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...Where I was going with this, before the little people went off on a tangent, was here: If America were a dog, what kind of dog would she be? Almost before I finished the thought (which was quick, because neurons are nothing if not speedy), a name popped into my head. Cerberus. America would be Cerberus, the three-headed hound that guarded the gates of the underworld. Cerberus is perfect in so many ways; it tickles me to think about it. America for the past century has been guarding the gates of Hell—but keeping the demons in, instead of barring entry...

"...E-voting systems have to be completely redesigned with security in mind, McDaniel says. In the short term, this means adding more thorough vote-auditing capabilities so that discrepancies can be investigated. "The elections systems should have the same quality, the same reliability, the same testing and the same certification requirements as financial systems," he says. "If the systems used by banks, which have to report to the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission], had this level of quality, no one would put their money in the bank."..."

A new website, AmericaInTheWorld, has commissioned a poll to check how ignorant the British are about America. Answer: Very. For instance: A poll of nearly 2,000 Britons by YouGov/PHI found that 70 per cent of respondents incorrectly said it was true that the US had done a worse job than the European Union in reducing carbon emissions since 2000. More than 50 per cent presumed that polygamy was legal in the US, when it is illegal in all 50 states. . . . The survey showed that a majority agreed with the false statement that since the Second World War...

Come back! We were just kidding! We don’t hate you, really! So will come the supplications from the once-proud democracies of Europe. Turns out America as the world’s lone superpower might not be so bad after all. As Russian fascism re-emerges, transmogrified into what one might euphemistically call a “Corporate State,” and China’s leaders show no signs of taking their boots off of their citizens’ faces, the brave soldiers for democracy of the traditional European states are ready once again to hide behind America’s broad back. Of course, the nascent republics that budded off of the USSR sought shelter with...

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,...

Psalm 37:1-6 Don’t Worry about the Wicked or Envy those who Do Wrong. For Like Grass, they Soon Fade Away. Like Spring Flowers, they Soon Wither. Trust in the Lord and Do Good. Then you will Live Safely in the Land and Prosper. Take Delight in the Lord, And He will Give you your Heart’s Desires. Commit Everything you Do to the Lord. Trust Him, and He will Help you. He will Make your Righteousness Radiate Like the Dawn, And the Justice of your Cause will Shine Like the Noonday Sun.

Assorted TV commentators keep opining that the Olympics are all about the brotherhood of man, rather than national ambition or patriotism. But don't tell that to the fanatically nationalist Chinese -- or to Kobe Bryant, the NBA star who is playing with Team USA in Beijing. In an interview Friday on NBC, the world's most famous basketball player told Chris Collinsworth how he got "goosebumps" when he received his Olympics uniform. "I actually just looked at it for a while. I just held it there and I laid it across my bed and I just stared at it for a...

On the morning of August 8, 2008 Russian forces invaded the tiny Republic of Georgia in what Russia cynically characterized as an act of "preemptive defense". Thus once again this volatile region explodes in violence and increases the already escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington. According to the bleak assessment of one of our Fox News commentators, "with our military already stretched thin", we are now confronted with the possibility of "being dragged into yet another war, which we cannot afford". Indeed, we seem threatened on all sides, the martial rattling of our enemies' sabers grows louder and more...

Henry Kissinger used to say that while it can be dangerous to be an enemy of the United States, to be a friend is fatal. The people of South Vietnam learned that bitter lesson when the United States abandoned them in 1975. The Poles learned it after Yalta, the Hungarian freedom fighters learned it in 1956, and Cubans learned it at the Bay of Pigs. And tens of thousands of Iraqis learned it in 1991, when at the urging of George H.W. Bush they rose against Saddam Hussein, only to be slaughtered when American support never materialized. Now we can...

America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,...

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…” Those stirring words from our Declaration of Independence still give chills to most patriotic Americans since we deeply believe in them and because they are the philosophical foundations of our great country. They have inspired and encouraged freedom-loving people for centuries... That said and as witnessed by our legal system, there are caveats, or cautions. Men and women may be deprived of those rights for...

When: The Islamists obtain a nuclear weapon, they will use it against the United States or one of our allies. When: Our politicians shamelessly finish selling-out to get the Hispanic-American vote, the Mexican Army and its drug cartels will completely control parts of formerly U.S. sovereign territory. When: Liberals enthusiastically give national health insurance, free education, drivers licenses, and sanctuary, to illegal aliens, they not only dishonor the rule of law, but spit in the face of the millions of immigrants who came here legally and proudly became U.S. citizens. When: Conservative and reasoned talk radio is silenced, your voice,...

Here is video of Sen. John McCain telling the moving story of how he refused early release as a POW because it would not have been right to do so and leave other longer-held POW's in captivity. He told the story to illustrate his commitment to always "put his country first." McCain made the pledge to a Town Hall Meeting crowd of over 2,000 in York, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2008. . . .(see video)

The other day Senator Obama told a little 7 year old girl, “America is no longer what it could be, what it once was, and I say to myself I don’t want that future for my children.” Obama is saying that America has become a worse nation since his childhood. However Obama is right about one thing, America is no longer what it once was, it’s much, much better. I’m a History major, so were going to have a refresher course right here.

American youth are behind the maturity curve. Even for those kids whose parents remain together – which is a crapshoot – they don’t necessarily have real mentors. The primary influence on American youth these days is American youth. They grow up surrounded by 20 kids their age and a few teachers, and it continues like this until they graduate from college, which, these days, many consider as necessary as high school. So by the time a person reaches the age of 22, he has little idea how to handle money, little understanding of complex social and political issues, and as...

Members of Windsor's Lebanese community, Ghina Maawie, left, Aida Mrove, Ayat Choukier and H. Dabaja show their support for the message of the billboard, which is on display at Wyandotte Street and Marion Avenue. The sign has led to a political divide between some. Photograph by : Ian Willms, The Windsor Star But some people are starting to fight back...And now this... 'Sharia law is hate' Billboards announce: 'Sharia law is hate' Group hopes to spark debate over accepting Islamic rules in U.S. Posted: August 08, 200811:34 pm Eastern By Drew Zahn© 2008 WorldNetDaily An organization in Florida plans...

SEXUAL LIBERATION IN AMERICA: PART ONE–THE BEGINNING Sex sells. That’s hardly an original observation filled with keen insight. It’s merely a comment on the obvious which has been a fact of American life since the onslaught of the so-called Sexual Liberation/Revolution in the 1960’s. This website links that revolution with the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-War Movement, the Black Power Movement, the Students’ Rights Movement, the Womens’ Liberation Movementwith everything but a BM: http://www.hippy.com/php/search.php?cat=17. And it’s pretty much on target. (Speaking of observations, the present observation does not address the sexual revolution as it has impacted homosexuals in America nor...

The Truth Project Do you have a biblical worldview like Del Tackett? In 1991, President George H. W. Bush appointed Del Tackett — now Focus on the Family Institute President — as the director of technical plans at the White House for the National Security Council. During this time of serving as the White House’s liaison to federal agencies, Del often noticed three murals — memorials to America’s foundations — in the Capitol’s rotunda. The first was the landing of Columbus, the second the Christian baptism of Pocahontas, and the third the Pilgrims as they paused for prayer on their...

It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up. Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. (Isaiah 50:9-10)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)-If the trends of the past three decades continue, it's possible that every American adult could be overweight 40 years from now, a government-funded study projects. The figure might sound alarming, or impossible, but researchers say that even if the actual rate never reaches the 100-percent mark, any upward movement is worrying; two-thirds of the population is already overweight....

David Brooks has a pretty good piece in the Times that continues the general hand-wringing in the MSM about why Obama can't seem to close the deal. But Brooks actually may have hit upon the answer. He gives examples of how in all of Obama’s experiences, he was present, but not interested in becoming a seasoned expert in anything, laying down roots, or in the overall success of the group. He was interested in doing things for Barack Obama and moving on to bigger and better things, again for the benefit of Barack Obama. That is why Americans don't feel...

Obviously over the last number of weeks we have on Sunday nights been addressing issues that are on our minds and hearts at this time in our nation when we had been subjected to terrorists' attacks. I'm trying to keep up with all of the nuances, all of the twists and turns in the road as we go and try to shed some biblical light on the issues at hand. One of the new features in our country in recent weeks is this obsession with "God Bless America." In itself certainly a nice tune and a well-crafted song that was...

In days of old when knights were bold/ And “gay” was not invented,/ They went along their hidden way/ And seemed to be contented. That bit of doggerel is simplistic, of course, but it did seem that forty years ago homosexuals seemed happier in the closet. That may not have been altogether true but prior to co-opting and misusing the word “gay,” they definitely seemed gayer than they seem today. Perhaps gays were seething underneath, and it’s true that some may have been bullied and ridiculed, but they didn’t seem violent before the mass outings that began with the Stonewall...

Barack's "Tragic" Emphasis   By Ben JohnsonFrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, August 01, 2008 AS THE NATION CONTEMPLATES WHETHER BARACK OBAMA BELONGS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS BRITNEY SPEARS AND PARIS Hilton, a more fruitful question suggests itself: Can Barack Obama go the rest of the campaign without demeaning the country he seeks to lead?  Backlash over John McCain’s “Celebrity” advertisement and Obama’s playing the race card (who would have seen that coming?) drowned out far more significant words from the lips of The Anointed One this week. “There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans...

For The Right, Obama’s Religious Test Now Includes Denouncing Unrelated Billboards Throughout the summer, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has been placing billboards around the country reading "Imagine No Religion" As the FFRF explains it: The Foundation is taking its irreverent message to what it calls the "unmassed masses" state-by-state. The billboard carries the Freedom From Religion Foundation's name and its website, ffrf.org. "Wherever you go, our roadsides of full of religion and religious symbols," said Foundation copresident Annie Laurie Gaylor. "We think it's time to advertise an alternative." The Foundation has placed a second billboard message, with the same...

The Cost of Socialism by John Browne, Senior Market Strategist, Euro Pacific Capital July 31, 2008 Over the past few decades, the United States has steadily evolved from a nation of ‘producers’ to one of ‘consumers’. The change has been celebrated by politicians and economists as proof of America’s arrival at the top of the global economic food chain. In reality, the development has depleted the nation of its hard-earned wealth, and has led us to the brink of ruin. But rather than encouraging a return of America’s productive energy, our government is responding to the growing economic crisis by...

HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICA: PART FOUR-- WHAT DO GAYS WANT? Sigmund Freud famously asked the question, obviously in frustration, “What do women want?” He never did answer his own question and I would suggest that most women would respond with either, “You have to ask?” or, “It’s none of your business!” or, “We want you to stop asking stupid questions, that’s what!” Personally, I wouldn’t dare to ask. Making an educated guess in answer to the question, “What do gays want?” I would say, first and foremost, to be accepted. Whether that response involves acceptance as normal, or as a variation...

Radarsite is fortunate to have made a lot of good friends in this small part of the blogosphere. Many of these friends and fellow bloggers are veterans. Some from the deadly jungles of Vietnam. And some from unheralded battles and wars that must still remain classified. These people are special. They all seem to share some common fundamental traits: a certain toughness of mind, coupled with a deep hard-won humility. And one common trait which I particularly value -- an absolute and uncompromising self-honesty, and a correspondingly low threshold for bulls**t. It's almost as though they've developed a sixth sense...

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday met with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to urge the latter to keep all options for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, including the military option, on the table. Barak said that Israel is in favor of first trying more stringent economic sanctions to convince Iran to halt its nuclear program, but stressed that the West’s position must be backed up by the threat of military force.

To better understand Sen. Barack Obama, his speech before 200,000 Germans in Berlin is one good place to start. As we shall see, however, it does not leave one secure as to the senator's understanding of history, of America's role in the world, and what to do about evil, among other important issues. Obama: "At the height of the Cold War, my father decided, like so many others in the forgotten corners of the world, that his yearning -- his dream -- required the freedom and opportunity promised by the West." Promised by the West? Or promised by America? It...

A recent International Monetary Fund research report listed the countries expected to suffer the worst currency depreciation - that is, the worst inflation - this year. Zimbabwe (a mind-boggling 300,000 percent-plus), Venezuela (25.7 percent), Bolivia (15.1 percent), Nicaragua (13.8 percent) and Argentina (9.2 percent) are the top five. What do these countries have in common? You could reply in two ways: 1) they are poorly governed; 2) they are leftist governments, which is simply another way of saying that they are poorly governed. Indeed, it is difficult to think of any economic indicator that exceeds inflation as evidence that a...

HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICAPublished in July 28th, 2008 | EditPosted by Berlet98 in AMERICAN CULTURE TODAY, OUR WORLDFree speech and the protections of the First Amendment be damned, there are certain topics in today’s America which must be broached gingerly, if at all. One of them is the topic of homosexuality Of course, infringements on constitutional rights can only be perpetrated by government but inhibiting free speech is rapidly becoming a trend in many areas of society, such as the mass media and even in public conversation. Thus the famous references to gays in Seinfeld, all of which were immediately followed...

A Call To Prayer:This Lepanto Moment  Let me take you back over 400 years ago.  The Ottoman Turks were off the coast of Greece. A powerful Ottoman armada advanced on a badly out manned and out gunned Christian navy. All that stood between the Ottomans and Western Civilization were a relatively few ships, a small number of valiant men and one Rosary. So the men knelt in prayer and invoked the intercession of their Heavenly Mother. The miraculous Christian victory at Lepanto is now widely regarded as a decisive moment in the history of Western Civilization. Today we are...

Murder in the Family: Honor Killings in America When she was just 19, Sandeela Kanwal traveled from America to Pakistan for an arranged marriage to a cousin twice her age. Less than six years later, she was dead — strangled — and her father, Chaudhry Rashid, was arrested by police as the suspect for what some have called an "honor killing." After their marriage, Kanwal had lived in the United States apart from her husband, who remained in Pakistan. She was reunited with him in April at her family home in Atlanta, but he moved to Chicago days later, leaving...

June 26, 2008 Marines who were killed in a suicide bomb attack during a city council meeting in Garma, Iraq, in Anbar Province. Photo by Zoriah Miller Just a Handful of Death Hat tip to Snooper of A Newt One. http://www.anewtone.com/Note: Radarsite has added bold emphasis and bracketed commentary.4,000 U.S. Deaths, and Just a Handful of Public ImagesFrom the New York Times TIM ARANGO Published: July 26, 2008 BAGHDAD — The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead has underscored...

It's remarkable that he went there. I don't mean that it's remarkable that Barack Obama went to Berlin to make a speech (although it's odd, which is something like remarkable); I mean that it's remarkable that in that much-anticipated speech he chose to criticize the United States. There was no need. He could have given a nice speech and talked about so many things, without having to go there -- that is, to criticize his own country in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands of foreign citizens. Did he think he needed to earn their votes? I honestly...

Economic newscaster Larry Kudlow refers to the last twenty-five years of economic prosperity as the “greatest story never told.” He’s dead-on right on this one. America, and the entire world for that matter, have witnessed in the previous 25 years the greatest period of prosperity in human history. The result of this has been that more wealth and upgraded quality of life has been created during this period than at any time in recorded history. Where has this story been on the nightly news or on the editorial pages of our newspapers? A major reason for this tremendous prosperity over...

A stray cat had kittens in our yard. My wife attempted to barricade the kittens in a contained area to protect them from predators. Short of caging them, this proved impossible. The rambunctious kittens escaped my wife's protection to explore, wrestle and play. With every fall, their climbing skills improved. Mama cat taught “gecko catching 101”. Soon the kittens were supplementing their breast milk with gecko snacks. Had my wife been successful in her intrusive attempts to protect them, the kittens' growth would have been stunted leaving them ill equipped to survive. The kittens scenario illustrates the superiority and compassion...

A note from Radarsite: Why do so many Jews vote Democratic? Recently, in response to Gary Fouse's explosive reports on antisemitism at UC Irvine, and some other related articles, this question came up. And it is a good one. Why are so many American Jews so avowedly left-wing, even at the expense of supporting Israel? How can this be? How can American Jews align themselves with the pro-Arab, anti-Israel, Muslim-appeasing left? How could American Jews be so heavily involved in anti-American organizations like the outrageous ACLU? How did this happen? While I certainly do not pretend to have any...

Of all the themes that recur in this column, one fills my inbox with angry e-mails like no other. It is the notion that you can and should take control of your own life and your economic destiny. It’s my deeply held conviction that if you learn how to do the right things and make good decisions, you will never need to participate in any “recession.” People hate this. Every time I say it, I get barraged with indignant feedback from people who tell me I don’t understand how tough it is. This was never more true than after my...

Psalm 108:1 O Lord, my Heart is Ready to Praise You. I will Sing and Rejoice Before You!

"A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections."

I don’t care whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent; all I know is that you are an American in heart and mind, even though, you may be like me, born of mixed heritage from immigrant families who escaped foreign shores to build lives here in this new land. You are still a product of this great melting pot of Americanism. Yes, my skin is olive and I am now an old geezer left over from WWII, where I served in the South Pacific, but sometimes age combined with many life experiences wakes us up, having given us some...

Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:5-10)

A PRAYER FOR OUR NATION Published July 19th, 2008 Dear God, We supplicate ourselves before You in this time of strife and indecision and confusion in our land. We pray You see fit to save our nation which has achieved so very much and which has struggled so very hard and which has endeavored to share our God-given bounty with the world. We have not been perfect in all we have done and tried to do but we have done our very best. We are now beset by forces antithetical to Your commands and we are in mortal danger of...

Site pulls slogan after controversy Committeeman linked Obama to O.J. Simpson By David Maccar; Editor A Pemberton GOP committeeman came under heavy scrutiny last week after it was discovered he posted a slogan linking presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama to O.J. Simpson on what was called "The Official Website of the Pemberton Township Republicans."The slogan, "Obama Loves America like O.J. Loved Nicole," referring to retired NFL star and his late ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, was denounced by many as racist. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murder of Brown and her boyfriend Ronald Goldman in 1994, but was...

This now available from the U.S. State Department: "2009 Mosques of America Wall Calendar: Limited Edition for Ramadan." "Yep, you read that correctly. It's 'perfect for Muslim outreach efforts," according to a commentary at the Gates of Vienna blog. "Where's the ACLU on this one?" Screen capture of State Department's offering of "Mosques of America" calendar The product was being advertised by "Global Publishing Solutions," a division of the U.S. State Department, until bloggers started talking about it. Officials then apparently hid the page behind the security of a password-protected wall. However, the page is still viewable in a Google...

This now available from the U.S. State Department: "2009 Mosques of America Wall Calendar: Limited Edition for Ramadan." "Yep, you read that correctly. It's 'perfect for Muslim outreach efforts," according to a commentary at the Gates of Vienna blog. "Where's the ACLU on this one?" The product was being advertised by "Global Publishing Solutions," a division of the U.S. State Department, until bloggers started talking about the product. Officials then apparently hid the page behind the security of a password-protected wall. However, a number of sources said the "offering" still was available in a Google cache of the website. According...

You see, the problem with holding a particular ideology is that, unless you’re a total recluse, someone in your inner circle will eventually reveal your intentions (albeit, unintentionally). There has been a lot of scrambling behind the scenes then in public to try and cover up the mess Michelle Obama made when she declared, “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback." She made this statement in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Later the same day in Madison Wisconsin, she said, “For the first time in my...

...I then added that Pomerania had been historically disputed in all sort of wars, but that now, as the rest of Europe, was finally at peace. Instinctively realizing that this latter observation was the perfect leader of a thread for a nice political conversation, I quickly added that such current status of peace in Europe, and, relatively, in most of the world, was the result of America having become the most powerful nation on Earth ever. Bedazzled by my assertion, more in sheer disbelief than in amazement, he bluntly asked me why it was so. I rapidly quipped that wise...