Month: April 2008

I especially like the idea that “Freedom is the Inalienable Right of Mankind” – illustrated by our first Republican President and echoing the first line of the Gettysburg address. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all…

Unbelievable as it may sound to those who think politicians are honest, lies persist on the campaign trail. On the Obama side, there’s been quite a bit of chatter over whether he’s lying about the true scope of his admitted cigarette addiction. While a personal habit like smoking is something I would like to think…

I realize I am supposed to be writing about Zimbabwe, and I do care about Zimbabwe. I really do. (I’m glad other bloggers like Lawhawk cover the situation in detail, though, because I’d be in a state of blog burnout if I had to.) I don’t think I even need to tell regular readers that…

I recently posted on the Biofuels Scam. So let us see whose fingerprints are on this scam that is starving children and causing the destruction of the rain forests. Time Magazine has the scoop. …on Nov. 6, at a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled an eye-popping plan that would require all…

When Time Magazine starts discussing the current incarnation of the Biofuel Revolution as a scam you know it is all over for another Greenie Fantasy. What is the essence of the fantasy? That by getting Congress to pass laws the laws of supply and demand can be repealed. From his Cessna a mile above the…

I just got turned on to a blog that seems to have some very in depth knowledge of what is going on in Iraq. Talisman Gate. There is an entry up about the recent fighting in Iraq. Panic in the Green Zone. Let me quote a bit: Those counseling caution and delay stressed that smashing…

Here’s something I think may be newsworthy. A coalition of social conservatives (the first name listed is CWFA director Matt Barber, a frequent emailer to this blog) has declared that if Mitt Romney is John McCain’s vice presidential nominee, they will not support the ticket: As citizens, activists, and leaders with our feet on the…

If you can be whatever gender you want, whenever you want, is it really fair that you should have to be a woman in order to get pregnant? I mean, isn’t that unfair and unconstitutional discrimination on the basis of sex? I realize that this might sound a bit convoluted, but please bear with me.…

In the comments at MSNBC Fusion Report Dr. Richard Nebel, who is working on a test version of the Bussard Fusion Reactor, has this to say. Since there seems to be some confusion here, I guess I should clarify some things. Yes, we are operating the WB-7 and we have had plasma since the first…

In a story headlined “Global Warming ‘dips this year’,” I read something which caught my attention: Global temperatures will drop slightly this year as a result of the cooling effect of the La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said. The World Meteorological Organization’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely…

In many ways, I think George Soros epitomizes hypocrisy. Having made a bloody fortune in speculation, he advocates socialism and speaks in terms of economic pessimism (all the while ignoring the new economy): In a documentary that aired on the BBC, Soros asserted that the current malaise in the U.S. financial markets signals the end…

Marxism Is The Religion Of Thieves

A lot has been said about the Jeremiah Wright videos, and a lot more will be. I’ve argued that while I don’t consider what Jeremiah Wright says to be necessarily indicative of what Obama thinks, it’s still fair to ask him whether he agrees, as it doesn’t speak well of him to belong to a…

This is the sort of thing which (as far as I’m concerned, at least) amounts to a form of religious indoctrination in the schools. MADISON, Wis. — A Tomah High School student has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his art teacher censored his drawing because it featured a cross and a biblical reference. Here’s the…

It appears that sleep deprivation can make you fat: Sleeping for eight hours a night is the secret to not putting weight on, according to scientists. Surly teenagers need 9hrs 12mins of sleep Have your say: Do we all need more sleep? They found that those who slept for less than six hours a night…

In Cook County, Illinois every vote gets counted. Just to be sure sometimes they get counted six or seven times. Of Sen. Obama’s 711,000 popular-vote lead, 650,000 — or more than 90% of the total margin — comes from Sen. Obama’s home state of Illinois, with 429,000 of that lead coming from his home base…

While I occasionally use one or more of George Carlin’s seven dirty words, I try not to make a habit of cursing (which my dictionary defines as the use of “profanely insolent and reproachful language”). I exercise almost zero control over what commenters say, though, and four letter words could easily slip through unnoticed. So,…

Jane Fonda has endorsed Barack Hussein Obama. I think that is going to hurt. Was the anti-aircraft gun she sat on responsible for shooting down John McCain? There is no way to know. You have to admit it doesn’t look good. Especially for Obama.

Regarding the Philadelphia beating death I posted about yesterday, in today’s news I see that four more suspects have been arrested: During questioning yesterday, the four suspects offered much the same story as the one given by another Gratz High teen who was arrested shortly after the March 26 assault: They were just fooling around…