May 31, 2012

Greater Glory Actor Compares Obama to Henry VIII

He is telling the truth and asking others what they will do to defend their freedom. Watch.

Published on May 31, 2012 by 

Eduardo Verastegui, who plays the Catholic martyr Anacleto Gonzalez Flores in the soon to be released film For Greater Glory, says that Mexican President Plutarco Calles, whose government was responsible for Flores’s martyrdom in 1927, and President Barack Obama, who is moving forward in 2012 with a health-insurance regulation that will force Catholics in the United States to act against their faith, are both like Henry VIII, who martyred St. Thomas More in 1535 when More refused to act against his faith and take an oath affirming that Henry was the supreme authority over the church in England.

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May 31, 2012

Data on Tuesday’s Texas Primary Elections Voting Results

by Barbara Mabray | May 31, 2012 | Citizen Report

A good review of the voting results in Tuesday’s election can be found at:

http://www.texastribune.org/election-2012/scoreboard/#tab-statewide

Turnout was very low…

Williamson County voting results:

Registered voters             240,032

Ballots cast                          18,350

County turnout                     7.64%

Sun City ballots cast          3,529

Sun City turnout                 19.3%

 

State of Texas voting results:

Registered voters               13,065,425

Ballots cast                           1,436,789

Statewide turnout                  10.99%

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Hopefully, at the 2013 Texas Legislative session, conservatives will stand together to “oust Straus” as Speaker and elect a Conservative Speaker of the House!

Make sure your State Representative will not vote for a liberal Speaker who has gambling in Texas on the 2013 agenda…or has signed a “pledge card” to Straus.

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May 31, 2012

Tony Katz on CNBC’s Kudlow Report Discusses the Impact of the Wisconsin Elections

Wisconsin Recall elections – are they significant or not? Depends on what day you’re talking to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Larry Kudlow says,

“Let me make it clear. My view, if Wisconsin goes red for Walker and Romney – oh my gosh, lights OUT for Obama.”

Tea Party supporter and radio talk show host Tony Katz is there in Wisconsin with AFP. Let’s hear what he has to say.

Published on May 31, 2012 by 

The Kudlow Report interviews radio host Tony Katz, who is on the ground in Wisconsin for Americans for Prosperity’s “A Better Wisconsin” Bus Tour. Learn more at  www.americansforprosperity.com/abetterwisconsin

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May 30, 2012

The Daily Dose

Hat tip Town Hall.

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May 30, 2012

Zionism and Bigotry

by Melanie Phillips | May 28, 2012 | Dailymail.co.uk

In the wake of the festival of Shavuot, when Jews have been celebrating the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai from where he presented them to the Jewish people camped at its foot, I have been brooding over the fact that Zionism has become a dirty word in Britain and the west.For many in these societies, Zionism has now become equated with racism. This group libel, once regarded with revulsion by decent people when the Soviet-Arab axis got the UN to endorse it in 1975, has now become the prism through which the BBC, academia, the artistic and theatrical world and much of the rest of the cultural establishment now frame all references to Israel.

This helps explain the attempted boycott of the Israeli theatre company Habima, playing Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice at London’s Globe theatre this evening in conditions of the tightest security (apparently the expected interruptions by bigots have so far been relatively minor). The profound malice and ignorance behind such reflexive demonisation of Israel are rendered all the more hallucinatory by the sanctimonious and unchallenged assumption of the moral high ground which these idiots believe they occupy.

This is as grotesque as it is terrifying. Keep reading…

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May 30, 2012

The Wheel Turns for Straus and the Liberal Media Complex

It seems like a scene from a movie where the assembly feels the rumbling, sees the dust on the horizon and hears the beating of hooves in the distance and begins to realize that things are about to change, big time; that the status quo is about to shift in ways that no one cared to ponder seriously.

By the sound of this article we are there. Ross Ramsey has a piece called Straus Loses Lieutenants, and Senate Sees a Shift and is actually reporting things previously overlooked, including this gem:

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, has nine more weeks of battle ahead, after finishing first in a tight three-way primary with less than 36 percent of the vote. He’ll be in a runoff with Donna Campbell, a favorite of movement and Tea Party conservatives who moved into the district just for this race and who overtook former Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, who was recruited and financed by Wentworth’s foes. If Campbell overtakes him, the Senate would move another notch to the right.

She came out swinging after the results were in: “I want to congratulate Elizabeth Ames Jones for her public service and for running a passionate race,” Campbell said in a news release. “There were many things we disagreed on, but we both agree that Sen. Wentworth has been there too long to be an effective voice for the constituents of District 25. I look forward to a lively and spirited debate with him on the challenges facing Texas.”

Ah yes, Donna Campbell. I won’t forget the fact that she beat Elizabeth Ames Jones for the run off with Wentworth even though the myopic MSM practically refused to mention Campbell at all during the campaign. They treated her as if she didn’t even exist, but elections are a dose of reality that shows the difference between what the people really want v. what the MSM tells the people they are supposed to want via polls and biased reporting.

The winds have changed – and with them the behavior of those in the media who wish to scratch out a living after the Obamanation juggernaut moves onto the ash heap of history. As for the men running for office, they should take heed: the game has changed and so must their methods. They will fare well only if they are on the side of truth and the people’s interest.

Read the article.

More:

Former Dem Rep. Artur Davis: Why I’m becoming a Republican

Penn. Democratic leader defects to GOP, cites Catholic faith as reason

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May 30, 2012

Texas Voters Repudiate Team Straus

Sibyl West: My favorite part:

Yes, he won — but Speaker Straus was so busy at home, he neglected to protect his allies.

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In race after race, Texas primary voters embraced conservative candidates over the team led by moderate House Speaker Joe Straus. Even as he won re-election at home, Joe Straus lost three of his closest committee chairs and two others are in precarious run-offs. Overall, it was a very good night for conservatives!Across Texas, grassroots activists were more than a match for the monied Austin special interests, and the tea party proved themselves more than capable of brewing a much-needed cup of electoral victory for a bumper-crop of strongly conservative candidates.

Straus’ Public Education Committee chairman, State Rep. Rob Eissler, was defeated by tea party favorite Steve Tothin HD15. You might recall that back in 2008 Mr. Eissler was one of the 11 moderates who joined with 65 Democrats in selecting Straus as the speaker – overthrowing the conservatives.

In Tarrant County, State Rep. Vicki Truittlost big to conservative leader Giovanni Capriglione. As a Straus committee chair, she was an ardent proponent of raising gasoline taxes and burdensome regulations, while generally opposing conservative fiscal reforms. Truitt had also come under scrutiny in the press for getting no-bid contracts from a local taxing entity.

One of the biggest personal losses to Straus was committee chairman Mike “Tuffy” Hamilton to State Rep. James White. (Mr. White had defeated a Straus Democratic chairman in November 2010.) This 2012 election was a wild race by design, starting with Rep. White’s district being radically altered in redistricting. Then, Hamilton specifically moved into the new district to challenge the strongly conservative White.

Why was the race personal for Straus? You see, the Speaker has counted on Hamilton to continue carrying the water on expanding gambling – benefitting the Straus family in the process.

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Meanwhile, State Rep. Bryan Hughes enjoyed a 77% win on his way to challenge Straus for the speakership.

A dark spot on the night was the loss of State Rep. Wayne Christian. But even there, the Straus team had to radically re-draw Christian’s district and spend heavily from the Austin lobby.

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Grassroots groups and tea party activists were very engaged in all of these races, including Straus’ HD121. For the first time in 25 years, a House Speaker had a challenge in his own primary. Yes, he won — but Speaker Straus was so busy at home, he neglected to protect his allies. That’s many things, but it’s clearly not leadership.

 

Read it all at Empower Texans.

 Related:

The Extraordinary Nature of the Texas Runoff - RedState

Senator Jim DeMint sees this as greatly encouraging. He said:

This is the outcome we have been working so hard to achieve and it’s a major victory for the conservative movement. Ted Cruz was virtually unknown when this race began and he was drastically outspent by his multimillionaire opponent.

David Dewhurst launched some of the most dishonest and desperate attacks we’ve seen. In a last-minute radio ad, Dewhurst accused Cruz of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants because he served on the boards of two Hispanic leadership groups. Of course, Ted Cruz has never supported amnesty. This was nothing more than a race-baiting smear that showed exactly how far Dewhurst would go to buy this Senate seat. Thankfully, it backfired.

I want to thank each of you for supporting Ted Cruz and for donating to the Senate Conservatives Fund so we could promote him. SCF invested over $1 million in this race and your generous support made the difference.

Now we must redouble our efforts and fight to help Ted Cruz win the July 31 primary run-off. We’ve seen how much money David Dewhurst will spend and we’ve seen how low he will go to malign Ted Cruz. We must keep fighting so he doesn’t get away with it.

Donate through Ted Cruz’ website

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May 29, 2012

Join RightOnline for “Hating Breitbart” Exclusive Premiere

via Stephanie Fontenot | May 29, 2012 | RightOnline.com

We’re excited to announce an EXCLUSIVE sneak preview of “Hating Breitbart” on Friday night, June 15 at RightOnline in Las Vegas!

Two and a half years in the making, “Hating Breitbart” documents Breitbart’s rise in the media world, from the birth of the Tea Party in 2009 to early this year. The film shows behind the scenes footage of many of the explosive media controversies that Breitbart found himself at the center of, including the Congressman Weiner Twitter-scandal and the undercover recording of ACORN tapes.

We’re very excited to have this special screening to kick off RightOnline. We’ve got more details here!

www.hatingbreitbart.com

@RightOnline  *  #RO12  *  @HatingBreitbart  *  #BreitbartIsHere

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May 29, 2012

The Daily Dose

Hat tip George Scaggs. The real court jesters are Time and Newsweek, not Jay Leno btw.

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May 29, 2012

Darn Good – Today’s One-Two Punch

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President Obama has given billions of taxpayer dollars to companies that later failed—many of them were run by Democrat donors. This is just another example of President Obama’s pattern of picking winners and losers and wasting taxpayer money.

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President Obama is playing Wall Street games with our money.

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May 29, 2012

The Campaign – Official Trailer

OMG. Remind you of anyone?

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http://www.thecampaignmovie.com
http://www.facebook.com/thecampaignmovie
“The Campaign” in theaters Aug 10
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naïve Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. May the best loser win! In theaters August 10.

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May 29, 2012

Blood in the water? Rep. Bryan Hughes Announces He’s Running for Speaker!!

via Raging Elephants | May 29, 2012 | Alert

The exciting news even before the polls have closed: Rep. Bryan Hughes filed his papers of intent to run for Texas Speaker of the House.

Apparently, this is something that has been in the works for sometime.  It’s ironic that Hughes decided to do this on PRIMARY ELECTION DAY!

There can be only one conclusion: Someone smells blood in the water!  Whether Straus pulls it out in his primary race against Matt Beebe or not, it looks like more than a few people believe he’ll be damaged goods.

Click Here to Read Rep. Hughes’ Letter

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Related:

Bravery at Its Best: Rep. Bryan Hughes

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May 29, 2012

Yet Another Epic Monologue – Mark Levin On Obamacare

Published on May 26, 2012 by 

From The Mark Levin Show, May 25th, 2012: Mark takes a call from a leftist plant claiming to be a ‘moderate Republican’ advocating socialized medicine.

Here is Mark’s rebuttal.

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May 28, 2012

SOS Liberty and Rep. Joe Walsh

“This generation is what we’re fighting for. They get it.” – Rep Joe Walsh

Forgive the quality of this production and do your best to give a hearing to these two young men.

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Their website - www.sosliberty.com

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May 28, 2012

Thoughts on the Culture of Debt in Post-Modern America

Modern heresy

Whatever happened to the term disposable income? Nobody ever mentions it anymore.

Let me take you way, way back. The pursuit of happiness, which is possible through private property, used to be paid for with disposable income. Imagine – the money left over after you worked, paid for your lodging and food, transportation and necessities. Then you could save what was left or spend it on whatever you like.

“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”
“Art is anything you can get away with.” - Marshall McLuhan

Fast forward to the 21st century. Now we have been conditioned by pop culture – that product of marketing art – to desire instead a good credit rating so that we can obtain multiple credit cards, mortgages and loans. Borrowing money has lost any stigma it may have had. In fact, one’s capacity to borrow and ability to manage debt is practically an indication of one’s maturity and success.

And the necessities of life have evolved and expanded. Owning a home, insuring it, property taxes, health insurance and more are required.

One of my acquaintances casually told me as we chatted over coffee that she had at least $40,000 in credit card debt. She did this without blinking an eye – and why shouldn’t she? Radio commercials promise in the friendliest voices possible that you can settle your debt for just a fraction of what you owe. This is supposed to be the New Normal. Heck, for someone graduating from university today with a college loan to pay back, $40 k sounds like a cakewalk.

“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward.” - Patricia Sampson

Whatever happened to the American ideal of self reliance? I’m afraid it seems to have gone the way of other self controls that keep an individual safe and free from unnecessary trouble. Like truthfulness and chastity before it, self reliance has been deemed old fashioned.

All the non-essential paraphernalia that everyone else has and the knee jerk reaction of “I want one, too” has made it so that two people have to work full time for 25 years just to raise two kids. Plus the fact that the garage is so full of stuff that people have to park at least one car (they need two) out on the street. And now the ravening wolves of the public sector teachers unions have figured out that they can fund their pensions by putting each of your kids into college debt up to the roof of your two story house before the young ones even get their first job. That is, if they can ever find one. But don’t worry, food stamps and government housing are easier than ever to get. Progress. It’s the New Normal.

Now we have a Debt Clock. Imagine that. You know, to measure the National Debt – which is exploding, but don’t worry. Normal.

So what does that old saying “live within your means” imply? Does it mean paying off your credit card debt without going to one of those companies for negotiating? Or is it one of those archaic concepts that people paid to read scripts tell us are no longer supposed to exist?

Talk about bamboozled.

Well I’m not interested in having a fifth or sixth credit card thrown at me. To me, choosing a new credit card is like choosing which cage or jail cell I want to get into. “You’ve been pre-approved” really means “Get inside…” Debt is actually slavery. Monthly payments make it look easy but if I drop the ball in this juggling act it costs about $40 for the late fee. Listen, if I had an extra $40 I wouldn’t need a credit card.

My fellow Americans, we really need to unplug. This New Normal is changing the nature of our country into something unrecognizable and selling us into slavery. Time to opt out.

Classical Heresy

Henry David Thoreau, 1854

“Every generation laughs at the old fashions but religiously follows the new.”

“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance 1841

“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.”

“The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.”

“I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.”

 

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May 28, 2012

Paying Attention

Certain key words in titles don’t make it past the Facebook censors.

DeMint Questions LOST During Committee Hearing

Published on May 23, 2012 by 

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) questions those urging the U.S. to sign onto the U.N.’s Law of the Sea Treaty during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing (May 23, 2012).

Related: Mark Levin Show: Dick Morris on how Obama is trying to cede US sovereignty to the UN via treaties 

Via The Right Scoop:

Mark Levin felt that Dick Morris’ new book, Screwed!, isn’t getting the attention it deserves and had him on the show Friday to discuss it. And after listening to the interview, what Morris has to say is pretty dang scary. Basically, Obama, before he loses in November, wants to push through treaties in the Senate that would:

  • Force redistribution of wealth of 50% of our royalties from oil and gas drilling outside the 200 miles continental shelf to third world countries
  • Prohibit US exportation of handguns and small arms to other countries (backdoor gun control)
  • Force the US to join the International Criminal Court which would make Bush liable for the international crime of Aggression, going to war without the express permission of the UN Security Council

Listen at the link above. Please share this.

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May 28, 2012

Ten Days and Counting

by George Scaggs | May 28, 2012 | GOPUSA.com

As though America did not presently have enough crises on its hands, it appears we now have a new one to contend with. One that appears to still be formulating, if not growing in scope.

The Brietbart team’s recent revelation of a 1991 promotional booklet by Barack Obama’s own literary agent, Acton & Dystel, which claims Obama “was born in Kenya and grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii” is obviously staggering, but what does it mean?

As it turns out, it is coming to mean more with each passing day. For in a spectacular display of willful ignorance “the press”, the nation’s self-described vanguards of truth and justice, have collectively chosen to ignore this rather insightful development. Day 10 since the Brietbart bombshell and their silence persists.

This, as they say, is a whole new ball game. Though much of the nation will hold-out (some by design and others by sheer oblivion), refusing to acknowledge the rather apparent dilemma, this too will become part of the saga.

In what is perhaps the final phase of a decades-long evolution, at long last the nation’s once trusted media institutions have fully outed themselves, once again desperately clinging to their undeniable political bias in lieu of reporting news.

Even when the news implicates the President of the United States as a liar on an issue of critical import they hold steadfastly to their own narrow-minded perceptions. Ironically, their folly (silence) potentially serves to only add to the enormity of the coming predicament yet to unfold.

Though, as Joel Pollak with Brietbart rather painstakingly points out, this discovery does nothing to prove whether or not Mr. Obama is eligible to serve as President of The United States, it is likely to raise the question in minds which have yet to ponder it.

Indeed, what is printed in a pamphlet, even at Mr. Obama’s personal behest, is far from proof as to where he was born. For the time being, let’s take the “Big Lie” off the table and presume that Mr. Obama is a natural-born citizen. The problem is, we are still left with a set of very troubling conclusions.

If Obama was born American, then his Acton & Dystel bio is obviously false. Unless we are to believe that his bio was created by others and Obama never personally approved it, then we can only conclude that, for one reason or another, he once officially indicated that he was born in Kenya.

Either way, we have a falsehood to contend with. Of course, as it pertains to this president, that comes as no shock to many. Anyone who has been willing to pay attention these last several years is well familiar with Obama’s tendency to hedge on the truth.

Read it all.

 

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May 27, 2012

Ode to The AAS

by Bargain Citizen | May 27, 2012 | Opinion

Nine months and counting since the AAS (Austin American-Statesman), our community’s liberal rag of record, disabled reader comments on their website. The paper announced this “temporary” measure last August, assuring readers it was due to a CMS update and that “story comments will return when we launch our new software, scheduled for late this year.”

Quick, someone call the main-stream geniuses at the AAS and tell them it’s almost June 2012.

That a major media outlet in one of the nation’s largest cities (which, not unimportantly, happens to be the capitol of arguably the most influential state in the Union) could not competently pull-off this seemingly simple task speaks volumes about the evolution currently taking place in the news industry. Considering that Austin is known for its high-tech prowess makes the development all the more embarrassing.

If readers don’t come first, what does?

Based on the paper’s actions, rather than wringing their hands over how internet technology has killed their business model and it’s just not fair (as most all Big Media newspapers tend to do these days) perhaps the Statesman should break into a chorus of “Don’t Cry for Me Austin”.

It doesn’t take a software designer to know that, in this day and age, failing to allow readers the opportunity to engage in the reporting of news is a sure recipe for disaster. Simply put, it is perhaps the single worst thing that any media outlet, much less a struggling one, could do. But this is not the only sign that the AAS fails to grasp the emerging importance of embracing internet technology, not to mention the proper use of “social media”.

As a major daily the AAS has the benefit of a news feeds on generic sites such as Yahoo News, a traffic driving benefit that any of today’s independent bloggers would love to have. However, they simply mismanage it. Or do they?

AAS Cherry Pickers Farmer’s Market

Taking a quick peek at the AAS feed this morning for important state or local developments garnered the Astros score from last night’s ballgame, followed by an update with the score, followed by another update with the score (funny, after the game was completed, the score never changed). You get the picture, proper utilization of this simple internet tool is not exactly a priority over at the AAS.

You’ll find a similar story at the Statesman FaceBook page. There, the posting is done inconsistently, often overlooks major news stories that are featured in print and/or website versions, and features the same undeniable political bias that the entire outlet is known for, if not more.

For example, The Statesman (particularly web and FB) conducted what is best described as a months-long slobbering love affair with the Occupy Austin movement, a collection of delusional liberals, old hippies and various street urchins who turned our City Hall into something that looked and smelled like a dumping ground.

Occupy Protestors were continuously encouraged to send in their digital pics so the Statesman could proudly display them for all to see. Trust me, such invitations are not extended to Tea Party or Pro-Life groups.

It is as though the AAS completely misunderstands the simple equation that conservative-minded citizens thrive on alternative media, and this presents AAS a new opportunity to gain audience. Either that, or their liberal perspective is so limiting as to be self-destructive. Perhaps they do grasp that conservative minded people thrive on alternative media but they deliberately do not want to give them more space. If so, AAS management are actually hurting themselves by retaining an outmoded dogma that increases the information vacuum and causes the public to look elsewhere.

In either case, good riddance!

Earth to Big Media outlets: Things are changing. Adapt or die.

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