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It’s official -- putting plastic bottles into the recycling bin or going on a Greenpeace demo is akin to having a religious experience. Rupert Dickinson, who was made redundant by a London property company, claimed that it had discriminated against him on account of his subscription to the theory of man-made global warming and other environmental issues which he said constituted a ‘philosophical’ belief. In any rational universe, he would be sent away with a flea in his ear for trying it on. But this is not such a world. At an Employment Appeal Tribunal Mr Justice Burton ruled that...

"A win for Health Care reform and other initiatives" (New Video)

Surprising Census Statistics Bethany Stotts, November 4, 2009 In terms of payroll, states and local governments faced larger escalating costs from the education sector than from corrections in 2008, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. “The payroll for state governments rose by 5.3 percent ($937 million) in 2008,” stated a recent Census Bureau news release. “Among the functions with the largest increases in payroll were education ($464 million) and corrections ($113 million)” (emphasis added.) In addition, the number of education workers at the state and local level dwarfs the number of public prison and hospital staff. The...

Well, that didn’t last long, did it? The apotheosis of Barack Obama, I mean. The results from yesterday’s electoral contests in the United States are a massive slap in the face for The One. I blame Fox News. Or, rather, he will. It is always embarrassing for a messiah to find himself on the wrong side of history and Barack’s face has more egg on it than a six-portion omelette. It is a delight to see. In Virginia – the key swing state whose rejection of John McCain a year ago was hailed by Democrats as a paradigm of the...

Finding Critics for Science Allie Winegar Duzett, November 4, 2009 There are many fields with rigorous critics; many writers make a living critiquing music, dance, art, and literature. At Accuracy in Media and other media watchdog groups, employees critique the claims of major news organizations. But one crucial field regularly goes without any public criticism: the field of science, and scientific discovery. “Science lacks for critics,” David Berlinski claimed at a recent Heritage Foundation Bloggers’ Briefing. “It is really remarkable that in the sense in which literature or dance or music has always entered public consciousness with a very rich...

The Ethics of War Sarah Carlsruh, November 4, 2009 The U.N. Human Rights Council released a September report on their fact-finding mission on Gaza, often referred to as the Goldstone Report because Justice Richard Goldstone headed the mission. This report’s goal, it stated, was to “investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed” militarily during the winter 2008-2009 Gaza War. However, on September 16th Israel President Shimon Peres responded that it “makes a mockery of history.” Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Reserve Colonel Bentzi Gruber agreed with President Peres at an October...

Four Reasons Hyperinflation Hasn’t Hit The US... Yet Keith Fitz-Gerald Nov 04, 2009 11:30 am This uncertain limbo isn't good now, or ever. Everything we know about classic economic theory suggests the US economy should be experiencing Zimbabwe-like hyperinflation right now, thanks to the nearly $2.2 trillion the US Federal Reserve has pumped into the system. But we’re not... yet. Classic economic theory says that money supply can be used to stimulate the economy and our central bankers seem to agree. That’s why they’ve pumped more than $1 trillion dollars into the economy, engineered countless bailout bonanzas for zombie institutions,...

Behind Global Warming Alarms Allie Winegar Duzett, November 4, 2009 As the danger of global warming fades, the influence of those who would use it to expand government regulation grows. Neil Maghami of the Capital Research Center investigates those behind today’s climate of environmental alarmism in his October 2009 article, “The Triumph of Environmental Alarmism: Science ‘Czar’ John Holdren and the Woods Hole Research Center.” In the article, Maghami describes who John Holdren is and why he is significant. Holdren is today President Obama’s science “czar,” and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The OSTP...

Harry Reid, who demanded a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq, insists he will not be held to a timeline to vote on health care!This is too funny! Top Dems: No Health Care Bill in 2009 By JONATHAN KARL ABC News 11/4/09 Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News today it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was "absolutely confident" he'll be able to sign one by then. "Getting this done by the by the end of the year is a no-go," a senior Democratic...

In the summer of 2008, then presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered a historic campaign speech in Germany. With the Berlin Wall as a back drop, Obama proudly informed the masses that he was not there as a candidate, but as "...a fellow citizen of the world." The crowd went crazy and the world rejoiced. Finally, the United States was ready to join the community of man. In what former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton calls our first post-American President, Obama has bestowed instant cachet on the growing ranks of Americans who revel in the thought of being the...

There’s been a fair bit of commentary since Gov. Palin’s abrupt arrival on the national scene about whether or not she’s a feminist (or even, on the part of certain wack jobs, whether or not she really qualifies as a woman); she’s never been shy about saying she is, while of course folks on the Left have coronaries at the idea and denounce her as a traitor to her gender. Why? Well, abortion of course is the key issue, but more specifically, William Jacobson was right to point out that the nubbin of the Left's hatred of Gov. Palin comes...

Here is a CNN video report on another half-brother of President Barack Obama - Mark Obama - who lives in China, where he owns a small chain of restaurants and teaches piano to orphans there. He has written a new book in which he says that his father (and President Obama's father) - Barack Obama Sr. - was a drinker who physically beat both he and his mother. Mark Obama left the U.S. seven years ago after losing his job, and moved to China. He plans to meet up with his half-brother and introduce his Chinese wife to the President...

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) yesterday made some troubling comments about his bill, HR 1207, to audit the Fed. According to Paul, the bill, despite having more than 300 sponsors in the House, was eviscerated in committee, and maintains Fed secrecy on all important avenues if investigation. It stands to figure that what's good for the Fed is bad for you and me; slavery is no longer characterized by chains More.. and confinement and skin color- nowadays slavery is accomplished more with taxation, money manipulation, and debt.

When President Obama started backpedaling on the number of Jobs his economic stimulus would create he started using the bogus term "Saved or created." This is how William McGurn described the term for the Wall Street Journal: "To begin with, the number is pure fiction -- the administration has no way to measure how many jobs are actually being 'saved.' And if we had tried to use something this flimsy, the press would never have let us get away with it." “How do you know what a saved job is? How do you know what jobs would have been lost...

More videos uncovered of kids being used by adults to promote Obama agenda! Yes, we can keep exposing this fraud!

Despite claiming victory with getting 80 advertisers to dump Glenn Beck's show, the left clearly still views him as a big threat. Now Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and the DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) have entered the fray--sending out a mass email to sign a new petition to "Denounce Glenn Beck!".But the site is NOT CENSORED. So go there now and post your message IN SUPPORT OF GLENN BECK. Let's overwhelm their petition with Pro-Glenn messages.

At the beginning of this school year, Michelle Malkin was alerting us to the fact that school kids (and their parents) were being indoctrinated to support Obama via political songs created for the children to sing at school events: Indoctrination Watch: Obama school praise hymn of the day Take a look at the Obama worship song that students at Longfellow Elementary in Howard County, MD were assigned to memorize last week, according to Red Maryland’s Brian Griffiths. A sample: Barack Obama–Oh yes he rates, The first Black President in the United States! He’s smart and he’s–so so good! He’ll lead...

Youtube, the epitome of free speech, in all their Marxist wonder, finally suspended Dr. Manning’s Mack Daddy Reports! Dr. Manning tells it like it is every week.

Other than taking time for the Lord on a daily basis and learning to abide in Him, what else is important? As promised, here’s my list: 1. Time for my family: Yes, I homeschool, and yes, my kids are with me 24/7. So how much more time do I want with them?

In a shocking, pre-dawn announcement, President Obama upheld his end of the bargain, and named D. Scozzafava his Special Advisor on Reproductive Rights, thus rewarding the Republican Candidate for his only consolation in the November 3rd Elections, otherwise a PR nightmare for the neophyte Executive. The President’s call to the Scozzafava residence came right after the “Thank You” from Democrat Owens who, as he put it, “Couldn’t have done it without her.” “Ms. Scozzafava’s special recognition by Pro-Abortion organizations and her talent as a politcal hermaphrodite make her a natural here in Washington,” noted the President. “We are thrilled to...

Here is a compilation of some of the most memorable Obamessiah videos, ranging from children to adults who were moved to sing or express praise to Barack Obama. . . . (VIDEO)

Yesterday Chris Christie did even better than Whitman, winning by 4. McDonnell won by 18, which was the largest margin of victory for a Virginia Republican in history. People can say Creigh Deeds was a bad candidate, but was he really the worst candidate in history? So to the extent that 1993 was a harbinger of 1994, last night's elections make 2010 look worse for Democrats than 1994. So when the Democrats today start bleating about how the extremist wing of the Republican party cost the GOP the election in upstate New York, be sure to remind them that it...

American soldiers use laser designator to target insurgent position in Iraq, helicopter gunships do the rest.....

This letter is so incredibly important, it should be read by Rush Limbaugh and commented on Fox News. A must read of the year.

And David Plouffe said Obama considered this guy for Vice President

I hope that Michael Steele and other GOP "leaders" were paying close atteniton to what happened here in Virginia and in New Jersey: Conservative Values Win In New Jersey And Virginia Governors' Races 84rules November 4, 2009

"V" takes on Obamamania. Clip at www.daveweinbaum.com.

I've read dozens, and I mean dozens, of lists telling me everything I need to have with me to survive. Usually there are no surprises. I know a flashlight, pocket knife, and water are musts, but every now and then I come across something that makes me say, "a-ha!" Here are thirteen of my favorites. Lightsticks. You can pick up one of these every time you wander into a Home Depot. They don't need batteries and can be hung around the neck with a string making it easier to spot everyone in your party when it gets dark. Wool socks...

An amazing piece of Street Theatre has been planned for this year's Village Halloween Parade... and all you patriotic New Yorkers are invited to participate -- as zombie followers of Obama!

Watch the questions he asks Michael Steele! LOL!

This is how an American soldier is made. For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below.

For the past 8 years, Abby Johnson worked hard to promote the Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, TX. For the past two years she even led the local Planned Parenthood abortion mill in its drive to snuff out little lives. That all changed recently, as a disillusioned and spiritually "converted" Ms. Johnson quit her job to join the local pro-lifers who prayed with her and for her for much of the p More..ast decade. After seeing an ultrasound of an abortion she says she her conscience left her no choice. This year's 40 Days for Life campaign- a prayerful, community-based...

We've all done it (especially people like NJ Gov-Elect Chris Christie and me). You pass the snack machine filled with tasty Kit Kat Bars, Reeses, or Chocolate Chip Cookies and that chocolate gene buried with-in one of your chromosomes starts working and you start digging into your pocket for every quarter possible, in order to sate those taste buds demanding the taste of chocolate. House speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to ruin that experience, the most powerful woman in the world wants to regulate Snack Machines giving the vending industry a bill of $56+ million the first year.

How bad for Obama? Election: How bad for Obama? Major bad Minor bad Not bad at all Not sure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Major bad 49% (319 votes) Minor bad 27% (176 votes) Not bad at all 21% (135 votes) Not sure 2% (15 votes) Total Votes: 645

Here is video of Charles Krauthammer last night saying Barack Obama came into office with the aura of a "conjurer," and a "magician." In fact, Krauthammer told Bill O'Reilly that the confidence was so high that his campaign resembled the Chinese "Cultural Revolution," with children singing praises to him! But now Obama has had a year of reality, and that sense of confidence has diminished. . . . (VIDEO)

Is anybody else getting tired of this? Obama is supposedly completely untouched by these wins last night by the GOP...

When the Jordanians overran West Jerusalem in the 1948 war for independence, they massacred a Jewish population that had inhabited the Jewish quarter continuously for more than three thousand years and blew up ancient Synagogues and community buildings in order to expunge all trace of Jewish life there. Now Jewish people are referred to as "settlers" and Arab squatters are portrayed as "Palestinians". They are not "Palestinians", they are Arabs. They are of the same Arab tribes that compose a majority of Jordan. There was never such a thing as a "Palestinian" until 1968 - the name is the single...

One year after President Obama swept to power on a promise of “hope” and “change,” American voters got an early chance to pass judgment on his administration. If yesterday’s Republican victories in Democratic strongholds like Virginia and New Jersey are any guide, they don’t like what they see. While results from around the country were still coming in at press time, the outcome of the race in Virginia is proof positive that the sands have shifted beneath the administration’s feet.

The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on “hate speech” over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama’s speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige.

Pookie's Toons for November 4th.

Democrat contributors on Fox News resist calls to quit the cable news giant from party loyalists. From the Politico Democratic pundit Bob Beckel has been under contract with Fox News for six years. And in the midst of the White House war against the cable network, some of his liberal friends think that’s six years too many.

Should we believe White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs when he claimed that President Barack Hussein Obama wouldn’t be watching last night’s election returns? Of course not. Why? Because unless Obama was intrigued by the Bowling Green at Buffalo nail biter, it was a slow TV night – except of course, for the election returns. OK thinks that like everything else about this administration, what we were told wasn’t what was going on behind the scenes. We think Obama & Co. anticipated last night’s results. In fact, we think several TVs were on inside the White House last night and that...

The recession may have forced students to curtail or change their college plans but it hasn't affected college presidents all that much. From the Chronicle of Higher Education Shirley Ann Jackson had big plans when she was hired as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a decade ago. Shovels hit the ground soon after as part of a wide-ranging strategic plan that she directed. Ms. Jackson's compensation matched her ambition, and just two years into her presidency she was the highest-paid private-college chief.

Fox news has taken a lot of criticism from President Obama but they aren't really any different than their cable news brethren when it comes to partisanship. From the New York Times The Obama White House’s decision to challenge Fox News appears driven equally by strategy and frustration. It is also a test case for politicians in both parties.

With unemployment remaining stubbornly high President Obama continues his search for job growth. From the Politico In the face of increasing heat from Congress for decisive moves to create jobs, President Barack Obama on Monday pushed his economic advisers to come up with job-generating ideas that can be hustled up to Capitol Hill.

The Tribune newspapers are experimenting to see if they really need the AP. From the Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Co. newspapers plan to utilize as little content from the Associated Press as practical during the week of Nov. 8.

The increased politicization of American education has, in the Emperor’s words, “fundamentally transformed” American history. Gone are the days of teaching the reasons for the great migration to the new world. Instead, the Pilgrims and other settlers from Europe are painted as evil invaders who stole land from the native peoples and brought disease to the North American continent. The European settlers have been demonized as massive polluters who came to this pristine land with the goal of corrupting the planet. The Pilgrims and Puritans weren’t escaping an increasingly oppressive government seeking a place where they could practice their religion...

(Instead of arguing over particulars of the health care bill, let’s just go to the core of the debate.) So now that the fifth bill on health care reform is out, here comes the next round of arguments. This means conservatives will have to restate everything we’ve already said, because all the stuff we opposed in the first four bills has been combined into the new legislation. Personally, I’m tired of giving liberal idiots sources they never read, reminding them of political promises now being broken, and pointing out the gross hypocrisy of the liberal Congress. Lefties don’t care. They...

Our Mainstream Media sucks. They rooted for Obama. They voted for Obama. And they’re carrying the administration line without the slightest bit of curiosity. Obama even said it himself: “Most of you covered me… All of you voted for me.” (May 9, 2009) And the journalists in the room chuckled and applauded. Probably shouldn’t have laughed so fast because people are catching on. Press jobs are dying out with the rest of the economy. Ad revenues are slumping. Reporters are finding themselves out of work more and more. Most people (outside of the media think tanks themselves) blame the quality...

California is bankrupt. Ten weeks after a nasty budget fight concluding in a compromise everyone hates, the state is broke. They’ve legalized gambling and the state is still broke. They’ve raised the alcohol tax and the state is still broke. They’ve raised the tobacco tax and the state is still broke. So the new push: Legalize pot, tax it and we’ll all be saved. Don’t get me wrong: if you want to legalize Mary Jane, go ahead. I don’t have a problem with the drug or people who smoke it. But if you think this will be the magical fix-all,...