9/11/08 Remember 9/11/01 The attacks on our
country on 9/11/01 seem like a long time
ago, but it is still the pivotal point in modern American history.
Most young people may not remember the events of 9/11 very well, and many kids may have never seen actual footage of the attack on the World Trade Center. The public education system and the liberals in America would rather that 9/11 be forgotten and minimized. They would like the next generation to think of 9/11 as an isolated incident- just 19 guys who got through airport security and hijacked four planes. But the reality is that 9/11 was part of a global war on America and western culture by Islam that had started in the 1970's and was ignored by the world, even ignored by great conservative leaders like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. This war on America by Islamic fundamentalists is going to last for at least the next two generations, so we will keep reminding our citizens of how horrible a price we have paid and will have to pay again if we give up this fight! These two videos serve as a graphic reminder of what happened on 9/11 and should reinforce our determination to never let it happen again. 9/6/08 Young girl killed in "honor killing" by Islamic family members The United
Nations reports that family members kill more than
5,000 women and girls around the world each year via Islamic honor
killings. It is the punishment often meted out to women suspected of
unsanctioned sexual behavior, dating a non-Muslim, or even being the
victim of rape. In a lot of cases, the offense is as simple as dating a
non-Muslim or wearing clothing like t-shirts and jeans. If it is
believed that the action has brought shame on
the family -- an honor killing ensues as a means of negating the shame.
Honor killings are most prevalent in strictly Muslim societies in the
Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. They are now also occurring
within Muslim immigrant communities in the West, including places in
the USA like Texas and Georgia.
DESPAIR among human rights workers in Pakistan over a rash of so-called "honour killings" intensified yesterday when it was disclosed that a girl forced into marriage with a 45-year-old man at the age of nine had been killed by her parents because she asked for an annulment. The girl, 17, who had been fighting a lonely but successful legal battle, was coming out of court in the Punjabi city of Sahiwal after being granted the annulment by a judge when she was surrounded by a group of men and shot in view of police. The death of Saira Nusrat Bibi has added further to concerns among human rights campaigners already outraged over the case of five women - among them three teenage schoolgirls - buried alive in the province of Baluchistan because they wanted to marry men of their choice in defiance of the wishes of tribal leaders. The Baluchistan case was worsened by an attempt by a member of the country's national parliament, senator Israr Ullah Zehri, to defend it, telling colleagues that "these are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them", The Weekend Australian reports. Members of the religious Jamaat-e-Islami party rounded on Senator Zehi, declaring: "We condemn this barbaric act. This is against Islam, against humanity and against civilised culture." Yesterday, the Government bowed to pressure and ordered an inquiry into the killings. read the rest of the article here.... The video report below details
more information about Islamic "honor killing"
8/10/08 Video:
Explanation of the Russian-Georgia crisis7/28/08 Video: Battle Hymn of the Republic The Battle Hymn of the Republic was
written in 1862 by Julia Ward Howe after visiting some of the Union
troops who were camped in Virginia on the Potomac River. She was
inspired by the tune of the song John
Brown's Body, which celebrated the efforts of John Brown, an
anti-slavery activist who led a short but disastrous rebellion to free
the slaves.
7/22/08 Alaska
experiencing cooler summer this yearJulia Ward Howe, a successful poet, penned the words for the Battle Hymn of the Republic the day after her visit with the Union troops and sold the poem to Atlantic Monthly magazine for $5. The song quickly became the most famous and loved song of the Union soldiers and continues to be one of the most prominent hymns in American churches today. The following video is of an elementary school choir and four high school choirs performing this most incredible song. The second video is the same choirs but with graphics and lyrics added. Enjoy! link to original source People are exchanging their
flip-flops and shorts for close-toed shoes
and fleece more than usual this summer.
The cool, gloomy weather is almost as hot a topic in town as steep gas prices. But forecasters and climatologists say that while temperatures are below average, they aren't reaching any notable extremes. Problem is, the gray skies over Southcentral this year are following several years of pretty nice weather. "I think there's a perception thing because there's been a lot of cloud cover this summer," said Sam Albanese, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Anchorage. "Really what's happening this year is nothing extraordinary. ... It's just that '04 and '05 were so (warm and sunny) ... and it's so fresh in people's memories that people think, 'Wow, this is so cold.' " The record-setting summer of 2004 spoiled Anchorage residents, forecasters said. Between June and August of that year, more than 40 days had high temperatures over 70 degrees. Normally, Anchorage has 14 or 15 days in the summer that reach the 70-degree mark, Albanese said. This year, there have been two. And the city didn't see 70 at all until July 2. That threshold typically comes in early to mid-June, according to weather records. So far this month, the daily high temperature has fallen below the average high for the date more than half the time. In fact, the temperature has missed the mark every day for the past week. And in June, temperatures fell below the average high on 24 of 30 days. 7/18/08 Kentucky Fried Chicken opens in Fallujah, Iraq link to original source  Only a short time ago the city
of Fallujah served as stronghold for
insurgents. Daily skirmishes, improvised explosive device detonations
and public unease made operating a business in the city very difficult.Today, with improved security throughout the region, the low price of 4,000 dinar, or $3.50, will purchase a full meal at the recently established Kentucky Fried Chicken in the Hey Al Dubat area of the city. The KFC is the first to open for business in the city. Before improved conditions in the city, insurgents threatened business owners, demanding money to support acts of terrorism. After a quick visit to the Fallujah Business Center during routine operations July 16, Marines with Regimental Combat Team 1’s Security Platoon and with Information Operations, talked with employees at the franchise to evaluate its success. “We stopped to check up on the KFC to see how things were going,” said 1st Lt. Michael C. Bryant, platoon commander with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, RCT 1. ”You can tell that the area is returning to normal, especially when you see fast food places in the area doing so well.”  The restaurant has several
employees, and three that work full time.
Employees there serve an average 25 customers per day.The Marines often take time to assess economic progress and gauge community activities during missions in the city. After several short conversations with employees and patrons, the Marines ordered food to take back to Camp Fallujah for lunch. “I think it is awesome to see a business doing so well in Fallujah, and not have to worry about safety or corruption,” said Bryant, a 25-year-old from Colorado Springs, Colo. Security over the past several years has reached an all-time high in Fallujah and many of the surrounding areas. The increase can be accredited to Coalition forces conducting patrols and security missions, as well as Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army retaking control of a majority of the Anbar region. “I remember when I was here last in July 2004 and things were much different than they are now,” said Sgt. Steve J. Arnoux, a 25-year-old vehicle commander from Browning, Mont. “When we would go out on convoys in the city, the attitude was a lot different. It seemed like we were just waiting to get ambushed. Now we stop at KFC.” Citizens of the area can now work steady jobs, where as prior conditions kept many from even coming to work on a daily basis. “I love the work here, because we have the opportunity to go to work every day,” said a KFC employee. 7/11/08 Global cooling trend continues The chart below shows the
global temperature trend for the last 20 years. This is not just
for the U.S. or the Arctic Circle, but for the entire earth from the
surface to 8 miles altitude.
7/1/08 The Truth
about...JobsClearly, human activity and the use of carbon-emitting fossil fuels is not contributing to global warming, since we put increasing amounts of carbon into the atmosphere each year and the temperature trend is definitely downward since the peak of 1997. The Mt. Pinatubo eruption in June of 1991 demonstrates the natural forces control our climate, not man.  Unfortunately, there are enemies
of America who want to limit our
emissions of carbon into the atmosphere by use of government
regulations
and taxation. Their real goal is not to clean up the environment
or stop "global warming", but to limit America's economic activity and
prosperity. By creating a fake threat like global warming, they
can scare Americans into giving up their personal freedoms and
liberties and turning over more control of our country to international
agencies like the United Nations. Already, the United States federal government has passed a law banning incandescent light bulbs after 2014. Taking away the freedom to choose what kind of light bulbs we use is just one step towards total government control of our lives. Only by educating people and voting for conservative politicians can we preserve our freedoms and rights.  As a young person, you probably
have people asking you what you will do "for a living" when you get
older. Maybe you and your parents have already discussed what
kind of job or career you will have when you finish your
education. You may already have some employment history working a
part-time job during your summer vacation or after school hours.
Whatever the case may be, it's important to understand some basic truths about your future job or career. There is a lot of talk in this election about people's jobs, jobs going overseas or being "outsourced", and unemployment. A basic understanding about the workplace and your relationship to it is important for you to be successful in whatever career you choose. Let's start with who the job belongs too. People will often use the phrase "looking for a job" or go to a business and ask if they have any jobs available. Obviously, if the job belonged to the person looking for work, they would not "look for a job". Therefore, the job actually belongs to the employer. Employers are business people who have invested money and time building up a business providing goods or services to customers. As demand for their goods and services increases, they need more people to build the products or supply the services. To meet this demand, the employer will hire other people to do the necessary work. This work is a called a job. When you get a job and start working for an employer, you are entering into a contract with that employer. You agree to work at a particular job at a certain time and place. Your employer agrees to pay you a certain wage for doing this work and may also offer other incentives such as paid holidays, paid vacations, or medical insurance. The employer decides how the work will be done, who will do it, and generally how much they will pay someone to do the work. So the "job" belongs to the business owner, not the employee. Every job is a result of supply (the person looking for work supplies the time, talent, and effort) and demand (the employer needs someone to do the work so the company can meet the needs of the customer). Since the law of supply and demand governs the employer/employee relationship, how much a job pays (salary) and the duration of the job itself is based on supply and demand. If a person has a rare talent that is in high demand by the employer and his customers, the person will be able to bargain for a higher wage for his work. If the job doesn't require any special skills and minimal training and education, the job will probably pay very little. People who have more talent, work harder, and have more education will make more money and be employed longer than those without these three traits. Often, changes in the economy and workplace will make some jobs obsolete. For instance, jobs shoveling coal into train engines disappeared when diesel fuel became the primary source of power in trains. The new diesel technology made shoveling coal obsolete, so people who did that task had to find another job to do. At other times, as the economy slows down and people spend less money, the need for products and services decreases, along with the need for people to make the products and provide the services. When people are no longer needed by the employers under these circumstances, they will be "laid off" and not called back to work until the demand for their work returns. Some people are laid off because the employer decided to move the job to another location where they could make a greater profit. Sometimes this is just to another town or state, sometimes it means moving the work to another country. When the jobs move to another country, this is usually called "outsourcing". The employer may retain much of their business structure in the United States, but most of the workers will be in another country such as Mexico, India, or China. Thousands of jobs are outsourced in this way every month. People and politicians complain that outsourcing is bad for the American economy. But the facts are that many of the people who did those jobs in America were doing so at much higher wages than normal because of their unions and as a result were making it hard for the employers to operate at a profit. Unions, excessive government regulations, and high taxes on business in the United States are the real reason these jobs have been outsourced to other countries. Several studies have also shown that outsourcing actually leads to more job growth and higher paying jobs in the United States in the long run, although individual workers may suffer financially in the short-term when their work is shifted out of the country. To succeed in the job marketplace, it's absolutely necessary to do the following:
The Inupiat people have lived in the area now known as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for thousands of years. One of their people, Fenton Rexford, narrates the following video explaining the benefits of oil exploration in ANWR. The video was posted on the internet two years ago, and is even more relevant to today's issues of rising gas prices, our country's dependence on foreign oil, and how this dependence harms our national security. 6/24/08 Kids debunk global warming through video The following videos were made
by school kids for a contest sponsored
by WND.com. Along with these videos, some of the kids also wrote great essays
debunking man-made global warming. Check out these videos and
share them with your family and friends.
Fifty Versions of What is Right by Heather Osborne read more of Heather's columns here email Heather: heatherosborne@conservativeteens.net  In an interview with FOX News,
former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee stated, "For those of us for
whom [abortion] is a moral question, you can't have 50 different
versions of what's right." Well, it sounds simple; but some Americans disagree with the statement made by Mr. Huckabee. Some believe that the decision to illegalize abortion should be a law made by each individual state. Because the actual word "abortion" is not found in the Constitution of the United States, some say that making abortion illegal on the Federal level would be unconstitutional. These people also argue their belief that an Amendment to the Constitution concerning the illegality of abortion would be unlikely to pass in both the House and the Senate. Others say that because Roe versus Wade overturned the states' laws concerning abortion, Roe versus Wade should be reversed by giving that power back to the states to decide about abortion laws. Though many of these reasons may sound appealing and logical, some key facts and ideas have been overlooked by those who have come to the conclusion that abortion should be a state issue. After examining the facts, one must conclude that abortion was made a Federal government issue, that abortion is unconstitutional, and that the right to life should be defined only once. Though abortion has not always been a Federal issue, the Supreme Court's decision about abortion in Roe versus Wade made abortion a Federal issue. It was the Federal government's decision to make abortion legal, and it must therefore be the Federal government's decision to make abortion illegal. The Federal government must not waive the responsibility it has imposed upon itself, but rather right those it has wronged concerning abortion. The Supreme Court's decision to legalize abortion contradicted the rights given to individuals recognized by the Federal government in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence clearly states: "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 [rights] are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..." Abortion infringes upon these rights recognized by the Federal government which were given to all human beings by God. According to the Declaration of Independence, when the Supreme Court decided to legalize abortion the government's purpose to "secure these rights" was defeated. Another reason life should be protected by the Federal government is that abortion clearly violates the Constitution of the United States, a Federal document. The Preamble to the Constitution says that one purpose of the Constitution is to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." "Posterity" refers to America's children or offspring. Abortion prevents "the Blessings of Liberty" from being bestowed on our "Posterity," thereby making abortion unconstitutional. Certain civil rights, guaranteed by Section 1 of the 14th Amendment in the Bill of Rights, would also heavily indicate that abortion is unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment says: "...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, [or] liberty..." (Bold italics were added.) Science advocates the idea that individual life begins at conception making the fetus a "person." When the Federal government decided to legalize abortion, they gave their consent for the deprivation of many people's lives and liberties. Finally, Section 1 of Article 4 in the Constitution says that each state is to recognize and respect the acts and judicial rulings of other states. Therefore, if the decision to illegalize abortion was left up to each individual state, not all states may choose to have the same law regarding abortion. Some states may decide to illegalize abortion; and others may not. Due to the nature of the issue, having varied state laws concerning abortion creates practically incompatible systems, which must be reconciled due to Section 1, Article 4 in the Constitution. To leave the decision to illegalize abortion up to individual states would simply create more problems than solutions. After one examines the facts, the conclusion that each individual human life should be protected by the Federal government is irrevocable. It is clear that because abortion was made legal by the Federal government, it must be made illegal by the Federal government, as it has made abortion it's self-imposed responsibility. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights - all of which are Federal documents - guarantee the right to life to individuals with no exceptions. In conclusion, it would be simply unreasonable to expect fifty states to all come to the exact same conclusion about the right to life. In order to inhibit confusion and abide by the Constitution, it would be much more simple and definite to make a Constitutional Amendment clearly defining and advocating a baby's right to life. The right to life is too precious of a freedom to be lost, too valuable of a gift to be taken, and too simple of a phenomenon to be interpreted fifty times! 6/15/08 US and Iraqi deaths hit all-time low  pictured
left: General PetraeusA news item you probably will not hear about from the mainstream media is that during the month of May, our military had the lowest number of casualties ever in Iraq. Even Iraqi deaths among their military and civilians hit an all-time low. According to icasualties.org, a non-profit organization that keeps track of deaths and casualties in the Iraq war theater, 15 U.S. troops died during the month of May, and according to their best information, about 165 Iraqi troops and civilians died during the same period. This incredible progress is due to the "surge" that was designed and implemented by Gen. Petraeus and the increasing skill and readiness of the Iraqi security forces. With rapid progress being made on the military, political, and economic fronts in Iraq, we could start seeing significant troop withdrawals starting in 2009, whether we have a Republican or Democrat Commander-in-Chief next year. 6/11/08 McCain, ANWR, and the Grand Canyon by Burt Noyes John McCain has said he will
not let drilling for oil start
in the
Alaska National Wildlife Refuge because of it's pristine beauty: "As
far as ANWR is concerned, I don’t want to drill in the Grand Canyon,
and I don’t want to drill in the Everglades. This is one of the most
pristine and beautiful parts of the world."
The "pristine beauty" part depends on what part of ANWR you are talking about. Pictured below is part of the coastal area that has been reserved for oil drilling. Of course, the environmentalist wackos have successfully blocked our country from drilling there and achieving any kind of energy independence.   The following pictures (from
other parts of ANWR) are what
environmentalists show the simple-minded people, like John McCain, when
trying to convince them of the damage and loss of habitat that will
occur when drilling eventually commences in ANWR:
 As far as comparisons with the
Grand Canyon, ANWR
gets under 2,000 visitors annually. Why? "For most of the year,
ANWR is unbearably cold and dark. For several weeks, the sun doesn't
even rise and leaves the windswept landscape a very inhospitable
environment. Only a few hundred people visit ANWR each year."
But the Grand Canyon, pictured below, gets an astounding 5 million visitors annually. I guess that our country's energy independence and national security will have to be set aside so that John McCain and the Marxist environmentalists can have their pristine ANWR that they never will visit.  |
Abraham Lincoln is often
considered the greatest president
because he "saved the Union", that is, he kept the southern states from
successfully seceding and forming their own Confederate government,
and he "freed the slaves" by signing the Emancipation Proclamation in
1863.