tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251382422012-01-21T19:48:02.046-05:00Abortion PunditThe <i>Politics / Law / Morality / Debate</i> "Sibling" of <a href="http://AfterAbortion.blogspot.com"><b>After Abortion</b></A> blogAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-78940077295136942292012-01-21T19:43:00.001-05:002012-01-21T19:48:02.053-05:00Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-71407885298727807132010-03-18T12:10:00.009-05:002010-03-18T13:11:39.529-05:00"When you have your _____________ , you have everything." How do you "fill-in-the-blank"? It's a common phrase almost every American has heard or read in their lifetime."When you have your HEALTH, you have everything."And if the government takes over how (and if) you get your healthcare, who will control whether you "have everything" or not?Here's another problem with ObamaCare:$11 BILLION THAT Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-62589727757009175572010-02-21T15:48:00.001-05:002010-02-21T15:48:53.375-05:00Our commenting system here at the blog is "going away", we're being told. We've used Haloscan comments for years, and their software/hardware is breaking and will be shut down permanently as of Feb. 26, 2010. Until we find another appropriate commenting system, we will probably use blogger's for the time being. I have exported all our comments over the years and hope to sometime restore them, butAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-56247924529272369652009-08-14T10:37:00.002-05:002009-08-14T10:40:59.950-05:00A NYS Democratic Senator, 2 Liberal Washington Post Pundits Get It Right, and So Does PalinGuess it isn't just right-wing vast-conspirators, white racists, or nutjobs, after all:"My original comments concerned statements made by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy advisor to President Obama and the brother of the President's chief of staff. Dr. Emanuel has written that some medical services Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-17304432396982218562009-08-13T10:38:00.000-05:002009-08-14T10:38:49.932-05:00A Physician testifies- watch, listen and learn...truth spoken before CongressThis physician is a member of Congress.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-69889495270383516242009-08-12T10:39:00.000-05:002009-08-14T10:39:37.245-05:00What he said. And then some.And how.The best and truest line?"Now, Americans are waking up to the truth that ObamaCare basically means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he can and cannot do."At least someone just like a clerk at the DMV. Wonder how many of them will be lured into being "on the take" as so Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-73125592454348997912009-07-17T13:57:00.002-05:002009-07-17T14:09:12.948-05:00Double-take time.For all those who've ever come here (or ever will) trying to defend Planned Parenthood as nothing but so-called "healthcare for women", and for all those who defend Planned Parenthood's founder as "not a racist" and "not a eugenicist" when it is pointed out to them how racist and Nazi-like she really was (one need only read her writings which PP doesn't want you to read), and forAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-1629750723463477882009-04-23T12:15:00.005-05:002009-07-03T07:41:33.806-05:00By rapper Jesus DiscipleLYRICS:MONOLOGUEOn November 4th 2008 we saw the hearts of the majority of American voters and it's no surprise considering what thebible says about the human condition. This doesn't mean our countries hopeless though, no matter what silly sloganobama misuses that word in. We still have the only real hope there is.VERSE 1Since I'm a rapper, you must think that I'm liberal,Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-68274342354532891252009-04-02T21:16:00.003-05:002009-04-02T21:22:12.463-05:00Found this blog quite by accident, not looking for it, but what an eye-opener.What Kind of Change, indeed.Kudos to the brave blogger who 1) realized he was duped, and 2) admits it (albeit anonymously. Hey, I can't blame him/her).Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-87708009733819336632009-03-26T22:07:00.006-05:002009-03-26T22:27:45.442-05:00What do the following folks have in common, besides the obvious (that they're college professors)?Robert P. George, Princeton UniversityHadley Arkes, Amherst CollegeFrancis Beckwith, Baylor UniversityGerard V. Bradley, University of Notre DameRobert Lowry Clinton, Southern Illinois UniversityTeresa Collett, University of St. Thomas School of LawAnthony Esolen, Providence CollegeMatthew Franck, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-16752987182757424082009-03-18T21:21:00.004-05:002009-03-18T21:36:00.798-05:00This is what Business-As-Usual Obama-loving Democrats have bought us:[Connecticut Democratic Senator Christopher] Dodd just admitted on CNN that he inserted a loophole in the stimulus legislation that allowed million-dollar bonuses to insurance giant AIG to go forward – after previously denying any involvement in writing the controversial provision."We wrote the language in the bill, the deal Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-92035705036795061442009-03-18T09:20:00.007-05:002009-03-18T09:50:02.849-05:00Obama-Supporting Columnist Froma Harrop...on Obama's Broken Earmarks Promise:Excerpts from Harrop's March 12, 2009 column, "Obama Takes a Dive on Earmarks":President Obama has vowed to curb the number of earmarks, also known as pork, in future spending bills. A commendable promise, had his number been zero. Unfortunately, the president wants to deal with an unsavory dish by cutting the portion Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-21798032399438780742009-03-18T05:18:00.001-05:002009-03-18T09:19:34.064-05:00Federal Income Tax Notice I just received, check it out:Snopes does not list this as "false", so you might want to check this out with the IRS and your Senators.Income taxes are normally due on April 15th unless that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case they are due on Monday the 16th or 17th. However, I have been told that rule has recently been changed for this and for the next 4 Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-29305450067043695692009-03-03T12:43:00.001-05:002009-03-03T13:58:52.768-05:00"BUSINESS AS USUAL" IN WASHINGTON, 2009:"Senate keeps pet projects in spending bill...an estimated 8,500 earmarks...[worth] roughly $32 billion..."The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to preserve thousands of earmarks in a $410 billion spending bill, brushing aside Sen. John McCain's claim that President Barack Obama and Congress are merely conducting business as usual in a time of economic Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-45643053566732959472009-02-25T21:34:00.001-05:002009-02-25T21:40:45.235-05:00"He is my shepherd".No-o-o-o-t.More dead-on assessments here and here.Heck, just go to that site and search on the word "Barack" and grab a few cups of coffee. You'll be there awhile.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-48358659882636645622009-02-20T22:40:00.002-05:002009-02-20T22:44:18.579-05:00FINALLY!Pope Benedict, in essence, tells Nancy Pelosi she isn't really practicing Catholicism:...Benedict "briefly greeted" Ms. Pelosi and her entourage after his weekly public audience and "took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the church’s consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death."The pope added that all CatholicsAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-5151275446062767452009-02-19T06:09:00.005-05:002009-02-19T11:22:21.041-05:00Sad example of pro-choice and/or pro-abortion people robbing others of their right to free speech.The accusations flew from this group before they even heard the speaker speak.Talk about the pot calling the kettle black (re: their "hate speech" attack).Amazing.One Youtube commenter had a good point that occurred to me as I watched this:I don't think the audience responded because they were Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-11645385505664638302009-02-17T05:14:00.000-05:002009-02-17T09:17:00.057-05:00"Lincoln Celebrates 200th Birthday by Praising Obama as 'Best President Ever'"Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-8008880565901821622009-02-12T12:38:00.003-05:002009-02-12T12:46:05.114-05:00Funny, I just this morning wrote about this very issue here, before seeing this comic strip today.Get your daily Mallard Fillmore fix here.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-8746765217124023892009-02-11T09:54:00.002-05:002009-02-11T10:06:39.121-05:00"A botched abortion in mother’s own words: The mother of a baby ‘born alive’ and hidden on the roof of a Hialeah clinic tells her side of the story."Photo and article from DANIEL SOÑÉ | FC, in Florida Catholic. All Rights Reserved by Correspondent and photographer SOÑÉ.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-12064040894201968252009-02-05T06:45:00.000-05:002009-02-05T11:25:23.307-05:00Obama to create faithbased office [Ed.Note: where's the hue and cry against this? Where's the hand-wringing and condemnation? Same thing Bush did. Ho-hum if Obama does it.]Obama losing the stimulus message warAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-89512868159352348082009-02-05T04:26:00.000-05:002009-02-05T12:21:31.654-05:00FIRST, it's "If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years."THEN, it's "Now, what I said in appointing Mr. Lynn was that this, along with maybe a handful, maybe three or four positions, may end up being so unique that we are going to make an exception."AND STILL LATER, it's "IAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-78921143392123476752009-02-04T11:20:00.001-05:002009-02-05T11:22:38.297-05:00AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image02/04/2009AP Statement on Shepard Fairey PosterThe Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission. AP safeguards its assets and looks at these events on a case-by-case basis. We have reached out to Mr. Fairey's attorney and are in discussions. We hope for an amicable Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-34781822858439790522009-02-03T17:26:00.001-05:002009-02-03T17:32:55.311-05:00I'd like to see this video posted on every pro-life website in the world.This is the one NBC refused to air during Super Bowl 43.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-24624383828145577342009-02-03T17:20:00.000-05:002009-02-03T17:30:05.089-05:00And this one too:Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-21549532173297275972009-01-21T06:45:00.006-05:002009-03-03T14:05:31.608-05:00The Barack Obama SeriesPOST-ELECTION 2008:"It begins." "It continues."Not Bush 3, but Clinton 3Election Myths Debunked By The Washington Post"It builds.""Between the criminal charges lodged against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich... the jaw-dropping nature of Blagojevich’s alleged deal making over the president-elect’s newly vacant Senate seat, and the prospect of an ethically tainted senior Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-55357300524576365372009-01-21T06:44:00.006-05:002009-01-21T10:57:56.462-05:00"Seven reasons for healthy skepticism", By JIM VANDEHEI & JOHN F. HARRIS, 1/21/09, at Politico.com.Read it for yourselves. I could excerpt the entire article, it's all so worth reading. Fascinating how much of this sounds so familiar...Obama supporters likely won't read it.They don't want to know that whileEveryone seems to agree [Obama appointees] Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner are smart, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-76256811112992557982009-01-21T06:32:00.004-05:002009-01-21T12:53:40.937-05:00Obama's man Geithner will be "in charge of the Internal Revenue Service" , yet apologies to Congress that he was "careless in failing to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes earlier this decade.""CARELESS?" Is he kidding??If this was a Republican administration, the howls would have drowned out yesterday's parade and run this guy out of town on a rail.As Newsday put it:He ignored Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-82967706902286132892009-01-06T05:32:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:39:35.407-05:00"Team Obama dabbles in drama"By ROGER SIMON, 1/6/09Exactly why Obama felt he had to give Richardson something is unclear. Maybe it was an act of compassion. Maybe Richardson had threatened to hold his breath until he turned blue. In any case, he got the nomination.But Richardson clearly did not get the vetting that is supposed to go along with it....One hopes, however, that the vetting process Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-58925090596006570732008-12-24T05:32:00.002-05:002008-12-24T14:28:31.682-05:00It gets worse..."Obama's internal review [about "Blagojevich's alleged plot to sell off the Senate seat Obama had vacated after winning the presidency"] was entirely voluntary and intended to demonstrate that his team had nothing to hide, and was committed to its pledge to run 'the most open and transparent transition in history.'But after announcing the review, his team declined to reveal who Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-70169740093942863862008-11-19T09:52:00.002-05:002008-11-19T10:18:04.240-05:00And They Said Sarah Palin Was Dumb...This is truly terrifying."Zogby Poll: Almost No Obama Voters Ace Election Test"57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing) 71.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing) 82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by gettingAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-47794285968263572672008-11-19T06:12:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:19:43.511-05:00ADULT STEM CELLS - Another "Huge Step", Another SuccessHere's the video on how it was done and The Lancet article published today.Surgeons can now start to see and understand the potential for adult stem cells and tissue engineering to radically improve their ability to treat patients with serious diseases." [Professor Martin Birchall, professor of surgery at the University of Bristol] said that Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-33041639110454218682008-11-08T15:19:00.003-05:002008-11-08T15:23:42.783-05:00OBAMAISMS"Obama said he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepares to take office in January. Then he smiled and said, 'I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.' ... President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House." - Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark, by KEVIN Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-14761665404984625072008-11-01T15:43:00.004-05:002008-11-01T15:47:53.756-05:00Obama's Healthcare: 44.5% of families will see no relief or HIGHER costs; McCain: 67.6% will see REDUCED costsREAD IT FOR YOURSELVES. Estimated Annual Change in Family Health CostsDue to Presidential Candidates' Plans: 2010The Lewin GroupOBAMAMCAINPercent of families seeing costs INCREASED between $500 and $2500+ 21.6%10.2%Percent seeing costs DECREASED between $500 and $2500+40.5%62.8%Percent Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-49834255882424668602008-11-01T15:37:00.008-05:002008-11-01T16:02:14.068-05:00$4.2 TRILLION Obama expects your children and grandchildren to pay for... so you don't have to.These 2 charts are compilations of Obama's own numbers and statements and the assessments thereof from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (TPC), The Committee for A Responsible Budget (CFARB) (which in turn used The Congressional Budget Office, the Tax Policy Center and Congress' Joint Committee on Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-18661053711003922142008-10-27T10:21:00.002-05:002008-10-27T10:27:16.842-05:00Great find, this blog called The International Down Syndrome Coalition For Life, or IDSC for Life. The blogmistress Diane found our site by accident. We're adding this link to the sidebar in a couple places. This post in particular refers to another great article about "connecting the guilt that parents carry, after they terminate a pregnancy in which they find out their child has Down syndromeAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-23750423143844893582008-10-18T21:05:00.002-05:002008-10-18T21:10:48.586-05:00Who Knew?Guess I'm in demand. Who else here is a "Boomer Woman"?White women age 45 to 64...are one of this year's most hotly contested voting blocs, evenly divided between Barack Obama and John McCain, and wide open to being pulled either way, according to a recent Associated Press-GfK Poll.There are plenty of them, too, prompting both presidential campaigns to woo them vigorously. About one in Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-69334426649727511872008-10-16T09:41:00.002-05:002009-02-05T23:18:16.615-05:00This was originally posted Thursday, February 24, 2005.Roe v. Wade Motion: What Really Happened? ...(continued from here)How the nine Supreme Court judges voted on this is confidential information I’m not allowed to divulge. However I am able to share a few very telling details, directly from the attorneys representing Norma McCorvey:The justices decided to not hear the arguments made. They did Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-81770287238483062452008-10-14T16:51:00.004-05:002008-10-14T17:31:18.331-05:00Obama Indirectly, Unintentionally Pulls a John Kerry... and hopes you don't learn about it until after the election.MATTHEW 25 NETWORK: run by the same anti-Catholic woman who once was John Kerry's Director of Religious Outreach (one of two he fired).This is the jaw-droppingly so-called "Christians/Pro-Lifers For Obama" group, mentioned in comments at this post about Obama supporting unfettered Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-4131641966022077322008-10-13T07:55:00.005-05:002008-10-13T12:14:16.598-05:00"More than 650 Latino babies are killed every day in the U.S."In Spanish and in English.Eduardo Verastegui of Bella fame, talks to "anyone who thinks that Barack Obama cares about little children."SERIOUSLY STRONG WARNING: MANY AWFUL GRAPHIC IMAGES AND VIDEO CLIPS OF THE RESULTS OF ABORTIONS ARE IN THIS VIDEO. IF YOU ARE POST-ABORTIVE AND REGRETTING YOUR ABORTION, PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THIS. I Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-50515297157725065122008-10-13T06:48:00.001-05:002008-10-13T11:51:48.687-05:00Obama's "Tax Cuts" = Paid for BY all who pay taxes (even those making under $45K), TO all those who don'tSource: The American Enterprise Institute (8/8/08), reprinted in the Wall Street Journal, 10/13/08"Obama will give 95% of American working families a tax cut, even though 40% of Americans today don't pay income taxes ...How can he 'cut' zero?...A 'refundable tax credit'... involves the federalAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-51779023302807154292008-10-13T03:57:00.000-05:002008-10-13T03:57:00.748-05:00On October 13, 1884 Leo XIII had just completed a celebration of Mass in one of the Vatican's private chapels. Standing at the foot of the altar, he suddenly turned ashen and collapsed to the floor, apparently the victim of a stroke or heart attack. However, neither malady was the cause of his collapse. For he had just been given a vision of the future of the Church he loved so much. After a few Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-66265435828962501602008-10-09T06:34:00.001-05:002008-10-09T10:53:33.054-05:00Imagine if a Republican Presidential candidate vehemently defended a group repeatedly eager to take donations specifically targeted to abort black and other minority unborn babies...donations from donors who said "the less black kids out there the better" and to which the group's representative chuckles and replies, "Understandable, understandable." DON'T IMAGINE: LISTEN TO IT FOR YOURSELVES (Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-30561001969833376322008-10-07T12:35:00.001-05:002008-10-07T12:40:42.777-05:00Nobody likes discrimination. Everybody deserves a home.But not a house of cards.I dare Democrat voters to watch this all the way through. But most of you won't. It's "see no evil, hear no evil" when it comes to the truth about Democrat involvement in this meltdown and looming recession.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-656027219889185902008-10-07T12:30:00.003-05:002008-10-07T12:41:05.621-05:00Watch Congress in action. I dare Democrat voters to watch this all the way through too. But most of you won't.2004 Video showing Democrats in their own words defending Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the root causes of our current economic crisis.Listen to Maxine Waters laud the virtues of "100% loans", meaning no down-payment necessary.Anyone 40 years or older knows that is lunacy.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-61374864731675201642008-10-03T20:53:00.002-05:002008-10-03T20:56:27.796-05:00Hillary Clinton praised Palin during a Friday morning interview:It's amazing: she's been thrust into the national spotlight with very little preparation and I think that, all things considered, you saw a very composed and effective debater last night.Then again, Clinton also thought Biden's performance was "flawless" so there you go.HT: plbAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-8528678386588929162008-10-03T18:50:00.005-05:002008-10-03T21:29:04.504-05:00Palin, Couric; Alaska, RussiaI can't defend some of the things Governor Sarah Palin said in reply to Katie "Nowwww I Get It!" Couric.Neither can I condemn Palin. She was crammed full of facts and policy planks (some of which I still heartily disagree with) in a crash course by McCain's people, from which most Americans would probably run screaming for the exits over the sheer magnitude of Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-17476532926985414322008-10-03T05:24:00.011-05:002008-10-03T13:46:44.379-05:00CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN (as in, Changes to History): 14 of 'em, and counting. From the sixth-longest-sitting Senator (33 years), who's been on FamousPlagiarists.com since 2005.In the debate, Joe Biden displayed a mastery of the most amazing revisionist history yet. How does Biden say with a straight face, even an angry, indignant face, that he and/or Obama Did.Not.Say.That, knowing full well Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-5996947015323629932008-10-02T06:12:00.005-05:002008-10-02T12:42:44.464-05:00HEY! YOU! DEMOCRAT VOTERS! WAKE-UP!! WHY YOU WON'T SEE THIS PHOTO AT CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, NEWSWEEK, TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES, OR MOST ANY MAJOR MEDIA:"Off the record, every suspicion you have about [mainstream media] MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-7335383820353853582008-10-01T12:01:00.002-05:002008-10-01T13:08:35.542-05:00Bill Clinton Tells How Obama Has It All Wrong To Blame Bush/Republicans For Financial Crisis:...the political left and the press corps these days [has been insisting] that our current financial problems all flow from Congress's 1999 decision to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 that separated commercial and investment banking. Barack Obama has been selling this line every day. Bill Clinton Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-27974844335311395312008-09-27T11:58:00.011-05:002008-09-28T12:13:38.865-05:00THE DEFINITION OF AUDACITY Leave it to present-day Democrats to skim their 20% of profits first and foremost off the top of any enormous financial-bailout benefit, shafting the taxpayers who are about to foot the bill, and giving that 20% to groups who supported Clinton and the Democrats in Congress when they modified a law in 1995 to require banks to give out more of the risky housing loans thatAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-51209850147946727152008-09-27T11:55:00.003-05:002008-09-28T12:41:53.034-05:00The politician getting the 2nd-highest amount of money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was Senator Barack Obama. (Source: The Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org):1. Senator Christopher Dodd (Democrat, Connecticut): $165,4002. Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois): $126,3463. Senator John Kerry (Democrat, Massachusetts): $111,000Clinton's White House Budget Director Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-60490570215051340722008-09-27T11:50:00.000-05:002008-09-27T17:13:57.077-05:00This just released, an excerpt from the National Taxpayers Union Foundation:NEW Spending by Category as Proposed by 2008 Presidential Candidates*(Dollar figures are in billions) Type of SpendingJohn McCainBarack ObamaEconomy, Transportation, and Infrastructure$5.441$57.275Education, Science, and Research$7.353$34.795Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment$58.611$56.333Health Care$9.637Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-71488938898783820622008-09-27T11:17:00.000-05:002008-09-27T17:10:50.634-05:00Bill Clinton, the Obamites and the media think it's ok for Clinton to use a racially-negative phrase for white voters (calling them "crackers") but the Obamamedia fall over themselves trying to make a story when McCain mispronounces "Ahmadinejad" (which most Americans can't pronounce anyway) then finally gets it right a second later.This double standard exists, probably, because the press, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-34488781440828217752008-09-27T11:15:00.000-05:002008-09-27T17:13:14.581-05:00Obama had to look at the bracelet to remember the name of the soldier it represented:"Jim, let me just make a point. I've got a bracelet too. From, Sergeant, uh, uh, from the mother of, uh, Sergeant, Ryan David Jopek."Astute observation on this over at RightWingNews.com:And so, to some of us, Obama having to re-check the name on his bracelet was just natural. The Sergeant had a funny name, after Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-16404136933916070652008-09-27T11:04:00.002-05:002008-09-27T11:05:04.453-05:00One of the few best things about Connecticut, and now we've lost him.Rest in peace, Paul Newman. And thanks.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-90697237799031964842008-09-25T06:19:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:51:40.825-05:00MORE FACTS:"A state police investigation in 2006 found [Alaska State Troooper Mike] Wooten guilty of three allegations: that he tested a Taser on his [10-year-old] stepson, that he drank beer in his squad car and that he shot a moose without a permit. "[A]ccording to state documents...in one instance, [Sarah Palin] told state investigators, she overheard [Wooten] on the telephone threatening herAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-12314454897880267062008-09-23T12:07:00.024-05:002008-09-23T13:39:48.745-05:00"CHANGE WE BELIEVE WILL HELP ME WIN"Eight (plus?) More Reasons To Doubt Obama's Message and Leadership:Democrat readers and/or Obama supporters probably won't bother to read this all the way through, nor the various links provided herein, but it's all fact and it's all out there nonetheless, whether the beloved Keith Olberman's of the world are telling you these facts or not, whether you "believeAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-52448654705287997212008-09-22T06:46:00.005-05:002008-09-22T11:18:16.318-05:00This is the first part of two things I have to say to Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi for bastardizing the Catholic Faith and misleading other Catholics:From the Hearings on S. 158 Before the Subcommittee on Separation of Powers of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 97th Cong., 1st Sess. (1981):Dr. Landrum Shettles, known as the ‘father of in vitro fertilization:’ “Conception confers life and makes that Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-14583855785735150372008-09-18T12:33:00.002-05:002008-09-22T11:21:43.771-05:00"I was not complicit." From NUGENT's LAW blog (see link below):Let’s suppose an admittedly contrived chain of events happens. Suppose the McCain-Palin ticket wins the election. Suppose further that McCain tragically dies in office; Palin assumes the Presidency under the 25th Amendment; and Palin, as a result of inexperience and poor judgment, embroils the country in an imprudent and Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-18815184471589301142008-09-18T06:33:00.007-05:002008-09-18T12:39:32.507-05:00Obama Adviser--and Obama Supporters' TV Ads--Wrongly Whip Dems Into Frenzy That "Women Will Be Jailed For Having Abortions"Cass Sunstein, the brilliant and incredibly prolific constitutional law scholar, who just left the University of Chicago for greener pastures at Harvard, has written an editorial warning us about the dangers of electing McCain and Palin, who would most certainly, we are told,Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-57124712167701531662008-09-18T05:33:00.003-05:002008-09-18T12:26:08.266-05:00Democrats, if you really are for truth, I invite you to follow along with me on this one. Seriously. There is more than Hannity et. al. are uncovering, and I want to know the real truth as much as you do, about whether or not Obama voted against (the same as a "present" vote in Illinois) an Illinois "Born Alive Infant Protection Act" ("BAIPA") identical to the federal one he claims he would have Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-83722458203678278162008-09-16T18:45:00.031-05:002008-09-17T10:19:05.103-05:00Tell me: which of the following do you think was the better choice and vetting of a VEEP candidate? The Democrats' double-standards are showing.VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES in HISTORYS. PALINH. TRUMANT.R. ROOSEVELTC. COOLIDGEPARTYRepublicanDemocratRepublicanRepublican# YEARSASGOV.less than 2zero** wanted to run for Governor but party machine dissuaded him, urging the Senate run instead: 10 years,Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-87862831940329859232008-09-14T21:42:00.000-05:002008-09-17T09:59:43.481-05:00Things About Obama, McCain, Biden, Palin, the Two Parties and The Mainstream Media That Everyone Should Know"[The Vice Presidential candidate] had had no experience in relations with Britain or Russia...didn't know the right people...[The Vice Presidential candidate] didn't know [the] Secretary of State, more than to say hello. [The Vice Presidential candidate] had no background in foreign policyAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-30318505891254303602008-09-11T05:56:00.002-05:002008-09-11T10:59:50.724-05:00Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning...Song by Alan JacksonAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-3800279192265039742008-09-10T21:34:00.002-05:002008-09-11T15:46:13.428-05:00For those who seem to have missed the point of this observation of fact and pointed out that it's likely that Sarah Palin herself conceived son Track before marrying Todd, let me rephrase the point:Have all the upset liberals also insulted Barack Obama's mother's and grandmother's intelligence and parenting skills? Since Obama's mother also conceived him when she was 17, and also married his Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-48751799503216082872008-09-09T06:36:00.004-05:002008-09-09T09:58:28.400-05:00Obama's Mom Was 17 Years Old When Barack Was Conceived;She Also Married Obama's Father After Learning She Was PregnantAnn Dunham Soetoro was born November 29, 1942. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961. Typical human gestation (from conception to labor) is approximately 280 days. The Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence states that "The human gestation period--the period of time between Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-69419284028026158342008-09-08T07:06:00.000-05:002008-09-08T12:06:57.697-05:00Will at 14 months, January 1995WELCOMING CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME:[The reason for the following post is found here]This post contains several long lists of resources. If you do a "find on this page" text search for something specific that you're looking for in this post, it might help (e.g., "Australia" or "Japan" to find DS resources in those countries). If a link is "broken" (doesn't find Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-56873798266243218712008-09-03T12:27:00.001-05:002008-09-03T13:08:31.678-05:00All the so-called "pro-choice" folks, bloggers, reporters, pols and pundits, have given themselves away, haven't they, by not rushing to the from-the-rooftops, loudly vocal, unanimous defense of Bristol Palin's "choice" to have her baby instead of abort it.They've all just proven they really aren't for choice after all, unless that choice is abortion.Instead, they take the very patriarchal, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-20063541813741637602008-09-03T12:14:00.002-05:002008-09-03T12:15:25.259-05:00Anyone else having this problem viewing this blog? Please email me (email at right) if so? Thanks!Dear Annie,You have a lot of excellent content on your Blog and I want to thank you for taking the time to share so much important information with your readers. i am writing as the formatting on the Blog seems to be a little mixed up and that makes it harder to read what you have written there. Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-26176194781357220232008-09-02T12:07:00.002-05:002008-09-02T12:10:38.524-05:00YouTube short courtesy of Students For Life of America.More blogging to follow later...more than I have time for...Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-79550086474412500172008-09-02T12:02:00.000-05:002008-09-02T12:58:51.463-05:00This just couldn't wait: Chart comparing Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama.by Jeff Emanuel, at Redstate.com, also reprinted here, at Audacity Of Deception & HypocrisyAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-43455493004381908982008-08-25T06:41:00.001-05:002008-08-25T11:17:44.586-05:00This is just what I expected of the Olympics in China, and what wasn't much reported by the U.S. mainstream media (MSM) at all, with the exception, perhaps, of the Wall Street Journal (see more WSJ stories on the human rights violations below):Potemkin protest zones China set up to assuage critics led to real arrests, journalists were roughed up and two elderly ladies were sentenced to labour Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-30127001144248004802008-08-25T05:17:00.000-05:002008-08-25T11:26:38.190-05:00Again, another "no surprise there" piece": Democrats Move Left On Abortion"Above my pay grade." Those words rang in the ears of Gene Taylor, a middle-age member of Saddleback Church I interviewed after the worship service on Sunday morning. He was referring to the answer offered by Barack Obama when Pastor Rick Warren asked him at what point in its development a baby gets "human rights.""In this Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-34250961590487181012008-08-12T05:30:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:37:19.774-05:00The Catholic Case Against ObamaIf you call yourself a Catholic, you really ought to read this. If you don't read it, how can you really say you're a Catholic?Before any devout Catholic, Evangelical Christian or Orthodox Jew votes for Obama, he or she might spend 15 minutes in Chapter 10 of Freddoso's "Case Against Barack." For if, as Catholics believe, abortion is the killing of an unborn child, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-15992820182266761582008-07-24T12:03:00.000-05:002008-07-24T13:06:49.432-05:00Karl Rove, in "A Tale of Two Flip-Floppers" in today's WSJ, reports that Barack Obama told CBS' Katie Couric that he had "no idea what would have happened" without the new [Iraq surge] strategy. I sure do: Obama would have pointed (for the cameras) at the shoreline of Iraq from the deck of a ship in the Persian Gulf for his breathless, whirlwind combat-area tour, instead of meet in Baghdad Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-26028166968749189482008-07-22T18:53:00.002-05:002008-07-22T19:05:56.420-05:00Another Obama Backpedal:He nowbacks leaving a residual force in Iraq to help train military personnel, provide security for U.S. interests and thwart terrorist threats. The residual force might total up to 50,000 troops, his campaign advisers have told reporters.I haven't been able to keep up with all the recent backpedals he's made, but this one's a whopper all right.He's closing in on becoming Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-78984947050229589922008-07-07T19:27:00.004-05:002008-07-07T19:54:50.734-05:00Wow. This is a real eye-opener!Top 10 answers voters gave to describe candidatesBy The Associated PressThe top 10 answers people volunteered when asked to describe presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll released Monday. Included is the percentage of people who gave each answer. More than one response was allowed.John McCain:1. Old, Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-8942761296526672172008-07-04T09:08:00.002-05:002008-07-04T13:10:42.052-05:00"John 15:13 - 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends'"I was going to embed another version (see below), sung by Kenny Rogers (I think), but then came across the above: a simpler, extremely humble one. This musician never shows his own face, while singing or afterward, and he wrote the above quote in his comment. I really loved both of those facts. And Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-82718810052609749262008-06-20T06:56:00.001-05:002008-06-20T09:53:25.395-05:00 "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Public Financing!"ORWho's Gamin' Who?Democrat Barack Obama became the first major presidential candidate to reject taxpayer financing (see that link for why it is a big deal) for his general-election campaign, allowing him to spend without limit in his contest against Republican John McCain.[I]n an email video to supporters Thursday, [Obama said] the [taxpayer Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-8857025745521071292008-06-18T09:43:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:48:54.150-05:00"Russert Took Media Bias Seriously", By BERNARD GOLDBERGJune 18, 2008, Wall Street JournalTim was a big proponent of diversity, but he wanted to go further than the usual stuff. "I am for having women in the newsroom and minorities in the newsroom -- I'm all for it. It opens up our eyes and gives us different perspectives. But just as well, let's have people with military experience; let's have Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-64699381478456908982008-06-13T20:44:00.003-05:002008-06-20T09:42:55.337-05:00I am heartsick over this news: Tim Russert died today, of a heart attack. More information on his life here...it's my understanding too that he was still a faithful, practicing Catholic...RIP, Timothy John Russert, Jr., we were blessed to have you. Many prayers and hopes for your family to carry on.What some have said about this great man:In a way, the world is a great liar. It shows you it Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-79420829514358188172008-06-02T20:57:00.004-05:002008-06-02T21:53:05.143-05:00"...Clinton seemed to be campaigning in an alternate reality..."The normally über-left liberal Salon.com describes the eerieness that is now the Clinton campaign, using phrases like "she might as well have been on another planet."Seriously, I can't do this justice. You must read the full account to get a sense of what a sideshow it must have appeared.If Saturday Night Live * doesn't do a parody Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-40587983636396226692008-05-28T17:47:00.001-05:002008-05-28T17:47:57.214-05:00READERS, PLEASE STOP FOR A MOMENT AND PRAY:A friend/reader of this blog has a relative whose infant child was apparently just kidnapped by the estranged husband from the child's daycare facility, under the pretext of taking the child to the doctor or something, while the mom was at work. Apparently a message was left on the answering machine that the husband was "taking the baby, and you'll neverAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-72800411414340178102008-05-20T11:48:00.002-05:002008-05-20T12:18:40.531-05:00Oh, No, You Didn'tFemale supporters of Hillary Clinton sprang to her defense Tuesday, insisting she speaks for all women and should stay in the Democratic primary race to the bitter end.And oh, no, she doesn't. Never did, never will.Put in your two cents here. I got a real chuckle out of some of the replies, in particular from "Puller58" and from "Roz."Isn't a hoot that when you Google this news Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-72257185544748714712008-05-19T12:36:00.006-05:002008-05-19T12:45:45.363-05:00Obama and the 100%-ers vs. McCain and the 99%-ers, and a negative Bush jab to boot:Like all human activity, negotiation has costs and benefits. If only benefits were involved, then it would be hard to quarrel with the "what can we lose?" mantra one hears so often. In fact, the costs and potential downsides are real, and not to be ignored.When the U.S. negotiates with "terrorists and radicals," itAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-85514334088871541452008-05-18T14:47:00.001-05:002008-05-18T14:47:44.087-05:00Really nice story. Get out the tissues.Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-23981349860248248082008-03-21T10:28:00.003-05:002008-03-21T10:52:31.313-05:00The Hypocrisy at Boston College(subscription required)Students and faculty are protesting that the Bush administration's Michael Mukasey should not speak at the college's commencement, using the school's Roman Catholic "religious tradition" as their reason.The same notions were in play back in 2006 when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was invited to receive an honorary degree at BC's Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-3184991819561026592008-03-10T12:15:00.004-05:002008-03-10T11:34:13.492-05:00"Some people would have you believe that all of this added income was funneled to the rich. But the math doesn't work out."From "The Inequality Myth" (requires subscription), an article by Brad Schiller, Professor of Economics at American University and the University of Nevada, in today's Wall Street Journal.Food for thought as we evaluate all the Presidential candidates, but especially the Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-13473850204528553592008-03-03T12:46:00.001-05:002008-03-04T09:59:03.355-05:00SOME THINGS ARE JUST TOO FUNNY"Hillary Clinton gets it sincerely wrong": "Mrs Clinton tries hard to fake sincerity – so hard it is painful to watch. Sometimes, in fact, I suspect that she really is sincere and only looks as though she is faking. Barack Obama, on the other hand, may actually be sincere – and if he is not, he fakes it so well it makes no difference."VERSUS"Clinton Questions Obama’sAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-30551172333714626552008-03-02T16:02:00.013-05:002008-03-02T16:44:41.045-05:00FINALLY! The rest of the world (three elected officials included) are waking up to the facts that we, Dawn Eden (SEE BELOW) and many others have been reporting for ALMOST FOUR YEARS now:"I don't believe taxpayer funding should be going to groups that put sexually explicit material on the Internet targeted at minors. Parents today already have their work cut out for them trying to keep their kids Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-74188310685610311702008-02-28T12:20:00.003-05:002008-02-28T15:31:58.469-05:00R.I.P. Bill BuckleyHe was the sharpest and drollest person I'd ever heard speak:Henry Gibson: Mr. Buckley, I have noticed that whenever you appear on television, you're always seated. Is that because you can't think on your feet?Buckley: It's very hard to stand up carrying the weight of what I know.-- Appearance on "Laugh-In," 1970(from "Buckley Athwart History," selected WFB quotes, Wall Street Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-34426591265878106712008-02-24T16:34:00.009-05:002008-02-24T23:32:05.800-05:00Michelle Obama Pulls a Bill Clinton, Only Worse (seriously, I think this is much worse)You can jump ahead to see the clip of her gaffe about three-quarters of the way through this video.Plagiarism 101: Clinton Rips Off Clinton and Edwards long before Hillary accused Obama of it. That's the transcript proving it, here's the specific "Meet The Press" video from today that showed the video clips. Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-31576434397244659292008-02-22T13:36:00.009-05:002008-02-22T15:01:38.718-05:00"I came to realize the Darwinists are afraid.""EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed."And for those who accuse anyone who doesn't think like they do of "theocracy" and "snake-oil creationism," look again. Learn about all the bona fide scientists who have been and are being blacklisted for "following all the evidence wherever it leads.""Diversity" at most of today's colleges and research facilities Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-63050841223689042652008-02-10T13:46:00.000-05:002008-02-10T13:55:44.818-05:00Oh this just rubs me so wrong: I can't find a link to the quote but the news two nights ago (it might have been ABC, I don't recall) tossed up a soundbite at the tail end of a piece on McCain's growing annoyance at Huckabee's refusing to bow out of the race as Romney did. I'm not sure if McCain himself or his campaign people said it, and I am paraphrasing the first part but it was like nails on aAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-39410809894647042672008-02-06T21:34:00.000-05:002008-12-10T03:44:14.054-05:00Your Liberal Media Bias and Taxpayer Dollars Hard At "Work""Republicans join to block stimulus bill" blares the online Associated Press story 25 minutes ago from Yahoo News (and CBS and NPR and a whole host of other liberal outlets) Why not the headline that describes what really is going on, and what was predicted to happen, nay, was warned against by Nancy Pelosi herself?"Dems delay, overload Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-36565370636210613722008-02-06T06:39:00.000-05:002008-02-06T08:28:14.277-05:00Another candidate quiz: VoteByIssue.orgContrast this with Jay Leno's Man on the Street poll last night of passersby, where he showed them photos of all the Presidential candidates and asked people who they were. I'm sure there were some who knew (of course, those clips wouldn't make the air). But there were a frightening bunch of regular Joes and Janes who had no flippin' clue, even one young Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-14665036080172686852008-02-04T12:17:00.001-05:002008-09-27T14:43:06.408-05:00Something more to chew on: "the Clinton / Obama price tag is between $2,200 and $4,400 per household."New Annual Government Spending Proposed by '08 Presidential CandidatesCandidate Total Proposed Spending Increase (Annual, in Billions)(I list them in order of highest spending to least) Obama $287.0 [UPDATE: These were February 2008 numbers. As of September 2008, Obama now wants to spend $293 Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-91281441858745781642008-02-03T16:32:00.000-05:002008-02-05T13:59:47.980-05:00SUPER DUPER TUESDAY coming...winner-take-all in Connecticut(updates since the Pin The Tail On The Donkey (or Elephant) post. Time to revisit the various candidate-evaluation sites:2decide.com table...USA TODAY quiz...All candidates proven to be telling at least some falsehoods or partial truths:HuckabeeRomneyMcCainALL DEMOCRATSAnd for Republicans in this blue state, a blog I'll start frequenting Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25138242.post-5582507761490468432008-02-01T19:08:00.000-05:002008-02-01T19:09:30.731-05:00(Clintonian) Business As UsualAh, it's open season here my friendIt always is; it always has beenWelcome, welcome to the U.S.A.We're partying fools in the autumn of our heyday...But, the barons in the balcony are laughingAnd pointing to the pitThey say, "Aw look, they've grown accustomed to the smellNow, people love that shitAnd we're workin' it."Workin' it...We got the short-term gain, the Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282928980304141258noreply@blogger.com0