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There can be only one reason liberals instinctively call conservatives racists. Like Pavlov's dogs, they have been conditioned to do so by their masters in the Democrat-media complex. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1904 for his studies of the digestive system. While studying the impact of saliva on digestion, he noticed that his test subjects - dogs - salivated even when there was no food present. Eventually, he realized the dogs were responding to the lab coats worn by his assistants. He expanded his experiments to determine the reason. ... His findings...

Is planet Earth a living being? Apparently, some environmentalists seem to think so. According to an article at canada.com, a draft United Nations treaty would give the planet - also known as "Mother Earth" the same rights as human beings. Steven Edwards writes: The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to "dominate and exploit" — to the point that the "well-being and existence of many beings" is now threatened. Bolivia, the nation that is drafting the document, recently passed a law giving "...bugs, trees and all other natural things..."...

Democrats love Planned Parenthood so much they were willing to shut down the entire U.S. government over planned cuts to the organization. If given a choice, they would rather give taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood than pay the men and women who serve America's military. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid drew a line in the sand Friday morning while speaking from the floor of the United States Senate: “I’m not going to be part of that. I won’t do it,” he said about efforts to cut Planned Parenthood funding on the part of House Republicans. Nancy Pelosi claimed the GOP...

On Tuesday, April 5, voters in Wisconsin will go to the polls and cast ballots for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The race pits incumbent Justice David Prosser against Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. The race is important for one major reason - it will determine whether or not the rule of law will prevail in Wisconsin, or if the state will be effectively run by union bosses. Unions and other left-wing interest groups have spent millions in ads smearing Prosser over a sex abuse case he handled over 30 years ago. The victim of the case has demanded Kloppenberg and...

Apparently, the "watchdogs" at Media Matters - a radical left wing group funded in part by George Soros - think that accurately quoting a Democratic Congressman somehow constitutes a "smear," even when the context of the remark is explained. A headline at Media Matters screams, "Right-Wing Media Smear McDermott; Claim He Called The Constitution "Silly"" with a subheadline claiming, "Right-Wing Media Declare McDermott Is "Tired Of Reading That Silly Old Constitution"." Set aside for a moment the fact that Jim McDermott (D-WA) actually did say: "I'm tired of reading the Constitution and all the silly things we’ve done for the...

Apparently, liberals are incapable of giving a speech without bashing former President Bush. President Obama is no exception. While addressing the nation on the military action in Libya, the President took a gratuitous jab at the former President - and attempted to rewrite history in the process. According to a transcript at the White House website, the President said: The task that I assigned our forces -– to protect the Libyan people from immediate danger, and to establish a no-fly zone -– carries with it a U.N. mandate and international support. It’s also what the Libyan opposition asked us to...

In a Facebook note, Sarah Palin compared Bill Maher to "an annoying little mosquito found zipped up in your tent" and encouraged conservatives to not get distracted by the petty, vulgar attacks of liberals like Maher. The problem with mosquitos, however, is that many carry diseases like encephalitis, dengue fever, and malaria. In Maher's case, the diseases are ignorance, hate, and radical liberalism. On Friday, the foul-mouthed little man demonstrated the height of his intellectual capacity yet again by referring to Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin as bimbos, and attacked John Boehner by saying: "John Boehner wears bronzer and goes...

Imagine being taxed for the miles you drive every day to work. At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report that suggested taxing people based on the miles they drive could raise revenues that would offset the costs of highway maintenance. Conrad held a hearing earlier in March addressing this very issue. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Conrad the administration hopes to spend $556 billion over the next six years, much of which would go to federal transportation improvement projects, according to a post at The Hill. The Hill...

President Barack Obama is no General Patton. A Reuters poll shows that only 17 percent of Americans view the President as a strong, decisive military leader, while almost half see him as "cautious and consultative." More than a third of those polled, however, see him as indecisive in military matters. The Reuters/Ipsos poll of 975 adults was taken shortly after the bombing of Libya - now being refered to as a "kinetic military action" by the administration. Of those polled, only 20 percent strongly supported the President's actions. The Obama administration is known for dithering on matters pertaining to the...

Consider the schoolyard bully. We all know how they operate - they push, they prod, they harass, intimidate, tease, and assault their victims. They keep doing it because no one stands up to them. That is, until the day comes when a victim decides he or she has had enough and they body slam the bully who usually runs away crying. Ever since the beginning of the Wisconsin Insurrection, Americans have witnessed random senseless acts of mindless bullying by union thugs used to having their way. The overheated rhetoric and outrageous signs comparing Governor Scott Walker to Hitler are bad...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was right about one thing – collective bargaining has no place in public service. In a 1937 letter, Roosevelt noted the special relationship between government employees and those who pay their salaries – the taxpayers: All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations....

Legend has it Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. True or not, the story serves as a fitting analogy for current events. The world is on fire. Meanwhile, President Obama dithers and fiddles. From the Middle East to the American Midwest, people are angry and up in arms. In the Middle East, one country – Egypt – has already experienced regime change at the hands of street protesters, and another is embroiled in a civil war. Unrest has broken out in almost all of the Arab countries in the region. In the United States, Democrats, progressives, socialists and other far-left...

Most of us at some point has worked for an overbearing and abusive employer. We all know the type - the loud, overbearing, unreasonable, and obnoxious boss who seems to delight in making your working life miserable. But what if that person was a member of Congress? According to an article at The Daily Caller, Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee is just such an employer. The in-depth seven-part article, entitled Congressional bosses from Hell: Sheila Jackson Lee details the horrors experienced by those who work for the Democrat. For example, one staffer recounts constantly being called "you stupid m*****f****r." Jonathon...

The Blaze reports Monday morning that a New York-based Islamic organization plans to rally for sharia law in Washington, D.C. this Thursday. Jonathon M. Seidl reports the rally is being organized by The Islamic Thinkers Society and will feature British cleric Anjem Choudary, Abu Izzadeen and Sayful Islam. “We hereby call upon the Muslims in the US, particularly in New York, Michigan, Chicago and Washington DC to take lessons from their Muslim brothers and sisters in North Africa and the Middle East and rise to implement the Shari’ah in America,” the group Shariah4America, seemingly modeled after Choudary’s UK organization, says...

One thing has become crystal clear in the last few days; Liberalism is an ideology of hate. After the Tucson shootings that left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, liberals twisted themselves into pretzels trying to convince Americans that “rhetoric” from conservatives was the culprit. Almost immediately after the shootings, liberals blamed Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and cross-hairs. At a memorial that looked more like a campaign rally, President Obama said Americans should “…listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams...

Since the beginning of the Wisconsin Insurrection, progressive activists have done everything the mainstream press accuses the Tea Party of doing. They have held signs comparing Governor Scott Walker to Hitler, Hosni Mubarak, and Benito Mussolini. They have displayed signs with targets superimposed on the Governor's face. They have surrounded the homes of elected officials and issued threats. Some have expressed their desire to see the Governor assassinated on the social networking site Twitter. A Democratic Congressman has encouraged union activists to "get bloody" and another compared Governor Walker to a dictator. A blogger at the far-left site Daily Kos...

On Tuesday a federal judge handed the Obama administration another victory in the ongoing battle over Obamacare. Federal District Judge Gladys Kessler tossed out a lawsuit brought by the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian-based legal organization. The suit was filed on behalf of five Americans who have chosen not to purchase health insurance even though they can afford it. Three of the five felt the law violates the religious freedom of those who believe God will heal them of any disease they might get. Fox News reports: They say being forced to buy insurance would conflict with...

A video posted at The Blaze shows - once again - what passes for civil discourse among progressives, especially on the social networking site Twitter. 'lauren_2121' wrote "i hope scott walker dies. someone please shoot him?!" 'McGee12' tweeted "Everyone say it with SCOTT WALKER MUST DIE" User 'jritsynme' wrote "He is the devil and deserves 2 be shot!!!" Many more similar messages are shown in the 1.5 minute video. One of the most disturbing is a tweet by user 'J_Shack' who wrote "Scott walker cut food stamps its over he gettin assassinated..!" After the Tucson shootings that left Congresswoman Gabrielle...

Despite the best efforts of the Democratic National Committee, the unions and their allies in the mainstream media, Americans are siding with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans in their effort to put that state's fiscal house in order. A poll released by Rasmussen Monday shows that 48 percent of likely voters side with Governor Walker, while 38 percent agree with the unions. 14 percent were undecided. Rasmussen reports: In an effort to close the state’s sizable budget deficit, Walker is proposing to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees including teachers on everything but wage issues. He is...

Teachers do far more than impart knowledge to our children. They provide role models that chidren can emulate in their daily lives. But what kind of examples are the striking teachers in Madison providing to the children there? For starters, they abandoned the children when their puppet masters in the union called, leaving them to fend for themselves so they could take to the street in an organized effort to delegitimize and undermine the duly elected government of the sovereign state of Wisconsin. By calling in "sick" they sent a message that it's okay to lie when the circumstances warrant....