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Entries from March 2009

THE EUROPEANIZATION OF AMERICA

March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

By Mark Steyn
SteynOnline
Back during the election campaign, I was on the radio and a caller demanded to know what I made of the persistent rumor that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. “I doubt it,” I said. “It’s perfectly obvious he was born in Stockholm. Okay, maybe Brussels or Strasbourg.” And the host gave an [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · Economy · From the Liberal's Mouth · Globalists · Human Induced Global Warming Hoax · Nanny State · Politics · Socialized Health Care · Taxation

Buffalo Tea Party a Success!

March 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Buffalo Tea Party, that was held this past Saturday, March 28, 2009, was a success. Estimates were that around 700-800 people showed up.

Please go to the following links for reports and more photos of the Buffalo Tea Party:
North Buffalo Journal and Review, Photos from Yesterday’s Buffalo Tea Party
Rus Thompson’s Albany’s Insanity
Way to go Buffalo!

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Conservatism · Economy · Taxation · Tea Party

Conservative Black Group Challenges Liberal Urban League’s “State of Black America 2009″ Report

March 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

“Harmful Recommendations,” “Dreary” Tone Among Criticisms

Washington, D.C. – This year’s edition of the liberal National Urban League’s annual State of Black America report fails to effectively challenge the Obama Administration, is unnecessarily dreary and makes recommendations that would be harmful, say members of the conservative Project 21 black leadership group.
“It is long past time [...]

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Tags: Conservatism · National News · Our Community · Politics

Friday Night Blues – Tampa Red

March 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Hudson Whittaker, better known as Tampa Red, was best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string bottleneck style. His songwriting and his silky, polished slide technique influenced other leading Chicago blues guitarists, such as Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk, as well as Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Mose Allison [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Friday Night Blues · Just for Fun · Supporting the Troops · Veterans Affairs

U.S. freedoms not to blame for Mexico’s drug war

March 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Wayne LaPierre
CNN.com World
(CNN) – Here’s a summary for the time- or attention-challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can’t affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.
Nobody is surprised that Attorney General Eric Holder wants to make good on his promise to ban guns. We just didn’t know whose tragedy he’d seize to advance [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Communism and Socialism · Crime · Nanny State · National News · Our Community · Politics · Second Amendment

The war between the state

March 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Thanks to Charlie for finding this article in he Albany Times Union. BTW, this didn’t even make it into the Democrat and Chronicle. RV
By Casey Seiler
Albany Times Union
Should upstate New York go its own way? And what would we call ourselves — Upstatonia? Newer York? Adirondackiana?
These are just a few of the questions raised by [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Our Community · State Politics · Upstate New York Secession

Obama, the Pickens Plan and the Potential Fire Next Time

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

By Deneen Borelli
GOPUSA
In July of 1967, Detroit and Newark were bathed in fire and blood. Anguished and hurt, people in poor and minority communities in these cities had had enough of crippling policies foisted on them by the ruling political establishment. They stood up and screamed for change.
In the collective melees, 66 died, [...]

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Tags: American History · Economy · Energy · National News · Politics

Lloyd Marcus Interview on Fox News

March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Here’s the video of yesterdays (3/24/2009) interview of Lloyd Marcus on Fox News. Lloyd wrote and performs the American Tea Party Anthem.

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Tags: American Traditions · Conservatism · National News · Patriotism · Politics · Taxation · Tea Party

Obama’s new TV image: tired, uptight and cranky

March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By David Zurawik
Baltimore Sun

President Barack Obama ended his six-night, buy-my-economic-proposal-please TV tour Tuesday with a prime-time news conference. And while not much hard news might have come out of the session, there was at least one major change there to be seen in Obama’s TV image.
Gone was the cool, composed, almost serene Obama who seemed [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · Economy · Globalists · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · Politics · Taxation

New York: Two New Anti-Gun Bills Proposed in Albany

March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

NRA Institute For Legislative Action
Two more anti-gun bills have been introduced in the Empire State.  No new information is available on all of the other bills we have warned you about. 
Assembly Bill 6468, sponsored by State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-16), would ban the sale of semi-automatic handguns not equipped with so-called “microstamping” technology. The [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Communism and Socialism · Conservatism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Globalists · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · Our Community · Patriotism · Politics · Second Amendment