Great Picture

I know that there is a possibility that this picture was done derisively...but it is such a GREAT picture I had to post it. El Rushbo looks majestic in this ode to the "Godfather", along with those he paved the way for.

Media Bias?

I know...it's been a while. However, there is a lot on my mind so I thought I would bring back the blog. So much has happend in the last few months, it's hard to know where to start. I think the obvious choice is to start with the Presidential race or the state of Congress...but I don't want to be obvious. Let's start with a bias in the Media.
Both sides of the aisles spend hours yelling at each other how the Main Stream Media is out to get them. For Hillary Clinton it's Tim Russert being unfair, for every Republican it's every member of the MSM except the guys at Fox News. For Big Nose Henry Waxman it is now the governments job to step in and make sure that our Radio Media has fair coverage...meaning that groups like Air America should be subsidized (because no one listens to them) and the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, etc. should be taken down a couple of pegs. I can completely foresee something like Title IX for radio. Where conservative programming is barred because there has to be an equal amount of liberal programming on the radio waves. Be looking out for a new wave of pirate radio, where Conservatives can be free of government mandates.
But I digress...
Here is an article about a recent Harvard study that Waxman and his lib buddies should put in their hookah and smoke it.
"Even Harvard finds the Media Biased".
I have to admit before this article came out I was one of those who did think that the MSM had a liberal bent to it. I also agree that the opinions expressed at Fox News are generally a little more conservative than fair (though I think they are more FAIR than the rest of the MSM). But after reading this article from that bastion of conservatism that is HARVARD...oh wait....they aren't conservative at Harvard. After reading the results of this study I am completely on board with the Media being pro-liberal.
If you are a liberal be aware this article could worry you...this is not anecdoatal evidence this is a complete summary of news stories presented by the MSM over period of 109 weeknights. I can just hear Henry Waxman crapping his pants over this article.

Dr. Jerry Falwell

Sad and Happy news today. First, the sad part...Dr. Jerry Falwell passed away today. Dr. Falwell had a profound impact on my life, he was a wonderful, jovial, loving man who never ceased to amaze me with his heart for others. The rest of the world will probably remember him for his founding of the moral majority and his single handedly handing Ronald Reagan the presidency in 1981, or for what he had to say about the Teletubbies. I will remember him for always having a smile on his face, for teaching us (his students at Liberty University) to always love others, for never forgetting to present the Gospel when he had opportunity, and for always reaching out to those who were less fortunate or who hadn't yet heard the truth.
I remember once walking around campus with a friend we ran into Dr. Falwell, and he smiled at us, asked how we were, slapped me on the back (almost causing me to collapse...he was a strong man) and told us how the Lord loved us. Maybe thats not a big deal, but for a young kid like me, having a champion of the faith take time to say hello and encourage me was HUGE.
There are those who would disparage Dr. Falwell, but they did not know him and they obviously never listened to what he had to say. They only listened to what others (who did not agree with him) had to say about him. Dr. Falwell's message was always based in love and in a desire to see others come to know the Savior.
Thank you LORD, for allowing me to be impacted by the ministry of your servant Jerry Falwell.
I hurt with the family of Dr. Falwell, and am not ashamed to say that I loved him deeply as a brother in Christ and will miss his presence here with us.
But for the happy news...Dr. Falwell is now in glory, feeling no pain, and celebrating his homecoming with the Creator. We were made for what he now gets to experience for the rest of eternity...this is not our home we are just strangers passing through. Our citizenship is in Heaven.

A real Conservative?

As the Republican candidates continue to come out of the woodwork, I find myself in a fog trying to discover who I want to vote for. I think Mitt Romney is still my front runner, but I kind of like Fred Thompson (who isn't actually running...yet), and Newt Gingrich (also not yet running). I also kind of fancy a darkhorse who isn't really a Republican (neither am I, probably why I like him), his name is Ron Paul.

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Check out the Mitt Romney post in the archives, there is an good video of Romney giving a speech.

Al Gore, the Great Deceiver

So, Al Gore has been challenged to a debate on Global Warming, yet refuses to debate. In fact, there is an apparent "list" of scientists, economists, and professors who would also enjoy questioning Al Gore's methods of research. But again, No, Al Gore will not debate this topic. If he is so sure about global warming and has all this evidence to back him up, why won't he participate in a debate on this topic? Here is a link to the global warming heartland website. Read a few of the articles and see what the real facts are on "Global Warming".

http://www.globalwarmingheartland.org/

As we mourn and recover from the horrific massacre of the 32 VT students, gun control activists along with the media are already using this story to further their agendas. It has been only two days since the worst killings in U.S. history, can we please show some remorse for the families and friends of these students? April 17th, the day after the shootings, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a democrat from NY, had this to say, "The unfortunate situation in Virginia could have been avoided if congressional leaders stood up to the gun lobby." No time wasted, but then again can we expect anything less from these people? I will not join in the exploitation of this terrible incident, instead I wish to express my condolences to the families of those 32 students, as well as the student body of Virginia Tech. Our hearts and prayers are with them.

Thank You Jason Whitlock!

I am not a huge fan of Jason Whitlock, I often find myself disagreeing with him...but not this time. He has written a great article explaining why he thinks Don Imus isn't the problem. Check it out.
By the way, I am going to be taking another weeklong hiatus...be back soon.

How 'bout them Mets?

Gotta love the 'Mazin's! Whooped up on the loudmouth crew from the city of "brotherly shove". I love to see guys like Jimmy Rollins get shown up, when they talk trash and their team doesn't back it up. I have to give Rollins his due though he had a great game 3 against Tom Glavine, but it wasn't enough to win the series. Anyway, the Phillies are now 2-7 while the Mets are 6-3 and sit atop ESPN's power rankings.

Time to weigh in.

Whoaa. Sorry, it has been a couple of weeks since my last post, there has been a lot going on in our crazy world. Hardly know where to start. Imus, Duke lacrosse, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, Michelle Malkin covering for Bill O'Reilly against a couple of racist jerks...so many choices...
I have to say that Don Imus' radio show is a snapshot of what is wrong with our culture. Imus, Howard Stern, Opie & Anthony, etc., are proof that our society is morally bankrupt. What Imus said is deplorable, but c'mon folks, the man has said much worse almost every day for his entire career. Does Rosie O'Donell get fired when she says fundamentalist Christians are as dangerous as fanatical Muslims? Does Al Sharpton lose his radio show when he spews his racist vitriol (lest we forget Tawana Brawley, the Crown Heights Riot, the Freddy's Fashion Mart Riot, and more recently the Duke case)? Does Bill Maher lose his job when he suggests that we would be better off if someone assassinated VP Cheney? Does Chris Rock lose his sponsors when he rants and raves his racist and deplorable "comedy"? How about the host of Rap(and rock) stars whose songs are rife with violence and profanity about and against women? The left in America (which Imus is generally a part of) is immersed in inconsistencies. It proves what I have believed for a long time, liberals are racist and they hate people who make a lot of money (except for themselves and their friends). Pat Buchanan has a great article that concisely cuts to the heart of the matter at World Net Daily.
Very interesting article from Terry Moran at ABC News. Maybe it's more telling than it is interesting...actually, maybe it's kind of scary. Does this sound like something from Karl Marx or Friedrich Engels to anyone else? Class warfare talk scares the crap out of me. Most fair minded people can see that the reporters who work at the major news agencies have a bias one way or the other(including the folks at Fox News), but Terry Moran is completely transparent in this article.
I have heard some people on the talk radio circuit and on TV calling for apologies from the, oh so reputable, Right Reverends. Sharpton and Jackson should apologize, but seeing how Sharpton never apologized for the Tawana Brawley escapade that he created, should we really consider that he might apologize for their hate filled racist speeches about the Duke boys? These two (Sharpton and Jackson) have about as much respectability and believability, as a pair of mafia godfathers (and their means of exerting their power are fairly similar). Not that these guys from Duke aren't slimy...they most certainly are...but no one deserves being charged with rape and being convicted in the media for crimes that their is no evidence they committed. (In fact the people of Durham should fire Mike Nifong, and bring Imus down for a job interview.)
Noticed that Michelle Malkin covered for Bill O'Reilly this week and she had some incredibly stupid guests. You need to read this post. While you might not have known it, the vile speech in rap music can be blamed on our "Founding Fathers". In this same blog you read about how Michelle was also called a prostitute by her second guest, the evil Malik Shabazz, leader of the "New Black Panther Party". I love how liberal minorities love to hate on us conservative minorities, because they consider us "sell outs". Why is that just because we have a different political ideology (generally driven by a Judeo-Christian ethic) that we are sellouts and lapdogs of the "white" majority? Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, Michael Steele, JC Watts, etc. If you happen to be a conservative minority you are not being faithful to yourself...it is a lie perpetrated on us by the liberal media and the vociferous leadership of a racist, militant minority. In general African Americans are not racist, at the same time they are allowing some evil men like Malik Shabazz, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson to speak for them.
Being attacked by racism and class warfare from within, and fascist terrorism from without...we are under some intense fire today. We need to fight back. Racism is not okay. Trying to get your way by turning people against each other because of how much money they make, is not okay. We need to tell our politicians and leaders that we are not going to allow them to force us to hate each other.

The John Doe Movement

You have to check out Michelle Malkin's blog today...specifically the post about the John Doe Manifesto. Also check out the cool video montage. It is 100% on the mark, if we wish to live in a safer America it is up to us. We don't want the government cracking down on us, we should be the ones defending our homes. Our soldiers are doing their best to keep us safe here by fighting the terrorists in their territory, why shouldn't we step up and protect ourselves. The John Doe movement is not about being racist or hateful, it is about paying attention and not shying away from needed confrontation. If you like the button in the picture, check it out here. The next segment is all taken from the indomitable Michelle Malkin's blog.

"Earlier this month, six publicity-seeking imams filed a federal lawsuit against US Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Muslim clerics were removed from their flight last November and questioned for several hours after their suspicious behavior alarmed both passengers and crew members. Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten reported last week that the imams, advised by the grievance-mongers at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, also plan to sue "John Does" — innocent bystanders who alerted the authorities about their security concerns. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., has introduced legislation to protect John Does who report suspicious behavior from legal liability. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; talk show host Michael Reagan; Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, who heads the American Islamic Forum for Democracy; and Minnesota lawyer Gerry Nolting have all stepped forward to offer free representation to the imams' targets.

Dear Muslim Terrorist Plotter/Planner/Funder/Enabler/Apologist,

You do not know me. But I am on the lookout for you. You are my enemy. And I am yours.
I am John Doe.
I am traveling on your plane. I am riding on your train. I am at your bus stop. I am on your street. I am in your subway car. I am on your lift.
I am your neighbor. I am your customer. I am your classmate. I am your boss.
I am John Doe.
I will never forget the example of the passengers of American Airlines Flight 93 who refused to sit back on 9/11 and let themselves be murdered in the name of Islam without a fight.
I will never forget the passengers and crew members who tackled al Qaeda shoe-bomber Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63 before he had a chance to blow up the plane over the Atlantic Ocean.
I will never forget the alertness of actor James Woods, who notified a stewardess that several Arab men sitting in his first-class cabin on an August 2001 flight were behaving strangely. The men turned out to be 9/11 hijackers on a test run.
I will act when homeland security officials ask me to “report suspicious activity.”
I will embrace my local police department’s admonition: “If you see something, say something.”
I am John Doe.
I will protest your Jew-hating, America-bashing “scholars.”
I will petition against your hate-mongering mosque leaders.
I will raise my voice against your subjugation of women and religious minorities.
I will challenge your attempts to indoctrinate my children in our schools.
I will combat your violent propaganda on the Internet.
I am John Doe.
I will support law enforcement initiatives to spy on your operatives, cut off your funding, and disrupt your murderous conspiracies.
I will oppose all attempts to undermine our borders and immigration laws.
I will resist the imposition of sharia principles and sharia law in my taxi cab, my restaurant, my community pool, the halls of Congress, our national monuments, the radio and television airwaves, and all public spaces.
I will not be censored in the name of tolerance.
I will not be cowed by your Beltway lobbying groups in moderate clothing. I will not cringe when you shriek about “profiling” or “Islamophobia.”
I will put my family’s safety above sensitivity. I will put my country above multiculturalism.
I will not submit to your will. I will not be intimidated.
I am John Doe."

Michelle Malkin has a sharp plume. We have to be willing to stand up and fight, don't let political correctness kill us. Fight Back!

A Hero for our time.

In an age when we are severly lacking of true heroes to look up to, one has been given to us. Lance Cpl. Jeremy Staat, a former defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams is just the kind of athletic star we should be telling our children to look up to. Not the drug smoking, wife beating, strip club attending thugs that they look up to now. Here is a little of what he had to say recently:
"The way I look at it, we're spreading freedom, and you have to support the troops and you have to support the war," Staat, 29, told KITV in Honolulu on Tuesday as he prepared to leave from Hawaii. "You can't just tell some Marine who just lost his buddy that we supported you but not the war, because in that case you're basically saying that Marine, his buddy, just died for nothing. We're one team."

More Violence from the Peaceniks!

It is the third time in two years that this army recruitment office in Milwaukee has had to replace their storefront windows. The police report also mentioned human excretement smeared on the office front. Pat Grobschmidt, public affairs officer for Army recruiting in Milwaukee, said "Soldiers defend the right of all Americans to peacefully express their point of their view. We're dismayed that their actions are anything but peaceful."
Why is anyone still suprised? American Liberals (including Democrats) have been working their hardest since the invasion of Iraq, to turn this war into another Vietnam. They compare the two conflicts constantly...there is no comparison except that the anti-war movement is just as deplorable, immoral, hateful, vengeful, spiteful, and just plain evil as they were back then. Soldiers coming home from Vietnam were forced to face the foulest of evils on their return from the battlefield...Americans spitting at them, cursing them, even beating them (like what happened in Canada two weeks ago).
We lost more than 57,000 American soldiers in Vietnam and did not free them from Communist control. In the last 5 years we have lost just over 3,000 soldiers and we have freed two countries from the clutches of violent dictatorships/oligarchies. Forget that this is a completely different conflict, forget that we have been much more successful in Iraq and Afghanistan, the worst part is that the left wants this to be a loss. Liberal America BEGS for our defeat, they are praying to the god of secular humanism that we bring our soldiers home with our collective tail between our legs. They would rather lose this war, allow millions of innocent people to be ruled by harsh and violent facists then to have us win and free these people from these facists...because then the Republicans would lose. This is the most damnable part of the whole thing, they just hate Republicans...

UPDATE: HATEMONGERS

More Proof that the Liberal side in America is the real faction of HATE and VIOLENCE. How about these great pictures from an anti-war rally in Portland, OR. I'm sorry the site calls it a PEACE rally...these people make me want to vomit. In case you can't tell, the picture's above are of an American soldier being burned in effigy and the flag being burned. The pictures below are from Republican Congressman Mike Rogers office. This is the United States folks!! If you disagree with the left-winger's you get attacked, but they say we are the one's that limit the right to free speech!?!

Teach It!

A Biology teacher in Oregon was fired for referencing the Bible in his class. Not for teaching creationism but for "referencing" the Bible. The school board fired him for "for deviating from the curriculum on the theory of evolution". Here is some of what he said in the article at CNN.com:
"Helphinstine, 27, said in a phone interview with The Bulletin newspaper of Bend that he included the supplemental material to teach students about bias in sources, and his only agenda was to teach critical thinking.
"Critical thinking is vital to scientific inquiry," said Helphinstine, who has a master's degree in science from Oregon State. "My whole purpose was to give accurate information and to get them thinking."
Helphinstine said he did not teach the idea that God created the world. "I never taught creationism," he said. "I know what it is, and I went out of my way not to teach it.""
One parent complained that his daughter had been confused by the supplemental material. Oh NO!!! His child was confused by her schoolwork!! I have never seen that happen before...
Millions of American Christians with children in the Public School system are forced to hear the secular humanists worldview and creation mythology, one teacher happens to add the other side to his teaching and he gets fired. Of course, makes perfect sense.

New Strategy?

It seems like the new fad for suicide bombers may include children. It is too soon to say whether or not this is an isolated incident, but don't doubt that these "animals" will go to any extreme (extremists?) to try and prove a point. Yet for some reason we still here the same heart-felt sentiment going out to these insurgents, "It's not their fault, we shouldn't be over there in the first place." Would Muhammad approve of using children as suicide bombers?
The American public must come to realize that these jihadists will stop at nothing to hurt us. They've attacked us once before and who is to say they would not attack us again. We cannot be naive, and knowing that the insurgents have pushed their attacks to the absolute limit, is a little scary. I never understood why they killed their OWN people in the first place, but now I am completely at a loss for words. Children? May God have mercy on their souls.

"The Greatest Game"

I haven't gotten to talk about it much but with only 12 days to go, I am sitting on pins and needles. You may find out in the next few months that I absolutely LOVE baseball and the New York Mets ...I know, I know...I seem smarter than that. I have had my heart broken more than a few times since the 1986 World Series, but I cannot get away from them. In 12 days the greatest league of the greatest sport that is played on this world will begin, the New York Mets will seek a little revenge from the St. Louis Cardinals for the NLCS last year. If you would like to check out a really good new baseball book, check out this site. The book is called "The Soul of Baseball" and it's written by Joe Posnanski. Very interesting book about Negro League star Buck O'Neil, who by the way, should be a Hall of Famer.

This is America today...

Are you down for the struggle? These are not isolated incidents...when will we stand up to these hateful poeple who would see us all destroyed. I am not talking about fanatical Muslims!!! I am talking about left-wing Castro-Chavez-Ortega fanatics, who live right here in the United States! Who will stand up to stop them? Anyone...Anyone?

George Stephanopoulos

I watched George Stephanopoulos today with Charles Gibson talking about how the Bush administration is in trouble with the firing of theses US Attorneys...this plain ticks me off. In 1993 why was Stephanopoulos okay with Clinton firing all of the Attorneys, yet now that a Republican President fires 8, there is a problem. I haven't heard one politician talking about how two of the fired Attorneys from '93 were pursuing illegal activity by President Clinton and his friends but yet they get mad that President Bush fires these 8 lawyers without cause? Look it up... at Rush Limbaughs website, or check out this article from Wall Streets Journal's Opinion Journal.
Somebody, somewhere has get to start paying attention, or we are all in some serious trouble.

I find it funny...

Those crazy Dems are at it again. This time the "problem" is so flimsy you can see right through it. They have been railing against the President and the Attorney General all day for firing eight (of 93)US attorneys...no one said a single word when then President Clinton fired ALL of the US Attorneys. AMAZING. In a political climate where every word, and action of any Conservative politician is scrutinized as a possibly inflamatory and politically motivated act...why does the Mainstream Media let this go? (As if you really need me to answer that for you)...

The picture is from Michelle Malkin's awesome website.

Amazing Grace

I wanted to leave a quick note today about a movie the wife and I were able to catch last night. "Amazing Grace" starring Ioan Gruffudd ( I had never heard of him either but I had seen him on tv), and Albert Finney, was truly magnificent. It is the amazing story of the life (specifically his battle against the slave trade) of WIlliam Wilberforce. I have to admit that I was talked into attending by my wife...but once I got the background I was intrigued. If you have not seen it, do yourself a favor and make sure you do. It is well worth the time (about 2 hours) and the money.

Duh McCain...

Great idea smart guy, go announce your candidacy on a show where almost no one who would care about you is watching. When will the Republican politicians stop messing themselves over by leaning left? Letterman's ratings are terrible, and his main audience HATES Republicans! Mr. McCain, wake up, please...
In other news, a CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) straw poll showed that Mitt Romney MIGHT (but probably not) just garner the most support from the conservative wing of the Republican Party.

An Inconvenient Truth about "An Inconvenient Truth"?

Check this out. Check this one out too. I love seeing rational responses to irrational ideas. Surf the net for a little bit and you'll find a plethora of information showing that global climate change is probably NOT our fault.

Alan Colmes mad at Anne Coulter...

But is he mad at Bill Maher for his recent statements about Ariana Huffington's reckless blog)? Check out what the great liberal prophet himself had to say about the recent attempt on the life of Vice President Cheney (Maher's comments). What I love is the notion that liberals are loving, kind, considerate, generous...and that conservatives are the converse. Huffington being forced to remove all of the posts from her blog should be enough to dispel the notion of liberal "kindness". Just this past week Alan Colmes railed against Anne Coulter for using a derogatory term when referencing John Edwards (and he should have, her comments were absurd), but where was his angst against these liberal hate-mongers? There is a double standard here, and why am I not suprised that the mainstream media has not picked up on it? Liberals are okay with the murder of our Vice President but they get all riled up when "forceful" measures are used against terrorists who have been detained after fighting against us. That makes total sense...

Fight anti-semitism...

I know we don't live in a perfect world and there are going to be disagreements and problems. I just cannot understand how the war on Islama-fascist terrorist organizations is something we disagree on. I am okay with people who disagree with the Iraq war (though no one will ever convince me that what we did was not a Good thing), but are we not in danger from a radical form of Islam that tells its adherents that they either must convert us or kill us?
I am okay with people who don't like President Bush, or Republicans...because I am not a huge fan of them or the democrats either.
But how can anyone look at Iran, or Palestine, or Syria and not be worried? Let us look at the Palestinians for example. No doubt they have a troubling history with persecution from all sides(The Palestinians have been slaughtered by other Muslims as well, do not forget Black September), but in recent times they have been offered peace and their own nation but have rejected it out of hand because the Palestinian leadership believes that Israel has no right to exist and desires to push Israel into the Mediterranean.
Or Iran whose leaders continue with their violent rhetoric daily, even though time and again American leaders have promised they have no plans to attack Iran. "Iran vowed Thursday the Islamic republic would hit back at U.S. interests worldwide if attacked. The comments by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came the same day that another top official, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Javad Zarif, warned in a column in The New York Times that efforts to isolate Iran would simply backfire on the United States, increasing sectarian tensions in the volatile Middle East, including Iraq."
I am not a big fan of the laws in Europe that prosecute Holocaust deniers ( I think its an example of European PC Socialist oppresion) but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ridiculous, his hate for Israel is so great that he is now calling for "PROOF" that there was a holocaust. Holocaust denial in general probably isn't too dangerous considering the plethora of evidence just lying about for you to study...but in the hands of racist Muslims it could be very dangerous. Israel has twice defended its territory from invading Arab/Muslim forces in recent history, the next attack however, could be the last. If Iran is able to upgrade to nuclear technology what would keep a government who thinks they can usher the "return" of god back with a worldwide war against infidels from using that technology?
Make no mistake folks, the leaders of Iran are seeking to hasten the return of god by destroying Israel and us non-Jewish infidels. Wake up...

Can we agree on this?