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Have you ever thought about joining the jihad? No? Neither have I, at least not in the sense that I might be the one doing the joining. I’ve thought about others joining, though. I’ve thought about privileged American white kids who convert to Islam and join the fight to reestablish the Caliphate.

Cartoon. President Obama clarifies his "all of the above" energy policy. "In order to decrease our dependence on foreign oil..."

(Cartoon) Uncle Sam feeds dollars into a meat grinder and out the other end....

"By GOLLY! We can pay for ALL of it - the clean environment, green energy, health care, improvements in education, mortgage reliet, social security reform - ALL of it - "

On June 15, 2012, hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals living illegally in the United States turned on their television sets to hear that they had become eligible for (1) a renewable two-year deferral of removal from the country and (2) a work permit. While this may seem like a big change for those immigrants, the focus here will not be on what it might do for them, but how it was done, and why.

A hundred years from now, historians will probably cite Barack Obama’s election to the presidency as a momentous victory in America’s struggle against racism. (snip) What will those future historians look back upon as the victory against racism that followed the election of Barack Obama? Here’s a thought.

People who say the Constitution is “living” or “invisible” usually don’t like what it says and don’t have the patience or the votes to amend it.

If you are running an insurance company and you are told what you must sell, what you must charge for it, and to whom you must sell it, you are not running an insurance company. The health insurance industry will be like a giant Howdy Doody, with Secretary Kathleen Sebelius holding the strings. Note that this list is not comprehensive and does not include, among other things, the bizarre part of the law that compels citizens who are otherwise uninsured to buy health insurance from Mr. Doody.

On December 13, 2010, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled in Virginia v. Sebelius that the individual mandate included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), popularly known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional.

...Resolved, That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure...of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired,-justice humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored...

Women From Washington State Shine for ISM Monday, 3 March 2003, 9:56 am Press Release: International Solidarity Movement Women From Washington State Shine for ISM Today's update focuses on two remarkable women from the US state of Washington. Rachel Corrie from Olympia writes an update on the Gaza Strip's hottest hot spot, while Susan Barclay writes a note of thanks to her supporters (yet still we wonder, is there a conspiracy of silence in the American press?). Items 1-4 are from Rachel, and item 5 is given over to Susan. Updates on the major projects ISM Activists in Rafah, Gaza...

Sen. John Ashcroft humbly answered the Judiciary Committee's questions, paying tribute to his family, his faith and the nation's promise. WASHINGTON -- Gracefully blending his twin passions of politics and religion, former Sen. John Ashcroft of Missouri accepted his place in history this week and charmed the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Is America a great country or what?" asked the first Pentacostal American to be tapped for the post of Attorney General as he basked in adoring applause and frequent chants of "John! John! John!" "As every faith teaches us, we must, as Americans, try to see our nation not just ...

Across the rest of Florida The polls were closed up tight The voters had all voted And gone home for the night But the polls here in the Panhandle Would be open some time more When the TV told us in the lines That our state had gone for Gore We left the lines and headed home Our heads hung in dismay But when we turned our TV's on The state was back in play And as we watched with hope reborn It soon grew evident That whoever won in Florida Would soon be President Without our votes, the ...