Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Less-PC Movie About Muslim Criminals

Ghettos Naming Schools, Streets After Obama

It used to be that you could find out which areas to avoid by checking to see if there was a Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard or a Malcolm X Memorial Parkway in it. Now there is another aid to help you steer clear of the urban wastelands of liberalism:

Barack Obama took office barely 10 days ago, but already schools and streets are being renamed. In the Hempstead case they didn't even wait until Inauguration Day, re-christening the school back in November -- the first in the nation to do so.

For the students, it's music to their ears, gushed school principal Jean Bligen.

They "want to keep this interest, this high belief that we can really make a difference, that we can change our community, that we can change our nation, that we can make the world a better place," Bligen said.

Experts say this baptizing phenomenon is unique to an incoming American leader riding a wave of optimism at the beginning of his presidency.Link

"This is highly unusual," said Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University professor of popular culture.

"Usually this thing doesn't take place until the president is out of office and often until the president has actually died."

LinkBreitbart

Friday, January 30, 2009

Michael Steele Wins GOP Chairmanship


My Comments to the NJ MV

They wanted comments, because they are so interested in hearing about what we think:
I thing it is wrong to charge a so called 'convenience fee' to update registration online. You people are disgusting, money-grubbing maniacs. The whole purpose of the internet is to make things easier. Instead you decide to penalize people who use the internet, even though by doing this we are making YOUR job easier. You should be paying US a convenience fee. You are basically punishing us for making your life easier.

Ann Coulter Breaks Press Embargo, Confirms that Olbermann is 'Woman Trapped Inside Man's Body'

A woman trapped inside a woman's body is more like it:


Thursday, January 29, 2009

Condé Nast Takes Another Blow, Shuts Down Domino Magazine

Congressional Quarterly For Sale

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

British Blame Israel Almost as Much as Hamas

Turning now to events in the Middle East: For the past three weeks there has been a significant military conflict, with Israel launching attacks into Gaza, and Hamas, the Palestinian organization running Gaza, firing rockets into Israel. From what you know who do you blame for this conflict?

Israel

18%

Hamas

24%

Both equally

39%

Don’t know

19%

Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,000 British voters, conducted on Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Blagojevich May be Ousted Unanimously

Redistricting Will Soon be GOP Secret Weapon

The 2010 census could add multiple House seats to red-leaning states — as many as four districts to Texas and two each to Arizona and Florida. And it could subtract seats from blue-trending states like Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Most of the states slated to gain seats in reapportionment next cycle feature Republican-controlled state legislatures and governor’s mansions — the powerhouses that decide how to allocate congressional districts.
The Hill

Red Eye Makes Fun of Kooky Scientologists

Washington Post in Deeper Trouble: Book Word Going Under

The last issue of Book World in print will be the February 15, 2009 issue. Thereafter, content will be split between the Outlook section and Style & Arts on Sundays. Daily book reviews in Style will continue.
Fishbowl DC

Fox News' 85th Month in First Place

Fox News Channel was once again the top rated cable news network in January, its 85th consecutive month in first place in Total Viewers. It also was #1 in the A25-54 demo during prime time. Fox News was also the 3rd ranked network on all of cable in prime time, and 6th in total day.
TV Newser

Politico Story is False...

Via Media Bistro:

From: Buck, Brendan

Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:10 PM
Subject: Price and Rush Limbaugh - Politico Story is False

A story was published by Jonathan Martin in the Politico this afternoon that WRONGLY attributes a quote to Rep. Tom Price. Rep. Price never uttered the words that were WRONGLY attributed to him and we will be demanding a full retraction. Jonathan Martin never confirmed the quote with our office. If he had, we would have been able to correct is inaccurate reporting. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thank you.

Brendan Buck
Communications Director
Republican Study Committee
Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-6)

Democrat Mayor of Hartford Arrested for Bribery

Mayor Eddie A. Perez sat in his office at city hall on a late June day in 2007 and assured a pair of state criminal investigators that the rumors weren't true, that he had long ago paid in full for the $20,000 renovation at his home by city contractor Carlos Costa.

He could even get them the canceled check to prove it.

But barely an hour and a half after Perez said goodbye to the investigators, the mayor was in the offices of the Hartford Federal Credit Union filling out an application for a $25,000 home equity loan. It fell to Perez's lawyer nine days later to tell investigators that the mayor, in fact, had never paid Costa for the work that had begun more than two years earlier.

Hartford Courant

Top 20 TV Shows: Jan 19-25 2009

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Jan. 19-25. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (1) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 25.9 million viewers.
2. (2) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 22.77 million viewers.
3. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 17.57 million viewers.
4. (4) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 16.09 million viewers.
5. (8) "House," Fox, 15.03 million viewers.
6. (6) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 14.58 million viewers.
7. (5) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 14.43 million viewers.
8. (7) "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.21 million viewers.
9. (9) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.82 million viewers.
10. (10) "Cold Case," CBS, 13.26 million viewers.
11. (X) "Neighborhood Ball," ABC, 12.57 million viewers.
12. (15) "Lie to Me," Fox, 12.37 million viewers.
13. (13) "Eleventh Hour," CBS, 12.31 million viewers.
14. (17) "24," Fox, 12.1 million viewers.
15. (17) "Fringe," Fox, 11.96 million viewers.
16. (11) "Hallmark Hall Of Fame: Loving Leah," CBS, 11.74 million viewers.
17. (15) "NCIS," CBS, 11.73 million viewers.
18. (20) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 11.59 million viewers.
19. (14) "CSI: NY," CBS, 11.58 million viewers.
20. (23) "Lost," ABC, 11.35 million viewers.
Source: AP

New Jersey: Law to Spread Freeloader Housing is Hurting State's Economy

"This fee is an impediment to affordable housing," [State Senator Ray] Lesniak said. "Two and half percent of nothing is nothing. Our economy is sinking and sinking fast and this 2.5 percent fee is a drag on job creation."
NJ.com

Italians Trust Berlusconi

Do you have confidence in Silvio Berlusconi?

Jan. 2009

Dec. 2008

Nov. 2008

Yes

56%

58%

58%

No

41%

40%

40%

Source: IPR Marketing / La Repubblica
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Now For Something Totally Different: Iran Calls Holocaust a Big Lie

Iran's government spokesman on Tuesday branded the Holocaust a "big lie" created to place the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel in the Middle East, the state IRNA news agency reported.

"The Holocaust is a concept coming from a big lie in order to settle a rootless regime in the heart of the Islamic world," Gholam Hossein Elham told a conference on Gaza in central Iran's religious city of Qom.
Breitbart.com


Democrats Want to Hand Voter-Fraud Group ACORN Stimulus $$$

Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal working its way through the House.

House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for "neighborhood stabilization activities."

Fox News


Bay City, Michigan Freezes WWII Veteran to Death for Not Paying Utility Bill

*It was 32 degrees inside Schur's house when neighbors found his body.

*An autopsy determined Schur, 93, died from hypothermia in the home he lived in for years.

*A medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on Schur told TV5 and WNEM.com that Schur died a painful death due to the hypothermia.

*Dr. Kanu Varani has done hundreds of autopsies, and he said he’d never seen a person die of hypothermia indoors.

WNEM

Sarah Palin Closer to Presidential Run?

She has unveiled her new PAC.
A hot, Alaskan PAC.



I'm in the Mood for Something Less Disturbing Than the Democrat Party








Obama Choses Islamic TV Network for 1st Interview as President


Monday, January 26, 2009

Violence in Brazil: Man shot during car jacking caught on tape

CCTV, Brazil.
Man shot in stomach as two men jack his car.




2010 Census Likely to be Huge Boost for GOP in 2012, 2016, 2020

Likely Gainers:
Texas +4 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Arizona +2 (Helps Republicans)
Florida +2 (Slightly Helps Republicans)
Georgia +1 (Helps Republicans)
Nevada +1 (Toss Up)
North Carolina +1 (Slightly Helps Republicans)
Oregon +1 (Helps Democrats)
South Carolina +1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Utah +1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)

Likely Losers:
California -1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Ohio -2 (Toss Up)
Illinois -1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Iowa -1 (Slightly Helps Republicans)
Louisiana -1 (Helps Democrats)
Massachusetts -1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Michigan -1 (Helps Republicans)
Minnesota -1 (Helps Republicans)
Missouri -1 (Slightly Helps Democrats)
New Jersey -1 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
New York -2 (Greatly Helps Republicans)
Pennsylvania -1 (Helps Republicans)

Based on current census projections. Final numbers may vary slightly.

Abu Hamza's Controversial Remarks



New Jersey: Corzine Primary Opponent Drops Out, Will Back GOP Candidate Instead

In attendance at her swearing-in ceremony last year was then-U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, who next month intends to formally launch his Republican campaign for governor.

"Chris Christie is the only one who's done anything for ethics in New Jersey," [Ken] Balut said. "If I don't run, I'll back Christie."
Politicker NJ

Napolitano Takes Hard Border Stance...On Canada

"The northern border of the United States has become, since 9/11, important to our national security," Miss Napolitano wrote in an action directive issued Friday.

"As we have designed programs to afford greater protection against unlawful entry, members of Congress and homeland security experts have called for increased attention to the Canadian border," the directive said.

Washington Times


Sunday, January 25, 2009

Australia: ALP Loses Popularity, Conservatives Gain

If a federal election to the House of Representatives were held today, which one of the following would you vote for? If "Uncommitted", to which one of these do you have a leaning?

Jan. 18

Dec. 7

Nov. 23

Australian Labor Party

43%

48%

42%

Coalition (Liberal / National)

39%

35%

38%

Australian Greens

10%

10%

11%

Others

8%

7%

9%

Two-Party Preferred Vote

Jan. 18

Dec. 7

Nov. 23

Australian Labor Party

54%

59%

55%

Coalition (Liberal / National)

46%

41%

45%

Source: Newspoll / The Australian
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,152 Australian voters, conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 18, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Britain: Tories Increase Lead

If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?

Jan. 16

Jan. 8

Dec. 18

Conservative

45%

41%

42%

Labour

32%

34%

35%

Liberal Democrats

13%

15%

14%

Other

10%

10%

9%

Source: YouGov
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,000 British voters, conducted on Jan. 15 and Jan. 16, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Israel: Likud Increases Lead Over Kadima

Prospective results of a Knesset election
(Results presented in seats)

Jan. 18

Jan. 13

Jan. 6

Likud (Consolidation)

31

28

32

Kadima (Forward)

23

26

25

Labour

15

16

17

Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu)

13

14

10

International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas)

12

10

10

Vitality-Together (Meretz-Yachad)

6

6

6

Yahadut Hatorah (United Torah Judaism)

5

5

5

Jewish Home (Habayit Hayehudi)

3

3

4

National Union (HaIhud HaLeumi)

1

2

2

Green Party (Yerukim)

1

--

--

Retired People’s Party (Gil)

1

--

--

Source: Maagar Mochot / Channel 2
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 512 Israeli adults, conducted on Jan. 18, 2008. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

Mariah Carey: Whorish-Diva Flips Out at Obama Event

A spy said, "Mariah was in the VIP area, where every celebrity, like Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Bruce Springsteen, was seated. But somehow she thought she'd be up with the Obama family. When she realized she wasn't, she bailed.
New York Post

New York: Gov. Paterson Picks Blue Dog Sexpot to Replace Hillary


Kirsten Gillibrand, soon to be Senator.

Tom Hanks Apologizes for Attack on Mormons

"Last week, I labeled members of the Mormon church who supported California's Proposition 8 as 'un-American,'" the actor said in a statement through his publicist. "I believe Proposition 8 is counter to the promise of our Constitution; it is codified discrimination."

"But everyone has a right to vote their conscience; nothing could be more American," the statement continues. "To say members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who contributed to Proposition 8 are 'un-American' creates more division when the time calls for respectful disagreement. No one should use 'un- American' lightly or in haste. I did. I should not have."

Tom Hanks

Franken Has Not Stolen Senate Race Yet

Video of Daring Reporter Snubbed for Asking Obama a Question



Germans Still Feel Nazi Guilt

More than 60 years have passed since the end of the Nazi regime. Do you think Germany still has a special responsibility towards Israel?

Yes

60%

No

35%

Not sure

5%

Source: Forsa / Stern
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German adults, conducted on Jan. 8, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

California: Whitman Leads Newsom, Villaraigosa; Trails Brown

California Survey of 500 Likely Voters
January 14, 2009

Meg Whitman (R)

38%

Jerry Brown (D)

40%

Some Other Candidate

5%

Not Sure


17%

Meg Whitman (R)

37%

Gavin Newsom (D)

34%

Some Other Candidate

8%

Not Sure


21%

Meg Whitman (R)

41%

Anthony Villaraigosa (D)

34%

Some Other Candidate

9%

Not Sure

16%

Irish Losing Will to Stay Free?

Well, this is disappointing:

 Do you support or oppose the Lisbon Treaty?
Support
55%
Oppose
37%
Not sure
8%
Source: Quantum Research
Methodology: Interviews with 500 Irish adults, conducted in January 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Dow Falls 332 Pts on Obama Day

He may have the power to pack almost 2 million sheeple into the Mall in DC, but the Dow Jones did not respond very well to Obama's coronation:
Financial stocks, many of them falling by double digit percentages, led a huge drop on Wall Street Tuesday that left the major indexes down more than 4 percent and the Dow Jones industrials down 332 points. Although traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange paused to watch the inauguration ceremony and Obama's remarks, the transition of power didn't erase investors' intensifying concerns about struggling banks and their impact on the overall economy.

New Jersey: Christie Leads Corzine in Governor's Race

2009 New Jersey Governor Race

Chris Christie (R)

42%

Jon Corzine (D)

40%

Some Other Candidate

5%

Not Sure

13%

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Belarus: Majority Now Want to Join Mega Russia

If a referendum on Russia-Belarus unification took place today, how would you vote?

Dec. 2008

Sept. 2007

For unification

46.3%

33.8%

Against unification

35.3%

47.4%

Wouldn’t vote

9.7%

11.0%

Not sure

8.2%

7.8%

Source: Independent Institute for Social, Economic and Political Studies (IISEPS)
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,522 Belarusian adults, conducted from Dec. 2 to Dec. 12, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Minnesota Recount May be Unconstitutional

The 2000 Supreme Court decision may have an effect on the 2008 (going into 2009) Minnesota senate race:
By a vote of 7-2, Bush v. Gore (2000) ruled that Florida's recount violated the principle that all votes must be treated uniformly. Applying precedents dating to the 1960s, the Court found that the Equal Protection Clause meant that ballots must be treated so as to give every vote equal weight. A state may not, by "arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another." Florida's lack of standards produced "unequal evaluation of ballots in several respects." The state's supreme court "ratified this uneven treatment" and created more of its own, and was unconstitutional.
Wall Street Journal

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

31 Percent of Americans View Bush Presidency as Good or Very Good

My take on this is that his first term was very good, his second term was very mediocre (unfortunately, mediocre is not an option in this poll).


How would you rate George W. Bush in comparison to other presidents in U.S. history? Would you say he is the best president the U.S. has ever had, very good, good, poor, very poor, or would you say he is the worst president the U.S. has ever had?

Dec. 2008

Aug. 2008

Nov. 2007

The best

--

--

1%

Very good

5%

9%

8%

Good

26%

29%

32%

Poor

23%

22%

20%

Very poor

17%

14%

15%

The worst

28%

26%

23%

Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,013 American adults, conducted from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Germans Are a Pessimistic Bunch

Will 2009 be a good year or a bad year for Germany?

Good year

33%

Bad year

62%

Not sure

5%

Will 2009 be a good year or a bad year for you personally?

Good year

78%

Bad year

16%

Not sure

6%

Source: Forsa / Stern
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German adults, conducted on Dec. 11 and Dec. 12, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.



New Jersey: Christie Will Run for Governor

Former U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie is expected to announce today that he intends to seek the Republican nomination for Governor. Christie will file formal papers with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.

Christie, 46, served as New Jersey’s federal prosecutor from 2002 to 2008, where he led a virtual war on political corruption. His convictions included former Newark Mayor Sharpe James, former Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Wayne Bryant, and Essex County Executive James Treffinger.

Politicker NJ

Link



Israel: Likud and Kadima Tied

Prospective results of a Knesset election
(Results presented in seats)

Jan. 1

Dec. 10

Oct. 26

Likud (Consolidation)

28

35

29

Kadima (Forward)

28

21

31

Labour

16

15

11

Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu)

12

11

11

International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas)

11

12

8

Vitality-Together (Meretz-Yachad)

6

6

5

Yahadut Hatorah (United Torah Judaism)

5

7

4

Jewish Home (National Union and NRP)

4

4

7

Green Party (Yerukim)

--

--

3

Arab parties

10

10

11

Source: Teleseker / Maariv
Methodology: Interviews with 800 Israeli adults, conducted on Jan. 1, 2009. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Blagojevich Wins? Burris May be Seated in The Senate

Is the UAE Paying Al-Qaeda to Stay Away?

Many observers are surprised that Dubai, with its high concentration of westerners and relaxed dress code, has not yet been struck by al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants.
BBC

Unlike neighbour Saudi Arabia, the UAE has had no major terrorism incidents.
BBC

I have wondered about this for a while. With all the Western-influenced construction and influx of non-Muslim travelers in Dubai, why has it not been attacked by al-Qaeda? The United Arab Emirates has so much money to throw around that it is conceivable that they would pay protection money to keep terrorists away. One would think that Dubai would be like a stick in the eye of Osama bin Laden, since he considers the Arabian Peninsula to be sacred ground and wants to remove everything that is non-Islamic.


Italy: Conservatives Lead by 10

Photo by Clay Irving

If the national political election for the Chamber of Deputies were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) /
Northern League (LN) /
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)

46.8%

Democratic Party (PD) /
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)

36.8%

Union of the Centre

5.6%

Left Rainbow (SA)

4.3%

Other parties

5.2%

Source: Demos&Pi
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,536 Italian adults, conducted from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

ACORN Worker Charged With Voter Fraud

An East St. Louis woman has been charged with submitting false information on voter registration cards, including turning in cards from nursing home residents without their knowledge.

U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway's office said Deidra Humphrey, 44, worked for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and the Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition from June through August last year.

BND.com


Israel: Likud Leads Kadima, Labour Gains Momentum

Prospective results of a Knesset election
(Results presented in seats)


Dec. 31

Nov. 18

Likud (Consolidation)

32

34

Kadima (Forward)

27

28

Labour

16

10

Israel Our Home (Yisrael Beiteinu)

11

10

International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas)

9

10

Vitality-Together (Meretz-Yachad)

7

7

Yahadut Hatorah (United Torah Judaism)

5

6

Jewish Home (National Union and NRP)

3

4

Arab parties

10

11

Source: Dialog / Haaretz
Methodology: Interviews with 472 Israeli adults, conducted on Dec. 31, 2008. Margin of error is 5 per cent.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Denmark: Tight General Election Race

What party would you support in the next general election?


Dec. 13

Nov. 15

Oct. 25

Social Democracy in Denmark (SD)

26.1%

26.0%

24.4%

Left, Liberal Party of Denmark (V)

24.1%

22.4%

22.9%

Socialist People’s Party (SF)

17.6%

18.1%

17.5%

Danish People’s Party (DF)

14.0%

14.0%

14.7%

Conservative People’s Party (KF)

10.8%

12.0%

10.9%

Radical Left-Social Liberal Party (RV)

3.7%

4.4%

5.2%

Unity List-The Red Greens (EL)

2.1%

1.6%

2.1%

New Alliance (NA)

1.1%

0.9%

1.0%

Christian Democrats (KD)

0.4%

0.5%

0.8%

Source: Catinét Research / Ritzau
Methodology: Interviews with 1,070 Dane adults, conducted from Dec. 8 to Dec. 13, 2008. Margin of error is 2.6 per cent.

Military Often Prevented From Voting

Many U.S. troops serving overseas are effectively excluded from voting because they are not given enough time to cast absentee ballots, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Sixteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia do not send out their absentee ballots early enough to allow those serving in conflicts like Iraq and Afghanistan to fill them out and return them before their voting deadline, the Pew Center on the States found.

Another six states force soldiers, sailors and marines to return their ballots by fax or e-mail to meet the deadline, risking the privacy and security of their vote.

Reuters


British Against Euro

Would you vote in favour or against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum?

In favour

23%

Against

71%

Not sure

6%

Source: ICM Research / BBC Radio
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 British adults, conducted from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Americans Against Gay Marriage

Do you think marriages between gay and lesbian couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?

Dec. 2008

Jun. 2008

Should

44%

44%

Should Not

55%

53%

Unsure

1%

3%

Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,013 American adults, conducted from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Israelis Support Gaza Operation

Do you support the current military operation in Gaza?

Support

81%

Oppose

12%

Not sure

7%

Will the current operation stop the Qassam rockets against Israel?

Forever

6%

For a long period

11%

For a short period

24%

No

39%

Not sure

20%

Source: Maagar Mochot / Israel Radio
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 502 Israeli adults, conducted on Dec. 28, 2008. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

Sea Ice at Same Levels as 1979

Hackers Attack Israel

Clinton Maniac

I found this on the internet using Stumble Upon. It's weird.

http://worldofwonder.net/images4/Ccintonmaniac.jpg

How Many Israelis Should Have Died First?

'Fairness' Doctrine Begins: Ann Coulter Reportedly 'Banned For Life' on NBC

Germany: Conservatives Still On Top

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?


Dec. 16

Nov. 20

Oct. 9

Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) /
Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU)

37%

39%

38%

Social Democratic Party (SPD)

24%

25%

25%

Free Democratic Party (FDP)

12%

11%

11%

Left Party (Linke)

11%

10%

12%

Green Party (Grune)

11%

10%

8%

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,001 German adults, conducted on Dec. 15 and Dec. 16, 2008. Margin of error is 2.7 per cent.



Interested American Stat Counter

The Gettysburg Address

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

-- Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863

Worst States for Business (2009)

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • California
  • Ohio
  • Rhode Island
  • Maryland
  • Iowa
  • Vermont
  • Nebraska
  • Minnesota

Best States for Business (2009)

  • Wyoming
  • South Dakota
  • Nevada
  • Alaska
  • Florida
  • Montana
  • Texas
  • New Hampshire
  • Oregon
  • Delaware

Speakers of the House

1st Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, Apr 01, 1789
2nd Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut, Oct 24, 1791
3rd Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, Dec 02, 1793 4th, 5th Jonathan Dayton, New Jersey, Dec 07, 1795
6th Theodore Sedgwick, Massachusetts, Dec 02, 1799
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45 Goals of the Communist Party (1963)

  • 01. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
  • 02. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
  • 03. Develop the illustion that total disarmament by the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
  • 04. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
  • 05. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
  • 06. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
  • 07. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
  • 08. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under the supervision of the U.N.
  • 09. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
  • 10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
  • 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
  • 12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
  • 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
  • 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
  • 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
  • 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
  • 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
  • 18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
  • 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
  • 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
  • 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
  • 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms."
  • 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."
  • 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
  • 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
  • 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy."
  • 27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a "religious crutch."
  • 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state."
  • 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
  • 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."
  • 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
  • 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
  • 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
  • 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
  • 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
  • 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
  • 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
  • 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
  • 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
  • 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
  • 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
  • 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems.
  • 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
  • 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
  • 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.