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The Obama Kool Aid may be wearing off, while Barack Obama Campaigned as a post partisan "moderate" for the first time since his election, Gallup is reporting that most Americans view the POTUS as governing from the left-wing. The number of American's who feel he has kept his promises fell 17 percentage points since April to 48% 54% of Americans believe his policies have been mostly liberal while 34% call them mostly moderate. There were also 7% of the public that need to get back on their meds, because they feel that Barack Obama's policies have been mostly conservative. This...

What if we could know, scientifically, that one side has the edge in brainpower? Should that change how we think about political issues? Who are smarter, liberals or conservatives? This is the kind of question that could spark fierce and endless debates between political opponents, but what if we could know, scientifically, that one side has the edge in brainpower? Should that change how we think about political issues? Though few partisans on either side are likely to admit it, most people at one time or another have suspected that their political opponents are dim bulbs. Sometimes these sentiments get...

Gary Johnson Gearing up for 2012? The pro-drug legalization, pro-immigration, small government budget hawk and former governor of New Mexico looks to be preparing for a run. Gary Johnson is preparing to launch his Our America PAC shortly, as soon as he gets all of his legal ducks in a row. He will be hitting the trail hard soon, traveling the country to speak in support of issues and candidates, re-immersing himself in the public policy debate. This December, Governor Johnson will also be releasing a book entitled “Seven Principles Of Good Government,” published by The Heartland Institute (a conservative-libertarian...

America, where is your character, your pluck, your grit? If that question seems overly harsh and needlessly aggressive, then you are staring directly at the problem. This nation sits at the precipice of a fundamental, irreversible transformation that will make all too visible a new country that is incontrovertibly “one nation under a spineless, politically correct, brow-beaten, emasculated bunch of sheep.” Is that too harsh? If you believe my words are too offensive, that I should tone it down, possibly give contemplation to all opposing views from every potential angle, if not every position within the cosmos, then, you’re actually...

MUMBAI: Students in a CBSE school need no longer worry about failing in classes IX or X. Besides altering several evaluation methods, the CBSE board will now allow students who do not clear classes IX and X three more attempts to make the grade. And if they fail to do so, the board is considering taking into account their performance in extracurricular activities and sports. So if you're an ace footballer with a poor math score, there's a chance you'll still pass the year. Assessment, too will be revamped. A child who fares poorly in written exams can be tested...

“Obama hasn’t reset the American relationship with Russia. He was taken for a ride. Maybe his vanity won’t let him admit it. But, believe me, the Russians know they have taken him (and us) for a big ride, indeed.” Obama, he adds, gave the Russians what they asked for, in the hope that Putin would then agree to tough sanctions against Iran. Secretary Clinton then goes to Russia, only to be informed by Putin that his government does not believe sanctions are appropriate. As Peretz concludes: “Of course, if you don’t ask, you don’t get. In fact, with the...

The term “social engineering” never fit an entity better than it does the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). This intrusive, tenacious organization has spent years attempting to recast and transform American society to fit its own peculiar ideals. Its directors are missionaries in the full sense of the word, in that they relentlessly work to stamp onto the hearts and minds of the public a distinctive belief system, which teaches what is evil and what is not. This month, the Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) has published an excellent analysis of the SPLC’s attack on FAIR and other immigration reform...

2012 peek at Pawlenty's PAC fundraiserJonathan Martin – Fri Oct 23, 12:26 am ET Hundreds of mostly young Republicans gathered Thursday night at a Washington brewpub to lend their support to, size up or just catch a glimpse of Minnesota Gov. and 2012 prospect Tim Pawlenty. Over beers and pretzels, the committed and the curious saw what amounted to an informal debut in the capital for the potential presidential candidate. The fundraiser was ostensibly to support the PAC Pawlenty opened earlier this month, yet for the after-work crowd of Republicans strolling around the terrace of the Capital City Brewing Company...

I am afraid to report that when I compared Thomas Frank's book, which I believe was a cheap hatchet job on the majority of the people of Kansas, and the 2009 Cohen/Winston documentary of the same name, I found that the apple does not fall very far from the tree. A few fundamental themes ran through the film. The first theme is that when Christians and their values are mixed with politics it is the recipe for political doom. The liberal crowd on viewing night seemed quite joyful as the pro-lifer, Phill Kline, is defeated by Paul Morrison for Kansas...

After giving a talk to a group of family values minded Freeport, Illinois area residents addressing three major threats facing the United States – which I term “The Perfect Storm,” and a solution to a problem that safeguards the US Constitution, I found myself personally and ideologically assailed by a letter-writer to a local newspaper, a Ms. Patricia Wemstrom. I take issue with her critique not only because she mischaracterized each and every point that I made at the event, but also because she wasn’t even in attendance. The critique was caustic and hateful in nature: “I am surprised by...

Several years ago we witnessed a strange and unexpected event between a dog and a cat. A fairly good sized German Shepherd spotted a much smaller, black house cat and broke into a dead run after the cat. The cat, startled by the dog and now instantly charged with adrenalin, struck off down the street as fast as he could go, in a black blur. Now a dog chasing a cat is hardly news, but it was what the cat did that drastically altered the outcome of the chase. About a few seconds into the chase, the cat, without regard...

Our country fought one Civil War. What is the ultimate soltution to the mounting divide between Liberals and Conservatives in this county? Rush talks about working until he converts over the last Liberal. How do you convert over people that aren't concerned about facts or politcal discourse? Are we headed to a complete political and social gridlock?

An internal congressional report questioning the ability of the Secret Service to continue fulfilling its duties was leaked to the Boston Globe. The report says the Secret Service is strained by a drastic increase in threats to President Obama, coupled with deep budget cuts. Snip ---- Talking Points Memo noted that Ronald Kessler, the author of a recently released book on the Secret Service's protection of U.S. presidents, recently said that threats against President Obama are up 400 percent from the number of threats levied against former President George W. Bush, while the size of the agency's staff has only...

CNN’s Carol Costello again omitted the liberal source of a statistic she touted during a report on Wednesday’s American Morning, that 91% of talk radio is apparently conservative. Costello also pushed the left-wing aim of localism in radio programming, playing three sound bites in favor of the proposal, versus two against it.

Online (Re)Education Bethany Stotts, October 21, 2009 The newsmagazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ranked Walden University among the top ten of its “top 100 Graduate Degree Producers” in a number of categories this year, many rankings of which were for Master’s degrees in Education among minority populations such as the African-American, Hispanic and Asian communities. Diverse also placed Walden in 4th place for its number of “total minority” Masters degree graduates in Education. But what, exactly, is Walden teaching the nation’s future minority teachers? Walden faculty members featured at the University’s 2009 Social Change Conference offered a clue. In...

ITHACA, NY-“Why is it just so difficult to make the search for truth the highest journalistic value?” Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times Reporter Linda Greenhouse asked a packed Lewis Auditorium yesterday. Greenhouse relied on her wisdom and experience as she spoke about the state of today’s news media, questioning the very rubric by which today’s journalists operate. Adolph S. Ochs, the founder of today’s modern New York Times, laid out his goal for the creation of a newspaper that would “give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect or interests involved."Veteran mind: Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer...

I spotted this unfortunate headline on Salon.com and thought it was funny so I grabbed a screenshot.

Ever get the idea that what you were searching for on Google aint quite what you got back in the results? We know how you feel in today's "Geeks On Caffeine"! NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying then cartoon within this thread. Thanks a bunch y'all!

Re: Scozzafava Campaign in Damage-Control Mode [Mark Steyn] Well, I'm with The Weekly Standard on this one. When a GOP candidate with an entourage winds up calling the cops over a reporter from a pro-GOP publication, that's one seriously dumb campaign — and the ludicrous post-911 call spin only makes it more pathetic. But here's my bigger thought: After the great summer surge of town halls and tea parties, the Republican Party gets to take the first electoral test of the new public mood and what does it offer the public for a reliable Republican district? A pro-tax pro-card-check liberal...

Obama administration communications director commended the wisdom of mass murdering Communist Chairman Mao in her address to high school students this past June. Dunn cited Mao and Mother Teresa as her two favorite political philosophers. I wrote about Dunn's address here, John here; both posts include video of Dunn's address. Dunn said to the assembled students: A lot of you have a great deal of ability. A lot of you work hard. Put them together and that answers the "why not" question. There is usually not a good reason. And then the third lesson and tip actually comes from two...

No matter what you are searching for on Google, one thing ALWAYS shows up in the results. Can you guess what it is? Read today's "Geeks On Caffeine" and see for yourself. NOTE: The author of this strip requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. Thanks!

Conservative candidate for U.S. Congress Doug Hoffman (NY-23), in the November 3 special election, points out that Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava was on "Working Families Party" during "two of the last elections, the ticket supported by ACORN." Mr. Hoffman asks, "How can you be a Republican and be on that party line with Barack Obama?" He adds, "Her biggest supporter online is Kos." 'Kos' being Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas. On October 1, 2009, Kos wrote: "So who to root for? A Blue Dog who would strengthen the Democrats' corporatist faction, or a Republican version of a Lieberdem, who will...

I have some confessions to make, not because any of you readers are particularly interested in my views; but rather because I think some of you are in the same boat: Have you stopped reading, listening, watching, and paying attention to most of what now passes for establishment public or popular culture? I am not particularly proud of this quietism (many Athenians did it in the early 4th century BC and Romans by the late 3rd AD), but not really ashamed of it either. Shut up and see a movie? Take Hollywood protocol—make a big movie, hype it, show it...

In this epsiode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program we talk to Beka Romm of American Majority. Next, we talk about the upcoming 2009 Halloween special. We interview James Lowe, producer of the political television show, "Sample Text." We get some words of wisdom from the boys at Red State Update and much much more. We invite you to listen and comment on the show.

What happened to the America we all once knew and loved? The land of - baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. The land of the free and the home of the brave. A country where its citizens felt safe and happy and proud to proclaim, “God bless America!” It seems like those noble ideals which made our country strong and great are fast slipping away and being replaced by the strange and bizarre. As some of our readers may recall, the Bizarro World was a fictitious planet in the DC comics universe, first appearing in the early 1960s. In...

The media can't wait for November 17th. That's the date of release for Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rogue". Partly because they want to see what's in it but more so because they are flat running out of material to trash her on. It's gotten so bad that political cartoonist Nick Andersen, with the Huston Chronicle, had to resort to bashing her ghost writer in his cartoon entitled Stress Fractures. This was in reference as to the speed in which the book was put together and written. It never occurs to some that if the subject you're writing about is interesting...

Speaking to a respected Hispanic leader in KCK, Dennis Moore reportedly called decorated and disabled Marine Veteran and Congressional Opponent "White Trash" in a recent (recorded) telephone conversation. The KCK leader, who has formally supported the incumbent congressman, is supporting Daniel Gilyeat's candidacy for the Kansas 3rd District Congressional seat. Dennis Moore called the KCK man after hearing the Hispanic community leader's support had changed. Dennis Moore said he had $7 million for the campaign and could not believe the naturalized citizen was supporting "White Trash" over Moore.

To the surprise of the majority of Americans and the entire world, on 10/9/09 U.S. President Barak H. Obama was chosen to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. It is no secret to any who follow politics or world events on the Right that the Nobel Peace Prize Foundation is an elitist, secular liberal body with a secular liberal utopian vision for the world and pushes a godless leftist agenda (Isaiah 30:1). The past recipients of this Award undoubtedy reveal this organization’s leftist leanings. All one has to do is to listen to President Obama’s acceptance speech today to understand...

In this epsiode of the Conscience of Kansas radio program we talk about the 2009 halloween special. We also talk at length about my new article on a return to the planet of the apes. It is a very interesting show. We invite you to listen and comment on the show!

•If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. •If a liberal doesn't like guns, he feels that no one should have one ------------------------------------------------------------------- •If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat. •If a liberal is, he wants to ban all meat products for everyone. ------------------------------------------------------------------- •If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy. •A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good. ------------------------------------------------------------------- •If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life. •If a liberal is homosexual, he loudly demands legislated “respect.” ------------------------------------------------------------------- •If a black...

Archbishop Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg, South Africa Vatican City, Oct 8, 2009 / 11:41 am (CNA).- Archbishop Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg, South Africa said this morning at the Synod for Africa that the continent faces a "second wave of colonization" from "liberalism, secularism and from lobbyists who squat at the United Nations."The South African archbishop began his five-minute intervention by noting that moral values are "embedded in the diverse African cultures," and that, "alongside the Gospel values, are threatened by the new global ethic." This ethic, he said, "aggressively seeks to persuade African governments and communities to accept new...

A reader wrote: “I live in the state of Tennessee, but I have family in upstate New York and my mother was born and raised in NY. Anyway I was so disgusted this morning when I received a RedState alert about the House Republican Conference endorsing Scozzafava that I immediately called the RNC and contacted the leadership of the House Republican Conference by phone and by fax. I told them I had regularly contributed my hard earned dollars to the RNC but this news totally disgusted me and I was not contributing any more money to the RNC for the...

The master of decisiveness: Barack Hussein Obama! Don't believe me? Read today's "Geeks On Caffeine" and see for yourself...AND FEEL FREE TO SING ALONG! NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying his comic within this thread. Thanks much!

Liberal/Conservative Differences If a conservative doesn't like guns, they don't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, then no one should have one. If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don't eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, they want to ban all meat products for everyone. If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy. A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good. If a conservative is homosexual, they quietly enjoy their life. If a liberal is homosexual, they loudly demand legislated respect. If a black man or...

This weekend "Saturday Night Live" opened with Fred Armisen as President Obama, delivering an address from the Oval Office. Noting up front that he'd failed to secure the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, Armisen's Obama said it was just further proof that his detractors' fears are unfounded: How could he transform the country into something resembling the former Soviet Union or Nazi Germany when he's failed to accomplish anything at all? "When you look at my record," he said, "it's very clear what I've done so far, and that is nothing." But are SNL's accusations of Obama being a do-nothing...

Ralph Nader will be in South Carolina this Tuesday, October 6, 2009. He will be speaking on health care reform and single payer. When: Tuesday October 6, 2009 11 a.m. Where: Presbyterian College Belk Auditorium 503 South Broad St. Clinton, South Carolina 29325 For more information contact: Matthew Zawiksy at 716.479.2351 E-mail: zawisky@gmail.com

Albert Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." It's a quote that has worked itself into the Liberals playbook of politics. Although they may use it out of context, it suits their purpose and explains the way things work in their system. Disregard the reality of the situation and imagine it to be the fault of someone or something else. To the Obama Administration and the Democrats it falls into four standard categorical answers. Each one used separately or in conjunction with the others to explain away their mistakes or blunders. In the case of a huge blunder...

Contact CBS at the following link and demand the resignation of David Letterman: http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/show_info/contact_us.php I'd like to know how many of these sex partners of his were forced or coerced into it. This scandal is going to blow wide open and the more CBS tries to cover it up the worse it is going to get. Can anyone say Dan Rather II? I'm thrilled to see karma coming back to bite the deviant after his pontifications about Sanford. But the funniest part is the laughter I hear coming all the way from Wasilla. Lol.

"David Letterman told the audience of his late night talk show that he had sexual relationships with female members of his staff, and added he forked over a bogus $2 million check as part of an extortion plot on the matter." Click for more

We Freepers routinely complain about our overly litigious society. I thought it might be a good time to describe events that happened in our lives when we didn't sue, but a liberal/socialist/amoral opportunist might have. That way, instead of saying, we are too litigious, we can point to all of the stories (true ones only, please)of needless litigation avoided because Freepers aren't jerks. I will start with two examples. 1. My 90 year-old grandmother had stomach pains. Hospital diagnoses stomach cancer in this tough old Polish-American warhorse. In fact, her 90 year-old appendix was about to rupture. It did after...

...Domestic abuse is the most common cause of nonfatal injury to American women and more than half of all American women who are murdered each year are victims of domestic abuse.

Little did I know that Obama’s aggressive implementation of his far left radical agenda would so terrify and infuriate the American people, it would awaken a majority who have been silent for far too long. One could say Obama’s election was a blessing in disguise. Think about this folks. The passionate rebuke of Obama’s agenda by one man, Rick Santelli, inspired millions to rise up to take back our country. Incredible! Then there is ACORN, the Evil Empire, given authority to conduct the U.S. Census. With numerous voter fraud lawsuits against them around the country, this is equivalent to letting...

The state Appeals Court has refused to get involved in a mother’s efforts to force a Newton sperm bank to reveal the identity of her twin daughters’ father so she can sue him for child support. The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, was contesting Suffolk Probate and Family Court Judge John M. Smoot’s dismissal of her 2006 motion to compel the New England Cryogenic Center to out the young medical student who sold his sperm in the early 1990s with the agreement his identity be held “in strictest confidence.”

The cavalry is here -- and they're in white coats and scrubs: More than a half a million doctors and millions of nurses are joining forces to help pass real health reform. Americans listen to their nurses and doctors when it comes to health reform -- and for good reason. If we can help them amplify their voices, it'll be a huge boost to our campaign for change. So we're working on a new television ad featuring their voices explaining why doctors and nurses so strongly support President Obama's plan -- and asking Congress to pass it. We'll run the...

Just had to post this quick. Babs admits singing "People" is "Boring". Babs, you think it's boring SINGING it, try LISTENING to it.

In 1949 George Orwell (pseudonym Eric Blair, 1903-1950) wrote 1984, a political prophecy that portrayed a Progressive Party’s ultimate achievement of its Totalitarian goals in a Utopian State of complete Oligarchy. This chilling account of a Utopian Dream that evolved into a Dystopia was titled, 1984. So frightening was the premise of the novel, that the number 1984 became a part of our language, along with the nebulous figure of “Big Brother.” Many who read the book breathed a sigh of relief when the year came and passed without the realization of the dreaded situations described in the book. Perhaps...

I am so sick of the Left being allowed to make the rules. Imagine the absurdity of a competition in which one side is allowed to set the rules against their opponent. The Left tells us what is racist. The Left tells us what we can and cannot say. The Left published a cartoon depicting former black Secretary of State Condolezza Rice as an Aunt Jemima; another depicted Rice as a huge-lipped parrot for her Massa Bush. Neither were considered racist by their creators or publishers, or even widely condemned on the Left. In opposition to black Republican Michael Steele's...

Associated Press press story, please go to link.

One of the Supreme Court‘s “inventions� used to impose its will upon the people unknown to those who framed and ratified our Constitution, are various tests the court has created which are now used to subjugate and overcome the documented intentions and beliefs under which the various provisions of our Constitution have been adopted. These “tests� began to appear and gain a foothold during the Warren Court of the l960’s. One such test was the "rationality" test under which a law being challenged had to withstand the court’s judgment that the law in question was “rationally based� or “reasonable� to...

As we all know, in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. Last night's episode of television's longest running drama -- NBC's "Law & Order" -- featured District Attorney Jack McCoy prosecuting a John Yoo-esque Bush administration Justice Department attorney for writing a legal memo authorizing the torture of detainees. "Jack, you want to prosecute a member of the Bush administration for assaulting suspected terrorists?" McCoy is asked in the season premiere episode, titled "Memo from the Dark Side."...