Posted at 12:54pm on Jul. 4, 2008 The Pursuit of Happiness; Our Most Important Right

By Blue Collar Muse

Near the beginning of The Declaration of Independence, these words appear.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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Posted at 12:06pm on Jul. 4, 2008 Will God continue to bless America?

By Sandra Lea Wise

I heard the following sermon in Church last Sunday in light of the birthday of our Independence today.

Why has God blessed America?

1) Our Nation was founded on the freedom to express the Christian faith. The Mayflower Compact was the first document written. The common purpose of the document was “the advancement of the Christian faith” and God is mentioned four times.

2) Our founding fathers acknowledged God’s authority over us. The Declaration of Independence says our rights come from God. Washington added “so help me God” to the oath of office.

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Posted at 10:34pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Happy Independence Day.

The Glorious Fourth.

By Moe Lane

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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Posted at 4:35pm on Jul. 2, 2008 Media Bias and Discrimination Against Christian Teacher

By blueray

Many of you may be familiar with the recent story about a teacher who was fired for burning a cross on the arm of one of his students.

I found it a little hard to believe and suspected the reporters were not reporting the whole truth. To my great surprise, I discovered I was correct.

The independent investigation into the matter (15 pages) is Here

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Posted at 11:26pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Hoo boy. California just might Legalize It. (The other It)

By birdmojo

So I was clicking around, as is my nighttime wont, and stumbled across this (watch out, salty language). It's a report about an initiative coming up in California that does a lot of stuff... first and foremost, it legalizes pot. Not in a "with a note from your doctor and $100, you can buy a bag from a dispensary" kind of way, but in a "if you sell alcohol, you can sell weed" kind of way.

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Posted at 2:50pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Making Patriots

By Bill Dupray

Independence Day approaches and it is clear that, especially in an election year, all politicians must profess to be patriotic. Some are, and some are not. The thing about patriotism is that it is either in you or it isn't. Patriots who have it, can spot it in others. Patriots live, breathe, and exude patriotism because it is part of their fiber. It becomes part of your fiber when you are taught, beginning as a child, that the root of America's greatness is our freedom. You learn that America has freed millions of people from the grip of tyranny and oppression over our long and storied history. You learn that American freedom still serves as a beacon of hope for billions of people around the world. And while some people may not be proud of our country, Patriots are proud.

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Posted at 8:06am on Jul. 1, 2008 Patriotism- Darwinist vs. Originalist

By Tim Schieferecke

Yesterday when Senator Obama went to Independence, Kansas to talk about patriotism, it got me thinking. Now, I imagine there's about 300 million different exact versions of what it means to be a "patriot" in this country. From where I'm standing though, I reckon these 300 million versions can be classified down to two distinct groups, Originalist Patriots and Darwinist Patriots.

An Originalist Patriot is one that believes in the original meaning of our Constitution. An Originalist Patriot is one that jealously guards the God given rights layed down in that precious original document. An Originalist Patriot is one that puts no other document before the Constitution in deciding ANYTHING. When it comes to any sort of "change" in the fundamental meanings layed down therein, an Originalist Patriot demands the change be difficult to accomplish and never knee-jerked into existence.

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