By: wbf (Diary)  |  March 5th at 07:33 AM  | 

This article: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/05/rally-for-rush today at the American Spectator gives quite a lot of detail on the effort to shut Rush Limbaugh down. I must admit I have not listened to Rush much this year but I nevertheless do want to defend free speech and resist the efforts of leftist organizations to shut down conservatives!! Another startling article this Monday morning was this:http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/time_for_new_look_at_2008_obama_passport_breach.html

By: wbf (Diary)  |  February 16th at 08:21 AM  | 

James Delingpole writes for the London Telegraph. Through a website I suscribe to I a came across his blog this morning. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100137740/why-im-rooting-for-barack-obama/ This article is worth reading. It is a cry from across the Atlantic about the perils of electing Mitt Romney. Delingpole wrote, “Because I’ve seen what happens, America, when you elect yet another spineless, yet ruthless, principle-free blow-with-the-wind, big government, crony-capitalist RINO squish. | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  February 12th at 09:25 AM  | 

Clarice Feldman has a great article today at the American Thinker…http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/wont_you_come_home_bill_daley.html It appears from this article that Valerie Jarrett is really running things. I remember this article: “Obama’s Women Reveal His Secret” February 6, 2008 by Spengler at the Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JB26Aa01.html Women have shaped Obama and even now after reading Feldman’s article this morning I am convinced he is being led by them.

By: wbf (Diary)  |  February 2nd at 12:38 PM  | 

My books are my friends. At different times I turn to different ones and these days I have opened one entitled “The Disciplines of Life” by V. Raymond Edman. “The Discipline of Disappointment” is the chapter I have been looking at over and over. Edman begins: “Who has not experienced the depths of discouragement that come from the stinging defeat of eager expectations, the merciless | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  January 14th at 10:25 AM  | 

I realize that speaking French makes conservative Americans suspicious. France is socialist. However, there is one story that I will never forget, that is the story of Marie Durand. Most Americans have never heard of her. http://www.museeprotestant.org/Pages/Notices.php?scatid=144&noticeid=543&lev=1&Lget=EN This above is a link to a brief summary of her life. I visited La Tour du Constance at Aigues-Mortes. Aigues-Mortes means “bitter death”. Located at the mouth | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  January 9th at 10:07 AM  | 

The Washington Times had this article yesterday: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/8/former-times-editorial-page-editor-tony-blankley-d/print/ I was saddened just now to learn of Mr. Blankely’s death. I did not where to insert this link in the thread of posts and so just made a diary entry.

By: wbf (Diary)  |  December 19th at 05:17 PM  | 

http://www.wsws.org/tools/index.php?page=print&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsws.org%2Farticles%2F2011%2Fdec2011%2Ffarm-d16.shtml This story is posted on the World Socialist Website!! The title is “Police besiege village land protest in China” It is an excellent article. Tiananmen Square happened 21 years ago. There was no Facebook then. The government was able to contain the protests. Now there is the internet and the bursting housing bubble and inflation with the price of rice rising. Will they be | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  December 13th at 07:55 AM  | 

I posted a link to this article yesterday in a thread http://therepublicanmother.blogspot.com/2011/12/newt-tried-to-install-internal.html I had not known what happened with the issue of the National ID card. This article gives insight into what happened and how it was stopped. Newt Gingrich tried his best to get it through in an underhanded way. This morning I searched online to see if I could find the audio of | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  December 3rd at 06:45 AM  | 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/11/30/2813233/nc-house-to-dnc-no-unions.html http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/13/120548/12-unions-tell-dems-theyll-boycott.html The party of the Unions chose a state with the lowest unionization rate in the country as the place to hold their convention. Whose idea was that? Just how successful do you think the Democratic convention will be? Obama had hoped to win North Carolina. Talk about strategic mistakes!! Of course, this is very cheerful news!!

By: wbf (Diary)  |  December 1st at 07:42 AM  | 

Before this election cycle I just had not given much thought to Newt Gingrinch.  I never dreamed he could win a Republican primary because I never dreamed conservatives would vote for him.  I think people have forgotten just what Newt Gingrinch has done.  What people have done in the past is a valid concern when considering what they would do in the future. Sure, Gingrich | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  November 24th at 06:56 AM  | 

A happy Thanksgiving to all of you at RedState and to Erick Erickson!! William Cowper wrote these words in the 1700s: GOD moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.   Deep in unfathomable mines  Of never failing skill; He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.   Ye | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  November 16th at 06:29 AM  | 

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/28/black_market_global_economy?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full This is a very interesting article. Years ago when we lived in France we encountered people who did business “sous la table”.  That is “under the table”. This article calls the black market “System D”.   The French word debrouillard  (the e has an accent I don’t know how to make without a french keyboard).. describes a man who is resourceful and ingenious.  People have | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  November 8th at 03:29 PM  | 

In 1787, after 20 years of labor, Edward Gibbon completed his The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  In it he attributed the fall of the Empire as being 1. “The rapid increase of divorce; the undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the home, which is the basis of human society.” 2.  “Higher and higher taxes and the spending of public monies for | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  November 4th at 10:46 AM  | 

I had to escape for a few hours last Sunday afternoon so I read John Grisham’s latest book.  It is absolutely hilarious!! After all the heavy reading and thinking it was delightful to laugh out loud!! Sometimes we just need to get a breath of air!!

By: wbf (Diary)  |  November 1st at 09:26 AM  | 

That is the title of the third chapter of a book of the same title by Leonard Ravenhill published in 1979. The title caught my eye and so did two other titles by him: “Revival Praying” and “Sodom had no Bible”.  I have had them on my shelf for some time.  Every time I have opened the first one above I can only read a | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 28th at 10:25 AM  | 

I found out about this add this morning.  Here is the link:  http://youtu.be/GM9IKOWI-vc

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 26th at 12:04 PM  | 

Here is another article I came across at Pajamas Media:  http://pjmedia.com/blog/perry-the-only-credible-choice-for-latino-conservatives/?singlepage=true This article addresses Romney vs Perry but I also believe Herman Cain hurt himself with Latinos with his “joke” about the electric fence. Texas in-state tuition for illegal immigrants makes sense to me.  It obviously made sense to the Texas legislature.  Perry has an A+ rating from Numbers USA for border security.  

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 24th at 10:59 AM  | 

Last year I rented from Netflix a series of videos entitled “Against All Odds:  Israel Survives”.  I only had time to watch the first dvd but it made a lasting impression on me. The first episode was about an incident in 1973.  A group of soldiers were crossing a field at night when they discovered that they were in a minefield!!  They began the slow, | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 06:41 PM  | 

I came across this article by an Iowa Radio Host:  http://stevedeace.com/news/iowa-politics/hermans-head/

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 21st at 08:55 AM  | 

This story is growing and getting uglier and uglier. http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2011/09/28/fast-and-furious-just-might-be-president-obamas-watergate/ We will be learning a lot more about the Sinaloa Cartel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 18th at 08:44 AM  | 

I really like Herman Cain.  But these articles I read about him raise red flags.  This short article is very revealing and it is written by a man who likes him and has done business with him. http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/96860.html I am not libertarian.  Rush Limbaugh surprised me yesterday when he said that the only economic plan he has heard so far that appeals to him is | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 17th at 10:39 AM  | 

I came across this this morning.   http://www.makeusgreatagain.com/    and   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44402386/ns/politics-decision_2012/t/super-pac-backing-rick-perry-spend-million-beat-rivals-documents-reveal/#.Tpw9cnLSgZM http://www.c-span.org/Events/Gov-Rick-Perry-Remarks-on-Energy-Policy-and-Jobs/10737424832/  This is the C-Span video of Perry’s speech in Pennsylvania.

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 15th at 02:50 PM  | 

Many things are happening on the energy front.  Recently I was reading in a newsletter I subscribe to about Poland.  The Poles and the Russians hate each other.  You would need to read the history of their relationship to understand just how deep this hatred is.   The Russians have been able to keep their fangs in Poland because they supply Poland with natural gas.  They | Read More »

By: wbf (Diary)  |  October 9th at 06:32 PM  | 

Does anyone at RedState know anything about this? http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012#xdm_e=http%3A%2F%2Fmotherjones.com This is NOT GOOD for Herman Cain.

By: wbf (Diary)  |  August 26th at 07:22 AM  | 

I don’t know anything about Congressman Steve Chabot (R).  This was certainly a stupid thing to do!!  Does anyone know anything about this congressman? tp://www.infowars.com/cops-confiscate-cameras-at-ohio-congressmans-town-hall/