Posted here for 6-23-08

"It is calculated that agricultural productivity has increased by about 20 percent worldwide just because of the extra CO2 we put in the atmosphere. [. . .] Carbon dioxide is necessary for life on earth. The more we emit, the faster the vegetation grows and the faster it is removed from the atmosphere."
-- Said by Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama, formerly the senior scientist for climate studies at NASA, and author of Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians, and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor, in "My Conversation with Roy W. Spencer," The Limbaugh Letter, June 2008, page 9. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"[Climate modelers] have led us to believe that they have proof that warming is manmade. But there has never been a single scientific paper published which has ruled out natural climate variability for most of our warming. [. . .] None of the models include the effect of sunspot cycles, because they don't know what to model."
-- Said by Roy W. Spencer, principal research scientist at the University of Alabama, formerly the senior scientist for climate studies at NASA, and author of Climate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians, and Misguided Policies that Hurt the Poor, in "My Conversation with Roy W. Spencer," The Limbaugh Letter, June 2008, page 7. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"'Professional angry person Keith Olbermann favors tax-and-spend liberals, but he didn't pay his own taxes,' according to the New York Post's Page Six gossip column, which cited a website. OlbermannWatch.com reports that New York state has issued a tax warrant or judgment against the MSNBC host for $2,269.50 in back taxes owed by his personal corporation, Olbermann Broadcasting Empire Inc."
-- "Olbermann's Taxes," Inside Politics, compiled by Greg Pierce, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 9, 2008, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Charles Allen, the Department of Homeland Security's senior intelligence official, said last week that American officials should stop calling the conflict a 'war on terror.' Why? Because it offends Muslims."
-- "War on Terror Ends?" by Robert Spencer, Human Events, June 9, 2008, page 14. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.

"When the next president takes office in January, he or she will likely receive an intelligence brief warning that Islamic terrorists will attempt to exploit the transition in power by planning an attack on America, intelligence experts say. After all, that is what happened to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush at a time when their national security teams and their counterterrorism plans were in flux."
-- "Terror Attack Expected after Vote," by Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 2, 2008, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"In the 1970s and 1980s environmental extremists used lawsuits to prevent the Army Corps of Engineers from reinforcing the levies protecting New Orleans. After 1,200 residents of New Orleans died needlessly in the wake of the levies failing, environmentalists skulked away from their deadly policy and quietly dropped their opposition to the proper rebuilding of the levies."
-- The American Sentinel, June 2008, page 7. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.

Posted here for 6-16-08

"Experts on international law say that [President] Bush can be arrested and tried for war crimes any time he steps off U.S. soil."
-- "Top-Level Torture," by Becky Akers, The New American, June 9, 2008, page 25. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Internet giant Google is far from non-partisan when it comes to political contributions -- 93 percent of the $141,000 donated by the company's more than 19,000 employees has gone to Democrats this year, according to the Federal Election Commission. The firm has also established a $90 million foundation to fund causes widely seen as liberal, the Los Angeles Times reported. These include programs involving climate change and global public health."
-- "Insider Report from Newsmax.com," by NewsMax.com (received via e-mail).

"The San Diego branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is no longer 'American' -- if it ever really was. The far left group, whose national parent organization was founded by Communist sympathizers in 1920, signed a deal with Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights to join forces against U.S. attempts to guard the border with Mexico. Under the agreement, the two groups will 'explore legal actions' to challenge the government's border enforcement operations against drug gangs and human traffickers in the San Diego area."
-- "Mexico and ACLU Join Hands," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, June 2008, page 4. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"British Airways has decided to eliminate beef from its in-flight menu for economy passengers to avoid offending Hindus. [. . .] A spokesman for the English Beef and Lamb Association said it was 'regrettable that Britain's flag carrier is not proposing to serve Britain's national dish."
-- "Bye, Bye British Symbolism," World Watch, Middle America News, June 2008, page 4. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Edolphus Towns have introduced legislation that would force the makers of hybrid cars to equip the quiet-running autos with devices to make noise -- so blind pedestrians can supposedly hear them."
-- "Stupid Political Tricks," Capitol Offenses, by Elizabeth Howard, Middle America News, June 2008, page 12. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Hillary Clinton has asked for almost $2.3 billion in earmarks in the FY 2009 budget -- nearly three times as much as any other senator; she received $342 million in pork last year."
-- "One-Liners," Capitol Offenses, by Elizabeth Howard, Middle America News, June 2008, page 12. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 6-9-08

"While Hillary Clinton battles Barack Obama on the campaign trail, a judge in Los Angeles is quietly preparing to set a trial date in a $17 million fraud suit that aims to expose an alleged culture of widespread corruption by the Clintons and the Democratic Party. [. . .] [The plaintiff] hopes for a trial in October."
-- "Clintons to Face Fraud Trial," by Art Moore, Whistleblower magazine, May 2008, page 13. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"A New York Post survey of readers sampling nearly 20,000 people toward the end of Bill Clinton's second term (fall of 1999) ranked Clinton second only to Adolf Hitler as the most evil person of the millennium. Hitler received 8.67 percent, or 1.664 votes, and Clinton received 8.47 percent, or 1,625, placing him well above mass-murdering Soviet leader Josef Stalin, who got 6.69 percent, or 1,284 votes. What made Clinton's appearance on the survey more astonishing is the fact that respondents had to write his name in, while Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Dr. Josef Mengele and others were listed on the survey. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton came in sixth on the survey, with 3.99 percent and 765 votes -- all write-ins."
-- "Hitler, Stalin . . . and Clinton?" Whistleblower magazine, May 2008, page 20. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"David Ley, a professor of geography at the University of British Columbia, says Canada does a better job of assimilating its immigrants than other countries because it does not make them become Canadian." [????]
-- "More and More Visible," O Tempora, O Mores! American Renaissance, May 2008, page 16. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.

"Did you know that Dear Abby supports same-sex marriage? [. . .] Abby almost never finds adultery wrong. Only once in 365 columns in 2007 did Abby flatly state adultery was wong. Abby fails to tell sexually active teens to stop having sex. Abby's focus is not on abstinence but rather on protection from pregnancy and STDs. Even for 12-year-olds. Homosexuality is perfectly okay to Abby. Last October, Abby announced her support for same-sex 'marriage.'"
-- "Latest CMI Special Reports Expose Dear Abby's Sexual Permissiveness and Liberal Media Promotion of Atheism," by Culture and Media Institute, Watchdog, May 2008, page 6. Address: Media Research Center, 325 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. Phone: 800-672-1423. Website.

Posted here for 6-2-08

"Tuberculosis cases are rising dramatically in Northern California, up 10 percent in nine Bay Area counties [. . . .] The Bay Area is a destination for immigrants from Asia, where tuberculosis is endemic. With 17.7 cases per 100,000 in its population, San Francisco has one of the highest per capita TB rates in North America."
-- "Importing and Spreading TB," Middle America News, May 2008, page 10. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"[S]ince the triple fence was finished [along a 1.5-mile stretch in San Luis] in October, there has been a 72 percent decline in illegal migrant apprehensions in the 120-mile swath of the U.S.-Mexican border known as the Yuma sector. Eight hundred people used to be apprehended trying to cross the border here every day. Now, agents catch about 50."
-- "'This Wall Works'," by Daniel B. Wood, NewsMax (the magazine), June 2008, pages 30-31. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer [. . .] was linked to a prostitution ring in part due to a tip that came not from his political enemies, but rather from his own financial-service providers. They detected suspicious wire transfers and notified investigators in compliance with current federal guidelines."
-- "Banking's New Spies," by Santiago Fittipaldi, NewsMax (the magazine), June 2008, page 32. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"[A reporter from one of the networks said,] 'The media love Obama. If you want to do a critical story about him, you are considered by the network to be biased.' [. . .] If the media had picked up the stories on [Reverend Jeremiah] Wright earlier, Obama very likely would have come out behind Hillary in the primaries."
-- "The Media's Embrace of Candidate Obama," by Ronald Kessler, NewsMax (the magazine), June 2008, page 38. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

Posted here for 5-26-08

"Cape Cod Today [. . .] published photos from an anonymous tipster of Teddy [Kennedy] dumping diesel off his racing yacht, "Mya," into the Sound's pristine waters. When told by the photographer that the diesel was polluting nearby shellfish beds and swimming waters, a Kennedy crewmember replied, 'Whatever.'"
-- "Nan-Chuckit Sound," NewsDigest, The Limbaugh Letter, May 2008, page 5. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"The number of voters who consider themselves Republicans is now at its lowest point in three years, according to a just-completed nationwide Rasmussen Poll."
-- "GOP Down," Capital Briefs, Human Events, May 12, 2008, page 4. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.

"Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has called for a national holiday for Cesar Chavez, the Hispanic agricultural union organizer."
-- "Another Holiday," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, May 2008, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group's official charter -- which calls for the murder of Jews -- to America's Declaration of Independence. The Hamas piece was published on the 'Pastor's Page' of the Trinity United Church of Christ [. . . .]"
-- "Senator's Church Published Hamas Terror Manifesto," by Aaron Klein, Whistleblower magazine, April 2008, page 32. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

Posted here for 5-19-08

Three years ago the British Professional Association of Teachers proposed banning the work "failed" from classrooms so children wouldn't be labeled with that word. The association said "failed" should be replaced with the phrase "deferred success."
-- If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans, by Ann Coulter, 2007, page 150.

"In March, Richard Ellis, vice president of communications for McDonald's USA, joined the board of directors for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). [. . .] On its Web site, the NGLCC gave credit to sponsors such as McDonald's for the financial support that helps in its work."
-- "McDonald's Declares Itself 'Ally' of Gay Group," American Family Association Journal, May 2008, page 3. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.

"Neoconservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife has had a change of heart concerning Hillary Clinton. Scaife, the partial heir of the Mellon family fortune, once was involved in the Barry Goldwater presidential campaign and helped to fund efforts by the American Spectator magazine in the 1990s to expose Bill Clinton's womanizing and abuse of power while governor of Arkansas. But he has decided to throw his support behind Hillary Clinton after a meeting with her in March."
-- "'Funding Father of the Right' Backs Hillary for President," The New American, May 12, 2008, page 9. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"In 1950, at 27.98 percent of the world's population, whites were the single largest population group (if East Asians and South Asians were considered separately). By 2000, whites were just 18.5 percent, behind both East and South Asians. By 2060, whites will be 10 percent of the world population, and will be the only group whose numbers have actually declined. Blacks are surging. In 1950, they were 9 percent of the world population; by 2060 they are projected to be one quarter of the world's 8.5 billion people."
-- "White Decline," O Tempora, O Mores! American Renaissance, May 2008, page 14. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 5-12-08

"A coalition of American Muslim groups is demanding that Sen. John McCain stop using the adjective 'Islamic' to describe terrorists and extremist enemies of the United States."
-- "McCain Asked Not to Say 'Islamic Terrorist'," by Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, April 21, 2008, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"The breakdown of marriage in America costs at least $112 billion a year, owing to expenses associated with health care, criminal justice, welfare and lost income-tax revenue, said a study sponsored by a nonpartisan think tank along with three conservative pro-family groups. 'This study documents for the first time that divorce and unwed childbearing -- besides being bad for children -- are also costing taxpayers a ton of money,' said David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values (IAV), the think tank that co-sponsored the report."
-- "Study Sets Divorce Expense at $112 Billion; Costlier than War," by Cheryl Wetzstein, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, April 21, 2008, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"A Catholic university in Minnesota will not allow a pro-life activist to speak on campus. Two student organizations at the University of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities wanted to bring author Star Parker to campus later this month with funds from the Young America's Foundation (YAF) [. . .] The University's Student Life Committee, composed of students, faculty and staff, declined the proposal."
-- "Catholic Campus Rejects Pro-Life Speaker; YAF 'Control' Worries Panel," by Matthew Cawvey, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, April 21, 2008, page 4. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Mr. [Barack] Obama's campaign on April 17 was forced to reject an unsolicited endorsement by the Islamist terror group Hamas as the candidate worked to reassure leery Jewish voters, and his supporters derided the April 16 debate as unfair."
-- "Obama Hit with Obstacles on Trail; Hamas, Ads Prove Irksome," by Christina Bellantoni and S.A. Miller, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, April 21, 2008, page 22. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 5-5-08

"Stories about the 17% decline among polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay have been everywhere. But this is the type of numbers game that environmentalists play. They pick the highest recent peak, of one specific group, and use that to start talking about extinction. In reality, the decline they talk about is only accurate if you specifically measure it from 1987. If you measure it from 1981 to today, the population has increased by 90%."
-- "Polar Bears [Love] Global Warming," by Stu Burguiere, Fusion, magazine, May 2008, page 14. Address: Mercury Radio Arts, Inc. 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Website.

"Senator [John] Kerry has voted to increase taxes 98 times, and voted against reducing taxes 127 times primarily on the poor and middle class. Senator [Ted] Kennedy has exceeded even that heroic total."
-- "Creating Corruption," by Gregory A. Hession, J.D., The New American, April 28, 2008, page 31. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"According to UN figures, world food prices have risen 65 percent since 2002, and dairy prices alone rose 80 percent in 2007. Yet calls echo from intellectuals to give subsidies for ethanol production and add production-reducing penalties on oil companies."
-- "Guaranteeing Gas Pains," by William P. Hoar, The New American, April 28, 2008, page 42. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"ExxonMobil's profit was about 10 percent of revenues. Chevron and ConocoPhillips had profits below 10 percent of revenue. Those percentages aren't high when compared to other industries. Bank of America operates with an 18-percent profit margin, according to Forbes.com. Berkshire Hathaway has [a] profit margin of 11 percent. AT&T: 11.8 percent, Procter & Gamble: 13.1 percent. [. . .] API notes that 2006 income taxes as a share of net income averaged 40.7 percent for U.S. oil and natural gas companies, compared to 22.1 percent for U.S. manufacturing industries."
-- "Guaranteeing Gas Pains," by William P. Hoar, The New American, April 28, 2008, page 43. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 4-28-08

"[It's estimated that] 70 percent of converts to Islam are women, and that women make up at least 23 percent of the present day suicide bombers."
-- "Female Suicide Bombers: Why They Do It," by Marylou Barry, Whistleblower magazine, March 2008, page 26. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"ABC, NBC and CBS, in their March 24 evening news shows, all neglected to mention that indicted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is a Democrat [. . .] Looking at the ABC, CBS, NBC morning and evening shows in the days after the most recent scandals broke, Republican Senators David Vitter (July) and Larry Craig (August) were labeled 'Republican' on every show (100 percent). Yet for Democrat Spitzer, four out of five news programs (80 percent) have skipped his party identification."
-- "Double Standard Watch," Inside Politics, compiled by Greg Pierce, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, March 31, 2008, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Teenwire.com, a Planned Parenthood Web site that targets teens, is promoting pornography to young people, according to CNSNews.com. In an apparent effort to reduce STDs and unwanted teen pregnancies, an article on the site titled 'Birth Control Choices for Teens' presents the viewing of salacious images as normal and safer than sex."
-- "Planned Porn," Briefs, NewsMax (the magazine), May 2008, page 11. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"At current rates, America is set to spend $5 trillion over the next 10 years to buy foreign oil [. . .] That's more than $1 billion a day. [. . .] [T]he beneficiaries of this wealth transfer are often the 'bad guy' -- Russia, Iran, and Venezuela."
-- "Declare War on Oil," by Christopher Ruddy, NewsMax (the magazine), May 2008, page 82. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

Posted here for 4-21-08

The porn industry earns more in a single year than Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Apple, Netflix, and Earthlink . . . combined!
-- An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Bafle, 2007, page 30. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10022.

Some estimates suggest it would take perhaps 11 acres of farmland to produce enough ethanol to power a car for a year. To produce enough fuel for every car in America, about 97 percent of our land would have to be corn fields. David Pimentel, professor at Cornell, says close to 1.29 gallons of gasoline are required to produce a single gallon of ethanol.
-- An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Bafle, 2007, page 105. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10022.

According to a survey in England, more and more teachers are not teaching about the Holocaust because they don't want to offend Muslims. Apparently, Holocaust facts conflict with what's taught in many mosques.
-- An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Bafle, 2007, page 154. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10022.

If you're at the U.S. poverty line, you're better off than 85 percent of the rest of the world. The average home of a poor person in America has more square feet than the average home in every European country except Luxembourg.
-- An Inconvenient Book, by Glenn Beck and Kevin Bafle, 2007, page 255. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10022.

Posted here for 4-14-08

"The multiculturalist education sweeping the nation's public school systems is achieving its goal -- which is to turn out students who reflect a multiculturalist worldview rather than an American one. [. . .] A survey of 2,000 high school students from all 50 states found that students think Martin Luther King Jr. is the most famous American, followed by Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony. Benjamin Franklin earned the 4th most famous spot, but fifth was Amelia Earhart, followed by Oprah Winfrey and Marilyn Monroe. [. . .] According to the Census Bureau, the U.S. will be a non-white country in just 40 years."
-- "Believing What They're Told," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, April 2008, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Louis Farrakhan [. . .] believes that blue-eyed white people were created 6,000 years ago by an evil black scientist [. . .]"
-- "The Hope of the World," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, April 2008, page 4. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"To reward kids for opening a savings account, Holland's Fortis Bank used to hand out cute little piggy banks in the likeness of Knorbert, their cute little piggy mascot. But no more. Due to the country's rising Muslim population, the bank dumped Knorbert for fear he might offend those whose religion considers pigs 'unclean'."
-- "Pork Chopped," NewsDigest, The Limbaugh Letter, April 2008, page 4. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"Not long ago, a Zogby poll revealed that three-quarters of American college professors still teach a post-modern worldview that accepts no universal right or wrong. [. . .] Only one-fourth of all professors teach that 'there are clear and uniform standards of right and wrong by which everyone should be judged.'"
-- "Separation of Atheism and State," by Bob Just, Whistleblower magazine, September 2007, page 35. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

Posted here for 4-7-08

"Since 9/11, the FBI, CIA, and the military have rolled up some 5,000 terrorists worldwide -- a headline you will never see in newspapers like The Washington Post or The New York Times. Instead of hailing the efforts to connect the dots, the media demonize those who are trying to protect us and portray the tools that uncover clues to plots as 'spying on innocent Americans.' When a plot is successfully roled up, the media minimize it."
-- "Give Bush & Co. Credit for Preventing Attacks," by Ronald Kessler, NewsMax (the magazine), March 2008, page 34. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"The current temperature is about average for the past 3,000 years. [. . .] Moreover, the temperature, which is going up very slowly, is correlated with the sun's activity, not hydrocarbon use. [. . .] Human [production of CO2] has caused a transient increase during the past century -- from about 0.03 percent to 0.04 percent of atmospheric molecules. Man is producing about 8 gigatons per year, and yet there are 40,000 gigatons in the biosphere and oceans. [. . .] Carbon dioxide has a very short half-time of about seven years in the atmosphere. However, while it is in higher concentration, it is wonderful for us because it makes our plants grow faster, which markedly increases the amounts and diversity of plant and animal life."
-- "Analyzing GLobal-Warming Science," by William F. Jasper, The New American, February 18, 2008, pages 18-19. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Right now the UN claims that they have about 2,500 people involved in this [global warming 'consensus'] and about 600 scientists seriously involved. This is what Al Gore would point to today. [On the other hand, we] have more than 22,000 scientist signers of our global-warming petition who've looked at the issue and concluded essentially the opposite of these United Nations people. [. . .] The only thing our petition demonstrates is that there is no consensus among scientists in support of the UN claims."
-- "Analyzing GLobal-Warming Science," by William F. Jasper, The New American, February 18, 2008, page 19. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Iranian dictator-thug-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered to help monitor the upcoming U.S. vote. 'If the White House officials allow us to be present as an observer in their [2008] Presidential election, we will see whether people in their country are going to vote for them again or not.' he said."
-- "Tag Team," The Limbaugh Letter, January 2008, page 16. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 3-31-08

"Incredibly, in lead stories Monday night about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer being linked to a prostitution ring, neither ABC's 'World News' nor the 'NBC Nightly News' verbally identified Spitzer's political party. [. . .] Last August when news of Larry Craig's arrest broke, both ABC and NBC stressed his GOP affiliation."
-- "Party Secret," Inside Politics, compiled by Greg Pierce, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, March 17, 2008, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Increased fuel efficiency standards are going to cost new car owners. 'We've done the research and it's going to be in the range of $4,000 to $10,000 with an average of about $6,000' per car, General Motor's Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told reporters at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The higher cost is due to new standards that require automakers to meet a fleet-wide average of 35 miles a gallon -- up 40 percent from current standards -- by the year 2020."
-- "Environmental Standards Increase New Car Price by $6,000," Townhall, the magazine, March 2008, page 14. Townhall, 1901 North Moore Street, Suite 701, Arlington, Virginia 22209. Phone: 703-294-6047. Fax: 703-247-1257. Website.

"[T]he odds of a child under 10 being killed by an accident in a swimming pool are about a hundred times greater than the risk of a child being killed in a gun-related accident."
-- "What Are the Anti's Thinking?" by David B. Kopel, America's First Freedom, April 2008, page 53. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.

"The FDA says it's OK to sell meat from cloned animals. [. . .] If you think hamburgers all taste the same, just wait until they all come from the same cow."
-- "Send in the Clones," by Clayton B. Reid, NewsMax (the magazine), April 2008, page 24. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

Posted here for 3-24-08

"[S]cientists in Britain have developed a way to make sperm using female bone marrow. This raises the possibility that women might reproduce amongst themselves one day. Talk about eliminating the middle man! According to The [UK] Daily Mail, researchers found that by manipulating the marrow's adult stem cells (ahem) with certain chemicals and vitamins, they could produce 'early-stage female sperm.'"
-- "Her Sperm," The Limbaugh Letter, March 2008, page 5. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"In January, a Merck and Schering-Plough study found that Vytorin, a combination statin/ezetimibe cholesterol drug, did lower LDL cholesterol risk, yet had no discernible effect on reducing the risk of heart attack. This was stunning news to doctors who had been prescribing the drug for years."
-- "Hiccups: When Medical Advances Go Awry," by Jon VanZile, NewsMax (the magazine), March 2008, page 59. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"After decades of warning us to avoid sun exposure, mainstream medicine has modified its tune. Last year, scientists at the University of California -- San Diego reported this 'sunshine vitamin' could prevent up to half the cases of breast cancer and colorecta1 cancer in the United States. Sunlight spurs the body's production of vitamin D. Numerous studies have shown sensible exposure -- about 10 to 15 minutes a day -- can slash the risk of developing deadly cancers without causing skin cancer."
-- "The Cutting Edge," by David A. Patten, NewsMax (the magazine), March 2008, page 61. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

"Among humane societies across Virginia, the average euthanasia rate was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA, by contrast, killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in."
-- "Monks Poached by PETA," by Marshall Lewin, America's First Freedom, April 2008, page 47. Address: National Rifle Association of America, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-9400. Phone: 703-267-1000. Website.

Posted here for 3-17-08

"In a report befitting a country that wants to die through immigration and multiculturalism, a leading educational body in Britain is recommending that patriotic sentiments should not be encouraged in school students. Scholars at the Institute of Education said teachers should not try to instill pride in British history among students because so much of the country's history is actually riddled with shameful episodes." [My guess is that much of the lives of the scholars is actually riddled with shameful episodes.]
-- "Suicide, British-Style," World Watch, Middle America News, March 2008, page 2. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"A new survey of population data largely confirms population projections from the U.S. Census Bureau that show by 2050, the U.S. will be a non-white country."
-- "Non-Whites a Majority in 40 Years," Middle America News, March 2008, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Bryant Purvis, 19, faces misdemeanor assault charges after he beat up a schoolmate in Carrollton, Texas. [. . .] Along with fellow Jena Sixer Carwin Jones, Mr. Purvis got a standing ovation at Black Entertainment Television's Hip-Hop Awards last October."
-- "'Jena 6' Update," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, March 2008, page 13. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.

"On Feb. 8, a woman armed with a knife burst into the cockpit of a commercial flight headed from Blenheim, New Zealand, to Christchurch, stabbed both pilots and demanded to be flown to Australia. She claimed to have a bomb and threatened to blow up the plane. The pilots suffered only minor injuries, managed to subdue the woman, and landed the plane safely in Christchurch, where police arrested her. The woman was a Somali Muslim, but a Canadian report referred to her simply as 'a woman,' CNN called her 'a New Zealand woman' who 'was believed to be from Blenheim.'"
-- "Not Fit to Print," O Tempora, O Mores!, American Renaissance, March 2008, page 15. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 3-10-08

"Hallmark sold 85,000 Happy 100th Birthday! cards last year."
-- From an advertisement inviting readers to purchase Allstate Insurance Company retirement plans, as quoted in "QuickQuotes," The New American, February 18, 2008, page 11. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Unbeknownst to most people, the bulk of nuclear waste is recyclable, and the remainder can be safely stored and presents little danger to anyone. [. . .] It seems odd that we are enjoined by 'environmentalists' to recycle paper -- a truly renewable resource -- but be forbidden by government decree to recycle radioactive fuel that is many times more expensive than gold."
-- "Nuclear Waste: Not a Problem," by Ed Hiserodt, The New American, February 18, 2008, pages 12-13. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Nanjing, China, a city of seven million, is poised to become the world's largest producer of Bibles. The irony is lost on no one who understands that China has been one of the world's most repressive nations when it comes to allowing the Christian faith a fair shake in society."
-- "China Leads World in Bible Production," News of Interest, American Family Association Journal, March 2008, page 9. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.

"Sen Hillary Clinton has hired two controversial campaign advisors. Bill Clinton's former national security adviser, Sandy Berger -- convicted of stealing highly classified national security documents from the National Archives -- will now be working with Clinton on foreign policy matters. Also climbing aboard Clinton's machine is her former chief of staff, Maggie Williams. In 1995 Williams accepted a $50,000 check from Chinese agent Johnny Chung for then-President Bill Clinton's re-election effort."
-- "Hillary's New Hires," Briefs, NewsMax (the magazine), March 2008, page 12. Address: Sequoia Digital Corporation, 224 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Website.

Posted here for 3-3-08

"Blacks outpoll whites in support for school vouchers and in opposition to gay marriage and abortion [. . .]"
-- "Can Blacks Be Our Allies?" by Ellison Lodge, American Renaissance, February 2008, page 13. Address: PO Box 527, Oakton, Virginia 22124. E-mail. Website.

"Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-NE, says he likes the idea of Sen. Barack Obama becoming president because he is black and had a Muslim father." [Imagine the reaction if someone said they like the idea of Senator McCain becoming president because he is white and has a Christian father.]
-- "His Name Is His Qualification," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, February 2008, page 3. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Members of the Congressional Black Caucus, which does not admit white people but rails routinely against 'discrimination,' called on Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to grant pardons to Mychal Bell and five other black teens known as the 'Jena 6.' Bell was convicted, and the others are charged in the vicious gang beating of Justin Barker, a white high school student. Barker, who was hit from behind, fell to the ground unconscious and was kicked repeatedly in the head. The Black Caucus does not argue that Bell and the others are innocent. They argue only that they are black and therefore the real victims, and that, as Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, put it in her letter to Blanco, 'they have suffered enough.'"
-- "Free the Thugs," Newsbriefs, Middle America News, February 2008, page 4. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) [placed] a $2 million earmark to benefit a commercial enterprise in an appropriations bill just four days after individuals associated with the firm donated $30,000 to her campaign coffers."
-- "Capitol Offenses," by Elizabeth Howard, Middle America News, February 2008, page 12. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 2-25-08

"[F]or the first time ever, two Hispanic surnames joined the top 10 [common surnames in the U.S.]. 'Garcia' climbed to number 8 from 18 in 2000, while 'Rodriguez' zoomed from number 22 to number 9."
-- The American Sentinel, January 2008, page 9. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.

"The Fed is now expanding the total supply of money and credit at an historically high rate of over 15%, creating inflationary pressures which are not acknowledged in misleading government statistics."
-- The American Sentinel, February 2008, page 7. Address: American Lantern Press, Incorporated, 101 Washington Street, Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Phone: 540-371-1807. E-mail.

"Australian doctors removed life support from 29-year-old Paulo Melo despite the fact that the auto accident victim was trying to speak and was responding to his family. The family was denied a court injunction to save Melo's life. Pro-life activist Janet Folger of Faith 2 Action said the case gives evidence of the trend toward more commonplace euthanasia. [. . .] And doctors say, 'Hey, his life is futile, so we're going to remove the care he needs.' In this case, everybody wanted this young man to live except the doctors."
-- "Euthanasia Becoming More Common Practice," American Family Association Journal, February 2008, page 7. Address: PO Drawer 2440, Tupelo, Mississippi 38803. Phone: 662-844-5036. Website.

"[A] study by Harvard University and the Project for Excellence in Journalism [. . .] finds that 49 percent of all stories so far this campaign season center around Democratic candidates, while just 31 percent involve Republican candidates. Mrs. Clinton, furthermore, drew nearly twice as much press coverage as any Republican nominee, which leads [Rep. Lamar] Smith to think that the press is trying to 'influence elections.'"
-- "Believe It," Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 28, 2008, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 2-18-08

"When Alex Salmond, Scotland's new First Minister, was elected last May, he scorned the national slogan put in place by the old First Minister: 'The best small country in the world.' So Scottish tourism officials were tasked to come up with a replacement motto. [. . .] Well, after six months and 125,000 [pounds, about $254,000] of taxpayer money, the country has its new slogan. [. . .] 'Welcome to Scotland.'"
-- "Great Scot," News Digest, The Limbaugh Letter, January 2008, page 5. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"Add up the total box office numbers for "Redacted," "Rendition," "In the Valley of Elah," and "Lion for Lambs" as we go to press, and you get a paltry $31.8 million -- less than "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" made in its opening weekend ($32 million)."
-- "Hollywood Lays an Egg," The Limbaugh Letter, January 2008, page 14. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"Al Gore says the scientific debate about global warming is over. His movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," has terrified millions of Americans into supporting potentially disastrous government actions. But CEI [Competitive Enterprise Institute] researchers have found that nearly every significant statement Gore makes regarding climate science and climate policy is either one sided, misleading, exaggerated, speculative, or wrong."
-- Stated in a solicitation letter by Fred L. Smith, Jr., The Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1513 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1480. Phone: 202-483-6900, or 800-459-3950. E-mail. Website.

"Videotapes of debates and speeches [. . .] show that Mr. [Barack] Obama took positions during his Senate campaign on nearly a half-dozen issues ranging from the Cuba embargo to health care for illegal aliens that conflict with statements that he has made during his run for the White House."
-- "Tapes Show Obama at Odds with Self," by Jen Haberkorn, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, February 4, 2008, page 1. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 2-11-08

"The truth is that Nancy Peolsi, Harry Reid, [Steny H.] Hoyer and the other Democrats [. . .] in the Senate, are far too cunning. They will talk about wanting to end the war and so on, but the truth is that they know they can't do anything about it, and it suites them as they can blame the Republicans for the war in the upcoming elections. But the ugly truth is that we can't stop the war now. We are responsible for Iraq now. We have crushed it, so now we own it."
-- "'Scared' Intellectuals?" Culture, etc., quoting Harold BLoom, interviewed January 15, 2008 by Eva Sohlman, at AlterNet.org, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 21, 2008, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"The nation's first openly gay Episcopal bishop told a crowd of about 200 that come June he's marching down the aisle with his longtime male partner Mark Andrew. 'I always wanted to be a June bride,' said Bishop Gene Robinson at a talk on Nov. 27 at Nova Southeastern University."
-- "June Bride," Culture, etc., quoting Priscilla Greear in "Gay Episcopal Bishop Prepares for June Wedding," posted December 4, 2008 on Edgemiami.com, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, December 24, 2007, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Stalin was both fascinated and infuriated by John Wayne; the American actor's anti-communism so disturbed Uncle Joe that, according to Orson Welles, he once sent the KGB to California to assassinate him. Leonid Brezhnev, meanwhile, had a crush on Chuck Connors, [. . .] who starred in a 1960s TV series, 'The Rifleman.'"
-- "East-Bloc Cowboys," Culture, etc., quoting Lucy Ash, writing on "Wild, Wild East," in the December 3, 2007 issue of the New Statesman, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, December 24, 2007, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Last month [November 2007], researchers from the JFA Institute -- a George Soros funded group of libs -- announced that keeping people in jail comes at great cost to society. JFA President James Austin asserts: 'There is no evidence that keeping people in prison longer makes us any safer.'"
-- "Liberal Failures," by Rush Limbaugh, The Limbaugh Letter, December 2007, page 14. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"Portion of the U.S. population that has lived only under presidents named Bush and Clinton: one-quarter."
-- "The Dynasty," Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, from Harper's Index, January 2008, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 7, 2008, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 2-4-08

"A [Gallup Poll] survey last fall showed that 43 percent of Americans call themselves Democrats while only 30 percent called themselves Republicans. By contrast, only 23 percent of the voters called themselves liberals, while 39 percent said they were conservatives."
-- "Losing Label," Matthew Vadum and James Dillinger, writing on "Billionaires for Big Government," in the January issue of Foundation Watch, as quoted in Culture, etc., Culture, etc., The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 21, 2008, page 28. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Kid's books are the latest targets of British nanny-scare nonsense. A new children's book illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner originally featured a dragon sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows with flames from his nostrils. Gardiner told The [UK] Telegraph that the British publisher made her change the scene because 'it looks dangerous and goes against health and safety.' Gardiner says the publishers have nixed youngsters walking alone in one novel and removed sharp objects in another; she also had to get rid of ladders."
-- "Banned in England," News Digest, The Limbaugh Letter, January 2008, page 4. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"Now you can be an environmentalist wacko even after you're dead. The Los Angeles Times reports on the 'green burial movement' -- 'kicked off,' as the paper indelicately puts it, by the Ramsey Creek cemetery in rural South Carolina, operated by Memorial Ecosystsems, Inc. Their policy is: 'No embalming, no vault, and you have to use a biodegradable casket if you use one at all,' according to Memorial's vice president, Kimberley Campbell. The dearly deported are commonly 'slipped into the earth without a casket or even a shroud.' [. . .] Eco-burial outfit Forever Enterprises of San francisco doesn't even allow grave markers. 'We issue the family a Google map with the GPS coordinates,' explains Forever's Jay Boileau."
-- "Sod Off," News Digest, The Limbaugh Letter, January 2008, page 5. Address: 1270 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10020. Show phone: 800-282-2882. Fax: 212-445-3963. E-mail. Website.

"John Edwards said Dec. 18 that if elected president, he would try to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, signed in 1996 by President Clinton, and do away with the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. military."
-- "Edwards Would Repeal 'Discriminatory' Laws Protecting Marriage," by Joseph Curl, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, December 24, 2007, page 3. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 1-28-08

"Imagine if Mitt Romney's church proclaimed on its Web site that it is 'unashamedly white.' So begins an article posted Jan. 7 by best-selling author Ronald Kessler, chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com, who guesses 'the media would pounce, and Romney's presidential candidacy would be over. Yet that is exactly what Barack Obama's church says on its Web site -- except in reverse.' 'We are a congregation which is unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian,' say the Trinity United Church of Christ's Web site in Chicago. 'We are an African people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization."
-- "Black and White," Inside the Beltway, by John McCaslin, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 14, 2008, page 6. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"The ABC program ['Good Morning America'] devoted a lopsided 14 minutes and 56 seconds to breaking down the race between Democrat Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. A scant 31 seconds were given to the competitive Republican race."
-- "One-Sided," Inside Politics, compiled by Greg Pierce, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, January 14, 2008, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.

"Illinois Democratic Sen. barack Obama is the most pro-abortion presidential candidate ever. He is so pro-abortion he refused as an Illinois state senator to support legislation to protect babies who survived late-term abortions because he did not want to concede -- as he explained in a cold-blooded speech on the Illinois senate floor -- that these babies, fully outside their mothers' wombs, with their hearts beating and lungs heaving, were in fact 'persons.'"
-- "Obama Is Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Ever," by Terence P. Jeffrey, Human Events, January 14, 2008, page 5. Address: 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: 202-216-0600. Website.

Posted here for 1-21-08

"A dollar collapse, if and when it occurs, will have been caused by mismanagement of the U.S. economy by presidents and congresses over decades, both Democrats and Republicans alike."
-- "Will the Dollar Collapse in 2008?" by Jerome R. Corsi, Whistleblower magazine, November 2007, page 18. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"A man serving a 20-year sentence for murder has been rebuffed so far in his effort to sue God for breach of contract by failing to protect him from evil and turning him over to Satan who encouraged him to kill. Pavel Mircea, 40, filed his lawsuit in the western Romanian town of Timisoara, charging God with failure to fulfill an agreement Mircea alleged was made at his baptism. 'He was supposed to protect me from all evils and instead he gave me to Satan who encouraged me to kill,' he charged. [. . .] Mircea said that God had accepted his prayers and sacrificial offerings without providing any services in return."
-- "Convict Sues God for Broken Contract," by Whistleblower editors, Whistleblower magazine, September 2007, page 21. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"Some 'dirtbag' in Polk County Florida who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop ended up 'executing' the deputy who stopped him. The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed. A statewide manhunt ensued. The low-life was found hiding in a wooded area with his gun. SWAT team officers fired and hit the guy 68 times. Now here's the kicker: Naturally, the media asked why they shot him 68 times. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, told the Orlando Sentinel: 'That's all the bullets we had!'"
-- From an e-mail dated 1-13-08. Thanks, Brother Charles.

"Parents of students at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic college in Minneapolis, are outraged at the school's decision to require an obscene, anti-Christian book in freshman English classes. [. . .] Their anger is directed at the fact that despite all the books available to use in freshman English classes, the faculty chose one that is not only offensive to Catholics but made it required reading in all English classes."
-- "Squeaky Chalk," by Deborah Lambert, CampusReport, December 2007, page 2. Address: Accuracy in Academia, 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 330, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: 800-787-0429, extension 104. E-mail. Website.

Posted here for 1-14-08

"[Mike] Huckabee, the supposed 'outsider,' has been given the stamp of approval by the ultimate political 'insider' organization: the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). [Among Huckabee's foreign-policy advisors are] Frank Gafney, Richard Haass, and John R. Botton. Two of the three, Haass and Bolton, are members of the CFR. In fact [. . .], Richard Haass is president of the CFR."
-- "Huckabee's Elite Backers," The New American, January 7, 2008, page 6. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"Despite enormous tax subsidies over the past 30 years, green sources [wind and solar] still provide only 0.3 percent of U.S. energy."
-- "Energy for America," by Arthur B. Robinson and Noah E. Robinson, The New American, January 7, 2008, page 21. Published by American Opinion Publishing Incorporated, 770 Westhill Boulevard, Appleton, Wisconsin 54914. Phone: 920-749-3784. Fax: 920-749-3785. E-mail. Website.

"[T]here are more of these books [anti-Christian books] for sale at your local large book store warning against the perils of fervent Christianity than those warning against the perils of fervent Islam. Does anyone seriously think America is more seriously jeopardized by Christian conservatives than by Islamic zealots?"
-- "A Rabbi's Warning to U.S. Christians," by Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Whistleblower magazine, September 2007, page 41. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

"The liberal Christian, the liberal Jew and the liberal secularist all regard the human fetus as morally worthless; regard the man-woman definition of marriage as a form of bigotry; and come close to holding pacifist beliefs [. . .]"
-- "Why Atheist Books Are Bestsellers," by Dennis Prager, Whistleblower magazine, September 2007, page 44. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website.

Posted here for 1-7-08

"The New York Times' daily circulation was down another 4.51 percent to about a million readers a day. The paper's Sunday circulation was down 7.59 percent to about 1.5 million readers. [. . .] (Meanwhile, the Drudge Report has more than 16 million readers every day.)"
-- "NYT: Suicide Manual for Dems," by Ann Coulter, Middle America News, January 2008, page 16. Address: We the People Institute, Incorporated, PO Box 17088, Raleigh, North Carolina 27619. Phone: 919-839-1001. Fax: 919-839-2181. E-mail. Website.

"Would you want your tax money to pay a college professor who offers students extra credit to burn the American flag or U.S. Constitution? Sadly, this was a real assignment given on the first day of class by self-admitted liberal, Paul Grosswiler, at the University of Maine . . ."
-- From a solicitation letter from Morton Blackwell, president, The Leadership Institute, Steven P.J. Wood Building, 1101 North Highland Street, Arlington, Virginia 22201. Phone: 703-247-2000. Fax: 703-247-2001. Website.

"Actress and singer Bette Midler [. . .] said she did not know that she needed a permit to cut more than 230 trees on a vacant parcel of land she owns on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. Midler, who has been on billboards in support of green recycling containers, could pay thousands of dollars in fines for removing the trees and for building a road on land that is zoned for conservation use."
-- "Fame Doesn't Get Past Needed Permits," Resource Roundup, October/November 2007, page 5. Address: PO Box 790, Spearfish, South Dakota 57783. Phone: 970-856-6086. E-mail. Website.

"'In a life marked largely by political caution, one entry on Sen. [Hillary Rodham] Clinton's resume stands out: her clerkship in 1971 at one of America's most radical law firms, Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein,' Josh Gerstein writes in the New York Sun. 'One partner at the firm, Doris Walker, was a Communist Party member at the time. Another partner, Robert Treuhaft, had left the party in 1958, several years after being called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and labeled as one of America's most dangerously subversive lawyers.'"
-- "Radical Past," Inside Politics, compiled by Greg Pierce, The Washington Times National Weekly Edition, December 3, 2007, page 16. Address: 3600 New York Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. E-mail. Website.