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In a Alabama college classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to
be President of the United States...
It was pretty simple - the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at
least 35 years of age.
However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was
the requirement to be a natural born citizen.
In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable
individuals from becoming president.
The class was taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the
floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating,
"What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country
than one born by C-section?"
Yep, these are the same 18 year olds that just elected the new President
of the United States.
be President of the United States...
It was pretty simple - the candidate must be a natural born citizen of at
least 35 years of age.
However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair was
the requirement to be a natural born citizen.
In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable
individuals from becoming president.
The class was taking it in and letting her rant, but everyone's jaw hit the
floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating,
"What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country
than one born by C-section?"
Yep, these are the same 18 year olds that just elected the new President
of the United States.
Don't start none...won't be none.
Posted by Brian Peters on Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:13:09 AM
Dear Mainstream Media:
After the cowardly attacks, the obvious biased reports, and failure to
journalistically cover the 'Tea Party' demonstrations yesterday on April
15th, 2009, I will not ever cite your organizations for factual reports
should they be used on B.E.V.
The disclaimer will be made now:
"Any stories cited on BirdsEyeView that are sourced to the news
organizations at CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and/or their affiliate(s) should be
highly suspect as being very biased, and partially to totally non-factual in
it's entire report."
It became very apparent yesterday that all four news organizations have
become political arms of the Democratic National Committee, without a
doubt.
Previously B.E.V. has used these organizations to cite information for the
general public but can no longer, in good conscience, continue to do so
without providing the disclaimer above.
Citing only part of the facts, part of the story, and ensuring the political
aspect of the story favors the DNC and their Candidates, makes these
organizations no longer reliable as 'fact based, unbiased, news
organizations.'
I would encourage the general public at large to treat all reporters
working for said named organizations as representatives of the DNC
and/or their Candidates, Members, and Leadership.
Sincerely,
B.E.V.
P.S. The New York Times can be added as well.
Caveat emptor to all newspaper organizations, radio stations, local news
outlets that you deal with on a daily basis.
Dear Mainstream Media:
After the cowardly attacks, the obvious biased reports, and failure to
journalistically cover the 'Tea Party' demonstrations yesterday on April
15th, 2009, I will not ever cite your organizations for factual reports
should they be used on B.E.V.
The disclaimer will be made now:
"Any stories cited on BirdsEyeView that are sourced to the news
organizations at CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and/or their affiliate(s) should be
highly suspect as being very biased, and partially to totally non-factual in
it's entire report."
It became very apparent yesterday that all four news organizations have
become political arms of the Democratic National Committee, without a
doubt.
Previously B.E.V. has used these organizations to cite information for the
general public but can no longer, in good conscience, continue to do so
without providing the disclaimer above.
Citing only part of the facts, part of the story, and ensuring the political
aspect of the story favors the DNC and their Candidates, makes these
organizations no longer reliable as 'fact based, unbiased, news
organizations.'
I would encourage the general public at large to treat all reporters
working for said named organizations as representatives of the DNC
and/or their Candidates, Members, and Leadership.
Sincerely,
B.E.V.
P.S. The New York Times can be added as well.
Caveat emptor to all newspaper organizations, radio stations, local news
outlets that you deal with on a daily basis.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Sure, Malkin's a far right pit bull...But she makes a good point here:
Friday, April 17, 2009
Million Taxpayer March
by Michelle Malkin
Let's use liberal math to calculate attendance at this week's nationwide
Tax Day Tea Party protests. When left-wing activists make crowd
estimates, the algorithm is:
six figures = one million.
An incomplete survey of newspaper accounts and organizer estimates
pegged the Tea Party protest population at a minimum of 250,000.
We can now, therefore, officially call it the "Million Taxpayer March."
Or, the "Million Right-Wing Extremists March" (if you work for the
Department of Homeland Security.)
To George Soros-funded grievance professionals, 250,000 is an
insignificant number. But unlike recent anti-war and pro-illegal
immigration rallies padded with union workers, college students and
homeless people, the Tax Day Tea Party demonstrations featured small-
business owners, working taxpayers and families.
This wasn't a weekend or holiday, mind you. A quarter-million people took
time off in the middle of the workweek to raise their voices against
reckless taxing and bipartisan spending.
Multimillionaire jetsetter Nancy Pelosi scoffed that the Tax Day Tea Party
movement was nothing more than "Astroturf" politics to protect
the "wealthiest people" in America. Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky
called the peaceable assemblies "despicable."
Other bitter, clingy Tea Party-bashers grumbled that activists only showed
up where Fox News cameras were. But tens of thousands more came out
in rain, snow and cold -- in Bozeman, Mont.; Eau Claire, Wis.; Carson
City, Nev.; White Plains, N.Y.; Bend, Ore.; Lansing, Mich.; Hilo, Hawaii;
Nashville, Tenn.; and everywhere in between -- with no media
personalities or celebrities in sight.
If only the condescending cable TV anchors at CNN and MSNBC had
paused from wallowing in gutter puns about tea bags, they might have
reported an even more significant phenomenon:
Tea Party protesters were as vocal in their criticism of Republicans as
they were of Democrats.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, a crowd of 2,000 repeatedly booed GOP Sens.
Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, who both supported the $700 billion TARP
bailout, and protested GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman's decision to accept $1.6
billion in porky stimulus funds.
In Sacramento, Tea Party organizer Mark Meckler singled out California
GOP Chair Ron Nehring for waffling on proposed $16 billion tax hikes.
The crowd of 5,000 greeted Nehring -- who unsuccessfully tried to hitch
his wagon to the Tea Party movement -- with a roar of boos and catcalls.
Speaker after speaker lambasted Republican Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger for abandoning fiscal-conservative principles. The
loudest chant of the day: "Throw them out."
In Madison, Wis., GOP Rep. Paul Ryan -- hyped as a conservative "rock
star" -- was well received. But I heard from staunch fiscal-conservative
constituents who refused to be silent about Ryan's complicity. He gave
one of the most hysterical speeches in the rush to pass TARP last fall;
voted for the auto bailout; and voted with the Barney Frank-Nancy Pelosi
AIG bonus-bashing stampede. Milwaukee blogger Nick Schweitzer
wrote: "He ought to be apologizing for his previous votes, not pretending
he was being responsible the entire time, but I don't see one bit of regret
for what he did previously. And I'll be damned if I'm going to let him get
away with it."
Other Tea Party participants pointed out that Newt Gingrich, who jumped
aboard the bandwagon, flip-flopped on TARP in the space of a week last
September and made common cause with Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi in
ads calling for immediate action on "climate change."
Before the grassroots Tea Party movement took them by surprise,
Beltway GOP strategists argued fervently that the party's traditional focus
on taxes and spending had become outdated. The re-branders pitched
their own expansive ideas to replace the anti-tax-and-spend agenda and
inspire new voters. These included Gingrich's "green conservatism,"
David Frum's proposal to raise carbon taxes, and open-borders
Republicans' plans for alternative forms of amnesty.
Newsflash: Eco-zealotry and in-state tuition discounts for illegal aliens
didn't bring out thousands of first-time activists on the streets. Stay-at-
home
moms weren't up all night making signs that read "Tax me more, please!"
What resonated on Tax Day were nonpartisan calls to roll back pork, hold
the line on taxing and spending, end the endless government bailouts,
and stop the congressional steamrollers that have pushed through
mountains of legislation without deliberation. This is a teachable moment
for GOP public relations peddlers in Washington. While they search for
the Holy Grail of Re-branding in tony salons and country club conferences,
the agenda for 2010 is smacking them in the face. It's the three T's,
stupid: Too Many Taxes, Trillions in Debt, and Transparency.
The GOP path to reclaiming power lies with candidates who can make a
credible case that they will support and defend fiscal responsibility. That
means acting on fiscal-conservative principles now, not paying lip service
later. The reckonable forces of the Tea Party movement didn't let
opportunists escape accountability on Tax Day. The GOP shouldn't
assume they'll get a pass on Election Day, either.
As one of the most popular Tea Party signs read:
"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out."
Friday, April 17, 2009
Million Taxpayer March
by Michelle Malkin
Let's use liberal math to calculate attendance at this week's nationwide
Tax Day Tea Party protests. When left-wing activists make crowd
estimates, the algorithm is:
six figures = one million.
An incomplete survey of newspaper accounts and organizer estimates
pegged the Tea Party protest population at a minimum of 250,000.
We can now, therefore, officially call it the "Million Taxpayer March."
Or, the "Million Right-Wing Extremists March" (if you work for the
Department of Homeland Security.)
To George Soros-funded grievance professionals, 250,000 is an
insignificant number. But unlike recent anti-war and pro-illegal
immigration rallies padded with union workers, college students and
homeless people, the Tax Day Tea Party demonstrations featured small-
business owners, working taxpayers and families.
This wasn't a weekend or holiday, mind you. A quarter-million people took
time off in the middle of the workweek to raise their voices against
reckless taxing and bipartisan spending.
Multimillionaire jetsetter Nancy Pelosi scoffed that the Tax Day Tea Party
movement was nothing more than "Astroturf" politics to protect
the "wealthiest people" in America. Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky
called the peaceable assemblies "despicable."
Other bitter, clingy Tea Party-bashers grumbled that activists only showed
up where Fox News cameras were. But tens of thousands more came out
in rain, snow and cold -- in Bozeman, Mont.; Eau Claire, Wis.; Carson
City, Nev.; White Plains, N.Y.; Bend, Ore.; Lansing, Mich.; Hilo, Hawaii;
Nashville, Tenn.; and everywhere in between -- with no media
personalities or celebrities in sight.
If only the condescending cable TV anchors at CNN and MSNBC had
paused from wallowing in gutter puns about tea bags, they might have
reported an even more significant phenomenon:
Tea Party protesters were as vocal in their criticism of Republicans as
they were of Democrats.
In Salt Lake City, Utah, a crowd of 2,000 repeatedly booed GOP Sens.
Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, who both supported the $700 billion TARP
bailout, and protested GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman's decision to accept $1.6
billion in porky stimulus funds.
In Sacramento, Tea Party organizer Mark Meckler singled out California
GOP Chair Ron Nehring for waffling on proposed $16 billion tax hikes.
The crowd of 5,000 greeted Nehring -- who unsuccessfully tried to hitch
his wagon to the Tea Party movement -- with a roar of boos and catcalls.
Speaker after speaker lambasted Republican Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger for abandoning fiscal-conservative principles. The
loudest chant of the day: "Throw them out."
In Madison, Wis., GOP Rep. Paul Ryan -- hyped as a conservative "rock
star" -- was well received. But I heard from staunch fiscal-conservative
constituents who refused to be silent about Ryan's complicity. He gave
one of the most hysterical speeches in the rush to pass TARP last fall;
voted for the auto bailout; and voted with the Barney Frank-Nancy Pelosi
AIG bonus-bashing stampede. Milwaukee blogger Nick Schweitzer
wrote: "He ought to be apologizing for his previous votes, not pretending
he was being responsible the entire time, but I don't see one bit of regret
for what he did previously. And I'll be damned if I'm going to let him get
away with it."
Other Tea Party participants pointed out that Newt Gingrich, who jumped
aboard the bandwagon, flip-flopped on TARP in the space of a week last
September and made common cause with Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi in
ads calling for immediate action on "climate change."
Before the grassroots Tea Party movement took them by surprise,
Beltway GOP strategists argued fervently that the party's traditional focus
on taxes and spending had become outdated. The re-branders pitched
their own expansive ideas to replace the anti-tax-and-spend agenda and
inspire new voters. These included Gingrich's "green conservatism,"
David Frum's proposal to raise carbon taxes, and open-borders
Republicans' plans for alternative forms of amnesty.
Newsflash: Eco-zealotry and in-state tuition discounts for illegal aliens
didn't bring out thousands of first-time activists on the streets. Stay-at-
home
moms weren't up all night making signs that read "Tax me more, please!"
What resonated on Tax Day were nonpartisan calls to roll back pork, hold
the line on taxing and spending, end the endless government bailouts,
and stop the congressional steamrollers that have pushed through
mountains of legislation without deliberation. This is a teachable moment
for GOP public relations peddlers in Washington. While they search for
the Holy Grail of Re-branding in tony salons and country club conferences,
the agenda for 2010 is smacking them in the face. It's the three T's,
stupid: Too Many Taxes, Trillions in Debt, and Transparency.
The GOP path to reclaiming power lies with candidates who can make a
credible case that they will support and defend fiscal responsibility. That
means acting on fiscal-conservative principles now, not paying lip service
later. The reckonable forces of the Tea Party movement didn't let
opportunists escape accountability on Tax Day. The GOP shouldn't
assume they'll get a pass on Election Day, either.
As one of the most popular Tea Party signs read:
"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out."
Don't start none...won't be none.
I have noted a growing discontent with the Republicans, as this article mentions. They may think that if the Democrats tick enough people off with the taxing and bail-outs that "we" will elect an overwhelming number of R's in 2010, but unless the R's change their ways and quit joining in with the D's, there is going to be a great awakening when some other party or parties end up getting the votes.
Kids Gone Wild
by Bill O'Reilly
These are dark days for traditional Americans, folks who believe that the
Judeo-Christian principles of right and wrong should be considered when
making public policy.
The other day, former "Focus on the Family" founder James Dobson
actually told his crew that the culture war was being lost in America.
And it is hard to argue with Dobson's opinion.
All over the USA, secular progressives are on the move promoting gay
marriage, legalized drugs and unfettered abortion, and attacking almost
all judgments on personal behavior.
And nowhere is the movement more intense than in the nation's most
liberal state: Vermont.
The legislature in the Green Mountain State recently voted to legalize gay
marriage, overriding the veto of Gov. Jim Douglas. Vermont is the first
state to actually legislate in favor of homosexual nuptials, as
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa all had gay marriage imposed on
the citizenry by judges.
It is worth noting that Vermont is one of the few states that voted
down "Jessica's Law," the tough mandatory-prison-sentence legislation
against child sexual predators. An investigation into Vermont's criminal
justice apparatus reveals the state embraces "restorative justice,"
whereby criminals often receive "holistic" treatment as part of their
sentence for even heinous crimes like child rape.
The goal is not so much to punish the offender, but to "restore" him or her
to their rightful place in society. That is a secular-progressive hallmark.
While Vermont is coddling child predators, it is also sending a message to
kids:
Hey, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
Somewhat incredibly, the Vermont senate has passed a bill
decriminalizing consensual "sexting." That is the process where children
send sexual pictures of themselves to other children using cell phones or
computers.
The proposed Vermont law says that children ages 13 to 18 will be
allowed to do that, but not to distribute the photos to more than one
person or to an adult.
Supporters of the sexting law say it's necessary so that teenagers will not
be prosecuted as sexual offenders and have their lives ruined. There is
some validity to that as dopey kids do dopey things.
However, the sane solution would be to categorize sexting as a
misdemeanor breach of the peace, thus sending a message that it is
unacceptable for kids to send other kids sexual images.
But secular progressives are loath to make that judgment. Remember,
these are the same people who believe a girl has the right to an abortion
without telling her parents.
So, if a kid can undergo a major life-altering operation (especially for the
fetus), why should it be a big deal to do a little sexting?
With a liberal federal government and media, there is little opposition
being voiced to what is happening in Vermont and other
secular-progressive enclaves. Culture war issues have been forced to the
back room by the awful economy, and the S-Ps are taking full
advantage.
If American children are legally allowed to send explicit pictures of
themselves to other kids, then say goodbye to traditional boundaries of
behavior.
The slippery slope is here.
by Bill O'Reilly
These are dark days for traditional Americans, folks who believe that the
Judeo-Christian principles of right and wrong should be considered when
making public policy.
The other day, former "Focus on the Family" founder James Dobson
actually told his crew that the culture war was being lost in America.
And it is hard to argue with Dobson's opinion.
All over the USA, secular progressives are on the move promoting gay
marriage, legalized drugs and unfettered abortion, and attacking almost
all judgments on personal behavior.
And nowhere is the movement more intense than in the nation's most
liberal state: Vermont.
The legislature in the Green Mountain State recently voted to legalize gay
marriage, overriding the veto of Gov. Jim Douglas. Vermont is the first
state to actually legislate in favor of homosexual nuptials, as
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa all had gay marriage imposed on
the citizenry by judges.
It is worth noting that Vermont is one of the few states that voted
down "Jessica's Law," the tough mandatory-prison-sentence legislation
against child sexual predators. An investigation into Vermont's criminal
justice apparatus reveals the state embraces "restorative justice,"
whereby criminals often receive "holistic" treatment as part of their
sentence for even heinous crimes like child rape.
The goal is not so much to punish the offender, but to "restore" him or her
to their rightful place in society. That is a secular-progressive hallmark.
While Vermont is coddling child predators, it is also sending a message to
kids:
Hey, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
Somewhat incredibly, the Vermont senate has passed a bill
decriminalizing consensual "sexting." That is the process where children
send sexual pictures of themselves to other children using cell phones or
computers.
The proposed Vermont law says that children ages 13 to 18 will be
allowed to do that, but not to distribute the photos to more than one
person or to an adult.
Supporters of the sexting law say it's necessary so that teenagers will not
be prosecuted as sexual offenders and have their lives ruined. There is
some validity to that as dopey kids do dopey things.
However, the sane solution would be to categorize sexting as a
misdemeanor breach of the peace, thus sending a message that it is
unacceptable for kids to send other kids sexual images.
But secular progressives are loath to make that judgment. Remember,
these are the same people who believe a girl has the right to an abortion
without telling her parents.
So, if a kid can undergo a major life-altering operation (especially for the
fetus), why should it be a big deal to do a little sexting?
With a liberal federal government and media, there is little opposition
being voiced to what is happening in Vermont and other
secular-progressive enclaves. Culture war issues have been forced to the
back room by the awful economy, and the S-Ps are taking full
advantage.
If American children are legally allowed to send explicit pictures of
themselves to other kids, then say goodbye to traditional boundaries of
behavior.
The slippery slope is here.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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