By Roger Hedgecock Posted: October 05, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 It's bedrock liberal feminist teaching that when a male in a superior position in the workplace has sex with a female in a subordinate job, the sex is non-consensual. The male is using his position to extort the sex. Every time. No exceptions. Many a male has lost his job over this. Don't think this applies to you? Consult your workplace "sexual harassment" code. On his national TV program the other night, David Letterman admitted having sex with (much) younger female staffers in subordinate jobs in his production company "Worldwide Pants, Inc." We shoulda known by the name. Letterman still has his show and his job. In fact, his confession got a loud laugh from his New York studio audience. They're the same laughs Dave gets when he makes fun of the Palin family – or of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dave reacted to news that Arnold had once groped eight women by remarking "He's presidential material." Liberal rules don't apply to liberals. Apparently neither does liberal philosophy. Dave also disclosed why he was confessing on the national show. A "48 Hours" producer had tried to extort $2 million from him, threatening to expose Dave's indiscretions. As the story was told, when Letterman heard the producer's demand, he immediately called his attorney, who went to the Manhattan district attorney. The attorney then, wearing a wire, met with the blackmailer. A grand jury was convened, an indictment handed down, an arrest made. It all happened in a short period of time. The "right response" you say? Yes. In my opinion, it was exactly the right thing to do. But not according to prevailing liberal thought. Letterman, a New York liberal, endorsed President Obama and specifically praised Obama's rejection of Bush unilateralism and Obama's willingness to join allies and meet directly with dictators who are developing nuclear weapons in North Korea and Iran, "extending our hand if they will unclench their fist." Yet when he was faced with a determined adversary equipped and willing to nuke his career, Dave dropped the hammer on him. Where was the understanding, the empathy? After all, the producer had found out about Dave's activity by reading his girlfriend's diary. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Monday, October 05, 2009
Liberal rules don't apply to liberals ~ By Roger Hedgecock
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Nazism and socialized medicine ~ By Joseph Farah
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By Joseph Farah Posted: October 05, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Don't you dare point out in polite company that socialized medicine in Germany provided the mechanism for the Holocaust. Don't do it. Even though it's undeniably true from a historical standpoint, Barack Obama, the Democratic Party and their accomplices in the Big Media will vilify you, ridicule you and accuse you of minimizing the tragedy of the Holocaust. But I don't really care if they play that card with me. They've already played the race card. They've already played the Nazi card. They've already played the "extremist" card. Consider me inoculated from the venomous poison of these vipers. Here are the facts you should know before accepting a nationalized health-care system that will place in the hands of government the very keys to your life and liberty. Adolf Hitler didn't launch national socialist health care in Germany. It began in the latter part of the 19th century under Otto von Bismarck, ironically as part of his "anti-socialist" legislation. Bismarck, like many of today's U.S. politicians, believed introducing a form of what I call "socialism lite" would stave off he more virulent forms of the disease. The Weimar Republic that preceded the Nazi takeover had already witnessed the transformation of the German health-care system from one focused on individual practitioners and individual patients to one more concerned with general public health. Prevention became the watchword. Doctors became more like state functionaries concerned with the nation's general health that individuals accountable to patients for health care. When a worldwide economic crisis hit in 1929, government expenditures for health care were slashed as were those for public housing, welfare payments and creation programs. The government health-care system began to apply cost-efficiency calculations to medical treatments. The first victims of were those considered weak and "unproductive" to the interests of the state. The eugenicist ideas of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, a hero of today's collectivists promoting socialized medicine, were studied and adopted by the Germans. Charles Darwin's notions about "survival of the fittest" were applied to social engineering policies. Before Hitler ever came to power, Germans were already euthanizing or sterilizing large numbers of the mentally ill and the mentally retarded. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Obama's globalism: 'We Are the World' ~ By David Limbaugh
From WorldNetDaily
By David Limbaugh Posted: September 29, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Polite conservatives grow nervous when their less inhibited brethren suggest that President Barack Obama does not feel warm and fuzzy when contemplating pre-Obama-inauguration America. But considering the mounting evidence, the burden of proof has certainly shifted to the polite group to demonstrate otherwise. Obama should not get off the hook in just one short news cycle for the shots he took at this nation in his shameful first speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In his opening salvo, he said, "For those who question the character and cause of my nation, I ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months." Then he proceeded to tick off those "concrete actions," such as prohibiting torture – as if to suggest that prior to his ascension, it had been official U.S. policy. Note that he didn't say, "For those who question America's character, I cite to you our record of international philanthropy, benevolence, peacemaking and peacekeeping, liberating nations from brutal dictators, promoting democracy throughout the world, and leading the world in technological innovation and the very advancement of civilization." Instead, he made it clear that he shares the view of the world's leftist critics that America has acted "unilaterally without regard for the interests of others," "arrogant" and "sometimes dismissive." [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Uhm, uhm, uhm, Barack Hussein Obama ... ~ By Craig R. Smith
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By Craig R. Smith Posted: September 28, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Last week the dedicated men and women of the FBI and local law enforcement displayed extraordinary skill and professionalism in thwarting several plots hatched right here in America by terrorists determined to destroy us. We all owe a tremendous amount of gratitude for the ongoing daily efforts to protect us from the ever-present threat of radical Islamists. Wiretaps of overseas communications and constant surveillance of suspected bad guys are providing safety I believe many in America take for granted. But I have a message for the yet-to-be-caught terrorists still in America: If you really want to hurt our nation, drop your plans of any future attacks. The party of big government led by Mr. Obama is doing a fine job of destroying our country as we know it. He and his party have us more torn apart than ever before. Another attack would only bring us together – just as it did on Sept. 12, 2001. We would stand shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity against you, so you would be fools to attack us again. The Left is doing the work for you. With legislation ranging from expensive cap and trade based on flimsy science to the government takeover of health care , Americans are now viewing their government as a true threat to our personal liberty and freedom, both of which are the very foundation of America's greatness. I can't imagine going to jail for not having health insurance , but the Democratic Party sure can. I can't imagine paying more for energy just because Al Gore and his pals want to make billions on naiveté. George Soros and Keith Olbermann sure can. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Sunday, October 04, 2009
This week on TheREALjohnny2k - 9/27 to 10/03/09
By John Kubicek
I could have said a couple years ago that putting videos on youtube was a fun "hobby." That statement would no longer apply. It is becoming much more than a hobby, especially these days.
I've increased the number of videos that I can put on youtube to the maximum extent of what I have time to do in a day. And that is the frustrating part of doing this. Every day, I spend hours consuming and recording news. And yet, I can only put up one or two segments that are just a few minutes in length. There are times when by the time I am to the point of uploading a video, it is usually late in the day for me, and I'm almost too tired to write a description much less come up with a title for the video.
So, you see, what I'm able to do to keep the watchers of my channel informed is so extremely limited compared to the amount of information that is out there. I can only hope that those that watch the video segments I share will also be spending time consuming information from all of the other sources that are available. I do my best to expose that tip of the iceberg just enough that those I share my work with will have a greater interest in looking below the tip of that iceberg, and will start seeing more of what is going on in this crazy world. That's my hope.
If I may, I would like to tell you something that is pretty exciting. There have now been over 2 million views of TheREALjohnny2k channel! It is increasing by thousands every day. Hopefully, a few people are finding what they're looking for!
Now, there's seven great video segments for you to see today. Get busy! Oh, and don't forget, I am the MOB.
September 28, 2009 - Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen... Uh, not exactly! Part 1
Glenn Beck exposes who are the right-wing radical extremists that are a definite danger as potential domesticated terrorists.... Part 1
September 28, 2009 - Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen... Uh, not exactly! Part 2
Glenn Beck exposes who are the right-wing radical extremists that are a definite danger as potential domesticated terrorists.... Part 2
September 30, 2009 - Glenn Beck's profound vision: Is America breaking down?
On September 29, 2009, Glenn Beck had a very special show on his TV broadcast. While I actually had recorded and prepared four other segments of the show to be uploaded, this is the one that I have chosen to upload here today.
You may have heard about the 16 year-old honor student that was murdered by a gang of thugs the other day. The young man only became involved and ended up being the ultimate victim of this violent act when he stepped in to try to help somebody else. And it is strange, being that he's not only black but also an honor student, the only thing you may have heard about it was that he's just another part of the statistics regarding violent crimes in Chicago. That's right, the media would not talk about it. Why? Watch this, though, you will understand where this is going.
September 30, 2009 - Glenn Beck's most special 20 minute segment, Part 1
How could you not absolutely love this guy? Have you ever thought about the fact that he could stick out his neck far enough that Fox News would terminate him? No, no, no, that could never happen. He's the best thing that ever happened for ANY cable news network. Why do you think that Our Dear Leader and his minions hate Fox News so much?
If you like this video, let me know, I'll put up the other parts of it.
Just remember, Our Dear Leader wants us to shut up.... He has the power to do it. Remember that,. It could happen. But I will be here with you and for you as long as I'm allowed. You are not alone. We surround them!
October 01, 2009 - Dealerships Fight Back, And I'm with them all the way!
It's the perfect kind of day where it would be just great to catch up on sleep. It's cold. It's raining. It is dark and dreary, and it really makes me sick to know that winter is not far away. So, why am I not sleeping and taking advantage of this opportunity to saw some logs?
It is because of information like what this video is telling us about. Why do they do this to me? There is no way I could neglect to bring you this segment. This is about the assault on our rights as sovereign individuals that want to be free to produce. This is about an assault on our Constitutional rights! This, folks, is the kind of thing that we must be most afraid of should we really want to stay free.
So, here I am, trying to make sure that you see this segment, rather than being between those soft clean sheets with that really warm blanket that I'm snuggled in to. Yep, that would be nice; however, the leaves haven't even started turning yet. It isn't time to go into hibernation quite yet. But that time hasn't arrived, so while I am still willing and able, I'll forgo the rest I'd love to have. What this video can tell you is just too important. Sleep will have to just wait for now.
October 01, 2009 - An Incredible Hero Story - I love these!
This is the kind of story that will make you feel great! And watch this: the guy is an immigrant! Is this a great country or what? The man is a hero, and he is a Patriot. He is what this country was all about since the first settlers came here over 400 years ago.
October 02, 2009 - When They Come Back
It's so awesome today. There is so much interesting news, like the 2016 Olympics coming to Chicago, or how about David Letterman's stupid human trick? Well, maybe this is the day to forget about all of the shenanigans, and not play their game. Let's just take a look at what went on late on Fox & Friends today when Derek Sholl sung this song for our soldiers, and one in particular. Be sure to bring your box of facial tissues... you will need it.
October 03, 2009 - Always love the liberal idiots
While the libs spew their vitriol, we just laugh and thank them for showing what idiots they are. Thank you, Garofalo! We're NOT racists, and we LOVE idiots! We are the mob!
September 28, 2009 - Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen... Uh, not exactly! Part 1
Glenn Beck exposes who are the right-wing radical extremists that are a definite danger as potential domesticated terrorists.... Part 1
September 28, 2009 - Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen... Uh, not exactly! Part 2
Glenn Beck exposes who are the right-wing radical extremists that are a definite danger as potential domesticated terrorists.... Part 2
September 30, 2009 - Glenn Beck's profound vision: Is America breaking down?
On September 29, 2009, Glenn Beck had a very special show on his TV broadcast. While I actually had recorded and prepared four other segments of the show to be uploaded, this is the one that I have chosen to upload here today.
You may have heard about the 16 year-old honor student that was murdered by a gang of thugs the other day. The young man only became involved and ended up being the ultimate victim of this violent act when he stepped in to try to help somebody else. And it is strange, being that he's not only black but also an honor student, the only thing you may have heard about it was that he's just another part of the statistics regarding violent crimes in Chicago. That's right, the media would not talk about it. Why? Watch this, though, you will understand where this is going.
September 30, 2009 - Glenn Beck's most special 20 minute segment, Part 1
How could you not absolutely love this guy? Have you ever thought about the fact that he could stick out his neck far enough that Fox News would terminate him? No, no, no, that could never happen. He's the best thing that ever happened for ANY cable news network. Why do you think that Our Dear Leader and his minions hate Fox News so much?
If you like this video, let me know, I'll put up the other parts of it.
Just remember, Our Dear Leader wants us to shut up.... He has the power to do it. Remember that,. It could happen. But I will be here with you and for you as long as I'm allowed. You are not alone. We surround them!
October 01, 2009 - Dealerships Fight Back, And I'm with them all the way!
It's the perfect kind of day where it would be just great to catch up on sleep. It's cold. It's raining. It is dark and dreary, and it really makes me sick to know that winter is not far away. So, why am I not sleeping and taking advantage of this opportunity to saw some logs?
It is because of information like what this video is telling us about. Why do they do this to me? There is no way I could neglect to bring you this segment. This is about the assault on our rights as sovereign individuals that want to be free to produce. This is about an assault on our Constitutional rights! This, folks, is the kind of thing that we must be most afraid of should we really want to stay free.
So, here I am, trying to make sure that you see this segment, rather than being between those soft clean sheets with that really warm blanket that I'm snuggled in to. Yep, that would be nice; however, the leaves haven't even started turning yet. It isn't time to go into hibernation quite yet. But that time hasn't arrived, so while I am still willing and able, I'll forgo the rest I'd love to have. What this video can tell you is just too important. Sleep will have to just wait for now.
October 01, 2009 - An Incredible Hero Story - I love these!
This is the kind of story that will make you feel great! And watch this: the guy is an immigrant! Is this a great country or what? The man is a hero, and he is a Patriot. He is what this country was all about since the first settlers came here over 400 years ago.
October 02, 2009 - When They Come Back
It's so awesome today. There is so much interesting news, like the 2016 Olympics coming to Chicago, or how about David Letterman's stupid human trick? Well, maybe this is the day to forget about all of the shenanigans, and not play their game. Let's just take a look at what went on late on Fox & Friends today when Derek Sholl sung this song for our soldiers, and one in particular. Be sure to bring your box of facial tissues... you will need it.
October 03, 2009 - Always love the liberal idiots
While the libs spew their vitriol, we just laugh and thank them for showing what idiots they are. Thank you, Garofalo! We're NOT racists, and we LOVE idiots! We are the mob!
Saturday, October 03, 2009
2 quick ways to lower health-care costs ~ By Henry Lamb
From WorldNetDaily
By Henry Lamb Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 To anti-capitalists, "profit" is a dirty word. Karl Marx hated profit, which he considered to be "surplus value from the exploited proletariat." Despite the spectacular collapse of the Soviet Union, a nation constructed on Marx's theory, there are still people who think "profit" is a dirty word. Many of these people are in Washington, D.C. Sen. John Rockefeller issued a statement claiming that "… insurance companies are awash in profits." In reality, the health insurance industry stands 35th among Fortune magazine's profitability rankings, with an average profit of 2.2 percent. Sen. Chuck Schumer doesn't think much of profit, either. He has proposed fees (taxes) that will extract $75 billion from private insurance companies over the next decade. Since taxes, or fees, are a cost of doing business that is simply passed along to the consumer, Schumer's idea is nothing more than an indirect tax that individuals will have to pay. But by applying the tax to insurance companies, Obama's promise not to increase taxes for people earning less than $250,000 can go unchallenged. It is clear that Rockefeller, Schumer and the majority of Democrats want to reduce the cost of health care by squeezing profit out of the health insurance industry. This, of course, would kill the health insurance industry and leave the task of providing health-care services up to the government. This is the ultimate goal. Whether it's called "public option," "co-op exchange," or "single-payer," the goal is the same: Get rid of the profit private companies earn, and let government provide the service. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Memo to GOP: No guts, no glory ~ By Tom Tancredo
From WorldNetDaily
Tom Tancredo is a former five-term congressman from Colorado and 2008 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He currently serves as chairman of the Rocky Mountain Foundation and co-chairman of TeamAmericaPac. Tancredo is the author of "In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security."By Tom Tancredo Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Thank God John McCain lost the election. Citizen activists are now energized to defeat Obama's Marxist radicalism – with no help from McCain's anemic pragmatism. Eight months into the Obama presidency the Republican opposition is suddenly thriving because of the patriotic reawakening provoked by Obama's Marxist agenda. But this Republican revival will be short-lived if party leaders ignore the real message of the tea party protesters and 9/12 marchers. We are witnessing a grass-roots rediscovery of our constitutional traditions and a principled resistance to the expansion of entitlement spending. This resurrection of principled conservatism could never have happened if John McCain had won the 2008 election and enshrined his anemic "hands across the aisle" opportunism as the Republican Party's new orthodoxy. The last thing the country needs is another Republican administration dedicated to the "no entitlement left behind" Kool-Aid that Karl Rove and his clones sold to Bush and party leaders. Obama's radicalism has generated a genuine, mushrooming, rational fear for the future of our constitutional republic. The grass-roots revolt is not about which political party gets to preside over the death knell of liberty. It is about halting this slide into tyranny. The Republican Party can decide to help lead this revolt, or it can get out of the way and stop obstructing it. In my home state of Colorado in the last month, Sen. McCain attempted to dictate the Republican nominee for the 2010 U.S. Senate race. He made calls into the state to persuade a favorite of the party establishment to take on conservative Ken Buck, who had already launched a strong campaign. Apparently, McCain and national party leaders want a nominee who is not so conservative on the illegal-immigration issue. This kind of "play it safe" thinking is a replay of past mistakes, and it is not a formula for leading a successful citizens revolt against Washington hubris. The citizen activism that brought over 1 million ordinary Americans to the Capitol Mall a week after Labor Day is only in part a reaction to Obama's radicalism. It is also more than that – it is more than "just say no" to Obama's health-care plans. It is also a rediscovery and reaffirmation of the conservative principles that were abandoned or belittled by Republican Party elites in the Bush era. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Why should I spread the wealth? ~ By Patrice Lewis
From WorldNetDaily
By Patrice Lewis Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Consider the following quote by Adrian Rogers (1931-2005):
You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.I recently posted this quote on my blog, which prompted a (liberal) reader to write the following comment: "All the indications are that the USA doesn't really need to 'multiply' its total wealth; indeed, that it would be a bad thing for the world if it did. But rather, that what wealth it has might need to be spread more evenly among its citizens." I found this comment to be a fascinating glimpse into the liberal mind. Apparently, the writer truly believes what he wrote: Your wealth should be spread more evenly among everyone. What IS this obsession the left has for stealing peoples' money? Because let's face it, "spreading the wealth" is simply a euphemism for government-sanctioned theft. It makes sense that if you give people stuff for free, it takes away their incentive to get it for themselves. If you provide someone with free money, who in their right mind is going to give that up by earning their own money? And of course the law of unintended consequences dictates that the more money you take away from someone, the less incentive they have to earn more. Why should someone work harder and make more money if the only result will be that the government takes it away? C'mon, folks, this isn't rocket science. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
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A call to arms ~ By Pat Boone
From WorldNetDaily
By Pat Boone Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 It was just before dawn. Close to a million people stood silently at attention, waiting for the signal. Looming above them in the dissipating darkness was a thick wall, forbidding and impenetrable. It surrounded a city containing thousands of people who were unalterably opposed to the aims of the mostly unarmed marchers below. It was a classic situation. An irresistible force against an immovable object – nothing apparently could move the city out of the way. Suddenly, just as the sun's first rays illuminated the eastern sky, the unnerving sound of a ram's horn rang out. In an instant, the million-man army began to move. At the head of the procession were some soldiers, followed by a small group of priests and the Ark of the Covenant, between this army and their God. Behind the Ark were a few more soldiers, and then an unbroken line of ordinary, untrained citizens completely committed to the task before them. Nearly a million marchers – still absolutely silent – began a seven-day campaign circling the city behind its tall, thick wall of resistance. You surely know what happened. For seven days, as the inhabitants of Jericho watched from above, the marchers tramped around the city, the only sound the frequent blasts from the rams' horns. On the seventh day, the Israelites marched around Jericho seven times – and then the leaders blew a very loud, long sound, and a million people shouted to high heaven, literally. And the whole giant wall fell at once, tumbling in cataclysmic rushes to a scattered pile of rubble! And the people of Israel rushed in and took over the city. Many years later, in the land that these marchers secured for Israel, King Hezekiah and his administration were themselves surrounded in Jerusalem and threatened by the huge army from Assyria. It was almost the reverse of the situation in Jericho – with one vital difference. This time God was on the side of the inhabitants, not the ones who wanted to take over. When King Hezekiah cried out to God and he and the people fasted and prayed, knowing they couldn't survive without His divine intervention, God answered, speaking through the prophet Isaiah directly to the Assyrians who were mocking Him and his people:
Because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven's armies will make this happen! For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.And the record in the book of 2 Kings 19 says, "That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers!" The marauding king slunk back to Nineveh and stayed there. Hezekiah and the people of Israel didn't have to fight – militarily – at all! They simply went out and collected the vast spoils, the result of their God's amazing victory. But they did fight – spiritually. And that's my point. In both the triumphs detailed above, though there was carnage and violence, the weapons and strategies were spiritual. And they were victorious because they depended primarily on their belief in God, who rules over all things, and who declares His nearness to those who approach Him in sincere faith. Today, right now, in the almost unprecedented grass-roots uprising against the determined policies of a president who has declared to the world "America is no longer a Christian nation," a growing army of citizens who are predominantly Christian by a huge majority are assembling, and marching, and shouting their opposition to his policies. I can't escape the comparison, the similarity between the threats that faced the people of Israel and those that face the people of America right now. They faced entrenched, implacable forces who arrogantly defied them, impugning and deriding their efforts. So do we. They were threatened with a complete takeover and domination by people who saw them only a ripe prize to be taken, a "crisis too good to waste," and who felt their power was too invincible to be resisted. And so are we. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
The meaning of 'sacrifice' ~ By Joseph Farah
From WorldNetDaily
By Joseph Farah Posted: October 03, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 I don't like Michelle Obama. I don't try to hide that fact. I state it openly and honestly. I don't like her any more than I like her husband. What I don't like about her is best illustrated in her characteristically self-centered, creepy comment Thursday about what a personal "sacrifice" it was for her to rush off to Europe to lobby for the Chicago Olympics. "We dropped everything – dropped everything – to be a part of this team," she said in thanking Oprah Winfrey for joining her in the Olympic pitch. "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days," the team has been working for years. First of all, let's be honest about what this all-expense-paid (by taxpayers) trip to Europe is all about: It's a political payoff to the Obamas' corrupt political machine in Chicago. But, more to the point, what "sacrifice"? Does Mrs. Obama even understand the meaning of the word? Sacrifice is what American men and women are doing now in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sacrifice is what American men did in Vietnam. Sacrifice is what American men did in World War II, when hundreds of thousands of them went to Europe (and Asia and Africa) and never came back – or came back missing limbs. Somehow, I expect Mrs. Obama and her husband will survive this trip and return home in one piece. If any sacrifice is being made in the context of this wholly unnecessary excursion it is by U.S. taxpayers who will pick up the enormous tab. That the first lady of the United States would need to hear this from me and others who have pointed it out suggests she has no sense of duty, honor and sacrifice. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Ross McKitrick: Defects in key climate data are uncovered
From Financial Post
Only by playing with data can scientists come up with the infamous ‘hockey stick’ graph of global warming Posted: October 01, 2009, 8:53 PM By Ross McKitrick Beginning in 2003, I worked with Stephen McIntyre to replicate a famous result in paleoclimatology known as the Hockey Stick graph. Developed by a U.S. climatologist named Michael Mann, it was a statistical compilation of tree ring data supposedly proving that air temperatures had been stable for 900 years, then soared off the charts in the 20th century. Prior to the publication of the Hockey Stick, scientists had held that the medieval-era was warmer than the present, making the scale of 20th century global warming seem relatively unimportant. The dramatic revision to this view occasioned by the Hockey Stick’s publication made it the poster child of the global warming movement. It was featured prominently in a 2001 report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as government websites and countless review reports. Steve and I showed that the mathematics behind the Mann Hockey Stick were badly flawed, such that its shape was determined by suspect bristlecone tree ring data. Controversies quickly piled up: Two expert panels involving the U.S. National Academy of Sciences were asked to investigate, the U.S. Congress held a hearing, and the media followed the story around the world. The expert reports upheld all of our criticisms of the Mann Hockey Stick, both of the mathematics and of its reliance on flawed bristlecone pine data. One of the panels, however, argued that while the Mann Hockey Stick itself was flawed, a series of other studies published since 1998 had similar shapes, thus providing support for the view that the late 20th century is unusually warm. The IPCC also made this argument in its 2007 report. But the second expert panel, led by statistician Edward Wegman, pointed out that the other studies are not independent. They are written by the same small circle of authors, only the names are in different orders, and they reuse the same few data climate proxy series over and over. Most of the proxy data does not show anything unusual about the 20th century. But two data series have reappeared over and over that do have a hockey stick shape. One was the flawed bristlecone data that the National Academy of Sciences panel said should not be used, so the studies using it can be set aside. The second was a tree ring curve from the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, compiled by UK scientist Keith Briffa. Briffa had published a paper in 1995 claiming that the medieval period actually contained the coldest year of the millennium. But this claim depended on just three tree ring records (called cores) from the Polar Urals. Later, a colleague of his named F. H. Schweingruber produced a much larger sample from the Polar Urals, but it told a very different story: The medieval era was actually quite warm and the late 20th century was unexceptional. Briffa and Schweingruber never published those data, instead they dropped the Polar Urals altogether from their climate reconstruction papers. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Friday, October 02, 2009
How About: While They Are There ~ By John Kubicek
From johnny2k Is Home
By John Kubicek Friday, October 2, 2009 I had doubts that I would see anything on the news this morning that would ever be worthy enough to take the time to upload to youtube. I had no desire to spend time video blogging about what a scumbag Dave Letterman is. In fact, that is now a well known fact that I really wanted to erase from my mind. It was not an image that I wanted to have stuck in my head. And of course, there was that big attempt for Chicago to get the Olympics in 2016. There is now the great sadness...please bow your heads... that Valerie, Michelle, and Barack won't be getting rich on that great land deal that they thought was in the bag... Oh. I digress. It surely pains me to see the Iran nuclear issue go by without my comment at this time, but seriously, I'm sure that most of you already know what a complete failure the Obama policy has been. Mmmm mmm mmm, Barack Hussein Obama, you've been rejected! And what a shocking story that would be to be telling you about now, except for the fact that there are many more important issues that have been rejected and ignored by Obama and his minions in the state-run media. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Letter From Tehran: Iran's New Hard-Liners
From Foreign Affairs (Published by the Council on Foreign Relations)
Who Is in Control of the Islamic Republic? By Jerry Guo September 30, 2009 Summary -- Iran's disputed election marked the rise of a new power elite. Now, with more protests looming and a nuclear program facing international pressure, can the Revolutionary Guard and its allies sustain their tightening grip on the Islamic Republic? JERRY GUO was an analyst in an Iranian investment bank in Tehran. The headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are in a European-style palace, replete with Greek columns and a grand staircase, in the eastern suburbs of Tehran. From here, the IRGC orchestrated the crackdown that followed Iran's disputed presidential vote in June, beating protestors on the street and torturing those behind bars. More ominously, the IRGC and other extreme hard-liners have sidelined fellow conservatives in the Iranian government, carving out their own power base in a regime that is becoming increasingly insular, reactionary, and violent. So far, much of the analysis of the emerging Iranian power struggle has focused on the clash between the country's conservatives and reformers, pitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his patron, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, against Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, two thwarted presidential candidates, and Mohammad Khatami, a former president. (Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and seasoned kingmaker has eased toward the reformists in the election's aftermath.) The real struggle, however, is the conflict among the hard-liners themselves, many of whom operate behind the headlines in unseen corners of the state machinery. Although Iran's opposition movement has witnessed an unprecedented surge in public support, the election and its aftermath mark a radicalization of the system not seen since the early days of the Islamic revolution. In the reformist era of Khatami, and to some extent during Ahmadinejad's first term, the country's conservative theocrats and technocrats -- such as Ali Larijani, the speaker of the parliament, and Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Ejei, the ousted intelligence minister who criticized the state's use of forced confessions -- held much of the power over the executive and legislative branches. Although they were entrenched status quo forces, these pragmatists believed in the dual nature of the Islamic Republic's statehood -- a country with religious and political legitimacy. But now such figures are losing their influence to a new breed of second-generation revolutionaries from Iran's security apparatus known as "the New Right." They are joined in the emerging power structure by ultraconservative clerics and organizations such as the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. These neo-fundamentalists call for the "re-Islamization" of the theocracy, but their true agenda is to block further reform to the political system in terms of reconciling with both domestic opponents and the West. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
White House: No pensions for World War II vets
From WorldNetDaily
Amazing sacrifice of unpaid Alaskan heroes not counted as federal military service Posted: October 01, 2009 ~ 1:25 am Eastern By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDailyThe Obama administration has advised Congress to cut off pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard who served the nation without pay during the Japanese attack. According to McClatchy Newspapers, the administration sent a "strongly worded" message to Congress concerning its priorities for a military spending bill, and the service members didn't make the cut. The Army changed its minimum retirement policy in January to no longer include service in the Guard toward the 20-year service requirement. A Senate military spending bill up for a vote in the Senate lets the 26 former Guard members count their service as active military duty so they may receive retirement pay. McClatchy reported that Alaska state lawmakers passed a bill to compensate the veterans until Congress came up with a permanent solution. But the White House said Sept. 25 that's it's not "appropriate to establish a precedent of treating service performed by a state employee as active duty for purposes of the computation of retired pay." However, Alaska did not become a state until Jan. 3, 1959, and was an organized territory at that time. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the Obama administration's statements "deeply disappointing, bordering on insensitive." "The administration's justification, which is that the legislation will set the precedent of treating service as a state employee as federal service, defies logic and history," she said in a statement. "Sixty-two years after the Territorial Guard was disbanded, the Obama administration minimizes the contribution of this gallant unit to America's success in World War II by calling its service 'state service.'" [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Liberal lies about national health care, Part 6 ~ By Ann Coulter
From WorldNetDaily
By Ann Coulter Posted: September 30, 2009 ~ 6:14 pm Eastern © 2009 Note: This is the latest in Coulter's multi-part series debunking "liberal lies" about health care. 17) America's low ranking on international comparisons of infant mortality proves other countries' socialist health-care systems are better than ours. America has had a comparatively high infant mortality rate since we've been measuring these things, going back to at least the '20s. This was the case long before European countries adopted their cradle-to-grave welfare schemes and all while the U.S. was the wealthiest country on Earth. One factor contributing to the U.S.'s infant mortality rate is that blacks have intractably high infant mortality rates – irrespective of age, education, socioeconomic status and so on. No one knows why. Neither medical care nor discrimination can explain it: Hispanics in the U.S. have lower infant mortality rates than either blacks or whites. Give Switzerland or Japan our ethnically diverse population and see how they stack up on infant mortality rates. Even with a higher-risk population, the alleged differences in infant mortality are negligible. We're talking about 7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in the U.S. compared to 5 deaths per 1,000 for Britain and Canada. This is a rounding error – perhaps literally when you consider that the U.S. tabulates every birth, even in poor, small and remote areas, while other countries are not always so meticulous. But the international comparisons in "infant mortality" rates aren't comparing the same thing, anyway. We also count every baby who shows any sign of life, irrespective of size or weight at birth. By contrast, in much of Europe, babies born before 26 weeks' gestation are not considered "live births." Switzerland only counts babies who are at least 30 centimeters long (11.8 inches) as being born alive. In Canada, Austria and Germany, only babies weighing at least a pound are considered live births. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Holdren: Seize babies born to unwed women
From WorldNetDaily
Proposed government force adoption if mother refused to get abortion Posted: September 30, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2009 WorldNetDailyObama science czar John Holdren stated in a college textbook that "illegitimate children" born to unwed mothers could be taken by the government and put up for adoption if the mother refused to have an abortion. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, argued that "illegitimate childbearing could be strongly discouraged" as a socioeconomic measure imposed to control population growth. As previously reported, WND has obtained a copy of the 1970s college textbook "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment" that Holdren co-authored with Malthusian population alarmist Paul R. Ehrlich and Ehrlich's wife, Anne. The authors argued involuntary birth-control measures, including forced sterilization, may be necessary and morally acceptable under extreme conditions, such as widespread famine brought about by "climate change." On page 786, the authors wrote that one way to discourage illegitimate childbearing "might be to insist that all illegitimate babies be put up for adoption – especially those born to minors who generally are not capable of caring properly for a child alone." Alternatively, the authors suggested unwed mothers might place their babies up for adoption, writing: "If a single mother really wished to keep her baby, she might be obliged to go through adoption proceedings and demonstrate her ability to support and care for it." While observing that government-imposed coercive measures should be considered "only if milder measures fail completely," the authors acknowledged extreme ecological situations could justify governmental intervention with coercive population control measures, "It would even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society," they write. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
L.A. Times still conceals Obama terror video
From WorldNetDaily
Reportedly includes glowing testimonial for prof who excuses violence Posted: September 30, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDailyJERUSALEM – The Los Angeles Times has no plan to ever release a video it stated it obtained of President Obama attending an anti-Israel event in which he delivered a glowing testimonial for Rashid Khalidi, a pro-Palestinian professor who excuses terrorism. At the 2003 event, poetry reportedly was read comparing Israelis to Osama bin Laden and accusing the Jewish state of terrorism. "The story ran in 2008 and we pretty much said everything we are going to say about that event," Peter Wallsten, the Times reporter who claimed to have obtained the video, told WND yesterday. Asked for details of the footage captured in the video, Wallsten replied, "I wrote an extensive article that described the event." Wallsten referred to a previous statement from the newspaper's editor, Russ Stanton, explaining, "The Los Angeles Times did not publish the videotape because it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it." "The Times keeps its promises to sources," Stanton said. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Iran diplomats: 'Israel is bluffing' ~ By Michael Evans
From WorldNetDaily
By Michael Evans Posted: October 01, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 In 20 minutes at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York City where Iran's infamous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stayed during the U.N. General Assembly, six Revolutionary Guard diplomats responded to my question, "How will you avoid an attack upon your nuclear reactors, especially in view of President Ahmadinejad's belligerence at the U.N.?" In my conversation with the Iranian diplomats, the men made it quite clear Iran had nothing to fear. They said there would not be an attack. "Israel is bluffing," confidently averred one of the men. "There is absolutely nothing for us to concern ourselves with because neither Israel nor the United States tried to save its ally, the shah. They could have with their military, but were too weak to do it. If you think either one will go to war with us, I can tell you, it will never happen." He went on to say that stringent sanctions, including an oil embargo imposed by the West or an attack by Israel or the U.S., would serve only to unite the people behind Ahmadinejad, who has been under attack since the mullahs in Iran confirmed his re-election earlier this year. These men consider President Obama just another Jimmy Carter who would never attack Iran. They believe he is already losing two wars on their borders – Iraq and Afghanistan – and would not dare instigate a third – especially a war that could mean a 10-year ground offensive with the probability of over one-quarter million body bags. Ahmadinejad's bravado suffered a major blow, however, when it was disclosed last Friday that Iran had constructed a secret uranium enrichment facility near its holiest city, Qom. Unfortunately, the powers-that-be had failed to inform the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency. The disclosure prompted the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany to schedule a meeting Thursday in Geneva to discuss Iran's rogue nuclear program. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
All enemies, foreign and domestic ~ By Erik Rush
From WorldNetDaily
By Erik Rush Posted: October 01, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Ever get really drunk and wake up the next morning with a truly scary president? I did, a couple of times. I mean, I didn't wake up in bed with them, but you get the point. Mercifully, I didn't know at the time how scary they'd actually wind up being – but I found out soon enough. That's similar to what happened on Jan. 21, 2009. This time, I hadn't been drunk the night before, but I knew how scary the president would be right from the start. Last week in this space, I evaluated some of President Obama's milquetoasty rhetoric at the United Nations General Assembly. As the meeting progressed, it only got worse, with our president reviving 1970s namby-pamby overtures toward nuclear disarmament. If the issue didn't have the potential to result in millions of incinerated human beings, I would have been doubled up on the ground, laughing uproariously. We've seen this sort of thing before with Democrat administrations. Don't get me wrong; the Republican Party leadership definitely deserves to have the soles of their feet beaten for the abysmal leadership they provided when they had the White House and a congressional majority. But for the last 30 years, Democrat administrations have done nothing but a collective ankle grab as regards foreign policy – and our enemies have always been quick to take advantage of it. Last week, I also touched on some of my earlier excursions into the foreign-policy debate, and intimated that a doctrine of allowing other nations to run themselves off the rails is fine in so far as they don't threaten anyone else. Some currently do threaten us, and we have fallen short in addressing same. I believe that this guideline applies to aspects of our domestic situation as well. As a society, we've pretty much decided that allowing Americans of other belief systems or mores to run their lives off the rails is acceptable. Once more, concerning the in so far as they don't threaten anyone else part, we have again fallen short. To a degree, this is because we have allowed some of those who choose to run their lives off the rails to set the agenda. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Andy Williams, Jon Voight, and Pat Caddell--patriots? ~ By Anthony G. Martin
From the Columbia Conservative Examiner
By Anthony G. Martin September 30, 2009 ~ 1:46 PM What do actor John Voight, singer Andy Williams, and Democratic strategist Pat Caddell have in common? You may not believe it, but each has made significant declarations of strong opposition to Barack Obama and the Democratic Party leadership in recent days. This alone qualifies each gentleman as a Patriot. Voight, of course, is the actor who was made famous by the late-60s film 'Midnight Cowboy' and other high-profile movies and television programs. Of late Voight has ventured into politics and has established himself as a quite credible pundit. He believes that the Obama Administration and the Democatic leadership in Congress are leading us on a path to chaos. One of the most venerable crooners of all time, and perennially popular, Andy Williams has been thrilling audiences for 50 years with his incredible voice. Williams, too, had a word or two to say about Barack Obama, stating flatly that Obama is following Marxist theory and wants the country to fail. One would be hard-pressed to prove Williams wrong when one takes a cold, hard look at the facts concerning the actions of this President. But there is another vociferous critic of Obama who has raised some eyebrows. Pat Caddell worked for the Carter Administration in the late-70s and describes himself as a 'liberal Democrat.' Yet Caddell decries what he describes as the consistent crossing of the line by this Administration into areas that violate the Constitution and push the nation toward socialism. Caddell is also worried about the deep, systemic corruption one can find by taking a mere cursory look at the Obama Administration. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
Andy Williams is right ~ By Joseph Farah
From WorldNetDaily
By Joseph Farah Posted: October 01, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 It's funny where you have to search for truth these days. Who would have thought we'd hear it from 81-year-old singer Andy Williams, best known for his rendition of "Moon River"? Asked by Radio Times in London what he thought about Barack Obama, he replied: "Don't like him at all. I think he wants to create a socialist country. The people he associates with are very left-wing. One is registered as a Communist. Obama is following Marxist theory. He's taken over the banks and the car industry. He wants the country to fail." A rather succinct, but accurate, view of the man in the White House. This is not a popular view in the entertainment industry, but it's true – provably so. It is a fact that Hegelian-Marxist thinking is the driving force in America's political debate today. What does that mean? The Hegelian dialectic is the framework for guiding thoughts and actions into conflicts that lead to a predetermined solution. How does it work? It employs the weapons of intimidation, even terror, to reach a state of virtual mind control among the populace. Hegel saw the state as having the absolute right to define right and wrong and freedom. "The state has the supreme right against the individual, whose supreme duty is to be a member of the state … for the right of the world spirit is above all special privileges," he wrote. In other words, it is the polar opposite of the principles upon which America was founded – limited government, sovereign rights of the individual. Hegel anticipated the problem of persuading sovereign individuals to hand over their power to the state, so he cleverly devised a theory of conning the people through obfuscation. You can see this dialectic at work today in the debate over health care. [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]
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