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Posted at 10:39am on Jun. 8, 2008 When Dire Predictions Die, They Die With a Whimper

By Vladimir

H/T Drudge

Alarmism makes for good headlines, good copy and political (read: monetary) rewards. Healthy skepticism and a rational consideration of the facts may be politically unpopular, but it is the correct approach in most cases.

Once upon a time, newspaper headlines and newsmagazine covers fairly screamed, WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! of AIDS! AIDS, the scourge of the gay community, IS SPREADING UMPTEEN TIMES FASTER AMONG HETEROSEXUALS! Skeptics and deniers were the SPAWN OF SATAN HIMSELF!

Great story. Except that it didn't work out that way.

Threat of world Aids pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits

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Posted at 10:12am on Jun. 5, 2008 He chose to live (how many more are like him?)

By Jaded

Little Finley chose to live through an abortion and I ask how many more Finley's are there? That this child in utero hid from the abortionist and had the last laugh makes my day joyful. It would appear that abortionist's have become lazy in their rush to kill a baby (what with unprecendented profits)and are now starting to leave some alive to ponder their existence. I wish Finley many happy years and I hope he sees that he is indeed a MIRACLE!

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Posted at 5:27pm on Jun. 4, 2008 Family Needs a Financial Miracle

By principleoverparty

This is for my neighbor:

Friends,

We are on a journey together to save a home from Foreclosure. The home belongs to a young boy Brandon Tepper who is twelve years old. Brandon just lost his mother Debbi on May 29th, 2008. She was admitted to Condell Hospital in Libertyville, Illinois on May 21, 2008 with a mysterious illness that aggressively ravaged her body to the point where she became paralyzed. She was on a feeding tube and ventilator. She also received a tracheotomy. This illness eventually attacked her body to the point where her brain was no longer functioning, She was on life support, until eventually the family had to let her go. Debbi is at peace now, but her family is not. Debbi died on May 29th the very same day the government was declaring a sherriff's sale on her home. An extension was able to be obtained until July 28th, 2008. That is the day the house is up for auction. Debbi is survived by her husband George who has Polycystic Kidney Disease. He goes to dialysis three times a week and is awaiting a second kidney transplant. And her daughter Jamie who is 23, just graduated from college only to eventually see her mother who was the picture of perfect health die from a mysterious illness in which violated her body in less than two weeks. Jamie and Brandon have gone through more than any child should ever have to in a lifetime. Because of George's extensive medical bills the family was not able to keep up on their house payments. Debbi was the hub of our entire neighborhood Lakewood Hills in Round Lake Beach Illinois. Her son is undoubtedly the most popular child in the neighborhood. We are on a mission to save their home and we need your help! Please give ASAP to Team Up For The Teppers at any Fifth Third Bank Location. Thank you for your kind support. Everyone is telling me it looks hopeless but I am believing God for a miracle! Please give from your heart. We are on a massive fundraising campaign in our community and we are not giving up! Keep the Faith.

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Posted at 11:54am on Jun. 2, 2008 Oklahoma Teachers fighting Union

By LanceKates

Teachers in Oklahoma are fighting against the unions.

In this article by Wendy Kleinman, it is noted that teachers in Oklahoma are fighting against the Union, specifically the way the unions are keeping teachers who "shouldn't be teaching" (per Denise Caton, long time teacher)

Frankly, per Caton, about a dozen teachers have talked about quitting. 4 have actually done so.

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Posted at 8:45am on May 31, 2008 Barack the divider or (how I hate the right)

By Jaded

This Barack Obama person who claims to be the ONLY person who can unite us as a country has to be the most devisive person since Ghengis Khan (hattip to John Kerry).

I have watched this person manipulate, triangulate, and strangulate the MSM in contortions not heretofore seen since John Kennedy....but back than the old MSM owned the airwaves and you believed what they told you....not anymore.

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Posted at 12:33pm on May 29, 2008 First Principles

By tracycoyle

I posted this to my blog in honor of my 300th post:

300
One would think that after 299 posts, I would have said something that provoked more than a casual glance. With the exception of a discussion that was carried over to to this blog, nothing I have written has garnered much comment - and from the number of people that subscribe to the feed, it hasn't garnered much interest either.

BUT! I didn't start this blog to build a readership. I built it because after reading a lot, I have to have a writing outlet. I have a directory on my computer that is titled: Essays. It is over a gig and nothing there is much bigger than 100k. I like to write. But, frankly, I will probably never get paid to.

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Posted at 12:24pm on May 29, 2008 Social issues

By tracycoyle

My Principles are based on the foundation set by our founding documents. I have argued for, supported and defended the premise that the individual is sovereign. I have made no secret of my positions on social matters and I have quoted J.S. Mill several times; I will do so again in a moment.

Virtually every attempt to get Conservatives onto the same page has failed on the rocky shore of social issues. Fiscal conservatives can compromise and agree on economic issues. National security conservatives can compromise and agree on defense issues. But social conservatives are single or dual issue, compromise be damned, their positions ARE litmus tests and if people don't precisely agree, then they will have nothing to do with the heretics.

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Posted at 1:42pm on May 23, 2008 Tornadoes Hit Northern Colorado

By NightTwister

Northern Colorado was devastated by tornadoes yesterday. One of the hardest hit areas was the town of Windsor, which is only five miles southeast of where I work in Fort Collins.

Tornadoes are not that common in this area, but they do happen. A very good friend of my wife and former co-worker of mine lives in the area that was hit very hard. The house next door was completely destroyed. 9 News Colorado has some video and a slide show of the tornadoes & the aftermath. The damage of our friend's house is shown in these pictures of her neighborhood.

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Posted at 5:32pm on May 22, 2008 Killing Bears for Cheaper Gas

By RottDawg

A report from the battlefield, a personal victory, but none the less a VICTORY!

I have been busting my best friend’s chops for a long time. He’s a twenty-seven year old secular-progressive that always tells me when talking politics, “I don’t care, it doesn’t affect me!” Guns, environment, abortion, taxes… the list goes on and it never seems to affect him, and to be truthful, he doesn’t care if freedom slips away for others as long as it’s not his freedom. Typical “Lefty”, take from the rich give to the poor. His income has been on the rise of late, and I keep telling him that eventually he’ll see the light when they start taking his money.

Now for the Victory… He called me this morning as he sometimes does (he commutes Milwaukee to Chicago), and told me that his party is failing! You see, he had just finished filling his tank for the drive. He explained how he saw the “Big Oil” guys testifying on TV yesterday and thought about the polar bear being endangered; well anyway, as he put it, “What the hell are the Democrats thinking? For all I could care about an effin polar bear, they could decapitate the SOB and put their heads on a pike facing the direction of where we should be drilling for oil!!!”

This has been an ongoing battle with a very dear friend that I have struggled with for years. Yes, the spoils of victory are sweet. In your face best friend!

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Posted at 12:18pm on May 22, 2008 So how far have we come? Or, The cyclic nature of Tyranny.

By aaronbg

I was reading my Bible the other night, trying to find some strength to persevere, and I came across some great context. I was reading Nehemiah chapter 9 but the earlier chapters tell most of Nehemiah’s story. Nehemiah lived during the time when the Israelites were beginning their return from exile in Babylon.

Read More, trust me ;^)

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Posted at 8:14am on May 14, 2008 End the corn subsidies?

By mdetlh

Recently a Contract with America brainstorming blog posted with the idea that the corn subsidies should end. Sen Hutchinson proposes the idea of freezing current ethanol production, so that progress toward the total current corn crop being produced by 2022 doesn't progress any further for the time being to assess the move towards the subsidized fuel.
Of course a problem with the above cold turkey government cutoff is that Billions have already been spent on the ethanol refining capability.

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Posted at 2:53pm on May 10, 2008 Ask Obama

By Steve Foley

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Posted at 11:49am on May 9, 2008 Obama on judges

Protecting the Powerless?

By Feddie

Here is Senator Obama describing what he will look for in a judge if elected president:

[W]hat I do want is a judge who is sympathetic enough to those who are on the outside, those who are vulnerable, those who are powerless, those who can't have access to political power and as a consequence can't protect themselves from being being dealt with sometimes unfairly, that the courts become a refuge for justice. That's been its historic role. That was its role in Brown v Board of Education.

Except for unborn babies, of course.

UPDATE (Dan McLaughlin): San Diego Union-Tribune cartoonist Steve Breen made this same point with a cartoon worth a thousand words during the Alito hearings:

Cartoon below the fold...

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Posted at 9:32pm on May 8, 2008 We Need To Just End This War

By ilitigant

Both sides have been fighting now for far too long. The country's powers have decided and that means the one who can't take the heat has to get outta the kitchen. It isn't losing. It isn't cutting and running. It is just ending the war. There doesn't have to be a winner and there certainly doesn't' have to be a loser. Let's just call it quits.

It doesn't matter if the people who fought along side the 'sides' don't have a solution. This is war. War doesn't require solutions. It just takes somebody saying enough.

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