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Rubio to speak at CPAC

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:04:40 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Several months ago I read that the *official* choice of the GOP was Crist and then I heard Rubio speak. Then I got angry. The establishment GOP had chosen another RINO as their candidate of choice. It was basically eliminating the voters' options with their endorsement. It's still an uphill climb but the wave is building. Rubio is a true conservative and I won't have to hold my nose to cast my vote for him.

Clip Source: hotair.com

Marco Rubio named keynote speaker at CPAC

“We chose Rubio because he is an upcoming leader. He is someone that a lot of people are excited about,” De Pasquale told POLITICO. “His name keeps getting brought up and we decided that he would be a good keynote for 2010.”

The keynote speaker gets the coveted 10 a.m. speaking slot that kicks off the conference on Thursday and gets a longer block of time than other CPAC speakers.

“Marco Rubio is honored by the invitation and opportunity. He looks forward to sharing his vision of why mainstream conservative Republicans are needed in Washington more than ever.”

Documentary Film Highlights Child Trafficking

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:27:02 GMT

clipped by: chestnut501
clipper's remarks: American actress Lucy Liu speaks at a press conference to promote the film "Red Light" which she co-produced and narrated and which concerns children abused in the sex trade in Cambodia, at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Lucy Liu is in Cairo for the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, and visited UNICEF-funded anti-human trafficking programs specifically dealing with women and children.

Clip Source: www.google.com

CAIRO — Actress Lucy Liu, who has produced a film about children sold into the sex trade in Cambodia, says the fight against human trafficking will be long.

That assessment rings true in the Middle East, where stigma in conservative societies and a lack of data have frustrated activists' efforts. Highlighting those challenges, organizers of several UNICEF-funded programs Liu visited in Egypt did not even want to make details of their efforts public out of fear doing so would stir up controversy and pressure from conservatives.

In Egypt, the sex trade is often hidden under the guise of temporary marriages sanctioned by some religious figures and local authorities. Under these marriages, hundreds of underage girls in rural Egypt are essentially sold by their families for large sums to wealthy visitors from Gulf nations.

Egypt recently passed its first child protection law, which criminalized trafficking and raised the age of marriage to 18.

Tags: sociology, culture, crime, human-trafficking, child-trafficking, abuse

Blackwater:Ain't Misbehaving, Saving My Contracts for You

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:03:53 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Of course the US government was blind to this - they didn't want to know, they turned a blind eye to what Blackwater was doing because it would have been too hard to arrange for another contractor to do all the security missions that it had ongoing. In both Iraq and Afghanistan, there are as many private contractors as there are uniformed military personnel. Most of them are not security guards as Blackwater's most visible function was. The lack of oversight is abhorrent but not surprising; the State Dept's failure to can this company is inexcusable.

My only observation on this article is to suggest how the US government got into this predicament, and it's pretty easy to see. The Bush administration wanted to hold onto the fiction of a few conservative principles, one of those being the concept of a small federal government. Since it already blew that "principle" with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, I'm betting there was White House guidance that directed "no mo

Clip Source: crooksandliars.com

I am shocked, shocked to discover that US contractors bribed Iraqi government officials to overlook its misconduct... Really, does this surprise anyone when it comes to Blackwater?

Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.

American and Iraqi investigators had already concluded that the shootings were unjustified, top Iraqi officials were calling for Blackwater’s ouster from the country, and company officials feared that Blackwater might be refused an operating license it would need to retain its contracts with the State Department and private clients, worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Tags: blackwater, mercenaries, iraq, murder, empire

THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF THE WALL

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:55 GMT

clipped by: ricksnares
clipper's remarks: I know this sounds a little nutty, but think about for a minute, what better way to get the train back on the tracks

Clip Source: www.ricksnares.com

AN AMERICAN QUEST

CONSERVATIVES, THE DRIVING FORCE, OR STUCK IN THE MUD?

What do you except from this country? We are at a point where I think we all have to evaluate what it is we except. According to polling data 20% of the people say they are liberal, 40% say they are conservative, that leaves 40% that are either undecided or independent

the direction of this country is going to be determined by the 40% that are either undecided or

independent

Hell yes this sounds crazy, but think about it, the conservatives are rallying, the middle 40% are leaning, and the liberals are learning a lesson.

The conservatives are pushing back way more than Obama ever excepted, the support for Obama's policies is starting to wane, 2010 will be the measuring stick for this theory.

I guess we will all find out in 2010, gonna be a wild ride, wouldn't miss it for the world.

I have to believe that a big part of that 40% wanted no more Bush, and I understand that and I get

that.

AN AMERICAN QUEST

Political suicide

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:51 GMT

clipped by: planetclaire7

Clip Source: www.thestar.com

First we'll have the demise of the provincial Liberals after this tax comes in. That's a no brainer. Then we'll elect another Harris-type Conservative government that will keep the tax and slash services anyway. Nice going Ontario.

The Grand Realignment 2.0

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:39:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ypnation.net

The Grand Realignment 2.0

Submitted by Ewan Watt on 11/06/2009 - 12:43

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There is an interesting piece by Charles Krauthammer in today's Washington Post, in which he claims Tuesday's results blow the theory that the 2008 presidential election signaled the creation of a grand new ideological alignment.

This theory has been promulgated by a number of Democratic strategists who have peppered Borders, cafes and airport waiting areas with literature that proclaims an era of dominance akin to that initiated by FDR's handsome victory in 1932. Through my own travails in various airports it was hard to miss this steady stream of books highlighting how conservatism is dead and how we can expect a Democratic majority for the next four decades.

Tags: ypnation, gop, conservative

DOG (Death of God) Movement

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:31:32 GMT

clipped by: emilswift
clipper's remarks: Clips giving an overview of the DOG movement.

Clip Source: www.answers.com

Death of God Theology

In the 1960s, DOG, or "Death of God," theology became a buzzword. Completely missing the point of Harvard University's Harvey Cox in his popular book The Secular City, people jumped on the idea that DOG theology meant that what would come to be called "secular humanism" had triumphed. Conservative clergy heaped great scorn on those who even tried to understand what the so-called "DOG scholars" were trying to say.

Time magazine brought the issue to the front burner of public opinion when they placed Thomas Altizer of Emory University squarely in the hot seat. The bold cover story with the words "Is God Dead?" made Altizer a household name.

Most scholars who contributed to Death of God theology were trying to make an important point.

the crucifixion symbolized the end of the historical idea that God was just "out there" somewhere, uninvolved.

The phrase "death of God" represented more a new understanding of God, or of the concept of God, than the destruction thereof.

Tags: god, theology, modern, liberal, altizer

Big Love – new season premiering January 10

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:36:39 GMT

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Clip Source: biglove.otavo.tv

Big Love – new season premiering January 10

By admin

I hear “Mamma Mia!” bride Amanda Seyfried will be getting back into a wedding dress for the new season of Big Love. Although Sarah will only be getting one husband, she’ll get a new set of in-laws with the introduction of Scott’s conservative Mormon mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Quitman.

When I recently ran into one of Sarah’s TV “moms,” Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays Bill’s youngest wife, Margene, she about freaked when I asked her about the top-secret nuptials. “I can’t talk about that!” she said. “But I will tell you that Margene does something next season that in my own esteem is so horrible that I had trouble even performing it.”

JUST LIKE RONNIE SAID

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:51 GMT

clipped by: ricksnares
clipper's remarks: President Reagan had the answer, why do we continue to not want to listen.

Clip Source: www.ricksnares.com

AN AMERICAN QUEST

[Video]

Hey things might work out for us just, listen to President Reagan
Conservative values can fix this whole mess.

University Shuts Down Anti-Communism Display

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:22 GMT

clipped by: ColoradoRight
clipper's remarks: Well, they don't consider the fall of the Berlin Wall as anything but a defeat for what they believe in apparently.

Clip Source: www.moonbattery.com

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, a conservative group at Washington University in St. Louis constructed a gulag exhibit to remind students of the denial of human rights under communism. This did not sit well with university apparatchiks, who quickly shut the exhibit down, labeling it "offensive."

In doing so, the university administration made a perfectly cromulent demonstration of the type of arbitrary power-wielding and denial of human rights (in this case, freedom of speech) that was standard operating procedure under the communist regimes they adore.

How much do you wanna bet that if students had erected precisely the same exhibit and labeled it "Gitmo," the university administration would have nodded approvingly? Heck, they probably would have gotten course credit.

Tags: communism, gulag, freedom, university, creeps

'Anti-CNN' TEA Party Reporter Rejected for Gig at Fox News - Twice

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:31:11 GMT

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Clip Source: newsbusters.org

'Anti-CNN' TEA Party Reporter Rejected for Gig at Fox News - Twice

CNN's Susan Roesgen, whose anti-TEA Party pseudo-reporting made her a legend in her own mind, and a biased Obama-flack hack in ours, is in the news on her own (de)merit again today.

One peculiar line from one of her peculiar rant-filled reports was that the TEA Parties were being "anti-CNN" because they were "highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox."

Well it turns out she wasn't always so anti-Fox. According to Gawker, Miss Roesgen not once but twice applied to get a gig at the EEE-vile Murdoch machine.

CNN's 'Anti-Government' TEA Party Reporter: Obama as Hitler? 'Offensive' - Bush as Hitler? 'Look-Alike'

Tags: media

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:04:33 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Moving on to the next ousting of a RINO. The GOP came out of the gate supporting Crist, but the man is just a Democrat with an R behind his name. Rubio will have my vote. On a recent survey sent out by the Republican Party I wrote "Rubio" all over it. They asked all the right questions and then give us crummy candidates.

Clip Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

The Club for Growth PAC, an anti-tax organization with considerable financial resources, announced on Monday that it is endorsing Marco Rubio in his Florida Republican primary battle with Gov. Charlie Crist for the United States Senate.

The decision isn’t that surprising; last week, the conservative group pounced on Mr. Crist’s most recent statements that he didn’t somehow endorse President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package when he appeared with the president last February and touted the effort.

Mr. Rubio, a longtime state lawmaker and Republican leader in Florida, has attracted the attention of national conservatives in recent months

Chris Chocola, the president of Club for Growth, said:
“Marco Rubio is the real deal, one of the brightest young stars in American politics today, and a proven champion of economic liberty. He is a dynamic spokesman for the principles of limited government and economic freedom, and he will make a fantastic senator.”

Carrie Prejean - XXX Fraud

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:13:37 GMT

clipped by: chestnut501
clipper's remarks: Another classic example of a conservative hypocrite making judgments on others based on beliefs which they themselves privately trample.

Clip Source: mariopiperni.com

Former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, gets her just reward.

Carrie Prejean demanded more than a million dollars during her settlement negotiations with Miss California USA Pageant officials — that is, until the lawyer for the Pageant showed Carrie an XXX home video of her handiwork.

We’re told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to jettison her demand and essentially walk away with nothing.

I’d let this story go as just another dim-witted bimbo doing her thing except that it feels a little satisfying watching Prejean get her words and actions thrown back into her face. It’s her anti-gay remarks AFTER the pageant

that was bothersome. She set herself up as a poor little victim who got ostracized for speaking out against gay marriage all the while portraying herself as a Bible-loving do-gooder.

Another classic example of a conservative hypocrite making judgments on others based on beliefs which they themselves privately trample.

Tags: conservatives, anti-gay, liars, cheaters, fakes, thieves, frauds, hypocrite, skank

Palin & the Dysfunctional Political Class

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:33:31 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: The current GOP seems to look for mediocrity...someone who will *fit*...a person who appears *electable*, a vanilla-type. It seems to stand for everything and yet nothing.

Whether Mrs. Palin would make a good Presidential candidate, I don't know. But I'm weary to death of the clandestine people who mouth conservative rhetoric and then fold when the game is on. Give me a candidate who gives me a clear choice; not one who bows to the current political breeze blowing through Washington. I've just about lost all "Hope" because I don't see any on the horizon.

Clip Source: pajamasmedia.com

Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

The frenetic hostility to Sarah Palin, even by many on the Republican side, is unnerving, because her qualifications to be president are objectively better than those of almost anyone who has been on the national ticket over the past decade.

Al Gore would be disqualified by knowledge of his academic career and by a reading of Earth in the Balance, an exercise in messianic ignorance. His subsequent career getting rich from climate change subsidies would reinforce this opinion. John Kerry had a Senate career of unbroken mediocrity

John Edwards had no shadow of a qualification, and again the judgment is confirmed by subsequent events.

Obama’s qualifications were will-o-the-wisp. His supporters cited his “potential,”

One can deeply respect John McCain’s courage and service. But he is an erratic senator, with a tendency to reach decisions on a whim and then excoriate anyone who disagrees

Real Oklahoma Students Ace Citizenship Exam; Strategic Vision Survey Was Likely Fabricated

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:22:38 GMT

clipped by: reimers

Clip Source: www.fivethirtyeight.com

In detailing some of the evidence against Strategic Vision LLC, a pollster I am now almost certain is disreputable and fraudulent, I pointed in particular to a poll that they conducted on behalf of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, an conservative-leaning educational thinktank. The poll purported to show that Oklahoma's high school citizens were deficient in some of the most basic aspects of citizenship. Only 23 percent of them knew that George Washington was the first president, the poll claimed! Just 43 percent knew that the Democrats and Republicans are the two major political parties!

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Rubio to speak at CPAC

Documentary Film Highlights Child Trafficking

Blackwater:Ain't Misbehaving, Saving My Contracts for You

THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF THE WALL

AN AMERICAN QUEST

CONSERVATIVES, THE DRIVING FORCE, OR STUCK IN THE MUD?

AN AMERICAN QUEST

Political suicide

The Grand Realignment 2.0

The Grand Realignment 2.0

DOG (Death of God) Movement

Big Love – new season premiering January 10

Big Love – new season premiering January 10

JUST LIKE RONNIE SAID

AN AMERICAN QUEST

GOVERNMENT THE PROBLEM?

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'Anti-CNN' TEA Party Reporter Rejected for Gig at Fox News - Twice

CNN's 'Anti-Government' TEA Party Reporter: Obama as Hitler? 'Offensive' - Bush as Hitler? 'Look-Alike'

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

Club for Growth Endorses Rubio

Carrie Prejean - XXX Fraud

Palin & the Dysfunctional Political Class

Sarah Palin and the Dysfunctional Political Class

Real Oklahoma Students Ace Citizenship Exam; Strategic Vision Survey Was Likely Fabricated