By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 16th at 04:53 AM  | 

The web site “Patheos” (which sub-headlines  ”Seek, understand”) appears as an informative collection of articles relating to pan-spiritual aspects of religiosity. There are substantial resources relating to a large volume of the world’s religions without, it appears, any bias towards any one in particular. The site self describes thusly; “Founded in 2008, Patheos.com is the premier online destination to engage in the global dialogue about religion and spirituality and to explore and | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 11th at 05:34 AM  | 

Mitt Romney announced he will not participate in the mid-August Iowa Ames Straw Poll. It will be recalled  that in the last campaign Romney spent a massive amount and won the Ames poll but still did not win the later Iowa caucus with Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, being the surprise winner in this strongly evangelical state. On a purely political basis his not participating need not | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  June 2nd at 04:13 AM  | 

In a wide ranging interview with Greta Van Susteren Wednesday night Donald trump made it very clear that under certain circumstances he would run for president under a third party banner. “if I don’t see the right person running I would certainly consider it.” Trump advised he saw the GOP “self destructing”, the Republicans having a “death wish and making terrible mistakes.” These include specifically Cong. Paul Ryan “suicidal” health care reform plan | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 17th at 03:29 PM  | 

According to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel two years+ into the “great Obama recovery” we read; “Average home prices in Milwaukee County have retreated to about the same level they were at nine years ago, according to first-quarter sales figures released Monday. And in the other three metro-area counties – Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha – average sale prices for existing homes are roughly back to where they were | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 17th at 03:28 PM  | 

According to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel two years+ into the “great Obama recovery” we read “Average home prices in Milwaukee County have retreated to about the same level they were at nine years ago, according to first-quarter sales figures released Monday. And in the other three metro-area counties – Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha – average sale prices for existing homes are roughly back to where they were | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 15th at 06:38 AM  | 

The Beltway pundits/Blogosphere are in heaven writing about their latest shiny object, Donald  Trump. Their overview runs in a number of directions, to wit: Trump shows the utter paucity of the rest of the GOP presidential candidate field. Trump will take enough support from Romney so as to deny him the nomination and since Trump won’t get it it either one of the “radicals” will ensuring Obama’s re-election. | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 14th at 07:38 AM  | 

The usual suspects amongst the liberal Beltway chattering classes in perceiving their latest shiny object, Donald Trump, are salivating at the prospect of him running for president. Rather than him being the self described” Obama’s greatest nightmare” he is the liberal media/bloggers greatest wet dream. They see a Trump presidential run as being the very best thing that could happen to ensure Obama’s re-election, which is their ultimate desiderata. This for | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 8th at 12:00 AM  | 

With the recount process having found a major error in once county where thousands of ballots were not computer entered Judge Prosser looks all but certain to have been re-elected. The recheck has given Prosser an all but insurmountable advantage and he should be considered as victorious-along with Sarah Palin and Governor Walker. Palin alone amongst the high profile possible 2012 candidates had the guts to endorse | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  April 3rd at 05:34 PM  | 

Nietzsche, in rejecting Christianity, a “slaves religion’ as “the idea of a God who gives us values, changeless and transcendent” left himself open to the charge of nihilism. To counter this charge, with a “God substitute” he posited the idea of a superman. This is of course not a physical superman, although Nietzsche’s ideal man can possess superior physical properties. Rather it is a real, superior | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 30th at 12:54 PM  | 

Like so many on the left who are now having to defend a president who is involved in a new war, or “kinetic action” Dana Milbank of “Palin moratorium month” fame struggles with how to respond to what the left spent years attacking the Bush administration for. At least Kuchinich and a few others are being true to their beliefs and some of the far left “progressive’ | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 30th at 06:20 AM  | 

That great friend of the conservative movement Jonathan Martin at the fair and balanced (especially when Palin is involved) site Politico has an article up which  has this weeks media swoon presidential candidate Haley Barbour in focus. It has a “my people want to speak to your people” slant advising that representatives of Barbour are seeking out representatives of Mike Huckabee to see if they can get Huckabee,should he | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 29th at 03:59 AM  | 

The youngsters at ‘Daily Kos’ have outdone themselves in the massive number of posts about whether Maher was right or wrong to call Sarah Palin a “[redacted].” Some Wimmen are offended, some think that although Palin is lower than Satan herself, she should be defended “as a female”. Others (women) say that Maher didn’t go far enough in his cursing. I wouldn’t inflict on anyone the suggestion they actually | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 27th at 04:32 PM  | 

My blog was originally titled “Recovering Liberal” and was created to convey my thoughts on various topics based on a lifetimes experiences. I made it clear that I had progressed, as I saw it, from the left-wing views of  my youth to the conservative views of, I trust, my more mature frame of mind. In considering the presentations I was making, I was struck by the | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 27th at 03:04 PM  | 

Once again the media, in their  haste to write Sarah Palin off as a presidential candidate have, for the most part completely misread the latest Gallup poll which showed Palin dropping back to 12 % from 16% amongst GOP preferences. Firstly here are the results of the aggregate polls from February 8th “The Real Clear Politics polling aggregate of 8 major polling firms shows, as I have been regularly promoting that the | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 26th at 03:15 PM  | 

As with Sarah Palin and many others I add my condolences at the passing of Geraldine Ferraro. Her historic achievement as the first female vice-presidential candidate set a new framework for American politics. That it took 64 years after American women were allowed the vote showed the strength of the opposition to change, and the fortitude she had to carry off her role with the | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 23rd at 04:25 PM  | 

Like so many others I am sure, one of my greatest regrets in life, looking back, was not talking enough with my grandparents about their early life and challenges. But when you are a teenager it is natural of course to look forward, and be self-absorbed and, as much as your grandparents are a pleasure, one may not look to them to often beyond their | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 02:54 PM  | 

Which is which? With both these look a likes  from Minnesota- its too much of a coincidence not to get the same result if Pawlenty is (somehow) the nominee. Mondale, of Norwegian descent, was nicknamed “Norwegian Wood” as he was the stiffest candidate until Gore.  With Pawlenty aiming for that title, the similarities pile up unnervingly.  Of course nothing is more unnerving to conservatives than this map | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 21st at 01:24 PM  | 

Original Post At: M.Joseph Sheppard’s ” A Point Of View” Sarah Palin’s visit to Israel  may widen a gap between a traditional constituency of the Democratic Party, Jewish Americans, and President Obama This is clearly illustrated in the report of her visit by The New York Daily News Part of the article is descriptive of her visit “in awe” and part is a reprise of the attack on her  ”blood libel” | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 18th at 07:14 PM  | 

Mark Levin knows a campaign when he sees one. How anyone could possibly deny,with a straight face that is, that there is not a concerted media campaign against Sarah Palin is beyond me. The question has to be asked, over and over as no one has come up with an answer “Why, if Palin is such a no hoper on all fronts and has no chance | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 17th at 05:18 PM  | 

Once again the liberal forces show their short sighted stupidity, it seems they learned nothing from the Reagan years, by continuing on with their endless campaigns of hate, ridicule, mocking, lies and outright vilification of Sarah Palin. If, as they say, Palin is stupid, dumb, vacuous, near illiterate, a grifter, an has-been, a quitter, and too polarizing to ever get the GOP nomination-much less win | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 17th at 02:58 PM  | 

PDS in-extremis. In what I first thought was an “Onion” satire Andrew Sullivan has got so excited about Sarah Palin’s impending visit to Israel that his article includes spelling mistakes “accroding to current reports” but this is an astonishing sentence. “There is something about an attractive woman wielding military force that reaches those parts of the psyche that no-drama Obama never will or can. Ask Thatcher or Meir | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 16th at 01:41 PM  | 

For all the garbage thrown at Palin by the Dem’s and their enablers in the media, for all the snotty upturned noses by the conservative “elite” at the mere thought of a Palin ascendancy, the Democratic Party aligned, radical leftist Daily Kos official pollster PPP (D) Polling shows an inexorable rise by Palin. This is of course totally uncommented on by the leftist media as it doesn’t fit their agenda | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 14th at 02:29 PM  | 

The poll “If Romney Is Nominee Will You Vote/Not Vote/Write In Palin/Write Someone Else?” has closed after being open for a full week and produced this remarkable result as illustrated below. (original post at M.Joseph Sheppard’s “A Point Of View” “Would vote for Romney” 17.73% (50 votes) “Would write in Palin” 70.92 (200 votes) “Would write in someone else” 6.74% (19 votes) “Would not vote | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 13th at 06:54 PM  | 

There has been discussion recently that since the media has decided President Obama is unbeatable in 2012 then the GOP might as well go down fighting with a candidate who stands for the basic principles of the party i.e. Sarah Palin. Whilst the defeatist attitude is abhorrent the premise that a candidate who best represents the base would be doing proper justice to the loyalists and would attract the voting support | Read More »

By: article345 (Diary)  |  March 8th at 01:54 AM  | 

The Hill has an analysis of a PPP poll showing that Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan is way ahead of his putative rivals in that state if he was a candidate for president in 2012. The poll gives Ryan 30% of the vote in a big field but way ahead of Mike Huckabee who comes in in second place at 17%. Since Ryan has strongly advised | Read More »