July 2012 Blog Posts (355)

For a couple of years or so I have been investigating the legal issues that relate to the rights of an individual to grow and sell meat, poultry, and other homegrown farm products directly to consumers. What would be the problem, you might ask? You can grow or raise, and sell, what you want to sell, right? We live in a free country, with free and open markets, do we not?

Well, not so fast. Being the rather cautious person that I am, I began some time ago to ask questions of people…

By Alan Caruba

For the second time in two days, hundreds of millions of people across India have been plunged into darkness when its…

How low will they stoop, the Obama Administration that is – Joe Biden sent me another email crying the blues pleading, crawling and begging for $3.00. Joe said, “ in the last two weeks of this month, Romney and his allies had an almost 2:1 spending advantage in Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Virginia -- and that could be the election right there.”  Wow, as if I’m going to lose sleep over his Joe’s dilemma. Joe needs to find a new doghouse for he’s about to loose his…

I wasn't certain of which cartoon to go with for this thread. Does the one depicting a patronizing Bill Clinton lavishing left handed compliments on the man child President make the better statement?

Or, would the one highlighting the vastly diminished stature of our man child President when compared to the adults in the room, the other 43 members of the world's most exclusive fraternity, make the better choice?

As a Romney supporter, the…

I sent this letter to my local newspaper. It was published and is listed on their site as one of the "most popular".

Seventy-one people were shot at a movie screening in Colorado. Twelve died. As if on cue, and mirroring the reaction to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, some are again blaming the Republicans, the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, et al.

Just as the Giffords tragedy was the responsibility of one gunman, this was the responsibility of just one person,…

On July 24, in the county seat of Greenville, NC, the Pitt County Board of Elections gave the green light to a revised plan for early voting which will include two Sundays.  The Board voted as such even though the majority of people and groups who turned out for a hearing on the plan opposed any voting at all on Sunday.  It was disclosed in…

David Lawrence

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Gays and Chicken

It’s a joke that people want to shut down Chick-fil-A just because the President Dan Cathy made controversial remarks about gays and same sex marriage. Who are they kidding? Most men, except politically correct liberals, get uncomfortable twinges in their stomachs when they think of gays. This was true when I was a boy and is still true now even though it is self-righteously denied. Thinking it ain’t so don’t make it…

By Craig Andresen on July 31, 2012 at 6:59 am

It’s hard to believe that Obama’s support among Jewish voters is not eroding. Of course, the Jewish vote going traditionally to the left has always been something of a point of confusion.

This past weekend, Mitt Romney once again visited Israel and any comparison to Obama’s visit there nearly exactly 4 years ago as a candidate can be quickly…

By Josh Lantz and Peter Vessenes of American Citizens for Economic Freedom (http://truecapitalism.org/).  We are the super PAC for the Tea Party and Women's Organizations, founded by prominent business entrepreneur, Peter M. Vessenes.

The reports are in, and home prices continued to slide lower in 2011.  While the dollar amounts vary based on your location, as of September 2011…

By Josh Lantz and Peter Vessenes of American Citizens for Economic Freedom (http://truecapitalism.org/).  We are the super PAC for the Tea Party and Women's Organizations, founded by prominent business entrepreneur, Peter M. Vessenes.

In 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), known for his domineering personality and coercion of powerful politicians, took over as president after JFK’s…

                     

Back in the days when Rubio spoke from the deck of the Dartmouth, the Tea Party Crowds believed he was their Candidate. 

Back in the days when the election of Republicans would save the day, Remember?

An email was sent to Senator Rubio which, in part, stated, “Barry Goldwater called for America to leave the U.N. 52 years ago. We finance them; they give us Agenda 21…

AMERICA! Land of th' freeloaders and th' home of th' barely gettin' by! Oh, and why are y'all botherin' to write your reps in Washington? I mean, how many times you gotta bang your head into th' Political Door before you wake up and go, "Hey, this hurts!" And did you move th' door? Not no, but heck NO! They are not your friends! I keep sayin' it because some folks think that it is doin' some good. IT AIN'T! They do not care. Now, if you are a…

I read two stories over the weekend that led me to my point today. Since the stories are completely unrelated, it's going to be a long walk, so please bear with me. I often wonder when arguing with my liberal friends, when they're going to start living in the little part of our Universe which I like to call reality. On the topic of media bias, it is not at all difficult to find examples which illustrate my point. Sarah Palin, the number two person on the GOP ticket in 2008…

We presently live amidst a struggle, politically, between those who believe in individual freedom and those who want to separate us from that freedom, treating us instead as “groups”. Writing of a way to view how a political system should be set up and what a man, escaped from a collectivist society discovered once on his own, is the following taken from Chapter 11 of Ayn Rand’s 1938 work Anthem:…

By Alan Caruba

It’s official or, well, semi-official. The Washington Blade which identifies itself as “America’s leading gay news source” reported on Monday, July 30, that the Democratic Party platform had approved the language of “pro-LGBT positions” to be included in the party’s platform.

LGBT stands…

I teach a program called “Leadership To Renew America’s Biblical-Constitutional Values, a centerpiece of which includes an overview of what I call "The Divine Decalogue for Dynamic Decency," which explains the 10 Commandments in positive paraphrases that highlight the behavioral outcomes they are designed to produce.  For instance Command number 6 is "Mercy Mitigates Murder" and Command 8 is "Do not rip off others and yourself out of God's plan for both your material…

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/07/wahhabi-fatwa-permits-sodomy-to-widen-the-anus-as-a-means-to-jihad.htmlWhy choose the act of sodomy as the preparation method. It is easy to see that what is really taking place is that the Muslim Brotherhood leadership is fulfilling their agreement with the Socialists in the Democratic Party to get the Muslim terrorists and their…

 I love my country and what it stands for.  I love the flag, the Constitution and the culture our forefathers established for us. I love the opportunities that I have been given.  I love the freedom to practice my religion and to speak my mind and do what I want to do.

I’m sick and tired of illegal’s getting a free pass.  They come here and think everything is free. They don’t like our language, they don’t like our flag. If there’s so much wrong, why not stay and fix…

By Craig Andresen on July 30, 2012 at 10:45 am

Last week, the Mayors of Boston and Chicago let it be known that, because the COO of Chick-Fil-A supports traditional marriage, his company isn’t welcome in their cities.

Boston’s Mayor, Thomas Menino, in a letter to Chick-Fil-A Coo Dan Cathy stated, “I was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statements about your search…

Sherlock Holmes: Good Morning Watson.

Watson: Good Morning Mr. Holmes. Do we have some sleuthing to do today, I'm getting a trifle restless?

Holmes: Sit down Watson, I've made some tea. Yes, I've received a communique from an informed…