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Saturday, November 29, 2008

WILL THE POLICE PROTECT YOU?...or WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LIVE AND DIE WHERE NO ONE CARRIES…..

By now, you’ve heard about the MASSACRE IN BOMBAY perpetrated by 10 Islamist gunmen who intended to kill 5,000 people.
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I have no idea what Indian law is like concerning the right to bear personal arms, but it’s pretty clear that people didn’t have weapons to protect themselves…..
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At the Oberoi hotel, the second luxury hotel to be assaulted, the gunmen called guests on hotel phones; some of those who picked up were then attacked, their doors smashed open and the guests shot. At the Taj, terrorists broke in room by room and shot occupants at point blank range. Some were shot in the back.

Posted by Earl on 11/29 at 08:11 PM
Politics • International • Venezuela • (5) Comments •

WOUNDED HERO’s CREED - THANK GOD WE HAVE SUCH MEN DEFENDING US!

On the door of a wounded SEAL’s hospital room:
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. Where do they make such men these days….? This is the attitude that can conquer whatever challenges are before us…..let’s try to be worthy of his sacrifice, and let’s learn from his example.

Hat Tip: BLACKFIVE

Posted by Earl on 11/29 at 07:32 PM
Miscellany • COURAGE AWARDS • HEROES • (0) Comments •

Friday, November 21, 2008

SHELBY STEELE IS AN AMERICAN HERO…..

....as well as one of the bravest men on the scene, today.

Since his WONDERFUL BOOK, The Content of Our Character, in 1990, this man has spoken the truth as he sees it to an American culture that really doesn’t want to hear it. He has taken a great deal of punishment for pointing out, to both the black and white communities, what was obvious for generations, but which was abandoned in the 1960s. “We sold out our dignity to the government….We have to go after our dignity again….“

Posted by Earl on 11/21 at 08:34 AM
Miscellany • COURAGE AWARDS • HEROES • Politics • Domestic • (0) Comments •

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

IS IT LEGITIMATE TO RECORD CAMPAIGN PROMISES MADE BY POLITICIANS? EVEN IF IT’S OBAMA?

Because that’s what those nasty guys at INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY EDITORIALS have done…...for shame!
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Few presidential candidates have made more specific promises to American voters than Barack Obama. They came so fast and furious in the latter part of the campaign, you’d be excused for not keeping up. So as a public service, we’ve put together a handy checklist of some of the biggest Obama promises — culled from his “Blueprint for Change,“ his campaign speeches and advertisements. Clip it. Save it. And see how he did in four years.

Posted by Earl on 11/11 at 08:04 PM
Politics • Domestic • Healthcare • Economics • Iraq • Second Amendment • (8) Comments •

Thursday, November 06, 2008

THE LEGACY MEDIA HAS MORPHED—IT’S NOW PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAMPAIGN…...

CHRIS MATTHEWS makes it official:
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An incredulous Scarborough kept pressing, astonished at such a complete 180 from Matthews’s repeated insistence during the Bush presidency that he had to hold the government accountable.

SCARBOROUGH: Your job is the make this presidency work?

MATTHEWS: To make this work successfully. This country needs a successful presidency.

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Let’s understand…...after eight years of holding the feet of the Bush Administration to the fire….five+ years of more or less open opposition to the war in Iraq, Chris Matthews, “journalist”, sees it as his JOB to use his position to make the Obama Administration a success.
. Well…..thanks for the ADMISSION and EXPLANATION, Chris.

Posted by Earl on 11/06 at 07:53 PM
Politics • Domestic • Media Bias • (0) Comments •

HOW COME THERE AREN’T MORE THIRD PARTIES FIELDING CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT?

The short answer is because the Republicans and Democrats set things up to make it impossible for anyone else…...
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In addition to ballot access laws, consider campaign finance rules….John Stossel profiled Ada Fisher, a woman attempting a low-budget, longshot run for Congress in North Carolina with a staff of volunteers. She found it impossible to comply with the election law without hiring a team of lawyers — which of course, she couldn’t afford. Written in small print, single spaced, the federal election code spanned one-and-a-half football fields. Eventually, Fisher and her volunteer campaign treasurer were personally fined $10,000 by the FEC for filling late reports.

Stossel then cut to University of Missouri Professor Jeff Milyo, who ran an experiment in which he asked dozens of college-educated people to try to fill out various campaign finance forms and applications. Of the more than 200 people Milyo tested, Stossel reported, “every one of them violated the law.“ One participant added, “I’d rather not participate in the political process if it means I have to go through the nonsense I went through today.“

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Nice, right? You take part in the electoral process, attempting to become a “citizen legislator”, and the impossibility of the forms lead to a personal fine of $10,000.00. And you’re still asking why more people don’t take up the challenge…....?
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Posted by Earl on 11/06 at 07:40 PM
Politics • Domestic • (1) Comments •

PART OF ME FEELS SOME REAL SYMPATHY FOR BARACK OBAMA…...

I mean…...did this guy get elected to an impossible job, or what?
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Over and over, Barack Obama told voters if they stuck with him “we will change this country and change the world.“ They did, and now their expectations for him to deliver are firmly planted on his shoulders. Many supporters greeted his victory with euphoria….Obama has a largely liberal voting record and owes a debt to the left wing of the Democratic Party, which mobilized millions on his behalf. These folks embraced his promises to end the Iraq war, move toward universal health care coverage and address harsh terrorist interrogation practices. But Obama also appealed to the broader electorate as a pragmatist who pledged virtually party-blind government. He will have to decide whether it is better to disappoint the more liberal troops out of the gate or wait until later.

“A lot of people are not going to be happy in the first two years,“ said Democratic strategist Joe Trippi.

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On the other hand, he *DID* make all those promises…....and when you make your bed, it’s only justice that you have to lie in it. I’m only wishing I didn’t have to join him, because I don’t think it will be pretty, and he can do a lot of stuff that will likely make it worse. And…...who *IS* this guy?
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Posted by Earl on 11/06 at 07:30 PM
Politics • Domestic • (0) Comments •

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