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Adding to Obama's woes and his sinking poll numbers are his too-close connection to big union organized labor as their approval ratings continue to fall. On August 5, 2009, only 29% of the nation's voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.

A word or phrase is "Orwellian" when it is impenetrably obtuse or even oxymoronic. Objective truth is eroded by the endless blowing of windy rhetoric. Reality is then constructed to suit the needs of the moment. The state of American politics has become increasingly Orwellian. At the national level in particular, elected positions are dominated by career-minded officials who repeat empty and often deliberately misleading or untruthful slogans. As Orwell understood, vacuity strips political communication of any concrete meaning. The absurd end result was captured by President Clinton's niggling over what the meaning of "is" is. If this trend continues,...

Q: What's different for kids today than when you were a kid? They face bigger challenges than when you were a kid. A: I actually think there's more at stake than ever before. It's almost a life-or-death issue today.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 29% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9 (see trends). Check out our weekly review of key polls to see “What They Told Us.” Also, visit our home page for the latest polling on a variety of topics. If it’s in the news, it’s in our polls. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who...

A dagger is pointed at the heart of America. Its point is the deliberate misuse of the English language for the purpose of influencing how Americans speak and think. If the dagger is driven home, reason itself will be the principal victim. ----- We have all become familiar, of course, with the transformation of our language by political elites who habitually invoke the name of "the people" while governing in an arbitrary and dictatorial fashion.[5] In an excellent article for the National Taxpayers Union, Mark Schmidt cites a few examples of this phenomenon and concludes that if the Orwellian trend...

In the end of the day, the Taliban are not a lot different than any other organized crime family. And so it's good news that the U.S. government is finally getting that, even if it did take our Kabul correspondent Jean MacKenzie's story to wake them up. As we reported Wednesday, the federal government announced an investigation and Congress declared it would hold public hearings this fall spurred by MacKenzie's investigative piece about how American taxpayers' money is ending up in the hands of the Taliban. * * * MacKenzie’s reporting focuses on what has long been an open secret...

The Tea Party Express rolled into Little Rock, Arkansas for a rally 9/4/2009. If it’s a new event to the reader, the Tea Party Express left California to arrive in Washington, DC for the huge 9-12 March. There is even a journey blog at the Tea Party Express It’s an inspirational event with entertainment too. If you get an opportunity - see the buses, meet the team, and enjoy the atmosphere. There’s a great deal to be said for a safe, fun, Patriotic event with flair - where even children can see real Patriotism in action. If you live...

Labor Day marks the end of summer and, along with it, the highly photogenic vacations of the first family. No more pictures of President Barack Obama riding a bike or swinging a golf club before taking his daughters for ice cream. Obama’s vacation time was hardly your average American’s week at the lake. The family stayed in a house they rented for $25,000 per week on an island known as a playground for celebrities and CEOs, their every move shadowed by Secret Service and a press pool. They capped it off with a few days at the presidential retreat at...

A fatal San Marcos shooting may fall under the castle doctrine. Two Luling teens are dead, one is in the hospital and another is in jail. Early Friday morning crime scene tape surrounded a home just a couple blocks away from Texas State University. Police say it's the result of a home invasion robbery carried out by four Luling teenagers. "Three of the suspects were armed, one with a handgun, two with what we were later to find out were pellet guns, but very realistic looking,” San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams said. San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams says...

The Conservative Fun House Presents Tiffany Gets knocked up. A quick, satirical look at liberal abortion policy... A liberal teacher gives some advice showing the hypocrisy of liberalism.

Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me – those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?  No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him – the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough – that he should live on forever and not see decay. (Psalm 49:5-9)

Here is video of Glenn Beck yesterday tracing the history of the so-called, "Fairness Doctrine," and the work of the Franklin Roosevelt created Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC was formed in 1934, and Roosevelt used radio to push his New Deal programs. Roosevelt would deny certain programs to go on the air, and the FCC required stations to put New Deal spokesman on the air two and three times a week. In 1949, the FCC instated a policy that came to be known as the "Fairness Doctrine." Stations were required to give equal time to opposing opinions of controversial...

A recent mob-beating of a Buffalo, NY teen has caused a great deal of outrage within the community, and while the crime has been covered locally, the national mainstream press has completely ignored the story. The victim is white and the assailants were black.His father, Brian Milligan Sr. told a WGRZ reporter: "I mean, I couldn't believe that a human can lose so much blood and walk home for five blocks. It didn't even look like my son.” Milligan who spent several days in the Erie County Medical Center, suffered bleeding in his brain and a broken jaw, which will...

I recieved the following e-mail from LtCol William "Bill" Russell yesterday. I hope he cleans Jack Murtha's clock in next years Congressional elections. I've had the pleasure of spending time with Bill on several occasions. He's a true conservative and patriot, and is the kind of American we need in the US Congress. The video at the link in the e-mail is pretty good.... ............................................................................... Gitmo is back in the news again. This week a judge denied a 32-year-old Islamic studies teacher's request for early release from Guantanamo Bay because the evidence confirmed he was a terrorist. Begs the question...

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13249171?_requestid=9002623 A school principal has apologized for showing a video at an assembly that a politically conservative group leader is calling "radical, leftist propaganda." Children at Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington were shown a short video called "I pledge" on Aug. 28. The video opens with an image of President Barack Obama and part of a speech in which he says, "Let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other." The video then features celebrities making pledges about...

Critics say that there is often a hidden agenda behind political reform; no more so when it involves the federal government intruding in areas that the Constitution reserves to the states and to the people. The excuse given for federalizing health insurance is as fake as Al Gore's global warming scare. As Karl Rove points out in a Wall Street Journal article (”Obama and the Perfect Political Storm ”, Sept. 3): Nearly nine out of 10 Americans say they have coverage—and large majorities of them are happy with it. Of the 46 million uninsured, 9.7 million are not U.S. citizens;...

VAN JONES CUT A CD... The CD starred Van Jones and cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. ...

Let's organize a serious online petition to boycott MSNBC, including email links to advertisers and lists of products and services to be shunned as well as alternatives to be promoted. Make it succinct and simple, easily completed in just a few minutes. There must be one place where all who oppose MSNBC can organize and demonstrate their collective disapproval

Mercedes-Benz, Capital One, HSBC, Discover and seven other big firms are yanking their ads from Beck's show, boycott organizers said Wednesday. "We applaud those companies that have recently pulled their support from Beck," James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org, said Wednesday. "There are at least 57 companies who will not tolerate Beck's race-baiting comments." The African-American political group went after Beck for declaring on his July 28 show that Obama is a racist with a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." About 145,000 members signed a petition asking Beck's advertisers to stop supporting him. And big companies...

Within 12 months, the Japanese were killing more than 40,000 dolphins every year. Most were fed to children in school meals, with the rest being exported to China. Ironically, recent scientific research suggests that the Japanese authorities might be endangering the health of their own children through this practice. Dolphin meat is full of toxic mercury, cadmium, DDT and carcinogens such as dioxins and PCBs. Some cuts of dolphin meat have more than 5,000 times the safe level of mercury. Such levels can very quickly lead to severe nervous system problems and even insanity. The dolphin meat is so toxic...