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Entries from June 2009

Firefighter Justice –
The Supremes, Sotomayor, and racial jurisprudence.

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Wall Street Journal Online Opinion
The Supreme Court closed an otherwise unremarkable term on a high note yesterday, rejecting the notion that one kind of racial bias can be remedied by another. On the last day of opinions before the Court is potentially joined by Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Justices overturned one of her most closely [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · National News · Our Community · Politics

Day by Day – “Rise of the O-bots”

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Good “Day by Day” that I just had to post on the RC Blog!

BTW, I post Chris Muir’s “Day by Day” cartoon on a daily basis in the RC Pirate Forums.
RV

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Tags: Conservatism · Just for Fun

Friday Night Blues – B.B. King & Buddy Guy

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s a great video of B.B. King & Buddy Guy performing at I Can’t Quit You Baby at B.B. Kings Blues Club. Happy Friday Folks!

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B.B. King & Buddy Guy – I Can’t Quit You Baby

Your suggestions and submissions to

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

ObamaCare’s False Promises

June 26th, 2009 · No Comments

By Jamie Glazov
FrontPage.com
Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Sally Pipes, the president and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute and author of “The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care” (Pacific Research Institute , 2008).
FP: Sally Pipes, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
So what’s Obama planning to do in terms of health care?
Pipes: President Obama made a commitment [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · Politics · Socialized Health Care

Convenient Green Delusions

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

By George Will
New York Post
THE Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the US president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating “green jobs” in “alternative energy” even though Spain’s unemployment rate is 18.1 percent (more than double the European Union average) partly because of spending on such jobs?
Calzada, [...]

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Tags: Economy · Energy · Globalists · Human Induced Global Warming Hoax · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · Politics

Radicalism, Rewarded

June 24th, 2009 · 8 Comments

By Guy Benson
TownHall.com
There’s never been a better time to be an enemy of the United States of America. Whether you’re a trained jihadist in US custody, a diminutive cult leader starving his own people while developing nukes, or part of a ruthless regime that murders dissidents in broad daylight, you can rest assured that the [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Globalists · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · National Security · Politics

ObamaCare is a Trojan Horse for Socialized Medicine

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Why Medicare-style insurance will kill our health care system
By Shikha Dalmia
Reason Magazine
President George W. Bush concocted the connection between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein to justify the Iraq invasion. Now President Barack Obama is concocting an equally fantastical theory to justify a de facto government takeover of health care.
He is claiming that the way to slash [...]

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Tags: Communism and Socialism · From the Liberal's Mouth · Globalists · Moonbat Lunacy · Nanny State · National News · Politics · Socialized Health Care · Taxation

Black Conservatives Warn of Threat to Continued Freedom on “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Expanding Government Poses a Danger to Individual Rights, Liberties Celebrated on Emancipation Holiday

On the occasion of “Juneteenth,” the oldest and most recognized annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, members of the Project 21 black leadership network suggest the civil rights-themed holiday be used to celebrate freedoms that have been won [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Conservatism · National News · Our Community · Patriotism

What we could learn from Iran

June 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Last week, Iran had a sham election. Tens of millions of paper ballots were counted in minutes, giving the Presidential election to Ahmadinejad once again. During the week, protesters filled the streets proclaiming election fraud. Despite the Iranian police firing at the crowd, the people still protested. The Ayatollah Khamenei ordered a phony partial recount, [...]

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Tags: American History · American Traditions · Islamofascism · National News · National Security · Patriotism · Politics · Supporting the Troops · World History

Friday Night Blues – ZZ Top

June 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Formed in in Houston, TX in 1969, ZZ Top is one of the few bands to last that long, a tribute to their blues-based music. Billy Gibbons (lead vocals, guitar), Dusty Hill (vocals, bass, keyboards), and Frank Beard (drums, percussion) make up ZZ Top. I was introduced to them in 1974 by my room mate [...]

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