What could be seen as a move to ‘level the playing field,’ by waylaying concerns about ‘right-wing radicals’ being singled out, the Obama administration has made an effort to counter the Homeland Security report on Right-Wing Extremism by making a ‘counteroffer’ by placing Daniel Andreas San Diego at the top of the “Most Wanted Terrorist list.’  San Diego is “wanted on a no-bail arrest warrant accusing him of planting an explosive pipe bomb on Aug. 28 at Chiron Corp, a biotechnology company in Emeryville, and another on Sept. 26 at Shaklee Corp., a Pleasanton firm that makes health, beauty and household products.”  San Diego name is racing through the MSM and the Web like a house a fire and even the Huffington Post seeing the rational:

“The move to add a domestic, left-wing terrorist to the list comes only days after the Obama administration was criticized for internal reports suggesting some military veterans could be susceptible to right-wing extremist recruiters or commit lone acts of violence. That prompted angry reactions from some lawmakers and veterans groups.”

But you see, Daniel Andreas San Diego isn’t a left-wing terrorist fresh off the socialist radical press, he has been on the run for sometime.  Since 2003 that is:  “It is all an effort by federal agents to breathe life into an investigation that has stalled since October, when the 25-year-old Sonoma man disappeared after giving FBI agents the slip.”

You might be considering the idea that naming San Diego as Number 1 as having something to do with ‘equal treatment.’  Bearing in mind, what is one leftist comrade in arms compared to million right-wing radical extremists?  To paraphrase Stalin said one’s a tragedy; a million is a statistic.  Maybe throwing one left-winger under the bus is just a sacrifice that must be made.

Perez Hilton: 'The Way Miss California Answered Her Question Lost Her The Crown'

Access Hollywood - April 20, 2009 1:09 PM PDT

“LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton may have been crowned Miss USA 2009 on Sunday, but on Monday, it was Miss California Carrie Prejean's answer to a question about same-sex marriage from celebrity blogger and pageant judge Perez Hilton that was the night's biggest story.”

Comment:  Being honest, and true to yourself can get you in trouble.

Lillian Gish: Dying for Her Audience

by Robert J. Avrech

“The great twin tragedies of the fate of silent films in the modern era is indifference and ignorance. And for those who have seen clips from silent films, they invariably view muddy, degraded prints projected at the wrong speed, hence the jerky motions that give the impression that all silent films are bad slapstick.”

Are You an "Extremist"?

By Thomas Sowell

“While the rest of us may be worried about violent Mexican drug gangs on our border, or about terrorists who are going to be released from Guantanimo, the Director of Homeland Security is worried about "right-wing extremists."”

Voters are Smarter than Media Thinks

By Clarice Feldman

“Michael Barone, writing for the Washington Examiner, notes that people are smarter than the press thinks they are, noting a recent Pew poll:”

From Tea Parties to Political Parties
By Larrey Anderson

“So nearly half a million Americans finally "took to the streets." Moms pushed baby carriages. Men and women skipped a day of work (some of their kids skipped school). Some entrepreneurs closed down their businesses. Almost half a million Americans had a multitude of tea parties and the mainstream media either ignored them or misrepresented them.  So where does this leave us?”

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The Tea Party Revolution

By Jacob Laksin

“It was a gray, drizzly day in Morristown, New Jersey, but that didn’t keep some 300 demonstrators – young and old, placard wielding and politically unarmed – from turning out to the city’s downtown green to take part in what has rapidly become a national phenomenon: the Tea Party protest.”

[…]

”Yuna Leary, who grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the former Soviet Union, showed her dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of the economy with her sign: “I could’ve stayed in the U.S.S.R if I knew it would come to this.”

Forever in Blue Jeans

by George Will

“On any American street, or in any airport or mall, you see the same sad tableau: A 10-year-old boy is walking with his father, whose development was evidently arrested when he was that age, judging by his clothes. Father and son are dressed identically -- running shoes, T-shirts. And jeans, always jeans. If mother is there, she, too, is draped in denim.”

Comment:

The old saying, ‘Clothes make the man,” was coined for a reason. 

CNN Reporter at Chicago Tea Party: It's "Anti-CNN Since This is Highly Promoted By the Right-Wing, Conservative Network Fox"

“CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen could barely get through her live shot at the Chicago tea party this afternoon. Over shouts of, "You're not a reporter," Roesgen quickly wrapped up an interview with an attendee, then said, "I think you get the general tenor of this. It's anti-government, anti-CNN since this is highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox."”

Comment:

Upsetting the MSM is good

Rick Perry: Tea party darling

By Andy Barr

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s star is rising among a new constituency â€” the anti-tax “tea party” crowd — in the wake of his recent endorsement of a Texas state House resolution affirming the state’s sovereignty.”

Georgetown Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request
By Edwin Mora

“Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there.”

Perry fires up anti-tax crowd

By Kelley Shannon

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"”

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When I received an email with a YouTube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

and a simple note that read:

> You have to watch the whole 7 minutes ........worth every
> second!

It was.

Susan Boyle, an older, single woman from a village in Scotland, used her God-given talent. She illustrates what individual drive is all about and how it leads to success.

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You Might Be a "Radicalized Right-Wing Extremist" If…

by Michelle Malkin
“If you can redefine dissenting opinion as "hate," you can brand your political opponents as "extremists" -- and you can marginalize electoral threats. "Antigovernment"? "Pro-enforcement"? "Disgruntled"? Feeling taxed enough already and "recruiting" and "radicalizing" your friends and neighbors through "chatter on the Internet"?”

Comment:

The Left is always ‘redefining’ words ‘giving new meaning’ to them. This twisting of the language is the constant stoking up of fear. Fear is a weapon which was used by Nazis and is used by Totalitarians (AKA Marxists and the like) to generate hate. Fear and hated are companion pieces on the altar of secular deceit.

Religion of hatred: Why we should no longer be cowed by the chattering classes ruling Britain who sneer at Christianity

By A N Wilson

“Materialist atheism says we are just a collection of chemicals. It has no answer whatsoever to the question of how we should be capable of love or heroism or poetry if we are simply animated pieces of meat.”


Cornyn’s throwing Credibility out the window.

The all consuming fear of the Democrats getting the filibuster-proof Senate has put Sen. Cornyn in the position of throwing support to Arlen Specter in the 2010 elections. Cornyn says,

“As I survey the political landscape of the upcoming 2010 elections,” Cornyn wrote in a letter released by his office Tuesday, “it's clear we need more candidates that fit their states. While I doubt Arlen could win an election in my home state of Texas, I am certain that I could not get elected in
Pennsylvania. I believe that Senator Specter is our best bet to keep this Senate seat in the GOP column. A vote for Arlen Specter is a vote for denying Harry Reid and the Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate.”

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
“Groundhog Day: Toomey Says That Specter Cannot Win This Time    [David Freddoso]
I sat down with Rep. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) the
day in March 2003 that he announced he would challenge Sen. Arlen Specter (R.,
Pa.) in the 2004 primary election. Very few people believed he had any chance
against the powerful senior senator, who had a large financial advantage and who
enjoyed strong support from the Republican establishment and a popular sitting
Republican president.

But the following year, after a vigorous campaign
that built up a grassroots conservative movement in the state out of nothing,
Toomey lost his race by less than 2 percentage points: He came within 17,000
votes out of more than a million cast.”

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Notre Dame:  A Mistake that won’t go Away

The Catholic Church takes the ‘protection of innocent life in the womb’ very seriously, and Notre Dame President, Father Jenkins should know that.  His decision to invite President Obama to give a graduation addressed was bad judgment, to say the least, and has created a problem that is not going away, but snowballing.

A number of bishops have made their opinions known.  Cardinal Nicholas DiNardo of Houston has stated his dissatisfaction, while Notre Dame's own Bishop John D'Arcy won’t be attending the commencement event.   Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has accused the Notre Dame President of a ‘Public Act of Disobedience to the Bishops of the United States.’

Continuing to illustrate the seriousness of the situation, the new head of the archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Dolan has tossed his miter into the ring, saying, “They made a big mistake ... in an issue that is very close to the heart of Catholic world view, namely, the protection of innocent life in the womb, [Obama] has unfortunately taken a position very much at odds with the Church . . .”

The oppositional position of American bishops and the president isn’t new.  Days after the November election, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) “issued a stern warning to president-elect Obama and his incoming administration, highlighting grave concerns over what will happen to unwanted, unborn human life.” 

For the Catholic Church the issue of abortion is hallowed ground, which President Obama has already trod on when he restored U.S. funding for foreign abortions.  As the commencement date of May 17 approaches, the public airing of the controversy will increase along with the pressure on Notre Dame President, Father Jenkins to rescind the invitation.  Guaranteed.

Rockin’ the Right

The 50 greatest conservative rock songs.
By John J. Miller

“On first glance, rock ’n’ roll music isn’t very conservative. It doesn’t fare much better on second or third glance (or listen), either. Neil Young has a new song called “Let’s Impeach the President.” Last year, the Rolling Stones made news with “Sweet Neo Con,” another anti-Bush ditty. For conservatives who enjoy rock, it isn’t hard to agree with the opinion Johnny Cash expressed in “The One on the Right Is on the Left”: “Don’t go mixin’ politics with the folk songs of our land / Just work on harmony and diction / Play your banjo well / And if you have political convictions, keep them to yourself.” In other words: Shut up and sing.”

Hollywood talk: views you probably haven't heard

By Ben-Peter Terpstra

“It's refreshing when writers, producers, web designers, actors, documentarians and directors bypass the thought police, make politically incorrect statements, and support Americans first.  From the Cold War to the War on Terror, patriotic (and even flag-curious) artists deserve our applause . . .”

With 'Atlas Shrugged,' Hollywood may have its first anti-bailout movie

By Steven Zeitchik

“Hollywood could soon be going Objectivist.”

Klavan on the Culture: The Left's 'Shut Up' Mantra

Government Claims Power to Ban Books and Speech

By Ken Klukowski

“On Mar. 24, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Citizens United v. FEC, the latest installment in an ongoing series of challenges to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), better known as McCain-Feingold. This case has far-reaching implications for the future of campaign activities, and draws an important line between the right of citizens to speak out and the power of government to imprison them if they do.”

Now You’re Talking

By Hugh Hewitt
“With liberalism ascendant in Washington, conservative talk rules the airwaves.”

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