According to one writer at The Daily Beast, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Joe Miller, Christine O'Donnell, Rand Paul, Ken Buck and Carl Palladino hold an extreme stance: they oppose abortion in the cases of rape and incest.
The writer of this particular article, John Avlon, devotes his time attempting to portray the majority of the American people (including, he claims, Republicans and Tea Partiers, as supporting the idea of making abortion safe, legal and rare, that this is a hypocrisy on the part of the Tea Parties for opposing abortion and supporting limited government, and of describing what he sees as a growing trend amongst Tea Party-backed candidates to oppose abortions in cases of rape and incest as the “Palin standard”, blaming this so-called shift on Sarah Palin (what a surprise!).
Now putting aside the debate over how many Republicans are pro-life or not, how many Tea Partiers are pro-life or not, and the so-called hypocrisy of the Tea Parties (a load of crap, all of it, in my opinion), I have a few questions for Mr. Avlon: How is it authoritarian, how is it tyrannical, how is it extreme, to defend the right of children to live? What did the baby ever do to become a child of rape or of incest, and thus have his/her life voided due to a horrific crime committed by a man upon his/her mother? How is it crueler for the woman to allow an unborn baby to live because of how that life began?
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
60 Minutes, The Ground Zero Mosque & LGF: What Else Is New?
I was too busy last night watching another hilarious episode of Hee Haw and waiting for the season premiere of The Amazing Race (great start of anew race!) to bother paying attention to what was on 60 Minutes, but it turned out (oh, surprise! surprise!) they gave a biased account of the Ground Zero mosque.
Pamela Geller, who was interviewed (if you can call it that) by 60 Minutes, pointed out the many things the folks at CBS forgot to cover (and overlook) in their story at Atlas Shrugs, not to mention their slanting of both Ms. Geller (a far-right blogger? oh brother!) and the proponents of the Ground Zero mosque. Every time I've watched a story like this on 60 Minutes, it's always a biased account. Got any ideas why I don't watch 60 Minutes now? Anyone?
Also not that altogether surprising (who am I kidding, there's nothing surprising about this one either!), the reaction at Little Green Footballs was typical, attempting to back up its claim of Ms. Geller as “a disgusting human being” with the coverage featured on 60 Minutes. In addition to usual cow manure equivalency constantly peddled at LGF, the commenters there immediately got things started by objectifying Ms. Geller:
Pamela Geller, who was interviewed (if you can call it that) by 60 Minutes, pointed out the many things the folks at CBS forgot to cover (and overlook) in their story at Atlas Shrugs, not to mention their slanting of both Ms. Geller (a far-right blogger? oh brother!) and the proponents of the Ground Zero mosque. Every time I've watched a story like this on 60 Minutes, it's always a biased account. Got any ideas why I don't watch 60 Minutes now? Anyone?
Also not that altogether surprising (who am I kidding, there's nothing surprising about this one either!), the reaction at Little Green Footballs was typical, attempting to back up its claim of Ms. Geller as “a disgusting human being” with the coverage featured on 60 Minutes. In addition to usual cow manure equivalency constantly peddled at LGF, the commenters there immediately got things started by objectifying Ms. Geller:
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Grassroots News Minute (September 24th) & the ILA Report (September 23rd)
It's been a long time since I posted the NRA-ILA's Grassroots News Minutes, but now I finally got it together and am beginning to post them here:
There's also a new thing called the ILA Report; this video features Cam Edwards of NRA News speaking with the ILA's Rachel Parsons:
There's also a new thing called the ILA Report; this video features Cam Edwards of NRA News speaking with the ILA's Rachel Parsons:
A Tale Of Two Mailings
So the other day, I found in the mail a bit of a surprise: mailings from both the Democrat and Republican nominees for State Representative here in Indiana's 51st House District:
Monday, September 20, 2010
On Big Tea & Republican Suicide
Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation has written two interesting pieces on the evolution of the Tea Parties and the follies of counting one's chickens prior to hatching in regards to how the Republicans will fare in the Senate races this year.
The first piece, “Big Tea”, looks at how what started as a large number of rallies started by groups large and small delivering the messages of the Tea Parties has turned into largely a movement with a few major Tea Party organizations, including Mr. Phillips' own Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Express and FreedomWorks, and despite the author's concerns about some elements of the movement, sees Big Tea (as he calls it) as the formula to stop the progressive agenda in D.C. today.
While I'm not sure about these large organizations in the Tea Party community, I agree with Mr. Phillips about the evolution of the Tea Parties, to a point. While there are now considerably large groups like Tea Party Nation and Tea Party Express, there are still a considerable number of smaller Tea Party groups, and on the whole, the Tea Party movement by itself remains without a leader.
As for his second piece, “Republican Suicide”, Mr. Phillips points out the potential of Democrats still being able to retain control of the U.S. Senate, even if Republicans gain ten Senate seats in November, citing as examples the unpredictable Republican members like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and John McCain, and also relating the result of a Democrat coup in the Tennessee House of Representatives despite a Republican takeover (and all having to do with getting a RINO to switch).
Mr. Phillips here has brought up a very important point. Even if the Republicans can take control of the Senate, like they very much will the House of Representatives (in my opinion), to underestimate the Democrats at any time now or in the time between November, 2010 and January, 2011 is sure folly. Senators like Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe could be swayed to switch to the Democrat Party, just like Arlen Specter did.
One can only hope all the RINO's will be voted out of office in the next six years, and while we're at it, get rid of the current Republican leadership; we need principled conservatives and libertarians running the party, not the good ole boys.
The first piece, “Big Tea”, looks at how what started as a large number of rallies started by groups large and small delivering the messages of the Tea Parties has turned into largely a movement with a few major Tea Party organizations, including Mr. Phillips' own Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Express and FreedomWorks, and despite the author's concerns about some elements of the movement, sees Big Tea (as he calls it) as the formula to stop the progressive agenda in D.C. today.
While I'm not sure about these large organizations in the Tea Party community, I agree with Mr. Phillips about the evolution of the Tea Parties, to a point. While there are now considerably large groups like Tea Party Nation and Tea Party Express, there are still a considerable number of smaller Tea Party groups, and on the whole, the Tea Party movement by itself remains without a leader.
As for his second piece, “Republican Suicide”, Mr. Phillips points out the potential of Democrats still being able to retain control of the U.S. Senate, even if Republicans gain ten Senate seats in November, citing as examples the unpredictable Republican members like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and John McCain, and also relating the result of a Democrat coup in the Tennessee House of Representatives despite a Republican takeover (and all having to do with getting a RINO to switch).
Mr. Phillips here has brought up a very important point. Even if the Republicans can take control of the Senate, like they very much will the House of Representatives (in my opinion), to underestimate the Democrats at any time now or in the time between November, 2010 and January, 2011 is sure folly. Senators like Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe could be swayed to switch to the Democrat Party, just like Arlen Specter did.
One can only hope all the RINO's will be voted out of office in the next six years, and while we're at it, get rid of the current Republican leadership; we need principled conservatives and libertarians running the party, not the good ole boys.
The Pursuit
This past Saturday was a big day, as Glenn Beck spoke at Trine University in Angola, Indiana, in an event sponsored by the Michiana 9/12 Project called The Pursuit.
Figuring a long line ahead of me if I didn't get there early enough, I left for Angola at 6 a.m., arriving about a half-hour later, only to find I was the first one there, so I had to wait for almost 90 minutes (which I largely killed by reading Errol Flynn's book My Wicked, Wicked Ways). Much to my surprise, although the number of people grew as opening time (8 a.m.) came closer, it was smaller than I expected. More surprising, just before it started, I found out from my parents, who had recently arrived, that I had parked in an area reserved only to those who purchased special ticket packages (a premiere parking spot)! Since the policeman who told them about the reserved parking learned I had parked so early, his response was I had lucked out. That's what I call an Errol Flynn moment!
Figuring a long line ahead of me if I didn't get there early enough, I left for Angola at 6 a.m., arriving about a half-hour later, only to find I was the first one there, so I had to wait for almost 90 minutes (which I largely killed by reading Errol Flynn's book My Wicked, Wicked Ways). Much to my surprise, although the number of people grew as opening time (8 a.m.) came closer, it was smaller than I expected. More surprising, just before it started, I found out from my parents, who had recently arrived, that I had parked in an area reserved only to those who purchased special ticket packages (a premiere parking spot)! Since the policeman who told them about the reserved parking learned I had parked so early, his response was I had lucked out. That's what I call an Errol Flynn moment!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
An overlooked answer
With the debates and discussions on the Ground Zero mosque (mosque, not community center), and the controversy over the decision of a Christian church to burn Qur'ans on 9/11, there appeared a blog post from Diana West at Big Peace yesterday, where she correctly stresses an important point: The Constitution Trumps Islamic Law.
The focus of her piece is on how the reaction to the announcement of the Qur'an burning is part of an effort “to bring our constitutional republic into conformance with Islamic law”, to acquiesce to the continual demands of Islam. However, she falters in one respect.
At the beginning of her post, Mrs. West mentions the aiding of “useful fools” when noting the efforts to bring America into conformance, and later in the post when going into details on the demands of the jihadists (in this case, specifically, a separate speech code for Islam), she notes:
The focus of her piece is on how the reaction to the announcement of the Qur'an burning is part of an effort “to bring our constitutional republic into conformance with Islamic law”, to acquiesce to the continual demands of Islam. However, she falters in one respect.
At the beginning of her post, Mrs. West mentions the aiding of “useful fools” when noting the efforts to bring America into conformance, and later in the post when going into details on the demands of the jihadists (in this case, specifically, a separate speech code for Islam), she notes:
Yard Sign Season
I've got the first one out (go Charlie White!), and soon enough, there will be more. Frankly, I've been ready to put signs up since the day after the primary elections, and I can't wait to put up signs showing my support for Marlin Stutzman, Dan Coats, Dick Dodge, Richard Mourdock and Tim Berry. No, it's not like Christmas, but it's close.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Libertarians' Ill-Conceived Warning
In time for this year's 9/12 March, the Libertarian Party issued a press release two days ago featuring statements from its executive director, Wes Benedict, in which he warns the Tea Partiers of the dangers of allying with the Republican Party.
Going through Mr. Benedict's statements, I suspect he not only underestimates the movement, he also doesn't understand them.
Mr. Benedict starts off by comparing Republicans and Democrats in an attempt to present the two major parties as joined-in-the-hip big government proponents, citing presidential administrations (including Ronald Reagan's, while conveniently overlooking the fact he was ending the Cold War against the Soviets) and the congressional leadership under Newt Gingrich. He also cites the usual suspects in the current ranks of the Republican Party, such as John McCain, John Cornyn and John Boehner. In the middle of the comparisons, Mr. Benedict notes:
Going through Mr. Benedict's statements, I suspect he not only underestimates the movement, he also doesn't understand them.
Mr. Benedict starts off by comparing Republicans and Democrats in an attempt to present the two major parties as joined-in-the-hip big government proponents, citing presidential administrations (including Ronald Reagan's, while conveniently overlooking the fact he was ending the Cold War against the Soviets) and the congressional leadership under Newt Gingrich. He also cites the usual suspects in the current ranks of the Republican Party, such as John McCain, John Cornyn and John Boehner. In the middle of the comparisons, Mr. Benedict notes:
"Republicans seem to think we're idiots. For decades they have paid lip-service to shrinking government, while consistently doing the opposite in office.What Mr. Benedict fails to understand (or doesn't want to understand) is that the Republican Party is the strongest vehicle for the overall Patriot movement to use in order to stop the progressive agenda in Washington, since we are (like it or not) a nation with an unwritten system of two major parties, and the Republican Party is one of those major parties. The Libertarian Party is still a minor party, and an alliance right now between the movement and the party would result in the Democrats retaining control; in other words, the progressive agenda continues.
"Our fear is that Tea Partiers might say 'This time it will be different.' No it won't. If you vote for Republicans this time, it will just reinforce the message that they can lie to you and grow government with impunity.
9/11: A Belated Remembrance
I was away all day yesterday, so unfortunately, I couldn't write anything about the anniversary of 9/11, so with this belated post, here's what I wrote in memory of two of the nearly 3,000 victims of those heinous attacks: Hamidou S. Larry and Mary Jane (MJ) Booth.
In addition, there's also superb blog posts at Big Peace, Lady Libertas, Michelle Malkin and Tammy Bruce. I am sorry I could not pay proper homage to the memories of the victims; may they continue to rest in peace, may we never forget what happened nine years ago yesterday, and what we must do now.
In addition, there's also superb blog posts at Big Peace, Lady Libertas, Michelle Malkin and Tammy Bruce. I am sorry I could not pay proper homage to the memories of the victims; may they continue to rest in peace, may we never forget what happened nine years ago yesterday, and what we must do now.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Amen to that, Rod
Over at Big Hollywood, Warner Todd Huston wrote a fascinating piece on Rod Serling and the lack of relevance the medium of television holds. I can attest to that personally.
I stopped at a tire service in Auburn today to get the car's tires rotated, and while I was waiting, Divorce Court was on television, later to be followed by Judge Hatchett. The cases being heard in both programs were two of the most inane and asinine things I have ever heard or seen on television. I was trying to read a book at the time, so hearing these two judge shows with real people and real cases as they say (if that's real, then talk about sorry excuses for entertainment these days!) was absolutely irritating. The fact the book I had just started reading was John Stormer's book Betrayed By The Bench: How Judge-made Law Has Transformed America's Constitution, Courts and Culture may have influenced my annoyance, but I beg to differ!
I can see why the legendary creator of The Twilight Zone, way back in 1970, saw the little relevance to television; looking at most reality programs these days, it sometimes astounds me how it can be sold as entertainment, and I know I'm one to talk since I'm a big fan of The Amazing Race, but what can I say? There's an exception to every rule.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'll wait for September 26th to come (the season premiere of The Amazing Race)!
I stopped at a tire service in Auburn today to get the car's tires rotated, and while I was waiting, Divorce Court was on television, later to be followed by Judge Hatchett. The cases being heard in both programs were two of the most inane and asinine things I have ever heard or seen on television. I was trying to read a book at the time, so hearing these two judge shows with real people and real cases as they say (if that's real, then talk about sorry excuses for entertainment these days!) was absolutely irritating. The fact the book I had just started reading was John Stormer's book Betrayed By The Bench: How Judge-made Law Has Transformed America's Constitution, Courts and Culture may have influenced my annoyance, but I beg to differ!
I can see why the legendary creator of The Twilight Zone, way back in 1970, saw the little relevance to television; looking at most reality programs these days, it sometimes astounds me how it can be sold as entertainment, and I know I'm one to talk since I'm a big fan of The Amazing Race, but what can I say? There's an exception to every rule.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'll wait for September 26th to come (the season premiere of The Amazing Race)!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Mark Leyva For Congress
I'm writing this in the hope readers will do all they can to help the Republican nominee for Congress in that area, the state's 1st Congressional District: Mark Leyva.
I haven't heard anything about the race between Mr. Leyva and his Democrat opponent, Congressman Peter Visclosky. Unfortunately, the reason is likely because the seat is regarded by insiders and pollsters as a safe seat for Democrats (you have to expect Democrat strongholds like Gary, East Chicago, Lake County, and their close proximity to the Windy City have something to do with it); this seat has not gone to anyone other than a Democrat for almost eighty years now. There's also the fact Mr. Leyva has been the Republican nominee for this seat in the previous five elections without success. However, I hope Hoosiers in the 1st District will make six times the charm for Mark Leyva.
A professional carpenter, Mr. Leyva supports auditing the Federal Reserve, the FairTax, making English the official language, term limits, enforcing the law on immigration and securing our borders (as well as penalizing businesses that profit from the labor of illegal immigrants), and energy independence. He's also anti-ObamaCare, pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment.
As for the opposition, Congressman Visclosky's record in Congress has shown him to be a supporter of the Obama stimulus bills, Cash for Clunkers, ObamaCare, the DISCLOSE Act, as well as being anti-gun and pro-abortion.
Running for the sixth consecutive time against an entrenched, 13-term incumbent Democrat doesn't instill much confidence in Mr. Leyva's chances, but considering how races have turned out this year and how they're faring in states across America, especially states known to be Democrat strongholds, I ask you not to rule out the 1st District in Indiana. If you can donate to or volunteer for his campaign, please do so. And, above all, if you are registered in Indiana's 1st District, please vote for Mark Leyva.
I haven't heard anything about the race between Mr. Leyva and his Democrat opponent, Congressman Peter Visclosky. Unfortunately, the reason is likely because the seat is regarded by insiders and pollsters as a safe seat for Democrats (you have to expect Democrat strongholds like Gary, East Chicago, Lake County, and their close proximity to the Windy City have something to do with it); this seat has not gone to anyone other than a Democrat for almost eighty years now. There's also the fact Mr. Leyva has been the Republican nominee for this seat in the previous five elections without success. However, I hope Hoosiers in the 1st District will make six times the charm for Mark Leyva.
A professional carpenter, Mr. Leyva supports auditing the Federal Reserve, the FairTax, making English the official language, term limits, enforcing the law on immigration and securing our borders (as well as penalizing businesses that profit from the labor of illegal immigrants), and energy independence. He's also anti-ObamaCare, pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment.
As for the opposition, Congressman Visclosky's record in Congress has shown him to be a supporter of the Obama stimulus bills, Cash for Clunkers, ObamaCare, the DISCLOSE Act, as well as being anti-gun and pro-abortion.
Running for the sixth consecutive time against an entrenched, 13-term incumbent Democrat doesn't instill much confidence in Mr. Leyva's chances, but considering how races have turned out this year and how they're faring in states across America, especially states known to be Democrat strongholds, I ask you not to rule out the 1st District in Indiana. If you can donate to or volunteer for his campaign, please do so. And, above all, if you are registered in Indiana's 1st District, please vote for Mark Leyva.
Lousy speeches and twisted minds
For me, I became aware of President Obama's speech ending the war in Iraq thanks to Sarah Palin on Facebook. I expected nothing that was worth listening to from the President, and as far as I was concerned, we had already won the war in Iraq. If the Iraqis can control and maintain stability over all of their provinces, then I see no reason for our troops to stay there one more day.
The President gave his speech Tuesday night, and as I expected, it wasn't worth listening to. Alan W. Dowd, writing at Front Page Magazine, noticed the absence of an important word from President Obama's speech: victory. In addition, Jim Hanson, writing at Big Peace, saw the speech as another example of our President not being a leader when it comes to his duties as Commander in Chief. Frankly, President Obama can get away with a speech like his because of how well off Iraq is today (with much thanks to his predecessor, George W. Bush), but what will happen when he gives his speech ending the war in Afghanistan? That worries me.
Yesterday, Fox News aired breaking news coverage of a hostage situation somewhere in Maryland. The hostage taker had been identified, and it wasn't too long afterwards that police had thankfully killed the man and saved the hostages. What makes it bizarre is the fact the episode occurred at the headquarters of Discovery Communications (the company responsible for TV's Discovery Channel), and the hostage taker wanted the cable network to “save the planet”. Unfortunately, it gets worse.
Anthony Watts at Watts Up With That features a look at this freak's manifesto (much thanks to C Monster for the heads up), which included calls for Discovery Health and TLC to stop airing programs on giving birth and focus on “programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility” (he had a problem with what he called “parasitic human infants”), for the ceasing of programs featuring war and the technologies involved (he apparently found the Military Channel offensive), and for finding “solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy” (apparently, Planet Green wasn't good enough for this freak). This guy was a twisted environmentalist who had no regard for human life; the police commendably did their job.
The President gave his speech Tuesday night, and as I expected, it wasn't worth listening to. Alan W. Dowd, writing at Front Page Magazine, noticed the absence of an important word from President Obama's speech: victory. In addition, Jim Hanson, writing at Big Peace, saw the speech as another example of our President not being a leader when it comes to his duties as Commander in Chief. Frankly, President Obama can get away with a speech like his because of how well off Iraq is today (with much thanks to his predecessor, George W. Bush), but what will happen when he gives his speech ending the war in Afghanistan? That worries me.
Yesterday, Fox News aired breaking news coverage of a hostage situation somewhere in Maryland. The hostage taker had been identified, and it wasn't too long afterwards that police had thankfully killed the man and saved the hostages. What makes it bizarre is the fact the episode occurred at the headquarters of Discovery Communications (the company responsible for TV's Discovery Channel), and the hostage taker wanted the cable network to “save the planet”. Unfortunately, it gets worse.
Anthony Watts at Watts Up With That features a look at this freak's manifesto (much thanks to C Monster for the heads up), which included calls for Discovery Health and TLC to stop airing programs on giving birth and focus on “programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility” (he had a problem with what he called “parasitic human infants”), for the ceasing of programs featuring war and the technologies involved (he apparently found the Military Channel offensive), and for finding “solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy” (apparently, Planet Green wasn't good enough for this freak). This guy was a twisted environmentalist who had no regard for human life; the police commendably did their job.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Miracle On Ice: 2010
Last night, I had great cause to jump up for joy: Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska conceded the primary race to her opponent, Joe Miller. The announcement was made during a press conference at 6 PM Alaska Time (10 PM EST), after early absentee results found Mr. Miller still in the lead by more than 1,400 votes, making her chances of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat just about impossible.
Sarah Palin described it very well in a Tweet:
You bet I believe in miracles, Governor. Without doubt, it's the biggest upset so far in the 2010 primaries, and further proof of the growing strength of the overall Patriot movement, as well as the endorsing power of Sarah Palin.
My congratulations to Joe Miller on his victory and all the best to him as he now campaigns for the general election; you'll make a great Senator.
Sarah Palin described it very well in a Tweet:
You bet I believe in miracles, Governor. Without doubt, it's the biggest upset so far in the 2010 primaries, and further proof of the growing strength of the overall Patriot movement, as well as the endorsing power of Sarah Palin.
My congratulations to Joe Miller on his victory and all the best to him as he now campaigns for the general election; you'll make a great Senator.
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