In an article entitled, "Pope accused of stoking homophobia after he equates homosexuality to climate change" Times reporter Philippe Naughton disrespects Catholicism, Christianity, and all of humanity by lending legitimacy to the homofascist claim that anyone who shuns sodomy is somehow "homophobic."
Naughton starts off her article by quoting the Pope one or two measly times. She then uses the rest of her terrible article to Christian bash. In short, she places quote after painful quote of heretical occultists claiming the Holy Bible supports acts of sodomy.
Philippe Naughton ought to get off the homofascist band wagon and come back to reality. Yes, reality. That thing homofascist's find so hard to believe in. In reality, the human body is not an abstraction, but rather, an important part of who we are as human beings. We are not abstract conscious's inhabiting impersonal bodies, but rather our bodies are a part of who we are and we must recognize as much if our personhood is ever to be whole, entire, and unbroken.
Dec 20, 2008
Step Down! Jerry Brown!
California state Attorney General Jerry Brown says that he will now defend sodomy in the California courts against the will of Californians, who voted overwhelmingly on November 4th in favor of natural marriage.
Due to "deep probing," into the issues of sodomy and same-sex attraction, Brown says, he's had a change of heart.
Nov 20, 2008
Cardinal Stafford criticizes Obama as ‘aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic’
Washington DC, Nov 17, 2008 / 02:27 pm (CNA).- Cardinal James Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See, delivered a lecture on Thursday saying that the future under President-elect Obama will echo Jesus’ agony in Gethsemane. Criticizing Obama as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic,” he went on to speak about a decline in respect for human life and the need for Catholics to return to the values of marriage and human dignity.
Delivered at the Catholic University of America, the cardinal’s lecture was titled “Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul,” the student university paper The Tower reports. Hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, his words focused upon Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, whose fortieth anniversary is marked this year.
Commenting on the results of the recent presidential election, Cardinal Stafford said on Election Day “America suffered a cultural earthquake.” The cardinal argued that President-elect Obama had campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform” and predicted that the near future would be a time of trial.
For more click here.
Nov 16, 2008
Hands Off Our Proposition!!! Religious Liberty at Stake!
With Homosexual 'Marriage' Christian Freedoms Will be Under Greatest Threat in Hawaii, Wisconsin
By John-Henry Westen
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new study by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has found that over 350 separate state anti-discrimination laws would likely be affected by the legal recognition of same-sex “marriage.” The organization surveyed over 1,000 state anti-discrimination laws -- specifically those prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender, or marital status -- to assess how those laws would affect religious dissenters to same-sex “marriage” if same-sex “marriage” were to be legally recognized.
Based on the data, The Becket Fund concluded that if same-sex “marriage” is recognized by courts or legislatures, people and institutions that have conscientious objections to facilitating same-sex “marriages” will likely be sued under existing anti-discrimination laws, despite the fact that those laws were never intended for that purpose.
Based on an analysis of the laws and what has transpired in other jurisdictions with similar laws, such as Canada, the Becket Fund warned: "Lawsuits will likely arise when religious people or religious organizations choose, based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, not to hire individuals in same-sex marriages, refuse to extend spousal benefits to same-sex spouses, refuse to make their property or services available for same-sex marriage ceremonies or other events affirming same-sex marriage, or refuse to provide otherwise available housing to same-sex couples. This wide-ranging conflict between governments and conscientious citizens would take years of litigation to resolve, assuming that it could be resolved."
The study found that all 50 states prohibit gender discrimination in some way, and only 37 states have explicit religious exemptions to these provisions, many of them quite narrow. This lack of exemptions could become a problem if (as has happened in some instances) religious objections to same-sex “marriage” are treated as a kind of gender discrimination.
In addition, 33 states prohibit at least some discrimination based on marital status, and only 13 of these states provide religious exemptions, some with a wide latitude of exemption, others with only narrow exemptions. Of the 20 states that prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination, 18 provide exemptions for religious objection.
Hawaii and Wisconsin are especially concerning since, while these states prohibit gender, marital status and sexual orientation-based discrimination, they have no provision for religious exemption from such laws.
"When considering same-sex marriage, both legislatures and the judiciary should recognize the competing religious liberty rights involved," suggests the Becket Fund. "If legislators or judges do recognize same-sex marriage, they should carve out robust religious exemptions for religious dissenters. Additionally, academic institutions and public interest groups should stimulate public discussion on these conflicts and ways to avoid them."
The study is available online here:
http://www.becketfund.org/files/34a97.pdf
By John-Henry Westen
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new study by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has found that over 350 separate state anti-discrimination laws would likely be affected by the legal recognition of same-sex “marriage.” The organization surveyed over 1,000 state anti-discrimination laws -- specifically those prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender, or marital status -- to assess how those laws would affect religious dissenters to same-sex “marriage” if same-sex “marriage” were to be legally recognized.
Based on the data, The Becket Fund concluded that if same-sex “marriage” is recognized by courts or legislatures, people and institutions that have conscientious objections to facilitating same-sex “marriages” will likely be sued under existing anti-discrimination laws, despite the fact that those laws were never intended for that purpose.
Based on an analysis of the laws and what has transpired in other jurisdictions with similar laws, such as Canada, the Becket Fund warned: "Lawsuits will likely arise when religious people or religious organizations choose, based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, not to hire individuals in same-sex marriages, refuse to extend spousal benefits to same-sex spouses, refuse to make their property or services available for same-sex marriage ceremonies or other events affirming same-sex marriage, or refuse to provide otherwise available housing to same-sex couples. This wide-ranging conflict between governments and conscientious citizens would take years of litigation to resolve, assuming that it could be resolved."
The study found that all 50 states prohibit gender discrimination in some way, and only 37 states have explicit religious exemptions to these provisions, many of them quite narrow. This lack of exemptions could become a problem if (as has happened in some instances) religious objections to same-sex “marriage” are treated as a kind of gender discrimination.
In addition, 33 states prohibit at least some discrimination based on marital status, and only 13 of these states provide religious exemptions, some with a wide latitude of exemption, others with only narrow exemptions. Of the 20 states that prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination, 18 provide exemptions for religious objection.
Hawaii and Wisconsin are especially concerning since, while these states prohibit gender, marital status and sexual orientation-based discrimination, they have no provision for religious exemption from such laws.
"When considering same-sex marriage, both legislatures and the judiciary should recognize the competing religious liberty rights involved," suggests the Becket Fund. "If legislators or judges do recognize same-sex marriage, they should carve out robust religious exemptions for religious dissenters. Additionally, academic institutions and public interest groups should stimulate public discussion on these conflicts and ways to avoid them."
The study is available online here:
http://www.becketfund.org/files/34a97.pdf
Nov 14, 2008
Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, AIP leaders sue in CA court to obtain Obama citizenship proof, stop Secretary of State from certifying Electors
Fenton, MI – November 14, 2008
Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, vice-presidential candidate Wiley S. Drake, and the Chairman of the American Independent Party, Markham Robinson, have filed suit in California Superior Court in Sacramento seeking to bar Secretary of State Debra Bowen from certifying to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the names of Electors, and from transmitting to each presidential Elector a Certificate of Election, until documentary proof is produced and verified showing that Senator Obama is a “natural born” citizen of the United States, and does not hold citizenship of Indonesia, Kenya or Great Britain.
In addition, they have asked that the court issue a peremptory writ barring Senator Obama’s California Electors from signing the Certificate of Vote until such documentary proof is produced and verified.
In response to questions about why the suit was being filed, Ambassador Alan Keyes commented, “I and others are concerned that this issue be properly investigated and decided before Senator Obama takes office. Otherwise there will be a serious doubt as to the legitimacy of his tenure. This doubt would also affect the respect people have for the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. I hope the issue can be quickly clarified so that the new President can take office under no shadow of doubt. This will be good for him and for the nation.”
Former Reagan administration official Ambassador Alan Keyes and Wiley S. Drake were the 2008 presidential and vice-presidential nominees of the American Independent Party, which is the California affiliate of the new national America’s Independent Party.
Mission Viejo, California attorney Dr. Orly Taitz and United States Justice Foundation Executive Director Gary Kreep are representing the plaintiffs in this case.
Copies of the court filing, along with further information concerning developments in this case, will be made available at http://www.AIPNEWS.com, or can be obtained by contacting AIP national chairman Tom Hoefling.
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Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, vice-presidential candidate Wiley S. Drake, and the Chairman of the American Independent Party, Markham Robinson, have filed suit in California Superior Court in Sacramento seeking to bar Secretary of State Debra Bowen from certifying to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the names of Electors, and from transmitting to each presidential Elector a Certificate of Election, until documentary proof is produced and verified showing that Senator Obama is a “natural born” citizen of the United States, and does not hold citizenship of Indonesia, Kenya or Great Britain.
In addition, they have asked that the court issue a peremptory writ barring Senator Obama’s California Electors from signing the Certificate of Vote until such documentary proof is produced and verified.
In response to questions about why the suit was being filed, Ambassador Alan Keyes commented, “I and others are concerned that this issue be properly investigated and decided before Senator Obama takes office. Otherwise there will be a serious doubt as to the legitimacy of his tenure. This doubt would also affect the respect people have for the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. I hope the issue can be quickly clarified so that the new President can take office under no shadow of doubt. This will be good for him and for the nation.”
Former Reagan administration official Ambassador Alan Keyes and Wiley S. Drake were the 2008 presidential and vice-presidential nominees of the American Independent Party, which is the California affiliate of the new national America’s Independent Party.
Mission Viejo, California attorney Dr. Orly Taitz and United States Justice Foundation Executive Director Gary Kreep are representing the plaintiffs in this case.
Copies of the court filing, along with further information concerning developments in this case, will be made available at http://www.AIPNEWS.com, or can be obtained by contacting AIP national chairman Tom Hoefling.
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Nov 5, 2008
California Election Results
Prop 8 Passed Defending Marriage!
California’s vote in favor of traditional marriage should give the silent majority comfort that they do have a voice and can and should stand up for this central institution in legislatures throughout the world. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period.
Prop 11 Passed for Redistricting, which will help conservatives pick up seats the next time around!
Follow the below links for the rest of the results.
Ballot Initiatives: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/props/index.html
State Senate: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/stsen/all.htm
State Assembly: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/stasm/all.htm
Although things went terrible nationally (we elected our first socialist president) the major things in California, that will effect us long term, did not go so bad.
Ryan
California’s vote in favor of traditional marriage should give the silent majority comfort that they do have a voice and can and should stand up for this central institution in legislatures throughout the world. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Period.
Prop 11 Passed for Redistricting, which will help conservatives pick up seats the next time around!
Follow the below links for the rest of the results.
Ballot Initiatives: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/props/index.html
State Senate: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/stsen/all.htm
State Assembly: http://vote.sos.ca.gov/stasm/all.htm
Although things went terrible nationally (we elected our first socialist president) the major things in California, that will effect us long term, did not go so bad.
Ryan
Negative Rights and the Role of Government in a Free and Virtuous Society
Natural human rights are outgrowths of the natural law. The natural law provides us with moral directions about how to live in harmony with others and natural rights exist naturally when we live according to those rules. Natural rights then are an effect, not a cause; they are dependent not subsistent.
Recently, this fact seems to have been forgotten, as fringe groups such as pro-sodomy activists, led by lost minds like that of California Superintendent of School Instruction, Jack O'Connell, campaign for the supposed "RIGHT" to engage in and teach the false-normalcy of various anti-social behaviors.
Thankfully, the passage of marriage amendments in Florida, Arizona, and California, and the protection of children from being adopted by active homosexuals in Arkansas shows that most Americans still recognize, at least implicitly or emotionally, the difference between "Rights" and "Negative Rights;" those behaviors which fall within the boundaries of rational choice and those which constitute mindlessness, savagery, and lead to chaos and an eventual loss of natural rights.
If the state were to create a "negative right" such as the right for two persons of the same-sex to marry or create a so-called "civil union," which places mindless, savage, and chaotic-type behaviors on a pedestal and forces there defence through law, rather than those actions which attempt to conform to reality through knowledge and wisdom, then the state and law become unjust; out of touch with reality; repressive and hurtfull,the state and law become ad hoc and whimsical; law becomes the opposite of law. The law should not rebel against itself. The rebellion of natural rights against the natural law is the rebellion of the branches against the tree. If the rebels were ever to succeed, they would soon find that they destroyed the basis for their own existence.
A Short Note on Rights
Natural human rights are out growths of the natural law. The natural law provides us with moral directions about how to live in harmony with others and natural rights exist naturally when we live according to those rules. Natural rights then are an effect, not a cause.
Nov 3, 2008
Voters Guide/Find Your Polling Place
This is it! Election Day is Today! GO VOTE!
You may find your polling place by calling 866-OUR VOTE or by visiting http://www.govote.org/
You may also report voter intimidation to the Secretary of State at 866-687-8683!
VOTING GUIDE
California Propositions
Vote YES ON 4!
Vote YES ON 8!
Vote YES ON 11!
Vote NO ON EVERYTHING ELSE!
You can look up your individual county’s Republican Voting Guide here: http://www.cagop.org/county/
DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES! Especially those candidates who have a symbol next to their name!
California State Senate
Do NOT vote for SD 3 – Mark Leno ▼
Do NOT vote for SD 5 - Lois Wolk
Do NOT vote for SD 7 - Mark DeSaulnier
Do NOT vote for SD 9 – Loni Hancock
Do NOT vote for SD 11 - Joe Simitian ■
Do NOT vote for SD 13 - Elaine Alquist ■
Do NOT vote for SD 19 - Hannah Beth Jackson
Do NOT vote for SD 21 - Carol Liu
Do NOT vote for SD 23 – Fran Pavley
Do NOT vote for SD 27 - Alan Lowenthal ■
Do NOT vote for SD 39 - Christine Kehoe ■ ▼
State Assembly
Do NOT vote for AD 1 - Wesley Chesbro
Do NOT vote for AD 6 - Jared Huffman■
Do NOT vote for AD 7 - Noreen Evans■
Do NOT vote for AD 8 – Mariko Yamada
Do NOT vote for AD 9 - Dave Jones■
Do NOT vote for AD 10 – Alyson Huber
Do NOT vote for AD 11 - Tom Torlakson
Do NOT vote for AD 12 - Fiona Ma ■
Do NOT vote for AD 13 - Tom Ammiano▼
Do NOT vote for AD 14 – Nancy Skinner
Do NOT vote for AD 15 - Joan Buchanan
Do NOT vote for AD 16 - Sandre Swanson ■
Do NOT vote for AD 18 - Mary Hayashi ■
Do NOT vote for AD 19 – Jerry Hill
Do NOT vote for AD 20 - Alberto Torrico ■
Do NOT vote for AD 21 - Ira Ruskin ■
Do NOT vote for AD 22 - Paul Fong
Do NOT vote for AD 23 - Joe Coto ■
Do NOT vote for AD 24 - Jim Beall ■
Do NOT vote for AD 27 – Bill Monning
Do NOT vote for AD 28 - Anna Caballero ■
Do NOT vote for AD 35 - Pedro Nava ■
Do NOT vote for AD 37 – Ferial Masry
Do NOT vote for AD 39 – Felipe Fuentes ■
Do NOT vote for AD 40 – Bob Blumenfi eld
Do NOT vote for AD 41 - Julia Brownley ■
Do NOT vote for AD 42 - Mike Feuer ■
Do NOT vote for AD 43 - Paul Krekorian ■
Do NOT vote for AD 44 - Anthony Portantino ■
Do NOT vote for AD 45 - Kevin de León ■
Do NOT vote for AD 46 - John A. Perez ▼
Do NOT vote for AD 47 - Karen Bass ■
Do NOT vote for AD 49 - Mike Eng ■
Do NOT vote for AD 50 - Hector de la Torre ■
Do NOT vote for AD 51 - Curren Price ■
Do NOT vote for AD 53 - Ted Lieu ■
Do NOT vote for AD 54 - Bonnie Lowenthal
Do NOT vote for AD 56 - Tony Mendoza ■
Do NOT vote for AD 57 - Ed Hernandez ■
Do NOT vote for AD 58 - Charles Calderon ■
Do NOT vote for AD 69 - Jose Solorio ■
Do NOT vote for AD 76 - Lori Saldana ■
Do NOT vote for AD 78 - Marty Block
Do NOT vote for AD 79 - Mary Salas ■
Do NOT vote for AD 80 – Manuel Perez
Oct 31, 2008
Throw Your Nest Egg at Obama!
Recently, students at Texas A&M played a game out in the quad called "Throw Your Nest Egg at Obama!
In short, the group placed card board cut-outs of Barack a.k.a Barry a.k.
a De Soto (or whatever his real first name is?) Hussein Obama out on the lawn, and they had students throw eggs at these card board cut outs!
The "nest eggs" are obviously meant to symbolize your savings and your future earnings under an Obama presidency. Since Obama wants to raise taxes on any American making over $250,000, $150,000, or $42,000 per year (we don't know the actual number because he has used all three of these numbers, each for different audiences).
The game makes a great point, eh!
Vote McCain or else you'll get a "red" communist as your leader! For those of you who don't understand what that means let me say it another way.
YOU WILL NOT MAKE AS MUCH MONEY! THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE ON WELFARE! Obama is, in fact, the Welfare Candidate!
So for the Love of God Vote McCain! Not that it matters since most of you live in California which will go to Obama anyway.
In short, the group placed card board cut-outs of Barack a.k.a Barry a.k.
a De Soto (or whatever his real first name is?) Hussein Obama out on the lawn, and they had students throw eggs at these card board cut outs!
The "nest eggs" are obviously meant to symbolize your savings and your future earnings under an Obama presidency. Since Obama wants to raise taxes on any American making over $250,000, $150,000, or $42,000 per year (we don't know the actual number because he has used all three of these numbers, each for different audiences).
The game makes a great point, eh!
Vote McCain or else you'll get a "red" communist as your leader! For those of you who don't understand what that means let me say it another way.
YOU WILL NOT MAKE AS MUCH MONEY! THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE ON WELFARE! Obama is, in fact, the Welfare Candidate!
So for the Love of God Vote McCain! Not that it matters since most of you live in California which will go to Obama anyway.
Oct 30, 2008
"Gay Marriage" = Nightmare!!! And Ca, Superintendent of Schools, Jack O'Connell Supports It? He Should be Fired Now!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
BOYNTON BEACH — Carol Anne Burger killed her former lover by stabbing her 222 times with a Phillips-head screwdriver and then took pains to hide her crime, police said Wednesday. Then she got angry when she found out her lover didn't have life insurance that she could collect as a result of her new so-called "gay marriage" benefit!
(It should be noted that anyone refusing to live in accord with their nature as a human being will develop a devastating kind of loneliness, just like these women did, because they are detached from reality.)
Jessica Kalish, who shared a house with Burger despite breaking up with her more than a year ago, was found last Thursday stuffed in the backseat of her gun-metal BMW sedan, abandoned behind a medical office at 2300 S. Congress Avenue. Her blood was splashed around the rear end and undercarriage of the car, as if her killer had tried to load her into the trunk. The driver-side window was shattered.
Read more here.
Oct 26, 2008
Developing: Obama's Grandmother May Have Confirmed Kenyan Birth
"Wayne Madsen, Journalist with Online Journal as a contributing writer published an article on June 9, 2008, stating that a research team went to Mombassa, Kenya, and located a Certificate Registering the birth of Barack Obama, Jr. at a Kenya Maternity Hospital, to his father, a Kenyan citizen and his mother, a U.S. citizen.
When Jerome Corsi, senior WND investigative reporter, recently traveled to Kenya to investigate several questions about the candidate and his citizenship, he was kidnapped, told the records were sealed, and promptly deported.
For more information click here!
When Jerome Corsi, senior WND investigative reporter, recently traveled to Kenya to investigate several questions about the candidate and his citizenship, he was kidnapped, told the records were sealed, and promptly deported.
For more information click here!
Leftist U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick Tosses Lawsuit challenging Obama's Citizenship
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's citizenship and eligibility to be president. For more click here.
Oct 25, 2008
Is Barack Obama a U.S. Citizen? Groups Are Coming Together to Demand That Barack Obama's Name be Pulled from the Ballot.
According to obamacrimes.com the facts have been established that Barack Obama is not constitutionally qualified to be elected or serve as President of the United States, and that the Court should issue a summary judgment as follows:
That Barack Hussein Obama a/k/a Barry Hussein Obama a/k/a Barack Dunham a/k/a Barry Dunham a/k/a Barack Soetoro a/k/a Barry Soetoro is not a “natural born” or “naturalized” United States citizen.
That he is ineligible to run for and/or serve as President of the United States.
That the Democratic National Committee be enjoined from naming Barack Hussein Obama, et al as the Democratic Presidential Candidate on the ballot.
That the Democratic National Committee and Barack Hussein Obama, et al are enjoined from any further campaigning on behalf of Barack Hussein Obama, et al for Office of the Presidency.
That Barack Hussein Obama’s, et al name be removed from any and all ballots for the Office of the President of the United States.
Oct 24, 2008
Jack O'Connell Seduced by Pro-Sodomy Activists to Tell a 96% Lie to California Voters
Jack O'Connell may look clean-cut and conservative on the outside, but on the inside, he is a discpicable liar and dark propagandist.
Sacramento—Oct. 23—The ProtectMarriage.com—Yes on 8 campaign today criticized the "No on 8" campaign’s new television ad, released yesterday, which features California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, jumping into bed with homosexualist lies, and aiding in the spread of the uniquely modern psychological and social pathology known as "gay."
The ad raises a new standard for using a small, cleverly worded kernel of truth to foster the Big Lie.
Specifically, they discussed whether schools are "required" to teach anything about marriage, and states that they are not.
By this logic, presumably, they would argue that no one in California is required to have a drivers’ license, only the people who want to drive cars are.
The real fact, as stated clearly in the "Yes on 8" ads, are that, whether it is technically "required" or not, that virtually all schools in California do teach marriage now, and if gay marriage is legal, they will be REQUIRED to teach about gay marriage as well, because that will be the definition of marriage.
"O’Connell’s cleverly worded denials try to trick voters into thinking schools do not teach about marriage," said Chip White, press secretary for Yes on 8. "But for the 96% of public schools that teach sex education, state law requires them to teach about marriage."
The California Department of Education’s own website says that 96 % of public schools provide instruction under the Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Act (Educ. Code Sec. 51930, et seq.) and every school that provides instruction under that Act must provide instruction and materials that teach about marriage. Additionally, the Department of Education’s own checklist for instruction under the Act confirms that instruction about marriage is required for the school district to be in compliance with state law.
"There is no foundation for O’Connell’s untruthful statements that nothing in California law requires teaching about marriage," said Andrew Pugno, general counsel for Yes on 8. "The voters deserve to hear the truth. While O’Connell may personally favor gay marriage, as a public official it is his obligation to tell the truth about California’s education laws."
The Yes on 8 campaign sent a letter to O’Connell yesterday demanding that he retract his misstatements. The letter, which is attached, identifies Education Code sections that demonstrate public schools do teach about marriage, at a rate of 96%.
"Perhaps if O’Connell spent less time making false statements in TV ads," said White, "he’d have more time to read his own website."
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FACT SHEET
Superintendent O’Connell:“Prop 8 has nothing to do with schools…Our schools aren’t required to teach anything about marriage…”
FACT:
CaliforniaEducation Code (EC) 51933 specifies that school districts are not required to provide comprehensive sexual health education, but if they choose to do so, they shall comply with all of the requirements listed below.
…Instruction shall encourage communication between students and their
families and shallteach respect for marriageand committed
relationships.(http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/sexeducation.asp)
FACT:According to a study posted on the California Department of Education’s (CDE’s) website, 96% of California school districts voluntarily provide classroom instruction under the California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Act (Education Code,§§51930et seq). That study states:
HIV/AIDS prevention education and sex education are nearly universally taught inCaliforniatoday. Ninety-four percent of surveyed schools
provide HIV/AIDS prevention education, as is mandated by law, and an
even larger number, 96%, provide sex education despite having no
requirement to do so.
ACLU/PB Consulting report,“Sex Education in California Public Schools,”August 2003, page 5.
Superintendent O’Connell:“Using kids to lie about that is shameful…”
FACT: O’Connell seems content to accuse supporters of Prop 8 of“lying”while deliberately ignoring the rules and researchof his own department.
Oct 20, 2008
YCC Weekly Update!
1) Ryan Sorba to Debate Princeton Theological Seminary Alum on Marriage and Prop. 8 at Cal State San Marcos on October 28, at noon.
2) ISI Lecture! Dinesh D’Souza will defend the free market and the virue of prosperity at the University of the Pacific on October 23 at 6 p.m.
3) Opportunities to help the McCain Palin ticket in swing states, Colorado and Nevada
4) Attend a YAF Conference and stay at the Reagan Ranch! Only $60, hotel and food included!
5) Seven new YCC Chapters now on college campuses!
6) Qaulcon Stadium to host HUGE pro-marriage rally Nov. 1st.
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1) Ryan Sorba to Debate Princeton Alum on Marriage and Proposition 8
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Ryan Sorba will debate Margo McKenna at California State University, San Marcos at 12 p.m. on the subject of marriage.
McKenna, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary refers to herself as a “Reverend” and presides over the “Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation.” Unitarian Universalist’s, is should be noted, believe that all disparate religions and philosophies are correct in their understanding of reality. McKenna, in all her “Universality,” will defend the pro-sodomy movement’s demands that California change the central concept (the essence) of the definition of marriage to “consent,” while Sorba’s will unleash all the power of the natural law against her misconceptions. To learn more about Ryan’s apponant click here: http://www.chaliceuu.org/aboutMargo.htm
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2) ISI Lecture!
Technology, the Market, and the Virtue of Prosperity
Dinesh D’Souza, prominent author and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution will discuss “Technology, the Market, and the Virute of Proserity” at the University of the Pacific, in Grace Covell Hall, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California 95211 on October 23 at 6 p.m.
For more info click visit: http://www.isi.org/calendar/eventDetail.aspx?id=4AE45333-FE9A-4E3D-A76F-619F834A7325
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3) The McCain Palin campaign is welcoming anyone who can come to Colorado to work for a McCain Palin Victory!
Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation, lodging and meals. Consider it a last minute campaign contribution and make it a trip with your friends! If you are interested in taking part of the McCain 72 hour Campaign please email Marc Massey your resume at mmassey@mccain08hq.com.
What: 72 hour Campaign
When: Oct 31st - Nov.5th
Where: Denver, Colorado
Who: YOU!
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4) YAF Conference
Apply now before the $60 rate increases for the Young America's Foundation West Coast Leadership Conference Nov 14-15 in Santa Barbara!
Apply now at http://www.regonline.com/wclc08.
Confirmed speakers include Michael Reagan, Dennis Prager, Rep. Mark Souder (IN), Nicole Hoplin, Frank Donatelli, Ron Robinson, and many more! Meet like-minded peers, learn conservative ideas, and get valuable resources all in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA!
Merit-based travel scholarships are available by application. Please reply if you need more information.
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5) Five new YCC clubs!
In recent weeks, through the help of the Leadership Institute, five new YCC chapters have formed. First, the Brooks Institue has formed a YCC Conservative Film club. The Club intends to create conservative documentaries and films. In addition two YCC conservative Book clubs have sprung up at Cal State Long Beach and UC Riverside and YCC pro-life groups have formed at Cal State L.A. and UC Riverside.
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6) Qualcom Stadium Pro-Marriage Rally!
Join the largest gathering of pro-marriage supporters ever to assemble at Qaulcom stadium in San Diego on November 1st! Bring and energize your friends to vote YES ON 8! Visit the following link for more info.
http://thecall.com/
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Viva la conservative revolucion,
Ryan Sorba
2) ISI Lecture! Dinesh D’Souza will defend the free market and the virue of prosperity at the University of the Pacific on October 23 at 6 p.m.
3) Opportunities to help the McCain Palin ticket in swing states, Colorado and Nevada
4) Attend a YAF Conference and stay at the Reagan Ranch! Only $60, hotel and food included!
5) Seven new YCC Chapters now on college campuses!
6) Qaulcon Stadium to host HUGE pro-marriage rally Nov. 1st.
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1) Ryan Sorba to Debate Princeton Alum on Marriage and Proposition 8
On Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Ryan Sorba will debate Margo McKenna at California State University, San Marcos at 12 p.m. on the subject of marriage.
McKenna, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary refers to herself as a “Reverend” and presides over the “Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation.” Unitarian Universalist’s, is should be noted, believe that all disparate religions and philosophies are correct in their understanding of reality. McKenna, in all her “Universality,” will defend the pro-sodomy movement’s demands that California change the central concept (the essence) of the definition of marriage to “consent,” while Sorba’s will unleash all the power of the natural law against her misconceptions. To learn more about Ryan’s apponant click here: http://www.chaliceuu.org/aboutMargo.htm
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2) ISI Lecture!
Technology, the Market, and the Virtue of Prosperity
Dinesh D’Souza, prominent author and the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution will discuss “Technology, the Market, and the Virute of Proserity” at the University of the Pacific, in Grace Covell Hall, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California 95211 on October 23 at 6 p.m.
For more info click visit: http://www.isi.org/calendar/eventDetail.aspx?id=4AE45333-FE9A-4E3D-A76F-619F834A7325
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3) The McCain Palin campaign is welcoming anyone who can come to Colorado to work for a McCain Palin Victory!
Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation, lodging and meals. Consider it a last minute campaign contribution and make it a trip with your friends! If you are interested in taking part of the McCain 72 hour Campaign please email Marc Massey your resume at mmassey@mccain08hq.com.
What: 72 hour Campaign
When: Oct 31st - Nov.5th
Where: Denver, Colorado
Who: YOU!
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4) YAF Conference
Apply now before the $60 rate increases for the Young America's Foundation West Coast Leadership Conference Nov 14-15 in Santa Barbara!
Apply now at http://www.regonline.com/wclc08.
Confirmed speakers include Michael Reagan, Dennis Prager, Rep. Mark Souder (IN), Nicole Hoplin, Frank Donatelli, Ron Robinson, and many more! Meet like-minded peers, learn conservative ideas, and get valuable resources all in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA!
Merit-based travel scholarships are available by application. Please reply if you need more information.
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5) Five new YCC clubs!
In recent weeks, through the help of the Leadership Institute, five new YCC chapters have formed. First, the Brooks Institue has formed a YCC Conservative Film club. The Club intends to create conservative documentaries and films. In addition two YCC conservative Book clubs have sprung up at Cal State Long Beach and UC Riverside and YCC pro-life groups have formed at Cal State L.A. and UC Riverside.
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6) Qualcom Stadium Pro-Marriage Rally!
Join the largest gathering of pro-marriage supporters ever to assemble at Qaulcom stadium in San Diego on November 1st! Bring and energize your friends to vote YES ON 8! Visit the following link for more info.
http://thecall.com/
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Viva la conservative revolucion,
Ryan Sorba
Oct 13, 2008
Barack Obama & Raila Odinga
Obama launched his career in the home of a terrorist and uses US taxpayer's money to fly to Kenya to campaign for a communist. Of course he can't spare any money for his brother who lives in a metal shack - so much for family values and helping the poor.
Oct 8, 2008
Help Defend Marriage: Donate Now to Yes on Prop 8!!
Dear YCC Member,
Please remember to vote YES ON Proposition 8, which states that "only marriage between a man and woman shall be recognized or valid in the state of California."
Recently, the polls have shown that we are in for a tight race and right now we need all the financial help we can get to defend marriage.
Even if you don't live in California, you should consider making a donation. Remember that if the homosexualists win in California, they will head on over to your state next.
I just donated $100.
You can donate any amount, even just $5 will help.
Donate now...or forever rest your peace.
Donate here: https://www.icontribute.us/protectmarriage/initiative/main
VOTE YES ON 8!!
Ryan
Please remember to vote YES ON Proposition 8, which states that "only marriage between a man and woman shall be recognized or valid in the state of California."
Recently, the polls have shown that we are in for a tight race and right now we need all the financial help we can get to defend marriage.
Even if you don't live in California, you should consider making a donation. Remember that if the homosexualists win in California, they will head on over to your state next.
I just donated $100.
You can donate any amount, even just $5 will help.
Donate now...or forever rest your peace.
Donate here: https://www.icontribute.us/protectmarriage/initiative/main
VOTE YES ON 8!!
Ryan
Alleging fraud, authorities raid Barack Obama's Previous Employer: "ACORN"
ACORN's canvassers filled out forms with fake names, addresses, officials say
State authorities on Tuesday raided an organization that registers low-income people to vote, alleging that its canvassers falsified forms with bogus names, fake addresses or famous personalities.
The secretary of state's office launched an investigation after noticing that names did not match addresses and that most members of the Dallas Cowboys appeared to be registering in Nevada to vote in November's general election.
"Some of these (forms) were facially fraudulent; we basically had the starting lineup for the Dallas Cowboys," Secretary of State Ross Miller said. "Tony Romo is not registered to vote in Nevada. Anyone trying to pose as Terrell Owens won't be able to cast a ballot."
To read more click here.
Oct 7, 2008
KENYA DETAINS ANTI-OBAMA REPORTER...
NAIROBI, Kenya – The government of Kenya is holding WND senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi in custody at immigration headquarters after police picked him up at his hotel just prior to a scheduled news conference in which he planned to announce the findings of his investigation into Barack Obama's connections in the country.
Corsi, the author of the No. 1 best-selling book "The Obama Nation," was picked up by authorities at his hotel at 9:45 a.m. and detained at Nyayo House, the provincial headquarters for Nairobi.
To read more click here.
Oct 5, 2008
A Message from Mike Huckubee
Dear Huck PACkers-
I wanted to write you to convey my disgust with the passing of this 451 page bailout bill. Wall Street has gone trick-or-treating in Washington a little bit early this October. Wall Street is getting the treats and America is getting tricked. The “Axis of Arrogance” has tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the Main Streeters and in doing so hid a sty full of pork in a bill whose constitutionality is questionable at best. Friends, the folks in Washington continue to treat your wallet as their tip jar and this has to stop.
Just check out a few provisions in this bill:
Sec. 211. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters
Sec. 308. Increase in limit on cover over of rum excise tax to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 309. Extension of economic development credit for American Samoa.
Sec. 312. Deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for a motorsports racing track facility.
Sec. 322. Tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 325. Extension and modification of duty suspension on wool products; wool research fund; wool duty refunds.
At a time when we are at “ground zero” and on the verge of an all out financial collapse, I am disgusted that these provisions were made.
At a time when Congress had the opportunity to do something to help the American economy, they lived up to their low approval rating. The only thing we can thank Congress for right now is that they are consistent. They are consistently spending money that doesn’t belong to them, consistently expanding pork projects, consistently doing nothing to help rebuild the American economy and consistently hurting the future of our country. Ultimately, they are consistently ignoring their own values, principles and beliefs and as a result, the American People are going to have to suffer.
Without the bailout there might have been some temporary hurt, but the long term effect will be far worse because of the precedent this bill has set and the “Bail-Aholics” it will create. Within minutes of the bill passing the state of California was already in line asking to be the next recipient of a Government hand out. We are creating an economy where you cannot fail and by doing so disabling our ability to ever truly succeed.
I am afraid this is just the beginning of the bailouts. We must not go silent into the night, we have to continue to fight and stand up against these legislators.
Consider contributing $4.51, a penny for every page of this ludicrous bill to Huck PAC. We will use it to help fund a changing of the guard and restore trust back to our government.
Stay strong in the fight,
Mike Huckabee
PS: I’ll also be addressing this issue on the 2nd edition of “Huckabee” this weekend on the Fox News Channel. We will only be on Sunday night at 8pm ET, 7pm CT due to an already scheduled special that will run Saturday night. After this week, my show will air on both Saturday and Sunday at 8pm ET, 7pm CT. Please email all your friends and those on your email directory and ask them to watch.
We have had an enormous number of comments regarding the issue of the Congressional bailout. It has ignited passions of Americans from coast to coast like few things have and yet in the bubble of D. C., they really don’t seem to understand.
I hope you’ll join HuckPAC with your prayers, contributions, and actions to help good people get elected in the next 30 days. I hope you’ll share your comments with me and engage in the online conversation we’ll be having over the next couple of days on the issue of the bailout and your reactions to my show on Fox News Channel.
God bless you!
I wanted to write you to convey my disgust with the passing of this 451 page bailout bill. Wall Street has gone trick-or-treating in Washington a little bit early this October. Wall Street is getting the treats and America is getting tricked. The “Axis of Arrogance” has tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the Main Streeters and in doing so hid a sty full of pork in a bill whose constitutionality is questionable at best. Friends, the folks in Washington continue to treat your wallet as their tip jar and this has to stop.
Just check out a few provisions in this bill:
Sec. 211. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters
Sec. 308. Increase in limit on cover over of rum excise tax to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 309. Extension of economic development credit for American Samoa.
Sec. 312. Deduction allowable with respect to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico.
Sec. 317. Seven-year cost recovery period for a motorsports racing track facility.
Sec. 322. Tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 325. Extension and modification of duty suspension on wool products; wool research fund; wool duty refunds.
At a time when we are at “ground zero” and on the verge of an all out financial collapse, I am disgusted that these provisions were made.
At a time when Congress had the opportunity to do something to help the American economy, they lived up to their low approval rating. The only thing we can thank Congress for right now is that they are consistent. They are consistently spending money that doesn’t belong to them, consistently expanding pork projects, consistently doing nothing to help rebuild the American economy and consistently hurting the future of our country. Ultimately, they are consistently ignoring their own values, principles and beliefs and as a result, the American People are going to have to suffer.
Without the bailout there might have been some temporary hurt, but the long term effect will be far worse because of the precedent this bill has set and the “Bail-Aholics” it will create. Within minutes of the bill passing the state of California was already in line asking to be the next recipient of a Government hand out. We are creating an economy where you cannot fail and by doing so disabling our ability to ever truly succeed.
I am afraid this is just the beginning of the bailouts. We must not go silent into the night, we have to continue to fight and stand up against these legislators.
Consider contributing $4.51, a penny for every page of this ludicrous bill to Huck PAC. We will use it to help fund a changing of the guard and restore trust back to our government.
Stay strong in the fight,
Mike Huckabee
PS: I’ll also be addressing this issue on the 2nd edition of “Huckabee” this weekend on the Fox News Channel. We will only be on Sunday night at 8pm ET, 7pm CT due to an already scheduled special that will run Saturday night. After this week, my show will air on both Saturday and Sunday at 8pm ET, 7pm CT. Please email all your friends and those on your email directory and ask them to watch.
We have had an enormous number of comments regarding the issue of the Congressional bailout. It has ignited passions of Americans from coast to coast like few things have and yet in the bubble of D. C., they really don’t seem to understand.
I hope you’ll join HuckPAC with your prayers, contributions, and actions to help good people get elected in the next 30 days. I hope you’ll share your comments with me and engage in the online conversation we’ll be having over the next couple of days on the issue of the bailout and your reactions to my show on Fox News Channel.
God bless you!
Sep 25, 2008
Not So Basic Economics: Free Markets & Civil Society
Are you confused about the current fiancial crisis in the United States? If so, take a short course in econimics now free, with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, and figure out where you stand when it comes to government intervention in our markets.
To take the short course simply click here.
Sep 22, 2008
Iran, Nuclear Bombs, and Madmen
By CAROLINE GLICK
Iran is just a heartbeat away from the A-bomb.Last Friday the Daily Telegraph reported Teheran has surreptitiously removed a sufficient amount of uranium from its nuclear production facility in Isfahan to produce six nuclear bombs. Given Iran's already acknowledged uranium enrichment capabilities, the Telegraph's report indicates that the Islamic Republic is now in the late stages of assembling nuclear bombs.
It would be a simple matter for Iran to assemble those bombs without anyone noticing. US spy satellites recently discovered what the US believes are covert nuclear facilities in Iran. The mullocracy has not disclosed these sites to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, which is charged with inspecting Iran's nuclear sites.
As to the IAEA, this week it presented its latest report on Teheran's nuclear program to its board members in Vienna. The IAEA's report claimed that Iran has taken steps to enable its Shihab-3 ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads. With their range of 1,300 kilometers, Shihab-3 missiles are capable of reaching Israel and other countries throughout the region.
In support of its swiftly progressing nuclear program, Iran has escalated both its conventional military and terroristic adventurism. It has also ratcheted up its diplomatic assault on the US. This week, Teheran conducted a countrywide air defense exercise. Gen. Khatim al-Anbiaa, the commander of Iran's Air Defense Corps, explained that the exercise was aimed at defending against both electronic jamming systems and actual bombing strikes.
Also this week, Yahya Rahim Safavi, the former commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and current senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for security affairs, announced that Iran has shifted responsibility for naval warfare on the Persian Gulf from its regular naval forces to its more fanatical Revolutionary Guards. The Iranian navy will now be deployed only in the Gulf of Oman and along the Caspian Sea.
The deployment of the Guards along the Persian Gulf means that the force will be responsible for naval operations in the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of global oil shipments travel. Issuing Iran's most explicit threat to US naval forces in the area and global oil shipments to date, Safavi declared, "The entire Strait of Hormuz is under the tight control of the Iranian security forces, which are ready to defend Iran against any threat."
To finish the article click here.
Iran is just a heartbeat away from the A-bomb.Last Friday the Daily Telegraph reported Teheran has surreptitiously removed a sufficient amount of uranium from its nuclear production facility in Isfahan to produce six nuclear bombs. Given Iran's already acknowledged uranium enrichment capabilities, the Telegraph's report indicates that the Islamic Republic is now in the late stages of assembling nuclear bombs.
It would be a simple matter for Iran to assemble those bombs without anyone noticing. US spy satellites recently discovered what the US believes are covert nuclear facilities in Iran. The mullocracy has not disclosed these sites to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, which is charged with inspecting Iran's nuclear sites.
As to the IAEA, this week it presented its latest report on Teheran's nuclear program to its board members in Vienna. The IAEA's report claimed that Iran has taken steps to enable its Shihab-3 ballistic missiles to carry nuclear warheads. With their range of 1,300 kilometers, Shihab-3 missiles are capable of reaching Israel and other countries throughout the region.
In support of its swiftly progressing nuclear program, Iran has escalated both its conventional military and terroristic adventurism. It has also ratcheted up its diplomatic assault on the US. This week, Teheran conducted a countrywide air defense exercise. Gen. Khatim al-Anbiaa, the commander of Iran's Air Defense Corps, explained that the exercise was aimed at defending against both electronic jamming systems and actual bombing strikes.
Also this week, Yahya Rahim Safavi, the former commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and current senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for security affairs, announced that Iran has shifted responsibility for naval warfare on the Persian Gulf from its regular naval forces to its more fanatical Revolutionary Guards. The Iranian navy will now be deployed only in the Gulf of Oman and along the Caspian Sea.
The deployment of the Guards along the Persian Gulf means that the force will be responsible for naval operations in the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of global oil shipments travel. Issuing Iran's most explicit threat to US naval forces in the area and global oil shipments to date, Safavi declared, "The entire Strait of Hormuz is under the tight control of the Iranian security forces, which are ready to defend Iran against any threat."
To finish the article click here.
A liberal Democrat,David Blankenhorn, backs Proposition 8
By David Blankenhorn
I'm a liberal Democrat. And I do not favor same-sex marriage. Do those positions sound contradictory? To me, they fit together.Many seem to believe that marriage is simply a private love relationship between two people. They accept this view, in part, because Americans have increasingly emphasized and come to value the intimate, emotional side of marriage, and in part because almost all opinion leaders today, from journalists to judges, strongly embrace this position. That's certainly the idea that underpinned the California Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage.
But I spent a year studying the history and anthropology of marriage, and I've come to a different conclusion.Marriage as a human institution is constantly evolving, and many of its features vary across groups and cultures. But there is one constant. In all societies, marriage shapes the rights and obligations of parenthood. Among us humans, the scholars report, marriage is not primarily a license to have sex. Nor is it primarily a license to receive benefits or social recognition. It is primarily a license to have children. In this sense, marriage is a gift that society bestows on its next generation. Marriage (and only marriage) unites the three core dimensions of parenthood -- biological, social and legal -- into one pro-child form: the married couple.
Marriage says to a child: The man and the woman whose sexual union made you will also be there to love and raise you. Marriage says to society as a whole: For every child born, there is a recognized mother and a father, accountable to the child and to each other. These days, because of the gay marriage debate, one can be sent to bed without supper for saying such things. But until very recently, almost no one denied this core fact about marriage.
Summing up the cross-cultural evidence, the anthropologist Helen Fisher in 1992 put it simply: "People wed primarily to reproduce." The philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell, certainly no friend of conventional sexual morality, was only repeating the obvious a few decades earlier when he concluded that "it is through children alone that sexual relations become important to society, and worthy to be taken cognizance of by a legal institution."Marriage is society's most pro-child institution.
In 2002 -- just moments before it became highly unfashionable to say so -- a team of researchers from Child Trends, a nonpartisan research center, reported that "family structure clearly matters for children, and the family structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological parents in a low-conflict marriage." All our scholarly instruments seem to agree: For healthy development, what a child needs more than anything else is the mother and father who together made the child, who love the child and love each other. For these reasons, children have the right, insofar as society can make it possible, to know and to be cared for by the two parents who brought them into this world. The foundational human rights document in the world today regarding children, the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically guarantees children this right. The last time I checked, liberals like me were supposed to be in favor of internationally recognized human rights, particularly concerning children, who are typically society's most voiceless and vulnerable group. Or have I now said something I shouldn't? Every child being raised by gay or lesbian couples will be denied his birthright to both parents who made him. Every single one. Moreover, losing that right will not be a consequence of something that at least most of us view as tragic, such as a marriage that didn't last, or an unexpected pregnancy where the father-to-be has no intention of sticking around. On the contrary, in the case of same-sex marriage and the children of those unions, it will be explained to everyone, including the children, that something wonderful has happened.
For me, what we are encouraged or permitted to say, or not say, to one another about what our society owes its children is crucially important in the debate over initiatives like California's Proposition 8, which would reinstate marriage's customary man-woman form. Do you think that every child deserves his mother and father, with adoption available for those children whose natural parents cannot care for them? Do you suspect that fathers and mothers are different from one another? Do you imagine that biological ties matter to children? How many parents per child is best? Do you think that "two" is a better answer than one, three, four or whatever? If you do, be careful. In making the case for same-sex marriage, more than a few grown-ups will be quite willing to question your integrity and goodwill. Children, of course, are rarely consulted.
By David Blankenhorn
But I spent a year studying the history and anthropology of marriage, and I've come to a different conclusion.Marriage as a human institution is constantly evolving, and many of its features vary across groups and cultures. But there is one constant. In all societies, marriage shapes the rights and obligations of parenthood. Among us humans, the scholars report, marriage is not primarily a license to have sex. Nor is it primarily a license to receive benefits or social recognition. It is primarily a license to have children. In this sense, marriage is a gift that society bestows on its next generation. Marriage (and only marriage) unites the three core dimensions of parenthood -- biological, social and legal -- into one pro-child form: the married couple.
Marriage says to a child: The man and the woman whose sexual union made you will also be there to love and raise you. Marriage says to society as a whole: For every child born, there is a recognized mother and a father, accountable to the child and to each other. These days, because of the gay marriage debate, one can be sent to bed without supper for saying such things. But until very recently, almost no one denied this core fact about marriage.
Summing up the cross-cultural evidence, the anthropologist Helen Fisher in 1992 put it simply: "People wed primarily to reproduce." The philosopher and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell, certainly no friend of conventional sexual morality, was only repeating the obvious a few decades earlier when he concluded that "it is through children alone that sexual relations become important to society, and worthy to be taken cognizance of by a legal institution."Marriage is society's most pro-child institution.
In 2002 -- just moments before it became highly unfashionable to say so -- a team of researchers from Child Trends, a nonpartisan research center, reported that "family structure clearly matters for children, and the family structure that helps children the most is a family headed by two biological parents in a low-conflict marriage." All our scholarly instruments seem to agree: For healthy development, what a child needs more than anything else is the mother and father who together made the child, who love the child and love each other. For these reasons, children have the right, insofar as society can make it possible, to know and to be cared for by the two parents who brought them into this world. The foundational human rights document in the world today regarding children, the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically guarantees children this right. The last time I checked, liberals like me were supposed to be in favor of internationally recognized human rights, particularly concerning children, who are typically society's most voiceless and vulnerable group. Or have I now said something I shouldn't? Every child being raised by gay or lesbian couples will be denied his birthright to both parents who made him. Every single one. Moreover, losing that right will not be a consequence of something that at least most of us view as tragic, such as a marriage that didn't last, or an unexpected pregnancy where the father-to-be has no intention of sticking around. On the contrary, in the case of same-sex marriage and the children of those unions, it will be explained to everyone, including the children, that something wonderful has happened.
For me, what we are encouraged or permitted to say, or not say, to one another about what our society owes its children is crucially important in the debate over initiatives like California's Proposition 8, which would reinstate marriage's customary man-woman form. Do you think that every child deserves his mother and father, with adoption available for those children whose natural parents cannot care for them? Do you suspect that fathers and mothers are different from one another? Do you imagine that biological ties matter to children? How many parents per child is best? Do you think that "two" is a better answer than one, three, four or whatever? If you do, be careful. In making the case for same-sex marriage, more than a few grown-ups will be quite willing to question your integrity and goodwill. Children, of course, are rarely consulted.
By David Blankenhorn
Sep 15, 2008
What is Wrong with Joe Biden?
One of Sen. Biden's most enduring qualities is his tendency to say things he wishes he hadn't. Since being picked as Barack Obama's VP, he's referred to his running mate as "Barack America," referred to a future administration as a "Biden administration" and who last week at a rally shouted out to Missouri State Sen. Chuck Graham, "Chuck, stand up, let people see you." (Sen. Graham is confined to a wheelchair.)
But while Biden's reputation for being a one-man verbal wrecking crew is well-known, yesterday's supposed gaffe may not have been. While in Nashua, N.H., Biden told the crowd, "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States. … Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me." It seems as though the question must be asked, "What is wrong with Joe Biden?"
But while Biden's reputation for being a one-man verbal wrecking crew is well-known, yesterday's supposed gaffe may not have been. While in Nashua, N.H., Biden told the crowd, "Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States. … Quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me." It seems as though the question must be asked, "What is wrong with Joe Biden?"
Sep 10, 2008
A perfect example of why California needs Prop 8
According to a WorldNetDaily article, "Brides" and "grooms" are no longer allowed to marry in the State of California. That privilege is only extended to individuals who allow themselves to be called "Party A" and "Party B" on marriage licenses.
Pastor Doug Bird of Abundant Life Fellowship in Roseville, Calif., was alarmed to find the state now rejects the traditional terms after he officiated his first marriage ceremony last week following the California Supreme Court decision to overturn Proposition 22.
The couple had written the words "bride" and "groom" next to "Party A" and "Party B" because they wanted to be legally recognized as husband and wife.
However, the Placer County marriage license was denied.
"I received back the license and a letter from the Placer County Clerk/Recorder stating that the license 'does not comply with California State registration laws,'" Bird said in a statement from the Pacific Justice Institute.
It was an "unacceptable alteration," the County Recorder's Office claimed the State Office of Vital Records determined.
"What's next?" Bird wrote in a Sept. 4 letter. "Will the State of California force [ministers] to use the terms "Party A" and "Party B" in the ceremony itself?"
In a 4-3 decision, California's high court declared that legal definitions of marriage as a union between a man and a woman were unconstitutional. Since the ruling, the generic designations have been added to legal documents.
Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus said voters must change the state constitution by voting on the marriage amendment in November if they wish to preserve the traditional meaning of marriage.
"Unless Proposition 8 is passed, heterosexual couples will be forced to wed out of the state if they wish to be officially identified as bride and groom or husband and wife." He said in a statement. "This is a major slap in the face for traditional marriage."
Want to sound off? Use the contact information below to voice your opinion.
Jim McCauley, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters
2954 Richardson DriveAuburn, CA 95603
Recordings - (530) 886-5600Clerk - (530) 886-5610
Fax: (530) 886-5687E-mail: clerk@placer.ca.gov
Pastor Doug Bird of Abundant Life Fellowship in Roseville, Calif., was alarmed to find the state now rejects the traditional terms after he officiated his first marriage ceremony last week following the California Supreme Court decision to overturn Proposition 22.
The couple had written the words "bride" and "groom" next to "Party A" and "Party B" because they wanted to be legally recognized as husband and wife.
However, the Placer County marriage license was denied.
"I received back the license and a letter from the Placer County Clerk/Recorder stating that the license 'does not comply with California State registration laws,'" Bird said in a statement from the Pacific Justice Institute.
It was an "unacceptable alteration," the County Recorder's Office claimed the State Office of Vital Records determined.
"What's next?" Bird wrote in a Sept. 4 letter. "Will the State of California force [ministers] to use the terms "Party A" and "Party B" in the ceremony itself?"
In a 4-3 decision, California's high court declared that legal definitions of marriage as a union between a man and a woman were unconstitutional. Since the ruling, the generic designations have been added to legal documents.
Pacific Justice Institute President Brad Dacus said voters must change the state constitution by voting on the marriage amendment in November if they wish to preserve the traditional meaning of marriage.
"Unless Proposition 8 is passed, heterosexual couples will be forced to wed out of the state if they wish to be officially identified as bride and groom or husband and wife." He said in a statement. "This is a major slap in the face for traditional marriage."
Want to sound off? Use the contact information below to voice your opinion.
Jim McCauley, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters
2954 Richardson DriveAuburn, CA 95603
Recordings - (530) 886-5600Clerk - (530) 886-5610
Fax: (530) 886-5687E-mail: clerk@placer.ca.gov
Sep 9, 2008
Apply for the 2008-09 ISI Honors Program Now!
The ISI Honors Program is a highly selective year-long mentoring fellowship for fifty of the nation’s most promising undergraduates. Honors Fellows are assigned an Academic Mentor who guides them through reading projects, and advises on intellectual questions and career options. Fellows explore the West’s intellectual tradition at a week-long, all-expenses-paid summer conference, at weekend colloquia, and through an online listserve.
Fellows receive an array of ISI publications, including American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and Modern Age, and are notified of employment, fellowship, and internship opportunities.
To learn how to become an ISI Honors Fellow now click here.
Sep 8, 2008
McCain and Palin Surge Into the Lead
The USAToday/Gallup poll shows McCain ahead 54 percent to 44 percent among likely voters and 50 percent to 46 percent among registered voters. This poll arbitrarily excludes a certain percentage of LVs from the category of RVs depending on their response to a series of questions. In practice, its LV results have been far more volatile than other polls. But for that reason, it is one of the better measures we have for voter enthusiasm and therefore, perhaps, for turnout. During most of this year, Democrats have been more enthusiastic than Republicans. This poll suggests that the Sarah Palin/John McCain convention has narrowed or eliminated the enthusiasm gap.
Just about every poll released today shows a McCain surge. The Rasmussen track shows McCain up 48 percent to 47 percent, compared with 48 to 48 yesterday. The Gallup track shows McCain ahead 49 to 44, up from 48 to 45 yesterday. The Diageo/Hotline track showed a 44-to-44 tie, compared with a 6 percent lead for Obama in its most recent report. We haven't seen much in the way of state results yet, except that Anchorage-based Ivan Moore, who polls for Democrats but has worked for Republicans in the past, shows McCain-Palin way ahead, 54 percent to 35 percent, in Alaska, where his previous poll showed Obama trailing McCain by only 2.5 percent. "Obama had a real shot to score an upset in Alaska," the Britain-born Moore writes, "but that opportunity is categorically gone."
Bottom line: Obama was a little ahead going into the conventions. McCain is a little ahead coming out of the conventions. On to the debates!
By Michael Barone
Just about every poll released today shows a McCain surge. The Rasmussen track shows McCain up 48 percent to 47 percent, compared with 48 to 48 yesterday. The Gallup track shows McCain ahead 49 to 44, up from 48 to 45 yesterday. The Diageo/Hotline track showed a 44-to-44 tie, compared with a 6 percent lead for Obama in its most recent report. We haven't seen much in the way of state results yet, except that Anchorage-based Ivan Moore, who polls for Democrats but has worked for Republicans in the past, shows McCain-Palin way ahead, 54 percent to 35 percent, in Alaska, where his previous poll showed Obama trailing McCain by only 2.5 percent. "Obama had a real shot to score an upset in Alaska," the Britain-born Moore writes, "but that opportunity is categorically gone."
Bottom line: Obama was a little ahead going into the conventions. McCain is a little ahead coming out of the conventions. On to the debates!
By Michael Barone
Sep 7, 2008
Ryan Sorba takes on "Young Turk" talk show host, Cenk Uygur!
This week, during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, Young Conservatives of California state chair, Ryan Sorba stunned online talk show host Cenk Uygur in a debate which centered around the nature of the pro-sodomy movement in America.
It began when Ryan Sorba handed the book Barack Obama: The Audacity of Deceit to "Young Turk" talk show host Cenk Uygur. Uygur told Ryan to sit down and have some fun on the radio. Little did Uygur know Ryan Sorba was the only one about to have fun! In fact, by the time the interview had ended Uygar was spouting near obscenities and Ryan was smiling and shaking hands with former California governor Pete Wilson!
Click here to watch the intense interview unfold.
It began when Ryan Sorba handed the book Barack Obama: The Audacity of Deceit to "Young Turk" talk show host Cenk Uygur. Uygur told Ryan to sit down and have some fun on the radio. Little did Uygur know Ryan Sorba was the only one about to have fun! In fact, by the time the interview had ended Uygar was spouting near obscenities and Ryan was smiling and shaking hands with former California governor Pete Wilson!
Click here to watch the intense interview unfold.
It was trial by fire recently for seven Leadership Institute trainees in Washington, D.C.
The Washington, DC-based Leadership Institute (LI) is a conservative organization that trains and places conservatives in leadership positions on college campuses and in the media. As part of the Institute's field representative program, seven trainees were sent to Washington, DC's Dupont Circle to gather signatures for a petition in support of traditional marriage. The training exercise allowed the representatives to practice "running a membership table" and to "engage interested passers-by."
Dupont Circle is known for having a sizable liberal and homosexual population. Barry Broussard of Mississippi, one of the trainees, notes the numerous angry reactions and foul gestures they received. However, he also said they "drew a lot of encouragement from people just driving by and giving us the 'thumbs-up.'"
Another trainee, Daniel Cervera, said the hateful responses did not upset him. However, he was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm of those grateful for their presence.
Ian Ivey, director of communications for LI, says they were able to gather 88 signatures.
"One of the things that surprised us the most about this exercise in Dupont Circle was that a group of people came down from the tenth floor of a nearby building – they came out basically...in favor of traditional marriage as well," Ivey explains. "So our group there actually attracted quite a bit of attention both from leftists who were irritated by their presence, but also from conservatives who came up and said, 'Boy, are we glad to see you here. It is so refreshing to see someone standing up for traditional values.'"
The petition drive, according to Ivey, was a way to give the trainees hands-on experience before they are sent to college campuses to train students to organize their own conservative groups.
Dupont Circle is known for having a sizable liberal and homosexual population. Barry Broussard of Mississippi, one of the trainees, notes the numerous angry reactions and foul gestures they received. However, he also said they "drew a lot of encouragement from people just driving by and giving us the 'thumbs-up.'"
Another trainee, Daniel Cervera, said the hateful responses did not upset him. However, he was pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm of those grateful for their presence.
Ian Ivey, director of communications for LI, says they were able to gather 88 signatures.
"One of the things that surprised us the most about this exercise in Dupont Circle was that a group of people came down from the tenth floor of a nearby building – they came out basically...in favor of traditional marriage as well," Ivey explains. "So our group there actually attracted quite a bit of attention both from leftists who were irritated by their presence, but also from conservatives who came up and said, 'Boy, are we glad to see you here. It is so refreshing to see someone standing up for traditional values.'"
The petition drive, according to Ivey, was a way to give the trainees hands-on experience before they are sent to college campuses to train students to organize their own conservative groups.
Sep 5, 2008
The Poison of Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
I have been deeply disappointed to hear even friends of mine mention that simply because Barack Hussein Obama Jr. is clean cut and speaks well that he would make a good U.S. President. But when asked about what Obama stands for, most who lend him credence can give no answer. Apparently, for far too many, all it takes to qualify for the presidency are public speaking skills, never mind accomplishments or experience. And while we are on the subject of accomplishments, let me list a few personal, social, fiscal, and foreign policy measures that Barack Hussein Obama Jr. backs.
Socially, Barack Obama voted against filtering pornography on elementary school library computers, he voted for "sex education" for kindergarten children, and in 2001, Barack Hussein Obama voted "present" on a bill to keep pornographic book stores, video stores, and strip clubs from setting up within 1,000 feet of schools and churches. For some reason, the man apparently has no problem with ramming perversion in the face of school children and church goers.
In addition to his practical perversion, Barack Obama has voted against bills prohibiting the tax funding of abortions twice. Apparently, he wants you to pay for the murder of innocent children. In 2001, Barack Obama voted "present" on a bill which would notify parents when their minor children seek an abortion. In 2003, as chairman of the Senate Committee to which the Alive Infants Protection Act was sent, Barack Hussein Obama prevented it from even getting a hearing. All that BAIPA stated, by the way, was that live-born babies are guaranteed the same constitutional right to equal protection under law as all other human beings, whether or not they are wanted. Essentially, Barack Hussein Obama voted to allow newborns to be killed by women who just don't feel like signing papers so that their living babies can be adopted. Apparently, Barack Hussein Obama's wife, Michelle, is even worse. In February 2004, she sent out a fundraising letter, which actually stated her concern over the rise of conservatism in the Country, and that partial-birth abortion was a legitimate medical procedure that should be protected. Barack Hussein Obama also voted against a cloning ban in 2000 and touts the fact that he is an advocate of so-called "homosexual marriages."
As far as foreign policy in concerned, Barack Obama might as well be on the side of Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Obviously, Barack Obama's has a Muslim name. Less obviously, his father is a devout Muslim and has four wives in Africa. Obama's picture is currently displayed on the page BANNER of Project Islamic H.O.P.E. which follows the teachings of the "Holy Quran" and the example of "Prophet Muhammad." Project Islamic H.O.P.E. supports and follows the leadership of Imam W. Deen Mohammed, one of the world's foremost Islamic leaders. Hussein Obama's "Black Power Pastor Wright" supports Louis Farrakhan, and in 1984 traveled with him to visit the anti-semite Col. Muammar al-Gadaffi, an archenemy of Israel and America and a firm supporter of terror groups. Obama's own pastor has also been a severe critic of Israel. In his own pastors words: "The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for almost 40 years now. It took a divestment campaign to wake the business community up concerning the South Africa issue. Divestment has now hit the table again as a strategy to wake the business community up and to wake Americans up concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism." (http://islamichope.org/) Barack Hussein Obama has also been quoted as saying, "nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people" and that "the lives of more than 3,000 soldiers killed in Iraq have been wasted."
In addition, Obama's Muslim and Marxist first cousin, Raila Odinga, has run for the presidency of Muslim Kenya and upon losing, in traditional Marxist form, rejected the results of the election and instead spurned wide-scale violence in protest. Barack Hussein Obama's father, grandfather, grandmother, four brothers, and sister are all Muslim. He has a Muslim name and attended Muslim school for two years. What's worse is that the Muslim world believes that he is still a Muslim parading as a Christian. They believe that this is acceptable because under Islamic law, a Muslim is morally justified in doing anything to destroy those who refuse to convert. And if Barack Hussein Obama really is a Christian, then he is up for the death penalty in half the Muslim world under Shariah Law for abandoning the Muslim religion.
Barack Hussein Obama is also a closet racist. In the period from high school in Hawaii, to Columbia University, and then to the streets of Chicago as a community organizer, Obama described his world thusly: "We were always playing on the white man's court -- by the white man's rules. If the principal, or the coach, or a teacher wanted to spit in your face, he could, because he had the power and you didn't. The only thing you could choose was withdrawal into a smaller and smaller coil of rage." Later in life, Barack Hussein Obama described the white race as "that ghostly figure that haunted black dreams." "That hate hadn't gone away," he wrote, blaming "white people — some cruel, some ignorant, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives." (http://www.examiner.com/a-536474~_Trapped_between_two_worlds_.html)
From here, Barack Hussein Obama went on to become an agitator and "leftist political organizer" for Mike Kruglick, who followed the radical communist organizer Saul Alinsky. And the agitator's job, according to Alinsky, "is first to bring folks to the 'realization' that they are indeed miserable, that their misery is the fault of unresponsive governments or greedy corporations, then help them to bond together to demand what they deserve, and to make such an almighty stink that the dastardly governments and corporations will see imminent 'self-interest' in granting whatever it is that will cause the harassment to cease." In these methods, euphemistically labeled "community organizing," Barack Hussein Obama had a four-year education, which he often says was the "best education he ever got anywhere." After reading this it should be no surprise that one of Barack Hussein Obama's key supporters is the anti-American, George Soros.
Another one of Barack Husseun Obama's key supporters is the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Hispanic Nazi-type organization. La Raza is Spanish for "the race," and although NCLR claims it means "community" on their website, La Raza supports legislation such as the "Civil Liberties Restoration Act," which would roll back policies adopted after Sept. 11 designed to protect national security. It also supports the "DREAM Act," which would mandate states to offer in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens -thus providing them with benefits that are not even available to U.S. citizens from other states. La Raza (The Race) also believes that the lower third of the United States still belongs to Mexico and that it is destined to be returned to Mexico someday.
In closing, although Barack Obama is polished on the surface, his stand on the defenseless seems cold to the core, his racist attitude shameful, his foreign policy is chilling and the number one front in the War on Terror in my view, has now shifted from the Middle East to "Election 2008," and we are on the front lines. Barack Hussein Obama Jr. has been voted the most liberal U.S. Senator. For this scarlet letter he has beaten out both Hillary Clinton who placed a meager 16th and Ted Kennedy himself. As the September air chills most of the nation, I am developing gooseflesh for more reasons than just the temperature.
By Ryan Sorba
Aug 24, 2008
A Case for Israel
By Sammy Levine
Israel is a sprawling, industrialized Democracy where its citizens enjoy freedom and individual liberty comparable to that found in America. The freest Arabs in the Middle East reside in Israel, and the nation desperately wants peace.
Outside of the gates of Israel, however, Middle Eastern dictators rule their respective nations with an iron fist, by depriving their own citizens of basic liberties, treating their women like second rate citizens, and openly advocating for the extermination of the Jews.
One such dictator is the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ajhmadinejad. In the past, Ajhmadinejad has labeled Israel, "a rotten stinking corpse." Recently he has called for Israel to be, "wiped off the map." Most seriously, the dictator is now seeking Nuclear weapons. Does anyone doubt his purpose?
Although some blame Israel for the instability in the Middle East, a brief look at the history of the Middle East will tell the real story. In 1947 the Palestinian Arabs were offered their own state, adjacent to Israel, by the United Nations partition plan (resolution 181). This offer was flatly rejected by the Arab states in the region and Palestine. Many Palestinian's then left their homes because they were promised a swift return by the five neighboring Arab countries, who had just declared war on Israel, and were planning to annihilate the Jews. However, Israel won its War of Independence in 1948 against unbelievable odds.
In 1967, all of Israel’s neighbors mobilized for a simultaneous attack against the Jewish state. However, Israel launched a pre-emptive strike, ending the war in only six days, an incredible military achievement. In 1973, a coalition of Arab states, including Egypt and Syria, launched a surprise attack against Israel. As usual, Israel successfully defended itself.
Despite repeated attempts to annihilate the small nation, in the summer of 2000, Israel made an incredibly generous offer to the Palestinian Arabs that included Israeli withdrawal from 95% of the West Bank and 100% of the Gaza Strip, to form a Palestinian state. Under the arrangement, the Palestinians would control parts of Jerusalem, including most of the old city, and slivers of Israel to compensate for parts of the West Bank left out. The Palestinian's, led by the father of modern terrorism, Yasser Arafat, not only rejected this offer but responded with a new wave of suicide bombings, sparking the second intifadah.
Israel vacated most of Southern Lebanon in 1986, and all of it in 2000. Shortly after, this region was taken over by Hezbollah, a brutal terrorist organization funded by Iran, and committed to the destruction of Israel. In 2006, in a daring cross border raid, Hezbollah killed several Israeli soldiers, captured two more, and launched rockets into Israel, starting the very costly 2nd Lebanon war which led to the deaths of hundreds of Israeli's and thousands of Lebanese. About a year ago Israel returned the occupied Gaza strip to the Palestinian people, and what happened? Gaza is now controlled by Hamas, another brutal terrorist organization committed to the destruction of Israel. Since Israel vacated Gaza, over four thousand (4,000) rockets have been fired into Israel from the formerly occupied Gaza territories.
Given this pattern of past events, can there be any doubt about what will occur if Israel hands over the West Bank to the Palestinians or the Golan heights to the Syrians? Israel currently occupies these lands for national security purposes, not because of nefarious or imperialistic goals to rule the Middle East.
Amidst a clear history of repeated attempts to annihilate the Jews, some critics claim that Israel constantly uses a disproportionate amount of force against its enemies. The truth of the matter is that Israel uses much more restraint than its adversaries. While Israel, to its detriment, meticulously aims at only combatants and military targets, these militants intentionally aim their weaponry and suicide bombs at Israeli civilians. When the Israeli army accidentally kills innocent Palestinian civilians it is viewed as a true tragedy by the Israeli's that is regrettably unavoidable in the scope of war. However, when Hamas kills innocent men, women, and children in Israel, Palestinians celebrate jubilantly in the streets and hand out candy. This was the case after the terrorist attack against the yeshiva in Jerusalem a couple months ago, where 10 Jews were killed, most of them teenagers. In this example, the incredible moral disparity between the Israelis and the Palestinians is abundantly clear. Currently, Israel has the military power to annihilate the Palestinians but does not. Is there any delusion about what would happen to Israel if the roles were reversed; if Hamas, Hezbollah or Iran had this capability?
The truth of the matter is that Israel desperately wants peace, but in order for this wish to become a reality Israel needs an able and willing partner. Until radical Islam, the driving force of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and similar terrorist groups and states is squelched in the region, any genuine attempts by moderate Arabs to partner with Israel to make peace will be subverted and obstructed by radicals resorting to the only thing they have been successful at in the last 60 years; indiscriminate acts of terror and violence. As such, Israel must pursue an unflinching military campaign to destroy the terrorists and protect its cities.
Aug 12, 2008
Bush warns Russia; Medvedev orders halt to action
President Bush consulted Tuesday with fellow leaders in Eastern and Western Europe about the crisis in the former Soviet republic of Georgia while aides scrambled to evaluate a Russian promise to stop attacking its neighbor. The White House also rejected a Russian call for Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to step down.
Earlier, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to its military action in Georgia, saying the campaign had brought security in its South Ossetia region that is close to Moscow.
"The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganized," Medvedev said in a nationally televised statement.
His order came just hours after Bush's strongest statement on the fighting since it began at the end of last week. He demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Georgia, end what he called a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence, and accept international mediation to end the crisis. Bush said Russia's actions had "substantially damaged Russia's standing in the world."
For more click here.
Earlier, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to its military action in Georgia, saying the campaign had brought security in its South Ossetia region that is close to Moscow.
"The aggressor has been punished and suffered very significant losses. Its military has been disorganized," Medvedev said in a nationally televised statement.
His order came just hours after Bush's strongest statement on the fighting since it began at the end of last week. He demanded that Russia withdraw its troops from Georgia, end what he called a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence, and accept international mediation to end the crisis. Bush said Russia's actions had "substantially damaged Russia's standing in the world."
For more click here.
Aug 7, 2008
Communist Fidel Castro backs Barack Obama
The former president of communist Cuba, Fidel Castro, is supporting Barack Obama in the race for the White House. Castro, who stepped down in February because of continuing poor health, said the Democratic Senator was the most “advanced” candidate running for the U.S. presidency.
The compliment, however, is likely to give ammunition to Obama’s rivals. It will hand Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, an opportunity to question Mr Obama's foreign policy.
McCain has already attacked Obama because of the remarks of a top Hamas official. Ahmed Yousuf said he hoped Obama would become the U.S. president. Hamas is listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organisation.
In a column in Cuba’s Granma newspaper, Castro said that although he disagrees with Obama’s decision to maintain Washington's trade sanctions against Cuba, he thinks Obama is “the most progressive candidate for the U.S. presidency.”
The compliment, however, is likely to give ammunition to Obama’s rivals. It will hand Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, an opportunity to question Mr Obama's foreign policy.
McCain has already attacked Obama because of the remarks of a top Hamas official. Ahmed Yousuf said he hoped Obama would become the U.S. president. Hamas is listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organisation.
In a column in Cuba’s Granma newspaper, Castro said that although he disagrees with Obama’s decision to maintain Washington's trade sanctions against Cuba, he thinks Obama is “the most progressive candidate for the U.S. presidency.”
Aug 6, 2008
The Abandonment of Classic Western Literature
By Elizabeth Kantor, Ph.D., author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature.
Classic Western literature has traditionally played a large role in sustaining "Western culture." If Western culture has, on balance, been a benefactor of the human race, then the abandonment of its great literature by college literature professors is a very great loss, both to students and to the long-term health of Western civilization.
Dr. Kantor argues that universities today should be teaching the classic literature of our culture to their students.
Follow the link for more: http://www.cblpi.org/ftp/Policy%20Express/PE-7-6_Western%20Lit_Kantor_.pdf
Young Conservatives of Texas Member in the Spotlight!
Congrats to Young Conservatives of Texas at UT Austin member Brianna Becker for being the subject of this month’s student spotlight with the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.
Brianna joins the ranks of other YCT-ers featured by the organization such as Michele Samuelson, my honorary YCT-er and former roommate Catherine Helsley, and yours truly.
Great work Brianna. Here’s an excerpt of one of the conservative movement’s rising stars’ spotlight:
Conservatism isn’t so much a decision as an identity, says Brianna Becker, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin. She thinks Russell Kirk put it best: “Conservatism is no ideology: it is a state of mind, a type of character, a way of looking at the order of commonwealth. […] The conservative person is simply one who finds the permanent things more pleasing than Chaos and old night.”
Activism, on the other hand, is a conscious life decision and one Brianna made early and enthusiastically. She attended the National Student Leadership Council in Washington DC at age 15 and participated in Junior Statesmen of America throughout high school. These experiences afforded an opportunity to refine her arguments on a wide array of issues, from life to law; and she discovered a passion for articulating the conservative perspective in controversial public policy debates. “It was an indescribable, electrifying feeling,” Brianna said of her first debate, “to speak on things that in my heart I knew were right.”
Nice quote.
You can find out more about the the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and Brianna Becker here: http://www.cblpi.org/students/bio.cfm?ID=151&type=SpotLight
By Laura Elizabeth Morales
Brianna joins the ranks of other YCT-ers featured by the organization such as Michele Samuelson, my honorary YCT-er and former roommate Catherine Helsley, and yours truly.
Great work Brianna. Here’s an excerpt of one of the conservative movement’s rising stars’ spotlight:
Conservatism isn’t so much a decision as an identity, says Brianna Becker, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin. She thinks Russell Kirk put it best: “Conservatism is no ideology: it is a state of mind, a type of character, a way of looking at the order of commonwealth. […] The conservative person is simply one who finds the permanent things more pleasing than Chaos and old night.”
Activism, on the other hand, is a conscious life decision and one Brianna made early and enthusiastically. She attended the National Student Leadership Council in Washington DC at age 15 and participated in Junior Statesmen of America throughout high school. These experiences afforded an opportunity to refine her arguments on a wide array of issues, from life to law; and she discovered a passion for articulating the conservative perspective in controversial public policy debates. “It was an indescribable, electrifying feeling,” Brianna said of her first debate, “to speak on things that in my heart I knew were right.”
Nice quote.
You can find out more about the the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute and Brianna Becker here: http://www.cblpi.org/students/bio.cfm?ID=151&type=SpotLight
By Laura Elizabeth Morales
Aug 4, 2008
Barack Obama, Europe, and the American Presidency
Upon returning, Senator Barack Obama justified his trip to Europe, saying one of the best ways to solve America's problems is to look to our friends abroad. Apparently, Obama is too young and/or inexperienced to know that historically America has been the rescuer of Europe, not the other way around.
For example, if you compare historical social upheavals, unemployment rates, tax rates, inflation rates, crime rates [though many countries do not track this and for a reason], standard of living, and the cost of gasoline, it seems as though our friends in Europe provide us with the perfect example of what we ought not to do.
Now, we are all aware that Barack Obama wants to appease the current world trends toward big government, oppressive taxation, and the impulse to negotiate with terrorists. We are aware that Barack Obama wants to appear in vogue among the moderately educated men of our age. As the latest McCain campaign advertisement shows, Obama seems to want to be a pop-star, like Britany Spears.
Pop-stars however, are known for sacraficing substance for appearance. Perhaps Obama perceives this, and understands that his support among moderates and pop-liberals in America will wane once the trendy issues of the day go out of fashion. Perhaps his commitment to European interest and world government over American national sovereignty is really just his attempt to generate a world political fashion wave in favor of his plan to “change” America. But, what change will Obama stand for if elected?
Frankly, Barack Obama does nothing more than ride the waves of pop-European and liberal American political culture, with reckless disregard for the consequences. I marvel how Democrats can even pretend to know who the real Barack Obama is, or what the politician will actually do, given his lack of experience, if elected. But then that is what the European influence on Democratic America really is all about, isn't it? Promise anything that will get you what you want now, and let someone else worry about the future; which is precisely why Social Security, Medicare, education, and a host of social ills are in the condition they are. Which brings us back to where we started; we have been following our friends in Europe, who have provided us with the perfect example of what we ought not to do. But who will bail us out when we begin to falter? What new world will come to our rescue?
Peyton Inge
The Young Conservatives of Texas
Rasmussen Poll: McCain Takes the Lead
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows the race for the White House is tied with Barack Obama and John McCain each attracting 44% of the vote. However, when "leaners" are included, it’s McCain 47% and Obama 46%...for the rest of the story follow the link:
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Jul 30, 2008
Discovering Truth through Reading Fiction
By Morgan Brookes Wilkins
…great literature searches the human heart to find in it the laws of moral existence, distinguishing man from beast.
--Russell Kirk,“The Moral Imagination.”
Humanism is an ethical discipline, intended to develop the truly human person, the qualities of manliness, through the study of great books.
-- Irving Babbitt, “Literature and the American College”
Great literature captures the essence of morality and teaches us what it means to be genuinely human. It places its’ characters at the crossroads of right and wrong, and visually depicts their struggle between the opposing forces of good and evil. As readers, we find ourselves transported into the story, challenged to make sense of the strange new world and the emphatic moral choices presented to its characters. These characters cause us to face truths about ourselves, both ugly and beautiful, and compel us to consider what decisions we would make if confronted with the same situations.
Continue reading at:
http://www.morganwilkins.org/2008/07/discovering-truth-through-reading.html
Jul 29, 2008
Dinesh D'Souza Prevails: Richard Dawkins is Delusional
Dinesh D'Souza recently presented the philosophical case for God on the Riz Khan show. Richard Dawkin's appeared on the show as well, but told producers that he would not debate D'Souza face to face. It appears as though the world's so-called "leading athiest" is afraid to spar in public. The clip was broadcast to more than 20 million viewers worldwide. You can watch the clips or read more about the situation on Townhall.com:
http://townhall.com/columnists/DineshDSouza/2008/07/28/countering_richard_dawkins_on_al-jazeera
http://townhall.com/columnists/DineshDSouza/2008/07/28/countering_richard_dawkins_on_al-jazeera
Jul 28, 2008
Washington Post Columnist, Dana Milbank: Homofascist
Washington Post columnist "Dana Milbank" claims a supporter of the ban on the open practice of sodomy in the military exhibited "rage" in Congressional testimony -- but The Hill reveals that the rage was on the other side.
Follow the link to read the article: http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/printer/2008/20080725165430.aspx
May 8, 2008
Dick Army on Neil Cavuto
Watch this great news clip from Neil Cavuto's show on Fox News. FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey discusses the website AngryRenter.com and the looming mortgage bailout.
May 6, 2008
May 4, 2008
The Future of Human Nature
Bodies stuffed with prosthesis to boost performance, the intelligence of angels available on hard drives, these are fantastical images. There is a fusion, between the organically grown and technologically made on the one hand, and the separation of the human mind from live subjectivity on the other.
Whether these speculations are the product of a feverish imagination or serious predictions, I refer to them only as examples of an instrumentalization of human nature initiating a change in our self-understanding as a species.
The manipulation of the human genome, which is being aggressively decoded, and the hope entertained by certain scientists of soon being able to take evolution into their own hands, after all, uproot the distinction between the subjective and the objective, the naturally grown and technologically made, man and machine. What is at stake is the future of the human species as we know it, and our ability to conceive of ourselves as the authors of our own life stories.
The ruthless intrusion into the makeup of the human genome of the embryo will blur the intuitive distinction between the grown and the made, ones “self” and the engineers “program”—with repercussions reaching as far as the self-reference of the person to his or her own bodily existence. The vanishing point of self-hood lies somewhere in the extent to which an adolescent’s body, for example, is revealed to him as eugenically manipulated, as something which is also “made.” Here the first-person perspective of “being-oneself” collides with the third-person external perspective of “being-an-observer-to-one’s-own-life.”
“Did I do that?” the adolescent asks himself, “or was that the hand of my genetic engineer, reaching through my genome, who really chose to do that for me?”
Genetically fixed demands are irreversible and cannot be responded to. Will the adolescent ever feel like the undivided author of his own life story again, or but a co-author, or worse, less? And who will be held responsible for his actions? The programming intentions of parents or of the state might have existential consequences for the pre-programmed adolescent. The change would take place in the mind.
This does not seem like an enhancement to me, but rather the exercise of power of those living today over those coming after. The other side of genetic power today, is the future bondage of the living dead. How might this new and a-symmetrical power of the past over the future be shattered?
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