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Poll: Mississippi Personhood Amendment May Pass
Kate Sheppard at Mother Jones isn’t happy, but good article nonetheless: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/mississippi-personhood-amendment-may-pass-tuesday
Robert Downey, Jr. says ‘Forgive Mel Gibson’
Moving story by Jordan Bloom in The Daily Caller today: The Iron Man has a soft spot for Hollywood pariah Mel Gibson. “Unless you are without sin — and if you are, you are in the wrong fucking industry — you should forgive him and let him work again,” Robert Downey, Jr said of his [...]
My ‘granddaddy’ John Wayne, actor and Catholic convert
By David Kerr Fr. Matthew Muñoz Rome, Italy, Oct 1, 2011 / 12:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- John Wayne, for many, was a Hollywood legend who symbolized true masculinity and American values. To Fr. Matthew Muñoz, though, he was simply “granddaddy.” “When we were little we’d go to his house and we’d simply hang out with [...]
Apology Adds An Epilogue To Kelo Case
Tragedies like this make me wonder how many judges have hearts. This one’s apology just doesn’t cut it. The Final Judgment will be very interesting Supreme Court Justice’s Startling Apology Adds Human Context To Tough Ruling By JEFF BENEDICT The Hartford Courant September 18, 2011 If a state Supreme Court judge approaches a journalist at [...]
Ken Cuccinelli on latest Obamacare ruling
Latest newsletter from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Sept 16, 2011 Dear Fellow Virginians and Americans, As you all probably know, we heard from the Fourth Circuit last week in Virginia’s healthcare lawsuit. The court decided unanimously to throw the case out on standing and not address the merits of our constitutional arguments. However, [...]
Disabled orphan Emmanuel inspires X Factor judges
17-year-old Emmanuel Kelly, born in Iraq and found in a shoebox with his brother, is quite inspiring. I wish he chose a better song than John Lennon’s “Imagine,” but get your tissues anyway – because this is all about love. Emmanuel says he was found by nuns, so I suppose they were Catholic nuns. Thank [...]
Mel Gibson, Joe Eszterhas doing film on Jewish hero Maccabee
Bravo for Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas! This news broke on September 8, the day Catholics celebrate the Saint Mary’s birthday, the Blessed and Jewish Mother of Christ. Gibson and Eszterhas are Catholic… SHOCKER! Mel Gibson And Joe Eszterhas To Collaborate On Film Telling Jewish Hero Judah Maccabee Story For Warner Bros By MIKE FLEMING [...]
9/11: Man in the Red Bandanna
Thanks ESPN for telling this beautiful story about young Welles Crowther. Thank you Welles – may you RIP http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6929979
Labor Day? Phyllis Schlafly on China and the jobs crisis
Candidates Should Be Talking About China by Phyllis Schlafly September 2, 2011 Phyllis Schlafly The media are absorbed with the race for the Republican presidential nomination, commenting on daily fluctuations in the polls, and predicting who will win. But why are they omitting discussion of the elephant in the room — China? When Donald Trump [...]
Money – that’s what we want
Yeah, yeah. Money will be the No. 1 issue for most Americans when we vote in 2012, so this song “Money (That’s What I Want)” came to mind. It was written by Motown founder Berry Gordy with Janie Bradford and Barrett Strong’s recording became a 1959 hit. Twenty years later, the Flying Lizards covered it [...]
Obama losing women, young people, minorities; Expect Hillary Clinton in 2012
President Barack Obama is losing support among women, the young, “people of color” – and even the AFL-CIO dumped him. It seems he has become a liability to the Democratic National Committee (and its allies) and I expect liberal strategists to somehow maneuver Secretary of State Hillary Clinton into the DNC’s 2012 nomination for president. [...]
Bozell Column: Jesus Is Not a Serial Killer
August 13, 2011 This fall, the Showtime movie channel will air its sixth season of “Dexter,” their show glorifying a just serial killer. They recently finished a fourth season of a show called “Californication,” which debuted in 2007 with a dream sequence in which the lead character receives oral sex from a nun in a [...]
Andrew Klavan: Obama ‘Gift From God’ Because He Shows How Left Governs
To interview Andrew Klavan, contact me at anita(at)allenmediastrategies.com Monday, August 08, 2011 By Penny Starr (CNSNews.com) – Barack Obama is a “gift from God” because during his tenure as president he has revealed what happens when a liberal Democrat is in the White House, said author and conservative commentator Andrew Klavan. “Obama in some ways [...]
Move over Gaga: Sade is back
JLo. Beyonce. Gaga. Move over. 52-year-old Sade is back to sing AND dance with class To get this song by Sade and other music, click on any Amazon link to the right ->
Obama stimulus funded ‘guns-to-drug-lords’ plan
I hope and pray American voters remember this in 2012… BELTWAY GUNRUNNERS Obama stimulus funded ‘guns-to-drug-lords’ plan Spending bill gave $10 million of taxpayers’ funding to effort Posted: July 09, 2011 1:00 am Eastern By Michael Carl © 2011 WND Just a day after U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., called for Attorney General Eric Holder’s removal, alleging [...]
