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July 13, 2009

Barack Obama’s Banana-republic Foreign Policy

By rejecting the rule of law and siding with tyrants in opposing
Honduras’ removal of its president, Barack Obama reveals his true
colors.

By Selwyn Duke

When George W. Bush was waging what euphemistically became known as the
“War on Terror,” the left rabidly denounced what many considered his
unconstitutional actions. Nary a day went by that leftists didn’t
bemoan the Patriot Act, for instance, although they didn’t understand
it or the Constitution well enough to know how much acquaintance the
two actually had. Now, for the record, I oppose all unconstitutional
actions, be they authored by the left, right or center. Because for a
constitutional republic to work, we must accept the proposition that,
well, we’ll actually abide by its constitution.

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July 11, 2009

Too Much Media Action for Jackson

By Selwyn Duke

It seems as if Michael Jackson has done the impossible. That is, he
appears to be getting more media coverage — and more of the favorable
variety — in death than Barack Obama does in life.

Ever since the notorious entertainer suffered his untimely demise on
June 25, the news has inundated us with, seemingly, all Jackson all of
the time.

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July 10, 2009

School Bans Girl from Wearing Pro-life T-shirt

By Selwyn Duke

Should expressing pro-life sentiments make you a pariah behind
schoolhouse doors? Well, whether it should or not, a case out of
Scotland indicates that it certainly can — and does.

Writing about the story at Christian Today, Jennifer Gold tells us:

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July 9, 2009

Ginsburg Says that She Thought Roe Was to Rid us of “Populations that We Don’t Want to Have Too Many of”

By Selwyn Duke

Using a phrase right out of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger's book, Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg recently said in an interview, "I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of [emphasis mine]." Well, well, would you please elaborate, Madame Justice?

In fairness, Ginsburg didn't say that she endorsed such a policy. However, let's note that she did use the word "we." Second, let's also note that the poster boy for abortion, Planned Parenthood — an organization of which Ginsburg is an ally — was founded by those who wanted to eliminate black babies. Given these two facts, I'd like some elaboration. To whom are you referring exactly, Justice Ginsburg?

If a conservative had made such a statement, how do you think the media would be reporting it? Don't you think they'd want the individual to explain himself? Hey, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

WorldNetDaily.com reports on the story here.

© 2009 Selwyn Duke — All Rights Reserved
July 9, 2009

Gang Attacks White Family, Shouts “This is a Black World”; Police “Aren’t Ready to Call it a Hate Crime”

By Selwyn Duke

Many opponents of hate-crime laws have long pointed out that they will never be applied equitably. The laws exist solely to punish members of politically-incorrect groups who commit politically-incorrect crimes. That is to say, they're not about eliminating hate — they're about targeting those the left hates.

If ever there was a case that vindicated this thesis, it's a recent unprovoked attack on a white Ohio family by a mob of black teens. Phil Trexler at Ohio.com reports:

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July 7, 2009

Mark Sanford and the Left’s Romper Room Commentary

By Selwyn Duke

There is probably nothing that
pleases our libertine left more than a social conservative’s fall from grace. Just witness the predictable feeding frenzy
that ensued when South Carolina governor Mark Sanford confessed to marital
infidelity. Why, so voracious are his
critics that a Google search for Sanford’s name in parentheses and the word
“hypocrite” yields 20,600 of their pages.

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July 4, 2009

Michael Jackson and Our Modern Celebrity Culture

By Selwyn Duke

Despite all that is going on in the world, the biggest story for the
past week has been the death of Michael Jackson. In fact, it's reported
that his funeral, now scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7 at the
Staples Center in Los Angeles, will be watched by tens of millions
worldwide and that his elaborate funeral procession will at least rival
those of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy.

And as it was with Camelot, there has been no shortage of reactions
to the King of Pop's untimely end. Fans have been saddened. Critics
have, understandably, been muted. And the media have been reporting at
a fever pitch, trying to capture television ratings and Web traffic.
But my thoughts are a bit different: our reaction to Jackson's death —
and life — speaks volumes about our society.

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July 2, 2009

The Ugly Face behind the Mask of Liberalism

By Selwyn Duke

It has been interesting
watching the response to the Honduran military’s recent ousting of its nation’s
president, Manuel Zelaya. Barack Obama called
the action “not legal” and Hillary Clinton said that the arrest of Zelaya
should be condemned. Most interesting,
perhaps, is that taking this position places them shoulder to shoulder with
Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and Venezuelan’s roaring mouse, Hugo Chavez, who is
threatening military action against Honduras.
Now, some would say this is an eclectic group — others would say, not so
much — regardless, what has gotten them so upset?

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June 30, 2009

A Real Duke Rape Case

By Selwyn Duke

We all remember the infamous Duke University rape frame-up case, in
which three white lacrosse players were falsely accused of raping a
black female stripper. It was front-page news coast to coast, as it had
all the elements of a mainstream-media cause célèbre: the perfect
victim and the perfect villains, a “downtrodden” black woman of modest
means and three “privileged” white college boys. Thus did the hard-left
alliance of media, academia, and a Democrat prosecutor try its best to
lynch the three, and if the stripper’s story hadn’t changed with the
wind, the students could very well be sitting in prison currently.

But now we have a real Duke rape case, and one that largely conforms
to the above narrative. Frank Lombard, Duke’s associate director of the
Center for Health Policy, faces federal criminal charges for offering
his adopted five-year-old adopted son for sex. Where are the parallels?
Lombard is white and well-to-do while his victim, the son, is black
(Lombard also has a second adopted son, who is black as well).

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June 30, 2009

Sanford’s and Ensign’s Fall from Grace Fuels Immorality Police

The marital infidelity of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford and
Nevada senator John Ensign provides yet more ammunition to those who
would attack morality.

By Selwyn Duke

When I placed Governor Mark Sanford's name and the word "hypocrite"
into the Google search engine, it yielded 14,700 results. Since he
admitted that he had an extra-marital affair and given the rise of the
morality assassins, this isn't surprising. Nothing pleases libertines
like finding out that someone who shone light on their darkness has
joined them in the muck.

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