Something to brighten your Sunday...

from The Lonely Conservative.

This video of Marco Rubio (for some unknown reason my plug-ins are working again and I can watch videos.   I have no idea of what I did to accomplish this, but I'm offering a bacon sacrifice to the computer gods this morning),  will help renew your faith in the up and coming conservatives.

This is worth gathering the children in your family to watch and we thank Allen Wilson, posting at The Lonely Conservative, for bringing it to us.

 In Allen's words:

Yesterday morning I attended a prayer breakfast for the purpose of video taping the event.   What I saw was a politician who climbed down off the stump and spoke with a clear message. With a clear and profound understanding of the American Spirit Marco Rubio, just days after the death of his father, shared a vision of the past, the present, and the future of America. In this gathering for the rememberance of 9/11 it was moving to be reminded of why we are here and what makes America different.

It was a bit of a struggle whether to post the video or send you to The Lonely Conservative which in turn would send you to YouTube.  That all seemed like a bit much to ask of my readers and so I decided to post the video to save you time.  While I try to be very careful to not only give credit to other hard-working bloggers for content they produce, I  also want to  make sure they receive the page hits they deserve.  On the other hand, I also know that Karen at The Lonely Conservative is more concerned with spreading the message than obsessing over her page hits.

Enjoy the video and then take a moment to head over to read Karen's latest post Democrats Have Picked Their Target – John Boehner - it's excellent...




Even more to brighten your day:  

Reaganite Republican not only has the  Video/Full Text of Geert Wilders' Speech at 9/11 Rally of Remembrance   but has posted his usual  Reaganite's Sunday Funnies - and we thank him!

Additions to the Blogroll...

As usual I have been lax with my blogger housekeeping (which is not likely to change, but I am trying to be better)

Here are some blogs I have added to my blog list.  Pay them a visit - they are all excellent...

Liberty at Stake

Obama Fail Blog

From Burke to Kirk and Beyond

Places to See and Be Seen

I have been remiss in highlighting some new blogs and sites I've found quite informative.  Last week I received a very nice email from Thomas Bryan, owner of a site called Useful Info Nation.  It is one of the best designed sites I've run across in a long time.

The left column is the news from the left and on the right column is the news from the right (cute.)  In the middle column is videos.  In addition there are sections for News, Entertainment, Columns, Science, Sports, and Technology.  Not to be missed are his sections on Offbeat News and Time Wasters.

This is how Mr. Bryan describes his site:

I have a right and left side on my site and my readers can surely tell the difference in the logical way conservatives state their case as opposed to the sometimes tacky but mostly illogical way liberals or progressives do in the articles to which I link. On my blog, I do daily takes on all things news, left, and right.

Thomas also has a blog where he gives us his take on the goings on in the world.So head on over and take a gander.  You won't be disappointed.

Another new blogger I've stumbled on is Green Mountains Homesteading.  Very well written and well researched articles.  Check out the cartoon he has on this post.  Very funny and very true...

From the A-Files' Blog: 
Life’s Lessons from the Passenger Seat of a 747  

More on ObamaCare

Obamacare’s Disastrous Preview   

Side Effects: Obamacare Fueling Higher Insurance Costs

 Cookbook Health Care: The future of medicine in the United States

Read the bill: Obamacare socks middle class with $3.9 billion tax increase

 

For Nunly:

2010 - A Line in the Sand

My Google Reader is over 1000 again. One thing I've noticed over the past few weeks is the barrage of posting on what most of us would consider a "slow news week."  Not that there still isn't plenty of news, but a lot of it consists of information that seems to be non-essential to our well-being.

During such a week, many of my fellow bloggers (I include myself) check their statcounters and go into a tailspin. They then feel the need to post even more stuff that doesn't necessarily promote the general welfare, unless you consider hours spent sifting through the weeds to get to the wheat as time well spent. I don't anymore.

I expect that from news aggregator sites such as Instapundit or even Hot Air.  For the average everyday blogger, however, it has gotten harder and harder to cull the important stuff.  We seem to have developed a mass-hysteria of posting for posting sake.  Soon, I envision readers becoming so overwhelmed they'll just tune out completely.

It really is no different than the Cloward-Piven Strategy.  One of it's main goals is to overwhelm the opponent.  I think we are doing this to ourselves in many ways. This sort of mass posting  leaves the average reader no time for digesting what they have read, or for just spending time on reflection. 

One of my goals has been to find the things I believe are important, and either elaborate on the subject or direct my readers to reputable sources for further reading.  My main concern has been focused on health care. I believe socialized medicine is the main path through which the "powers that be" will  gain control of the economy and ultimately of us.  The next most dangerous movement, almost equal to health care, is the environmental movement.  I have posted before on Agenda 21.  One of the outcomes of this movement is the upcoming Copenhagen Treaty, which I believe Obama plans to sign in December. Over the next few days, I will be reading the entire treaty in order to speak with a semblance of intelligence on the subject.

The Green Room at Hot Air

Hot Air has a "back room" called the Green Room.  Many of my favorite bloggers, like Stacy McCain, are regular contributors.  While the "front page" of Hot Air covers many important issues, it also contain lots of fluff. While perusing the Green Room a few days ago, I came across an article written by Ken Pritchett of Red Dot in a Red State's Blog,  entitled "2010 A Line in the Sand."


Ken states in this fine article: 

[...]
"the Progressive Movement has found their St. Michael, and they are moving forward with their agenda at warp speed. Knowing their agenda is one part of our battle, and one cannot know their agenda without knowing the history of the Progressives."

 I urge you all to read this well-written summation of the Progressive Movement and what Ken says is "the line in the sand."

2010 – A Line in the Sand

More on the Copenhagen Treaty:

Lord Monckton on the Copenhagen Treaty

Believe it or not - I have work to do...

I know most of you think we are independently wealthy enabling me to spend most of my waking hours pursuing the truth, but you would be wrong.  While my husbands company, LeWalt Publishing, (finest guitar, banjo, and mandolin instruction and music available) does well, lots of our income is from his incredible teaching skills, and custom music arranging.  His hard work is what really enables this marathon blogging.  The upside is I always know where he is. heh

But today I must actually do some work.  So I leave you with the best of the best from my scrounging around the internet this morning:

LarryD over at Acts of Apostasy has an essay on "My Best Days." I've already read it twice and will go back and print it out for my journal.  What I find fascinating about Larry is his highly developed sense of humor (ok - he's batsh*t crazy funny), and then he comes up with these very deep thoughts.

Creative Minority Report has the Holy Father on speed dial now. Congratulations.

RighKlik is fired up with "ObamaCare: Not in My Backyard"

More Connecting of Dots:

I have been remiss in not linking more often to Dad29. He has a must read up today on WISDOM, ACORN, and Off-Course Catholics that is chock full of informative links. Folks, knowledge is power, and we must stay informed no matter how many headaches we get - just take more Ibupropen.

Michelle Malkin connected more Olympic dots in  An illustrated guide: All the president’s Olympic cronies.

And last but never, ever least is Smitty (my Prince of commas), over at The Other McCain with Another Black Conservative on Derrion Albert

Smitty has a link to a video presentation by Bill Whittle located in roughly the middle of his post.  This is a must see video, and a perfect example of why we need each other. If not for Smitty, I would have probably missed this.   It's twelve minutes packed with a hard-hitting overview of political correctness, it's origin, and the Frankfurt School, which you really must see.  

I have spent a considerable amount of time studying these different movements and organizations, and Bill Whittle does an excellent job of giving you jumping off places for more study on your own.

I shall be back later...play nice while I'm gone

Having "One of Those Days?"

Ever have those days when you wonder what in heck you're doing? I don't mean like when you put the milk in the pantry instead of the 'fridge. I mean those days when you are exhausted from tracking the news and trying to keep your loyal readers updated to the most important stuff.

I like Glenn Beck's mantra about each of us carving out our little niche and becoming as informed as we can on whatever subject that holds the most interest for us.  I pretty much stick to health care as I have some background in that area.

But there are still days when you wonder if you are actually making a difference.  The thought of reading one more story on health care, the economy, corrupt politicians, or Iran building bombs is almost too horrible to contemplate. 

Not only do I read over a thousand posts every day but I also read hundreds of comments. It's one thing to read an article, but perusing comments is the way to get a good feel for what is going on in the minds of the people of this country.

A few days ago, after about 15 hours straight of hard work on the computer, I was pretty discouraged and very tired. While reading comments on an awesome linky love graphic of patriot bloggers on the Goomba News Network, I ran across this comment by Left Coast Rebel that spoke volumes to what we are all doing:

Left Coast Rebel said... 

 

Nickie - No matter how small we are, the sum of our parts add up to something insurmountable and historic. Thousand of citizen-activists, chained together in defense of our nation's tradition of freedom. Left Coast says it all...  

New Blogger

Important Notice:

RJW has a blog now

Visit him at:

The Intentional - Accidental Blog

Update:

In true OCD blogger fashion RJW has already changed the name of his blog to:

The Accidental Blog

Apollo Alliance & Van Jones

Is the Apollo Alliance behind much of this catastrophe of a health care bill as Glenn Beck claims? It certainly wouldn't surprise me after taking a look at the UN's Local Agenda 21.

Communist Green Jobs Czar Van Jones and His Meddling Ways

On his TV show Friday, Glenn Beck re-aired previous segment about the pressure group Apollo Alliance, which aspires to destroy the U.S. economy by having the federal government fund “green jobs” scams. read the rest

Senate Democrats Consider Tactic to Push Through Government Health Plan

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said Sunday that they were fleshing out plans to pass health legislation, particularly the option of a new government-run insurance program, with a simple majority, instead of the 60 votes that would ordinarily be needed to overcome a filibuster. read the rest

Fixing Health Care

1. Tort Reform
2. Removing unnecessary government regulations from health care companies allowing for real choice and true competition.
3. Get the employer out of the health care business

We don't need a 1000 plus page document and more government interference in our lives.

Catholics Against ObamaCare

Visit Jean Heimann's new site Catholics Against ObamaCare. Jean is the power behind Catholic Fire, one of the finest pro-life sites on the internet. I'll be one of many contributors and consider it a great honor.

Posted today at Adrienne dePitera: Journey of a Bookcase, Part One

Kim & Kourntney Kardashian - Hot Mess

I have to agree with Belinda from Belinda's Brain on A twisted tale of a mothers love . Or .... A hot mess is still a mess when she says, "Okay , so I live in a bubble and I just stepped out into the real world and although I normally don't write about gossipy stories this one it has caught my eye." read the rest

But what really caught my attention was the comment Belinda added to her story when she learned that Miss Kourtney Kardashian (Kim's sister) had decided not to have an abortion.

"At some point someone in that family will give birth to a child who will be a genetic fluke. (there's one in every family). Someone with integrity and a feeling of self worth. Someone who doesn't think or act like the rest of the family. Someone with backbone who stands up and does the right thing and who perhaps will have to face down his or her spouse, parents , or grandparents and draw a line in the sand."

"Someone who thinks that the rest of the family has the moral integrity of a kumquat. Someone who won't push their daughter into doing a topless photo shoot and feels that pimping out your daughters or your aunts is a sin and lacks good judgement and is demeaning. Someone who understands that sexualizing your beloved daughters (and some are really young !!) is a sin and on many levels."

"Someone who's searching for something that is longer lasting than fame. Someone who actually picks up his or her cross instead of using it for a pole dance. I pray that it will be this child. Chastising hurts the worst when it comes from the inner circle. The saint that comes to this family and shows them an opportunity for redemption is gonna catch hell."

Well said, Belinda. Thanks!

Health Care Bill Should be in the Trash!

I couldn't possibly add much to what every thinking American has already said. This is not a time to let down your guard.

First of all, we know our President is a prevaricator, which is a nice way of saying he never met a lie he didn't like. Second, he wants what he wants and it doesn't matter how he gets it. Before you get all excited about the possibility of them dropping the public option, contact your representatives and tell them to dump this whole piece of carp bill in the nearest file 13 where it belongs.

Any form of government controlled health care will result in a fundamental change in the relationship between citizen and government. And a government run co-op is just another form of public option.

The government will no longer work for us (which they are not exactly doing a bang up job of now), but will instead hold the power of life and death over its citizens. If you think you fear the IRS, just wait and see how it feels to have some government bureaucrat decide when and how you will live or die.

Adrienne's Corner: New World Order & Health Care

Cato Institute: Co-ops: A ‘Public Option’ By Another Name

The American Spectator: Public Option or Not, It's Still Government-Run

Hot Air: White flag or trial balloon?

Gateway Pundit: Canadian Health Care "Imploding"-- Doctors Meet & Discuss Private Options

Stacy McCain has live photo's being sent to him from the Phoenix protest by way of his new BFF, Barbara Espinosa. Stacy won't be my BFF because I keep trying to steal Smitty from him. If Stacy would just throw a few well placed commas my way, I would probably stop trying to lure Smitty with high pay and homemade tacos.

Thinking about buying a Smart Car? You may want to think again after seeing these photos over at The Blog Prof. I questioned its safety when pitted against a semi or large pickup. Looks like I asked the right question.

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for. That my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

Adrian Rogers, 1931

Some Great Reads...

Mark in Spokane: What GM can teach us about healthcare reform

Peoples Press Collective: Health Reform Astroturfing - excellent article with illuminating photos.

The Blog Prof: The Moral argument against abortion wonderful!!

Meet Another Adrienne

Yep - I know you think one is more than enough, but it's not so....

Thanks to Dan Riehl, over at Riehl World View, I was able to meet Adrienne Ross (as in Betsy?) at her blog Motivation: Truth, a HUGE Sarah Palin supporter and an all-around lovely lady.

Adrienne teaches middle school English Language Arts, which tells me that she probably understands this whole comma business thingy. Commas will always elude me, but at my age I don't really care anymore.

Go over and say hi and take note of her great header.

And in slavish obedience to Stacy McCain's rule 5, "Everybody loves a pretty girl", I posted a picture of Adrienne.

The Arrogance of Obama Knows No Bounds!

In an interview today:

Obama said Friday he didn't regret stepping into the controversy and hoped the matter would end up being a "teachable moment" for the nation.

Exactly what lesson are we supposed to learn, Mr. President? That a police officer doing his job will be publicly ridiculed by you on national TV? That you will comment upon something that is none of your business and, by your own admission, did not know the details?

No, of course not. I'll tell you what the nation learned. They learned that you are an arrogant racist and so is Henry Gates. They also learned that you are a dangerous fool and a divider of people.

My friend Ebeth over at Keeping My Ear to the Ground has a wonderful summation of Obama's remarks when he popped into the morning press conference at the White House.

Keeping My Ear To the Ground: The President is QUITE "Stupidly" in my opinion!!

Ugly Church Art

Don't miss The Crescat's Ugliest Church Art Contest. You can view submissions here. Voting will begin soon...

Adoro is back from her mission. Be watching for updates.

Cost analysis from the Blog Prof

Since he is not caring for a dog with an incision roughly the length of her whole back leg (which has stitches coming loose, I might add --- arrrgh), The Blog Prof has done a masterful job of putting together some figures about the proposed health care bill.

The addition of the BP's photo is my version of Stacy McCain's Rule Five on how to get a million hits on your blog in a year...

And don't miss Smitty's Full Metal Jacket Reach Around over at The Other McCain. (Did I mention I had a crush on Smitty?)

Turning away from God has consequences....

Suzanna Logan who posts over at "insert clever s. logan here", wrote a fine piece about Bruno that I believe is a must read.

I've never been a fan of Borat, finding his humor crude and offensive, which is typical for so many of the people that call themselves comediennes. It further points up what I was trying to express in my post about having a spiritual problem in this country.

from Suzanna:

"When He sees His children--those who claim to have accepted the work His Son did on the cross--opening their hearts to the wickedness and depravity of the world rather than seeking to "be holy as He is holy," it grieves Him. I can imagine Him saying with a crest-fallen look, "Is this, this what I sent my Son for?" as Christian after Christian settles into their theater seats to watch Bruno."
read the rest

Beautiful gift from a beautiful lady....

I received a beautiful surprise in the mail all the way from Great Britain. Deb Scalise, known to her friends as Ukok, sent me these gorgeous handmade cards. Not only does this lovely lady give away blog banners, scrapbook paper, e-cards, and letter paper, but she has a wonderful section on her blog called Simple Living, with a myriad of wonderful inspiration and advice.

I love what she says on her notepaper and party invite section - "All my party invitations, notepaper and thank you notes are for non profit, non commercial use only. Freely I give, and so should you"

Visit Deb at Ukok's Place

Whenever I question the time I spend blogging and suffer that horrible feeling of "am I only speaking to myself?", I remind myself that without blogging I would not have met so many wonderful people like Deb.

Cross posted at Adrienne de Pitera

Terry at Abbey Roads hits a home run...

Shine a Light, Shine a Light


I love that Elton John song - but the only reason I quote it is because today's Gospel made me think of it - "let your light shine before men" - although Elton sang, "let your light shine through the eyes of those left behind". I know!
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But seriously. It is important for us not to hide our faith and to witness to the truth, even more so in these days when many would like the Church to shut up and stop tormenting the consciences of unbelievers - although we don't have to come off like evangelical bible-bangers when we do so. read the rest

Things are actually happening at Adrienne dePitera. The blog is still a mess but if we wait for me to make it right it will be a long, long wait!

My best award yet...........



After being creamed in the Cannonball Awards, Archangel's Pulpit made us losers a wonderful trophy. It's the Whatever Award for whatever you want it to be for. And what makes this award sooooooo very special is - IT SPINS!! Well, it spins over at AA's place but I can't make mine spin. Is there a message here?

AA is related to The Digital Hairshirt, who received a brand new camera for her birthday (that cost more than my house), and now we are treated to some really magnificent photography. Oh yes, did I mention that Digi won Best Batshit Crazy Blog? Her trophy doesn't spin either. ha


Digi also filled us in on Megan Fox, that mental giant of the Hollywood variety:

The"Transformers" bombshell-cum-uninhibited philosophizer also contemplates -- reluctantly -- what she would say to Megatron to keep him from destroying the world. "I'd barter with him," she muses to the July issue Total Film UK, "and say instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?"