UND CR in the Grand Forks Media!!!!
by horak77 ~ September 4, 2008
Hey gang we got on television tonight for our first meeting at the Loading Dock! Here is the link to go and see.
The Grass Is Always Greener…Or is it.
by Greg ~ September 4, 2008
I was reading the Star Tribune today and skimmed the editorial page, where I saw a cartoon drawn by Steve Sack:
(Image courtesy of Creators.com)
I found this cartoon hilarious, as the Left is doing the same thing with their candidate and recent Democratic history.
One thing that I remind people of often when discussing this upcoming presidential race are the parallels of the upcoming election with the Congressional elections of 2006. We all remember the campaign battle cries of “Change” then, and how the Democrats would come in and break the ground for the end of the Iraq war, provide a stark opposition to Bush, and possibly introduce articles of impeachment. It’s been a year and a half now since the Democrats won the elections (some by landslides), and what has become a reality of those campaign promises?
Obama has enough experience for the Presidency…because he’s running for President?
by Greg ~ September 4, 2008
This is the best argument he can come up with after the Left’s pathetic attempts to discredit Palin’s experience when compared to his?
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/02/obama-i-have-more-executive-experience-than-palin/
Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.
Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.
“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.
Newt Gingrich completely destroys a reporter after he gives him a snide comment about Sarah Palin
by Greg ~ September 3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zXi90EVeg
The slaughter starts around 2:30 in, and is worth waiting for. Absolutely wonderful.
Jon Voight’s Thoughts on Obama.
by cdougcorbett ~ September 1, 2008
VOIGHT: My concerns for America
Obama sowing socialist seeds in young people
I found this article on the Washington Times website, and found it very interesting. It’s nice to see a celebrity that isn’t in the tank for Obama. Enjoy! OP-ED
Monday, July 28, 2008
We, as parents, are well aware of the importance of our teachers who teach and program our children. We also know how important it is for our children to play with good-thinking children growing up.
A Must Watch Video!!!
by horak77 ~ August 27, 2008
Biden? Really?
by Greg ~ August 23, 2008
Now that Barry Obama’s VP has been chosen, let’s look at an example of his stances on 2nd Amendment issues. Aside from having a vehement anti-gun voting record, this littel tidbit stands out above the rest, a question posed to him at 2007 South Carolina Democratic Primary Debate, and his response:
Q: Sen. Biden, what could the federal government have done to save those kids at Virginia Tech?
A: What they could have done is three things.
1. In the so-called Biden crime bill, we put 100,000 cops on the street. I’ve worked with law enforcement for the past 30 years, with armor-piercing bullets, waiting periods, etc. But the one thing that’s clear: We should not have let the assault weapons ban lapse.
2. We should close this so-called gun show loophole, so you can’t go into a gun show and buy a gun that you couldn’t buy walking into a gun shop.
3. We have let the country down in the way in which we have not focused on mental illness. We should know that your kid is safe at college. If teachers determine that a child is a danger, the school should be able to take them off the campus.
While points 2 and 3 are common blather by gun control aficionados , what I’ve bolded in point 1 is an example of how illogical this man is. The weapons Cho used at the Virginia Tech shooting were a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, both of which were not banned under the AWB. True, high-capacity magazines were regulated heavily under the AWB, but is Biden really trying to say that, under the AWB, the lack of ease of getting a high-capacity magazine for his Glock 19 would of made Cho decide not to shoot up Virginia Tech? Really?
UND Police and “Dangerous Weapons”
by Greg ~ August 14, 2008
Having just arrived back in Grand Forks last night, I went to the UND Police station today to drop off a few rifles of mine to “test the waters” of their new weapons storage policy. Upon mentioning to the receptionist that I was checking in some firearms, it seemed like every other phrase she said was “We have to do things differently now.” In addition to filling out the Manila tag we’ve had to do before, we now have to fill out a, in my humble opinion, draconian white sheet that feels more like a background check than a for-our-records information paper.
To my memory, It asked my Social Security Number, all of my past addresses in the last five years, date of birth, and a few other things that you wouldn’t expect a campus police department to need to store my humble .22lr-caliber rifle in their closet. On the door of said weapons closet, there is a list of new rules governing the weapons policy, the last one standing out to me the most, to my memory reading akin to “UND Police reserves the right to refuse storage of any ‘deadly weapon’” (Emphasis added). Wasn’t part of UND Police’s whole shebang last spring pertaining to students storing weapons in the student apartments their insistence that they have lots of room in their closet (Given, they did have an entire lower rack free as of around 11 AM today, but my three rifles took up the last remaining spots on the top rack, which was filled already, as of August 14th), and that a weapon would be much better off stored in there than with the student, no matter what the circumstance?
Now, yes, this could just be a “liability” clause if someone tries to bring their 57mm Howitzer with them to school, but I think that rule should have “within reason” somewhere in it, as the UND Police are basically telling me “We fought to take your right to keep and bear arms in your room (if you live on campus) away, but the “alternative” we lauded as the perfect solution to a problem that doesn’t exist is now dependent on whether we allow you to store them here or not.” It seems like what was once a “service” to students has now become a privilege.
Just remember kids, a weapon in the police station’s closet is better than in your hand during a mugging/robbery/rape, because of the chance that the mugger/robber/rapist might take that weapon and turn it against you, no matter how statistically insignificant that chance is!
(My views are my own and do not reflect those of College Republicans, of course)
The War on Terror and the Dark Knight
by Harald ~ July 25, 2008
Last week I joined millions of other moviegoers in this country and saw the much anticipated, ‘The Dark Knight’, besides from being a rare cinematographic masterpiece in our age, the movie had a much stronger message that many already has ignored.
‘The Dark Knight’ illustrates the cruelness of evil, and more importantly the lengths one must go if one at all want any goal of defeating that very evil. In today’s world, we’re not facing a psychopathic manic Joker, but several. Al Qaeda can be described by the words used by Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred, “Some people just want to watch the world burn.” Indeed, the terrorist we face today are not willing to compromise, surrender, nor spare innocent human lives, because their ultimate goal is the defeat of the world as we know it, unrest, and a fire so great that it can never be put out.
That is why it is of utmost importance that these terrorists must be defeated before their goal of burn in flames will be a reality. ‘The Dark Knight’ offers us a portrayal of what we see happening in our political arena, those that, righteously, stand up and confront the terrorist at whatever cost are the ones that are being “hunted down” and made villains. It is unnecessary to point out the amount of flack our current president has received for his staunch approach against terror, but many often forget the importance of being staunch, the importance of never flinch in the face of danger, the importance of enduring.
And if any lesson can be learned from ‘The Dark Knight’, the most important lesson must be that to protect a world from going into flames, one must remove those playing with the matches.
Below is an op-ed piece from the Wall Street Journal that I found particularly interesting as I was writing this. Read the rest of this entry »
The Power of Courage
by Harald ~ July 4, 2008
Courage is used to define a man from a boy. Courage is used to define true from fake. Courage is what our Forefathers so gallantly illustrated 232 years ago.
It was July 4th 1776. Despite the strength of the Empire and the probable fatal outcome, the representatives of the American colonists, gathered in Philadelphia, decided to courageously stand strongly for the truths they held to be self-evident. As they proceeded to unanimously approve the wording of the Declaration of Independence, the brave Forefathers proclaimed to Britain, and every man, woman and child, that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
In today’s world we often take those unalienable rights for granted. We are so accustomed to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness that we tend to forget those that ever since that vital day have defended these rights. It is imperative to remember that we are the land of the free because of the brave.
There is no doubt that the challenges we will face in the years to come will be tough, unpleasant and demand every ounce of our determination to overcome those very challenges. During the hardest times, we must remember the lessons of past generations, the lessons of past challenges; never surrender! Never give up. As long as we stand firm with determination and will, we can not be defeated and we can overcome anything and everything.
Past generations has proved this to be true. In particular when a young thought-to-be-vulnerable nation faced armed conflict before her 25th anniversary, as well as when that very young nation, before she celebrated her being a century old faced a crisis that almost tore her a part, and yet again twice within the 50 first years of the 20th Century, in all these cases, our forefathers stood bravely with courage, they did not flinch, and they did whatever was in their power to protect the unalienable rights as wells as the very document that granted these rights. Rights not just granted to the citizens of the United States of America, but citizens of any country, anywhere.
Interviews on DC Heller with Glenn Beck
by Jake ~ June 26, 2008
Here are some fascinating interviews with a variety of important people involved with the recent DC/Heller Supreme Court case. Interview with Alan Gura (he argued the Heller case in front of the Supreme Court), Chris Cox (NRA), Bob Levy (Cato Institute), and Lorianne Updike (Consource).
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by Jake ~ June 26, 2008
SCOTUS upholds the obvious: 2nd Amendment is an individual right.
Decision here.
How many states again, Barak?
by Jake ~ May 11, 2008
You won’t see this covered very much on TV. I’m sure if a Conservative or Republican had said this…
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]UND Student Body President Needs to GO!
by Bernardo ~ May 11, 2008
I picked up the Grand Forks Herald dated Sunday May 11th and found out that our elected representative of UND said, “People in North Dakota are inherently racist abecause of their lack of contact with (minorities) and their total ignorance of the racial problem.” How could he say that? Doesn’t he know that most supposed hate crimes are hoaxes? Maybe he is full of total ignorance.
I see potential electoral gain here too because apparently Jamie Selzler, the North Dakota executive driector of the state Democratic-NPL Party has been involved a bit in trashing North Dakota values (not as bluntly though). If we get a few choice phrases from her trying to make North Dakota look like black people are regularly lynched here, that could make people angry enough to either get her kicked out of office or make republicans a stronger party this election (or both).
Brother calls home, leaves firefight on answering machine.
by Jake ~ May 8, 2008
“My brother is an MP over in Afghanistan. He was on post on April 21st. He decided to give us a call, just to let us know how he was doing.
Nobody was home so he got the answering machine, and hung up. Just then, they started getting shot at. Somehow, his phone re-dialed, and we got this on our answering machine. He is okay.”
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]What are Super Delegates?
by horak77 ~ May 8, 2008
For those who don’t know what the Super Delegates are and what they do you need to watch this video made by CNN Conservative Talk Show Host. Yea i know CNN having a conservative commentator is weird but its true!
Know Your Duty: Jury Nullification
by Jake ~ May 6, 2008
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]Obama’s Huston Campaign HQ: Viva Che!
by Jake ~ May 6, 2008
Yes, this is his Houston Campaign Headquarters, and yes that’s a Cuban flag with Che on it.
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]The Asteroid That is Our Economy That is to Come - by Dr. James Dobson
by horak77 ~ April 29, 2008
April 2008
Dear Friends:
In recent months, I’ve become friends with Glenn Beck, one of the few conservative commentators on CNN who also hosts his own national radio talk show. You may have heard me discuss current events with Mr. Beck on a few occasions in the past. I appreciate his firm grasp of the values we hold dear and his ability to use humor to address some very serious issues.
One of those concerns is our national budget, a subject on which Mr. Beck offered some insightful commentary during his CNN program on March 26th. A transcript of those remarks, edited for clarity, is included below. (Brace yourself, because he opened with a scary but phony news story.)
“… Right now, we are getting word from my newsroom that says scientists are tracking a large asteroid that appears to be heading towards Earth. Information is coming in right now. Initial reports say the impact will be around the year 2019 and the consequences could be ‘catastrophic.’
The president has just released a statement. He will be speaking here in just a few minutes. Apparently his message is, ‘The threat is real, it is dire, and we have decided to let the next administration figure it out.’
Let me ask you something–first of all, there’s no asteroid headed our way. If that were real, would you be sharpening the end of your pitchfork and driving to Washington [to demand action from our leaders]? Yes, of course you would. We’re going to let the next administration figure it out?
… If there was an asteroid [coming our way], we would take care of it. And there is an economic asteroid, and no one seems to care.The Social Security and Medicare trustees–and I use that term loosely because it has the word ‘trust’ in the center–released their annual report yesterday. The news isn’t really good.
This year, 2008, Medicare will pay out more in benefits than it takes in from taxes. Got it? The same thing happens to Social Security in 2017. That’s when the government will have to start paying back all the money it has stolen from the people from the Social Security “lock box” [that doesn’t exist] over the years, something that could be a little dicey considering the fact–you might have heard this–we’re out of money!
By 2019, Medicare becomes completely insolvent. And by 2041, Social Security runs dry.
Great. By most estimates, this is a $53 trillion asteroid.
Now, you find one person–if you can find them, I’ll pay you–that’s credible on either side of the aisle that disputes the size of this threat or how quickly it’s coming. In fact, most would say the dates and the figures I just gave you are conservative.
So, why is it no one’s doing anything about it? If there were a real asteroid, do you think we’d allow our leaders to keep passing the next buck to the next administration until we could actually see the flying rock in the sky?
… We’re not only letting [our leaders] get away with that, we’re letting them do something worse. We’re letting them actually go out into space, and they’re [asking] ‘I wonder if we could make the asteroid bigger?’
I mean, they’re putting prescription drugs on. We’ve got billions in bailouts and rebate checks … I’m sorry, this is criminal negligence.
I don’t know who people think are going to swoop in and save us from this disaster … I’ve got news for you, it’s not going to be Congress … The president is not going to do it. And believe me, Bruce Willis and Tommy Lee Jones, are going to be a little too old. They’ll be on that non-existent Social Security system by then.
Like always, we have to save ourselves. And we have to start right now… ”
Glenn Beck is absolutely right. Our political leaders are spending us into oblivion, and guess what? They plan to raise our taxes exponentially so they can waste even more.
One of my personal heroes, Winston Churchill, once said that “for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”1 He was, of course, talking about the economic situation in Great Britain many decades ago. But his words have striking relevance to the United States today and to the scenario described by Glenn Beck on CNN. If you’re like most Americans, you filed your income taxes this month. And as you realized just how much of your hard-earned money will go to support the bloated bureaucracy and to an ever growing catalog of entitlements, you may have felt as helpless as a man in a bucket trying to lift himself up–or a scientist watching an asteroid hurtling towards earth while the government leaders did nothing to prepare.
Last month, our Congress passed its proposed $3 trillion national budget for 2009.2 While the headlines of the day focused on the presidential race and the latest Hollywood starlet to enter rehab, the budget received surprisingly little attention. It has frightening implications for all of us.
Thanks to the efforts of liberals in the Senate and the House, you will almost certainly be paying even more taxes next year than you did in 2008. Voices on the Left have long decried President Bush’s tax cuts, which they claim favor the “wealthy.” But by their reckoning, “wealthy” Americans include those who are barely making enough to scrape by. The Associated Press reported that the Senate’s budget would “allow income tax rates to go up on individuals making as little as $31,850 and couples earning $63,700 or more.”3 In other words, congressional liberals are coming after middle-class families with a vengeance.
The budget passed by the House of Representatives is even more damaging, as it effectively eliminates all of President Bush’s tax cuts, including the 50 percent reduction that citizens in the bottom tax bracket received when he cut the rate from 15 percent to 10 percent. The House budget also ensures that the “marriage penalty” tax will return, saddling 50 million married couples with an average of an additional $3,000 in taxes for the coming year while those living together without benefit of marriage will pay less. How ridiculous is that? Even more outrageous is the fact that the per-child tax credit will be cut in half, from $1,000 down to $500.4 This is an outrageous assault on the well-being of the nation’s families. It is shameful to require moms and dads to pay for useless pork and it should bring howls of protests down on the heads of our elected officials. Instead, liberals in Congress are proposing up to $683 billion in new taxes over the next five years.5 Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the House’s budget for 2009 is not that it will increase taxes, but that it will weaken the financial stability of families.
What are elected leaders doing with this additional money? Let’s consider a few facts based on past trends:
* Each year since 1969, Congress has spent more money than it brought in. The Treasury Department has to borrow money to meet Congress’s appropriations. The national debt is now more than $9,000,000,000,000 (that’s $9 trillion) and growing. Even when government officials claim to have a surplus, they still spend more than they get. You and I pay enormous interest on that huge debt. In fiscal year 2006, the U.S. government spent $406 billion of our money on interest payments to the holders of the national debt.6 Alarmingly, we are heavily in debt to the Chinese government, which could “recall the loan” at will and throw the U.S. economy into a tailspin.
* The complete Internal Revenue Code is more than 21 megabytes in length and contains more than 7.8 million words. If printed 60 lines to a page, it would fill almost 16,000 letter-size pages. In reality, the exact number of tax laws and codes cannot be ascertained due to constant changes.7
* The IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions each year. Laid end to end, they would circle the earth 28 times! American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working to comply with federal tax regulations each year–more than it takes to produce every car, truck and van in the United States.8
* The IRS employs 114,000 people–twice as many as the CIA and five times more than the FBI. A full 60 percent of taxpayers must hire a professional to get through their own returns. Taxes consume 38.2 percent of the average family’s income–more than for food, clothing and shelter combined.9
It’s not that the government doesn’t have enough money–it’s that it’s mishandling money and spending the lion’s share of it in the wrong places. Of prime concern is the issue of “earmarking,” which refers to provisions in legislation that direct federal funds to be spent on the politician’s pet projects, often in his or her home district. It is called “bringing home the bacon” and is one of the ways they stay in office. Republicans and Democrats alike have been guilty of abusing this practice for years now. At the 11th hour, earmarks are quietly slipped into massive spending bills by members of Congress. Do you remember the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” fiasco? Congress tried to fund a $230 million bridge that led to an Alaskan town of 50 people.10 The funding was ultimately axed–but only after public outrage demanded it.
A few of the saner voices in Congress have called for a serious reform of the earmark system, or even for the elimination of earmarks altogether. But alas, during its budget proceedings, the Senate failed to implement even a temporary ban on this wasteful and irresponsible practice. It’s worth noting that the three front-running presidential contenders did, in fact, vote for the temporary ban, perhaps because they are in the spotlight and know how unpopular pork-barrel spending is with the American public. Nevertheless, for the majority of Senators in both parties, earmarks are a sacred cow. Or is that a cash cow? Whatever the case, the effort to end earmarks went down in flames in a 29-to-71 vote.11 Alas, the asteroid is heading our way!
Clearly, our elected representatives do not represent us when it comes to their spending habits. The much-publicized economic stimulus checks that are being mailed out this year will, for all intents and purposes, be sent straight back to the government to help cover the $683 billion tax increase. Meanwhile, hard-working families will continue struggling to make ends meet. Our leaders in Congress continue to play fast-and-loose with our tax dollars because they are so out of touch with what it means to live on a limited income. A recent study from the Center for Responsive Politics found that the median net worth of a U.S. senator is nearly $2 million, while the median net worth of a member of the House of Representatives is more than $600,000.12 Rush Limbaugh has called Congress our “House of Lords,” and it’s not difficult to see why. And yet these same leaders have the audacity to suggest that people earning $31,000 a year are somehow “rich” citizens who owe the government a larger proportion of their income. Liberals call it “paying your fair share.” What this really means is that the big spenders in Washington want to build their version of a “bridge to nowhere.”
There is much more that could be said on this point, but I do not have the space to expand on the topic here. The role of the government is discussed in greater detail in Focus on the Family’s The Truth Project® DVD curriculum, which offers a biblical view of the government as part of a larger discussion of what constitutes a biblical worldview. In particular, Dr. Del Tackett argues that in modern times, the government has endeavored to take over the role of the church. We believe that God did not institute governments to “save” people, especially in a manner that intrudes on every citizen’s God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For a further exploration of this idea, visit thetruthproject.org.
I hope my comments this month haven’t left you feeling depressed. I also don’t want you to be gripped by fear. You’ve heard about the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles in which many listeners mistook a dramatic presentation of H.G. Wells’ book, War of the Worlds, for an actual news report about an alien invasion. The public panic that ensued was of historic proportions–at least until listeners realized that the radio program was fictitious. Although the economic crisis we are facing is not fiction, it is no cause for panic, especially for those of us who find our peace and security in Jesus Christ. We must not be fearful, but we do need to respond to this impending crisis with concern and a sense of urgency.
Despite our government’s flaws, we are still blessed to live in a country in which our voices can be heard and in which we have the right to choose the men and women who will represent us in the corridors of power. Indeed, our elected leaders often “get away” with so much because the rest of us aren’t paying attention or holding them accountable. If nothing changes, politicians will grab more and more of your family’s income. I hope you’ll contact your representatives in Washington and let them know what you think. Tell them respectfully but passionately when you think they’ve gone too far. After all, they work for you and at your pleasure. When you’ve had enough, elect other representatives who will be more responsive to the nation’s well-being. Thanks for your continued interest in the ministry of Focus on the Family. I hope you’ll let us know how we can serve you and your loved ones in the days ahead.
God’s blessings to you.
Sincerely,
James C. Dobson, Ph.D.
Founder and Chairman
Focus on the Family
Ubama’s Official Campaign Blogger = Militan Marxist/Communist
by Jake ~ April 26, 2008
Posted on April 24, 2008
-By Warner Todd Huston
The list of Barack Obama associates that hold views that clash with mainstream America is getting longer every day and now we can add another notch in the “anti-American” column of Obama campaign workers and supporters. This time we find that the Obama campaign’s official blogger, Sam Graham-Felsen, has spent time in France participating in labor riots, has written for a socialist magazine, hung a communist flag in his home, and was a fan of Marx while at Harvard.
Is this a case of the media not vetting another Obama associate? Why have we not heard of this man before and why is the media silent on him? After the stories of John Edwards’ anti-Catholic bloggers, you’d think that the media would have been on the lookout for campaign blogger related stories. Yet, this guy and his questionable past has been ignored by the same media that tried to give Edwards’ bloggers a pass.
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