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  • Obama's 2012 Theme Song finally found

    08/28/2012 7:48:04 AM PDT · by Trueblackman · 9 replies
    Vanity ^ | 28 August 2012 | Trueblackman
    I heard this song(rap) years ago and have been looking for a copy since Obama has been in office and finally found it. Yes it is old school rap, but so true at this point of his failed Presidency!
  • The Smackdown in Seattle

    08/28/2012 6:49:29 AM PDT · by scottjewell · 15 replies
    My friend and NOM's President Brian Brown absolutely put a smackdown on Dan Savage the other day in their grand debate about marriage in Seattle, Washington. For those who don't know him, Savage is the foul-mouthed face of the gay marriage movement. To understand how badly Brian demolished Savage, consider this: Savage is complaining about the subject chosen for the debate (which his hand-picked moderator selected); he's complaining about the location (his own dining room table, also his choice); The New York Times reporter who moderated decided to write a kitschy odd-ball article about the encounter (including how he was...
  • Boy Can Open His Hotdog Cart, Get Around Zoning

    08/28/2012 6:10:58 AM PDT · by MichCapCon · 12 replies
    Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 8/20/2012 | Thomas Shull
    The city of Holland, Mich., has reportedly granted limited permission to operate a downtown hot dog cart to Nathan Duszynski, the 13-year-old who received national attention for his efforts to open the cart to help his troubled family. The Holland City Council voted Wednesday to allow Nathan to run his hot dog business until the end of October on the sidewalk adjacent to a downtown sporting goods store. Reliable Sport had initially given Nathan permission to set up the stand in the store's parking lot. Minutes after Nathan opened for business on July 17, however, a city official informed him...
  • A WW2 Vet's Experiences

    08/28/2012 6:03:44 AM PDT · by knarf · 11 replies
    Email, blog, Bill Lawrence | 8 / 27 / 2012 | Lewis Hiller
    The Germans were the best trained soldiers in the world but they were trained to follow their leaders' commands and weren't taught to think for themselves which was a big difference between them and the U.S. Army soldiers. They said they never knew what the Yanks would do next because we used our heads and did what we thought would work.
  • The Foolish, Spiritually Blind Richard Dawkins

    08/28/2012 4:45:27 AM PDT · by scottfactor · 3 replies
    scottfactor.com ^ | 08/28/2012 | Gina Miller
    God’s Word tells us about the famous atheist and prominent member of the church of evolution, Richard Dawkins. Of course, Dawkins is not mentioned by name, but the Lord speaks plainly about people like him throughout the Bible. In one example, King David declares in two separate Psalms, “The fool has said in his heart there is no God.” By this definition of a fool, Richard Dawkins is certainly one, because he has made a big name for himself over the years by writing and speaking against the existence of God. On Sunday, editors of the Blaze published a report...
  • "Why Grandpa carries a gun"...e mail from a friend

    08/28/2012 4:45:11 AM PDT · by SMARTY · 9 replies
    Unknown | Unknown | Unknown
    The Quintessential reason - Why Grandpa carries a gun: Please take time to read this and pay particular attention to "A Little Gun History" about half way down. Why Carry a Gun? My old grandpa said to me 'Son, there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an ass whoopin.' I don't carry a gun to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed. I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes...
  • Federal Appellate Courts Rejecting Lower Court Awards Of Attorneys' Fees In Class Actions

    08/28/2012 4:42:24 AM PDT · by AtlasStalled · 8 replies
    Friends of Ours ^ | 07/15/12 | Friends of Ours
    Federal appellate courts across the country increasingly are reversing settlement agreements and fee applications approved by the lower court judges in class action cases. On Friday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a deal which awarded $2 million in attorneys' fees to the plaintiffs' lawyers but provided the class members -- consumers who purchased Frosted Mini-Wheats after an ad campaign by Kellogg claiming the cereal improved children's attentiveness -- with only "a 'paltry' $5 a box for up to three boxes" as reported by Maura Dolan for the Los Angeles Times. Writing for a unanimous three-judge panel, Judge Stephen...
  • A Citizen's Guide To Detroit Police Gun Buy-Backs: How To Legally Buy Firearms

    08/28/2012 4:24:45 AM PDT · by marktwain · 7 replies
    Despite the fact that the Oakland County Jail is pledging to soon release over 200 inmates due to over-crowding, the announcement that there are at least 21 serial rapists currently operating undetected in the city, and that the current homicide tally in Detroit is over 210 (as of August 12th), the Detroit Police Department (DPD) has announced yet another "Gun Buy-Back" program. It matters not that these events have failed to lower the crime rate. The only sane reason to waste manpower in this fashion is to generate a positive fluff story in the media that the local police are...
  • Retreat to the Past

    08/28/2012 4:10:10 AM PDT · by radioone · 2 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 8-28-12 | Viv Forbes
    The deaths of Steve Jobs and Neil Armstrong could signal the end of a remarkable era of scientific and engineering achievement that started about 200 years ago when James Watt and Robert Stephenson managed to harness coal-fired steam power to drive engines and locomotives. This was followed by magic like electricity, diesel engines, nuclear power, the Model T, Colombia and the iPad. During that era of innovation, we progressed from horse and buggy to supersonic flight; from semaphore to smart phone; from wood stoves to nuclear power; from the abacus to the PC; from flickering candles to brilliant light at...
  • State of Israel/IDF Ruled Innocent in 2003 Bulldozer-Flattening of American Activist

    08/28/2012 3:10:22 AM PDT · by Reaganite Republican · 20 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | August 28, 2012 | Reaganite Republican
    Saint Pancake The widely publicized death-by-IDF-bulldozer of American activist Rachel Corrie in 2003 has been found to be accidental by a Haifa court in a verdict read early this morning. The civil lawsuit had been brought by Corrie's damages-seeking family, yet the judge found 'no mistakes' in the way the IDF had conducted it's activities in Gaza that day. The Corries had accused the Jewish state and Israeli military of intentionally and unlawfully killing their daughter, then failing to conduct 'a full and credible investigation'. But it's hard to not see financial opportunism in the case, considering that they also...
  • Sharia: The long list of Christian children raped, killed by Muslims (Asia/Pakistan)

    08/28/2012 12:05:31 AM PDT · by Perseverando · 5 replies
    Atlas Shrugs ^ | August 27, 2012 | Pamela Geller
    The enemedia silence on this monstrous anti-human ideology is sanction. The enemedia is just as deadly as the jihadist clutching his rusty beheading knife in his cloven grip. It's not just that the little Christian girl with Down's Syndrome was beaten (along with her mother) for "blasphemy" under the sharia, or the 12-year-old Christian boy had his ears, nose and intestines gutted as part of the reprisal for an alleged act of blasphemy, it's that this is going on daily, the persecution of non-Muslims under the sharia in Muslim countries, and the media not only says nothing; they defame, smear,...
  • ...'The Muslim Brotherhood... The Islamic Caliphate And The Ruling Of The World...

    08/27/2012 11:19:37 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 1 replies
    Atlas Shrugs ^ | August 27, 2012 | Pamela Geller
    More fresh hell from Obama's brilliant foreign policy. Obama's support of this fourth reich is sanction of the global jihad. Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi: 'One Of The Tenets Of The Muslim Brotherhood… Is The Islamic Caliphate And The Ruling Of The World… The Day Will Come When We Will Be The Masters Of The World' MEMRI In a recent TV interview, Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi said that while "the first choice of the Muslims is peace," they "welcome war" as a means of liberating Palestine and restoring the "United States of the Arabs." During the interview, which aired on the...
  • Obama Says, "If You Elect Me Again I Will Compromise With Republicans." I Laughed For 20 Minutes.

    08/27/2012 9:12:10 PM PDT · by Armaggedon · 21 replies
    Obama the dictator who rules America with unconstitutional executive orders, must think he is some god who can create truth from fiction. The world according to Obama is an insane asylum with the inmates running the place. Obama has gathered together a collection of people so controled by hate, lies and devisiveness, that they will believe anything the Liar in Chief says. Obama uses black magic spirits of fear and greed to poison the hearts of those he seeks to control. Has Obama bought enough souls to get him re-elected? We shall see. It is up to us to prove...
  • Moderates, Romney Wreak Havoc at National Convention - Will They Destroy the Republican Party?

    08/27/2012 8:37:56 PM PDT · by davidbellow · 51 replies
    Texas Conservative Republican News ^ | 8/27/2012 | David Bellow
    Update: I hear that the first issue below has been pulled from the table to avoid a fight. That does not mean that it cannot be brought up at the convention and there is also still the second important issue below that needs to be defeated! WARNING! Romney and Moderate Republicans want Control over who the national delegates are and what is in the Republican Party Platform and Rules! They want to take this power away from the states. This is an attempt to mold the Republican platform to his moderate values and also to force state delegates to be...
  • Silver vs Gold Bullion - what is better for Average Joe?

    08/27/2012 8:36:40 PM PDT · by GlockThe Vote · 45 replies
    vanity | 8/27/2012 | Self
    I have been accumulating silver Eagles , maples, Austrian phils, and pandas. Can anyone give me a good idea or reason why Gold is better than silver for the average Joe investor in physical bullion? From what I can gather Silver overall is a better avenue for most of us.
  • Tampa GOP Elitist Coup to Change Rules - Banish Grassroots?

    08/27/2012 7:57:40 PM PDT · by maggiesnotebook · 27 replies
    Maggie's Notebook ^ | 8-27-12 | Maggie@MaggiesNotebook
    I don't have a lot of background on this depressing story, but will lead you to what I have. It seems the GOP is attempting to change the rules of how delegates work within the party, which includes allowing the presumptive presidential nominee to replace delegates elected by the states.  Three points are laid out: 1) Delegates will be bound to vote in proportion to the popular vote regardless of any other considerations. 2) The presumed nominee or his agents will be able to remove or replace delegates from state conventions at will. 3) The members of the RNC may,...
  • Sterilization for 15 Yr Olds Needs No Parental Consent Under ObamaCare - Effective 8-1-12

    08/27/2012 7:50:03 PM PDT · by maggiesnotebook · 23 replies
    Maggie's Notebook ^ | 8-27-12 | Maggie@MaggiesNotebook
    This literally made me physically ill when I read this headline: Obamacare Begins Child Sterilization Without Parental Consent. According to the guidelines of ObamaCare, children as young as 15 years old can be sterilized at no cost, and with no parental consent. I assume this means both boys and girls. If a 15 year old wants to be sexually active, how attractive might sterilization be? No worries - forever, and who wants kids any way. I can see the 15-year-old brain processing it in a quick minute. I believe more 15 year olds, and even 16 and 17 year olds...
  • Obama Honors Neil Armstrong With Photo Of Himself

    08/27/2012 7:24:57 PM PDT · by WXRGina · 32 replies
    Big Hairy News ^ | August 27, 2012 | Scooter Van Neuter
    WASHINGTON (BHN) - President Obama offered a solemn memorial tribute on his tumblr page Sunday to astronaut Neil Armstrong. The post features a photo of Obama contemplatively gazing at the moon, presumably reflecting upon his hero's accomplishments (and chances of being reelected?). One prominent critic labeled the tribute "possibly the most narcissistic thing Barack Obama has ever done," to which a White House spokesman angrily replied, "It most certainly is not."
  • REPUBLICAN NAT CONV RIPOFF

    08/27/2012 7:00:31 PM PDT · by RichSr · 23 replies
    NAT ASSOC for GUN RIGHTS | 08/27/2012 | DUDLY
    Stacking the deckMonday, August 27, 2012 10:21 PMFrom: "Dudley Brown" Add sender to ContactsTo: "Richard Gregory" Richard, As you may know, I am a Republican delegate from Colorado at the RNC in Tampa this week. I was selected by my peers to represent our delegation on the RNC's Rules Committee. The actions I have witnessed from the Republican Party establishment (led by Washington, D.C. insider lawyer Ben Ginsberg) are nothing short of outrageous. The party establishment rammed through new party rules designed to lessen the impact of gun owners, conservatives and Tea-Party-types of all kinds. Tomorrow, I will be leading...
  • Dear Editor: What happened to waiting periods for guns?

    08/27/2012 6:31:00 PM PDT · by marktwain · 10 replies
    27 August, 2012 | Alan Korwin
    An open letter to America's news media From: Alan Korwin, The Uninvited Ombudsman Re: The Batman Movie Massacre Our Forgotten Waiting Periods The Need for Gun-Control... Counseling Banning the Glock Really Small Bullets Copycat Heroes Media Culpability for Massacres Dear Media Colleagues, Guns can't seem to keep themselves out of the limelight. Urban shootings, outside the ghettos where most shootings take place, are now becoming national news. What changed? Why aren't we talking about waiting periods anymore? The media and the gun-control movement have abandoned waiting periods, but they used to be the holy grail. Why is that? It turned...