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Christopher Laurie, Son of Pastor Greg Laurie, dies in Automobile Accident

2008-07-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

Christopher Laurie, the Son of Pastor Greg Laurie of the church I attend, Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, died this morning in an automobile accident.

The elder of two sons, Christopher Laurie was 33 years of age and leaves behind a wife and daughter. Recent news, provided by the family during the Church trip to Israel, also reveals that Christopher's wife is pregnant with the couple's second child.

Christopher's vehicle struck a Caltrans Truck from behind on the eastbound lanes of the 91 Freeway in Corona. The accident occurred this morning, but was not completely cleared until 3:00 pm.

Our prayers go out to the Laurie family.

Humans On Earth: 6,000 Years? Or Millions?

2008-07-23T21:52:00.000-07:00

Evolutionists can't get their numbers straight. I've heard estimates in the tens of thousands of years to millions of years when it comes to Science's estimation of how long the human species has been walking the Earth. Most Bible-believing Christians have determined, based on figuring out all of the "begets" and so forth in the Bible, that mankind has been on this planet for about six thousand years.

The estimation is about 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham. 2,000 years from Abraham to Jesus Christ. And about 2,000 years since Christ to our present day.

In an article passed to me by e-mail, an article that was originally published in a Christian publication over twenty years ago, a theological scholar came to a conclusion using population trends to figure it out.

According to the article:

Statistically, a couple must have 2.1 children to keep a population at the same level.

In practice, this means a minimum of three children per family.

Let us suppose for a moment that the Biblical account of the Genesis Flood in which just eight people survived is true.

Let us further suppose that each family from this point in history had 2.4 children on average. This very modest number will take into account all the deaths through infant mortality, plagues and war.

How long would it take to reach today’s world population?

Surprisingly, the answer is just less than five thousand years. This figure fits nicely into known historical records.

Now suppose we take the evolutionary view that mankind has been on this planet for two million years and we begin with two people – or eight, it will make little difference – and they also had the statistical 2.4 children per family.

We will finish up with a number so impossibly large that the universe itself would not hold them!

Aware of this problem, the textbooks explain it away by speaking of “population stability throughout this time.”

This is nothing short of an appeal to a miracle!

Frankly, the Biblical account is far more believable.

Anyway, I found this very interesting, and something to chew on.

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By the way, if you are interested, my latest articles on three other websites are available as well:

Death of the Watch Dog on Conservative Crusader (which by the way earned main headline when it posted).

Why Some Evangelical Christians Are Supporting Obama on A Newt One.

US, UK, France launch sea exercise for naval blockade on Iran on American Pundit.

The Marxism of Obama, From His Own Speech

2008-07-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

Socialism is Communism not realized. Marxism is the teachings of Karl Marx and is available in the writings of Marx in the Communist Manifesto. History shows that Communism is a failed system, failing in the Soviet Union, and failing throughout Europe. Communist China only saved itself through injecting bits and pieces of American Capitalism into its economic system. It, too, will eventually be doomed to fail.

When defining Socialism, or Communism, or Marxism, whichever you choose to identify it with, at the root of the system is the creation of a "collective social model." The "individual," in such a system, is not healthy for the socialistic society. Any remnants of individuality must be eliminated for the system to take hold. After all, in a communal, or communist, setting, the society (or village, or collective group) takes precedence over any "selfish" individual wants, desires, or needs. Serving the "community" is the most important thing to do as a member of the collective. This is not to say that serving the community is a bad thing, but it cannot be the only thing, or something not done on a voluntary basis.

Capitalism is the enemy to a Marxist system. A culture based on money, on making a better life for yourself on an individual basis through profit and success, is frowned upon and considered to be destructive to the collective. Marxism proclaims that it is better to serve the collective, than to separate yourself from the herd and chase after success, and any rewards of such success. This is not to say that one should not be "giving" once reaching success, but again, this must be an individual decision, not one that the government makes for you.

The Marxist believes that as a citizen of a communist society you have an obligation to allow anything you gain from success to be returned to the community. That way, all workers benefit, for the labor was performed for the community, not the individual. Any success, claims Karl Marx, was gained because of all of the help the successful citizen received from the collective, and it is your obligation to pay back the collective for helping you reach whatever level of success you achieved.

In a Marxist society one must cease to be an individual, and become a productive part of the collective. By being an individual, according to Communism, you are only thinking of yourself, and such ambition is bad for society as a whole. The community is larger than you are, and contributing to the community is the path to fulfillment. You will not be truly free, proclaims Communism, until you let go of your individualism, and take upon yourself your role in the great collective.

Many of Barack Obama's plans seem very similar to those of Karl Marx. Like the Communists, he supports a heavy progressive tax plan that hits all avenues, and would give the United States one of the highest tax rates among developed countries. He plans to restore the inheritance tax, which is a move in the direction of the Marxist plan of abolishing all rights of inheritance. Through his mortgage bailout plan it creates a move towards centralizing the banks. The Democrats, a plan Obama supports, are pushing for a return to the Fairness Doctrine, as well as censorship of the internet, which is an obvious move toward the centralization of communication and information transfer. He has called on all of us to share the equal liability to the community, has called for a civilian army not unlike the industrial and agricultural army that Karl Marx called for, and supports the mandatory attendance of all children in the free public schools (hence, eliminating home-schooling and private schools in the process).

I think Barack Obama summed up his Marxist aspirations, however, best in a speech he gave when subbing for Senator Kennedy at the Wesleyan (Connecticut) commencement ceremony in May, 2008.

In part of his speech at Wesleyan he proclaimed:

There’s no community service requirement in the outside world; no one's forcing you to care. You can take your diploma, walk off this stage, and chase only after the big house and the nice suits and the other things that our money culture says you should buy. You can choose to narrow your concerns and live life in a way that tries to keep your story separate from America’s.

But I hope you don’t. Not because you have an obligation to those who are less fortunate, although I believe you do have that obligation. Not because you have a debt to all those who helped you get here, though I do believe you do have that debt to pay.

It’s because you have an obligation to yourself. Because our individual salvation depends on collective salvation. Because thinking only about yourself, fulfilling your immediate wants and needs, betrays a poverty of ambition. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential and discover the role that you’ll play in writing the next great chapter in the American story.

In other words, forget your good job, any of your silly notions of individuality - You need to be working for the collective. In the end, in the attempt to achieve what he sees as a noble move towards tolerance, understanding, and working together as a team in this nation (all of which in their selves are noble intentions), he will moves us closer to Marxism, and farther away from the liberty our founding fathers, and our honorable men and women of the military, have fought so hard to give us.

Below is a video of that portion of his speech:

Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs joins Political Pistachio Radio Tonight!

2008-07-22T17:24:00.000-07:00

Atlas joins us at 10:00 pm Eastern Time/7:00 pm Pacific to discuss her post regarding Obama's forged Certificate of Live Birth.

Join us tonight on Political Pistachio Radio.

Operation Wildcat

2008-07-21T16:15:00.000-07:00

Our country desperately needs domestic oil and gas production. Drilling new wells in new places is the only sure way to find new sources of oil and gas. We realize this is this is a financially risky venture and believe the best way to insure this vitally needed activity is to modify existing tax laws for Wildcat Oil and Gas Exploration Wells.

Sign the petition for Operation Wildcat today!

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs reports that Obama's Birth Certificate is a Forgery!

2008-07-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

You have to read it to understand it, and the final report is resoundingly irrefutable, empirical evidence that Obama's birth certificate is a forgery.

Bringing to mind, why would Barack Obama forge his birth certificate? What is he hiding? What does he not want the American People to know about him?

The technical advice regarding the birth certificate was given to Atlas Shrugs by an active member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, American College of Forensic Examiners, The International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners, International Information Systems Forensics Association - the list goes on. He also a board certified as a forensic computer examiner, a certificated legal investigator, and a licensed private investigator. He has been performing computer based forensic investigations since 1993 (although back then it did not even have a formal name yet) and he has performed countless investigations since then.

Oh, yeah, Hope, Change, and Lies - - - That's Obama's stand. . .

Read About It Here!

In the Crosshairs - Obama on Iraq

2008-07-19T14:46:00.001-07:00

More Obama Ignorance - and there are actually people that thinks this guy should be president!

2008-07-18T22:20:00.000-07:00

Obama Quote: "Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation. Americans have adapted to the threats posed by an ever-changing world."

This was a part of a speech Barack Obama gave on Wednesday, July 16, in West Lafeyette, Indiana. Read the quote carefully again. I'll wait.

Okay, did you catch it?

Yep, that's the one, the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor. Sure, it must've been a big bomb. After all, it took out all those boats. Perhaps he forgot that it was a lot of bombs (and kamakazees), and it was the Japanese who dropped them (they didn't "fall" on Pearl Harbor). Oh, wait, political correctness wouldn't allow him to say that! It might offend people if he correctly quotes history and said it was the Japanese that attacked us!

And the more shocking part is, this guy, Comrade Obama, was a long time resident of Hawaii. Surely, the history of Pearly Harbor, and being in the same state as the USS Arizona memorial, would have given him a clue as to what really happened December 7th, 1941. Wait, maybe he merely misspoke, or was confused. After all, it is hard to keep track of the history of all 60 states (57 of which he claims to have visited).

You know, if McCain had made this blunder, the leftist media would have been all over it, calling him a confused old man. It may have, like "potato" did for another Republican so long ago, ruined his political career. Did you hear a peep from them over Obama's revision of history? Of course not. Apparently, his teflon shield is still working at full strength.

And what's this "adapted" crap? We didn't adapt. We defended our nation. We faced the enemy and defeated them. Period.

Voters, Polls, and The Bradley Effect

2008-07-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

Obama has consistently been ahead in the polls. But are the polls any indication of what the final result will be? Do voters answer the poll questions honestly? Are blacks saying in the polls that they plan to vote for Obama reasoning that they must vote that way in order to not betray their race, feeling obligated to answer that way, even though they may very well vote differently? Are whites saying in the polls they plan to vote for Obama for fear that they may be considered racist, while secretly considering voting for McCain?

Inaccurate voter opinion polls are nothing new, especially in American political campaigns between a white candidate and a non-white candidate. The term Bradley effect refers to a phenomenon which has led to inaccurate voter opinion polls in the past. The name Bradley effect comes from the 1982 campaign involving a black politician, Tom Bradley, the long-time mayor of Los Angeles, California. Bradley ran for Governor of California against Republican candidate George Deukmejian, who was white. The polls on the final days before the election consistently showed Bradley with a lead. The exit polls on election day also projected a Bradley win.
The following morning's San Francisco Chronicle went as far as to feature a headline proudly stating: "BRADLEY WIN PROJECTED". But after all the votes were counted, despite the heavy lead in the polls, Bradley narrowly lost the race. Research later indicated that a smaller percentage of white voters actually voted for Bradley than polls had predicted, and many voters who had been classified "undecided" had gone to Deukmejian too.

In the current race for President, it makes me wonder if the statistically significant numbers of white voters telling pollsters in advance of this election that they are undecided, or are likely to vote for Obama, are planning on taking a completely different opinion with them into the voting booth on election day. When pulling the lever, will these white voters that claimed they were undecided break in statistically large numbers toward McCain? And will many of the white voters who said that they were likely to vote for Barack Obama ultimately cast their ballot for McCain as well? And are blacks that are enthusiastically saying they plan to vote for Obama truly going to do so when in the privacy of the voting booth, without any pressure from their peers?

It may be that the privacy of a voting booth has a tendency to change people's opinions, and that change may not be favorable for Obama.

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Also posted on A Newt One

Two Bodies of Israeli Soldiers Turned Over

2008-07-16T04:48:00.000-07:00

News has come across the wire that Hezbollah has given over to Israel two coffins that may contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers that were captured two years ago. An exchange, reported to be mediated by the United Nations, is the beginning of a prisoner exchange that is supposed to continue between Israel and Hezbollah.

Is this the beginning of a peace process, or another in the long train of events that will wind up in Hezbollah changing their position and striking out against Israel as they have so many times in the past?

When Death Comes

2008-07-15T22:27:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I received in the mail a letter from my Aunt and Uncle who live in Hawaii. The letter was sent to give me some bad news. Aunt Chonita, my biological father's sister, also a resident of Hawaii (as well as Carmel, California), passed away. She is the third of the four children to pass. My Uncle Stan, the uncle in Hawaii, is the surviving child of the four. My father passed away in 1999.

Chonita was an interesting member of the family, always active in community work, as well as a member of a number of Honolulu associations. During her life she had traveled the world, working closely with Dr. Carl G. Jung at one point, and was one of 12 international therapists selected as founding members of the International Society of Sandplay Therapy. She worked with both children and adults, taught and trained students of Sandplay in addition to lecturing on the subject in the U.S. and Japan. The use of Sandplay Therapy remains in the family, used by my cousin Tina in Sausalito, California with her patients.

Today, at the end of my radio show on Blog Talk Radio, my mom called me to advise me that my step-dad's brother (remember, my step-dad has been my dad since I was two years old, so he is my dad to me as much, if not more-so, than my father was) passed away this afternoon in Arkansas. He was the youngest of the eight kids, dead, apparently, due to a heart attack.

In the case of both families, connections are being made. Old conversations are being renewed, memories have been passed along, tears are being shed.

I barely knew Chonita. That is regrettable since she had so much to offer in life. Robbie, my step-dad's brother, I mostly remember from childhood. I haven't been in touch much since then, making only a couple trips to Arkansas in the last twenty years.

After my dad died I reconnected with my Uncle Stan and his wife in Hawaii, as well as a couple cousins. After my grandmother (step-dad's mom) died a few years ago I re-connected with a number of family members that I hadn't seen since childhood. And now that these two deaths have occurred, I have connected with other members of my family. When my grandfather (mom's dad) passed away a few years ago, it gave me the chance to reconnect with the Davis part of my family.

And my wife scolded me. "Why is it," she asked me, "that you only talk to family when death comes? Why is it that a death must occur for your family to come together?"

As much as I hate to admit it, she is correct. It's a shame that it takes death, sometimes, to bring families back together, if only for a moment. The family bond is supposed to tie families together. But the rush of making a living interferes with it. We don't make the time.

Well, I am here to tell you that we have to make time. We have to be there for family. Blood, after all, is thicker than water - and even in my step-dad's family's case, the connection must be rekindled and nurtured.

And of course, being who I am, I have located a political connection as well.

Conservatives have lost touch with each other, becoming complacent, and bickering over minor differences. We complain about Barack Obama, but we don't unite to stop him. Because we have many difficulties with the stances that McCain has, we fail to rally behind him. We let other people vote. We let other people contribute to campaigns. And we lose touch with the reasons we became interested in politics, and became conservatives, in the first place.

Like I must be with my family, conservatives need to be united and there for each other. Without a united front, Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States of America. We must combine to defeat him. We must unite and rally behind the only candidate with the chance to beat Obama.

Remember, my friends. United we stand. Combined we kick butt.

Be involved.

Don't be complacent.

Your fears of an Obama Presidency is a call to action. Hear that call, and take action!

Don't let the death of our freedoms under an Obama regime, or the death of the Republican Party, be the only thing that may bring us together. Let's come together before death comes.

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Cross-posted Around the Web, and a continuation from OX AFTER DARK

Walid Shoebat Returns to Political Pistachio Radio

2008-07-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

Walid's new book, God's War on Terror will be out after July 11, 2008

Walid Shoebat tonight returns to Political Pistachio Radio, this time to talk about the new book.

Walid has been a returning guest on Political Pistachio Radio since his first visit in September 1, 2007. He is a former Palestinian terrorist who became a Christian. After marrying his American wife, Walid tried to convert her to Islam. He bought a Bible and read it in hopes to disprove his wife's religion. This actually backfired and then Walid learned the truth about God, and Christ's promise of salvation. Walid has re-dedicated his life to speaking internationally about the lies of Islam, the treachery of child indoctrination in Israel of the Palestinian children by Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and Hezbollah. He teaches that Israel is a land God gave wholly to the Jews. He had to give up family and his homeland to take this position.

His first book, Why We Want to Kill You, reveals:

- How the Muslim Terrorists invaded America 30 years ago

- What their plan was and how patience was key

- How perseverence, recruitment, and hate fueled attacks in the U.S. and U.S. interests worldwide

- The similarities between radical Muslims and Nazi Germany

- Why Hitler failed so early and the Muslims, through patience, have increased their stronghold

This is information you will NOT get on CNN, MSNBC, or FoxNews or any other major television or Radio station as the Muslims have taken over financial controlling interests and will not allow the TRUTH to be aired.

Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat It is part autobiographical, part confessional. Why We Want to Kill You helps readers in the West understand the Islamic mindset, what drives Islamic hatred and violence, and how to become more aware of the dangers to which many Americans and Europeans have become overly complacent.

Now we are seeing the world shape into what is really going on, and Walid Shoebat recognizes the signs at the center of the growing Islamization of the world.

In the news now are stories about Hamas and other radical Muslims and their attempts to continue their agenda to destroy Israel, the U.S., and other western countries.

Walid has continuously proclaimed that the only way to stop this is for Christians and Jews to stick together and fight.

Why should we join together against the Islamization of the world? Because we must realize that the invasion by Muslims worldwide creates a stronghold we should be concerned about, and if left alone, may become so large that it cannot be stoppeed.

Walid's latest book, God's War on Terror, is a deep comparison of Islam with the AntiChrist. Walid shows how the prophecy of the Koran lines up with the end times prophecy of the AntiChrist and how it will effect Christians and Jews. Walid also outlines how important the relationship is between Christians and Jews to protect the Jews and Israel from the evil surrounding it.

Tonight, Walid joins us to discuss his latest book. Go to Political Pistachio Radio to listen at 10:00 PM Eastern, or check out the archive later!

Obama's Secret Army

2008-07-15T12:20:00.000-07:00

Barack Obama recently said, "Loving your country shouldn't just mean fireworks on the 4th of July. Loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your part to change it. If you do, your life will be richer, our country will be stronger."

On the surface, I agree. In fact, I do many things to be involved, and make my life richer, and country stronger. I volunteer my time for charitable organizations, recycle, contribute my time and money to the political campaigns I agree with, broadcast on Political Pistachio Radio seven nights a week (and co-host three other shows in addition to my shows) to help get the word out about conservatism, write on various blogs, and of course donate money to a couple choice charities. In addition to what I currently do, I am also a United States Navy Veteran, partially disabled from my service in the military. I would say that I am one that has made sure that I am involved in making my country stronger, and appreciate the fact that I have the choice to voluntarily do so.

Barack Obama, however, may have something else in mind. He wants all Americans to serve directly, nearly to the point of demanding it. And he is determined to create opportunities for Americans to encourage them to serve, just in case they somehow reject his call to serve. He doesn't tell us exactly how much of the taxpayer funds he plans to spend, and of course he doesn't tell you where that money will come from, specifically, but it will definitely result in an increase in taxes for everyone.

One of Obama plans is to increase the size of the military through using a number of incentives. Ooops, there goes that military budget increasing again. Wait a second, isn't it the Obama followers that complain most about how much money is being spent on the military? Ahhh, but increasing the military budget under the watch of a liberal Democrat by dangling carrots in front of potential recruits is fine and dandy with these people. Problem is, serving in the military is not enough. After all, not all Americans are the "military type." And we don't want to leave anyone out in this fantastical brave new world of hope and change. So, Obama, in his desire that all Americans to have the opportunity to serve, has come up with a great plan.

Are you still with me, comrades? Doesn't sound too bad, yet, right? I mean, aside from all the money he plans to spend to implement this, it is a great opportunity for us to not embarrass ourselves and our future president (remember, only knowing one language, and not teaching our children Spanish, is embarrassing Barack Obama to tears as it is).

On top of increasing the size of the military, which as I said I find interesting since the left is normally so anti-military, Barack Obama has promised to also increase AmeriCorps slots from 75,000 to 250,000, and has pledged to double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011.

But wait, my dear friends! There's more!!

In preparation for sending us into this Obama version of a brave new world of hope and change, Obama said, "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."

Whoa!!! Hit the brakes! He said what?

Read it again carfully. Obama wishes to implement a civilian force that is armed and populated with never before seen numbers of people roaming our streets in order to keep us safe and protected from. . .

I first found out about this idea for Obama's civilian army when my buddy Snooper mentioned it on "A Newt One." And it got me thinking more and more as time passed. Then, on Joshua P. Allem's BlogTalkRadio show, it was brought up again. And I began to really think about the implications, and the historical precedence. What may this civilian national security force, which will obviously be well-equipped and armed to the teeth with the latest weapons of war (after all, he said as powerful and strong as the military) be tasked with? I began to ask myself.

Obama is not very clear on that. The force will be pretty powerful, though. Think about it, he said it will be as powerful, strong, and well funded as the military (as a whole, apparently) which means this civilian force will have as many service members, and be as equipped with weaponry, as the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard combined. Pretty dang strong, if you ask me. But hey, this is Obama's promise of a recipe for "peace and safety," so let's entertain it for a little while, if not at least for the comedy value regarding his ignorance.

To try to determine Barack Obama's intentions with this massive civilian national security force, I began to look back at history for examples of such civilian national security forces to draw a conclusion.

My first visit to history was when Franklin Delano Roosevelt set up the Civilian Conservation Corps to put Americans to work during the worst of the Great Depression (1929-1936). FDR's inner circle had also urged the new president to deputize the American Legion as an "extraconstitutional" "private army." What he did with civilian service corps put a lot of people to work, but it bordered on dangerous because of the growing bureaucracy that placed the government in a position of control over a number of lives, and could have created the private army that FDR's inner circle was calling for.

When thinking about Obama's civilian national security force, it brings to mind that same danger. Such a program would make the Federal government the single largest employer in the nation. The millions put to work by this addition to our growing bureaucracy would constitute the largest pro-government voting block in the country. Indirectly, it would enable Federal power to grow, and grow, and grow some more. When comparing such models to those of socialist and communist models, there are some sinister undertones.

To find the more sinister examples of civilian national security forces one must delve deep into history, but not so deep that it was very long ago. In fact, the best examples all existed less than one hundred years ago. Hitler used the Brown Shirts as his own personal civilian security force. The Brown Shirts, or Storm Troopers, in their distinctive brown uniforms, were organized first to kick out hecklers at Nazi meetings, then to break up the meetings of other parties. Mussolini's Black Shirts were mainly discontent ex-soldiers. This civilian national security force was originally organized to break up strikes, destroy trade union headquarters, and drive opposing government officials from office. It was their efforts that culminated into bringing Mussolini into power.

This is not to even mention how Soviet Russia and Communist China (in addition to numerous other communist regimes in history) have used civilian forces and youth organizations (not much unlike the Hitler Youth) to create fear in the citizens - whipping them into shape - making them more than just citizens of their nation. . . it gave them the opportunity to accept the responsibility to do their part to change their country. It was promised that if they did so their lives would be richer, and the nation would be stronger. After all, the rising leadership proclaimed, they could not any longer rely only on the devastated military in order to achieve the national security objectives they had set. They argued that they needed a strong and powerful civilian national security force to keep the citizens safe.

Yes, my dear Americans, Comrade Obama has it all figured out.

P.U.M.A. - Clinton Supporters Share With The Right A Fear of an Obama Presidency

2008-07-14T13:08:00.000-07:00

P.U.M.A. stands for "Party Unity My Ass." It is an organization launched and founded on facebook by Will Bower. The organization is primarily made up of Hillary Clinton supporters, taking shape soon after Mrs. Clinton officially suspended her campaign. P.U.M.A. is now a part of the much larger Just Say No Deal coalition of groups of like minded Democrats that have united as Hillary Clinton supporters, and are united in their opposition to Barack Obama's Democratic Party candidacy.

The formation of the group, out of frustration that Senator Hillary Clinton was not the Democratic nominee, has also led to $10 million collected to help pay down Hillary Clinton's political debt.

And, believe it or not, Will Bower and I something in common. Though I am a Christian Conservative, and he is a Clinton Democrat, we both share a strong dislike for Barack Obama's candidacy. Though he may not be real fond of John McCain because McCain is a Republican, and I am not fond of McCain because he is too moderate for me as a GOP candidate, our shared desire to stop a Barack Obama Presidency has united Will Bower and myself.

Bower, and his group, recognize Obama's inconsistencies in what he says, and how with Obama it is not about hope, change, and a departure from politics as usual. Barack Obama is the typical politician, saying what he thinks he should say in relation to which way the wind is blowing.

If Obama even has an inkling of an opportunity to gain the support of P.U.M.A. and "Just Say No Deal," he is going to have to do nearly the impossible to earn their support. Granted, Obama has been making some strides with Clinton’s supporters according to a recent poll, but Will Bower, the founder of PUMA, will not settle for Obama. In fact, Bower has openly said he will support McCain.

Bower formed PUMA to get other frustrated Clinton supporters to make a stance. This stance is to keep Obama from winning the U.S. Presidency. Bower is not just angry at Obama, he is angry at the whole Democratic Party.

And for those that say that Bower is whining and complaining that Clinton did not become the Democratic nominee, feel free to join Political Pistachio Radio tonight as we welcome Will Bower as our guest to discuss his group, and an insightful article "Backlash! 2 Million Angry Democrats Reject Obama?" written by Andrea Shea King on World Net Daily.

Phelps and the Westboro Heretics Invade Tony Snow's Place of Rest

2008-07-13T22:12:00.000-07:00

There are some things in life that really get under my skin.

When, during the housing boom, people with poor credit, many of whom lied about their income and nature of employment, obtained mortgage loans they weren't even qualified for to buy houses they couldn't even afford; that ticked me off.

Now that house prices have stopped rising, and the house can't be refinanced or sold at a profit, Congress is asking the taxpayer to subsidize the mortgages so these dirtballs can remain in their unaffordable houses - that really ticks me off.

But when folks, in the name of Christianity, do idiotic things that are way outside what a Christian would do, that really sets me off.

Well, guess what, folks - the Westboro Heretics are at it again.

From Ms. Underestimated:

Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Tony Snow’s Funeral

Dear God, please let the Patriot Guard Riders know about this ahead of time. The Phelps gang is ready to strike, and they outline their intent here.

Please pass this along to all who can get the word out so we can stop these fools. According to their site, this is when it’s going to happen and why.

I’m sick to my stomach at this, and really don’t want to give them any more press than they give themselves, but I would hate to think that their planning would go un-noticed and that nobody would respond to stop this insanity. Please… don’t let this come to pass. I know we have freedom of speech, but some things should just not be permitted. This is one of them.

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The Plight of Homeschooling

2008-07-12T09:32:00.000-07:00

Remember that story about the German family under persecution for home schooling their children - specifically because of the Biblical nature of their teachings? How about the one where the government forced a family to stop homeschooling and place their kids in the public indroctrinations centers they call schools? And finally, what about the family that were so much under attack that they fled to Austria from Germany, and have now fled to Canada?

Mike Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), a past guest on Political Pistachio Radio, makes it his business to follow these cases, which has now gone to an extreme. He explains the latest development.

"The Plett family, who had been living in Austria after being chased out of Germany by the youth welfare authorities who had taken custody of their children, have now left Austria and have fled to Canada where they hope to be able to freely home school their children without further interference from German authorities," he says.

According to Donnelly, such cases are becoming increasingly more common in Germany. Most flee Germany, but remain in Europe, because of the ease of traveling between the countries.

"In fact, not too long ago one family actually decided to flee Germany to Iran to home school their children, if you can believe a family fleeing Germany to Iran for freedom," says Donnelly.

The Plett family has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.

Home schooling has been under fire here in the United States, as well. In California, recently, a judge ordered homeschool children into public education. Even a United Nations protocol, and the liberal left's belief that international mandates supercede the U.S. Constitution, has endangered homeschooling in America. And that isn't even considering the fact that the liberal left wishes to take away the most effective disciplinary tool from good parents - spanking. That's right, in California the left was actually pushing a law that would jail parents, and take away their children, if they dared spank their kids. The liberal left does not believe you are capable of raising, or teaching your own children, and it will only be a matter of time that they will try to take your kids away from you if we don't stand together and make sure they don't!

It doesn't take a village to raise a child. It takes loving parents.

Tony Snow Dies of Cancer

2008-07-12T07:30:00.000-07:00

The conservative writer and commentator, President Bush's former press secretary, died of colon cancer today.

Snow was 53.

We have lost a great man. He was a person of strong strength of character, and a conservative that had a great love for this country. He will be dearly missed.

Read the Yahoo/Associated Press News article about this HERE.

Lock Up Your Bible - It is being attacked in the courts because it says Homosexuality is a Sin!

2008-07-11T08:18:00.000-07:00

Senator Barack Obama's campaign site has a blogger on it that has decided the Bible versions being published by today's publishers have violated his rights and are instruments of hate speech because they proclaim in their text that homosexuality is a sin. The lawsuit is for $60 million against Zondervan, and another $10 million from Thomas Nelson Publishing. The lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan.

Bradley LaShawn Fowler is a 39 year old gay man. He states that since the Bible calls homosexuality a sin he has been an outcast from his family, and it has caused him physical discomfort and a feeling of demoralization, chaos, and bewilderment.

Of course it has caused you difficulties. What you are doing is against Biblical Scripture, and against God. The calling of homosexuality a sin in the Bible is nothing new - it is just that the newest versions are actually beginning to use language that more easily identifies it as such.

Your physical discomfort is not from the Bible, it is from what you are doing. Your feeling of demoralization is called guilt. Of course you are bewildered. You are in direct opposition of God, and now you are doing something I have been expecting for sometime - you are attempting to outlaw the Holy Bible.

How long before I must tuck away my Bible, locked away in some dark corner, only to bring it out when I know Big Brother isn't watching? How long before even saying the name of Jesus Christ becomes a criminal offense? Is that what you want? To silence faith because you want to live in sin? Do you wish to imprison millions because you can't control yourself and need some legal justification to validate your activities?

The persecution of the church has reached a new level, and as predicted in that Holy Bible that Mr. Fowler desires to eliminate, the battle to be free as a person of faith has begun.

Is this the change that Obama is promising? A brave new world of totalitarianism where doing the wrong thing is accepted, and being a person of faith is a crime?

Be careful what you say, read, or do, in this new world - it may cost you your freedom thanks to the courts, and people like Obama's blogger, Mr. Fowler.

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Barack Obama: Your Children Should Learn To Speak Spanish

2008-07-10T22:55:00.000-07:00

Barack Obama is embarrassed that Americans don't speak the languages of other European Countries? He seriously thinks that our children need to learn Spanish? If I am understanding Senator Barack Obama correctly, American sovereignty isn’t a big deal, and neither are our borders.

Obama doesn’t recognize America as a sovereign nation. He sees our country more as a Canadian and Mexican shared something-or-other.

Since we aren't America, and we aren't a sovereign nation in Obama's opinion, that must mean then that we’ve just got to learn Spanish (or whatever other language he wants us to learn). After all, we don't want to be embarrassing ourselves, or the noble Barack Obama, when we travel abroad.

*Turn on major sarcasm*

Gosh, it's bad enough that we offend everyone by speaking the language of our land, and only the language of our land. Wow, especially those Europeans, we don't want to be offending them, or embarrass ourselves by only speaking the language of our land.

*Sarcasm Off (for now)*

I am not saying that learning another language is a bad thing. My wife is fluent in Spanish, and has some grasp of French and German, enough to get by if she had to, and can communicate in Portuguese quite well too. Hey, if someone wants to learn other languages, that is great, more power to you, it is a fantastic skill to have. But should such an endeavor be forced upon us? Should it be shoved down our throat to learn another language because we might embarrass poor Barack Hussein Obama?

Obama, it is apparent to me, desires that globalism (and probably the idiotic lie of man-made global warming) be taught to our children. And in Barry’s hollow dome, Spanish should be just as prevalent as English in this country!

He made sure that you understand that as an American you are arrogant for daring to speak only English. He said, "I don’t understand when people are going around worrying about, we need to have English only. They want to pass a law, we just, we want English only. Now, I agree that immigrants should learn English, I agree with this. But understand this, instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English, they’ll learn English, you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish."

That's right (proof positive in the video below), Barack Obama has proclaimed in his great, "lightworker" wisdom that Americans must learn Spanish - even if Obama can't speak the language.

Learn Spanish, and learn it fast. You don't have a choice. Why? Under Barack Obama's presidency part of the United States will effectively become the northernmost state of Mexico.

What about his daughters? What’s their second language? Do they speak Spanish? Huh?

He continued to tell us that he is embarrassed of his country. (Wait a second, sounds like his wife, after all, until now she has never been proud of this country.)

Obama also said the following:

"It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe and all we can say is merci beaucoup."

Last time I checked, English is the primary business language around the world. Last time I checked, several countries in Europe have English as a primary language. Last time I checked, nearly a billion people on this blue marble called Earth speak English.

And guess what? We are in America - and our country gives continuously to these countries over and over, expecting nothing in return - And in this country we have one primary language. Personally, I really don't care what the rest of the world thinks about that.

Of course, what really bothered me is that the people in the audience actually laughed with him, and applauded this idiocy! Then again, these are the same blind followers that cheered when he blew his nose, too.

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And don't miss what I had to say about Congress's poor approval ratings over at A Newt One!

A Couple Announcements

2008-07-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

A Newt One, a site that receives tens of thousands of hits per day, requested that I be a contributor to their site a couple weeks ago. I accepted excitedly, but did not write my premiere post until today. Anyway, thought you'd like to know that my writing will be in yet another location on the web.

Political Pistachio Radio continues to remain among the top rated Conservative Shows on Blog Talk Radio - peeking at the second most listened to overall spot a couple months ago. Tonight, keeping in the tradition of providing the best conservative commentary on my radio show, and having the best guests, I will be joined by Dean Philpot of Big Oil Fields dot com. We will be talking about the high price of gas, whether or not we should be drilling domestically, and about a whole slew of related topics. Join us tonight at 10pm Eastern Time on Political Pistachio Radio.

A Test of Wills - Liberalism and Islamism versus Liberty and Judeo-Christian Values

2008-07-10T08:01:00.000-07:00

Tyranny is extraordinarily predictable. Whether you call it communism, fascism, socialism, liberalism, progressivism, or Islamism, the only difference is the packaging. The central issue is control. Control over your actions, your economics, your speech, your ability to defend yourself, your religion - control over life itself.

The continuous shuffling of determining how much they can get away with, how they plan to sell it, if the society being attacked has been sufficiently groomed from within, and how to implement the policy or ideology, is a constant for tyrannical agendas. History to those that promote these tyrannical agendas is of little consequence, for history can be revised. The adults that value liberty are but a small obstacle to these tyrants, they can be replaced with children that have been sufficiently indoctrinated through a changing society and the schools. Government is but a bump in the road to tyranny, it can be infiltrated and burdened to the point that the people begin to demand change - not realizing the change on the horizon is tyranny. And tyranny holds little hope for anything.

America, for the first time in her short history, is at a serious crossroads. Two tyrannical ideologies are vying for control, and they are both using each other to gain the upper hand. Both liberalism and Islamism are determined to gain control in America, and both are using methods made famous by one, Karl Marx.

Socialism has made a number of attempts at replacing the American System. Each time, the people of the United States has rejected it, and for good reason, not realizing that each time it happened, a little bit of the ideology lingered, and infused itself into society. Now, the liberal left is making a strong push to implement their socialist agenda, knowing that over the years much of it has become societally accepted, and knowing that the people are ripe for socialism. They don't care if their policies don't make sense, are not practical, or actually fails to improve people's lives. All of that is secondary to the liberal-socialist agenda. Expense is of no consequence to them - The people can be taxed. Legality is of no concern - they are slowly changing the judicial system to contain judges that are in their back pocket. The truth does not matter - if a lie is told often enough (i.e. Bush lied) people will begin to accept it as truth. History will not interfere - it can be revised.

Liberal policies are extremely expensive, difficult to implement, helps no one, and chips away at the freedoms we hold so dear in this nation - and then they slap a sign that says "nice," or "fair," or "diverse," or "politically correct" on it to make it acceptable, and even desired, by the populace. Unfortunately, the people do not read the fine print where it says, "Dishonest - A danger to your liberty. Can be harmful, if implemented, to your way of life." It is no surprise that liberals are willing to go to unimaginable lengths to tilt the political playing field in their favor, using a biased media, infiltrating the school system to indoctrinate the kids, and supporting judges that turn their back on the U.S. Constitution and place their liberal goals first.

Their tactics are nothing new. Liberal disruption of conservative speeches on college campuses, the attempt to drive conservatism off the radio with the Fairness Doctrine, targeting their opponents with criminal charges without a shred of evidence (and even gaining no conviction) to ruin their good name and push them out of the arena (as they did with Tom DeLay), and even talking about jailing members of the Bush Administration for policy differences after they are out of office, are all methods that run in line with tactics used by Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Mao, Castro, Ahmadinejad, and Hugo Chavez.

And as they thirst for total control of the United States, they refuse to confront an even larger and more dangerous enemy, Islam. Why not? Because Islam is the enemy of liberalism's enemy, and so for a short time, the two ideologies will use each other to destroy and remove conservatism, and any vestige of the Christian God.

Over the last 1400 years, 270 million non-believers have been murdered by Musim Jihadists. History refuses to recognize that the Crusades were a response to an Islamic attempt to overtake the Holy Land and Europe. Instead, the revisionists of history have painted the Crusades as a dark period of Christianity, and one that paints Christians as more vile than the Islamic barbarians.

Even today the warped images are propagated. Islam is being portrayed as a peaceful and tolerant religion, as Christians are being labeled as war-like and intolerant. Never mind that the scriptural text of Christianity (specifically, the Holy Bible) teaches patience, humility, and love, while the Koran supports each and every violent behavior of the Islamic Jihadists. History, if studied carefully, proves that Islam is far from being a peaceful, or tolerant, ideology.

Non-Muslims, and specifically Jews and Christians, have always been persecuted under Islam. In fact, Islam is based upon an intense hatred of non-Muslims. Anybody they encounter must either convert to Islam or face execution. Some are allowed to live by not converting. These people must only submit to Muslim authority to avoid forced conversion or death. They become dhimmis, a protected, but inferior, non-Muslim status. However, this is not a permanent status, and death eventually comes to even a dhimmi. 100,000 dead Lebanese Christians, and Israel's besieged Jewish population, have discovered this over the years. Islamic guarantees, agreements, and treaties are worthless.

Islam is using Liberalism just as the liberals are using Islam. Liberalism's cry for unlimited diversity and tolerance is being taken advantage of by Islam, and they are slowly infiltrating our society. Europe has been Islamized even farther, and civil wars for Muslim control are on the horizon. In Europe, at a public school, two kids were placed on detention for refusing to pray to Allah. In America, as "One Nation Under God" is being questioned, Islam is bleeding into the system. It turns out that Islam is using Western liberal democracies to infiltrate from within, knowing that the West may be subverted without firing a shot (or at least for now - after all, al-Qaeda is in disarray, and from a military standpoint there is a lot of optimism in the global war on terrorism. Islam has recognized this as well, and have simply shifted the war to a different arena for the time being). Meanwhile, Islam is positioning itself to pull in the nations on her periphery. Suicide bombings in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and a gunfight at the U.S. Consulate in Turkey is evidence that those nations not under the fold are being pulled in. And all of this as Iran begins testing its missiles, and flexing its muscles. Preparation to respond to a liberal in the White House is underway. Preparation to move into Iraq as American troops pull out (if Obama winds up elected) are being planned. And then after that, the attempt to cause The West to collapse will ensue.

Islam is not prepared for political change from within, and will not change suddenly into a peaceful ideology. They have one goal, and one only. Destruction of all that is not Muslim - and especially the elimination of Israel and Christianity.

This is a test of wills. Are Conservatives up for the fight? Or are you going to stay home and hope it all goes away?

U.S. Consulate attacked in Turkey by Suspected al-Qaida Militants

2008-07-09T10:53:00.000-07:00

A gun battle that left three attackers and three officers dead outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul is being labeled as a terrorist attack. This, coming on the heels of suicide bombings in the Capitals of Afghanistan and Pakistan has me thinking that Islam may be positioning to pull in the periphery nations into the grip of Militant Islam so that they may launch a move against The West.

The shootout in Turkey scattered the people that were waiting in line for visas at the U.S. Consulate, which was built in the first place because of homegrown Islamic militants linked to al-Qaida carrying out suicide bombings in 2003 that targeted two synagogues, the British Consulate and a British bank in Istanbul. Those attacks killed 58 people. The four armed and bearded terrorists emerged from a car on the roadway and were running toward a guard post outside the U.S. Consulate when the gun fight began. The U.S. security personnel went inside the Consulate because they're were "not authorized to engage in armed action on Turkish soil." (Kind of reminds me of our Border Patrol agents not being allowed to engage with the incoming illegals - the logic escapes me - if they can't engage, then why are they called security personnel?)

This attack comes as Iran tests Missiles capable of reaching U.S. and Israeli bases.

Two Children Given Detention for Refusing to Pray to Allah in a Public School

2008-07-08T23:59:00.000-07:00

In England Muslims are Forcing Christian Children to Dress and Pray Muslim, or they will be punished for not participating.

Terrorism Strikes Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, killing over 40

2008-07-07T08:47:00.000-07:00

In Central Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and a city of over 1 million people, a car bomb exploded through the front of the Indian Embassy. The blast is being reported as killing at least 41, and wounding over a hundred. Among the dead were innocent civilians and shopkeepers, women and children.

The massive explosion detonated by a suicide bomber was swiftly concemned by President Hamid Karzai, as well as the United States. President Karzae stated that the bombing was carried out by militants trying to rupture the friendship between Afghanistan and India.

The embassy is near a number of government buildings and is located in central Kabul.

Some Afghan officials have indicated that the attack may have been carried out with help from Pakistan's intelligence service, being quoted as saying, "terrorists have carried out this attack in coordination and consultation with some of the active intelligence circles in the region."

The American response by Gordon Johndroe, a White House national security spokesman, was that, "Extremists continue to show their disregard for all human life and their willingness to kill fellow Muslims as well as others. The United States stands with the people of Afghanistan and India as we face this common enemy."

Afghanistan has seen a sharp rise in violence from Taliban militants in recent months. Nonetheless, a Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, denied that the militants were behind the bombing citing the lack of claim as being evidence to that. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

This suicide bombing is the deadliest attack in Kabul since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The explosion is also the deadliest in Afghanistan since a suicide bomber killed more than 100 people at a dog fighting competition in Kandahar province in February. This is the sixth suicide bombing in the capital city of Afghanistan this year.

Explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan

2008-07-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

Early reports state that a suicide bomber has conducted his final act of terror in Islamabad, Pakistan, the nation's capital, leaving at least 15 dead or wounded.

The explosion happened in front of a police station, near a market, as thousands were gathered nearby marking the one-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown on a radical mosque. So far there are no reports that the events are linked.