Here are articles of interest to me.

Coptic Christian Priest Prefers Martyrdom to Slave Tax in Egypt

"After the sweeping political victories Islamists made in the early round of elections in Egypt, the Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church Yohanna Qulta was interviewed on Arab television concerning the looming threat that Egypt's Christian communities will face in an Islamist society.”

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=44418&page=1

Santorum tags Romney in SC ad

This is one of the hardest hitting ads of the campaign. Like all good political ads, it's short, it's easy to understand - and it's true:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/01/santorum_tags_romney_in_sc_ad.html#ixzz1jjE4Rkun

Carolina Spin Wars

"Whether Romney was "unscathed" in the debate here was, of course, disputed by the other campaigns.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/17/carolina-spin-wars

Anatomy of Assassination

"Who besides Israel and the U.S. would want to quash Iran's nuclear ambitions?”

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/17/anatomy-of-assassination

Ameritopia Explodes Into 2012 Campaign

"Mark Levin's literary dynamite detonates in midst of GOP primaries.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/17/ameritopia-explodes-into-2012

Revealed: Obama Knew Before Election Solyndra Would Cut Jobs

"Yeah, "nothing corrupt about this at all.”

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/13/revealed-obama-knew-before-election-solyndra-would-cut-jobs/

Senators Warn: New EPA Rules Could Spike Gas Prices

"A bipartisan group of United States Senators are warning that new regulations to be imposed by the EPA on the gasoline industry could spike gas prices by as much as twenty-five cents per gallon.

It's a possibility that would have a severely negative impact on American household finances.”

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/14/senators-warn-new-epa-rules-could-spike-gas-prices/

Republican hopefuls hit the trail in South Carolina

"Republican presidential hopefuls are hitting the campaign trail in South Carolina Tuesday, seeking to win over voters four days ahead of the critical first Southern primary.”

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html

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All things considered, and I'll repeat this. Romney is not doing that well. So far, he hasn't enthused the Republican base. His two ‘wins' are questionable in many ways. Any one who wants to be honest will admit that. When it comes to Iowa, yes, it was only a caucus, but the fact is Romney lost. No amount of verbal or written diarrhea can change that. And New Hampshire was a botched win considering the fact that he only led by 16 points. Let's think here. Romney's lead wasn't even 20 point, which as the expectation.

These are my thoughts on the subject, not feelings, and I can't ‘talk Romney down.' I don't have the influence. Something may not be rotten in the state of Denmark, but I see a fall coming for Romney and I want it in the Primary, and not in general election.

Romney: 'I don't know if we can win S.C.'

"Former Gov. Mitt Romney is conceding he's got "an uphill climb" in South Carolina, where he finished fourth in 2008, despite season-opening victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.”

Read more at: http://times247.com/articles/romney-i-don-t-know-if-we-can-win-s-c

Poll: Romney, Santorum tied with Obama in Florida

"A new poll shows President Barack Obama statistically tied with Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney in Florida… Also significant, Rick Santorum took high marks in a hypothetical matchup against Obama.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/11/poll-romney-santorum-tied-with-obama-in-florida/?hpt=hp_bn3

Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York Times

"It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a"Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months.”

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/homeland-security-monitoring-drudge-report-new-york-times/47300/

Off teleprompter, Obama reveals his anti-business bias

"And Obama wonders why the business community is mad at him?”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/01/off_teleprompter_obama_reveals_his_anti-business_bias.html#ixzz1jFkEFzYq

Breaking: SCOTUS Unanimously Upholds Ministerial Exception to Employment Discrimination Laws

Roberts notes the administration's argument:

"is hard to square with the text of the First Amendment itself, which gives special solicitude to the rights of religious organziations. We cannot accept the remarkable view that the Religion Clauses have nothing to say about a religious organization's freedom to select its own ministers.”

In a concurring opinion, Justice Thomas notes it should be up to religious institutions — and not federal bureaucrats — to determine who qualifies as a minister in their faith.

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/11/breaking-scotus-unanimously-upholds-ministerial-exception-to-employment-discrimination-laws/

Harry Belafonte: Obama Doesn't Deserve a Second Term

"Harry Belafonte's a hard leftist and vocal opponent of Republicans, so it has to hit Barack Obama really hard to hear that even such a reliable left-winger can't bring himself to support a second term for President Downgrade.”

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/11/harry-belafonte-obama-doesnt-deserve-a-second-term/

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The first primary of the season is today. It won't be the last and the decision won't be made today either. The Romney lead has eroded. Paul holds his ground. Huntsman popped up and Santorum has holding his own considering the fact that he was in the same boat as Huntsman a week ago. What's Gingrich's future? I wait and see.

But as a reminder, this is the beginning not the end, and Romney if he is to have any chance of moving on, he must be bloody in the political area, and fortunately for America, Gingrich is doing the job, no one else wants to.

Rasmussen: Romney Rolls in N.H; Paul, Huntsman, Santorum, Gingrich Close Together

"A poll from Rasmussen Reports released on Tuesday morning, the day of the New Hampshire primary, finds former Gov. Mitt Romney headed for a solid win in the Granite State.”

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/rasmussen-mitt-romney-rolls-new-hampshire-ron-paul-jon-huntsman-rick-santorum-newt-gingrich-clo

Pregnant Texas Teen Goes to Court to Fight Family's Abortion Plan

"A pregnant Texas teenager has gone to court to stop her family from pressuring her into an abortion.”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/pregnant-texas-teen-court-fight-familys-abortion-plan/story?id=15328801

Ex-GI Charge With Supporting Terror Group

"Federal prosecutors have charged a former Army trooper with trying to provide support to terrorists after he allegedly traveled to Africa to link up with the violent militant group al-Shabaab.”

http://bigpeace.com/elcid/2012/01/10/ex-gi-charge-with-supporting-terror-group/#more-188724

The Catholic Thing

"Why he entitled this web site precisely The Catholic Thing, I have never asked its insightful editor, Robert Royal.”

http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/the-catholic-thing.html

Ann Coulter, I Am More of a Catholic than a Conservative, Just Like Rick Santorum

"Ann Coulter'scriticism of Rick Santorumfor being "more of a Catholic than a Conservative" makes me want to do even more to help people come to understand his positions.”

http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=44345

Attacking Bain

"I have to be honest that I do not have a problem with or feel the level of outrage some of you do about Newt Gingrich attacking Bain and Mitt Romney. It's not because I necessarily agree with Newt on the attacks, but because these are the attacks the left will throw at Mitt and, should he be the nominee, the early attacks help him refine his message.”

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/10/attacking-bain/

The Lunar Yellow Peril

"No need to panic over Chinese space plans.”

http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-lunar-yellow-peril/

Who's on Third?

"Why Huntsman and Santorum are looking a lot better than Gingrich.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/10/whos-on-third

58% of Republicans Want Different Choices

"Your latest reminder that people aren't voting for Mitt Romney because they think he'd be an awesome president.”

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/09/58-of-republicans-want-different-choices/

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What do we know about New Hampshire? Romney is in the lead there. Should anyone one be surprised. Mitt's from New England, and has been campaign for three years. But the Granite State not a barometer of Republican sentiment. South Carolina is not Romney's stopping ground, and Santorum is presently moving fast up on the ex-governor:

"A Rasmussen Reports survey showed that Santorum - who was the choice of just 1% of South Carolina Republicans two months ago - had jumped to 24%, only three points behind Romney at 27%.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-rick-santorum-lead-south-carolina-article-1.1001830?localLinksEnabled=false

South Carolina was all by in Herman Cain's pocket when he dropped from the race. Cain had 33% of the primary vote. Where will those votes go? To Romney? Think again.

So, when Romney losses that southern state, which is my first prediction, this primary, what will the pundits say? How will they spin the Romney loss? That's where the entertainment value will be.

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White House 'covered up' Tim Burton-staged Alice in Wonderland Halloween party

"…The White House covered up an Alice in Wonderland-themed Halloween party staged by film director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp for fear of creating the wrong impression during a recession,…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9001133/White-House-covered-up-Tim-Burton-staged-Alice-in-Wonderland-Halloween-party.html

How Pakistan's Unstable Tribal Areas Threaten China's Core Interests

"Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are increasingly a threat to China's core interests: national stability and territorial integrity.”

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=38856&tx_ttnews[backPid]=25&cHash=0f8680e7c41716ced2ac6ca3d26c7596

Obama's Fascist America in 10 Easy Steps

"Writing back in 2007, Naomi Wolfe catalogued the steps to creating a dictatorship …”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/obamas_fascist_america_in_10_easy_steps.html#ixzz1iyF38sCx

New Hampshire Has Gotten Old

"The myth of its being an examplar of grassroots democracy has worn thin.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/09/new-hampshire-has-gotten-old

After Republican Protest, Obama Withdraws $730 Million Loan to Russian-Owned Steel Company

"Following protests by Republicans, the Obama Administration has withdrawn a $730 million taxpayer loan to a Russian-owned steel company.”

http://amerpundit.com/2012/01/06/after-republican-protest-obama-withdraws-730-million-loan-to-russian-owned-steel-company/

Mitt Romney is romping in South Carolina: poll

"A separate survey shows Romney and Rick Santorum in tight race”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-rick-santorum-lead-south-carolina-article-1.1001830?localLinksEnabled=false

Poll: Romney leads, Santorum surges into top 3

"On the heels of the Iowa caucuses last week, Mitt Romney now leads the field of Republican presidential candidates. Newt Gingrich is in second place, and Rick Santorum has leapt into the top tier and is now right behind Gingrich in the latest CBS News national poll.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57354892-503544/poll-romney-leads-santorum-surges-into-top-3/

Polls: Romney's Lead Shrinking in NH

"Mitt Romney entered the final day before New Hampshire's primary election as the favorite, with rivals attacking his electability and authenticity as a conservative in an effort to emerge as his principal challenger for the Republican presidential nomination.”

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/romney-polls-santorum-gingrich/2012/01/09/id/423435

Santorum's finish shows strength of retail politics

"…Santorum's incredible finish — just eight votes behind Romney in unofficial results — blew a big hole in those arguments, Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn said.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120109/NEWS09/301090023/1007/NEWS05

In New Hampshire, the Race for Second Place

"A respectable second and maybe third place finish behind the former Massachusetts Governor for former Sen. Rick Santorum or former Speaker Newt Gingrich could translate into fundraising opportunities and grass-roots momentum leading into the next round of primary contests, which will take them to more conservative-friendly terrain.”

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/01/08/in-new-hampshire-race-for-second-place/#ixzz1iy7Mx9HD

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Santorum is the big Iowa Caucus winner. Spending his time in Hawkeye state, doing the groung work, hoofing it, riding in a truck from county to county reveals a man who, only one wants to president, but is going to doing the work, against all odds, to earn the respect of the voters and win the race. He did win and big. His win can't be ignored. Santorum knows that, and considering the footwork he's already done, I think it's safe to say that he's ready for the onslaught from the left, the right, from Romney from his own party.

Romney won by a handful of votes—eight to be exact, which cost his campaign $113.07 a vote, while the close, breathing-down Romney's neck Santorum spent $1.65. In short, Romney didn't do so well considering he's the ‘presumptive' GOP nominee.

If I heard Newt Gingrich's speech right last night, as accepting the fact that he was fourth in the race, but not giving up—he's an angry candidate, and he's targeting Mitt Romney with every gun he's got. Romney hasn't had to face a total head-on confrontation, and it's going to be bloody, costly and gives Santorum the time to organize, collected the inevitable inflow of cash. As I've written before and will now, Romney is slowly fading away. As Mr. Nobody, the Romney campaign is trouble. Rick Santorum can legitimately say, "It's just you and me, Mitt.”

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From crashing Russia rockets to revealed global warming fraud to the adolescence of voters looking for hope from political charlatans, the only real hope can be found in the possibility, no matter how, slim it seems at times, that Americans can wake up and maybe save their nation from the failed socialist/progressive/ Marxist ideology. What does the Russian space program have to do with it? Well, the U.S. used to have one, one that explored and offered results which did improve the lot of the American life. The Obama administration turned NASA into a political outreach tool, which means the agency lost its usefulness. so, as with everything else in the world which is now turned on its head, we who pay attention, must wait and watch.

Russia's Mars probe will crash to Earth in January

A Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars and stuck in Earth's orbit will come crashing back next month, but its toxic fuel and radioactive material on board will pose no danger of contamination, the Russian space agency said Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/russias-mars-probe-crash-earth-january-112402928.html

Did Department of Energy conspire to hide global warming data?

"Fox News has this interesting story. Apparently, the US Department of Energy funded the Phil Jones weather station temperature data and told him he didn't have to release the raw data - a fundamental tenet of good science so that others can duplicate your results.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/12/did_department_of_energy_conspire_to_hide_global_warming_data.html#ixzz1go6pCHR1

The Cult of Adolescence

"Never underestimate the human proclivity for wanting more, and wanting it for free. President Obama is building his re-election campaign around that theme. "Obama money" doesn't exist, but our 44th president will do everything in his power to convince Americans that everyone deserves the trappings of a middle-class lifestyle, only achieved if we return to a 90-percent tax bracket for the wealthiest among us.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/12/16/the-cult-of-adolescence#commentcontainer

Krauthammer: Killing Osama bin Laden Is the Exception that Proves Obama's Appeasement Rule

"The charge of appeasement has become a potent theme of recent Republican presidential debates, infuriating the White House and its defenders in the media. Sen. Rick Santorum pointed out, in response to Obama's bin Laden defense, that the administration was merely continuing the policies of George W. Bush.”

http://bigpeace.com/jpollak/2011/12/16/krauthammer-killing-bin-laden-is-the-exception-that-proves-obamas-appeasement-rule/#more-184392

Young Voters are Waking up to Reality

"In 2008, voters under the age of 30 helped catapult Obama into the White House. Three years later, Obama's approval rating is underwater with the demographic, which is becoming increasingly confidenthe'll lose reelection."

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/12/young_voters_are_waking_up_to_reality.html#ixzz1gnwzkO00

British Police Raid Climategate Blogger's Home

"So, now the long knives are coming out. The leftists, the ruling class, the environmentalists pinned all of their hopes on Global Warming, and these leaked e-mails are finishing it. We are now seeing acts of desperation.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/12/british_police_raid_climategate_bloggers_home.html#ixzz1gnw4BqiK

The Real Sleeping Giant

"A new Gallup poll suggests Obama's class warfare is becoming a big loser for the left. (Updated.)"

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/12/16/the-real-sleeping-giant

A Santorum Surge or a Jindal Jig

"Gingrich, grizzled and grayed, will fizzle and fade.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/12/16/a-santorum-surge-or-a-jindal-j

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Life gets busy an posts are posted late. These are from last week. Articles of interest.

What Is An Ex-Iran Guard Commander Doing At The White House?

"If you worry about the growing influence of Iran in neighboring Iraq, look no further than the delegation that visited the White House to proclaim the end of the Iraq War.”

http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2011/12/13/what-is-an-ex-iran-guard-commander-doing-at-the-white-house/#idc-container

Russian Students Forced To Take Political Exam….Same Day As Planned Anti-Putin Protests

"Clearly Putin remembers some of the techniques from his old days in the KGB:”

http://bigpeace.com/nmachiavelli/2011/12/13/russian-students-forced-to-take-political-exam-same-day-as-planned-anti-putin-protests/#IDComment236924453

Saudi Arabia executes woman convicted of 'sorcery'

"The Saudi Interior Ministry says in a statement the execution took place on Monday, but gave no details on the woman's crime.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/8951248/Saudi-Arabia-executes-woman-convicted-of-sorcery.html

China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat

"Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.”

http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-urges-navy-prepare-combat-160509787.html

Gallup: Far More Fear Big Government Than Big Business

"You can get into definitions of what constitutes "big government”, but the ideological stance remains the same: Government that gets big is a threat, not an admirable goal. That's an ideological victory for advocates of limited government confined to its proper role.”

http://amerpundit.com/2011/12/12/gallup-far-more-fear-big-government-than-big-business/

Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Protocol, Says It Failed

"For years environmentalists have slammed the United States for failing to sign-on to the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement hampered developed countries like the United States while allowing developing countries like India and China to continue chugging-along.”

http://amerpundit.com/2011/12/12/canada-withdraws-from-kyoto-protocol-says-it-failed/

Obama: I'm Arguably More Successful than Lincoln, FDR

"Bwahahahahahahahaha…..”

http://amerpundit.com/2011/12/13/obama-im-arguably-more-successful-than-lincoln-fdr/

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President Obama is looking at a very rough ride to any hope of reelection. Will he be reelected? Presently, "No.” It's so bad I don't think even a big war will save him. His foreign policy, even with the assassination of Osama Ben Laden isn't enough. Too much of the world is tainted by his indecision, lack of forethought, and a basic lack of a foreign policy. The reality is he didn't run as a ‘Foreign Policy' president, and it shows.

The whole of North Africa has fallen away from American influence, unless Obama wanted Islamic strongholds in those countries. We suppose he did not, any other thought in the other direction is a horrifying conclusion. So, due to his lack of understanding and the same lack of understanding by his State Department, that is Hillary Clinton, again, the whole of North Africa has been lost.

The president's vacillation in his statements and actions regarding Israel shows a man who doesn't know how to peruse a coherent policy or is shilling for votes. Either one is very bad. Israel is the only nation, which the U.S. could rely on in a large scale conflict. Where else is there? Iraq looks like it would be part of ‘ground zero' keeping in mind that Iran would be the epicenter of any conflict.

A war with Iran is not impossible.

Now, who will be the next president, the one which will be replacing Obama, because he will more than likely loss in 2012, again, a war will not save him. The slow plodder has been Mitt Romney, and had stayed steady, between 25% and 30%, against rising and falling Republican challengers.

Herman Cain's rocketing candidacy created enthusiasm and sideswiped Romney, and though Cain has left the race, the damage his rise didn't to Romney is evident. It showed that the majority of Republican voters weren't interesting in the Massachusetts governor, and that hasn't changed. Once viewed by the Republican élites and the MSM has the ‘presumed', Romney's campaign has grown desperate as Gingrich has risen to take Cain's place, and still rises. Will Gingrich keep the lead, maybe. But Romney is now in a slow fade, but fading none the less.

What is interesting is that Gingrich is being beat up daily about his past sins, about his divorces, about his flirtations with left-wing junk science and policy, AGW, and Cap and Trade, for instance. He's getting more than vetting, but he's enduring an examination Obama never received and to the detriment of the nation—going back to foreign policy.

Certain presidential candidates have not gone away. Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum are still shadowing the front runners, though their shadows are a distance behind. They should keep on going, and not drop out considering the volatility of the race. Romney may disappear entirely, and that second spot needs to be filled.

There are those pulling for Johnson and Paul, and they should continue to do so. Persistence can pay off and Rick Perry is still there.

Fact is Obama is a one-term president. His presidency is going to leave a mess behind. The new president will have to clean up not only the mess, but resuscitate the morale of the nation.

Glenn Beck: Conservatives Who Support Gingrich Must be Racist

"Not a typo or a joke. He thinks if you're a conservative and you see even the slightest difference between Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama then you must be opposing Obama because he's black.”

http://amerpundit.com/2011/12/10/glenn-beck-conservatives-who-support-gingrich-must-be-racist/

CBS Poll: Just 41% Say Obama Deserves Second Term

Just 41% of Americans say Barack Obama's job performance warrants a second term in office, according to a new poll from CBS News. 54% say they are looking for a new guy.

http://amerpundit.com/2011/12/11/cbs-poll-just-41-say-obama-deserves-second-term/

Harry Morgan -- Grownup

It was by sheerest coincidence last Thursday that I read Gerald Nachman's fine "The Teening of America" in the December edition of TAS (if you haven't read it yet…), and later the same day heard of the death of the character actor Harry Morgan at 96.

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/12/12/harry-morgan-grownup

Newt's Rise: It's the Persuasion, Stupid

Generally, the only persuasion we see today is the phony attempt to make voters think the politician agrees with them.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/12/newts_rise_its_the_persuasion_stupid.html

The Iran War. Get Used to It.

"The Middle East has caught fire.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/12/the_iran_war_get_used_to_it.html

I Bet You This Hurts Romney

"If you haven't heard yet, in Saturday night's debate wherein a former Nixon Administration staffer and a Clinton Administration apparatchik un-ironically asked questions to Republicans pretending to be without bias…”

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/12/12/i-bet-you-this-hurts-romney/

The Conservative Fight of the Year Goes On

The Tea Party has lined up strongly in favor of Senator Ron Johnson in against Establishment- favorite Roy Blunt for in the race Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/12/12/the-conservative-fight-of-the-year-goes-on/

The Teening of America

"It used to be we couldn't wait to grow up. Now we strive for permanent adolescence.”

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/12/12/the-teening-of-america

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I don't watch television that much, a few hours during the whole of a week and it's been that way for me for a number of years. But, I should qualify; I do watch TCM for the reason that there are no commercials. It's the commercials, and what I see has a great number of shows that just don't interest me. Occasionally, click to a station, and spend time viewing a program I won't normally plan to watch. That goes for everyone I suspect. The other day I found myself watching a roast of Charlie Sheen, though not to see Sheen, but to hear what William Shatner could possibly say about Sheen.

I've seen the classic Dean Martin Roast, and they are funny. The insults were utterly ludicrous therefore impossible and never crude, or what I would call ‘mean.' But this Charlie Sheen Roast was offensive. I'm sure this group of people new each other, how well I don't know, but these comedians were simply abusive. If they were friends, they should be friends not more. None of the laughs were born of good nature humor, but of ‘I can't believe he or she said that.' One of the targets of this nefarious verbal assault disguised as humor was a Patrice O'Neal.

I don't know who are the top comics or the up and coming. All I know is what I saw during that ‘roast' which was more of a nasty insult fest—posing as comedy. The look on Patrice O'Neal's face was enough to illustrate the high of the vicious humor. When his turn can to ‘roast' Sheen, he spent more of his time ‘getting his own back' from the rest of the ‘jolly' band of comic ‘talent'.

The whole episode continues to confirm for me that humor in America has taken the wrong road. Insulting humor isn't funny, because comedians are not Don Rickles.

The first time I ever saw Patrice O'Neal was on this television ‘roast'. No, I'm not a follower of popular television and entertainment culture, but O'Neal was worth the time I spend enduring that particular waste of time. What was truly sadden was that Patrice O'Neal passed away do to the complications of a stroke. His death at the age of 41 is most definitely a waste. RIP

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 China has great advantages. One is the U.S. is not standing in its way. And that's probably the most important. But is that good?

Second-handed stories about China.

Some one I knew visit China a couple years ago on an artistic excursion to see how vases are made.

Thousands of people are involved as he elaborated on the process. Some dig out the clay, others create the vases, others create the designs and so forth and finally, someone else fires the vases in the final step in the chain of production.

But where's the artistry?

Art is, I thought, an individual expression, not a group effort. Group expressions or expressions of a group are just propaganda. Right?

Let's put aside Chinese vases for the moment, and consider an anecdote about a night visit to a McDonald's in China, which city I don't recall.

Image people, Chinese people, most having a paper cup for a soft drink with them as they slept at tables. You have to have purchases something to stay at a table, but they are sleeping. Why? Well, no one asked them, and they didn't state their motivation either. They sleep at their chosen table at two o'clock in the morning.

Visitors to China enter with their caretaker, an escort. In the old Soviet Union the job of the caretaker was to make the country look good by avoiding issue which were ultimately political, because in a closed society driven by a totalitarian ideology everything is political, even the guy employed to give out the toilet paper at the public rest room, because everyone has a ‘right to work.'

So, the official escort leads the way into the golden arches franchise, and everyone orders, and sits and eats. All is quiet. Everyone concentrates on Big Macs and fries.

A young Chinese woman, somewhere in her early twenties, dressed in the signature McDonald's uniform with cap, commences the tasks of sweeping the floor. Inadvertently, she bumps into an older woman, rousing her from slumber, and the Kung Pow pork hits the fan.

In Western Societies, the demand for decades was to respect your elders, and as we all know that has changed. Violent crime against the elder in some urban areas has bordered on blood sports. The People's Republic of China, though a totalitarian or authoritarian construction depending on who you talk to demand that all are equal. Well, in China, the elder still demand respect for their age, a very noble idea, which the West should reconsider, but as I stated earlier: the Kung Pow pork hits the fan.

The elder Chinese patron, having been sleeping at the restaurant table foe who knows how long, is jostled from her slumber. She then stands and begins to scream at the young woman who was just doing her job, while also disturbing everyone else. Along with the screaming, the elderly Chinese woman blows her nose into a series of paper napkins, and after loading each one ups, lobs them at the young McDonald's employee.

This goes on for at least thirty seconds. Thirty seconds is a long time at two in the morning when you're a visitor to a foreign country and you're just trying to eat in peace.

One of the visitors escorted in by a Chinese handler, losses it. It is, of course, an American. The request is made loud, clear, and succinct, "Shut the hell up, I'm trying to eat.”

The snotty, verbal assault on the McDonald's employee ceases. The elderly woman is stunned. She does not utter a word to the American, but attracts the attention of a passing Westerner, a young man with a backpack and unkempt hair on his own tour of the People's Republic.

Offended old woman wants him to reproach the American.

He looks to the American, considers, and then says, "I don't know him,” and then goes on.

This scene may not seem like much when it has been reported that McDonald's restaurants in America have been turned into veritable arenas for brawls. But this incident says something about China, something that does not appear in the news, or in books.

Every country has a cultural history and not all of it can be wiped away with any revolution. China has cultural. Tattoos are not popular in China though many of the young do like them. The dislike is so much so, that only now, has the Chinese military wavered those with tattoos for military service.

In China, an intelligent young man in the military is considered a waste, nothing noble or honorable about service to the nation apparently. That's strange, considering in an authoritarian state, the state is the state, the end all, where the loyalty must be.

What will the parents of all these young men do when war comes? Tattoos or no tattoos, intelligence or no intelligence, loyalty to the state or not loyalty to the state, they're no protection against bullets and bombs. The Chinese people have never been involved in a major modern war. I'd like to know what the average citizen of the People's Republic of China thinks.

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 Cain shot up the polling charts after the September Florida straw poll put him ahead of everyone. He stayed at the lead even after the pummeling damage dealt by sexual harassment scandal. After the last debate Cain's performance was what Cain usually offered, he defended, proposed, but offered no specifics on anything. He still stayed at the time.

Newt Gingrich is the candidate who shined in the debate. He rose to the top—literally in the polls. In the most recent polling, he now leads in Iowa, and other polls as well. A quick rise to the top, which is fine. He's earned it with his slow steady slog, and he has more experience and appreciation for the Federal system than Romney does. Over time that will be to his advantage.

Romney is finally dropping after hovering around 25% since he announced his run. He never broke the 30% and no one ever seemed to be confident that he would.

Cain stole any wind Romney might have gotten in his sail, and it appears, rather obviously, that Gingrich will finish the Romney ride.

Romney is in third, and now, will be dropping even faster—for real.

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The most visible weakness for Herman Cain is his foreign policy. Yes, he said he would surround himself with the best people, which any competent president should, but while out on the campaign trail every word said counts. He's stepped on his tongue again, show in an unedited video clip:

"The video is being taken out of context,” said Cain Campaign spokesman JD Gordon. "He was taking questions for about 30 to 40 minutes on four hours of sleep. He didn't say anything wrong or in accurate; it just took him a while to recall the specifics of Libya.”

Gordon added, "It just took him a while to gain his bearings.”

The point of the matter is the Cain Campaign is or rather was at a crossroad, and simply turned around and went back.

The sexual harassment issue can be dealt with simply because there is no evidence, just accusations. These kinds of errors, well, they can't be ignored, and if Cain wants to future in this presidential race, it better be the last.

If there is anything which is ironic, that is, if he were president it wouldn't matter. Now, Cain has to straighten this out, even though, it may already be too late. Nor many be not.

Remember Barak Obama is still president.

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If you're a conservative the most recent poll presented by the Politico is the most important one so far. At one time Romney lead, but between the rise of Cain who still ranks first at 20%, Gingrich is next at 19%, with Romney trailing at third with 14%.

Romney, statistically ranks second, but with these numbers that's not a comforting position for his campaign, but should make any conservative happy, and worry anyone the left and the Republican élite.

If you want to dig into the internals of the poll solid support is Cain's at 9% while Gingrich and Romney are at 8%. But voters don't look at internals, and that doesn't help Romney one bit.

I stated in an earlier post that Romney won't be getting the nomination. Now, keeping this in mind that we're dealing with a poll and the Iowa primary is a month out and things can change, but my guess is the change will be for Romney, and it won't be good.

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"Cain is innocent,” Private investigator TJ Ward announced after using analyzing software.

Of course, the MSM, the left and everyone would normally laud the results, if the subject where anyone but Herman Cain.

Cain came through this Wednesday debate. If he's not stronger, he's not out. Time will tell how the harassment accusation will turnout, but presently, Cain's accusers aren't fairing well under scrutiny.

From the debate Romney faired well, but he wasn't dynamic or interesting in any engaging way. He probably won't be the nominee.

The steady as he goes candidate is Gingrich, and the rate he's moving in the polls, Romney will soon be eclipsed. Cain, if he stays in the race, which he states he will, will probably be the one to overcome.

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Anyone who wants to be honest knows that Mitt Romney is a holographic image. He has no depth and his Massachusetts record is not sterling, and not even sterile, because RomneyCare, a failed, state indebting program, which he help create, support and put into law, is a massive embarrassment and huge red-light in the eyes of any thing America.

Romney's performance in last nights debate shows a man who can offer up prepped answers, but spontaneity and a real sense of personality are thin as light—that red-light. Too bad that red-light couldn't be matched up with a red state, any red state. Romney is not a rugged, independent American type, not even like the founder of his religion, Joseph Smith, Jr.

Even the embattled Herman Cain, who after yesterday's date may not be that embattled, has more presence of mind, character, and obvious enthusiasm for American, which the majority of Americans are looking for in a candidate. Romney is not.

It's easy to say Romney is a shadow, but he is not quite as bad as President Obama, who is a shadow, a conglomeration of random parts and unanswered questions, and a Harvard grade with no transcripts or respectable vitae.

Romney is nobody, and the majority of the American voters realize that one phantom in office is enough, putting a nobody in the same seat just won't happen.

When Obama's administration goes into the dust bin of American political history, Romney will not be elected to replace him. ‘Nobody' is not wanted.

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Cain vs. Sandusky: anyone with any modicum of objectivity should pause and consider the circumstances. There is a difference isn't there?

Sandusky has been arrested:

Seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. That's what Sandusky was charged with Saturday morning when he was arrested. Also, eight counts of corruption of minors, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child, seven counts of indecent assault and 10 other counts.

Apparently, Sandusky is a deviant and a predator, an authentic pedophile. This purulent behavior has gone on unchecked for at least a decade by Penn State officials who in aided and abetted a cover-up:

They were acting, if the grand jury is right, in the most cool, calculating, self-preserving way. Curley and Schultz were charged with perjury and failure to report for allegedly failing to alert police when they learned of the alleged facts pertaining to Victim 2 in a meeting with the graduate assistant. And late Sunday night, the two stepped down from their positions at Penn State.

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They actually told Sandusky that he couldn't keep bringing boys from his charity onto the Penn State campus, into the football facilities, according to the grand jury findings.

Not that they told him to stop doing to those boys what is alleged.

This is heinous, and all done to "To protect a myth. To protect a football program. We've got to stop treating football as a religion.”

In the case of Herman Cain, Twenty year old accusations have been brought to the fore by the Politico, but the details of the accusations and the details of the settlements are shrouds in legal shadows. The accusers won't go public, even though they can, and, no doubt, are safe from any retribution, the MSM, Democrats, and, possibly Republican élites will make sure of that.

Gloria Allred's find, Sharon Bialek, made her Monday night début, providing numerous and sorted details, and of course, she said, 'I Was Not Paid to Come Forward.' But, in this cynical world, one wonders, ‘If not now, when?'

It is only ‘She said. He said.' There are no digital dots to connect, no corroborating witnesses. There are only the words of one person coming out of nowhere after ten years. But for Cain, the MSM and his opponents, his ‘He said' isn't enough. What really needs to be asked repeatedly is: Where is the cover-up?

The answer is: So far, there isn't one. That's fascinating considering that the 21^st Century American political landscape littered with cover-ups, and elaborately ridiculous excuses, and obvious lies. So, is that what makes it difficult for some Americans to believe one man who simply proclaims his innocence?

Hours after Gloria Allred staged the press conference for woman No. 4, Cain made a television appearance:

"I was listening very closely and then when it was all over with, I said, well I know what we got to do because there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations and my team is putting this stuff together," he said. "That is why I'm willing to do a press conference tomorrow to set the record straight."

It can be suspected that many don't want to get the record straight, and for some, it doesn't matter. Cain is the target. But Cain has an advantage, himself:

"I will talk about any and all future firestorms because here's one thing people know about Herman Cain: I'm in it to win it and I'm not going to be discouraged," he said.

And from the statement, it could be reasonably assumed that Cain and cover-up don't go together.

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A couple of 90s vintage sexual harassment accusations have been trumpeted by the Politico. The accusers go unnamed, and back in the 90s they did settle out of court for undisclosed amounts of money. Five figures. Whatever that means.

Doesn't this mean Cain did what they said he did? No?

Matter of fact, no one knows.

Herman Cain denies the allegations. He says he's never sexually harassed anyone.

We can look at it this way: Innocent people usually do deny wrong doing.

Cain has come out in full defense of himself. He's added to the story, in defense of himself, and the Politico offers nothing more.

What's going to happen? Only time can tell.

But I suspect that Cain may just weather this and it will only make him stronger. For him, it's better that this surprise came now, and not next November.

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The problem with ‘discussion' boards is that they waste words I should, not could, but should be using here, or in an article from an option/news site. All the same, a few things have happened since my last post.

Gaddaffi is dead.

After being dragged from the back of truck, he disappeared into the midst of a raging crowed and soon afterwards was shot in the head. The reign of the 69 year old dictator is done.

Obama has decided that he didn't lead from behind, which I define this way:

"When someone is in last place in any race, all he has to do is wait long enough and he will be first. This is want Obama does, but his problem is he doesn't think anyone notices.”

But Libya has been declare an Islamic state, and I wonder how long it will be before Obama runs as fast as he can back to the rear of his own ‘march forward.'

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Either Occupy# has turned into a louse, rat ridden tent slum in most of the cities infested by this leftist menace to American citizens who innocently get involved, or it's simply the left revealed, which still means the left is a menace.

Destruction of property, degusting behavior, urinating and defecating everywhere, sexual assaults and the list goes on. It's easy to find how grotesques this happening is. And President Obama supports it, and so does David Duke, and the Nazi party. Of course, the communist party supports it as well.

Occupy# is just glimpse at the Democrat party base. For the Democrats and for the President Obama this is not a winner, but the president claimed it and now he owns it.

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OWS is American Nazis party approved:

"NOW is the TIME! GET INVOLVED! IT'S YOUR FUTURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.”

And the Communists join as well:

Communist Party Occupy Wall Street Conference Call 10/11/11

Being that there is a ramped streak of Jew hating running through the OWS crowd, nothing can be a surprise. So, as more of the left's bigotry and hatred oozes to the surface, even the MSM won't be able to hide it.

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In a republic, the suspension of elections, even the suggesting of such a thing, even as a joke, by an elected official should be an impeachable offence.

Governor Perdue did it, and should be threatened by the possibility. And that is my opinion:

At the American thinker:

During the Civil War elections were not suspended. During the worst of the "Long Depression" (the Panic of 1873 until 1879) no elections were suspended. And during the Great Depression, (1929 to 1939) no elections were suspended. Why now? What event has occurred that even warrants such obscene speculation? ObamaCare. The far left cannot have a new, and hopefully more conservative, Congress (House and Senate) repeal ObamaCare, as it is their not-so stealthy vehicle on which the far-left bases its hopes of destroying our Constitutional Republic.

Perdue's remarks were not a joke, this was not a mistake, and the mask was purposefully and deliberately allowed to slip. This is classic Alinsky; the forbidden idea enters the public discussion, the liberal experts and analysts seriously debate the horror as if it were a reasonable, the public becomes increasingly insensitive to the outrageous nature of the idea, more experts add their weight to the idea, and suddenly a horror becomes cutting edge, an acceptable option for the elites to foist on the masses.

What can you do about this? Call your Democratic Congressman and Senators and give them holy heck about even floating such an unconstitutional and perhaps treasonous plan. And treason it may be because suspending elections gives Aid and Comfort to the internal enemies of our nation who do not wish us to be a Constitutional Republic. Overreaction? No not at all: we are in a long war with malevolent forces in our land that want the destruction of our Constitutional Republic and want your silence and acquiescence. Call, write and blog about this outrage, let the networks, talk shows and local newspapers know that this is an attempt to cross a line that may not be crossed. We must demand their attention, so they will think hard about trying such a stunt again.

In World War II, American soldiers voted during the hellish fighting in the Pacific and while fighting on the European continent with Nazi panzers hiding a few hundred yards away on the other side of some forsaken frozen field. We must honor their lives and sacrifices by telling the current powers that be that such ideas are far beyond the bounds of our Constitution.

It's time for Governor Purdue to resign or be impeached.

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