Posted under Constitution Party
I just posted three Constitution Party related news items at Independent Political Report. I would like to bring them to your attention without reposting all of them in their entirety.
CA AIP/CP gubernatorial candidate completes 190 mile “Save California” walk.
CP NJ House candidate Peter Boyce keynotes Constitution Day event.
Posted under Poetry
By Madeson Penny
Dear Mr. President
Stop placing blame
These tactics are unbecoming
And frankly quite lame
Truly gifted leaders
When confronted with problems
Rapidly respond
And ardently resolve them
Chronic rabbit trailing
Railing about the last eight
Is this the legacy
You’re trying to create?
A self-congratulatory
Narcissistic story
Government imposed authority
No need for political allegory
Let’s set the record straight
This isn’t about color or race
Finally a black President!
But he’s a radical socialist
What a shameful disgrace
How about all those czars
Running GM, making cars
Banks are bailed
Stimulus failed
Economy in the tank
Obama care, pushed upon the nation
A rationed health care invasion
Eventual single-payer system
“Death panel” commission?
Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security
Incompetent Congress abusing its authority
In the red and almost broke
This is our children’s future; it’s not a joke
But did they forget to mention
Somebody’s gotta pay . . .
If it’s not you and I
Our children will some day
Instead of being there, when we reach maturity
They’re spending it fast, our hard earned money
Taxing and borrowing with haste and fury
Hell, China practically owns us
I’m sure that’s no cause for worry
Posted under Europe & Immigration & Political Correctness
Congratulations to the Sweden Democrats, known for their tough anti-Third World immigration platform, for their election victories today. Imagine that: A pro-Swedish political party in Sweden. The anti-Western bureaucrats will be furious!
From the Swedish Wire:
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats celebrated winning seats in Sunday’s election and promised to not cause problems as near final results showed it could be a kingmaker in a hung parliament.
“We won’t cause problems. We will take responsibility. That is my promise to the Swedish people,” Jimmie Åkesson, who at 31 has already led the far-right since 2005, told a crowd of exhalted supporters as near final results handed him a score of 5.7 percent.
“I am overwhelmed and it is hard to collect my thoughts. Today, we have written political history,” he said as supporters chanted his name.
Åkesson recalled a though election, saying his party had been excluded from the public debate.
“We were exposed to censorship, we were exposed to a medieval boycott, they … excluded us. We were denied advertising in many newspapers, we were in every possible way treated as something other than a political party,” he scolded, sending a wave of booing through the crowd.
HT: Patrick Cleburne
Here’s the outstanding Sweden Democrats commercial that was recently banned in Sweden (which makes PC Republican commercials seem like milk-toast twaddle):
Posted under Conservatism & Interventionism
Thank God it’s Friday! Otherwise, I couldn’t read this drivel from Andrew Sullivan without retching:
As any reader of The Conservative Soul would see, I favor small, limited government (with a cyclically balanced budget) and foreign policy prudence as the core conservative platform.
So Sullivan claims he’s for “small, limited government,” huh? This from the fraud who sees nothing wrong with the Feds imposing open borders on an unwilling majority, and not only advocates same-sex “marriage,” but wants the Feds to force it on the States who reject it. Whose idea of “small government” is that?
And what’s this noise he’s making about “foreign policy prudence”? From Andrew Sullivan? The man who urged fellow homosexuals to support the Neocon Wars as wars of “gay liberation”? And screamed that we had to nuke Iraq because it was the “most likely source” of the anthrax spores delivered to Tom Daschle’s office? (It wasn’t!)
Lord help us all.
Posted under Europe & Immigration & Political Correctness & Uncategorized
From the SF Gate:
Thilo Sarrazin was a board member of Germany’s august central bank until he wrote a book claiming German society was being made “dumber” by Muslim immigrants. It’s a runaway best-seller, but has cost him his job.
By suggesting that Muslims’ inability, or unwillingness, to speak German may be linked to their DNA, Sarrazin broke a post-Nazi taboo on foraying into genetic theories. But his core argument resonates among many ordinary Germans, who fear that their language, culture and generosity are being abused by welfare-dependent newcomers, many of them Muslims.
The massive success of Sarrazin’s book has cracked open growing anti-immigrant anger among many Germans, who fear that their language, culture and generosity is being abused by newcomers, especially Muslims, who they say live off their welfare state without contributing to it.
Sarrazin provoked an outcry even before the book’s release when he said in a newspaper interview that “all Jews share a certain gene, like all Basques share a certain gene, that distinguishes these from other people.” Although research tends to confirm a genetic commonality — Sarrazin cites Darwin to justify his remarks — such notions are delicate in mainstream Germany for having driven the ideology behind Hitler’s genocide.
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Posted under Immigration & Terrorism
Here’s the latest progress report on Islamic assimilation in America:
You may have noticed that Molly Norris’ comic is not in the paper this week. That’s because there is no more Molly.
The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, “going ghost”: moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity. She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our paper or in City Arts magazine, where she has been a regular contributor. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program—except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab. It’s all because of the appalling fatwa issued against her this summer, following her infamous “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoon.
This isn’t happening in Afghanistan, or Iraq, or Iran — this is happening in Seattle, Washington — you know, part of what we used to call “America.” This is the inevitable result of Open Borders.
Though the kindly FBI expresses profound concern for Norris, can we really believe the Feral government disapproves of this blatant assault on her right of free speech? After all, as we noted in an earlier post, that same government increasingly frowns on dissent. Could it be possible the Feds like the idea of a fearful, silenced population?
And is it possible they see Open Borders as a policy that advances their overall agenda of subduing increasingly rebellious subjects?
Posted under Chuck Baldwin & Conservatism & Media & Ron Paul & TEA Parties
Well this is interesting. PA Gov. Rendell is “appalled”(as he should be) that an anti-terrorism task force was keeping tabs on liberal activists, and is falling all over himself to apologize. Was he equally appalled when Missouri was fingering TEA Party activist, Ron Paul supporters, and Chuck Baldwin voters as potential terrorists? I certainly don’t recall this sort of outrage about that story except on the right. And I don’t recall the Gov. of Missouri doing this kind of abject apology dance.
Posted under Media
I submit the following headline from Yahoo News as Exhibit A in the case against our liberal press.
“Tea Party Victory Endangers GOP’s Goal of Retaking the Senate”
Get that? The story isn’t the defeat of the Establishment’s hand-picked moderate candidate. The story isn’t the victory of the upstart conservative “TEA Party” candidate. The story isn’t the strength of the TEA Party movement. The story is that by selecting the conservative candidate, GOP primary voters in Delaware have shot themselves in the foot and undermined the grand plans of the national GOP.
Now there might, unfortunately, be some truth to that. I’m sure the general election voters in Delaware are to the left of angry GOP primary voters, and Mike Castle, already an at large House member who is well known state wide, is potentially a “better” general election candidate, but that is a story for later. It is not the story for today. And if it does deserve mentioning, it is in the bottom few paragraphs. It is not the headline.
Can’t the liberal press at least try to hide their bias?
Posted under Poetry
Doggerel delights
Derek Turner
When words won’t come, it is salutary to remember that real writers had off-days too. So I resort to a brilliant 1930 book, The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verse, edited by D. B. Wyndham-Lewis and Charles Lee. Wordsworth had many off-days. The author of Upon Westminster Bridge was also responsible for
“Spade! With which Wilkinson hath tilled his lands”
and
“Oh! What’s the matter? What’s the matter?
What is’t that ails young Harry Gill?
That evermore his teeth they chatter,
Chatter, chatter, chatter still!”
Then there was the active insect he once observed,
“A fly that up and down himself doth shove.”
Posted under Race
[Editor's Note: The following essay is not exclusive to CHT, but is a reprint of an essay that has become an internet sensation.]
What It is Like to Teach Black Students
by Christopher Jackson
Until recently I taught at a predominantly black high school in a southeastern state.
The mainstream press gives a hint of what conditions are like in black schools, but only a hint. Expressions that journalists use like “chaotic” or “poor learning environment” or “lack of discipline” do not capture what really happens. There is nothing like the day-to-day experience of teaching black children and that is what I will try to convey.
One of the most immediately striking things about my students was that they were loud. They had little conception of ordinary decorum. It was not unusual for five students to be screaming at me at once.
It did no good to try to quiet them and white women were particularly inept at trying. I sat in on one woman’s class as she begged the children to pipe down. They just yelled louder so their voices would carry over hers.
So many of them seemed to have no conception of waiting for an appropriate time to say something. They would get ideas in their heads and simply had to shout them out. I might be leading a discussion on government and suddenly be interrupted: “We gotta get more Democrats! Clinton, she good!” The student may seem content with that outburst but two minutes later, he would suddenly start yelling again: “Clinton good!
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Posted under Election 2010 & Immigration
Get out your hankies, folks, ’cause here comes a REAL tear-jerker:
If Republicans sweep the House and win key Senate seats in November, it’s not just elected Democrats who will be unemployed — more than 1,500 Democratic staffers could lose their jobs, with layoffs stretching from low-wage staff assistants to six-figure committee aides.
While turnover and job loss is a fact of life for those who serve in Congress, a change in party control can be dramatic as committee funding is slashed for the party falling out of power and hundreds of high-salary jobs switch hands.
This is one round of job losses that would evoke no sympathy from the American people — all we have to do is remember how the Democrats in Congress applauded Mexican president Calderon when he attacked the people of Arizona. If you don’t remember, here’s the ugly scene on video:
Maybe Calderon would hire these back-stabbers.
Posted under Immigration & Movies & Political Correctness
I told you Machete would tank. I guess you can’t make a movie that is about killing whitey qua whitey and expect whitey to attend in large numbers. Too bad so sad. Better luck next time Mr. Rodriguez. NOT!
Posted under Interventionism & Iraq & Uncategorized
Last year on the anniversary of 9/11 I published my memories of the tragic events of that day. On 9/11/01 I was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, and I responded to the Pentagon the following day. I was asked to write my thoughts on 9/11, but I didn’t have a lot of time so it was a bit of a rush job. (I’m also not used to writing stuff other than political polemics.) I have never been entirely happy with the result, but on re-reading I think it holds up pretty well. Next 9/11 I plan to try and republish it in edited form so your honest feedback would be appreciated. Also feel free to share your 9/11 memories.
On “11 Sep 01” I was stationed at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. (Former military will recognize the dating convention.) For those unfamiliar with Andrews, it is in Maryland on the outskirts of Washington, DC and is most famous for housing Air Force One. “Ah, now it rings a bell,” you say.
I was in charge of our base’s alcohol and drug rehabilitation services, and 11 September started out an uneventful day like any other. The patients (in my business the more politically correct term is “clients”) had gone down for a smoke break. Almost all recovering addicts smoke. Go figure. They came back frantically instructing us to turn on the TV. An airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Needless to say, not much more rehabbing got done that day.
We were all, clients and staff, watching live as the second plane flew into the South Tower. What had been speculated about and suspected, terrorism, was confirmed. What happened after that could best be described as ordered chaos.
Posted under Uncategorized
The latest from Sartre “Labor in America does not Pay”
J.J. Jackson has submitted two pieces at Liberty Reborn: “Tea Party Movement Tames the NRA” and “Blame America Contortions Continueover Threatened Koran Burning.”
Chuck Baldwin’s decision to move to Montana he says has “Hit a Nerve”
The seven known things about 9-11 at Lew Rockwell.com.
Stephen Hawkins inadvertenly proves God’s existence at Front Porch Republic
Srdja Trifkovic’s latest at Chronicles “Engaging Syria, Undermining Iran”
Posted under Christianity & Interventionism & NeoCons & Survival of the West & Terrorism & Western Civilization
As we reach the nine-year mark of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, I reflect upon how America reacted to this event both in the short term as well as the long term. Either way, I think this issue is fundamentally theological in nature. What was our response right after 9-11? There was a surge of church attendance, but that was very brief. America as a whole didn’t turn to God. There was no repentance or even a recognition of God’s sovereignty over all things. Anyone who spoke of God’s judgment in light of 9-11 was vilified. Instead of turning to God, Americans built even more nationalistic idols. As we Americans are prone to do, we once again began to worship freedom itself.
Ironically, the result has been a loss of our constitutional liberties and a massive increase in Federal power. People talked about “defending freedom” on the one hand while looking the other way when Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act and other legislation which eroded our liberties. All of this was done to ensure our safety, we were told, and that these massive expansions of government power were necessary to that end. The reality is that America is not any safer from terrorism today than we were before 9-11. This is especially true given that our borders are still porous and nothing has been done to seriously halt the flow of illegal aliens into the country. Continue Reading »
Posted under Sovereignty and Secession & States Rights
“The Dangers of National Socialism” Conference, put on by Tenth Amendment Solutions, is tomorrow in Atlanta. Sorry I am delinquent in posting this. I will be attending so I will report back with the details of how it went. It looks to be a fantastic line up. The speakers are Pastor John Weaver, the Kennedy Twins, and Ray McBerry. (If you have never heard Pastor Weaver speak you are missing something. Click on his name and it will take you to his Sermon Audio catalog.)
I do think the name of the conference is unfortunate. People on both the left and right toss around the accusation of “National Socialism” (at least they didn’t say Nazi) much too cavalierly. It poisons political discourse. What both political parties represent currently is neither Socialism nor National Socialism. They represent greater and lesser degrees of Social Democracy.
Posted under CoffeeTime
Peter Brimelow writes that RICO lawyer Howard Foster thinks that we need not necessarily amend the constitution to end anchor-baby birthright citizenship. It simply can be ended by: (1) Congress passing a bill defining citizenship, (2) limiting the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction, or (3) individual state legislation defining citizenship.
Daniel Larison criticizes the absolutely asinine “arguments” of Dinesh D’Souza, the anti-Western neocon who got Sam Francis fired from the Washington Times.
Derek Turner writes about the African invasion of Malta.
Richard Spencer notes the pathetic anti-racism rhetoric of the tea parties, writes about the coming of Obamageddon, reviews the movie Machete, and observes a bank run in Kabul.
Steve Sailer writes about the PC-libertarian worldview.
Alexander Hart says we should not ignore the anti-white agenda of Machete.
Patrick Cleburne argues that the Obama Regime’s war against Arizona is treason, notes that a new open-borders report vindicates ending birthright citizenship, and discusses how an Israeli has been importing immigrant slave-labor from Thailand into the U.S.
James Murray writes about SEED Money, another instance of redistributing money from European Americans to blacks.
Russia Today covers white protest against release of Machete.
James Fulford observes that the Vatican is worried about Islam immigration but it still won’t budge from its anti-Western immigration policies.
W. James Antle III argues that immigration patriots need to be more ruthless.
James G. Rickards argues that treasury bills are the new opium.
Fjordman, in writing about Thilo Sarrazin, notes the anti-Western agenda of European and American elites.
John Miano discusses how Obama stimulus money is going to Sri Lanka.
Classics Corner:
Sam Francis: ”The Germanization of Christianity”
Updates:
Posted under Conservatism & Political Philosophy & TEA Parties & The South
On Saturday, 28 August, we witnessed–in the flesh–a false dichotomy in Washington, DC. Not that this ought to surprise anyone. To paraphrase a prominent Southern statesman, George Wallace – “There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference …”
One on side, we have Al Sharpton and his merry band of Perpetually Angry Colored People screaming and shouting to “Reclaim the Dream” of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the other, we find the Plump Pasty Weasel of Faux Conservatism, Glenn Beck . . . doing the very same thing.
Hmmm . . . American lefties and righties both claiming the legacy of MLK, Jr.? Both lefties and righties meeting at the shrine to out-of-control big government, the Lincoln Memorial? The League of the South will pass on this deal.
Just how are these two groups different? George Wallace was of course right, and because of the failed polices of both the lefties and righties a dime today buys only a fraction of what it did during George’s day.
For sixteen years The League of The South has stated there is virtually no real difference between mainstream conservatives and liberals or between Republicans and Democrats. This latest little exhibition demonstrates that false dichotomy. Yes, both Al Sharpton and Glenn Beck have a dream as did their heroes Lincoln and King. But their dreams do not match and are at odds with the dream of the Southern people – to Restore the Principles of Our Founding Fathers!
Just another example to show that the mainstream brand of conservatism served up by Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin doesn’t really conserve anything except socialist gains from previous generations. Their talk of belief in “limited government” and “Constitutional government” is insincere and hypocritical when they pay homage to the man who drove the nails in the coffin of our Constitutional Republic. The Beck-Palin movement will lure many well-meaning but gullible conservatives to the same place the marching band ended up in the homecoming parade in the movie “Animal House”–down a blind, dead-end alley.
If Beck-Palin conservatism doesn’t appeal to you and you really don’t think you belong in a milquetoast organization such as the GOP, then consider The League of the South. We think you might like our uncompromising stand for the principles upon which our country was founded and for a real solution to our problems–Southern independence.
Michael Hill and Mike Crane,
for The League of the South Board of Directors
Posted under Constitution Party & Election 2010
Regarding the gubernatorial race in Colorado, it seems that Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo is picking up many Republican endorsements. From the Colorado Statesman:
In the face of increasing pressure to drop out, Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes on Friday vowed to stay in the race through the November election. A defiant Maes said he’s “proud to say I’m in it to win it” despite losing the support of numerous influential Republicans, including Senate candidate Ken Buck, who withdrew his endorsement of Maes on Friday afternoon.
At the same time, third-party challenger Tom Tancredo repeated his intentions to continue campaigning and — calling Maes “no longer a viable opponent” — challenged Democrat John Hickenlooper to a series of debates.
Meanwhile, the Colorado Republican Party has officially abandoned its support of their nominee, with State Chairman Dick Wadhams saying he was “very disappointed in the decision by Dan Maes to continue his candidacy for governor. Revelations before and especially after the August 10th primary have raised serious questions about the veracity of how he has presented his professional background and career and have virtually destroyed any possibility of running a viable campaign.”
Also, a former chair of the Denver County Republican Party, Mary Smith, said this week that she’s publicly supporting Denver’s Democratic mayor John Hickenlooper in the race and is co-hosting a bipartisan fundraiser for him later this month with other well known Republican and Democrats.
Additionally, prominent Republican businessman Steve Schuck, who twice ran for governor in the 1980s, confirmed to The Colorado Statesman late Friday that he is throwing his support to Tancredo and expects other business leaders and Republicans across the state to follow suit.
Now, if you can afford it, contribute to Tancredo’s campaign.
Posted under Interventionism
It could get US troops killed, says Petraeus:
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort.
Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians.
The Florida church has every right to express itself this way — but Petraeus is surely correct. Freedom of speech, like many other aspects of our society, is directly impacted by DC’s foreign policy — and foreign policy is affected by domestic issues. The blowback of 9/11 is another example. But as Don Henley would say, this is what happens when you got your dirty little fingers in everybody’s pie.