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The Jewish nation was under the heel of a brutal occupation by Rome (and make no mistake about it, Rome’s era of dominance had one of the highest body counts of any long-time empire in history). In the midst of all that, this herald proclaimed that a poverty-stricken child from the hick outskirts of the empire would change the world. Not the child of a military leader, not one born into hereditary wealth, not a celebrity, but a despised Jew.

(Any similarities between 1st century Palestine and Alaska are strictly coincidental, aren’t they?)

Among all the drama surrounding Obama's rumored nomination of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State and the various speculations around other posts, Barack Obama's rumored nominee for Attorney General, Eric Holder has largely remained under the MSM radar. Of course, this is no surprise with Obama already being compared with FDR and Abraham Lincoln. I fully expect the MSM to beatify Barack Obama on January 20.

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Some of those who have been following the Propostion 8 drama may be puzzled as to why the California Supreme Court is reviewing the legitimacy of a Constitutional amendment or what grounds that may have to do so.

First, by taking this case now, the California Supreme Court avoids months or years of uncertainty as cases wend their way through the lower courts, since whatever they do, the matter is going to get appealed to the top anyway.

Also, since they created this mess, they need to clean it up (also known as the Pottery Barn rule).

I spotted an allusion yesterday to a Ronald Reagan speech delivered in 1964 in support of Barry Goldwater. Unfortunately his message was not heeded that election, and one can trace a direct path from that time of choosing for the America to the time of choosing that voters face next Tuesday.

Glenn Beck has composed this new National Anthem for an Obama presidency.

It's all too easy to laugh and go on, not recognizing how close the historic evil that is being ridiculed here (Cult of Personality) is to resurrection, with the associated horrors that we have seen with past utopias that soon degenerate into tyranny.

I posted this earlier at RedState, but for those who didn't read it there, I'm still asking people to respond.

This is ABSOLUTELY NOT an appeal to send contributions. Rather, this is an effort to mobilize people to telephone the candidate and demand that she spend HER money she pledged to her supporters that she would spend. They've given time and put their reputations at stake; Marina needs to keep her promises to her supporters - and to not stab McCain in the back by making herself invisible to the voters.

In keeping with the adage that knowing your enemy is the first step to successful warfare, I have composed this article to try to articulate the danger to the future of our system of governance that we face should Obama win the Presidency along with an increased Democratic majority in Congress. My purpose is to motivate us more strongly as to the utter necessity to elect John McCain.

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Among the various interest groups supporting the campaign of Barack Obama (and increased Democratic Party control of Congress, one group that has largely managed to stay under the radar has been the trade-unionist movement in large part being spearheaded by Andrew Stern and his rapidly growing union, SEIU.

In their most recent annual meeting, Mr. Stern emerged from the shadows and years of preparation to make his move towards transforming his union from representing the interests of its members in negotiating their terms of employment, the traditional domain of American unionism, into becoming a dominant political force within the Democratic party, and through their control of the branches of the U.S. - a dominant political force in U.S. politics. And Mr. Stern has made no secret of his desires to move beyond America’s borders to form alliances with labor movements in other countries to create an international trade-unionist movement

John McCain has a critical need to take control of the Obama/Biden attempt to hijack the meaning of "end a war" - one that Joe Biden again raised at the debate (and which Sarah, alas, did not take down).

The myth is that the U.S. can simply decide to end a war by setting a 16-month deadline for removing troops.

What we need to tell the American people is that this is not how war works - you don't just decide one day that you can simply turn-off a war like a television.

The age-old lesson of history is totally different...

Obama's "hope and change" is truly "defeat and despair". Only by tearing down America can he effect his revolution.

But this phrase "hope and change" is a powerful drug. We need something comparable as an antidote.

One start would be to use this as a stump line:

When my opponent speaks of "hope and change" what he is really promising is "defeat and despair"