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Posted at 12:54pm on Jul. 4, 2008 The Pursuit of Happiness; Our Most Important Right

By Blue Collar Muse

Near the beginning of The Declaration of Independence, these words appear.

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. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

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Posted at 12:06pm on Jul. 4, 2008 Will God continue to bless America?

By Sandra Lea Wise

I heard the following sermon in Church last Sunday in light of the birthday of our Independence today.

Why has God blessed America?

1) Our Nation was founded on the freedom to express the Christian faith. The Mayflower Compact was the first document written. The common purpose of the document was “the advancement of the Christian faith” and God is mentioned four times.

2) Our founding fathers acknowledged God’s authority over us. The Declaration of Independence says our rights come from God. Washington added “so help me God” to the oath of office.

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Posted at 10:34pm on Jul. 3, 2008 Happy Independence Day.

The Glorious Fourth.

By Moe Lane

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

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Posted at 4:35pm on Jul. 2, 2008 Media Bias and Discrimination Against Christian Teacher

By blueray

Many of you may be familiar with the recent story about a teacher who was fired for burning a cross on the arm of one of his students.

I found it a little hard to believe and suspected the reporters were not reporting the whole truth. To my great surprise, I discovered I was correct.

The independent investigation into the matter (15 pages) is Here

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Posted at 11:26pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Hoo boy. California just might Legalize It. (The other It)

By birdmojo

So I was clicking around, as is my nighttime wont, and stumbled across this (watch out, salty language). It's a report about an initiative coming up in California that does a lot of stuff... first and foremost, it legalizes pot. Not in a "with a note from your doctor and $100, you can buy a bag from a dispensary" kind of way, but in a "if you sell alcohol, you can sell weed" kind of way.

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Posted at 2:50pm on Jul. 1, 2008 Making Patriots

By Bill Dupray

Independence Day approaches and it is clear that, especially in an election year, all politicians must profess to be patriotic. Some are, and some are not. The thing about patriotism is that it is either in you or it isn't. Patriots who have it, can spot it in others. Patriots live, breathe, and exude patriotism because it is part of their fiber. It becomes part of your fiber when you are taught, beginning as a child, that the root of America's greatness is our freedom. You learn that America has freed millions of people from the grip of tyranny and oppression over our long and storied history. You learn that American freedom still serves as a beacon of hope for billions of people around the world. And while some people may not be proud of our country, Patriots are proud.

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Posted at 8:06am on Jul. 1, 2008 Patriotism- Darwinist vs. Originalist

By Tim Schieferecke

Yesterday when Senator Obama went to Independence, Kansas to talk about patriotism, it got me thinking. Now, I imagine there's about 300 million different exact versions of what it means to be a "patriot" in this country. From where I'm standing though, I reckon these 300 million versions can be classified down to two distinct groups, Originalist Patriots and Darwinist Patriots.

An Originalist Patriot is one that believes in the original meaning of our Constitution. An Originalist Patriot is one that jealously guards the God given rights layed down in that precious original document. An Originalist Patriot is one that puts no other document before the Constitution in deciding ANYTHING. When it comes to any sort of "change" in the fundamental meanings layed down therein, an Originalist Patriot demands the change be difficult to accomplish and never knee-jerked into existence.

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Posted at 4:17pm on Jun. 30, 2008 The conservative messages of Wall-E

By Dave in Fla

*Spoiler Alert*

After the weekend discussion of Wall-E’s liberal/environmental messages, I wanted to expand on a point I made that the movie also contains a number of conservative themes that have been missed by the immediate negative reaction to the environmental themes. I am not going to discuss (or defend) the strong environmental message of the movie. It is what it is. I’m also not going to discuss (or defend) the technical inconsistencies of the movie (e.g. where does their food come from? Why does the probe ship travel to the Axiom in real-space while the Axiom uses hyperdrive to return to Earth). I’m only pointing out conservative themes to balance people’s reactions.

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Posted at 1:10am on Jun. 29, 2008 WALL-E: Marxist Philosophy and Environmental Theology Writ Large "For The Children!"

By aceintx

So today was Daddy Day with my boys and I decided we were going to have a wonderful time at the movies with the most important people in my life aside from my wife and my Lord. I thought watching a movie the boys have begged me for months to go see would be an absolute joy. This is only the second movie we've ever gone to at the theater, so I've usually had the benefit of having heard from those who have seen the movies before I go, or rent them and can steer away from the more objectionable ones. “But hey”, I thought, This is a G-rated Movie, created by Pixar and distributed by Disney. I know to be careful with Disney movies because I've seen propaganda passed off as entertainment by them before, but this is a Pixar movie. After all, they made Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Cars, The Incredibles, and so many good clean family movies and I've only found them to slip a left wing dig in on a few occasions so I'm thinking...”Hey...Why worry about it. The Boys want to see it so bad they can taste it. I'll be their hero for the day. It's Pixar and they've got great graphics which I really enjoy because I'm a techno geek at heart and the graphics from the trailers looked incredible beyond belief. So...Why worry.”

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Posted at 5:58pm on Jun. 28, 2008 What kind of a world are we living in when....

By Jeff Emanuel

...God-fearing homosexuals can't even have a parade in which they dress provocatively (to say the least) and demand that the public watch their lewd sexual acts and displays that would be illegal for heterosexuals to commit in public, without the worry of people actually protesting it?

I mean, Jeez.

The first two paragraphs of the AFP story read:

Tens of thousands joined gay pride marches across Europe on Saturday but homophobics spoiled the party in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria where scores were arrested for disrupting events.

Czech security forces were forced to intervene after right-wing extremists moved in on a parade in the country's second city Brno, leading to 15 arrests as tear gas was thrown, police said.

Not spinning a narrative there, now, are we?

Read on.

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Posted at 12:51am on Jun. 24, 2008 "We're All Doomed!!!!!!!!"

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Actually, no we are not.

Posted at 6:44pm on Jun. 23, 2008 A Good Example for GWB to Follow...

By mbecker908

HT to Powerline

Encounter Books is a publisher of conservative books. As with all publishers, they send their new offerings to the various prominent news outlets who do book reviews. Note the snippet from the announcement Encounter published today [note: at the time this blog was published there seems to be a problem with the specific link to the announcement, thus I've provided a link to their homepage.]...

I have long been aghast at The New York Times’s treatment of conservative books. By and large, it oscillates between utter neglect and ostentatious contempt. This is frustrating for authors, who have been taught that a review in the Times is the literary, or at least the commercial, equivalent of entry into the Promised Land.

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Posted at 5:30pm on Jun. 23, 2008 Don Imus -- "What Color Is He?"

By David Hinz

Don Imus ended his radio career today with another stupid comment.

In December, when he returned to the radio after an eight month hiatus, he told his audience:

“I will never say anything in my lifetime that will make any of these young women at Rutgers regret or feel foolish that they accepted my apology and forgave me,” Mr. Imus told an audience that was listening in person at Town Hall in midtown Manhattan, and at home and in their cars on WABC-AM, his new radio home. “And no one else will say anything on my program that will make anyone think I did not deserve a second chance.”

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Posted at 12:18pm on Jun. 22, 2008 Teachers Unions Succeed in Ending Scholarships

By Warner Todd Huston

One would assume that everyone wants to see that our kids get the best education possible. I mean, who could possibly be against kids getting the best opportunities? Well, apparently the one entity that you'd expect to really care about kids is the one standing in the way of their education: teachers. Sadly, it is obvious that teachers as a group don't care a whit about kids, at least as far as their union is concerned.

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