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The philosophical basis of Hegelian/Marxist philosophy is antithetical not only to the family; it is irreconcilable with the rights of women everywhere. The philosophy is, at its core, misogynist. Hitching the feminist wagon to Marxism was, and is, the feminine mistake. In this article, I will dig deeply into the Marxist notions about women, the family, and the workplace. As I will show, Marxism, and the far left, are not female friendly. First a little history: Betty Friedan (1921-2006) is often cited as the pioneer of the modern women's rights movement. Friedan co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in...

Here is video of Democrat Rep. David Obey on CNN yesterday where he revealed the way many Democrats feel about sending the reinforcements to Afghanistan requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal. Obey said he believes it will be a "fool's errand," because we don't have stable enough governments in Afghanistan or Pakistan. The problem is that you can have the best policy in the world, but if you don't have the tools to implement it, it isn't worth a bean bag. And I don't think we have the tools in the Pakistani government. I don't think we have the tools in...

Can Barney Frank Dunk on Lebron? No, he cannot. Nor can anyone else in Washington. Nor can they catch passes from Ben Rothlisberger in the Super Bowl or strike out Derek Jeter in the World Series. They are not equipped to do so. So what? This ridiculous visual image speaks to the business malaise infecting the economy since Obama took office. The point is that politicians are equally ill equipped to run the auto industry or the health industry or the lending industry or the insurance industry -- and their determination to do so is sucking all the dynamism from...

The assignment last week was to caption the following picture. Here are the winning entries: 1) "Deaths created or saved due to Healthcare Reform." 2) "Students rally to protest accusation that they are lazy." 3) "Ring around the rosie, healthcare by Pelosi. Ashes. Ashes. We all.............." 4) "Somehow this has to be Bush's fault." 5) "Typical Democrats waiting for someone to take care of them." 6) "A gathering of liberals begin their protest of the annual running of the bulls. One local resident was later overheard to say 'too many liberals, too few bulls.'"

Commuted sentence citing his "young age" at the time...

Politicians take note: So many people in our country are so SICK of both Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C., they'll latch on to any young, attractive, charismatic alternative who, despite not having a whole lot of experience, nonetheless might offer real change. Sound familiar?

The Federal Government admits to over $12 Trillion dollars in debt. In reality, its obligations are multiples of that number. The unfunded promises from Social Security and Medicare total around $100 trillion. To properly fund the forecasted future deficits in Social Security and Medicare, $100 trillion would have to be put in the fund today. Without this infusion, this liability grows exponentially. Next year, for example, it will be $4 - 5 trillion higher! The Government has promised benefits that they cannot possibly honor. The total net worth of the entire country (the country's total assets less liabilities) is slightly...

Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in NY-23 who eventually dropped out after incurring the wrath of conservative acvists, says she would have fared pretty well on the so-called GOP "purity test." "I would have been at seven out of 10 on the list," Scozzafava told CBS's Face the Nation. She continued: "If people looked at my record and understood how I felt about a lot of the federal issues, I think they could see that I was for lower taxes, lower government spending. I was not in favor of repeal of the 2003 tax cuts. I am not in favor...

The Constitutional Structure For Limited And Balanced Government The Constitution was devised with an ingenious and intricate built-in system of checks and balances to guard the people's liberty against combinations of government power. It structured the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary separate and wholly independent as to function, but coor­dinated for proper operation, with safeguards to prevent usurpations of power. Only by balancing each against the other two could freedom be preserved, said John Adams. Another writer of the day summarized clearly the reasons for such checks and balances: "If the LEGISLATIVE and JUDICIAL powers are united, the MAKER of the...

<p>I guess that being a 'Citizen of the World' has hidden relatives all over the world.</p> <p>BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes.</p>

Amid the growing “Climategate” scandal over data manipulation and suppression by the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson joined Senator Jim Inhofe in calling for Congressional probes into the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that Wilson said “used CRU’s data as the primary foundation for ‘man-made’ climate change science.”

The anemic results of the first government “stimulus” bill are said to be inspiring talk of another one. “There are nearly 16 million unemployed Americans,” complained House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif). “And this is after we approved a spending bill of over $700 billion. Every economist I’ve talked to says the problem is that the first stimulus package was too small.” Pelosi cited the estimated cost per job created to bolster her case for an expanded stimulus package. “With a cost of nearly $500,000 per new job created, it should be obvious that $700 billion won’t get us very far...

The 21st Century has, in less than a decade, seen the explosion of three “bubbles.” In 2001 we saw the tech bubble explode, leaving in its wake the collapse of numerous fortunes and a renewed appreciation for value rather than promises of ever more extravagant high-tech dreams. ... Swearing that the stock market was rigged, people decided to put their money in houses. “Real estate never goes down” was the new mantra, and as evidence we saw houses “flipped” – on TV - for huge profits and real estate assessments climb 20, 30 or 40% per year, proving how to...

This post discusses why the upcoming Conference on Climate Change at Copenhagen will be carefully stage managed to hide the real reasons behind what actually will be being discussed. See why the general public will be hoodwinked into believing just what the UN wants you to believe.

What's better than reading 'Going Rogue'? Listening Sarah Palin reading 'Going Rogue', of course! I'm usually not an enthusiast for audio-books, but how can I pass on Sarah's soothing voice narrating her book for 7 hours and 17 minutes? Here's my question: Has anyone here bought/listened to the audio-book? How is it? And how much is it abridged from the print version?Thanks. Going Rogue: An American Life (Audiobook)Audible.com - Download: Going Rogue: An American Life narrated by Sarah Palin

The State Run Media still has a blackout on reporting the Hadley CRU climategate fraud. We need Obamacrats to know. Leftists will continue to lie. Democrats will see the light, and know this is fraud. Perhaps the Democrats will see Leftists as liars, and their eyes will be opened. Here's the plan: 1) We agree on a broadcast date 2) We write 3 different summaries of ClimateGate 3) We recruit Freepers until the broadcast date. Namely, everyone pings their buddies, and I re-post 4) On the broadcast date, all FReepers recruited send email everyone we all know, with their favorite...

Snatching a page from ACORN, scientists at the CRU have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. That means the basic calculations used to create the man-made global warming hysteria cannot be checked by neutral observers....

Here is complete video of an in-depth and contentious interview the incomparable Ann Coulter did this past week on Julie Menin's "Give and Take" program. Coulter covered many subjects with Menin, including the Fort Hood Shooting, Health Care, Public Schools, and Maxine Waters. Coulter bluntly said Maxine Waters is "stupid," which left Menin virtually speechless (see Part IV). Menin is a frequent commentator on MSNBC, CNN and other networks, and is a contributor to The Huffington Post. . . . (VIDEO)

Piece County Judge Thomas J. Felnagle reversed a prior Judge's order of "NO BAIL" and set bail at $150,000 for Maurice Clemmons for Rape of a Child in the Second Degree.... + Statement from Mike Huckabee

f you are not one of the nearly one million people who have purchased and read Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue, An American Life, then you are missing out on one of the really great treats and treasures of our time. One doesn’t actually read Going Rogue, they experience it. You experience Sarah Palin’s life as she takes you from a young girl growing in the rugged Alaska wilderness through her days as a championship basketball player, a city councilwoman, mayor, oil and gas regulator, reformer, Governor, and vice presidential candidate. All told in Sarah’s wonderfully enjoyable way. The...

The results from today's elections in Honduras are beginning to roll in and it looks as if Porfirio Lobo,from Honduran opposition National Party, is leading in the election at least according to the local media. According to preliminary data, the 61-year-old opposition leader received around 56% of the vote. His main rival, 46-year-old businessman Elvin Santos representing the ruling Liberal Party, came second in the presidential race, with about 38% of the vote. Even if the trend continues the Liberal party will not be the big loser today, Hugo Chavez, whose imperialist goals were thwarted when President Zelaya was ousted...

Has anyone heard of this before? I did a search but came up negative.Very interesting and if you list to the tape the man sounds very genuine.Here’s his written confession which happened to a physicist when he was in Russia:The leader of the Communist Party USA may not be the only one doing Communist cartwheels. Brace yourself for what I’m about to say next. Last fall, prior to the presidential election, a friend of mine, Dr. Wiley Drake, former second vice president for the Southern Baptist Convention, sent me an e-mail on which I didn’t report. It just seemed too...

While the big gun media and American Secret Service are out there investigating “party crashers” Tareq and Michaele Salahi, no one’s telling the truth: Obama knew the Salahis when he was still an Illinois senator...

Best Buy recently removed itself from places we’ll shop by placing Islamist holidays above Thanksgiving and Christmas in things it thinks are important to celebrate. Best Buy was previously our go-to place for anything technical and electronic. The Mac we use to write this site is failing, so we’re saving up for a new computer, this time a PC, and we most likely would have bought that at Best Buy. Instead, we will be buying that new computer in 2010 at a store that does not promote Islam. On September 11th, 2001, our friend Jane was killed by Muslims in...

Subtitle:"The new and improved Alaska rouge has an audience; now she needs a message." ...Once the Republican Party ticket was defeated, many heaved a great sigh of relief. Palin was gone … or so we thought. With the release of Palin’s new book and book tour, it is once again hard to escape the rasp of the Palin media frenzy. Whether it’s the cover of Newsweek, appearances on talk shows or banner ads on the Web, we’ve definitely been reintroduced to Palin, and the feeling that she is here to stay. Yet, interestingly, this time around you don’t see the...

As Thanksgiving festivities wind down we contemplate all we have to be thankful for as free Americans! We head into the Christmas season wishing for leadership in Washington that reflects our commitment to the values and ideals that have built the freest and most prosperous and generous nation on earth. Heading into December and Tuesday’s announcement of our nation’s strategy in Afghanistan, I ask the President to reassure us that the administration is in this War on Terror to win. And I’ll pass along the following from Harold B. Estes, a 95-year-old member of the Greatest Generation: “I realize you...

About one-third the way through Sarah Palin’s informative memoir, I’ve learned not only about her, but her husband Todd as well. For you libs who prefer to bash Sarah’s book rather than actually read it, Todd is part Yupik Eskimo and worked on the icy shores of northern Alaska since childhood, where he learned to be self-sufficient. By the time he moved with his family to Wasilla, he had been one of the only teens in town to have earned enough to purchase his own car. After he and Sarah were married, he was so dedicated earning income for his...

Here is an interesting article and audio. http://www.archive.org/details/OtunnuOnLuoTribeMemberBeingElectedPresidentOct.252008 Otunnu on Luo Tribe Member Being Elected President, Oct. 25, 2008 Olara Otunnu (Harvard Law, 1978) relating the remark of Kenyan historian Ali Mazrui on the oddity that a member of Kenya’s Luo tribe (Barack Obama, a Kenyan citizen and Luo tribe member from birth) may become president of the United States before a Luo tribe member becomes president of Kenya. “Town Hall Forum: An Examination of Race, Age, Gender & Religion in the 2008 Election,” Harvard Law School Reunions, Oct. 25, 2008, 9:15 a.m. (Austin Hall, 1st Floor, West), at 60:17...