Saturday, June 26, 2010

Worth Reading: “BP Makes Largest Political Contribution in U.S. History” plus 18 more

Worth Reading: “BP Makes Largest Political Contribution in U.S. History” plus 18 more

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BP Makes Largest Political Contribution in U.S. History

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Ryan Lees Amidst all the mistakes, misspeaks and obvious mechanical malfunctions, BP's next move is to contribute $20 billion to an escrow account to pay out claims in the Gulf region. This sounds like humanitarianism and accountability, but there is something more sinister here. This is corruption. This is government domination of private business and this is political fundraising. The account will be wholly controlled by the federal government. Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama...

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Fanning the Flames of Feminism

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:58 AM PDT

Rich Tucker Here's something you don't hear from a conservative every day: I'm a feminist. Wait -- don't go scrambling for the emergency exit just yet. This doesn't mean I'm joining NOW. But, having recently welcomed a daughter into the world, I want nothing but the best for her. Of course, what's good for an individual woman isn't necessarily going to be good for women in general. But, by definition, a "feminist" should support policies that benefit women in to… ...

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Obama Courts Latinos by Suing Arizona

Posted: 26 Jun 2010 12:56 AM PDT

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann Why is President Obama suing to invalidate the Arizona law on illegal immigration? Why is he incurring the enmity of even his own Democratic congressmen from the Phoenix and Tucson areas by trying to kill a law that two-thirds of Arizona and a similar proportion of America as a whole supports? The answer: It is a desperate, last-ditch attempt to rebuild his sagging popularity with America's Hispanic voters. Furious at Obama for failing to keep his...

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Obama's on the verge of outright dictatorship

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:04 PM PDT

Alan Keyes Throughout his political career, Obama has consistently declared his view th…

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Kupelian’s ‘How Evil Works’ Shines Bright

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:27 PM PDT

By J. Matt Barber I'm a tremendous fan of author and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. Rarely does one find a writer who can elucidate so profoundly, as could he, the stark contrast between secular humanism – "materialism" as Lewis called it – and the Judeo-Christian worldview. Seldom does one come across a wordsmith capable of so effectively, objectively and concisely distinguishing between good and evil. I've found that wordsmith. My wife Sarah and I were listen… ...

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Another Failed President?

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:34 PM PDT

Pat Buchanan In Year One of the Reagan Revolution, in which he was a shining star, Budget Director David Stockman told reporter William Greider: "Kemp-Roth (President Reagan's 1981 tax cut) was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate. ... It's kind of hard to sell 'trickle down.' So the supply-side formula was the only way to get a tax policy that was really 'trickle down.' Supply-side is 'trickle-down' theory." An astounding admission. The president's principal salesman of tax...

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The Democrats' Vision Problem

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Jonah Goldberg Head to the local big-box electronics store and buy yourself: a Panasonic home theater system ($500), an Insignia 50-inch plasma HDTV ($700), an Apple 8GB iPod Touch ($175), a Sony 3-D Blu-ray disc player ($219), a Sony 300-CD changer ($209), a Garmin portable GPS ($139), a Sony 14.1-megapixel digital camera ($200), a Dell Inspiron laptop computer ($450) and a TiVo high-definition digital video recorder ($300). This is not an endorsement of any of these products. I don't...

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Marriage Petition Case Was Not a Defeat for Traditional Marriage

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:32 PM PDT

Ken Klukowski Today the Supreme Court dealt a setback to supporters of traditional marriage. But it's not the defeat that gay-rights supporters (and many of their fans on the media) are hailing it as, and leaves open the possibility that traditional-marriage supporters may be the ones celebrating at the end. Washington State passed a law providing many of the benefits of marriage to gay couples. Groups sought to get enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot, so that the voters...

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The U.S. Department of Illegal Alien Labor

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:30 PM PDT

Michelle Malkin President Obama's Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is supposed to represent American workers. What you need to know is that this longtime open-borders sympathi…

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A Truly Obaman Command

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:29 PM PDT

Scott Wheeler and Buckley Carlson Of the many interesting narratives swirling around the Obama/McChrystal saga, the least explored to date – less than 24 hours in – are these vaguely subtle, dual messages put forth by Democrats and their not-so-silent brethren in the mainstream media: 1) President Obama's swift dismissal of General McChrystal demonstrates his solid command of the military, his decisive nature, and his commitment to success in Afghanistan; and 2) that McChrystal is just one...

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Is the Welfare State a Ponzi Scheme?

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:28 PM PDT

Howard Rich Ponzi schemes rely on people falling for promises that are literally too good to be true – but the outcomes are never really in doubt for the perpetrators of these scams, are they? First they are playing with money that does not belong to them – which means they cannot lose. Also, when the scams finally unravel, the perpetrators have invariably moved on to their next group of unsuspecting victims –where the fleecing begins anew. Sound familiar? It should. This is the modus...

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What Would Founding Fathers Think of “Blanket Amnesty”?

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT

By John W. Lillpop As America approaches the 244th birthday of our great nation, we the people have an obligation to reflect, with great thanksgiving, on the heroic words and deeds of those great men who bequeathed to future generations of Americans the formula for independence and effective self-governance. Because of the wisdom and brilliance…

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Sleep Walking in America: quisnam mos excito populus

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:20 PM PDT

Rev Michael Bresciani As if America has fallen into a condition of protracted somnambulism, most public officials along with the summarily distracted citizens of our nation seem bent on plunging headlong to their own demise: but why? We're not yet the walking dead but we may be close to a nation of sleep walking dullards who need to wake up before we lose everything. Not a day passes when someone does not read my article entitled, Prophecy 2010 – America Approaches the Fork in the Road...

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The Spiritual and the Secular

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Today's discussion is coming from a biblicaly based perspective. I realize I have readers whom are not Christian. That's fine. But I think you will be able to follow my reasoning here, even if you are unfamiliar with some basic Christian teachings. I believe my conclusions will be applicable even if you are an unbeliever. We now live in a time and country where most Christians are offered so many variables on Christian practice, how can they…

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OUR ENEMY, OUR OWN

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT

OUR ENEMY, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED WAR ON SANITY AND REASON, AS WELL AS DECLARING WAR ON THE PROTESTING STATES; THE PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION. HOW MANY HINTS DO WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED WAR ON US? HOW MANY SLAMS TO OUR DIGNITY; INTEGRITY AND OUR C…

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THE KOREAN WAR: THE OTHER FORGOTTEN WAR

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT

By John Spring June 25, 2010 NewsWithViews.com This coming Thursday, June 24, or Friday, June 25, depending upon which side of the International Date Line you happen to be located, will be the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War in June 1950 w…

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Some Words from An American Patriot: Daniel Webster

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:27 AM PDT

As we approach another July 4th, patriotic Americans should be mourning over the travestity of justice that now occupies the White House. We were betrayed in November 2008 as a free people, not only by the Democrats (whose core values are socialism) but by the Republican leadership as well. Consider well, my friends, the words of a great American patriot from the past, and ponder the implications of what he wrote for America today: …

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Are We Missing McCrystal's Point?

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

I believe General McChrystal's actions in the Rolling Stones interview were not at all as the media would have us believe. When considering the very difficult position he found himself in, I think the General utilized the opportunity of crisis to…

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Army and Marine Casualties

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 07:16 AM PDT

PLEASE! ! ! TAKE TIME TO SAY A PRAYER AND PASS THIS ON TO OTHERS. DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died June 21 at Lar Sholtan Village, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when a suicide bomber attacked their unit. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. Killed...

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