It's time that we as Americans stood up for ourselves and for those who came before us.  It's time that we as Americans remember our founders for who they were and not what our history books tell us they were.  It's time that we as Americans started teaching our children about the reality of the founding of our nation. History books will tell our children about Paul Revere's ride through  the Massachusetts countryside. They will tell our children about him yelling “THE BRITISH ARE COMING, THE BRITISH ARE COMING!” They will tell our children that people dressed like Indians and threw English Tea overboard in Boston Harbor, that the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4^th (it was actually signed on July 2^nd), and that George Washington was our first president. These are wonderful things for our children to know, even if some of them are partly incorrect. It’s the stories that the history curriculums “just don’t have time to tell” that we as Americans need to be telling our children. It’s the story of HOW and WHY the British came to Boston Harbor, and on to Concord and Lexington that REALLY shows the brilliance, courage and sacrifice of Paul Revere, Dr. Warren, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, etc. 

The colonial uprising had already begun. The Massachusetts Provincial Congress had been established and at the head of it was John Hancock who resided in Concord, Ma. At 9PM on the night of April 18^th 1775 Dr. Joseph Warren was, as many colonials were, lying in bed drifting off to sleep. Dr. Warren was a well known, well liked man who was active in colonial politics. In fact, his drafting of the Suffolk Resolves caused the King of England to put a price on his head. He knew that at any moment the Redcoats may knock at his door. It was late, and well passed the time when the British had cleared the As he lay drifting to sleep, there came a knock at his door.   He knew this could be it. The British Redcoats had come to take him; he would never put it past the British to come at night, when all were asleep. Instead of redcoats, there stood a young man that Dr. Warren new well. Dr. Warren quickly ushered the young man inside his home. “What are you doing here? It’s well past curfew and you know if the British catch you..” he said softly.   The young man stopped him before he could finish, speaking in hurried but hushed tones, “Dr. Warren, the scene unfolding at the harbor warrants any such dangers. The Redcoats are massing, they’re dressed in full battle dress with muskets and assembling.” Warren considered this. It was not unexpected, in fact, he and others had planned for such an occurrence. He knew that the British had learned of the cache of weapons and ammunition the colonials had stored in Lexington and Concord. Warren knew that the British would march on those towns and that the revolution would be stopped before it could begin. He knew he had to act now.  He said to the young man, “I want you to go and get two men for me, Paul Revere and William Dawes, do you know them?” The young man replied that he did and he hurried off. 15 minutes later Dawes and Revere knocked softly at Dr. Warren’s door. Dr. Warren hurried them inside and explained his plan. Revere was to go into town and cross the Charlestown River. On the other side he would meet up with John Larkin who had a horse named Beauty. She was touted as the fastest horse in Boston. Dawes was to ride south out of Boston, taking the longer land route to Lexington and Concord. It was safer and fewer Redcoats patrolled south out of town and fewer still through the farmlands south and west of Boston. In the event that Revere and Dawes were captured, Dr. Warren had arranged for lanterns to be hung in the Old North Church, viewable from across the Charles River. One lantern would be lit if the British marched by land, and two if they were to cross the river by boat.  Both men departed with strict instructions to carry their messages directly to Lexington and Concord. They were not to go home, not to tell anyone what they were doing. Paul Revere gathered two men to help him cross the river. As they ducked in and out of bushes, avoiding the many British patrols, they noticed on this warm night that the moon was full. Another light was shining that night; in fact, many of them were shining from the deck of a huge Man-O-War docked on the river. Revere and his companions saw that they had no choice but to cross the river here, and that they would cross directly beneath the bow of the huge British ship. “We’ll never make it!” hushed one of the young men. “We MUST make it.” uttered Revere. As they climbed into the boat they made a pact that if they were seen, they would tip the boat over and swim as fast as they could for the opposite shore. They knew they would be caught or worse killed by the British. Before they set out, they became aware that the ore locks were so loud that the British would surely detect them. One of Revere’s companions ran off, he grabbed three pebbles and went to a nearby home. It was the home of a girl he knew and he tossed those pebbles one at a time at her window. “Who is it?” the girl whispered after opening her window. “It’s Tom, our ore locks are noisy and we need something to quiet them.” The girl turned and when she came back she tossed down pairs of her underwear. Tom stuffed them into the ore locks and quieted them. The three companions began to row their boat out into the river. As they got closer, less than 100 yards away, the full moon shining down on them, their doubts only increased. Paul Revere whispered, “Keep your heads down, do not let them see your white faces, only the hair on your head.”   They were 50 yards from the huge warship when they noticed something. It appeared they were being assisted by someone else. A single cloud had appeared in the otherwise empty sky. As the men rowed closer to the warship, the cloud also began to pass in front of the full moon. The men were able to quietly slip unnoticed beneath the hull of the huge ship and pass safely to the opposite shore. Here, Paul Revere met with John Larkin and learned that the lanterns within Old North church had been lit. There was to be a river crossing of Redcoats. Quietly, Revere was led out to the stable where Beauty was kept. He mounted her and set off for Lexington and Concord. He did not make it far out of eyeshot and still within earshot of Larkin and Revere’s companions when the listeners heard the British guards shouting, “Stop,  ye rider or we will shoot you.” Revere rode harder, his head down as Larkin and the others heard the muskets fire. Then they heard the first of Revere’s cries, “THE BRITISH ARE COMING, THE BRITISH ARE COMING.” Paul Revere road hard through the Massachusetts night and he stopped at every town crying out to the local patriots with those same four words. He rode all night, stopping only to alert the townspeople along his route, of the advancing Redcoats.  He arrived in Lexington around midnight and met up with his counterpart Dawes. He also found John Hancock, Samuel Adams and Jonas Clark. He delivered his message to the three leaders of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and resumed his ride, this time accompanied by Dawes and a third rider, Dr. Samuel Prescott. Before the trio could ride the five miles between Lexington and Concord, they encountered a roadblock manned by British soldiers. Responding to the urgency of the moment, they proceeded to break through. Prescott used his intimate knowledge of the countryside to his advantage and successfully eluded capture - he was the only one of the three to complete the journey and deliver the alarm to Concord.  Dawes initially appeared to have escaped his pursuers, but was thrown from his horse and captured. Revere was taken prisoner and during his interrogation deliberately provided greatly inflated numbers of militiamen awaiting the British at Concord. During the ride back to Lexington, Revere and his captors heard shots fire and church bells ring throughout the area — events that gave some credence to Revere’s report of colonial preparations. Fearing for their safety, the Redcoats released Revere, but Revere’s horse had been used to replace the tired mare of a British officer. Revere was given the officer’s older horse.

Revere later joined Hancock and Adams as they retreated into the countryside, but made a frantic return to a Lexington tavern where Hancock had inadvertently left some valuable papers. As dawn broke, Revere departed from the town with the valuable documents in hand and rode past militiamen in the process of assembling. A short time later he could hear shots and see smoke in the distance, the opening rounds in the struggle for independence.

I'm going to take a step back from the political and public opinion realms and just write something about Father's Day. It's always been the most special day for me. From a young age I felt a bond with my father that many boys do not. I understood his anger at me when I did something wrong. Although I didn't like the reprucussions, I always knew that it was meant to help teach me about the ways of the world and the differences between right and wrong. My father worked alot and his work was hard. He was often tired when he came home and it showed. My brother and I always got attention from him despite the bags under his eyes and aches in his muscles. He helped with homework, he coached our baseball teams, he took us to other sporting events and he did it all without complaint. On weekends he would spend much of his time building something, landscaping or playing Mr. Fix it around the house at my mothers request. In reality my father has performed manual labor 7 days a week for as long as I've been alive (that's almost 28 years to this date). My father was never a drinker, the occaisonal party imbiber but never an alcoholic or drunk. He didn't partake in drugs (at least after the 60's/70's that I was ever aware of but he did swear like a sailor and was known to have a temper. Our family enjoyed a couple weeks of vacation every year thanks entirely to my dads hard work and sacrifices. There's no way he enjoyed working outside on roofs or digging in dirt pits in the 90+ degree heat of the summers, sweating and aching and burning, or outside in the cold windwhipped skeleton of a building not yet with standing walls in below freezing conditions. He gave us all he had to give and more and I'm not sure we really ever appreciated it. Not only did we have our 2 weeks of vacation at the beaches anywhere from Rehobeth to Cape Hatteras, but on weekends he would take us to historical battlefields. It was these times that I saw a father in his completeness. His time became our time. Most of the year he would sacrifice for my brother and I but during those times when he asked without asking that we sacrifice for him we saw the things that made him tick. We saw a father who valued history. One who valued ideals and values over "things". My father was more interested in seeing, smelling, hearing and learning about the past than he was about souveneirs or collecting. He was content to walk the fields of history, reading the plaques and imaging the scenes of our past. It was in THESE moments that my brother and I saw a man at peace with all. Even with my brother and I antsy and bouncing off walls, my mother whining and dragging along my father was able to have his moments of peace. I lost sight of this respect and turned my back on the man who gave me more than he thought he could or did. I've taken him for granted as a young adult and only now, looking back, and being a father myself, can I understand that. People who only hear my jaded versions of stories, or who were not present to look objectively at my life from birth cannot appreciate the father I had. They can't understand why my father is held in such great esteem based on the current threads of our strained relationship. The truth is, they don't need to understand any of it. They don't need to understand why I hope that I can be even half the father he has been and still is to me. Happy Father's Day Pop.

Ever has our party been the keepers of liberty and the defenders of freedom. Always have we put our country ahead of ourselves. From Abraham Lincoln’s struggle to free oppressed people within our borders to Ronald Reagan’s fight against worldwide communism, we have tried to empower the American people. We have stood for the rights of all Americans to be free, prosperous and safe from attack. We have been the party that stood up against Imperialist Japan’s mighty Navy and Air Force, the German’s elite Armor and Infantry and the Ballistic Missiles of socialist Russia. We have torn down walls and fought back invaders. We have fostered peace and respect across the globe. Our party has always embraced Capitalism, free enterprise and the right of all Americans to achieve wealth through hard work and determination. We are the party that aspires to be good stewards of the planet while still remaining a free and independent nation. It is with these values in mind that we Republicans, Conservatives, Libertarians and moderates reaffirm our commitment to the people of the United States of America. It is in the footsteps of the founding fathers that we follow and the people for whom we govern. These 10 Commitments are our solemn vow to the American people to continue in the course of our nation’s greatest leaders. I. Our commitment to winning victory in Iraq We commit to continuing to assist the Iraqi people in their struggle to defend themselves against insurgent terrorists. We commit to helping the people of Iraq build a strong and prosperous Democratic nation free from tyranny, oppression and terrorism. II. Our commitment to securing our borders We commit to securing the borders of the United States of America. We will end illegal immigration starting with border security. We will employ all available methods to ensure the safety of our citizens, our economy and our liberty. From border guards to Aerial surveillance and high tech laser fences we will ensure our nations safety and security. III. Our commitment to winning the war on terror On September 11th 2001 our country faced something that had not happened to us in nearly 60 years. We were attacked on our own soil by an outside entity. Not since Pearl Harbor had an outside force attacked us on our own ground. We believe that all Americans have the right to live without fear of another terrorist attack. We commit to stopping global terrorists by all means necessary. IV. Our Commitment to energy independence We commit to creating an America that does not depend on foreign oil. We can achieve this by using a two stage strategy. Stage one consists of a short term plan which utilizes the latest, cleanest, safest and most environmentally friendly drilling and refining methods to produce our own oil from our country’s natural resources. We will tap into the great energy supplies within our own borders and build new refineries to efficiently produce our own oil and gasoline supplies. We will begin constructing safe, clean and reliable nuclear power stations. We will stop exploiting our own food supply to create energy. As new technologies evolve and become safer and more efficient we will embrace them. We commit to being good stewards of our planet and leaving little to no footprint. V. Our commitment to cut excess government spending We commit to ending wasteful and excessive government spending which costs the American people billions of dollars every year. We commit to being smart about whom we do business with and being accountable for every dollar spent. We must limit the size and scope of our national government. We must turn the balance of power back to the people of the United States and not the government. VI. Our commitment to cut taxes for all Americans As Republicans, we have always looked to lower the taxes and fees paid by the American people. As we lower our spending we can continue to reduce the tax burden on America. The people of America must be allowed to build their own wealth and not the wealth of their government. VII. Our commitment to eliminating earmarks As we cut spending we commit to eliminating earmarks from out legislation. Tax dollars must be spent wisely, all programs must be carefully researched and funds should be distributed by Federal agencies not arbitrarily handed out by elected officials. This is especially true in relation to pork barrel spending. We cannot allow elected officials to steal public tax money and give it to their political contributors. VIII. Our commitment to promote Capitalism and Democracy Our founders blessed us with a free nation for the people and by the people. We must continue to embrace the ideas of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We must not look to our government for our happiness. We must allow the people of America to create their own happiness. We must govern our country by the laws of its people. We must place the ideas of people above political ambitions. We will foster the ideas of capitalism, free enterprise and the freedoms granted by democracy around the globe. IX. Our commitment to a strong foreign policy In modern times it has become more important than ever to foster a constructive relationship with countries across the globe. From our neighbors in Mexico and Canada to faraway lands like Iraq and China, it is imperative that we work together to keep peace and Democracy available to all. We will follow in the footsteps of those who came before by stressing peace through strength. Strong ties with allies and a proven record of rewarding regimes who embrace human rights while standing in the face of those who would seek to enslave their people and create chaos across the globe is our objective. X. Our commitment to continuing the traditions of our founders The founders of our great nation envisioned a land where all men and women were created equal. While they knew that there were things they could not hope to change in their lifetimes, they put in place a constitution that allowed future generations to change them and right great injustices. Through the prism of history we have seen wrongs righted. We have seen the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights Act and the Anti-Slavery Movement change our nation for the better. We seek to continue these traditions and ensure that we correct the injustices we can, while leaving future generations with the power to do the same for those we cannot. We will appoint judges who seek to preserve and rule by the Constitution of the United States of American, not those who would legislate from the bench.

A petition has been created in support for Victoria Lindsay from Lakeland, Florida. I am broadcasting this to all blogsites covering this tragedy and all local and national news media. You can find the petition at http://www.gopetition.com/online/18326.html Thanks!

From wltx.xom: Lakeland, Florida (WTSP) – Lakeland, Florida - The Polk County Sheriff's office released the video of a teenage girl who, as Sheriff Grady Judd puts it, was "lured so her friends could beat her." The video shows what Judd says is the second of five beatings the 16-year-old received from people she knew. The attackers say they were upset with so-called "trash talk" the victim posted on her MySpace page, and they say they wanted to post their own video of the beating on MySpace and YouTube. The sheriff says the victim was first beaten unconscious in a bedroom. When she awoke, she was on a couch in the living room, where the screaming and beatings continued. "It is disgusting that the attackers find it funny and want to post something on the Internet showing someone nearly beaten to death," says the victim's mother. Sheriff Judd is calling it one of the most disturbing videos he has seen in a long time and he hopes all those arrested will be tried as adults. They face charges ranging from felony battery, false imprisonment to kidnapping. The sheriff says the attackers "were relentless." Even though those involved could face prison time, Judd says the teens showed no remorse after their arrests. "When they were in a holding cell, they were all laughing," Judd says. "One of the teens arrested, who is a cheerleader, asked, 'Does this mean I'm going to miss cheerleading practice tomorrow?' The others were cutting up and said, 'It looks like we won't be going to the beach this weekend.'" While the attackers can laugh off the incident, the victim's mother certainly can't. "You never think it will happen to your family," she says. "To have this happen and see it... is hard to bear." These girls are sick, twisted and pathetic. Girls these days are PATHETIC. I wish I could say that I can't believe these days that kids (girls especially) are this pathetic, however, I can't say that with any seriousness. Anyone who has seen this video tape knows that this is not uncommon or new. Kids are out of control. Recently there was another incident when a 17 yr old girl ran away from home. Her father found her that day and dragged her by the T-shirt to the car. He's up for charges of assault. Over the last few years a number of these incidents have taken place. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? I don't believe, I REFUSE to believe that all or even MOST of America is like this. It's hard to believe sometimes, when you see these kinds of things going on. The same people, the LIBERALS who want to "protect the children" promote these acts. Post videos of attacks on 12 yr old girls by a GANG of weak individuals. Charge fathers with assault who rescue their daughters from the streets. Let's touch on the responsibilities of the parents with regard to those wacko girls in Lakeland Florida. The mother of one of the monsters who attacked the girl, in fact, the girl who allowed the attack to happen in her home and taped the attack has come out in support of her brat. She says that her daughter "warned the girl not to go inside" and "gave the tape to the police"(after posting it on You Tube of course). I dare, I defy, I call on ALL of the parents of these brats, and their little punk daughters to sit down with me and have a face to face. I want fathers, mothers, and the brats in a room with me. They all need a piece of the mind of someone who has a clue. They've shirked their responsibilities as parents. I'm the first to say that parents have a right to raise their children their own way, however, this proves that these parents have not done their job as parents. Now, I know that I'm small time, that these brats and their parents likely won't even see this, nor would any of them have the stones to sit down and sit through the verbal assault I could take them through. I'm a bit hypocritical I suppose because my beating with words alone would be worse than the beating they gave this poor girl, but oh how I would enjoy seeing them cry. Watch this video, see it with your own eyes. Let it play out, hear the girl who allowed this to happen in her own house asking them to watch out for the shelves.(which by the way, the girl being beaten should have ripped down) Watch this poor defenseless girl(or one of the many others on the internet) getting jumped and beaten. Then tell me that this is what we want our children to be. This girl, who had apparently been trashing someone on Myspace, is being beaten down by a group of brats. Maybe she shouldn't have said anything about these girls, but how does that give these jerk offs the right to attack her? One of the attackers mothers actually says that she shouldn't have run her mouth. ARE YOU SERIOUS?! You're insane if you think this way. Now, in my opinion, girls shouldn't be fighting AT ALL period, but certainly not like this. I understand boys fighting, but even boys being jumped sickens me. It's time to start holding these kids and their parents accountable for their actions. They should all be charged for various crimes. The girls for assault and attempted murder, and the parents for conspiracy to these crimes and a crime of facilitating a criminal act.

My information is from a Bank of America insider who wishes to remain anonymous due to their work within the company. On April 19th Bank of America is going to begin a new “repricing” strategy with regards to customer interest rates. I’ve done some research and none of this seems illegal, but I question the morality of the “repricing” strategy. The repricing strategy will raise the rates of accounts who combine two defaults in any combination of Late Payments or over limits within a 12 month period. This strategy would reprice the offending accounts by adding the highest prime rate within the last 90 days (i.e. If highest prime rate is 9% and offending account interest rate is 11%, the repriced rate would be 20%). On the whole, this doesn’t sound like a bad plan until you take into account the standard practices of the bank which generally result in infractions of these types. Bank of America routinely sends out mailings with checks, vouchers or special interest rates to card holders who are approaching their limits. The bank also monitors card holder credit reports and looks for other cards or debts being paid. Bank of America will lower the card holders limit if they see other debts being paid, causing the account to go over limit. Currently the bank will send out an Opt out letter to the customer which gives them the right to opt out of their repricing if the customer replies or calls within 30 days. Once this repricing strategy takes effect the bank will only give the customer 5 days from the date the letter is created, not mailed or received to reply. The typical time frame for a letter to leave Bank of America’s outprocessing department and be mailed is 3 days. If you consider that some of these mailings must go across the country and are not sent overnight, I wonder how we can consider the timeframe fair. This is not Bank of America’s first step into the obscenely unfair and questionable practices. Last year Bank of America profits rose nearly 30%. The banks’ CEO Ken Lewis received a $56 million dollar bonus. Employees within the company did not receive their traditional yearly bonus. Even as a conservative I have to question the ethics involved all over with this particular bank.

I'm torn here. I'm also over a year late for the debate, but since I'm not a music fan, I just heard the song. I like it. I'm 28 and about as Conservative as they come but I do think that many young Americans (under 30) feel like there is nothing they can do to have their voices heard. Part of that is naivety and part of that is a function of today’s huge population and government. I think Mayer strikes a chord with a lot of younger Americans. I've studied the lyrics and to be honest I don't hear anything partisan or anti-war in the lyrics. When he talks about "Now if we had the power To bring our neighbors home from war They would have never missed a Christmas No more ribbons on their door" I think he echoes the sentiments of all Americans, liberal and conservative. We want our soldiers home, not at war; some of us just know it has to be done. Even those of us who are "ultra-cons" or "neo-cons" would bring our service members home if we could. In the next portion of that verse he also attacks the drive by media, which of course I love. No, I think Mayer takes a neutral political stance here and while it could be made controversial, I don't think it is and I think it is a good theme to display the attitudes of many young Americans as they progress in life. On another level I think this song inspires me to try to change things and stop waiting. Mayer also addresses the following: “It's not that we don't care, We just know that the fight ain't fair So we keep on waiting (waiting) Waiting on the world to change” I think many young Americans feel like all the politicians are corrupt and overly rich. Remember that many young Americans don’t see the good, wholesome politicians because so much of the MSM is smeared in covering the corruption in politics. Eliot Spitzer, George Patterson, and the mayor of Detroit, coupled with Obama’s pastor, and Hillary’s lies about Bosnia are center stage. Where is the coverage of the Senator, Mayor, and Governor who actually does his or her job without a scandal? There isn’t any coverage of it because that’s BORING! Mayer’s connection to young Americans and the impact that a large segment of a largely unhappy population is something that Obama must have recognized early on. Obama has been able to captivate the youth of America by listening to them, treating them like other candidates treat women over 50, Latinos, black voters, and Independents. He’s not the first one to do it either. Regan and JFK appealed to many young voters during their elections largely due to their desires to bring results through cooperation and their ability to treat young voters as an important segment of the population that deserves the same connection as any other group. Obama does this and does it so well that he can ask his voters to overlook his pastors inflammatory, racist and unpatriotic remarks and they will. Young America is looking for anyone who will listen. Many are independents that just want to be heard. These voters are generally drawn to Obama and liberals in general because they are more apt to act like they want the opinions of these voters. What they really want is the votes of these voters. It’s time for young Americans to start standing up for themselves. Stop waiting, that’s the message Mayer’s song gives me, why are we waiting? The longer we wait, the more we will have to fix later. Another verse that maybe should be included this year, at least, in my opinion: It’s time to take action, no more waiting, waiting on the world to change. It’s time to stand in this election, Make our voices the decision No more waiting Waiting on the world to change.

As if calling him a Muslim and darkening his skin in a press release wasn’t bad enough, Hillary Clinton, in a show of extreme arrogance has suggested that Barrack Obama would make a good fit as a VP candidate on a Hillary Clinton topped ticket. Strong words coming from someone a hundred or so delegates behind. That’s a bit like a team down 3 games to 1 in the World Series asking the team in front if they’d like to share the rings. The arrogance flowing from the Clinton campaign, as they slander and berate Senator Obama is nearly unbelievable, until you remember, this is Hillary Clinton. Hillary has a problem of her own with the recent naming of one of her pledged super delegates Elliott Spitzer, in a prostitution scandal. It appears that she may have more to worry about than she thought. She may actually have to win, or should I say lead, in the DNC primary race before she starts considering a vice president, since her pledged super delegates are beginning to fall like dominoes. Barrack of course maintains that he is not running for Vice President. The delegate lead held by Obama is has been largely ignored by the Clinton camp to the angst of both conservative talk radio hosts and the Obama campaign. Mrs. Clinton had better start taking Obama seriously, lest she be returned to Washington as a Senator.

NY Gov Elliott Spitzer has been named in an indictment against a prostitution ring as a client. The man who stood up and trashed his political enemies, who stood up for the illegal aliens is now just as guilty as they are of committing a crime. Not only did he commit a crime, but he committed a crime that I consider to be not only against the law, but against all morality. Of course, this is to be expected from a liberal, lying, egotistical politician, especially one from New York. In a press conference today he expressed ideas that he may be resigning but did not actually say so. I can’t see how he could stay in office with this hanging over him. As an elected official I think he owes the voters of New York to step down due to his lapse in morality, assuming he ever had any. I don’t wish to annoy any conservatives in the great state of New York, but it is one of the bluest states and there for I can’t say it would be a complete shock to see him stay in office throughout this ordeal. My suggestion is to step down before you are impeached Elliott.

So, going the way of the dodo is the home schooling parent. The mother or father who puts in 80 to 100 hours every week to teach their children the things the state schools don’t. Sure, state schools cover the basics of math, science, English, and social studies, but they don’t do it while also upholding the parents value and belief system. The teachers cannot take the time to deal individually with each child and ensure that all of the children grasp the information by any means necessary. The State of California, which has an increasingly overcrowded school population is now calling home schooled students truant and refusing the honor the long held traditions of teaching done in the home. Our forefathers, many of whom were infinitely smarter than most of us living today, were taught mostly, if not completely, in the home. State run schools have become simply the nannies of the 21st century. Now though, these nannies are teaching our children things like how to put a condom on a banana and the Global Warming myths as opposed to laying out the truth and allowing these bright youngsters to develop their own opinions. They are consistently, with the help of liberals and left wing kooks, destroying the values parents instill at home. Some parents watch in horror as their home based value system is eroded by erroneous information, lies and outright attacks on the values in question. Others nod ceremoniously an scream, “Yes! Raise my children for me Oh Wonderful nanny state!” Finally, there are the few in each town, the numbers have grown recently, but are still few compared to the others, who reach out to their children, snatch them from the jaws of the liberals who seek to steal them from the womb, and ensure their value system by providing education at home, in line with their values. We’re not talking about just any soccer moms and dads here either. We’re talking about dedicated parents who spend more time writing lesson plans and studying themselves, than most teachers do, while continuing to support the family financially as well as allowing for quality family time. Still, the state of California has decided that without the teaching credentials, these hard working folks are not capable of teaching their own children what the state run schools have been failing at teaching to millions of American children for decades. These teaching credentials that are held by educators who have consistently failed to deliver positive results in education and yet picket and go on strike demanding more money even though they deliver poor results. These academic scholars go to college for sometimes 8 years, depending on the degree level, to learn how to teach a classroom full of children and deliver on the promise that the government run schools make to parents that their children will come out of school smarter. Yet, after all of that college, after all of that time, we’re left with a failing education system, complaining educators and children who are being done a disservice. Our children deserve a top notch education for certain, but the question is who should deliver this? For my money, I would prefer a private or home school solution as opposed to the nanny system we have now.

The mainstream media bias has become the laughing stock of the circus that is American journalism. Supposed news media outlets such as CNN (also known as the Clinton News Network), ABC (aka the All Bad Channel), NBC (aka Nothing But Clinton) and CBS (aka Clinton Broadcasting Service) have focused on promoting Hillary and to some extent Barrack because let’s face it, on the off chance that he wins the Democrat nomination the driveby’s wouldn’t want to be disenfranchised. I can’t say that FOX News is as fair and balanced as they suggest, most of the commentators are conservatives, however, many of the news anchors that aren’t Gretta, O’Reilly, or Hannity(who, in all fairness does team with the liberal Alan Colmes) are generally fair in both positive and negative feedback for every candidate. There is a bit of a right leaning spin, or maybe it just seems that way because all of the other news networks are controlled via backroom deals in smoke filled rooms by the Clintons. The fact is, you can only believe about half of anything a “journalist” tells you. The people that are getting paid to do research and get more information than the regular citizens are flat out not doing their jobs anymore. Many of them have political ties, party affiliations or take the bribes offered by candidates to keep the negative to a minimum. There’s no REAL objective media coverage these days. You’re certainly not going to get “Straight Talk” from anyone on the Big 4 networks (CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC) and while you get closer with Fox, it’s still a conservative outlet. So, TV media is out but the local papers must surely have flown below the political radar right? Today’s print media is even worse. Editors, whose party affiliations help them decide what stories to print and what not to print are stealing the truth from the journalists. I have no doubt that there are thousands of objective journalists out there being told to cover Brittany Spears because the editor of his paper is a liberal biased pig who didn’t like the fact that one of his reporters actually dared criticize Obamamania or the creation of Clintonia. I’m not a conspiracy theorist by nature, but you’ve got to wonder sometimes. Now, me being from Delaware I am used to reading nothing but liberal spin, which is why for a long time I read nothing other than the sports section. I’m old enough, and tired enough now of watching my state media slowly brainwash the population into believing that liberal policies will solve all of our problems. That’s why I’m blogging about the driveby media. Can’t get your fair news on TV or the local Paper. I guess all that’s left is the radio. Ah news radio, with its impartiality right? Not a chance. There’s two types of news radio, conservative talk radio, like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity and Liberal talk radio, like NPR. Conservatives tend to dominate the ratings markets in talk radio. Rush, Glenn and Sean are 3 of the most listened to shows on radio. Liberal radio simply can’t compete. Because of that, the liberal papers and TV media seek to discredit everything they say. They spend so much time discrediting the Top 3 as I call them, that they fail to be objective, which further discredits themselves. National Public Radio bills itself as impartial, but if you listen, you’ll only hear liberal independents or democrats bashing the Bush administration or the Republicans in some way shape or form. They’re all battling for the ratings slots and not reporting the news. In all fairness, the point of the Top 3 is to ignite the fires of conservatism and give opinions from a conservative point of views on news and issues, not to report the news per say. NPR however, bills itself as a news and information station, and even suggests publicly that it is fair with no bias. Listen to the shows and you will hear points made by decidedly liberal talk radio (yes it exists, somewhere). So where do we get our opinions? That choice is up to you as an American. If you listen to Rush, Sean and Glenn as I do and agree with their points, listen to that. If you tend to agree with the points on NPR, gravitate that way. My only caution is that, no matter what you read, see or hear, believe half of it. Case in point is the recent video of Marines throwing a puppy off a cliff in Afghanistan. The video looks pretty genuine. It’s convincing, until you tune out the commentary and listen to the audio. If you listen hard you will hear the sound of a puppy squealing. It doesn’t sound like it’s timed up the way it would be if it were a real yelp. Also, the particular type of puppy in the clip wouldn’t sound the way it did. Also, the puppy doesn’t seem to me, to be real. It looks a lot like a stuffed animal to me. It never moves, a normal puppy held that way would squirm, especially a “stray”. Look at the way the thing flies. Its legs aren’t kicking and it doesn’t seem to be fighting to land squarely. The fact is that this is likely another liberal media trick to portray our military as heartless puppy killing war mongers. It’s time we took back our media and demanded impartial, non biased news instead of opinion based thoughts.

Let’s turn our attention to energy independence. Freeing ourselves from the burden of foreign oil is becoming a rapidly growing need. Becoming energy independent wouldn’t just free us from the outrageous costs of foreign oil; it would also provide thousands of jobs and help to strengthen America’s economy. Drilling off shore for natural gas, drilling for oil in Anwr, Nuclear power as well as refining and using alternative sources of energy such as solar, wind and waste incinerators are perfectly viable options if used in conjunction with one another. It’s no secret that both sides of the isle want to move away from foreign oil. The stalling point is how to do it. Democrats want to completely do away with all oil and move to corn-derived alternatives, wind power, solar, and other such solutions only. They believe that any drilling on or offshore is going to destroy the planet and add pollution. Nuclear is one of the cleanest, and most efficient ways to create power. Currently, about 20% of power in the U.S. is made through nuclear power plants. France makes around 80% of their power from nuclear. Neither country has ever had a significant incident involving Nuclear power production. The most notable incident on record is Chernobyl in the then Soviet Union. That incident has been widely associated with operator error and design problems and occurred over 29 years ago. There has not been a significant incident since then in any country. It’s safe, effective, sustainable and also reduces emissions. It would also create thousands of jobs, many of which would be high paying careers for American workers in every area. France, who makes nearly 80% of it’s power by way of Nuclear fission, enjoys some of the cleanest air and cheapest energy prices in Europe and nearly ¾ of the people there think highly of the energy alternative. Currently, the only thing slowing Nuclear Power from becoming as important to the U.S. as it is to France, is the discussion of waste treatment. Properly storing waste for a few decades before moving it to a new location, perhaps deep within the earth, and reprocessing any parts of the waste that we can are viable solutions. The ANWR solution is another area where liberals have bogged down progress for America. As the demand from the public to reduce our dependence on foreign oil increases, liberal Democrats challenge and oppose the U.S. gathering it’s own oil from places like ANWR. ANWR is large enough to drill with current technology without disturbing much of the area and contains enough oil to alone out produce all 48 contiguous states. Again, thousands of jobs would be created, many of them high paying and a valuable commodity would be easily accessible to America. This same idea can be presented for drilling natural gas reserves off the coast of the US. Our country hasn’t even begun to tap into it’s supplies and yet, the liberal media and the liberal congress would have you believe two complete falsehoods. 1.) That drilling of any kind would send our world into a tail spin and destroy all mankind and 2.) That we are in such dire straights because the Republicans made enemies with the world, which is why oil prices are soaring. The facts are that drilling properly, using American ingenuity and current technology wouldn’t affect the world at all. Also, the reason we are in this position is that your liberal government is being bought and paid for by radical earth left wing nuts. These are the people that burn down homes as eco terrorists in protest for them being too large. With a comprehensive plan, including a revitalization post drilling for each area, I see no downside to us tapping our country’s natural reserves. This brings us to the other forms mentioned above. Wind, solar and incinerators are excellent supplementary power options. Wind power, if strategically placed and properly done can supply power consistently enough to be distributed in local areas. For instance in Delaware, a company called Bluew ater Wind has proposed building an offshore wind farm in the Atlantic that would provide power to Delaware. According to BWW this would provide a stable energy price, create hundreds of jobs and reduce carbon emissions. While popular with the residents of Delaware, lobbyists from the energy conglomerate DELMARVA Power, have convinced state Democrats to oppose the construction sighting their own opposite opinions of the BWW project. Simply put, DELMARVA Power feels like they may have to be honest and open about their pricing and so they are fighting the construction. If Delaware truly wanted to do the right thing, they would put it to a referendum and allow the residents of the state to vote on the measure. Instead, Delaware lawmakers bog down the progress of the proposal in the legislature as they decide which side has the most voters behind it. Solar power is an energy alternative that, with some more technological advances, could be affordable for almost anyone that wants it. Installed single home systems cost around 20k dollars and can produce more energy than needed in your home. That allows you to sell power back to the supplier. The sun alone produces more than enough energy to meet all of the power demands of the earth if we could harness it properly. I would like to see more private research companies invest in perfecting solar panels. Finally, we’ll talk about incinerators. Currently, as solid waste is landfilled, it emits methane and other toxic gasses in the are, which is one of the reasons no one wants to live near Cherry Island here in Delaware. What if we took a queue from Germany and Spain and built incinerators at landfills. Municipal waste would be able to be burned up, producing very few if any dioxins and the same amount of CO2 as would normally be emitted by rotting garbage. So, using incinerators would decrease the physical amount of garbage that rots aware, it would provide sustainable (there’s always trash!) energy, pay for itself rather quickly, and not increase greenhouse gases. Where’s the downside? The planet would smell a lot better that’s for sure. There’d be less places for the mafia to dump bodies.

Hillary Clinton is the face of socialism in America. She is the epitome of the evil in politics. Anyone who allows their campaign to darken the picture of a biracial person to DEMONIZE him is despicable. Especially coming as it does from a Democratic Senator who claims to be above racism. Think about this folks. Hillary Clinton speaks to the African American community, she appeals to them for help, and yet she DARKENS the skin to make him look harsher. The fact is folks that Hillary is a fraud. She is a fake in everything she has ever said. My first example is Bill. William Jefferson Clinton is a womanizer extraordinaire, a serial abuser of women and an indulger in serial infidelity. Hillary has claimed that she champions for womens rights. She will fight for all of the women out there being taken advantage of. YET, she not only watched, but facilitated Bill as he abused woman after woman. She even attacked the women Bill had already abused. It wasn’t enough that Bill basically raped them, no, not for the Clintons. To go along with the serial abuse committed by Bill, Hillary harassed and slandered them using all her money and power to crush these women. Now, it takes two to tango in an adulterous relationship and while the women who were involved with Bill Jeff are to take their share of the blame, the way that Hillary emotionally and mentally beat them leads me to ask, is she a feminist? What ever happened to Bill and Hillary’s marriage? Still there, strong as ever she says, she was able to forgive him. One episode of infidelity, maybe two and I could understand, but a half dozen or more? Hillary, the fact is that you are a fake. The only thing you care about is power. We can all see it in your eyes. We can all hear it in your voice. We can see it in you campaign. Speaking of campaigns, how about discussing the smear campaign that Hillary has run against Barack Obama? The first and only campaign to bring up Senator Obamas middle name Hussein, was Senator Clintons campaign. When that didn’t work, the Clinton campaign began to insinuate that Barack was a Muslim. They even put out a picture of young Barack wearing the traditional garb of a muslim nation while visitng there. When that didn’t work the campaign submitted an extremely doctored photo of Barack making him look much darker than he is. Hussein, Muslim, and dark, that’s what the Clintons want Americans to see when they think of Obama. Now the Resko trial is starting and I’m sure the Clinton camp will ramp up the smears about Barack Obama’s relationship with Tony Rezko. All of this leads me to ask, is this what we want? Another Clinton elected thanks to false accusations? Granted, as a conservative, I naturally disagree with Democrat socialist policies in general. Hillary’s policies take my disdain a step further. Should we nationalize healthcare? NO! Don’t agree? Ask someone from Canada or Great Britain to help you decide. Doctors and nurses would make less money. Waiting rooms would be jam packed with people waiting for the few Doctors left to see them. Waiting periods for medical procedures would grow exponentially. Let’s not also forget that we would be entrusting the future of healthcare in this country to a government that has nearly bankrupted Social Security benefits because they couldn’t seem to figure out that the population was growing. This sounds pretty bad right? Well take it Hillary style and not only do you get all of the above, but, if you don’t pay your dues to the national healthcare system you have your wages garnished by the government. So, you pay, no matter what. Can we start the Soviet anthem now? Speaking of regimes, Hillary supports the DREAM act. She wants to provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. They’ve come here illegally, broken a law and NOW, she wants to allow them to stay, provided they pay a fine and do some community service. NO! Why allow people who have broken the law already, stay here? I say put them back in line with everyone else. I’m not totally unable to compromise, if you have children in school, they can finish the school year, get your affairs in order, then go home and come back legally. Cheating your way in, and working below the surface is BREAKING THE LAW! It’s not a gray area, you’ve broken the law. The only gray areas in all of this are the children. That’s why I would agree with allowing them to finish the school year before returning home. Additionally, Hillary wants to pull our troops out of Iraq after voting to put them there. As a former Marine who served in the Middle East during the beginning of the war, I strongly oppose any withdrawal from Iraq before the country is able to take care of itself. As it stands, Iraqis face a growing threat from Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations within Iraq. Hillary wants us to forget that she voted for the war and wants to bring troops home before the mission is accomplished. The recent surge suggested by the military has worked. My suggestion is to invest more diplomatic help in working with the Iraqi government to stabilize itself by employing the same things that our forefathers did to create America. It starts with strong, local governments who elect representatives to a national government. I would also promote sending leading police officials who wish to help in the effort, to Iraq to help train the local police forces in protecting their communities. I would also urge lawmakers to reach out to their counterparts in Iraq to help foster the building of a new, strong, democratic nation in Iraq. I would work with the UN to send diplomats to the area that could help the different sects of the population work together and establish fair and just laws that benefit all and equally represent the views of each community. This would involve keeping the troops in Iraq to help provide security for the diplomats from the UN and America. Benchmarks would also be set for the Iraqi government to meet and as each community stabilizes, troops could be pulled back or shifted. Eventually, as the regions stabilized, the troops could be recalled to bases within the Middle East and as things continued to stabilize they would then be returned to their original bases of operations. Hillary Clinton is a hypocrite. She’s using every trick and lie she can muster to get elected. She cries when she thinks it will help her get the female vote to win, she appeals to African Americans when she needs their votes, she appeals to Hispanics when she needs their votes. She is a fraud. She talks about all her 35 years of experience but I challenge her to provide proof of one thing she has done in 35 years. We can exclude her failed Healthcare initiatives and her help on NAFTA. Both of those have been huge failures. I think we can also exclude her having been in the White House as First Lady. I mean if a Plumbers wife called and said “I can fix your leaky faucet, I’ve been married to a Plumber for 35 years.” What would you say? What else, Senator Clinton, can you provide the American people to back up your claim of experience? Please give me something to work with.

Geraldo Rivera recently spoke on the Michael Smerconish show about his new book titled “His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. “. The show on Philadelphia’s Big Talker 1210 WPHT is generally considered a right wing conservative talk radio show but has hints of independent thinking. The lawyer turned political radio host shifts slightly from hard conservatism on some issues but is still generally considered conservative. When I heard that Geraldo Rivera would be coming on the show to discuss his new book I started to lose interest. I mean honestly, who cares what the long time TV talk show host turned journalist with an agenda says? Then I heard the title of the book, “His Panic: Why Americans fear Hispanics in the U.S.”. As a white American I knew that I HAD to listen to this. What I heard was absolutely ridiculous. Geraldo is actually asserting in this book that non-Hispanic Americans fear ALL Hispanics because we believe they will shift the culture of the country towards the Hispanic culture. He asserts that Americans don’t want to move just the 12 million illegal immigrants out of our country, but that we want all Hispanic Americans displaced. The underlying current of his book from the way he spoke about it was racism against all Hispanics regardless of immigration status by white America and to a slightly lesser extent black America. Geraldo appears to seek to ignite racial tensions in the United States with regards to Hispanic Americans. As the average white American male in the eastern United States I take exception to the notion that Hispanics are hated by the rest of the country simply for being brown. I’ve got something to say to YOU mister Geraldo Rivera, and listen up. I don’t hate Hispanics. I don’t fear Hispanics. I don’t discriminate against anyone, black, white, brown or blue simply because of the color of their skin. I don’t discriminate against Africans, Muslims, Hispanics or Asians because of their national origin. A very smart man once said "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Mister Rivera, I think, by and large the nation has become this. Racism is not a myth not for African Americans, not for Hispanics, not for Asians. There are people in this great country that are racist. There are groups that get together and commit racist acts like burning black churches. There are also groups that merge together and run drugs, commit murder and kill innocent people. I think Mister Geraldo Rivera that you are missing the TRUE fears of America. The real fears of America are the burdens to the education and healthcare systems that are posed by ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, white, black, Hispanic, Asian or European. The real fears of America include the security of our nation when we cannot stop people from illegally entering the United States. Who knows what intentions these people who are breaking the law have? If they’re willing to break the law to get here, they’re willing to break the law to stay. Let’s look at gangs. In 2005 CAL/GANG, a statewide database maintained by the California Department of Justice, said the city of Los Angeles was home to 463 gangs with 39,032 members. Hispanic gangs made up the majority of all gang members with over 22k members. In 2007 the Charlotte Conservative reported that studies show that more than half of all Gang members in LA are illegal immigrants from Latin countries as well 29% of all inmates in all state and federal prisons are illegal aliens. Those statistics Mister Geraldo provide reason for concerns about illegal immigration. That brings me to jobs. Mister Geraldo wants us to believe that illegal immigrants are doing America a favor by taking jobs in factories or on farms that legal Americans feel are beneath them. I’ve got news for you Mister Geraldo, you may find it hard pressed to locate a teen or young person in NYC to work on a farm, in a factory or do landscaping, but I can tell you that if you were step outside of your comfort zone and head into a slightly more rural area you would find legal Americans, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic that are jobless because illegal immigrants, working for cash under the table and for much less wage than legal hires would be required to be paid, have stolen these jobs that would help them. You’d find Americans eager for any job, including those you say are considered beneath legal Americans. Geraldo says that illegal immigrants revitalize towns and bring back an economy. Mister Geraldo, please ask the long time residents of the Kennett Square, PA area if the influx of illegal immigrants has revitalized their town. The answer you are most likely to receive is that the town has lost property values, a huge surge in school populations and a loss of blue collar jobs to illegals. The fact is Mister Geraldo, that there is nothing good about illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is the practice of breaking the rule of law and obtaining unlawful access to a sovereign nation. These people have already broken the law to get here, what’s to stop them from breaking the law again while in the country? Statistics show that many of them do break the law again. I have a proposition for you Mister Geraldo Rivera, which you can choose to ignore if you like. I, an average citizen of the United States of America, challenge you, the great Geraldo Rivera to a debate on illegal immigration on the stage of your choosing. We can debate it on a radio show, we can debate it on TV, and we can debate it in front of a live auditorium. I’ve never spoken in front of a large group of people, on TV or on the radio, but I am so offended by your obviously ridiculous statements that I will step out of my comfort zone to confront your lies and mistruths. What do you say Mister Rivera, are you too good to debate an average American, or are you just afraid of being wrong? Reference Material: www.LACP.org Author: Michael Kraft Published: May 21, 2007 www.charlotteconservative.com