Ken George is a small business owner in Ohio.
Sep 152010
Sep 112010
Prelude to a Coup ~ American Spectator
When the floods first came at the end of July there was an expectation in Pakistan that the nation’s military forces — primarily its army — would have a central role in organizing the massive relocation and supply effort necessary in such disasters. Initially some military assistance was made available, but clearly not enough. When asked about this, the military command quite firmly indicated it had not received orders from the government to go further.
Burning Qurans and Bibles ~ American Thinker
“We can understand torturing prisoners, no matter how repulsive,” Muhammad Archad told Newsweek in Pakistan. “But insulting the Qur’an is like deliberately torturing all Muslims. This we cannot tolerate.”
What the Burning Quran Issue Says about Us ~ American Thinker
Is it just me, or does Islam’s repeated threats of violence and mayhem at every provocation — real or imagined — strike anybody else as the actions of a spoiled child’s tantrums? And if they’re such a religion of peace, what is it we have to fear from their tantrums in the first place?
Take the Constitution Seriously—Celebrate Constitution Day ~ BigGovernment.com
Constitution Day is Friday, September 17. On this day in 1787, 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution. As you reflect on what those delegates accomplished, take 20 minutes to read their handiwork. Consider the text of the Constitution in a book club. Share a copy of the Constitution with a young person. Throw a party to celebrate the Constitution.
The Grudge: Barry Soetoro’s Indonesian Expatriate Hell ~ American Thinker
Where did Barack Obama acquire the self-evident disdain he has for major corporations, especially oil companies, and for the striving classes who have made America prosperous and strong? (snip) In many cases, life’s deepest resentments are rooted in the formative years of childhood, and it is in these years of Obama’s life — specifically the ages six to ten — in which we can find the sort of experiences that could have produced a lifelong anger toward America and its affluent classes.
Social Engineering Bill In Senate Will Force You Into City ~ Personal Liberty Digest
A social engineering bill to restrict residence in the suburbs and rural areas and force Americans into city centers has passed the United States Senate Banking Committee and is on the fast track to passage in the Senate.
Burn Effigies, Not Korans ~ American Spectator
My friend Jim Guirard called me today with an interesting idea. The pastor planning to burn the Koran may not want to look emasculated by backing down. But rather than all or nothing, why not propose a more constructive alternative than an act of hatred? (Which, by the way, burning a Koran indisputably is: a senseless act of hatred.) Rather than burning something that a quarter of the world’s population considers to be a sacred and holy book, why not make effigies of all 19 of the 9/11 hijackers and burn those instead?
Is the United States Master of Its Destiny? ~ American Thinker
The survival of a great nation is contingent on its ability to remain master of its destiny. For the United States, that capability is now in question. The country, with President Obama at the helm, has embarked on voyage certain to end in disaster unless the people recognize the reality of the situation and act accordingly.
The Political Violence of the Bible and the Koran ~ American Thinker
One of the most frequently used arguments in the defense of Islam is that the Bible is just as violent as the Koran. The logic goes like this. If the Koran is no more violent than the Bible, then why should we worry about Islam? This argument suggests that Islam is the same as Christianity and Judaism. This is false, but the analogy is very popular since it allows someone who knows nothing about the actual doctrine of Islam to talk about it.
The Event Horizon ~ National Review Online
Black holes destroy any objects that happen to fall victim to their gravitational pull. The edge of a black hole, the event horizon, is a boundary that marks the point of no return. Once an object crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape and will be ripped to pieces, atom by atom.
After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World’s Agenda ~ FoxNews
After a year of humiliating setbacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon and about 60 of his top lieutenants — the top brass of the entire U.N. system — spent their Labor Day weekend at a remote Austrian Alpine retreat, discussing ways to put their sprawling organization in charge of the world’s agenda.
Castro says Cuban model doesn’t work ~ AP
Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic model doesn’t work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago. The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cash-strapped Caribbean island is hardly news.
Pastor Terry Jones Calls off Koran Burning, But Deal for Ground Zero Mosque Is Denied ~ ABC News
A fiery Florida pastor called off his bonfire of Korans today after claiming he had a deal that would move a controversial mosque away from the site of the 9/11 terror attacks — but the Muslim cleric planning the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” quickly denied to ABC News that he had agreed to move his project.
Sep 082010
Conservatism’s Extreme Makeover ~ American Thinker
It will come as news to no one that conservatism has long had a PR problem. The political question of 2010 is this: do America’s voters finally “get” conservatism?
The War on Academic Achievement ~ American Thinker
Judged by all the billions of dollars now flowing into “education reform,” it appears that Washington, and especially the Obama administration, is obsessed with improving academic achievement. The billions are certainly real enough, but the intent is just the opposite.
I, Market Economy ~ Jonah Goldberg
Central planning never works.
No one in the world knows how to make the computer monitor you are looking at (and, if you’re reading this on your phone, iPad, or Kindle, no one knows how to make those things either).
Even the best editor in the world has no clue how to make a printing press or ink, or how to operate a communications satellite.
This is hardly a new insight. In 1958, Leonard Read wrote one of the most famous essays in the history of libertarianism, “I, Pencil.” It begins, “I am a lead pencil — the ordinary wooden pencil familiar to all boys and girls and adults who can read and write.” It is one of the most simple objects in human civilization. And yet, “not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me.”
Obama’s $50 Billion Infrastructure Boondoggle ~ Michelle Malkin
Recovery Summer turns to Union Payback Fall.
President Obama calls his latest attempt to revive the economy a “Plan to Renew and Expand America’s Roads, Railways and Runways.” I’m calling it “The Mother of All Big Dig Boondoggles.” Like the infamous “Big Dig” highway project in Boston, this latest White House infrastructure-spending binge guarantees only two results: taxpayers lose, unions win.
Burning the Koran ~ National Review Online
Islamic blasphemy versus free speech.
Pastor Terry Jones’s atrocious plan to burn Korans at his Florida church on September 11 is perceived by Muslims not only as offensive, but also as a deliberate act of blasphemy. Such blasphemy is punished by imprisonment or even execution today by the governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and many other key members of the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic States (OIC). The definition of the crime is amorphous, often depending on the sensibilities of the particular group holding religious or political power. It usually proscribes far more than disrespectful treatment of God, the Koran, or the prophet Mohammad, and varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Americans Wake Up to Islamism ~ Daniel Pipes
Oddly, only after the Islamic center’s location had generated weeks of controversy did the issue of individuals, organizations, and funding behind the project finally come to the fore — although these obviously have more significance than does location. Personally, I do not object to a truly moderate Muslim institution in proximity to Ground Zero; conversely, I object to an Islamist institution being constructed anywhere. Ironically, building the center in such close proximity to Ground Zero, given the intense emotions it aroused, will likely redound against the long-term interests of Muslims in the United States.
The Small Business Tax Hike and the 97% Fallacy ~ Wall Street Journal
When Congress returns from its summer recess, members will face a pivotal decision about the expiring Bush tax cuts. President Barack Obama has called for their permanent extension for singles with incomes below $200,000 and married couples with incomes below $250,000, but has proposed that most of the tax cuts for households with higher incomes be allowed to expire.
Obama Will Not Extend Bush-Era Tax Cuts to Wealthy ~ New York Times
President Obama on Wednesday will rule out any compromise that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy beyond this year, officials said, adding a populist twist to an election-season economic package that is otherwise designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies. Mr. Obama’s opposition to allowing the high-end tax cuts to remain in place for even another year or two would be the signal many Congressional Democrats have been awaiting as they prepare for a showdown with Republicans…
Imam: Ground Zero Mosque Won’t Be Stopped ~ The Blaze
Though he acknowledges widespread “furor” over plans to build a mosque just feet from Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Raul says he’s “convinced that it is the right thing to do.”
Sep 082010
Most disturbing line in the piece? “He’s currently listed as a faculty member at Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia.” Maybe we shouldn’t be allowing our ‘evil scientists’ to leave the country?
Scientist found with suspicious item at airport did prison time for plague sample flap
By WILLARD SHEPARD and BRIAN HAMACHER
A world-renowned Texas scientist specializing in infectious diseases who was once charged with smuggling dangerous samples of plague bacteria into the U.S. was questioned by authorities after a suspicious item found in his luggage caused a massive evacuation at Miami International Airport Thursday night.
Dr. Thomas C. Butler, 70, was questioned by agents with the FBI and Miami-Dade police Friday after a suspicious item was found in his checked luggage by a MIA baggage screener Thursday night, sources told NBC Miami.
The suspicious item scare caused police to evacuate four of six airport terminals and the airport’s hotel for nearly seven hours as a bomb squad removed the item for further testing.
The airport was fully reopened around 4 a.m., and initial tests on the item have come back negative.
Shortly before noon Friday, it was learned that Butler was released from questioning and won’t be charged in the incident. Authorities escorted him back to one of the terminals at MIA where he’s expected to board a plane to Puerto Rico, which was his destination Thursday night. Continue reading »
The making of a dictatorial presidency ~ Hernando Today/Tampa Tribune
The making of a presidency or the undoing of one is not the job of a free press. Their function is to search and report the truth to the citizenry as the watchdogs of the government. The light of truth is an antidote to the establishment of a tyrannical government.(Snip)It is the will of the people, not the media’s censorship or distortion of the facts that should determine the direction of our government.
U.S. On Track To Reclaim Lost Jobs… In September 2017 ~ Investor’s Business Daily
The U.S. economy shed 54,000 jobs in August, the third straight monthly decline as the government cut more temporary census jobs. The drop was less than expected while June and July figures were revised higher. So far in 2010, the U.S. economy has added 723,000 jobs — for a monthly average of just 90,375. Employment bottomed in December 2009 at 129.588 million — two years after peaking at 137.951 million. At this year’s pace, the U.S. wouldn’t recoup all those 8.36 million lost jobs until September 2017 — 117 months after the December 2007 high.
The Importance of History ~ The Freeman
For me, nothing compares to those moments when the light of understanding comes on in my students or when they face a challenge to things long taken for granted. Their faces almost proclaim that they are seeing the world in a fundamentally different way. One of the most powerful ways we can elicit those reactions (snip) is to challenge what they think they know about history. There may be no more important thing for classical liberals to do than to offer counter-narratives to standard historical stories.
The Truth about That Dishonest Vanity Fair Palin Story, from One Who Was There ~ Big Journalism.com
Remember Vanity Fair (you know–the stale, old magazine that no one buys unless they are on the cover or they are wishing they were, like Joy Behar)? The recent hit piece on Sarah Palin by Michael Joseph Gross reveals that they must be as desperate as the rest of the MSM for sales/ratings, because they have lost all credibility, if they ever had any.
Jobless rate ticks up; Obama to offer new stimulus measures ~ The Hill
President Obama said Friday that he plans next week to unveil a broad package of measures to speed up an economic recovery. (Snip) Obama offered no details about the new proposals, but said he was “confident Democrats and Republicans can come together to agree on steps to move the economy forward.” “The key point I’m making right now is the economy is moving in a positive direction, it’s just not moving as quickly as we’d like it,” Obama said.
U.S. Affirms 17% Climate Target; Envoys Cite Progress on `Green Fund’ ~ Bloomberg
The U.S. failure to pass cap-and- trade legislation won’t change its target for 2020 to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by roughly 17 percent, climate negotiator Todd Stern said today. The House approved a bill last year to set limits on carbon dioxide linked to global warming and create a market in pollution allowances. The bill, supported by President Barack Obama, stalled in the Senate. Without new cap-and-trade legislation, Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency plans to use existing laws to regulate some sources of carbon pollution.
How to Bury the Threat from Shariah by Pretending It Doesn’t Exist ~ Big Peace.com
Maajid Nawaz’s oped in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal attempts to draw a distinction between Islam and Islamism. While there may indeed be such an argument if “Islam” means any given Muslim’s personal, subjective approach to the divine and “Islamism” means Sharia-adherence and –advocacy, this is not the argument Nawaz presents. In fact, Nawaz never really tells us what he means except to slide into an argument that Islamic “traditionalists,” impliedly devout and even Shariah-adherent, reject the political and hegemonic aims of the “Islamists.”
Accomplice to Evil ~ Front Page Mag (Interview with Michael A. Ledeen)
Leeden: The main argument is simple: when we deny the existence of evil, we become its accomplices. I recount many instances where we, America, have done just that: abandoning our soldiers captured by North Korea and the Soviet Union; appeasing Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and Castro; failing to prevent the Rwanda genocide; and failing to respond to Iran’s 30-year war against us.
The Revolt of the Bourgeois ~ National Review Online
The much-analyzed speeches at the Glenn Beck Lincoln Memorial rally weren’t as notable as what the estimated 300,000 attendees did: follow instructions, listen quietly to hours of speeches, and throw out their trash.
Fears grow over global food supply ~ Financial Times
Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Thursday extended an export ban first introduced last month until late December 2011, sending wheat and other cereals prices to a near two-year high. It came as the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation called an emergency meeting to discuss the wheat shortage.
The Conspiracy That Is The Federal Reserve ~ Personal Liberty Digest
How much money do you have in your wallet?
I’m not trying to be nosey. I want to make a very important point about what is wealth — and why what we call “dollars” have lost 80 percent of their purchasing power since I came kicking and screaming into the world.
Key Obama Ally Works with Socialists for Global Tax ~ The Blaze
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What Sort of Palestinian State? ~ National Review Online
President Obama is the latest in a long line of political personalities to think that establishing a Palestinian state would allow the Middle East to live happily ever after, and he has been pressing for it urgently. Superficially, such a state seems a properly human outcome that would at last allow the Palestinians to take control of their lives, as people ought to. At various points in the past, such a state could very possibly have been negotiated, but each time Israel and the Palestinians had demands that neither was willing to concede to the other.
Our Distracted Commander-in-Chief ~ Charles Krauthammer
Many have charged that President Obama’s decision to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan ten months from now is hampering our war effort. But now it’s official. In a stunning statement last week, Marine Corps commandant Gen. James Conway admitted that the July 2011 date is “probably giving our enemy sustenance.”
EU austerity polices risk civil war in Greece, warns top German economist Dr Sinn ~ Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Greece’s austerity measures cannot prevent default and could lead to a break-down of the political order, says top German economist.
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