Monday, January 5, 2009

Freedom’s Final Solution

  Socialism item by OffSite (1/5/09)

Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what they may say. Socialism is an attack on the right to breathe freely. No socialist system can be established without a political police. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance. - Winston Churchill

The California Taxpayer Protection Act

  Government item by OffSite (1/5/09)

I want to call attention to a statewide initiative in California that may change the debate on the automatic citizenship that is wrongly bestowed upon children born to illegal aliens and foreign visitors in the United States. The initiative is called The California Taxpayer Protection Act(1). 

Rick Warren Is No Billy Graham

  Religion item by OffSite (1/5/09)

Last August I wrote a column critical of Rick Warren’s decision to host a presidential candidate forum at his Saddleback Church.

Gaza - Oust Hamas Or Surrender To Terror

  Middle East item by OffSite (1/5/09)

Concern for Gaza’s civilian population has engendered a wave of demonstrations around the world over the past few days as Israel’s army enters Gaza to try and effectively end the incessant barrage of rockets and mortars that have been fired indiscriminately into Israel’s population centres by Hamas for the last eight years.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Plain Truth about Glorious Carbon Dioxide

  JunkScience item by Alan Caruba (1/4/09)

Okay, children, let’s all sit up straight at our desks. We are going to begin 2009 with a lesson about carbon dioxide (CO2).

‘Character counts - how’s yours?’

  Society item by OffSite (1/4/09)

What would you do if you could do anything you wanted to do and it would never be discovered? Would that change your behavior?

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Globaloney Update: A Tale of Two ‘Realities’

  Global Warming item by OffSite (1/3/09)

From June: ‘No ice at the North Pole,‘ to January: ‘Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979’

Friday, January 2, 2009

Barry Goldwater ‘Paid His Rent’

  Politics item by Kendall Wingrove (1/2/09)

‘You know,’ Barry Goldwater once remarked, “I haven’t really got a first-class brain.” Many disagree with that assessment.  Although the former Arizona senator was often blunt and profane, he also articulated some powerful ideas about freedom during his long political career.  Those concepts are worth another look as we mark the centennial of Goldwater’s birth in January 1909.

Covert Actions Necessary in War on Terrorism

  Terrorism item by Jim Kouri (1/2/09)

Covert actions (as distinguished from the covert collection of information) are used to influence political, military, or economic conditions or situations abroad, where it is intended that the role of the US Government will not be apparent or acknowledged publicly.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

For 2009, Remember God’s Sense of Humor

  General item by Grant Swank (1/1/09)

“I’m on my way to the prison!” I called out to my wife as I ran toward our car.  It would take me about l5 minutes to get to the maximum-security penitentiary on the outskirts of town.  There I would visit a man behind bars for life--first-degree murder.

Gaza – The Solution Ain’t Rocket Science

  Middle East item by OffSite (1/1/09)

Gazan Arabs have no one but themselves to blame for voting Hamas into power and allowing Hamas to destroy their lives in the traumatic manner that has suddenly befallen them in the past week.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Blacks Have Been Conned About Kwanzaa!

  Political Correctness item by Don Boys (12/31/08)

Let me state the obvious: If Blacks (or anyone else) want to celebrate Kwanzaa that is their right; however, it is my right to set the record straight. Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday, nor is it a traditional “African thing.” Moreover, it is grounded in violence, corruption, and deceit. Furthermore, it has an admitted humanist foundation, so professing Christians should not go near the thing. Neither should black Americans!

Final Thoughts on the Bush Presidency – Hail and Farewell to the Chief!

  Politics item by Doug Edelman (12/31/08)

While there are many things about George W. Bush that I disagree with, they all relate to his FAILURE to BE a CONSERVATIVE!!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Robert Redford’s Newest Role:  Playing “Grinch” To Low-Income Families

  GreeenIsm item by Niger Innis (12/29/08)

New York City, NY (Dec. 30)—Civil rights and faith-based leaders say that Hollywood actor Robert Redford is playing the “Grinch” to low-income families because of his attempt to slow production of natural gas in Utah, which helps supply affordable home heating fuel to millions of homes in Chicago and across the Midwest.

The Eternal War Heats Up Once Again

  Middle East item by J. D. Longstreet (12/29/08)

The Israeli Air Force is reported to have knocked out some 40, or more, Hamas targets in five minutes as the current Jewish/Muslim war kicks off in Gaza. The devastating opening to this war has been described as the Israeli version of “Shock and Awe”.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

The cult of Kennedy

  Demercrats item by OffSite (12/28/08)

Living in New York City can really warp the way you see the rest of the country. Only on the tiny island of Manhattan is the idea of giving a senatorial seat to a woman because of her family name considered to be a brilliant political move, but that is the case of one of New York’s favorite philanthropists Caroline Kennedy.

More Tasers, more deaths

  Crime item by OffSite (12/28/08)

Even though the news is inundated with stories of people dying after being stunned by Tasers, police departments all over the nation are adding the electric-shock weapons to their arsenals, convinced the benefits outweigh the risks.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

SWAT raid on food co-op called ‘entrapment’

  PoliceState item by OffSite (12/27/08)

A state agent from the Ohio Department of Agriculture pressured a family whose members run a food cooperative for friends and neighbors to “sell” him a dozen eggs, sparking accusations of entrapment from a lawyer defending the family.

Friday, December 26, 2008

The SEC’s Next Shoe

  Economics item by OffSite (12/26/08)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has had a very bad couple of months. As a result of its successive oversight failures and selective enforcement of the nation’s securities laws and regulations, so have the nation’s financial sector, economy and taxpayers. Unfortunately, there is reason to believe that the SEC has another - and potentially even more problematic - “shoe” about to drop.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Magic Of Electricity

  Bird-Brain Flu item by Malcolm Hedges (12/24/08)

According to the ignorant including Greens, ‘Electricity’ is a magical thing that appears out of thin air, most probably provided by some Government agency! Duh!

Global warming dissenters dash scientific ‘consensus’

  Global Warming item by OffSite (12/24/08)

The Republican minority of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee released a report with a growing list of over 650 international experts who soundly debunk the claim that there exists a “consensus” in science that human activity is causing a global warming.

Is the Middle East “Freer, More Hopeful, and More Promising”?

  Middle East item by Daniel Pipes (12/24/08)

In a Middle East valedictory speech today, summing up the nearly eight years of his two administrations, George W. Bush declared that “the Middle East in 2008 is a freer, more hopeful, and more promising place than it was in 2001.”

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Attack of the Christmas Haters

  Progressivism item by Rob Hood (12/23/08)

Secularism is getting worse every year and it seems to be attracting and emboldening more liberals to go to war with Christians over traditional Christian American values. “The War on Christmas” that the far left hates to admit to and denies its existence, does indeed get worse every year. This year has been no different.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Celebrates a Living, Loving God

  Society item by Doug Patton (12/22/08)

I love Christmas movies. Two of my favorites are “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story” (I, too, always wanted a Red Rider BB gun as a kid). But two years ago a new “classic” was added to my must-see list at Christmastime.

The Hair of the Dog

  Economics item by Jayme Evans (12/22/08)

2008 is mercifully coming to an end. The year of the ass-backward; the year of the bailout, the meltdown and of failed leadership will soon be behind us, as will the disaster known as the Bush Presidency. Unfortunately, it appears as if President Bush isn’t quite prepared to saddle up and ride off into the sunset singing “Home on the Range” just yet. His approval of a bailout for the auto industry is yet one more nail in the coffins of capitalism, our constitution and individual freedom.