tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:01:00 +0000Pro Deo et Patria: News and thought on political, social, and moral issues.http://www.nixatron.com/noreply@blogger.com (nixatron)Blogger4536125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1827415554881294181Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:01:00 +00002008-09-07T00:01:00.416-07:00Townhall.com Weekend Journal   Salem Radio Network Hugh Hewitt moderates how Sarah Palin entertained the audience with humor, took on the petty complaints coming from the Obama camp, and blasted Obama for his hypocrisy; Michael Medved talks to Mike Huckabee about the sexism of the media directed at Palin; and Frank Pastore talks to a nurse who describes how Barack Obama voted for infanticide. http://www.nixatron.com/2008/09/townhall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3584736091293140851Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:45:00 +00002008-09-04T00:49:05.440-07:00The Best Man Turned Out to be a Woman by Ann Coulter ...They claimed Palin was chosen only because she's a woman. In fact, Palin was chosen because she's pro-life, pro-gun, pro-drilling and pro-tax cuts. She's fought both Republicans and Democrats on public corruption and does not have hair plugs like some other vice presidential candidate I could mention. In other words, she's a "Republican"...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/09/best-man-turned-out-to-be-woman-by-ann.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8057862140627362592Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:03:00 +00002008-09-03T00:03:00.582-07:00Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century by Michael Asher ...In the past 1000 years, three previous such events -- the Dalton, Maunder, and Spörer Minimums, have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called a "mini ice age". For a society dependent on agriculture, cold is more damaging than heat. The growing season shortens, yields drop, and the occurrence of http://www.nixatron.com/2008/09/sun-makes-history-first-spotless-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-395368551411750779Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:10:00 +00002008-08-13T16:13:26.089-07:00The Jihadist Threat and Grassroots Defense by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart ...As the shift toward grassroots operatives continues, information pertaining to preparatory crimes will become even more critical. Identifying this activity and flagging it for follow-on investigation could mean the difference between a thwarted and a successful attack. As the grassroots threat emerges, the need for http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/jihadist-threat-and-grassroots-defense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8499930202095146762Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:28:00 +00002008-08-12T02:39:23.597-07:00Why I Am Not a Liberal by Dennis Prager The following is a list of beliefs that I hold. Nearly every one of them was a liberal position until the late 1960s. Not one of them is now. Such a list is vitally important in order to clarify exactly what positions divide left from right, blue from red, liberal from conservative...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/why-i-am-not-liberal-by-dennis-prager.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1401770915443539516Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:23:00 +00002008-08-11T10:30:53.275-07:00Hitler Invaded Sudetenland, Now Putin Invades South Ossetia by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann ...If the United States appeases Russia now, it will pay the same price British Prime Minister Nevelle Chamberlain paid in the 1930s. This invasion must not be allowed to stand or, at the very least, it must be contained to South Ossetia and not allowed to lap over into the rest of Georgia. More: We http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/we-helped-in-iraq-now-help-us-beg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-4344321279118749700Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:45:00 +00002008-08-11T10:22:39.959-07:00Why Microsoft and Intel Tried to Kill the XO $100 Laptop The Sunday Times Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world’s poorest children. And then the fat-cat multinationals got scared and broke it...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/why-microsoft-and-intel-tried-to-kill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-6047815959257028968Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:32:00 +00002008-08-11T10:35:08.942-07:00Townhall.com Weekend Journal   Salem Radio Network Michael Medved targets Dems for failing to act on drilling; Hugh Hewitt talks to Rep. Campbell about Pelosi's stubborness on refusing to do offshore drilling; Michael Medved speaks with David Freddoso, author of "The Case Against Barack Obama;" Dennis Prager says why California Attorney General Jerry Brown is dishonest. All this and more.http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/townhall_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8068146587907798375Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:16:00 +00002008-08-05T23:18:34.730-07:00The Spoiled Children of Capitalism by Jonah Goldberg ...This is the irony of capitalism. It is not zero-sum, but it feels like it is. Capitalism coordinates humanity toward peaceful, productive cooperation, but it feels alienating. Collectivism does the opposite, at least when dreamed up on paper. The communes and collectives imploded in inefficiency, drowned in blood. The kibbutz lives on only http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/spoiled-children-of-capitalism-by-jonah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-6473007587009931278Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:26:00 +00002008-08-03T17:33:25.935-07:00Townhall.com Weekend Journal   Salem Radio Network When Senator Obama went overseas in an attempt to boost his presidential credentials, the media followed him around like love-sick teenage girls. And, much like those young females, they gushed about how good he looked, how smart he is, how well he spoke. He’s just…. Dreamy. Here on the ground, we saw a different Obama. Salem host Michael Medvedhttp://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/townhall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1236588141364963734Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:18:00 +00002008-08-01T00:21:33.684-07:00What If Iraq Works? by Victor Davis Hanson There is a growing confidence among officers, diplomats and politicians that a constitutional Iraq is going to make it. We don't hear much anymore of trisecting the country, much less pulling all American troops out in defeat...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/08/what-if-iraq-works-by-victor-davis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8249278302764663604Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:07:00 +00002008-07-30T01:15:08.409-07:00Take Taxpayers Off Hook for Rot at Fannie, Freddie by John McCain Americans should be outraged at the latest sweetheart deal in Washington. Congress will put U.S. taxpayers on the hook for potentially hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It's a tribute to what these two institutions — which most Americans have never heard of — have bought with more than $170-http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/take-taxpayers-off-hook-for-rot-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8486259801710771779Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:03:00 +00002008-07-30T01:18:27.235-07:00Environmentalists' Hold on Congress ...The thirst to wield massive control over our economy helps explain the near religious belief in manmade global warming and the attacks on scientists and others who offer contradictory evidence. Related: Photo Tour: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Proposed Drilling Locationhttp://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/environmentalists-hold-on-congress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-4397106155100102538Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:00:00 +00002008-07-29T11:03:34.949-07:00Fannie Mae's Political Immunity Wall Street Journal ...with Fan and Fred now explicitly guaranteed by taxpayers, letting them ladle cash all over Washington amounts to using government-guaranteed profits to lobby for continued government protection. Congress sets the rules in favor of Fan and Fred, which then repay the Members with cash from their rigged profit stream. This is the government http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/fannie-maes-political-immunity-wall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8672853420375287160Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:56:00 +00002008-07-29T11:00:23.976-07:00Obama's Naive Berlin Speech by Dennis Prager If the 20th century did teach something, it taught that evil must always be fought. The speech reveals a man who has good will and noble desires, but who may be dangerously naive regarding the lessons of history and what to do about evil.http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/obamas-naive-berlin-speech-by-dennis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-960305787119656111Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:55:00 +00002008-07-28T03:57:02.494-07:00Alternative Energy, Alternative Doomsday by Phil Harris ...Man is a part of the equation, and due to the laws of nature, the end result will be the same no matter what we do. In terms of alternative energy, just as the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence, once we leap over the fence we may find that it isn't necessarily so.http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/alternative-energy-alternative-doomsday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-4805651506095045617Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:00 +00002008-07-28T03:58:53.417-07:00Making the World Safe for . . . Politicians by Paul Jacob ...Candidates and groups with money and power seem able to navigate campaign finance laws well enough. Money rents the lawyers and accountants; power buys the special favors. And, with enough money, those big fines don’t seem so big. But not so for the rest of us...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/making-world-safe-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-8758427929413605772Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:46:00 +00002008-07-27T00:49:01.919-07:00Townhall.com Weekend Journal   Salem Radio Network Messiah Obama can't admit to a mistake -- Dennis Prager explains; Hugh Hewitt gets the latest on the ground in Iraq from Frederick Kagan; Mitt Romney makes sense of the energy crisis on Bill Bennett's Morning in America; America's culture of sex is on the decline according to John Stossel on the Michael Medved Show; Dennis Prager exposes the http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/townhall_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5735226802122212806Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:26:00 +00002008-07-28T03:58:00.702-07:00He Ventured Forth to Bring Light to the World by Gerard Baker And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/he-ventured-forth-to-bring-light-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-1390410569659251342Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:52:00 +00002008-07-24T01:54:24.981-07:00Hollywood's Conservative Underground by Amy Fagan ...The group, whose members call themselves "Friends of Abe" after Abraham Lincoln, was organized as an underground movement because of fears that prominent industry titans with outspoken liberal views would retaliate, said participants. They often were reluctant to name members of the group in interviews for fear it would hurt their careers...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/hollywoods-conservative-underground-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-366417802795041593Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:24:00 +00002008-07-23T14:27:29.143-07:00The Fannie Mae Gang by Paul Gigot ...the abiding lesson here is what happens when you combine private profit with government power. You create political monsters that are protected both by journalists on the left and pseudo-capitalists on Wall Street, by liberal Democrats and country-club Republicans. Even now, after all of their dishonesty and failure, Fannie and Freddie could emerge from this http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/fannie-mae-gang-by-paul-gigot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5540108958314564028Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:03:00 +00002008-07-23T13:04:49.895-07:00Filipino War's Lessons for Iraq by Michael Medved A century ago, success seemed unlikely in an unpopular war — that is, until the tide turned. Can the shift in the Philippines show the way forward today?...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/filipino-wars-lessons-for-iraq-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3021616380955538061Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +00002008-07-21T16:00:15.687-07:00McCain's Rejected New York Times Op-ed Piece by John McCain ...No one favors a permanent U.S. presence, as Senator Obama charges. A partial withdrawal has already occurred with the departure of five "surge" brigades, and more withdrawals can take place as the security situation improves...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/mccains-rejected-new-york-times-op-ed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-5483463103474552676Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:19:00 +00002008-07-21T15:26:20.160-07:00Court Tosses FCC 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine by John Loviglio The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in issuing the fine for the fleeting image of nudity...http://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/court-tosses-fcc-wardrobe-malfunction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274368.post-3997402741679534684Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:52:00 +00002008-07-21T14:54:10.333-07:00Townhall.com Weekend Journal   Salem Radio Network About the only thing John McCain and Barack Obama have in common is the title “Senator.” Dennis Prager has the details. Barack Obama wrote an op-ed explaining his plans for Iraq. ABC News ran those ideas past military leaders and other personnel. The results: a stunning rebuke of the young senator. Michael Medved weighs in. Last, Paul Edwards, ahttp://www.nixatron.com/2008/07/townhall_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (nixatron)