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  • N.Y. Governorship Scandal Hits Again: Paterson Will Not Run

    862858_blog By Selwyn Duke

    Damaged by scandal like his predecessor, New York’s Governor David
    Paterson has announced that he is withdrawing his bid to win election
    this November.

    The governor had been steadfast in his determination to capture a
    full term at the ballot box, despite low poll numbers and growing
    opposition within his own party. Yet allegations of impropriety in the
    handling of a criminal case involving an aide proved the last nail in
    his political coffin. Providing a brief outline of the allegations,
    Reuters Ellen Wulfhorst wrote
    of reports stating, “he [Paterson] and state police spoke with a woman
    who last fall accused a top governor's aide of assault. After speaking
    with the governor, the woman failed to appear in court and her case was
    dismissed, said the New York Times, which first reported the story. The case raised questions of possible inappropriate intervention by the governor . . . .”

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  • Most See Government as Threat to Rights

    2052845_low By Selwyn Duke

    Ronald Reagan once said that the nine scariest words in the English
    language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” In thus
    opining, he was simply reflecting an American tradition that began with
    the Founding Fathers: a healthy suspicion of government.

    And, now, despite rampant government dependency, it seems that this
    tradition lives on. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey shows
    that 56 percent of Americans consider the federal government an
    “immediate” threat to their rights. Not surprisingly, however, where
    citizens come down on the question is influenced by political
    affiliation. Writes
    CNN’s Paul Steinhauser, “only 37 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of
    Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans say the federal government
    poses a threat to the rights of Americans.”

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  • Killing Charity

    “Outsourcing” charity to the government is not only inefficient, it’s not charity. Worse still, it’s evil.

    Teamwork-Hands on Hands By Selwyn Duke

    A while back I read about a woman whose college professor had told her not to give to charity. His reasoning?

    It’s the government’s job.

    I wonder, would the good professor maintain this perspective were he
    stuck by the side of a lonely road on a wintery night without cell
    phone service? Well, I suppose that’s when Situational Values Man comes
    to the rescue.

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  • Students Told to Write Essay on How They Would Make Deal with Devil

    Scream of Horror By Selwyn Duke

    God may not have a place in the modern American classroom, but the
    Devil is a different story. That is, at least in one North Carolina
    high school.

    After reading the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker” — which
    involves a character who makes a deal with Satan but then balks —
    students at Gray's Creek High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina,
    were told “to write an essay on how they would sell their souls — or
    what trade they would make with the Devil,” writes ABC News.

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  • Time to Turn Up the Heat on the Warmists

    Ice Age By Selwyn Duke

    At one time some would call
    them “deniers.”  The more generous called
    them “skeptics.”  But now, increasingly,
    it appears that they can be called something else: sane.  Yes, the climate has certainly changed.

    Even in the mainstream media,
    the less liberal organs are waking up. 
    There is now a never-ending barrage of articles on the climate scam,
    with The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post firing some recent
    salvos.  And these inconvenient truths
    are just adding to a case against the Climateers that has become dizzying.

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  • High Crimes: White House Accused of Using Bribery to Preserve Senate Majority

    Cash and Handcuffs By Selwyn Duke

    Has a bombshell just been dropped in the November elections? If a
    story that broke on Thursday gets enough ink, the answer may be yes.

    It’s being reported that the White House has sought to entice Senate
    primary challengers into dropping their campaigns against incumbent
    Democrats with the offer of plum government appointments — a jailable
    offense.

    Jeffrey Lord of The American Spectator reports on the story, writing:

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  • Hitler Learns of Global Warming Collapse

    I'm sure many of you have seen these Hitler parody videos, which have been made about a great number of issues.  This one concerns the global-warming scam.  It's quite clean and, as far as comedic value goes, it has its moments.  Enjoy.

  • Guest Commentary: Our Broken Constitution

    By
    Bruce Walker

    Bullets on Constitution The
    recent news stories that Obama intends to implement much of his health care
    agenda through executive orders shows just how broken the Constitution of the
    United States has become.  The foundational document of American
    government provides no legislative power in the presidency – none, zero,
    nada.  George Washington felt that even the presidential veto should be
    used only in opposition to congressional bills that were
    unconstitutional.  Now, the notion that the president can, effectively,
    legislate without the involvement of Congress (in certain areas and for certain
    reasons) has become quietly accepted as part of our federal system.

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  • Why I’m Not a Conservative

                      Do we really know our right from our left?

    Confusion-Traffic Signs By Selwyn Duke

    There is something G.K. Chesterton called the “degrading slavery” of
    being a child of your age. It is the inability to think outside the box
    of time and place — and most people fall victim to it.

    I think about this when I hear talk about “liberals” and
    “conservatives,” “right” and “left.” Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m not
    saying there aren’t differences between the groups those labels
    describe. I also often use the terms myself, as they do have
    provisional meaning. But they lack eternal meaning.

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  • Guest Commentary: Fabian Conservatism

    Man Holding Hourglass By Bruce Walker

    Conservatives , the overwhelming
    majority     of Americans, are angry with the Republican Party leadership and
    how politics has been  played since Ronald Reagan left office.
      Often Republican nominees have seemed to copy Bill Clinton’s
    “triangulation” or strategically placing themselves as the arbitrators between
    conservatives and leftists.   McCain luxuriated in fawning media
    coverage of his “independence” from conservatives.  George H. Bush, as
    soon as the Gipper was gone, promised to move us to a “Kinder, Gentler” –
    moderate – America.   Specter and Jeffords switched parties at
    critical times.  Who trusts Republican leaders?  Not serious
    conservatives, who have been burned so often.

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