The Patriot Post Digest The Foundation “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee… [Read more…]
By Alan Caruba ~ The late Israeli scholar and diplomat, Abba Eban, (1915-2002) said, “History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” Similarly, Winston Churchill said, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they have tried everything else.” In Churchill’s case, he was… [Read more…]
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By Ken Shepherd ~ Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think Yogi Bear lived in squalor in an urban park picking fights with the cops, urinating in public, and vexing local coffee shop owners and patrons. But Washington Post Metro columnist Robert McCartney today romanticized the average Occupy DC squatter as reminiscent of… [Read more…]
By Andrew Bolt ~ So this is what reconciliation looks like on Australia Day, after so many concessions over so many useless years. Reconciliation means Prime Minister Julia Gillard being trapped by furious Aboriginal protesters inside a Canberra building yesterday for half an hour. It means Gillard and guests at the Australia Day function being… [Read more…]
By Mark Alexander AKA, ‘State of the Campaign’ “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” –Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States On Tuesday,… [Read more…]
By Alan Caruba ~ It seems like a bizarre notion, but does Barack Obama want to lose the election in November? I think he does! One is struck by the way Obama has visibly aged in the job. He may well have grown weary being POTUS. By any rational standard, one would say he wants… [Read more…]
By Nicolas Loris ~ The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is a program designed to fund high-risk, high-reward projects that the private sector would not embark upon on its own. ARPA-E has as its mission reducing energy imports, increasing energy efficiency, and reducing energy-related emissions, including greenhouse gases. The program is… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
by TonyfromOz
January the 26th is set aside every year here in Australia as the day we celebrate the founding of Australia. This was the day when Captain Arthur Phillip first claimed this vast Continent in the Southern Hemisphere as an English Colony on the 26th January 1788. Years earlier, Captain James Cook had discovered the Eastern… [Read more…]
By Andrew Bolt ~ Julia Gillard claimed her carbon tax was not putting us ahead of other countries and the United States was taking “similar steps”: The fact sheets show the Gillard Labor Government’s move to put a price on carbon follows similar steps in many countries, with others planning or in the process of… [Read more…]
The Patriot Post Chronicle The Foundation “Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” –Benjamin Franklin The Demo-gogues To sum up the SOTU: “I went … I know … My … My … I took office … I’m president … I will work … I intend … I… [Read more…]
By Tom Blumer ~ I guess what follows shouldn’t be a total surprise, given that the Obama administration was perfectly comfortable ruining hundreds of thousands of perfectly good cars during the Cash For Clunkers program in 2009. The video which follows from CBS News in San Francisco last Thursday (full transcript here) tells viewers what… [Read more…]
By Amil Imani ~ For many years, Amil Imani has stood against the brutal and patently evil onslaught of Islam which continues to attack the population of his former country Iran—and now the world. Early on, Amil realized the inherent dangers associated with Islam. He and his family were able to flee the country after… [Read more…]
Topics in today’s show: – Obama goes to Disney World. – Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina Primary. – Sarah Palin says that she would have voted for Newt Gingrich if she lived in South Carolina. – NBC finishes at 8th place in TV ratings, behind several cable channels. – More news about the Italian cruise… [Read more…]
By Alan Caruba ~ It’s a comment I hear all the time these days. “The voters are stupid.” I am not sure that those saying it mean literally that the voters have a low level of intellect or academic achievement, but rather that they mean voters seem prone to making their choices based more on… [Read more…]
By Andrew Bolt ~ Well, this news in Queensland is a surprise to some warmists: DOZENS of people have been evacuated from their homes, hundreds of streets closed and Australia Day celebrations cancelled as drenching rain continues to fall across the state. Conditions are expected to worsen with creeks already breaking their banks, sending floodwaters… [Read more…]
Obama’s Magic Kingdom
By Alan Caruba ~ Conservative commentators read what liberals have to say if only to get a glimpse into their current memes on various topics. It is always daunting because one cannot do this without coming away convinced that they are lunatics, devoid of any sense of history or reality, both of which they routinely… [Read more…]
By Gadi Adelman ~ What would have been the largest-scale war games in the two countries’ military cooperation history with thousands of U.S. and Israeli Army servicemen, dozens of ships and deck-based aircraft, was called off on January 15th. The ‘Austere Challenge 2012’ was more than just war games. Aside from its size and importance… [Read more…]
By Mike Brownfield ~ “If you build it, they will come,” an ominous voice called out to Kevin Costner’s character, Ray Kinsella, in the movie Field of Dreams. For Kinsella, the “it” was a baseball field in the middle of a farm in Iowa—and despite all the naysayers, the starry-eyed young father put his family’s… [Read more…]
By Andrew Bolt ~ The ABC mentioned here is the Australian National broadcasting network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which has no association with the ABC Network in the U.S…..TonyfromOz. Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman shows his former employees how to spot a green fraud and give it the treatment it so richly deserves: Even before… [Read more…]
The Patriot Post Brief The Foundation “Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” –George Washington Political Futures “Newt Gingrich won South Carolina. Big. If you had bet me Monday morning you would own my house, my car and my cat. I thought Romney had a lock… [Read more…]
By Alan Caruba ~ One could make a very long list of reasons why Barack Obama will lose in the November election. Here’s a short list why Obama has already worn out his welcome among the majority of Americans, including some of those who formerly supported him. As Obama delivers his State of the Union… [Read more…]
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January 27, 2012
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