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Our wake-up call should be that the factors that saved and transformed Michael Oher’s life stand in stark contrast to the government solutions we hear from Washington about dealing with our problems relating to poverty and education.

According to Frank Rich, if Barack Obama loses next month (I thought the race was over...), it will be because Americans are racists. Shameful. In his editorial, Frank Rich has made clear (again) that he seems not to understand that his view of this country, its culture and its values is not universally held. Millions of Americans like guns. Millions of Americans think babies should be protected in the womb because they come from God. Millions of Americans can't afford tax hikes. Millions of Americans think health insurance is something you buy for your family, not something you expect someone...

A few weeks back, I wrote: "...Some things are about to take place in this campaign that I'll keep to myself for now. In short, it's about to catch fire. I'll let you know if - when - these things happen..."

We are NOT in a recession. I'm not running for anything, I can afford the luxury of acknowledging we're not a nation of Tom Joads. But I will say there's cause for concern going forward. Concern, as in, we're firmly in control of our economic future and we should concern ourselves with making wise economic- and political decisions to ensure continued prosperity for future generations of Americans. We'd better get things right in November. Consider what President Obama and the MoveOn.org Congress would mean for workers and investors on three key issues:

"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse." - Barack Obama, January 2007

The man in the picture is Bill Ayers. He co-founded a terrorist organization known as the 'Weather Underground' in the late 1960s that bombed - among other targets - the Pentagon, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Capitol and a New York City Police Department precinct headquarters. In 1970, the Weathermen declared war on the United States after a fellow terrorist was killed in a police raid in Chicago.

As I read the letter you posted today ("One more" February 3) I decided that I, too, must tell you about the difference your writing has made in my life. I hope I'm not too late--I've been thinking about writing to you for over a year, but I always talked myself out of it. Today I find myself compelled to tell you my own humble story. While I was raised in a fairly conservative family, I came of age during the '60s. I met my husband while we were both campaigning for Eugene McCarthy for president. We were married the...

Excuse the vanity Freepers. Looking for help from DC Chapter. My Ohio State University (conservative) Econ major leaves tomorrow morning for a spring break trip to DC. Looking for night life recommendations that don't involve interns. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Excuse the vanity Freepers. My Ohio State Universitry senior Econ major leaves Thursday morning for a spring break trip to DC. Looking for night life recommendations that don't involve interns. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Getting Back Conservative Groove Diane Alden Dec. 12, 2000 The decision by the Florida Supreme Court to continue the interminable recount proved, once again, that you can't stop a Democrat from doing the unthinkable or unconscionable. They don't care that they abuse the legal system to get what they want. They are past masters at manipulating that system and they will tie you up in knots till it comes out their way. I refer to impeachment and the Elian Gonzales affair. I refer to the left's attacks on private property and gun rights. I refer to affirmative action lawsuits and ...

NewsMax.comTo Alter and Abolish – Secession Movements on the Move Diane Alden September 5, 2000"Whenever a government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it." (Declaration of Independence)What do Walter Williams, Joseph Sobran, Lew Rockwell, Murray Rothbard and Ron Paul have in common? Besides being very bright, responsible, intelligent and erudite men, they believe in the right of states around the world and in the good old United States of America to secede.

The economic causes of Rome's decline need only a reminding summary here...the destructive war between rich and poor, the rising cost of armies, doles, public works, an expanding bureaucracy and a parasitic court...the discouragement of ability and the absorption of investment capital by confiscatory taxation... The political causes of decay were rooted in one fact--that increasing despotism destroyed the citizen's civic sense and dried up statesmanship at its source. Powerless to express his political will except by violence, the Roman lost interest in government...The Senate, losing ever more of its power and prestige, relapsed into indolence, subservience, or venality; and ...