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Myth 1: "Israel was created because Europe felt guilty about the Holocaust." This left wing myth has been widely repeated, most recently by Desmond Tutu. While blatantly false on a level that even the most serious anti-Israel historian can recognize, it persists because its function is to delegitimize as the product of post-war colonial guilt, rather than longstanding Israeli national aspirations. Israel was not created in 1947. By 1947, Israel already was a functioning country with a language, culture, agriculture, universities, newspapers and military forces which proved capable of defending against the armies of several Arab nations. The only thing...

On Today's Show... September 14, 2009   On Display Saturday in Washington: Conservatism on the Ascendancy Don't buy the Frank Luntzes who say this was against both parties. That is to miss the point, and to encourage a third party that will guarantee Obama's reelection. (Rush 24/7 Members:  Listen)   "Obamacare is in trouble. The White House and State-Run Media are in panic mode. So they go to Page 1 of the Democrat playbook: The race card.   They'd have us believe that there are no legitimate problems with Obamacare.   It's just racists out to stop the first black...

The federal monitor over Cook County government hiring issued a progress report on patronage problems today -- *snip* Some workers for the county are actively undermining efforts to take politics out of personnel practices. Read the report here.

RUSH: And you enjoyed it for all the reasons that you've mentioned. But we've gotta be really, really careful here, Dana, about this left versus right government thing. You mentioned third party, and we've been through this with Perot. CALLER: I know that. I know that. And I think Perot helped Clinton get in, I don't doubt that. I do believe there has to be a huge movement before people can vote that way. RUSH: But a third party is not going to do anything other but ensure the reelection of Obama and every other Democrat running for office because...

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<p>TEA PARTY continued. Lets keep the heat up on Obama.</p> <p>He'll be at the Comcast Center, Thursday, Sept. 18, 11AM.</p> <p>I'll be checking with University officials about their protest policy so stay tuned.</p> <p>Let me know if you'll be there so I'll know how many posters to make up.</p>

Primary care doctors are still in short supply in Massachusetts, and more are closing their doors to new patients. Those accepting new patients are requiring they wait longer for an appointment.A new study released Monday by the Massachusetts Medical Society found obstetricians and gynecologists were in short supply for the first time in the eight years the society has been conducting the analysis.The OB-GYN shortage is adding to the doctor crunch since they serve as primary care doctors for many women.Other specialties were in better shape. The 2009 survey found shortages in 7 of 18 specialties, down from 12 last...

September 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - India's feminists and population control-pushing government are "stumped" by the dramatic drop of female births among the wealthier classes due to sex-selective abortions, reports the Globe and Mail's Indian correspondent Stephanie Nolen.Due to a 'son preference' in Indian culture, the use of new technologies to detect and abort baby girls has become widespread. Technically it has been illegal in India to tell couples the sex of their unborn child or to abort based on sex since 1994.  This law, however, is rarely enforced.  Consequently, sex-selective abortion practices are rampant and the ratio of girls to...

How can 1% of the population constitute the largest percentage of special interest pandering by the United States government? A two-word hint that is also the name of this blog. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Host Iftar DinnerWashington, DCSeptember 14, 2009Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will host an Iftar dinner to celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at 7:15p.m., in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.The Holy Month of Ramadan is a time devoted to worship, contemplation, charity, and fellowship, observed with a daily fast from sun up...

World celebrities sing to stop global warming (AFP) – 10 hours ago GENEVA — British rock group Duran Duran and heavy metal band Scorpions are among 55 world celebrities who have joined in recording a song to draw attention to the global warming crisis, organisers said on Monday. The song is part of a mass media campaign on the threats of climate change organised by the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, headed by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan. The song entitled "Beds'r Burning", which was originally recorded by the Australian group Midnight Oil in the 1980s, can be downloaded from...

WENCHANG, Hainan, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday began construction of its new space launch center in Wenchang City, on the northeast coast of the tropical island province of Hainan, which is scheduled to be completed by 2013.

In our American society, what a person finds important, of value, is vitally connected to what one’s society finds important. The safety of a nation is surely related to what it values. Good and healthy values maintain the existence of a nation. Our “UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” are in jeopardy. They are not to be transferred to a new owner. “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). As our nation abandons its historic healthy foundation, it will be unable to survive the tests of rightness and...

India is planning to reintroduce cheetahs into the wild, more than six decades after they were thought to have been hunted into extinction in the sub-continent. But the plans have ignited a debate about wildlife conservation, with opponents arguing that India has neither the land nor the funds to sustain cheetahs and the dwindling tiger population. Wildlife experts and officials met in the northen Indian state of Rajasthan last week to draw up proposals to import up to 100 cheetahs from Africa over the next ten years.

A great explosion of purity is about to come , But "not" as before(as Katrina) ,something straight from my kingdom , The heavenlies are about to applaud , I AM The Lord behold I alone am God ! Yet for my children of my rod and staff , They shall rest in my bossom of Zion and laugh , For the Joy of The Lord is their strength , And these are my children of victiory that have gone the full length , Obedience to me has become their rod , My staff is their com(fort) for I AM their...

This is an update to the "New York Residences Raided in Terrorism Probe" post. UPDATE 5-New York homes raided in terrorism probe * No imminent danger, congressmen say * Focus on one man who met with people in Queens * Apartment shared by five Afghan men searched - witness * Militant ideology sympathetic to al Qaeda detected - NYT

Mars, Earth’s arid red neighbor, may have had a more active past than previously believed. UT research scientist John Holt and his team have found large reserves of ice buried under rock near the mid-latitudes of Mars, which could mean the planet was once flowing with water. “We haven’t found any evidence of liquid water on Mars yet,” said Holt, who presented his findings Friday. “But it is a possibility.”

Bob Casey is one of 7 to vote to keep funding ACORN.

I came up with a new T-shirt for everyone but I can't find any great pictures. It feels like the media is trying to put pictures of ambassador asshole Joe Wilson and not pictures of the biggest story of the month. I expect that but just not this bad. Do you guys have any pictures of him that are hard to get that look great? Thanks, Jim Hines

Here is video of GOP Rep. Steve King today on MSNBC speaking up in behalf of GOP Rep. Joe Wilson, where he said there was no need for him to apologize again. Steve King told MSNBC's Davis Schuster that Joe Wilson is "an officer and a gentleman," and "everyone knows it." Steve King said he "stands with Joe Wilson on this," and that Wilson had "apologized at the right time and the right place." . . . . (VIDEO)

Just curious as to your response to that and the following: As opposition continues to mount against Obama's massively big spending ways, his mortgaging of even our great-grandchildren's future, his socialistic policies, his choice of uber-radicals as Czars (and on and on), I have noticed more and more liberals in general (and liberals in the MSM) say in response "He won, your guy didn't," or "Americans voted him in." You get the picture. So do liberals think that they get to play this card as often as the desire until 2012, no matter that most people do not support his...