A federal judge ruled recently that South Carolina can’t issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase “I Believe.”
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie ruled that the license plate was unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment ban on [...]
Honda makes a lot of good cars but, according to Jeremy Clarkson of The Times of London, the Honda Insight hybrid is not one of them.
“It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into [...]
Tom Teepen, a columnist for Cox Newspapers, is using the ‘Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ organization as a new weapon to attack the second amendment and gun rights in America. I could write a whole article about ‘Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ but suffice it to say that the organization has nothing [...]
The sudden resignation of one of the dozens of Czars that President Obama has appointed since taking office has highlighted the fact that many Americans are no longer going to remain silent and submit to anything that the White House wants to ram down our throats.
Van Jones, the White House [...]
Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress finally pleaded guilty to a lesser weapons charge after months of negotiation with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The original indictment on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment was reduced to the one lesser charge and [...]
The American Medical Association has weighed in on the new Obama health care proposals.
The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of [...]
Three of our unalienable rights that are being destroyed by an ever growing and unaccountable government.
[...]In an incident heard around the world President Obama accused the Cambridge police of acting “stupidly” in the arrest of a prominent black scholar and Harvard professor. The arrest of Professor Henry Gates followed a report of a possible burglary. A neighbor reported that two black men with backpacks were [...]
Joint Statement
Wayne Lapierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association
And
Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, National Rifle Association – Institute For Legislative Action
On
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Nomination To The United States Supreme Court
Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate’s [...]
12. CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.
11. I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
10. I went to buy a toaster-oven and they gave me a bank.
9. Hot Wheels and Matchbox car companies are now trading higher than GM in the stock market.
8. Obama [...]
The recent arrest and removal from office of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was not a coup as believed by the whole world but rather a triumph of the rule of law.
To understand what happened you have to understand the Honduran Constitution. The current Honduran constitution was [...]
1. Medicare for All will create shortages in health care services forcing providers to ration care and increase wait times for patients (12-18 month wait in other countries)
2. Currently, Americans do not pay taxes on employer provided health insurance benefits. If you have health insurance through [...]
It seems another Democrat, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, has found a “terror gap” that must be filled. Democrats are always finding a gap or a loophole in existing laws and policies such that if the gap is not closed or the loophole eliminated “it will [...]
What Makes A Dad
God took the strength of a mountain, The majesty of a tree, The warmth of a summer sun, The calm of a quiet sea, The generous soul of nature, The comforting arm of night, The wisdom of the ages, The power of the [...]
I found this on the Patriot Freedom web site and just had to reprint it here.
A doctor struck up a conversation with a hard-working 75 year old rancher while suturing a mean cut on the old man’s leathery hand. Eventually the topic got around to Obama. The old rancher [...]
Lately I find myself writing more and more about second amendment issues. Despite what the Democrats and the Obama administration are saying publicly, their ultimate aim is to take away guns from law-abiding Americans. Despite a recent Gallup poll which shows that only 29 percent favor [...]
San Diego County officials are threatening a local pastor and his wife with escalating fines if they continue to hold Bible studies in their home. According to a San Diego official the couple must secure a major permit, a process that could cost tens of thousands [...]
I have not written much since my Mother died unexpectedly May 2nd. Her funeral service was yesterday. I hope to be back to posting soon.
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Now that the most anti-gun President ever is in office and has surrounded himself with an equally zealous anti-gun cabinet, it is time for everyone who is as concerned about their 2nd amendment rights as I am to become a citizen activist. With Attorney General [...]
In two recent cases, one in New Haven Connecticut and the other in Portsmouth Virginia, standardized written exams for firefighters have been labeled discriminatory and the results discarded. These cases are only two in a long list of similar cases which have been seen in [...]
I attended a local Tea Party on April 15th to join with thousands of others in voicing our displeasure with the recent bailouts, government giveaways and fiscal irresponsibility displayed by the federal government. The protest was much more than a protest about higher taxes, [...]
Two students were threatened with suspension at the College of Alameda after one of them prayed with an ailing teacher in a faculty office. The students, Kandy Kyriacou and Ojoma Omaga said college officials threatened to suspend them for “disruptive behavior”, holding disciplinary hearings and [...]
President Obama and Vice President Biden both said that the troop surge that former President Bush ordered would never work. Listen to what they both said after Bush ordered the surge and then listen to what President Obama had to say when he visited troops in [...]
An article by Deborah Hastings of the Associated Press laments the fact that the recent spate of shootings that resulted in 57 deaths since March 10 has not resulted in a renewed gun debate. She makes the point that nearly every gunman in the recent “mass” [...]
With the launch of yet another long range rocket North Korea demonstrated how easy it is to defy the world. Backed by Russia and China, as well as other member countries of the United Nations, North Korea continues with its policy of intimidation, threats and false [...]
Democratic Senator Benjamin Cardin recently introduced a bill to help the failing newspaper industry. The bill would allow newspaper companies to restructure as non profits with a variety of tax breaks. While the bill has not attracted any co-sponsors, it has attracted the interest of [...]
From the start of his political career President Obama seems to have modeled himself after Abraham Lincoln. Much has been made about the fact that Abraham Lincoln has been a sort of role model for President Obama. If that is so, then I think President Obama needs to take a [...]
President Obama’s plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of troops injured in service is more proof that Obama pays only lip service to the Armed Forces and in reality has a low regard for them. [...]
The tragic murder of a pregnant woman by an 11 year old boy has given gun control advocates fuel to add to their misguided attempts to take firearms away from law-abiding Americans. The 11 year old used a 20-gauge shotgun that was given to him [...]
Once again the United Nations is showing that it is little more than a collection of states that hate the United States and Israel. There are many member states that need to go back and read the U.N. Charter to remember what the true mission [...]
For anyone who is trying to lose weigh, the two things that almost everyone agrees on are “eat less, exercise more.” Now, thanks to $7.4 million study by the National Institutes of Health, taxpayers can rest easy knowing that those two truisms are valid. Hailed [...]
If this is the kind of change Obama was talking about during the campaign, I don’t think our country can survive much more of it.
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Under the guise of moving towards a secular state and a multicultural society, the Christian faith has come under increasing attack in Britain. Ordinary Christians are being discriminated against in the workplace and in public. Examples include a nurse who was suspended for offering to [...]
There is a a new business coming to Norfolk Virginia that has the City Council and local neighborhoods up in arms. For over 4 years the City Council has had an ordinance that requires anyone desiring to open a thrift store in Norfolk to obtain [...]
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England ,and English expatriates built the US railroads. Why did the English build them [...]
In the wake of the salmonella poisonings of over 600 people, with 9 deaths reported, it seems that Washington is still reluctant to bring criminal charges against Peanut Corp. of America and its CEO, Stewart Parnell.
Despite knowing that internal testing results showed that salmonella was [...]
In an amazing display of feigned insult Helen Thomas of Hearst newspapers complained that Republican lawmakers in Congress have failed to accept the olive branch that President Obama has extended to them. According to Thomas President Obama should stop trying to win over Republicans.
He has [...]
It seems the police in Richland County South Carolina are in the middle of an investigation that when completed will have gone a long way to stopping a growing crime wave in that county.
Columbia television station WIS-TV was first to report earlier this week that [...]
From the Virginian-Pilot -
The bald eagles’ nest at the Norfolk Botanical Garden had its first egg of the 2009 season as of Tuesday afternoon. Most bald eagles lay two eggs, although nests with one or three eggs can occur. Eggs may be laid over the [...]
An Arizona man who has waged a 10 year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 illegal immigrants who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch. Roger Barnett, 64, [...]
A statewide ban on smoking in most restaurants and bars appears on the verge of passage. The measure would ban smoking in all restaurants and bars with the exception of restaurants and bars that build enclosed areas with separate ventilation systems for smokers. Virginia, whose [...]
President Obama has resorted to the very “politics of fear” he ran against during his campaign to scare Washington into ramming his massive, ineffective, debt-stimulating plan through Congress.
And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, [...]
The constant erosion of our right to keep and bear arms as defined by the Second Amendment of the Constitution is something that threatens our future freedom and liberty. Every citizen should be alarmed by this attack on this right that our founding fathers were [...]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates testified to the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday on a plan to move one of five Norfolk, Virginia based Navy carriers to Mayport, Florida. The move would cost an estimated $600 million and has been justified by Gates as necessary due to the threat of natural [...]
The Senate on Monday voted to delay the long awaited transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12. Democrats and President Obama felt that the delay was needed due to growing concerns that too many Americans won’t be ready for the currently scheduled Feb. 17 [...]
President Obama signed several executive orders today directing the CIA to close its network of secret foreign prisons, close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp within a year and limit interrogation standards to only those outlined in the Army Field manual. These executive orders are only the first of what I [...]
Here in Southeast Virginia we so seldom get any significant snowfall that I am always excited when the weather forecasters predict a significant snow event. After 44 years of living in this area I should know better by now than to believe anything the forecasters say with regard to snowfall.
Local [...]
It’s that time of year again. Another House Resolution designed to further erode our 2nd amendment rights is being introduced by Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois. HR45, also called Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, is another bill designed [...]
One small step at a time the United States is heading towards the socialist state that is now the United Kingdom. Too late it’s citizens are finally starting to awaken to the fact that they have lost their freedoms. Every right that is abrogated is a right that is never [...]
CNN commentator Jane Velez-Mitchell recently wrote a commentary titled: “Get tougher on sex offenders.” In the commentary Mitchell tells the story of an aspiring dancer from Texas who moved to New York City to pursue her career. The dancer, Laura Garza, soon went missing [...]
The United Nations Human Rights Council has once again shown it’s anti-Semitism by approving a resolution condemning Israel’s military offensive in Gaza saying it has “resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people.”
Anti-Semitism is defined as prejudice against or hostility toward Jews [...]
An article on HamptonRoads.com caught my attention today. According to a report released Thursday Virginia was given a B grade in overall educational quality, ranking the state fourth in the nation and better than the U.S. average.
Researchers at Editorial Projects in Education, which publishes Education [...]
It happens every year at Christmas time. Cocoa, a 4 month old black pit bull puppy, was purchased from a pet store a few weeks before Christmas as a Christmas present. A month later, she was in a cage at a Virginia Beach shelter with a broken leg, waiting for [...]
Keith Parnell tagged me via Twitter to write seven little-known things about myself and then tag seven other people to do the same thing. At the risk of revealing my true self to the whole world here goes.
1. I am a Navy brat and one of six brothers. While [...]
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe that the U.S. media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people’s minds. Pat Dollard
With the current hysteria over political correctness I am almost hesitant to wish anyone a Happy New Year. Atheists are suing to have the phrase “so help me God” taken out of the oath of office for the President and to prevent an invocation by a minister. The same atheists [...]
After enduring a week in which Hamas rained down hundreds of mortars and rockets on its citizens, Israel responded today with a large scale series of aerial strikes on Hamas infrastructure in Gaza. Reactions from the Arab world were typical. Defiant Hamas leaders threatened revenge, Egypt summoned the Israeli ambassador [...]
From a Fox News article.
NEW YORK — Crude-oil futures fell for a third session Wednesday, tumbling 9.3% to close at their lowest level since April 2004, as government data showed inventories at a key delivery point hit a record. Crude for February delivery dropped $3.63 to end at $35.35 a [...]
CNN is running a story titled “Seven Ways to Ruin Christmas” that originally appeared on MyHomeIdeas.com. The story lists some of the things that can get in the way of enjoying Christmas. The list of seven things covers budgets, busy schedules, guests, shopping for gifts, who to give gifts [...]
A recent Associated Press report on global warming has been criticized by many scientists as “irrational hysteria,” horrifically bad” and “incredibly biased.” The report contains sweeping scientific errors and is a one-sided portrayal of a complicated issue.
In the article, Obama Left with Little Time to Curb Global Warming, AP [...]
In yet another case where intolerance and lack of respect for the religion, customs, culture and laws of others has been demonstrated by some Muslims, a blind UK man was barred from bringing his guide dog into a restaurant in the UK. Mr. Elder-Brown was [...]
Is this what voters were thinking when they voted for Obama?
During the recent Presidential campaign President-elect Obama made his now infamous quote about spreading the wealth. While talking with blue-collar worker Joe Wurzelbacher (Joe the Plumber) about Obama’s plans to raise taxes on small businesses and individuals who earn over $250,000 a year Obama made [...]
The word advent means “coming” or “arrival.” The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ. Advent is the beginning of the church year for most churches in the Western tradition. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day. Advent is marked [...]
I just watched a Lowe’s commercial which used the phrase Holiday Decorations instead of Christmas Decorations. Many stores and business have started to use this politically correct phrase. My problem with this phrase is that it is not only stupid but inaccurate. I know that Hanukkah is an 8 day [...]
A recent incident that was widely publicized has elicited a lot of reader feedback. I originally read about the incident at TheIndyChannel.com. At the time I read the article there were 130 reader comments on the article. The incident involved a young mother who ‘scratched’ the b-word (b-word?) on [...]
It started with the $700 billion bailout of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Citigroup and AIG. Then the Big 3 automakers showed up in town begging for $25 billion in federal money. Now it seems the nation’s governors are meeting with President-elect Obama [...]
Protesters from the grassroots group Rising Tide North America made news when several members were arrested while protesting construction of a new nuclear reactor in Virginia. One activist, Paxus Calta, was photographed flashing a peace sign while being led away in handcuffs by police. It appears that Mr. Calta’s biggest [...]
I hope that the leadership of Russia has better experts on foreign matters than the professor at the diplomatic academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview that the United States foreign debt “ has grown like an avalanche; this is a pyramid, which [...]
Life has been good to me since I retired in April. I have a lot more time now to do the things that I like to do. From reading, working on my blog, working around the house and building model rockets, I have no problem filling my days with things [...]
An Oregon man said his son was accidentally shot while he and his son were hunting in Tillamook Bay. According to the father his son was injured when their Labrador dog Drake jumped into the boat, triggering a shotgun, while the son was standing outside the boat in the bay. [...]
In a very revealing statement, a Somali Islamic group has threatened to launch an attack on the Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi flagged supertanker last week. Piracy is a capital offense under Islam and the Islamist group has said that unless the pirates release the tanker they will attack [...]
I have been using Microsoft Windows Live Writer Beta as my primary editor for posting entries to my Wordpress blog for about 6 months now. I find Live Writer to be much easier and more powerful than the Wordpress editor I had previously been using. [...]
The title of this post comes from a favorite columnist of mine, Mike Baker. He says that the really important question to ask is not whether you support the bailout but whether you think big business is best managed and overseen by politicians with no [...]
Just another senseless robbery and murder so why should I get so upset about it. A man delivering pizza to an apartment is shot and killed by a 19 year old teen. The teen is convicted of murder and related crimes and is sentenced to [...]
This mornings Virginian-Pilot had a wonderful letter to the editor from Clifford Stewart of Suffolk, Virginia. The views and thoughts of Mr. Stewart are eloquently communicated and closely reflect my views on the subject of which he writes. What follows is the full text of Mr. Stewart’s letter to the [...]
Aid agency Oxfam International said recently that nations are abdicating their responsibility by failing to provide enough aid to the U.N. mission in the war torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Oxfam spokesperson Juliette Prodhan said in a written statement:
There appears to be no urgency [...]
I received my Roku Netflix player the other day via FedEx. I was really excited when the FedEx truck showed up as I had been anxiously awaiting it’s arrival ever since I first read about the player. The Roku Netflix player allows you to instantly [...]
Democrats, apparently emboldened by the election of Barack Obama and other Democrats, are now talking about new legislation for Congress’ lame duck session to make it a crime to scalp tickets to the inauguration. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-California, worried that some of the 240,000 free tickets to the Presidential inauguration [...]
