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Papers, Please: Activists jokingly demand white bloggers show ID before getting lunch

By idaflo | July 27th, 2010 | View Comments 

No words. The problem isn’t that they try to make a point – it’s that they ALWAYS get the basic facts wrong, thus rendering “the point” as pointless.

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By Chris Moody – The Daily Caller | Published: 1:20 PM 07/24/2010 | Updated: 1:38 PM 07/25/2010

LAS VEGAS, NV — It is well known that you should never stand between a blogger and a free lunch, but at NetRoots Nation, all rules get thrown out the window if you’re doing it for a cause. Read More »

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Liberal journalists suggest government shut down Fox News By Jonathan Strong – The Daily Caller

By idaflo | July 22nd, 2010 | View Comments 

A “must read”.  BTW – How do they fill up a pool of liberal journalists?

Sarah Spitz.

Liberal journalists suggest government shut down Fox News

By Jonathan Strong – The Daily Caller
Obama and FOX

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, stands near Fox News' Major Garrett, left, in the kitchen of the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

(Article linked HERE)

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VIDEO Ingraham: Obama Too Incompetent For Gulf Spill

By idaflo | June 8th, 2010 | View Comments 

Hope for America LogoVIDEO of  Ingraham at THE HOPE FOR AMERICA: Obama Too Incompetent For Gulf Spill

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Lutheran Volunteers in the French Quarter (via Pastor Larry Bean)

By idaflo | June 3rd, 2010 | View Comments 

From Father Hollywood.

Father Hollywood logoI’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the coolest video of Lutherans from Arlington Heights, Illinois eating oysters, hanging out at Cafe du Monde, and listening to A Mighty Fortress played on a glass harp in the French Quarter (after spending a week doing volunteer work) that you will see all day.

Bons temps!


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Open Mic: The Gulf Oil Disaster

By idaflo | June 3rd, 2010 | View Comments 

picture of oil spill muck in the waterFrom “INTERNETMonk” June 2, 2010 by Chaplain Mike

Though I’ve made my opinions clear about “culture war” political machinations, I have also tried to say that Christians should care about public issues.

With that in mind, I’ve been waiting and watching for Christian spokespersons to weigh in about the Deepwater/BP oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico from a Christian perspective. I’ve wondered about the silence of the evangelical community. Perhaps I’ve missed some commentary, I don’t know.

At any rate, today, I found two articles: (continue reading article(s) here)

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Undercover Census Fraud Investigation: Louisiana

By idaflo | June 3rd, 2010 | View Comments 

Shaughn Adeleyeby Shaughn Adeleyeat at “BIGGOVERNMENT.com”

From May 3rd to May 8th of this year, I worked for the United States Census Bureau in Lafayette, Louisiana.  With the aid of a hidden camera, I witnessed and captured evidence of wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars–one systemic failure after another of this a Constitutionally mandated entity during a time of great recession and high unemployment.

The training course consisted of four three-hour days and one eight-hour day. I was paid for a total of 20.75 hours, 3.5 of which I did not work. I was paid with your money, money that was stolen from you….(article continues here)



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Unplugged Christians living off the grid

By idaflo | May 29th, 2010 | View Comments 

CNN picture of man with sheepChurch group “living off the grid”….with an online church. Irony.  Yes, and run by “Brother Gregory” bless his heart,  who has old-school facial hair that screams cult.

I believe folks are drawn to this kind of thing for two reasons: 1) They have been poorly taught that the Christian Church is a set of “Biblical Principles” instead of the place to hear the declaration of “Forgiveness of Sins through Christ and Him crucified” Read More »

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Explaining the Obama National Security Strategy

By idaflo | May 29th, 2010 | View Comments 

The Heritage Foundation sums it up, and it is not pretty.  That being said, it best be known.  No wonder the president is not excited about the free exchange of information on the internet...otherwise known as The New Media.  He doesn’t control it.

Explaining the Obama National Security Strategy

Obama poster with OBEY on it

Yesterday the White House unveiled its national security strategy. It came in basically three parts.

Part One is the “anything but Bush” part. Where the goal is to put as much distance between Obama and Bush – even where there is not a lot space. Renaming the War on Terrorism, the war on al Qaeda is a case in point. Did the Bush administration not know it was fighting al Qaeda? Did Obama stop doing Predator strikes?

Part Two is an overwhelming desire to substitute soft power for hard power. The problem is that soft power – like diplomacy – is not a substitute for hard power.….(article  continues here)

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President Obama’s Terrible, Awful, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

By idaflo | May 25th, 2010 | View Comments 

Posted by Tabitha Hale

Tuesday, May 25th at 2:08PM EDT

There’s no doubt it’s been a rough day (well, week) over at the White House. Let’s recap.

The oil spill in the Gulf has rightly been coined “Obama’s Katrina.” They haven’t done anything, trying to walk the line of making BP pay for their mistakes without actually doing anything yourself. From Jason Meath at BigGovernment.com:  (continue reading here)

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“Democrats and Vote Fraud: On the Road to Rigged Elections” By Scott Swett

By idaflo | May 19th, 2010 | View Comments 

This insight from one of our brilliant friends at The American Thnker:

American Thinker logo - painting of man in thoughtLest we forget, Democrats were not given a mandate in 2008 to nationalize General Motors, the insurance industry, and health care. Most Americans want government to be less expensive, less intrusive, and more accountable. Yet despite the looming prospect of electoral dismemberment in November, the Democrats continue pushing a radical agenda: piling up debt and creating new entitlements, with crushing tax increases inevitably to follow. Why the evident lack of concern?

Perhaps they intend to cheat….(continue reading article here)

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