Conservative Politics, Religion, Culture, and Anything Else
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Last week Newsweek’s Evan Thomas went on “Hardball” and told the thrilled Chris Matthews that unlike Reagan who spoke for America, Obama transcends nation and people as a god-like figure:
Well, if you take religion and religious ethics out of our institutions, out of mainstream “hip” society, and attempt to force religion into accepting secular values by viewing religious [...]
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The kind of political chutzpah that “Prime Minister’s Questions” junkies have experienced for years on C-SPAN finally made it to the floor of the EU. British MP Daniel Hannan wrecks on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in a classic Tory beat-down of bad Labour policies, this time on an international forum which everyone could see! Check it out:
“Brezhnev-era apparatchik [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy plans to move France back into the decision-making core of the NATO alliance after forty three years of his country’s passive membership. The move is being met with some criticism from Sarkozy’s left-wing critics in France and elsewhere, but Sarkozy has assured those critics that the move would not undermine French independence. Americans [...]
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Despite what’s been flying out of Eric Holder’s mouth, the United States is not a nation of cowards. If you want to see a nation of cowards, look no further than Sweden. Last week, the Scandinavian Socialist Paradise decreed that their country’s upcoming Davis Cup match with Israel will have to be played in an [...]
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We are entering a new era in American history, that of capitulation and appeasement. President Barack Obama, in an effort to ensure that the world loves us, is giving in to dictators and thugs. Because America is not supposed to “start by dictating,” Obama wants the world to know that the Freedom movement is dead, [...]
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With anti-semitism on the rise in recent years, especially in Europe, disturbing scenes like these have become increasingly common. What’s even more troubling is that anti-semitism is socially acceptable enough in certain areas for people to shamelessly display their hatred out in the open. Not that all anti-semites are content to confine their filth to [...]
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Israel has moved the tanks and troops into the Gaza Strip in the latest phase of “Operation Cast Lead;” Israel’s attempt to get Hamas to embrace a lasting ceasefire. Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has called Israel’s incursion “brutal aggression,” and the UN is hyperventilating over Israel’s actions of late, citing the laughable phrases “disproportionate” and [...]
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I just finished reading Mark Steyn’s controversial book America Alone which deals with how European-style “social” democratic institutions have ruined the economy, military and culture of Europe to the point where two trends are set in motion which may permanently destroy Europe as we know it: a lack of children being born to support the growing welfare [...]
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Over the past year, many sharia court decisions in the UK have been backed by the force of law. The legal justification is an Act of Parliament which permits courts to enforce arbitration decisions. On the surface, this justification is nothing extraordinary. Many legal systems, including our own, look favorably upon and [...]
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There were discussions. There were negotiations. They lasted years. For some reason, today is the day Donald Tusk agreed to allow American-made missile interceptors on Polish soil. In exchange, the United States will provide assistance to Poland so that they can strengthen their military. The timing of today’s agreement is obviously anything but a coincidence.
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Most criticism of George W. Bush is off base and will look downright silly in a few years; however, one criticism of Bush is completely warranted. When Bush looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and saw a man he could trust, he should have done a double take. Today was the double take.
When the [...]
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…And I’m sure Putin is reeeally shuddering! Of course, it’s only a matter for the UN because Georgia’s Black Sea oil supply-line and port is being targeted, otherwise they’d wait for a few more Russian-on-Georgian calamities, like a decade of famine or ethnic cleansing policies, to take place. Either way, Russia’s Security Council veto will be exercised [...]
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The Belgian brewing company InBev is going to buy Anheuser-Busch for $52 million. While many details are still being negotiated, the deal will probably become reality. If that is the case then, in my opinion there are two different ways of looking at this:
1. This is a dark day for America. As the Belgians buy-out the largest beer producer [...]
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The US Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, was attacked today by four men in what the American and Turkish authorities are calling an act of terrorism. Three of the attackers were killed, but not before taking out three policemen, one point blank to the head. The fourth attacker unfortunately got away in a speeding car, as [...]
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Roger Federer is the best male tennis player in the world in my opinion. Watching him play is like watching an artist paint a great work. He has recently won five consecutive Wimbledon Championships before being defeated in a dramatic fashion by the young clay wizard, Rafael Nadal yesterday [6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7].
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One thing that bothers me even more than wasteful government programs is the way government often wastes money advertising wasteful government programs. Actually, what really bothers me is being caught off guard by a photo of an oversized vomiting sea cow. Thankfully this masterpiece advertising the fact that government will clean up your [...]
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The Anglican Church is in crisis. Britons are moving away from it in droves, many of whom are dropping religion altogether or becoming Roman Catholics, like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (I bet he has private health insurance too!).
The recent dilemma wreaking havoc over the Anglican Church is what to do about homosexuals. Many traditionalists [...]
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Kudos to Ireland for rejecting the EU Constitution in Thursday’s referendum. Although the rejected document was actually titled the “Lisbon Treaty,” voters realized that it was nothing more than the previously-rejected Constitution under a different name. How do we know this? Angela Merkel admitted it last year.
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In a stunning defeat for proponents of the latest take on a future European Union Treaty, Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum Thursday, which has sent shockwaves throughout the continent and may derail this latest effort at union. While other nations have ratified this treaty, Ireland was the only country thus far that has [...]
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Russia inaugurates its new President, Dmitry Medvedev tomorrow, and no one is really sure whether Russia will turn toward democracy as they did under Yeltsin. Many argue that despite Medvedev’s constitutional role, the real power will continue to rest with the puppet-master Vladimir Putin, the soon to be Prime Minister. If this is [...]
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Our British friends went to the polls in a series of local elections in England and Wales on Friday and the results were an unmitigated disaster for Gordon Brown’s Labour Party. In fact, it was the Conservatives’ best election result in years. The icing on the cake however, was that Boris Johnson defeated [...]
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The first conspiracy theory I heard regarding the last Russian tsar’s family was that Princess Anastasia escaped execution by the Bolsheviks and was living somewhere in Europe. Leonard Nimoy (or whatever that dude who played Spock is called, help me out Ryan) even hosted spooky shows about it. That is, until 1991 when [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States began today at Andrew’s Air Force Base in Maryland. He met President Bush, Laura and Jenna along with a throng of cheering crowds and fanfare. He also clearly denounced the pedophilia scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church over the last decade or so.
Great start to [...]
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