The Christmas Truce

Here's one of those stories I'd never heard before either ...

It was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternized with "the enemy" along two-thirds of the Western Front (a crime punishable by death in times of war). German troops held Christmas trees up out of the trenches with signs, "Merry Christmas."
 

"You no shoot, we no shoot." Thousands of troops streamed across a no-man's land strewn with rotting corpses. They sang Christmas carols, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home, shared rations, played football, even roasted some pigs. Soldiers embraced men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if the top brass forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high...

Read the rest of the story here.

Enough...

“Enough, Enough, Enough”: 3-Year-Old Catholic Confronts Islamic Terrorists as His Parents Lay Dead

Click here to read story.

Obamacare; not for Granny

Back in 2008 I told my 80 year old mother not to vote for Obama specifically because he wanted socialized medicine that would include "End of Life Care" that would turn into "End your life because you're old and thus not worth the money care" but she wouldn't listen.

Next month she'll be 83 and while she's in good health for now, I don't think she still understands that her choice for president in '08 may rob her of the choice to live in the next few years should her health decline.

Sarah Palin pointed out the coming death panels and was demonized, and called "crazy" for thinking such a thing was even remotely possible.

Well back in September of 2009, "We're All Socialists Now" Newsweek confirmed Palin's position.

Now they're quite comfortable with it, so comfortable in fact that one of Obama's favorite liberal mouthpieces, Paul Krugman, has called for the Death Panels to balance the budget.

Further reading: Liberals Love Death Panels

Just a reminder

Alyssa will be going into surgery today so get those prayers out!

UPDATE: Heard from Alyssa's dad ... he said the following:

We just got home from the hospital. They cancelled her surgery today due to her vomiting all day and having a pain in her groing area. they are wanting us to keep an eye out to make sure its not apendacitis now. im taking it as a sign from God that the surgery was to be postponed, our stress is also postponed. we will find out tomorrow when they want to reschedule it after the holiday. Thank every one of you for your prayer and thoughts. Now im going to getr some much needed sleep.

Myth Fact or Fiction? Conservatives do not care about the poor.

If you listen to the liberal media, Americans especially conservative Americans are mean people that hate the poor. So we need a large benevolent government to forcibly take from the rich to take care of the poor. Here is an article that shows just how wrong that is.

John Stossel; Who give to charity?

Prayer request

A friend of a friend of a friend of mine has a 3 year old daughter (named Alyssa) who will be going in for surgery on her kidney on December 15th.

From Alyssa's Dad:

Long story short its swelling and not draining properly into her bladder. Although its not a big surgery any surgery for a toddler is big and scary as hell for her mom and myself.

So prayers for Alyssa and her family would be appreciated.

The Pledge of Allegiance - What it means

Some of you may not remember Red Skelton. That is not important, what he had to say about the pledge is.

Is History Repeating Itself?

Before leaving Facebook I got into an argument with a friend of a friend over the healthcare bill. I was explaining the the new healthcare bill was not going to be free and would require massive tax increase. Her response was that taxes are always good because they raise money for the greater good. She cited the Roman Empire as a great example of a society made "great" because they levied taxes. Without taxes roads do not get paved, schools do not get built, etc.

This has been in the back of my mind since then so I decided to do some research on the Roman Empire. I came across the following article about the fall of the Roman Empire and was shocked to see the parallels between ancient Roman and modern America.

How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome.

It is rather long but is worth the read.

Here's the last paragraph of it to give you an idea what we're in for.

In conclusion, the fall of Rome was fundamentally due to economic deterioration resulting from excessive taxation, inflation, and over-regulation. Higher and higher taxes failed to raise additional revenues because wealthier taxpayers could evade such taxes while the middle class--and its taxpaying capacity--were exterminated. Although the final demise of the Roman Empire in the West (its Eastern half continued on as the Byzantine Empire) was an event of great historical importance, for most Romans it was a relief.

The Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.

Remember this when you vote.

Freedom of Religion

Today's story about the attack on a church in Iraq got me to thinking. Here in the United States we have a constitutional guaranteed right of freedom of religion. But what about Christians in Muslim Countries?

Read this.

Negative Campaigns

It doesn't excuse the behavior going on right now, but it does put it in perspective.

 

3 billion and counting

3 billion and counting | CFACT



Three billion humans dead so far from malaria … and counting. And green ideologues work tirelessly to ensure that the callous, needless global death toll continues to rise.


Find out more about the film here http://www.3billionandcounting.com/

A brief respite from the politics

Kitty likes the boxing (maybe he has money on the bout).

The "Bush" Recession

We often look at whomever is in the White House and assume that is who is in charge of the country.

Presidents get blame and credit for the ups and downs in the economy and frankly its not Presidents that drive the governmental impact on the economy its The Congress.

Congress holds the purse strings. Laws and regulations originate in the Congress. If government is going to help or harm the economy, this help or harm will most often start out in the form of a bill drafted in some subcommittee in Congress.


With that in mind I present the following chart.

Another "Big Lie"; Timothy McVeigh = CHRISTIAN Terrorist

A "Big Lie" is a lie so large and told so often that nobody challenges it and it is eventually accepted as the truth. A concept first laid out by Adolph Hitler in Mein Kampf.

The left engages in lots of "Big Lies" and a lot of smaller "Big Lies".


One such lie is brought up when leftists and progressives go way out of their way to defend Islam by pointing out Timothy McVeigh as a "Christian Terrorist" (the thinking being that if Christians are also terrorists than Islamic terrorism doesn't count ... or something like that ... left-think is difficult to understand sometimes as its usually not actually thought).

McVeigh was NOT a "Christian Terrorist" because he was by his own words NOT A CHRISTIAN.

From Wikipedia

McVeigh wrote a letter to the Buffalo News claiming to be an agnostic and told the authors of American Terrorist that he did not believe in Hell.

McVeigh once said that he believed the universe was guided by natural law, energized by some universal higher power that showed each person right from wrong if they paid attention to what was going on inside them. He had also said, "Science is my religion."

McVeigh was a misguided fool who's motivation for his attack on the Murrah Federal Building in OKC was 100% purely political (a response to the deaths of the Branch Davidians in Waco TX and Randy Wiever's wife and son in Idaho at the hands of Federal Agents).

Andrew Klavan is my hero (again).

Environmentalists REALLY DO want to kill you.

What follows is a series of PSAs put out by an environmentalist organization called 10:10 Global.

Their goal is to get everyone in the world to reduce their carbon emissions by 10%, starting in 2010. Sounds harmless enough (even though Carbon Dioxide isn't a pollutant ... but that's an argument for another post).

What the PSAs demonstrate is the absolute hate for anyone that disagrees with them. When I or another conservative refers to these people as "environazis" or "envirofascists" you can see that we're not engaging in hyperbole. No these people really and truly want to be able to kill people that merely disagree with them.

WARNING: Video not for the squeamish (lotsa blood).


It is my understanding that one or more of these PSAs actually ran on British television and were removed after public outcry (but I have not confirmed this).

EDIT: Apparently the videos were run on their web site, not TV (thank God). They have taken them down with this lame "We're sorry" post (as in we're sorry we showed you our hearts).

Blog News - Open Commenting

We've decided to open up commenting to the world.

So now you don't need to be a member to post a comment, or if you are a member but feeling lazy you don't need to log in (you will still need to be a member to originate posts. Membership is by invitation so if you haven't been invited and you know us IRL, shoot Cheryl or I an email)

Comments will still be moderated and the following will not be tolerated:
(you know, being conservative we're all intolerant and stuff :p )

• Foul language
• Argumentum ad hominem
• Rudeness
• Way off topic comments
• Trolling
• Spam

Offending comments will just not show up ... we're not going to argue about it, we're not going to debate these comments in private email. What constitutes an offending post is completely up to my biased and subjective opinion. So :p

Note that the First Amendment only applies to laws that may be passed by Congress, this blog is private property. You don't stir the stuff in our blog because we don't call you names in your living room. Its not about "rights" its about manners.

Thanks,
The Staff of The Iron Lady.

Black Slave History - The Islamic element.

We've been taught for years now that slavery in America was an evil perpetuated solely by whites. The truth is that the slave trade is an invention of Arab Muslims (and continues to be run by Arab Muslims to this day).




Slavery has been with mankind since there were more than two of us walking the earth. It was western Christian culture that ended it for the first time in millenia.

Tough Like Chuck Norris

A little humor for your Labor Day, Comrades!

Give 'em Hell

This wonderful women knows her side of the issues very well and just slams the opposition. They of course when confronted with a true debate of the facts just walk away.

The pernicious nature of those that love nature (and think man doesn't belong)

You can read the Manifesto of James Lee here (the guy that took over the Discovery Channel's building with a handgun and bombs).

Its an interesting albeit disturbing read but one must understand that while he phrases his position rather harshly and in somewhat kooky language, his beliefs are the same as much of the mainstream environmentalist movement.

Humanity is a cancer on the earth and its the place of government to force us to stop breeding (to start with) and eventually start eliminating "undesirable" humans (which unless you're a part of the environmentalist power structure like Al Gore, that means YOU).

3 Things about Islam

Most of us in the west really do not understand Islam, its beliefs, its motives nor its goals. This lack of understanding is the primary reason so many on the left champion the cause of Islam over the cause of The West (for them its simply a tool for use in critical theory of Marxism ... a simple bludgeon to use against Western Capitalism ... and their defense of Islam is the short sighted "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" thinking).

The following video gives three basic truths about Islam that I believe every westerner needs to know before confronting so-called "radical" Islam.



For more study, I highly recommend reading through Robert Spencer's Qur'an Commentary (you have to scroll to the bottom and read the articles from the bottom up).

Ronald Reagan ... a man before his time

Calvin Coolidge

Glenn Beck has been doing several shows lately on "Restoring History". He's been covering bits of history that have been removed for the most part from our schools ... important pieces of history for those that love America.

On Friday he did a great show on Calvin Coolidge, a president I knew very little about (which is sad since I lived a large chunk of my life in a house on Coolidge Street in Wichita Kansas).

You can watch the show here:

Restoring History: Calvin Coolidge Still Matters
Glenn Beck Show- August 13, 2010
Tonight, we continue the Restoring History series with the President that progressives NEED you to forget about-Calvin Coolidge. Ronald Reagan's favorite President, Coolidge drastically reduced the size of government and thwarted a depression in the early 20's that was bigger and deeper than the Great Depression that began in 1929. The country was in bad shape when he took office..but when he left, we were in the Roaring Twenties. Coolidge was probably one of the best Presidents we've ever had. So, just what was his secret? Find out tonight.



On a side note, I'm glad I stumbled across this web site as Glenn's show comes on either while I'm at work or late at night and I don't have a DVR.

U.S. Constitution - Final Installment

Article VII
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth
In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,
George Washington--President and deputy from Virginia
New Hampshire: John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts: Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King
Connecticut: William Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman
New York: Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey: William Livingston, David Brearly, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton
Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas FitzSimons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris
Delaware: George Read, Gunning Bedford, Jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom
Maryland: James McHenry, Daniel of Saint Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll
Virginia: John Blair, James Madison, Jr.
North Carolina: William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson
South Carolina: John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler
Georgia: William Few, Abraham Baldwin

Black Tea Party vs. the leftist "mainstream" media

It weighs in at about 10 minutes but its well worth the watch.

Bible Verse

Bible Verse For When You Deal With Liberals...or Not

Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 23:9

U.S. Constitution - 16th Installment

Article VI

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwith-standing.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

I don't care who you are, this is funny.

U.S. Constitution - 15th Installment

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

Communism Killed Almost 150 Million People...

Something that has particularly bothered me lately is how fashionable communism has become. While on Facebook I remember seeing a quiz result. The quiz was about "what are your political beliefs?" This female friend's results were, "you are so liberal you could live in Stalin's backyard." She left this for everyone to see. Why would you be proud of this, and want a mass murderer on your Facebook page? Does she not know? Or does she not care? Both of which scare the hell out of me.

So next time you hear someone tell you they think Che Guevara, Mao and Stalin are harmless or cool here are some alarming statics to quote them.

Here is a link to a tally of the almost 150 million killed by Communism.

Don't cry over spilt ...er...BEER.

source cnbc.com

If the Gulf of Mexico - the 7th largest body of water in the world, containing approximately 660 quadrillion gallons of water (that's 660 with 15 zeros) - was represented by Cowboys Stadium in Dallas - the largest domed stadium in the world - how would the spill stack up?

In this example, the amount of oil spilled - if the Gulf of Mexico was the size of Cowboys Stadium - would be about the size of a 24 ounce can of beer.

Cowboys stadium has an internal volume of approximately 104 million cubic feet, compared to the just over 50 cubic inches of volume in a 24-ounce can.

Just like the can, the spilled oil represents only .00000002788% of the liquid volume present in the Gulf of Mexico, although as the oil is dispersed, the amount of water affected becomes substantially greater.

Image: Paul Alvord for CNBC.com

Obama Bumper Sticker Removal Kit

We truly are the greatest culture in human history.

source (i can has cheezburger)

 

 Kiki and US Marine Brian Chambers

Kittehs Kiki and Keykey have found a home in the midst of war. And it’s all thanks to three US Marines, Brian Chambers, Chris Berry and Aaron Shaw. They started a mission called Nowzad to help find homes for stray cats and dogs, including Kiki and Keykey, that they find while serving in Afghanistan. After finding Keykey injured by a c-wire, Berry took care of his wounds and nursed him back to health and the two of them have been best friends every since.

And now Keykey is living with Berry’s parents in Michigan while Kiki is living with Chambers’ parents in Texas and both are enjoying their new loving homes! Those Marines are definitely heroes in our book.

Kiki dreaming of cheezburgers

More pics at original source Unique Scoop

Obamacare Covers Abortion in Pennsylvania — and in New Mexico, Too

He promised the American public and he signed an executive order to prevent federal dollars from being used for abortions and then turns right around and uses federal dollars for abortions.

How many times does Obama have to flatly LIE to the American people before they wake up and realize what he is?

The Corner - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Obamacare Covers Abortion in Pennsylvania — and in New Mexico, Too [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Yesterday, we visited the Pennsylvania high-risk health-care insurance program and its abortion funding.

In New Mexico, the new $37 million high-risk pool began enrolling individuals on July 1. They will start receiving benefits in August, including elective-abortion services, according to the state insurance department's website. Once a deductible is paid, 80 percent of the elective abortion is covered.

Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee tells me: "HHS has been hiding most of these high-risk plans, including the plan that HHS will administer directly in 21 states. Of the four state plans we've managed to ferret out, two provided coverage of all essentially all abortions — Pennsylvania and New Mexico. This is part of a pattern, under this administration, of making 'soft' rhetorical statements on abortion policy, but consistently promoting and expanding abortion through low-visibility administrative decisions. The administration's heavy funding of groups pushing a proposed new pro-abortion constitution in Kenya is another example."

(The Kenya campaign can be read about here and here.)

In a statement to The Corner, House minority leader John Boehner, who has continued to press the administration on the continuing story of Obamacare's abortion lies, says: "In just the past 24 hours, we've learned of two states in which the new federal high-riskinsurance programs created under Obamacare and approved by the Obama administration will use federal funds to pay for abortion, despite promises by the White House and Democratic leaders that no such funding would occur under Obamacare. These developments provide stark confirmation that President Obama's executive order last spring was little more than a political ploy to ensure passage of Obamacare by circumventing the will of the American people, who are clearly opposed to taxpayer-funded abortion."

Boehner adds: "President Obama and Secretary Sebelius owe the American people an immediate explanation, as do Speaker Pelosi and the leaders of organizations such as the Catholic Health Association and NETWORK, who claimed the law and executive order would not allow federal funding of abortion, despite warnings by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and others to the contrary."

The Obama administration lied, and members of Congress who claim to be pro-life went along with the sham. There should, indeed, be electoral consequences.

Tea Party Racism is TOTAL LIE.

Read the story on Big Government here: Think Progress Caught Using Liberal-Manufactured Signs From ‘Crash the Tea Party’ as Evidence of Tea Party Racism

Quote on Socialism

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it."

Cat Zombies could be anywhere!

Founding Father Quote

John Hancock

1st Signer of the Declaration of Independence

"Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us."
--History of the United States of America, Vol. II, p. 229.

U.S. Constitution - 14th Installment

Article IV

Section 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records, and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Section 2. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

Debating Liberals

Logical Fallacies

by acmaurerco

I’ve been wanting to write about how the left’s arguments are full of logical fallacies for some time. I remember learning debate in speech class and there was a list of some half-dozen or so common logic fallacies commonly used in debate. I couldn’t quite remember what they all were, so I looked up the term “logical fallacies” and I was quite surprised at just how many there are. A really good, concise site is Logical Fallacies and of course Wikipedia has a list of fallacies as well. I used these sites as reference for what follows.

Overwhelmed by the sheer number of fallacies, I thought I’d present just a few common ones. I recommend going to those sites for more types and examples. Remember, the majority of politicians these days are lawyers and lawyers are taught to debate. They may commit any number of logical fallacies and if the opponent in the debate does not point it out, it stands. As Logical Fallacies points out:

Fallacious reasoning keeps us from knowing the truth, and the inability to think critically makes us vulnerable to manipulation by those skilled in the art of rhetoric.

We can lay aside the more formal deductive reasoning errors for the more interesting informal fallacies because we hear a lot of that in political discourse. There are three general types: fallacies of relevance, ambiguity, and presumption. I’ll give some examples of relevance.

One common fallacy of relevance is the ad hominum attack: attacking the person instead of the argument. The perfect example of this is the left attacking Sarah Palin personally because rather than her beliefs. Alinsky takes this further in advocating making fun of someone so that nothing that person says will be believed. They also try this with Glenn Beck and with the Tea Party movement in general. Once you know the game, it’s over: the more they attack someone, the more right that person must be.

Another is the bandwagon fallacy. The mere fact that an idea (or person) suddenly attracts adherents is given as a reason for us to join in with the trend and become adherents of the idea ourselves. Barack Obama’s cult of personality worked in this way. Fueled by social networking tools such as Facebook, it became “cool” to support him. Why? Because your friends did. His real persona and past were–and are–carefully hidden. But as he began to have a track record in public office, his popularity dropped faster than any previous president.

There are many irrelevant appeals as well. An appeal to authority is an argument from the fact that a person judged to be an authority affirms a proposition to the claim that the proposition is true. Since we assume our presidents to be truthful, we expect that when Barack Obama says that the Statue of Liberty was purchased by Americans donating small amounts of money, we assume it to be true. We would be wrong.

An appeal to fear is a specific type of appeal to emotion–an irrelevant appeal sometimes classed as a red herring. This is as much a debating tactic to distract the opponent (or the listener) as it is a fallacy of logic. In the appeal to fear, an argument is made by increasing fear and prejudice towards the opposing side. Examples of this include the classic Democrat strategy of telling the elderly that if they vote for Republicans, they will lose their Social Security or telling legal immigrants that they will be deported if the Republicans win. The left is masterful at playing on emotions. Conservatives are not exempt from this tactic either.

How do you avoid falling into logical traps? It can be challenging. Read, study, listen carefully. Look for the traps and apply what you know to be true. With a good internal moral compass you cannot be led astray.

U.S. Constitution - Thirteenth Installment

Article III

Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State;--between Citizens of different States;--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

You Are Being Lied To-Know Your History

The First-ever Republican State Convention

By Michael Zak

In 1854, the Democrats in control of the 33rd Congress were moving toward passage of their Kansas-Nebraska Act, allowing slavery to expand into the western territories. Championing the bill was Stephen Douglas, the senator who would be the Democratic Party’s 1860 presidential nominee. The Democrat President at the time, Franklin Pierce, said he would sign the bill into law. The Democratic Party had chosen to promote slavery.

Amid the intense reaction, a grassroots movement similar to today’s Tea Parties sprang up to oppose the extension of slavery. At town meetings and demonstrations, anti-slavery activists voiced their opposition to the “Slave-ocrats” and organized the Republican Party. A small gathering in Ripon, Wisconsin, on March 20, is credited with being the first to use the Republican label.

On July 6, 1854, the Republican Party held in Jackson, Michigan its first-ever state convention. So many people attended – over 10,000 – that the meeting was held outdoors, Under the Oaks.

Just four months later, one of the founders of the Michigan Republican Party, anti-slavery activist Kinsley Bingham, was elected our nation’s first Republican governor. And, another of the original Michigan Republicans, Zachariah Chandler, became one of the first Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Senator Chandler, a former mayor of Detroit and leader of the Underground Railroad, went on to serve as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

“If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
Abraham Lincoln (R-IL), 1864

As the GOP struggles defend the nation from Barack Obama and the Democrat onslaught, the party should draw inspiration from its heroes. To quote Back to Basics for the Republican Party , “The more we Republican know about the history of our party, the more the Democrats will worry about the future of theirs.” See www.grandoldpartisan.com for more information.

Wow, NASA's job isn't space exploration...

 ... Its about relations with the Muslim World (maybe this proves that Islam was planted by aliens?)

source

NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.
Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA's orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.
"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering," Bolden said in the interview.
The NASA administrator was in the Middle East last month marking the one-year anniversary since Obama delivered an address to Muslim nations in Cairo. Bolden spoke in June at the American University in Cairo -- in his interview with Al Jazeera, he described space travel as an international collaboration of which Muslim nations must be a part.
"It is a matter of trying to reach out and get the best of all worlds, if you will, and there is much to be gained by drawing in the contributions that are possible from the Muslim (nations)," he said. He held up the International Space Station as a model, praising the contributions there from the Russians and the Chinese.
However, Bolden denied the suggestion that he was on a diplomatic mission -- in a distinctly non-diplomatic role.
"Not at all. It's not a diplomatic anything," he said.
He said the United States is not going to travel beyond low-Earth orbit on its own and that no country is going to make it to Mars without international help.
Bolden has faced criticism this year for overseeing the cancellation of the agency's Constellation program, which was building new rockets and spaceships capable of returning astronauts to the moon. Stressing the importance of international cooperation in future missions, Bolden told Al Jazeera that the moon, Mars and asteroids are still planned destinations for NASA.

There’s a Storm Brewing

I wish Lt Col Allen West could have been our first black president. :(

John Wayne "America - Why I Love Her"

Sorry this is a day late, but I just had to share anyway :)

Lets all do what we can to keep it free for future generations.

No Cheryl Posts for a Week

My mom is here visiting from June 30 to July 7th. So if you notice that there is no new posts from me, that is why. Will start back up on the 7th.

Shall Not Be Infringed!

McDonald vs. Chicago ruling came down today. For McDonald 5 to 4 (and thus incorporation of the 2nd Amendment via the 14th Amendment ... which basically means that state and local government are forced to abide by the 2nd Amendment, much like they must abide by the 1st, 4th, 5th, etc).

We've been waiting more than a century for this.

Its worth noting that the real reason for most gun control laws in the US was to keep newly freed blacks from owning guns they could use to defend themselves against white men in hoods. (good read on the Racist Roots of Gun Control here)

You can read the entire 214 page ruling here (PDF)


Lets hope some enterprising New Yorkers can take down the Sullivan Act next :)

U.S. Constitution - Twelveth Installment

Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Story of Stuff - The Critique

There is a leftist/environmentalist/marxist propaganda film worse than Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth being shown in American Schools called The Story of Stuff.

What follows in four parts is a critique and rebuttal of the lies, distortions and propaganda in The Story of Stuff.

If you have grade school children in public school (or even private) there is a good chance they have been shown this film (the non-critique version). Even if you buy the lie of global warming you should be offended by the lies and indoctrination masquerading as education in The Story of Stuff.

Try very hard not to allow blood to shoot out of your eyes while watching this.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Was "Another Idiot Democrat" is now "More Leftist Censorship on YouTube"

Well I was going to post this wonderful video of Milwaukee Wisconsin County Board of Supervisors member Peggy West defending her position against Arizona and in support of a boycott of Arizona saying that basically if it were Texas, or some other state that shared a border with Mexico that she wouldn't have a problem with them having strict immigration laws. But that since Arizona is no where near Mexico they shouldn't be writing immigration laws.



But as you can see, the leftists that run YouTube are hiding behind some sort of bogus claim that posting the video was a copyright violation and took the video down (they often take down conservative videos, or more to the point videos that embarrass liberals. Fair use be damned). We need a good alternative to YouTube.


Anyway, Mark Levin comes through with some audio (along with some entertaining pics).

More proof Red Eye is the greatest TV show ever

Great video about the capture of a couple of idiot jihidists.



Red Eye comes on at 1am here (mountain time) so its hard for us to watch regularly but for you folk with DVRs you should DVR it and enjoy the insanity of the best conservative version of a news/talk/comedy show out there.

35 Inconvenient Truths

The following article was written by Lord Christopher Monckton (former Science Advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) back in 2007 and points out 35 major errors in Al Gore's Oscar winning faux-documentary An Inconvenient Truth (which has become the basis for most of the Anthropogenic Global Warming Alarmist/hoaxist argument).

The data in this article helped convince a British judge to rule that Al Gore's movie (which was being shown in British schools) could no longer be shown without several of the errors being pointed out to the little school children. Of course the left is all upset (how DARE we point out to the intended victims of dishonest propaganda that the propaganda they're about to ingest is, well, dishonest).

Click here to go on to the article.

If you have an hour and a half to kill, Lord Monckton gave a tremendously good speech on the subject in St Paul Minnesota on October 14th of 2009. Click here to watch (really his delivery makes the hour and a half speech fly by).

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Quote

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

U.S. Constitution - Eleventh Installment

Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Debating Leftists is Like Debating Charles Manson

I for one have attempted to debate a liberal many times. It never goes well. I am sure most of you have watched a FaceBook debate with a conservative and a liberal and end up wondering "what the hell" when the liberal goes berserk. This should explain it, debate at your own risk.

Debating Leftists is Like Debating Charles Manson
Posted By Leigh Scott On October 12, 2009 @ 5:04 am In Entertainment, Featured Story, Politics

Keith Olbermann’s recent hour-long commentary was quite revealing. Like Michael Moore’s “capitalism hasn’t done anything for me” comment, the outpouring of support and sympathy for serial pedophile and admitted rapist Roman Polanski, and President Obama’s shenanigans at the U.N. and G-20, it drove home a simple, powerful point…

These people don’t know what they are talking about.

They do not know their kiesters from a hole in the ground. They are a few fries short of a happy meal and a few cards short of a full deck. Their phasers are permanently set on “clueless.”

Once you come to this realization, as many of us have, you are forced to approach their ideas and spokespeople from a position of reality. Not from some sanctimonious position of civility and “debate.”
For an actual debate, two things are needed. One, there must be a logical and factual distinction between two separate positions. Two, there must be equally matched participants, each one prepared and versed enough to intelligently present their side of the issue.

We don’t have that. We have one group of people who live in a fantasy world, full of twisted facts, backwards logic and wishful thinking. You can’t debate that. There is no factual, honest, or logical way to support their positions. It’s like arguing the best way to take a cross-country trip with a delusional Dungeons and Dragons geek. You want to reroute to avoid traffic on the I-10. He wants to “avoid the realm of the Bugbears.”

The other side of the “debate” isn’t operating in the same reality. They do not operate in reality at all.

Michael Moore has no business lecturing anybody or making any film about “capitalism” because he can’t even define the word. He doesn’t understand what capitalism is!

Moore grew up middle class in Flint, Michigan. He wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Under a Socialist system, the young Moore would never have been able to grow (and I mean really grow) into the ultra-rich toast of Hollywood who has a net worth in excess of $50 million. The jarring juxtaposition of the bloated, classless Moore, with his mustard stained T-shirt, Midwestern droll, and soiled baseball cap, noshing in swanky Manhattan eateries is a snapshot of Capitalism in action.

There should be no irony in Michael Moore making a film called “Capitalism: A Love Story.” Michael Moore should love Capitalism as much as he loves White Castle slyders.

Similarly, Olbermann’s diatribe was a brave stand against…death? You know, that inevitable thing that happens to all of us. Somehow, he managed to make the leap in logic that government-run health care is some sort of magical insulator protecting us from the Grim Reaper. It doesn’t make sense.

They stopped making sense awhile ago.

Imagine, if you will, a group of people who state that clouds are made of cotton candy. Children love cotton candy. In the sky, there is an unending supply of the sticky treat. To harvest the cotton candy, we must spend billions of taxpayer dollars to create machines that pluck the confection from the heavens. We must do this for the children.

“Ludicrous” states half of the population. Clearly, clouds are not made of cotton candy. In fact, we know exactly what clouds are made of. We also know the exact ingredients in cotton candy. The two are completely unrelated. Recipes and scientific data are presented to prove the case. To build a machine to collect non-existent cotton candy is a waste of money and resources.

The cotton candy cloud advocates respond. Anybody who claims that clouds are made of water vapor must want to hoard the cotton candy. They must benefit from the sales of cotton candy. Having free cotton candy would destroy their merciless pursuit of profits.

Oh, and obviously, they hate children and are probably racist.

This is what we are dealing with.

By acknowledging and accepting these laughable, false and dangerous ideas as simply “the other side” of a logical debate we bestow a validity to them that is unwarranted and ultimately unfair. I scoff at people like David Frum who call for civility and intellectual debate.

Who do we debate? Where are the other intellectuals?

Debating leftists is like debating Charles Manson. It’s crazy talk. When you debate a leftist you never get to debate the policy. You debate their intended outcomes and their perception of who you are. That’s a serious lapse in logical and critical thought.

World peace? An end to poverty? Proper medical care for all? Equal opportunity for all men and women? I agree. Great. Fine. We all want that. Appeasement? Wealth redistribution? Government controlled economy? Pre-occupation with race and gender? Whoa. Wait a second, how does that work? How do those policies equal those results? When has that ever worked?

President Obama is fond of saying “the debate is over.” My question is, when did it really start?

Many on the right are concerned with the “fringe.” They worry that people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck turn the discourse into a circus. Have they not been paying attention? Was the decision to elect Obama based on his experience, policy ideas or general grasp of the issues? Or was it based on entertainment and feelings?.

Those who call for the reincarnation of William F. Buckley to do battle with intellectual lightweights like David Shuster and Paul Krugman do not understand the Twitterverse in which we live. They ignore decades of indoctrination through public schools, universities, and Hollywood. Presenting entertaining, emotional, and “relatable” personalities is the only way to convert a populace conditioned to think that conservatives are cold, greedy, and uncreative.

James O’Keefe dressed like Superfly and Hanna Giles in that skirt are more effective than hundreds of Heritage foundation studies.

So I say crank up the Rush Limbaugh, stick Glenn Beck in a cage with some lions and put Sarah Palin on the trapeze. Let the circus begin. I’ll be first in line to buy a ticket.

I know Joe Biden already owns clown shoes.

U.S. Constitution - Tenth Installment

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Citizen DARES to question Congressman. Gets beat down he deserves.

When will these citizen/serfs realize that its not their place to question their betters (no matter how politely they do it)?


Seriously though, Congressman Etheridge needs to be visited by DC's Finest

Washington D.C. Criminal Code §22-404(a)(1) “Whoever unlawfully assaults, or threatens another in a menacing manner, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.”

Additional Oil Spill Perspective

Not all the oil on the Gulf coast is from BP spill

CNN had an interesting article on the oil spill.

It may be hard to fathom, but even with gallons of oil spewing every minute from BP's broken well head in the Gulf of Mexico, not all the oil pollution in the Gulf is BP's fault.

First, blame Mother Nature. And that's actually good news, but we'll get back to that.

Second blame many of the ships that criss-cross that area. . . .

But even though many millions of gallons of crude oil have leaked into the Gulf, much of what is washing up on beaches near in and around the Gulf is not from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

"We've done a number of tarballs from Florida, Key West, Miami and so forth, none of which so far have matched the Deepwater Horizon," Gronlund said. "The tarballs that have been found on the beach in Florida are fuel oil." . . .

Now back to Mother Nature.

Some of the oil in the Gulf is natural seepage from the sea floor. The Coast Guard's head of research and development, Capt. Matt Sisson, explained that in the Gulf and other oil-rich spots in the world, crude oil bubbles up through the sea floor and into the Gulf Waters. . . .

Red Tape Slowing Oil Spill Clean-up

Waivers to the Jones Act were granted by the administration of George W. Bush in the days following hurricane Katrina. And today, the Obama White House said waivers might again be considered.
“If there is the need for any type of waiver, that would obviously be granted,” said White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs. “But, we've not had that problem thus far.”

Of course the reason Obama won't waive this is because it would not be the "union" thing to do.

Here is the whole article for you to read.

U.S. Constitution - Ninth Installment

Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

Plato Quote

This quote was brought to my attention by my mother-in-law.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Plato

U.S. Constitution - Eighth Installment

Section 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Public Schools; a waste of money AND bad for kids

These are the kind of stats that make me angry.

We're constantly told that the solution to [insert problem here] is for government to take more money from the productive by force and give to the unproductive (read: union members) and at the same time limit the liberty and choices of the people.

Perspective on the oil spill

While clearly I'm not saying there's anything even remotely good about the oil spill in the Gulf, I am tired of people in media constantly beating the "Worst ecological disaster EVER!" drum.

Stumbled across this chart (put together by Climatologist and former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer).

While this is still not good, even if its twice as bad as Dr Spencer assumes, its still no where near as bad as the IXTOC-1 oil spill in the Gulf in 1979, so its not even the worst in the Gulf (let alone EVER!).

Young Heroes in the Line of Duty

Here is a video of Oliver North honoring our young heroes in a speech he gave a the 2009 NRA annual meeting.

Soldiers Coming Home to Family

Here is a very heart warming video of soldiers surprising loved ones. Get a tissue it is a tear jerker.

U.S. Constitution - Seventh Installment

Section 9. The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.