Quote of the Day

By George Will:

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

Seems to me that the future is approaching at breakneck speeds, and it isn't looking pretty.

Like I've been saying for years, the dems are now showing their true colors and although most of them are shying away from the "socialist" moniker, they're full blown leftists. You could even call them Marxists, but those unfamiliar with history would eschew that terminology (you might want to visit this site for some background information to see how far they've come) .

The republicans, weak-kneed followers that they are, have taken every opportunity to move to the left at the same hypersonic speed the left has moved to the extreme left which has left somewhat of a vacuum in the republican party. Conservatives now find themselves all alone with nowhere to go. What are they/we to do?

In times past when someone would say, "there's not a dimes difference between democrats and republicans," you might have been able to say, "that's not true...republicans want small government." Can't say that anymore!

Sure, there are some differences, but these days many conservatives have come to realize that the only difference between the dems and the repubs is the speed at which they take us to out and out socialism.

It's a sad state of affairs when republicans side with leftist democrats on basic things like free speech (McCain/Feingold) or when the president turns Ted Kennedy loose on the Department of Education. The conservatives I know and love don't even see a need for the Department of Education or a lot of other government agencies for that matter.

Now, we're threatened with an illegitimate "immigration" bill that has nothing to do with immigration but has everything to do with instantly making 12 to 30 million illegal aliens, now living here, legal. There will be no need for them to jump through the hoops to become U.S. citizens when they are given legal status.

This whole mess is nothing more than a smoke and mirrors effort to ramrod a bad bill down our throats to appease the bank rollers of those in office. I don't even need to prove that because in politics, perception IS reality.

There's more, friends. We have congressmen on both sides of the isle that are scared to death of Talk Radio and free speech. That, in itself, is very telling. They have every intention of stifling anyone or any instititution who have the means and ability to speak out in opposition of them. They have no problem with the Mainstream Media. They have no problem with left wing radio or left wing TV, but they DO have a problem with Talk Radio, FoxNews and the Internet. Why? Because Talk Radio, FoxNews and the Internet may have the gall to challenge their ideology, their records of achievement and (gasp!) their past, which is damning!

They have good reason to fear those who would ask legitimate questions. As trite as it sounds, they can't handle the truth.

Talk Radio is their most formidable foe and that's what they're going after first. Watch for it!

Sen. Trent Lott was on Hannity's radio show today attempting to explain his derisive comment about talk radio which he made last week. At the very least, it was an awkward interview. Not on Sean's part, but it seemed to me that Sen. Lott was doing an unrehearsed version of THE SIDESTEP (that wonderfully appropriate tune in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas sung inimitably by Charles Durning...you had to see it, or at least hear it...use a little creativity folks...it's out there!). Sorry, Senator Lott...I didn't buy it (your story, that is...).

Here's an interesting piece worth reading which might give you some insight into Sen. Lott. This ditty exemplifies his opinions on fencing and how the blaring sound of tractors keep him from hearing this and that of importance. Both of those comments/excuses only make me flash back to Charles Durning as Governor singing that catchy tune linked above...(if you haven't seen that flick, it's well worth renting if only for the Durning moment alone).

Now is not the time to take your eyes off Washington. It's time to be ever more vigilant because there are far too many politicians seeking to take away or curb our basic freedoms guaranteed by the constitution and bill of rights.

Jab your tired cohorts and family members in the ribs. We all need to be wide awake!

Hutchison and Cornyn defy GOP leaders on immigration bill

Hats off to my senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn for their decision to defy GOP leaders on reviving the so-called "immigration" bill, according to the Houston Chronicle:

"WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who has been under intense pressure from the White House and Republican leadership to support a sweeping immigration overhaul, nevertheless announced today that she will vote against reviving the legislation when it returns to the Senate floor next week.

She was joined today by the state's other senator, Republican John Cornyn, who had been expected by the bill's supporters to take such a stance. They had aggressively lobbied Hutchison in hopes of adding her vote to the 60 necessary to revive the stalled legislation.

"I could not support (bringing the bill to a vote) in its present position," Hutchison, criticizing the legislation as amnesty for illegal immigrants, said today.

As No. 4 in the Senate GOP leadership, Hutchison is the highest-ranking Republican to break from her party on a domestic policy issue of signal importance to President Bush.

"Until major changes are made that reject amnesty and a more open, fair process emerges for debating one of the most crucial issues facing our nation, I cannot support this immigration bill," she said.

Cornyn added, "Passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill has been, and remains, one of my top priorities in the Senate. It has become clear however, that I and many others will not be able to introduce amendments to fix key areas of this very complex bill."

I salute and support you both in your opposition of this amnesty bill! Please remain steadfast on this issue!

Now, build the fence and secure the borders!

Clinton, Boxer Conspiring to Reign In Talk Radio?

Breitbart.tv is running an interview with Sen. Inhofe, R. OK, wherein he claims he overheard two lady senators say that there needs to be some kind of "legislative fix" for extremist right wing radio. One of them happens to be running for president. Go there and hear it for yourself.

Will the Real Terrorists Please Stand Up...

...as if there is a difference. Go to Cox & Forkum's page for 'rest of the story.'

Is President Carter torn between two terrrorists?

Jimmy Carter is not torn between two terrorists. Clearly, he favors Hamas.

There's a famous C&W song called, "Torn Between Two Lovers," but it's clear my least favorite ex-president, Jimmy Carter, is not torn; he wishes the United States would stop favoring the more moderate Fatah over the radical Hamas.

He must love those guys!

You DO remember my favorite Jimmy Carter quote, don't you? Allow me...."They may be terrorists, but they're not corrupt." Don't you love that?

There's something about that quote and this ex-president that really compels me to spread the news of how terrible President Carter was and still is about his perception of the really bad guys.
Carter is the epitome of a modern day appeaser and accomodater.

Where did it get us when he was in charge? It gave us 440 days of being held hostage by Iranian terrorists. It also got him rightly unelected and sent back to Plains, GA. Yet, he, and those like him wish to continue down that failed road.

Hamas? Fatah? They both need to be completely decommissioned. It's a ginormous mistake to think we (or Israel) can deal with either one of them. If we could get them to destroy each other, that would be quite another thing; but to think we can make peace with either terrorist group is a horrific mistake that only misguided appeasers like Carter would make.

But that's not all...former President Carter is saying that failure to support Hamas is 'Criminal,' not just a mistake! Thank goodness he is powerless and irrelevant...at least in this country!

It's interesting that some are going ballistic that the two terrorist factions are killing one another while those very same people are silent when terrorists gang up on Israel.

Go figure!

Rule by the Judiciary

It doesn't seem to be a problem when cities around the country declare themselves "Sanctuary Cities," where illegals are given legal status, but woe be to the city who votes to discourage or curtail the activities of illegals aliens.

The Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch voted overwhelmingly, several months ago, to make it illegal for landlords to rent to illegal aliens, but the courts have stepped and nipped that measure in the bud:

U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction today to block implementation of an anti-illegal immigration ordinance in Farmers Branch.

The ordinance, which would prevent apartment landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants, initially was adopted by the Farmers Branch City Council in January and was approved overwhelmingly by Farmers Branch residents in a referendum on May 12. Landlords would have faced fines of up to $500 per day for each violation.

In his 33-page ruling, Judge Lindsay agreed with the plaintiffs and rejected all of the city’s arguments that the ordinance should be allowed to stand.

"All in all, the court concludes that only the federal government may determine whether an individual is legally in the United States. Farmers Branch, rather than deferring to the federal government's determination of immigration status, has created its own classification scheme for determining which noncitizens (sic) may rent an apartment in that city," Judge Lindsay wrote. (emphasis mine)

In other words the Feds, AKA Big Gov't, have the right to tell you, illegal aliens aren't really illegal. If you think it's bad now, just wait for the new "immigration bill" to be rammed into law.

When the judiciary has the final say, it doesn't matter how the good folks in America vote, unless they vote the way the leftist judges want them to.

Please read the whole article.

Christians in Gaza warned: Accept Islamic law

It's becoming more apparent that those who oppose Christianity aren't nearly as tolerant as Christians are. A case in point is how the Christians in Gaza are being treated by the Islamo-fascists now in control there:

By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

JERUSALEM – Christians can continue living safely in the Gaza Strip only if they accept Islamic law, including a ban on alcohol and on women roaming publicly without proper head coverings, an Islamist militant leader in Gaza told WND in an exclusive interview.

The militant leader said Christians in Gaza who engage in "missionary activity" will be "dealt with harshly."

The threats come two days after a church and Christian school in Gaza was attacked following the seizure of power in the territory by the Hamas terror group.

"I expect our Christian neighbors to understand the new Hamas rule means real changes. They must be ready for Islamic rule if they want to live in peace in Gaza," said Sheik Abu Saqer, leader of Jihadia Salafiya, an Islamic outreach movement that recently announced the opening of a "military wing" to enforce Muslim law in Gaza.

See the entire piece at the above link.

Interesting, isn't it that those who scoff at and ridicule Christianity have little to say about the real radicals in this world.

Chuck Norris: A position more powerful than the presidency

Chuck Norris has become somewhat of a cult figure in the last few years. His name pops up in late night comedy shows and someone like Conan O'Brien will fixate on some out of context, whacked out line from one of the Walker, Texas Ranger scripts and audiences reel with laughter.

Norris takes it stride and with good humor. He's not too conceited to laugh at the foibles of one of his characters. A lessor man would go ballistic at the jibes.

Norris has taken to writing a weekly column for WorldNetDaily and he's written an excellent post Father's Day piece titled, A position more powerful than the presidency which emphasizes the important role a father has in this world. Here are a few paragraphs:

We equate power with dominance, rule and self-glorification – that is unfortunate. I believe when God created us in his image, he gave us the authority and autonomy to rule the earth, not one another. Power was given to serve, not enslave. As I've taught a myriad of martial arts students, the greatest form of power is still restraint and harnessing that potential to help others.

Great leaders have always understood this power principle, including Jesus, who demonstrated the original intent for our autonomy. He said, "Whoever wants to be first must be your servant – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." And so should we do the same.

How true! He goes on to say:

With this honorable type of power in our original design, it is no wonder that there is today a war on fatherhood and masculinity. A year ago in the Whistleblower, WND's Managing Editor David Kupelian wrote a great article about this cultural assault and has since been featured on a national radio broadcast of the American Family Association, in which he also explains why

Television today portrays husbands as bumbling losers or contemptible, self-absorbed egomaniacs.
America's judicial system is wildly biased in favor of the mother in child custody disputes.
In public school classrooms nationwide, in every category and every demographic group, boys are falling behind.
Between six and nine million American children, mostly males, are taking Ritalin, the most popular treatment for "attention-deficit" and "overactivity" problems at school.
With masculinity on the cultural butchering block, it is high time that men arise to not only protect our national borders but the boundaries of godly fatherhood!

The true measure of a father is what happens after Father's Day – after he has been honored by his children or whether or not he has at all. For it is the duty and honor of a father to value his children even more than he expects to be valued by them.

It's a good Father's Day piece...even if you're not a dad. Please read his entire column at the above link.

The Quintessential Site for Father's Day

My vote for the "all you need to know about Fathers' Day" website of the day is right here.

Paul Harvey: What are Fathers made of?

I missed Paul Harvey's Saturday broadcast but I'll bet he did his tribute to dads. Thanks to the Stray Thoughts blog I was able to find the text. Be sure to visit her website, but I'm going to borrow Mr. Harvey's tribute here. I don't think he would mind:

A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth, without an anesthetic.

A father is a thing that growls when it feels good–and laughs loud when it’s scared half to death.

A father never feels entirely worthy of worship in his child’s eyes. He never is quite the hero his daughter thinks, never quite the man his son believes him to be. This worries him, sometimes, so he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places in the road for those of his own who will follow him.

A father is a thing that gets very angry when school grades aren’t as good as he thinks they should be. He scolds his son although he knows it’s the teacher’s fault.

Fathers grow old faster than other people.

And while mothers can cry where it shows, fathers stand there and beam outside–and die inside. Fathers have very stout hearts, so they have to be broken sometimes or no one would know what is inside. Fathers give daughters away to other men who aren’t nearly good enough so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody’s. Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table, off to the arena which is sometimes called an office or a workshop…where they tackle the dragon with three heads: Weariness, Work and Monotony.

Knights in shining armor.

Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who will live the longest. Though they know the odds, they keep right on betting. Even as the odds get higher and higher, they keep right on betting more and more.

And one day they lose.

But fathers enjoy an earthly immortality and the bet is paid off to the part of him he leaves behind.

I don’t know where fathers go when they die. But I have an idea that after a good rest, he won’t be happy unless there is work to do. He won’t just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he’s loved and the children she bore. He’ll be busy there, too…oiling the gates, smoothing the way.

It's much better if you can hear it. If you go to Paul Harvey.com, you can hear it if you click on the Saturday audio. Today may be the last day it's posted, though. Listen to it if at all possible!

Happy Father's Day

From the minds of Cox & Forkum.

When Small Men Ascend to Power

What are we as a country able to do about small men of dubious character who become mad and corrupt with the taste of power? You know the type. I'm not talking about the irrelevant two bit dictators of teeny tiny thugocracies who are so well thought of in the United Nations. I'm talking about the likes of Hugo Chavez who has the gall to come to New York City and call our president the devil himself, or the crazy North Korean Kim Jung Il, (who fancies himself a movie star, by the way) and of course, Iran's President Ahmadinejad who swears to obliterate Israel...very soon!

These guys hate us and if you think they are powerless against the mighty United States, think again. Just what are we prepared to do with these guys? Do we have the will to deal with them?

They may not be able to single handedly damage us, but there are a lot of other bad guys out there who really don't think that much of us and at some point could gang up on us. Stranger things have happened, you know!

Do you think Putin is our buddy? What about China? Yes, we're their best customer, but have you noticed the number of recalls we're having with our largest trading partner? All is not cool with China and US relations.

So what can we personally do in this volatile world to prepare for what may be coming? Do we just sit back and expect that everything is going to continue on ever so hunkydorily?

When our own leadership is weakening and displaying a lack of resolve, even more doubts arise as to what the future has in store for us.

My friend Ron Dart has an excellent 28 minute radio broadcast up for the weekend called Faith for the Hard Times. You can hear it at that link or you can scroll down and click on the Born to Win pulsating icon. It'll be up all weekend.

Troubling Quote of the Day

Spoken by Senator Trent Lott:

“Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

Sen. Lott seems to think that Talk Radio is more of a problem than illegal "immigration."

If you would like to let Sen. Lott know what you think about his threatening comments, you can reach him at his website.

Just for the record, here is a copy of the letter I wrote to Sen. Lott in response to the above quote:

Dear Sir:

Thank you for your service to this country, but I take umbridge with your comment about Talk Radio. You said, “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” How dare you, sir!

When you address "Talk Radio" you are addressing the millions of people who came to bat for you when everyone else in congress threw you under the bus for your Strom Thurmand happy birthday comments. We were the ones who recognized the foolishness of those who derided you into resignation.

Shame on you for your back handed derision of those who supported you back then.

We no longer support you!

Call us what you will, but we are the ones who are standing up for the rule of law and not caving to the illegal alien lobby.

Talk Radio is what democracy is all about. How dare you threaten to "deal with us!"

Sincerely, wih deep sadness,

Richard Glasgow

Friday's Mark Levin Show

Just a couple of days ago I strongly suggested you listen to the Mark Levin Show. Friday's show, (June 15th 2007) is a "must hear" if you are passionate about what's going on in this country; especially when it comes to the bogus Amnesty Bill the president and the senate is going to resurrect next week. You can go to his above linked website and listen to it or download it.

Levin is articulate and passionate about the things that really matter in this country; like our constitutional rights and the rule of law.

When an experienced, constitutional lawyer like Mark Levin audibly wonders whether or not we can even change the direction we're heading, it's time to start becoming active, not just concerned.

Go to his website and give him a listen. It's compelling radio. Then, get active!

Hamas to Grant Amnesty to Fatah Leaders

What magnanimous humanitarians these Hamas leaders are. They're going to grant the Fatah leaders amnesty...at least the ones who weren't executed in the streets yesterday.

Maybe Jimmy Carter was right when he said,"They may be terrorists, but they're not corrupt."

I know, this isn't about Jimmy Carter, but you have to wonder what he must be thinking about all this. Can he really be blaming this on the Bush administration like some will? I wonder.

Welcome, readers of washingtonpost.com.

Is Bush Siding With Mexican Killers?

Hat tip to TexasFred's for this:

Bush Sides With Mexican Killers Against U.S.
By Cliff Kincaid June 12, 2007 There's an old saying, "Don't mess with Texas." Well, Bush did.

The State Department's top legal adviser told international lawyers on June 6 that President Bush is so committed to the primacy of international law that he has taken his home state of Texas to court on behalf of a group of Mexican killers. The Mexicans had been sentenced to death for murdering U.S. citizens, including young children.

John B. Bellinger III, legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, cited the case, Mexico v. United States of America, in trying to convince the attorneys that the administration is doing what it can to enforce international law in U.S. courts.

In the case, Bush has come down on the same side as the U.N.'s International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ruled 14-1 on behalf of Mexico against the U.S. The ICJ was headed at the time by a judge from communist China, who also ruled against the U.S.
Bellinger's audience was gathered at The Hague, a city in the Netherlands which is home to over 100 international organizations, including the U.N.'s International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

Sworn in as the Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State on April 8, 2005, Bellinger is described by the State Department as "the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad."

The Bellinger speech, designed to convince the pro-U.N. globalists in attendance that Bush is really on their side, should have been big news. Not only did he praise Bush for coming down on the side of foreign killers of Americans, in a major court case with international implications, but he demonstrated how far the administration is prepared to go to impress the "international community."

In a major disclosure, Bellinger said that Bush is currently seeking immediate Senate ratification of 35 different "treaty packages." He said these include the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a measure rejected by President Reagan and his U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. Bellinger didn't name any of the other "treaty packages" that the administration wants to push through. But a number of radical treaties are known to be pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, headed by Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Joseph Biden.

Once again, it appears that Bush wants to ignore the concerns of conservatives in order to work with liberal Democrats and advance a controversial legislative agenda.

There's more and you need to read the entire piece. You can access it here.

When our president sides with an International Court over our law of the land, it should give the citizenry great pause to say the least.

I'm not a constitutional attorney, but when it comes to international law, it seems to me that our constitution would always trump every other law. But there's that pesky Article VI, paragraph two of the constitution:

“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 notwithstanding.”

I don't know about you, but that sort of makes my blood run cold when you stop and think of the globalists at the helm of power and what kind of treaties we are obliged to uphold.

Look at what's happening and NOT happening at our borders and how arrogant politicians want to pass an illigitimate "immigration" bill which will automatically legalize however many millions of illegal aliens now living here. They want this bill to have as little debate and exposure as possible and they're expressing anger at those who dare question them or their motives. Excuse me?! Who works for whom here?

Are there treaties with Mexico and Canada that we may not know much about? The actions of the president and congress makes one wonder.

It's Flag Day!

Wave it gratefully! We may have big problems in this country, but we're still the most blessed and maybe even the freest country in the entire world. Hang on tight to your precious liberty!

The USA Flag Site has an interesting and concise history of the American Flag. Check it out.

Thanks to LittleOleLady for the pledge graphic.

"Mr. Wizard" Dies at 89

Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, with whom I grew up while watching him on TV, died today at age 89:

Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.

"He really taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist," said former colleague Steve Jacobs. He worked with Herbert on a 1980s show that echoed the original 1950s "Watch Mr. Wizard" series, which became a fond baby boomer memory.

I was just a little shaver in the '50's but I remember well Mr. Wizard's show. He didn't disappear after his TV shows did; he always popped up here and there. You can access his personal website here.

Mr. Wizard was one of the good guys!

He may be a crook but he's our crook

Check that...he's not a crook, the republicans made him look like a crook....Yeah, whatever. The same republicans that caused Katrina.

Mark Levin: A National Treasure

If you don't get the Mark Levin radio show in your town, you can and need to be listening to it daily; and you can by going to the above linked page. It's free and worth way more. If you're not familiar with Levin, he's a constitutional lawyer and president of the Landmark Legal Foundation who served in the Justice Department in the Reagan administration.

He's one of the good guys and he knows what he's talking about. He, like many observers of history and current events sees our liberties rapidly slipping away via the corrupt judiciary and other leftists who are co-opting our constitutional freedoms.

Go to his website. Listen to his radio show online if you're unable to pick him up locally.

Mark Levin is a national treasure. Hear him out!

Rasmussen: Only 20% want the "immigration" bill

First of all, it's NOT an immigration bill! It's a bill that instantly legalizes however many illegal aliens are currently in this country plus all their relatives. We keep hearing the number of illegals as being 12 to 20 million illegals being here. Mostly we're hearing 12 million.

Whenever I hear Big Media or Big Gov't foisting big numbers off on us, I'm always suspicious. Where do they get that number? Isn't it in Big Gov't's best interest to estimate the very lowest number of illegals?

I'm digressing, of course, as I'm want to do, so before digressing further, you need to see the latest Rasmussen Report which says only 20% want the so-called "immigration bill."

Go there and if only cursorily, take a gander. It's very telling.

If the arrogant politicians have the gall to pass this bogus bill, it will prove they don't give a wit what Americans really want.

20% want this bill passed! What a pitiful number! Granted, Harry Reid's poll numbers are even more pitiful (19% favorable...), but then consider who his faithful constituents must be!

The gloves need to come off, folks. It's time to stop playing nice like the Bush administration has tried and failed to do via the "new tone."

The new tone has failed. It's another term for compromise and compromise always means that conservatives must yield to the libs. It's never vice-versa, which is why republicans have lost the conservatives.

Want Hurricane information in Broward County, FL? Then get rid of Rush! (this is a Limbaugh twofer)

Ya just gotta love the intolerant left who demand that you be tolerant of their warped ideas and values while they have full permission to dismiss ideological opponents. When I say "ya gotta love them," it's true...if you don't love them then you're a bigot, a homophobe and on the fast track to demonization and marginalization.

The latest brouhaha over leftist intolerance involves a Broward county radio station that airs Rush Limbaugh:

Rush Limbaugh has long been a thorn in the side of liberals, but now, because of him, some Democratic politicians don't even want to join with a local radio station to broadcast hurricane information.

Radio station WIOD, AM 610, has been the official channel for emergency information from Broward County government for the past year. The County Commission, all Democrats, balked at renewing the deal Tuesday, unable to stomach the station also being home to Limbaugh's talk show.

Commissioner Stacy Ritter said she did not want to support a station that's out of step with area politics. Ritter, a Democratic stalwart in the state Legislature before being elected to county office, cited talk shows hosted by Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and WIOD's partnership with Fox News.

Read this piece...no doubt El Rushbo will comment on this.

(Here's an update on the Broward County/Limbaugh brouhaha.)

Ironically, David Limbaugh scores a homerun with his most recent column about the intolerance of the left; his column seriously tackles the problem of freedom of religion and freedom of speech:

The Times reports that, in response, GNEA posted a flier on the employee bulletin board stating, "Preserve Our Workplace With Integrity: Good News Employee Association is a forum for people of faith to express their views on the contemporary issues of the day." It also said it opposed "all views which seek to redefine the natural family and marriage," which it described as "a union of a man and a woman, according to California state law."

A lesbian employee complained to the city attorney's office that the flier made her feel "targeted" and "excluded," which prompted a supervisor to remove it because it violated the city's anti-discrimination rules.

But it didn't stop there. A city deputy executive director sent a memo to city employees saying the GNEA flier "contained statements of a homophobic nature" and warned employees they could be fired for posting similar materials.

Two GNEA employees filed suit against Oakland, claiming a violation of their First Amendment rights, in view of the discriminatory practices of the city based on the content of the messages.

The district court rejected the claim, as did the 9th U.S. Circus Court of Appeals. The 9th Circus' opinion stated, "Public employers are permitted to curtail employee speech as long as their 'legitimate administrative interests' outweigh the employee's interest in freedom of speech." Legitimate administrative interests? You've got to be kidding. It also approved the district court's characterization of the GNEA employees' speech interests as "vanishingly small."

Unless the Supreme Court reverses these rulings, the words "natural family," "marriage" and "union of a man and a woman" can be banned as hate speech in government workplaces, while Bible and traditional values bashing will receive the highest protection.

Can someone explain how the government has a "legitimate administrative interest" in forbidding the expression of biblically based views; how it is "homophobic" for government employees merely to affirm principles supported by the Bible and thousands of years of civilization, yet not heterophobic and Bible-phobic for government employees to directly trash the Bible and traditional values; how a lesbian employee can claim she was targeted and excluded when nothing was said or done to her, while the real victims, the GNEA employees, were genuinely "targeted" and punished?

It's an excellent column that needs your attention. Please hit the link and read the whole thing at his website.

Tipping a brewski with Texas Fred

It's been at least a couple of years since I first met Texas Fred online and even though we live less than 10 miles from each other, we just never got around to getting together until today. It was a pleasure to have a cold one with the one and only Texas Fred! (that's Fred on the left)

Fred knows his way around the blogosphere and has put together countless blogrolls. Go to his above linked blog and see them in full display.

Fred is also the brains behind the Reject the U.N. blog which we co-founded along with LittleOleLady last year.

It was a pleasure getting to know Fred and his wife Becky up close and personal...Fred has some great stories and insight from his experiences in the military. He was reconnoitering back then and he continues that pursuit on his popular blog. Go there early and often!

A Brilliant Dennis Miller Diatribe

If you didn't see The Half Hour News Hour, you missed a brilliant Dennis Miller rant about Harry Reid.

Sadly, most of Reid's constituency won't have a clue as to what Miller was talking about. Everyone else was ROTF, LOL as it were.

Nevermind the scam; biofuels just sound right!

Whenever you hear the flagrantly used politically correct terms such as bio-diversity and sustainability, run for your check book and hold on tight to your wallet. These wonderfully organic sounding terms that warm the cockles of environmentalist's hearts have the pitiful politicos bending over frontwards and backwards trying to placate the noisome greenies.

But, alas, some fearless scientists are boldly saying that bio fuels are a scam.

Imagine that!

This isn't the first we've heard of this. I blogged about The Ethanol Myths last month. These myths are not a secret, but they are not widely written or talked about due to that pesky prevailing left wing agenda.

Let's just drill for more oil and build more refineries right here in our own back yard.

Right now there are new gas wells popping up everywhere over in Ft. Worth. No one seems to mind, in fact everyone is hoping and wishing someone will drill in their back yard.

DFW International Airport began drilling for gas just a few weeks ago and that money is going to totally revamp the airport. Who's complaining? This is great for all of Texas and indirectly the entire country because it makes more natural gas for all of the domestic market.

If only we could find some new oil fields in and around Dallas/Ft. Worth, maybe Texans could convince the politicians to expedite some much needed refineries.

We're building power plants, now let's work on some refineries!

Mexico Blames US for their "gun problem"

The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram is reporting an infuriating situation which is far too common in this administration.

Mexico, it seems, is complaining that we, the United States, are to blame for the gang violence in Mexico because they believe the gangs are getting guns from us.

Our response? Why, we give credence to their whining and send Atty General Gonzales to Mexico to meet with them regarding this matter. We not only legitimized their complaint, we told them we would look into the matter.

So instead of telling the Mexican govt that we are no longer going to tolerate the entry of Mexican drugs, gangs and waves of illegal aliens into OUR country, we're telling them we will look into their problem of illegal weapons with not so much as an attempt for a quid pro quo!

THAT, my friends, is why the majority of Americans are at odds with the arrogant politicians who insist on ignoring the catastrophe that is our border problem...north and south!

Who is to blame for the arrogance perpetrated by an empowered, corrupt Mexican government who can now dictate US policy?

That blame can be placed squarely on the stooped shoulders of our weakened and debilitated politicians who refuse to stand up for our own rights. Shame on them! Shame on us for voting them into office!

Colin Powell more concerned with World Opinion than security

It never ceases to amaze me how so many smart guys can believe such foolishness. The most recent example is exhibited by Colin Powell who is saying that Guantanamo should be closed down, not tomorrow, but this afternoon. Why? Because, he thinks our utilization of Guantanamo as an off shore prison is problematic "in the way the world perceives America..."

Powell's solution is to bring the terrorists to the United States so that they can be under the constitution. That's right...he wants them to have constitutional rights!

"Guantanamo has become a major, major problem ... in the way the world perceives America and if it were up to me I would close Guantanamo not tomorrow but this afternoon ... and I would not let any of those people go. I would simply move them to the United States and put them into our federal legal system," Powell told NBC's Meet the Press.

"Essentially, we have shaken the belief the world had in America's justice system by keeping a place like Guantanamo open and creating things like the military commission. We don't need it and it is causing us far more damage than any good we get for it," he added.

The United States is holding about 380 foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo.

Rights groups and foreign governments have called for the prison to be closed, saying holding prisoners there for years without trial violated legal standards. But Washington says the prison is legal and necessary to hold dangerous individuals.

"I would get rid of Guantanamo and the military commission system and use established procedures in federal law," Powell said, saying some leaders around the world were using Guantanamo to hide their own misdeeds.

"It's a more equitable way, and more understandable in constitutional terms," he added.

Why are so many so concerned with world opinion? And why is it always a one way street? Is the rest of the world obsessed with what WE think? Are these so-called rights groups concerned with the really dispicable nations? No, it's always the global thinking appeasers and accomodaters in our own country who are so concerned with our international public image.

The concept that we must be concerned about world opinion is based on the premise of egalitarianism; a fancy word for collectivism. In other words, the United States should be more sensitive to the feelings of other nations. We should heed their criticism to show that we're no better than they are. Every nation is equal. Every philosophy has merit and we need to become more like lessor countries to show that we care and mean no harm, or so the thinking goes.

Yes I said lessor countries!

Instead of trying to get other nations to emulate the United States, those on the left want us to emulate lessor, less free and more socialistic countries. Sadly, there are far too many on the right side of the isle who want the same thing.

Which brings me to the Senate "Immigration" debacle of last week...

Those in favor of the failed bill wanted it passed post haste without debate. They knew what they were doing. They knew that the devilish details wouldn't cut it with informed voters.

Thanks to Big Talk Radio and Big Internet (and no thanks to the Old Media), we found out pretty quickly what the bill was all about; instant legalization of everyone now here illegally.

The point being that there are still plenty of Americans who won't lie down for politicos like Colin Powell and his left leaning cohorts who would foist their globalist, extra-constitutional agenda on us at the first opportunity.

To worry about what others think of us is submitting to a position of weakness. Don't think our enemies are unaware of this. What's so disconcerting is the number of people in positions of power who have forgotten that appeasing our enemies has never worked. Why do they think it will work now? Or do they really want it to work?

FDR's "D Day" Prayer

Chances are you didn't hear this prayer offered up by President Franklin Roosevelt on this day in 1944 unless you listen to Talk Radio.

Mike Gallagher played it first thing this morning, then I heard Rush play it, then on Hannity and finally on Mark Levin's show. Conservatives capitalized on this politically incorrect prayer even though FDR is not our most beloved president. I didn't hear a mention of it from anyone on the left side of the isle.

It was an inspiring prayer that would never be uttered in political parlance today. Pity!

But it was a different time back in the 1940's. We were one nation under God and we knew we needed God's help to win the war against the evil Nazi's. Back then, we weren't afraid to beseech God's on a national scale.There was no fear of lawsuits; no fear of offending anyone; just a united effort to win the war.

Even most of the media was on our side. The phrase, "loose lips sink ships" was taken seriously and people knew that secrecy was of utmost importance if we were going to win that war...and we ALL wanted to win the war, unlike many on the left today who sympathize with our enemies and blame America for their evil deeds.

Those were the days!

If you didn't hear FDR's moving supplication to Almighty God, you can not only hear it but you can see it at WorldNetDaily's link right here.

Quote of the Day

By Roger Ailes:

“The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face Al Qaeda,”

Isn't it interesting that the dems are refusing to appear on Fox News but the republicans willingly subject themselves to CNN? Why can't the left handle questions from the likes of Brit Hulme et al?

What are they afraid of? Why do they always have the so-called "debates" strictly on their terms with friendly networks who share the leftist agenda? Can't they handle real debate?

The leftists are so utterly lame when it comes to debating what they believe. They can't debate what they believe because what they believe has failed miserably wherever it's been tried.

The dems are correct in avoiding Fox News and conservative talk shows. Real scrutiny of the leftist agenda would expose them for what they really are and they can't afford to be exposed.

A Congressional Sleight of Hand

Say it ain't so....could Congress really be planning a vote on embryos to distract America from the "Immigration" bill? Eagle Forum is calling their hand:

The Senate sure is feeling the heat from the Immigration debate and it’s because of YOUR calls of protest! The House, however, is aiming to interrupt your efforts to defeat the Senate amnesty bill by considering an equally controversial issue this week--destructive embryonic stem cell research!

According to news reports, the House will take up S.5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007. Originally introduced by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), this bill would overturn President Bush's current policy and allow increased taxpayer dollars to fund the killing of human embryos. Since the Senate passed S.5 on April 11th, by a vote of 63-34 (Roll Call 127), President Bush has issued a Statement of Administration Policy warning Congress that he will veto any legislation that undercuts current pro-life policy. Thus, in the coming weeks, you should anticipate the following actions:

a House vote on S.5,
a Presidential veto,
a veto override vote which will take place in the Senate, the originating body of this piece of legislation. (The House will only be presented with a similar vote if the Senate overrides the President’s veto.)

This week, we ask you to work double-duty! The House vote is expected to occur this Thursday, June 7th! As our lobbying efforts are still directed in full force towards the Senate immigration bill, we also need your help in targeting the House to protect the sanctity of human life! Call your Representatives today!

Take Action

Call your Representative's office and let them know you expect them to vote NO on increased taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research!

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The Class that Never Was

It's the time of year when millions of kids will be graduating from high school and college across the fruited plain, but there's a class of kids who never had a chance to graduate. The featured Born To Win program this weekend talks about that class.

You can hear it by going to the above link or by clicking on the "Born To Win" audio feature on the right hand side of this blog. It's a good one!

Noonan: Today's Essential Reading

In her column today, Peggy Noonan opines about the widening gap between the White House and the conservatives:

The White House doesn't need its traditional supporters anymore, because its problems are way beyond being solved by the base. And the people in the administration don't even much like the base. Desperate straits have left them liberated, and they are acting out their disdain. Leading Democrats often think their base is slightly mad but at least their heart is in the right place. This White House thinks its base is stupid and that its heart is in the wrong place.

For almost three years, arguably longer, conservative Bush supporters have felt like sufferers of battered wife syndrome. You don't like endless gushing spending, the kind that assumes a high and unstoppable affluence will always exist, and the tax receipts will always flow in? Too bad! You don't like expanding governmental authority and power? Too bad. You think the war was wrong or is wrong? Too bad.

But on immigration it has changed from "Too bad" to "You're bad."

The president has taken to suggesting that opponents of his immigration bill are unpatriotic--they "don't want to do what's right for America." His ally Sen. Lindsey Graham has said, "We're gonna tell the bigots to shut up." On Fox last weekend he vowed to "push back." Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff suggested opponents would prefer illegal immigrants be killed; Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said those who oppose the bill want "mass deportation." Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said those who oppose the bill are "anti-immigrant" and suggested they suffer from "rage" and "national chauvinism."

Don't miss the entire piece.