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Ann Coulter Keynotes GOProud Homocon Fundraiser

GOProud is a group of gay conservatives in Washington D.C. Ann Coulter was asked to give the keynote address and she accepted. The fundraiser known as Homocon is scheduled for September 25th. The location has not been announced.

Ann Coulter

The group says the event is a party, it is about having fun - there will be no "fun-police."

“I’m so tickled that she agreed to do it,” Jimmy LaSalvia, executive director of GOProud told The Daily Caller. “Think about it: She’s hilarious, she’s provocative and, honestly, our folks just love her.”

LaSalvia said Coulter was the only person the group asked to headline the party, and she immediately agreed.

“Of course I’ll do it,” Coulter wrote to GOProud when they asked her to join the event. “I’m the right-wing Judy Garland!”

GOProud used that quip to advertise the event, adding, “our gays are more macho than their straights!” which Coulter wrote in a 2005 article comparing liberals and conservatives.

Tom Tancredo Deserves an Apology

In February 2010, former U.S. congressman, Tom Tancredo spoke at a TEA Party convention and said Barack Obama was a "committed socialist ideologue." He smacked John McCain for his 2007 amnesty advocacy and said the U.S. is steeped in "the cult of multiculturalism," and said "the race for American is on right now." The mainstream media took their liberal lash to Tancredo. They owe him a loud apology. He also warned of drug-related violence in Mexico and said it was "moving north." As most of us knew, Tancredo was spot-on.

Tom Tancredo

There was more:

Former Congressman and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo told an audience on Thursday at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville that "people who could not even spell the word 'vote', or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House."

"So the race for America is on right now. The president and his left-wing allies in Congress are going to look at every opportunity to destroy the Constitution before we have a chance to save it," Tancredo told the delegates. "So put your running shoes on. Because I'll tell you, I've heard we need a revolution. My friends, we already had it. We lost. I mean, what happened to us in that last election was a revolution."

Tancredo was one the most conservative members of Congress. The American Conservative Union gave him a 99% favorable rating. He ran for president in 2008. I would have voted for him in a heartbeat. The media characterized him as a candidate with one issue to run on - illegal migrants, but a review of his record shows he had his thumb on the pulse of conservatism.

TSA Says Controversial Opinion Okay: No Porn Ban at TSA

The Transportation Security Administration reversed their decision to block TSA employees from viewing undefined "controversial opinion" on government computers. As noted yesterday, porn is still acceptable according to the long history of employee privilege doing so on taxpayer computers. Read that story here. Source for the reversal CBS.

TSA Preserves Porn - Bans Controversial Opinion

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has banned workers using government computers to surf over to websites with controversial opinions. Porn sites, however, have been preserved in keeping with the past history of government workers immersed in pornography.

TSA Preserves Porn, Bans "Controversial Opinion"

TSA has not explained what websites provide a "controversial opinion." CBS asked for a definition of and received no answer. It's doubtful any of the mainstream media is concerned about it, being the shills for Barack Obama that they are.

Five categories are banned for taxpayer servants: Chat and Messaging, Controversial Conservative Opinion, Criminal Activity, Extreme violence and Gruesome content (including cartoon violence), and gaming.

See, no porn in the banned list.

Recently, the Minerals Management Service, responsible for approving BP's out-of-date and deadly faulty plan, admitted they did some meth - METH of all things, and some porn at the office.

While the nation's financial institutions invested your money in risky business, the government workers hired to watch Big Finance, the SEC, viewed porn sites more often than not. (SEC).

Last Fall, porn viewers at the National Science Foundation was "so pervasive"  an internal "watchdog" had to cut back on it's mission of "investigating grant fraud and recovering misspent dollars."

"To manage this dramatic increase without an increase in staff required us to significantly reduce our efforts to investigate grant fraud," the inspector general recently told Congress in a budget request. "We anticipate a significant decline in investigative recoveries and prosecutions in coming years as a direct result."

How sick are these people, specifically those in Management? I've had enough. How about you?

Obama First Female President - Offensive to all Conservative Women

Bill Clinton was the first black president in the U.S. The Washington Post posits that Obama may be the first woman president. On behalf of all Conservative women, I take umbrage and say this is incredibly offensive to each of us. To the Washington Post, make it clear, puh-leese that Obama may be the first Democrat female president, but in no way resembles any Conservative woman.

Chris Matthews Republican Suicide Bombers Video

In this video, the conversation with Chris Matthews and his guest, Politico's Jim VandeHei,  is the whine that Republicans believe they have momentum, so will not help "The President" with any of his legislation. When I hear this, and I do, over and over, I find myself talking back to the screen. The point is, we agree with absolutely nothing coming out of this White House. Everything is radical, so why would we co-operate? After VanderHei drones on, Matthews breaks in and compares Republicans to suicide bombers...and says we "don't care who dies." See the video below.

Suicide Bombers

This comparison by Matthews of Conservatives to suicide bombers is puzzling. I thought all progressives had great empathy for the "plight of the Palestinians" and their valiant fight against the Jews, you know - a dedication to bringing justice to their people. The heartbreaking act of a noble mother strapping her young son into the explosives, leading him to the 72 virgins, and not caring who dies shows martyrdom is the last act of mercy for "the people."

Conservatives are interested in bringing justice to the people as well, and we plan to use our Constitution to do, just as the Palestinians use their Charters and Constitutions to send the suicide bombers forth - or at least they did until Israel erected the wall and cut them off.

I think understand Matthews now. He wasn't criticizing us. He was pointing out how heroic Republicans are for standing up for principle. You know, Chris, it's inconvenient but you really can't have it both ways.





Chris Matthews Compares Republicans to Suicide Bombers (video)

Jonathan Krohn Does Tea Parties Video: Neal Cavuto and Jonathan Krohn

Fifteen-year-old Jonathan Krohn is an amazing young man, but he still has some bubbles left to burst. He just hasn't lived enough life yet. For some reason Jonathan is dismissing Obama's background and training. That's okay - even though he thinks you and I are spreading "filth." It takes time to fully understand the breadth of the threat stalking this country. See a video below.

 Jonathan Krohn

This young man, now an author, has really grown since CPAC 2009.



Jonathan Krohn and Neal Cavuto at a Tea Party (video)

Meghan McCain Laura Ingraham: Meghan drags out the Kiss My Ass Again on The View

She is the daughter of John and Cindy McCain. She calls herself a "progressive Republican." Her Dad calls himself a conservative Republican. Neither are either.

Meghan McCain and John McCain

Last year, in the Daily Beast article linked below, from the set of The View - on air - she told Laura Ingraham she could "kiss my fat ass."   Appearing at the conservative Young America's Foundation this week, which apparently pulled funding for her appearance, she told the crowd "I'm not Ann Coulter, I'm not Glenn Beck...I'm not trying to get my own show on Fox...I'm adamantly against hate-mongering." Then she said Ingraham and Coulter were "nasty," and a few days later, went on The View again and said of Ingraham "By the way, she can continue to kiss my ass."

Michelle Malkin points out Meghan's "ideological principles," whatever they may be:

You know what's wrong with Meghan McCain? It's not her weight. It's not her voice. It's not her looks. She's a beautiful young girl with TV-friendly poise and natural charm. The trouble with Meghan McCain is that, like her father, she has no fixed ideological principles - conservative, liberal, or otherwise....She seems to have inherited the notion that playing the "maaaaverick" imparts her with moral authority and credibility as a fresh voice for the GOP. I'm all for peaking truth to power. But like her father, Ms McCain's maaaaverick-iness appears to be rooted less in any firm set of beliefs than in the need for liberal approbation.

Take her "beef with Ann Coulter." If Ms. McCain sincerely detests Coulter's "demeanor" and "extreme" thinking, statements, and behavior because they represent "hate" and alienate young voters, then how is it that the same genteel ms. McCain can cheer the cretinous, left-wing extremist Russell Brand?

Meghan tweeted about Brand being "freaking hilarious," and then linked to his website.

In a March 2009 Daily Beast column Ms. McCain blasted Coulter. Laura Ingraham responded:

[Meghan McCain] is "just another Valley Girl gone awry," and "plus-sized." 

That's what started the "fat ass" comments.

On the stage at Jack Morton Auditorium last night, she said this:

After urging the Republican Party to stop being "so stubborn and closed-minded," McCain added that Democrats are capable of intolerance as well. She accused MSNBC's Keith Olberman of doing just as much damage as Rush Limbaugh, worrying that the tenor of their political discussions will result in a whole generation that will have no desire to get involved with politics.

Pity isn't it? Rush will drive the young away from Conservatism? Oh wait - young people are more conservative today than ever, and Meghan, they don't like your message. A study by The Chronicle of Higher Education, says that 24% of conservative college students support gay marriage as you do, but that means 75% percent do not. In Meghan's mind, conservatives are:

...dying off, becoming less and less relevant to the party structure as a whole." [From the Daily Beast article]

Dad, John McCain, a loose political cannon if there ever was one, supporting amnesty for multiple-millions said back in the summer of 2008 that he has heard from "the people" and learned his lesson on amnesty, but...but...his campaign stage was shared by Juan Hernandez, who quietly joined the McCain campaign staff and hung out with Meghan. Hot Air has this quote from Hernandez saying "of Mexicans who move to the US:

I want the third generation, the seventh generation, I want them all to think of of Mexico first."

Meghan, if you follow Dad on immigration and amnesty, ignoring the enormous cost to the country, you haven't a prayer of being relevant in Republican politics. See Meghan and Hernandez photographed together here and read the details.

Young conservatives want smaller government - even those who weren't listening before the November 2008 elections and voted for Obama. This from TheNextRight:

They said we were going to be foundation of a new Democratic movement. They labeled us a generation upon which Democrats could build a political dynasty. They though we bled blue. They were wrong.

A little more than a year after Barack Obama won 18-29 year olds by a 2-to-1 margin, young adults are changing course. We were wooed by the promise of "change," only to find a year later that things have changed for the worse. Washington is different, but only because it is bigger...The reach of government into our lives has been altered, but only because their arm is longer. This is not the change we voted for and we're taking note."

Meghan alludes to being on a campaign to "hip up" the Republican party.  Being a Republican "is about as edgy as Donny Osmond," she said, and she slammed last year's CPAC speakers, young author/speaker Jonathan Krohn, and Christian-activist Stephen Baldwin, and dismissed them as though they had no political thought - especially when compared to her own.

No worries that Meghan will be a driving force in the party, in spite of the fact that she is Meggie McCain - or maybe because of it.

Leftists Hijacking Textbooks: Liberals Remove Gen. Patton, Christmas and More from Textbooks

David Lemon at Clay to Bronze 2010 just sent this heads-up about an effort to be finalized in March, to change textbooks with changes like removing Daniel Boone, General George Patton, Nathan Hale, Columbus Day and Christmas. But how about this:

Replacing the term "American" with "Global Citizen"– stating that students need to be shaped "for responsible citizenship in a global society" without any mention of citizenship in American society.

Leftists Hijacking Textbooks

Graphic: Get the T-Shirt

Here it is in its entirety. If you are blogger, please blog it. If you missed Huckabee tonight, view it tomorrow (Sunday) at 8 pm EST:

From Liberty Counsel:

This weekend Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, will appear on Mike Huckabee’s show to discuss potentially dramatic changes to the framework of textbooks that are being discussed by the Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE). Huckabee and Staver will be revealing suggested changes, some of which are still under discussion. The show will begin at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday and 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, Eastern Time.

TSBOE will soon finalize the language that textbook publishers use to align their textbooks to current standards. As Texas is a leader in textbooks, most other states purchase the same educational materials. The textbook controversy in Texas affects every American because, to have a bright future, we must know our past. America has a rich past founded on Judeo-Christian values and to forget them, or worse, to distort them, will doom our future. Those who want to reshape America begin by rewriting our past. We repeat the mistakes of the past when we are ignorant of them.

Some of the suggestions that have come forward at various times include:

~ Removing references to Daniel Boone, General George Patton, Nathan Hale, Columbus Day, and Christmas.

~ Including the cultural impact of hip hop music, ACLU lawyer clarence Darrow, and the Hindu holiday of Diwali

~ Replacing the term "American" with "Global Citizen" - stating that students need to be shaped "for responsible citizenship in a gloval society" without any mention of citizenship in American society.

~ Replacing expansionism and free enterprise with imperialism and capitalism.

The Board's next meeting is in March and the final reading and adoption of the social studies guidelines will be in May.

Make your voice heard now, before the next meeting. Please call the board at 512-463-9734 and encourage them to promote traditional, pro-American language in their guidelines, or you may email them at sboeteks@tea.state.tx.us.

End Liberty Counsel

Readers: Check this out. A history professor at University of Dayton has written about the liberal bias in textbooks.

Socialism Attractive to Democrats: One-half of Dems Do Not Like Capitalism

A new Gallup poll shows 53% of Democrats and Left-leaners view Socialism positively, with only 17% of Republicans or Right-leaners doing the same. Seventy-two percent of Republicans are positive toward Capitalism, but only 53% of Democrats share that view. That is a scary stat: think about it, barely half of Democrats think Capitalism is a good idea for America.

Among those considering themselves "moderates," 39% have a positive view of Socialism, and 54% do not. Sixty-one percent of self-described Liberals view Socialism in a positive light. Among all Americans, 58% see Socialism as a negative, and 36 percent view it positively.

Among all Americans in this poll only 4% had a negative view toward small business, 10% has a negative view of free enterprise, 10% sees entrepreneurs negatively, 33% are negative toward capitalism, 51% see the federal government as a negative, and in the only tie in the poll, "big business" is deemed both negatively and positively by 49% each.

Republicans and Right-leaners and Democrats and Left-leaners, each see small business, free enterprise and entrepreneurs positively, but the divide comes when capitalism is mentioned.

Olbermann Conservatives Crazy: Conspiracy Against Olbermanns Ratings: Olbermann Blames Bush Video

Hehehe. Olbermann says conservatives are "crazy" to think his ratings are down. Can't wait to hear O'Reilly on this one. Olbermann didn't mention the FOXNews primetime star, who bashes Olbermann and MSNBC daily, but his photo, all done up in a tux does flash on the screen. In the video below you'll hear a rant about former First Lady Laura Bush's press secretary. Still blaming Bush.

Keith Olbermann thinks Conservatives Crazy for Bashing his Ratings (video)

 Here are some stats from Daily Caller, who tracked Olbermann's insanity this week (it's their job!):

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4: I haven’t mentioned it yet, but it’s been a rough week for Keith Olbermann. January’s viewership numbers were released a few days ago, and “Countdown” was down 44% among adults ages 25 to 54 from last year at this time. He drew 268,000 viewers a night in that key group, compared to his rival Bill O’Reilly’s 964,000. The New York Post asked, “Has the countdown begun for the end of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann?’” Earlier in the week, Olbermann had bashed the AOL-owned website DailyFinance, not known for any particular partisan bent, as a “right-wing site” (that phrase has been erased from the transcript, but you can see it here: Link) TRANSCRIPT, SEGMENT

Tonight Olbermann fought back yet again against some of the ratings chatter that has been plaguing him all week. He boasted that his numbers grew between December and January, which unfortunately is not the relevant comparison and not a measurement anyone uses, unless they’re desperately trying to prove their own relevance. Well, for what it’s worth, Keith, you still have one loyal viewer who hopes “Countdown” has a long life on MSNBC. I really need this job.

Telegraph Top 20 Conservatives: Sarah Palin No. 4 Top 20 Conservatives

I'm loving this list of the Top 20 Influential conservatives from the UK's Telegraph. This is the way Britain sees America - with Dick Cheney the No. 1 most influential US conservative. This is Sarah Palin's first year on the list and she is No. 4. Love Rush at No. 3. The full list from 1 -100 is below.

The Telegraph says this list covers the year from the day Barack Obama took office until now. Their description of conservative is "people identifiably - though not always self-described - as right of center.

A few of my thoughts:

What's up with Mark Sanford, disgraced governor of South Carolina showing anywhere on the list - even in last place?

Michelle Malkin deserves to be much higher.

Mary Matalin has not been an influential conservative for some time now.

Richard Lugar? Hardly influential. Dittos Olympia Snowe. Both influence no one. They just vote with Democrats

Peggy Noonan no longer influences, as she once did.

Love Dick Cheney being No. 1! There is no truer conservative, and when he speaks, his words count with many of us.

On the list of 100 Influential Liberals, Obama is No. 1. His dog, Bo is No. 80, not far down the list from Keith Olbermann.

If two numbers are shown, the second number, in parentheses (), is the 2007 ranking.

The Telegraph 100 most influential US conservatives:

1) (6) Dick Cheney
2) (5) Rush Limbaugh
3) (3) Matt Drudge
4) Sarah Palin
5) (7) Robert Gates
6) (18) Glenn Beck
7) (23) Roger Ailes
8) (2) David Petraeus
9) Paul Rayan
10) Tim Pawlenty
11) (10) Mitt Romney
12) (21) George W. Bush
13) (8) Chief Justice John Roberts
14) (16) Haley Barbour
15) Eric Cantor
16) (9) John McCain
17) (19) Mike Pence
18) Bob McDonnell
19) (4) Newt Gingrich
20) (11) Mike Huckabee

21) Andrew Breitbart
22) (61) Bobby Jindal
23) (44) Sean Hannity
24) (77) Charles Krauthammer
25) (67) David Brooks
26) (31) Mark Levin
27) Mitch McConnell
28) (15) Laura Ingraham
29) (47) Joe Lieberman
30) (62) Antonin Scalia
31) John Boehner
32) (42) Karl Rove
33) (40) David Frum
34) Michael Steele
35) (41) Edwin Feulner, Pres. Heritage Foundation
36) (13) John Bolton
37) (43) Tom Coburn
38) (53) Rich Lowry
39) Mitch Daniels, Gov. of Indiana
40) John Thune

41) (96) Ron Paul
42 (93) Michelle Malkin
43) (56) George Will
44) (85) Clarence Thomas
45) (24) Grover Norquist
46) (28) Dick Morris
47) (63) Michael Savage
48) (36) Mary Matalin
49) Richard Lugar
50) Carly Fiorina
51) Rick Perry
52) David Keene
53) Kevin McCarthy
54) Morton Blackwell
55) Arnold Schwarzenegger
56) (50) Alex Castellanos
56) Steve Schmidt
58) (48) William Kristol
59) (1) Rudy Giuliani
60) Jon Voight
61) Jeff Blake
62 (17) Frank Luntz
63) Jim DeMint
64) Chris Ruddy, Newsmax
65) (69) Erick Erickson
66) (58) Victor Davis Hanson
67) Joe Scarborough
68) (14) Paul Gigot
69) Olympia Snowe
70) (87) Michael Barone
71) Dick Armey
72) Tucker Carlson
73) Judd Gregg
74) (84) Ann Coulter
75) (26) James Dobson
76) (86) Jeb Bush
77) Joe Wilson
78) Meg Whitman
79) Lou Dobbs
80) Michelle Bachmann

81) Marco Rubio
80) Jack Keane
79) Lindsey Graham
84) (64) Thomas Sowell
85) (82) Bill O'Reilly
86) John Kasich
87) Eric Odom
88) Patrick Ruffini
89) (54) Fred Thomspon
90) (81) Tony Perkins
91) (83) Peggy Noonan
92) (94) Clifford May
93) Charlie Crist
94) Jon Huntsman, Jr.
95) Liz Cheney
96) (25) R. Emmett Tyrrell
97) Marc Thiessen
98) Mike Murphy
99) (35) Tom Delay
100) (19) Mark Sanford

Visit the Telegraph for Nos. 1-20,  Nos. 21-40, Nos. 41-60, Nos. 61-80, Nos. 81-100

Telegraphs Most Influential Conservatives In the Time of Obama

The Telegraph UK is releasing their list of the 100 most influential Conservatives, and the 100 most influential Liberals, while Barack Obama sat in the Oval Office - In the Time of Obama. The lists will be revealed, a few at a time, over the next few days, with the top 20 coming out on January 15th.

The Telegraphs says they view those chosen as "identifiably" conservative, although not "always self-described" as such (dittos Liberals).

These are not lists that rank ideological purity – the number one liberal will not necessarily be any more liberal than number 100 – but they will inevitably discriminate against centrists, technocrats, independents and fence-sitters.

The first Telegraph List covered 2007-2008. If the Conservative was on the previous list, I've put the ranking in parentheses.

The list of Top Conservatives revealed today covers Nos. 61 through 100. I've listed a few that interest me. See the Telegraph article.

Dang! Mark Sanford comes in at No. 100 (91).

Some commentary here - if Mark Sanford is still on this list, what a waste of space. How about Senator Jim Inhofe, who has been a true thorn in the side of Liberals and has thwarted many of their plans, mainly by speaking clearly to the press every opportunity he has. He should at the least be below the 50 mark. Of course, maybe he is. That list has not yet been released.

96) Liz Cheney (Liz is greatly underestimated at No. 96, in my opinion)
93) Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida and candidate for U.S. Senate
92) Clifford May
89) Fred Thompson
88) Patrick Ruffini - Political Strategist
87) Eric Odom - Tea Party organizer
85) Bill O'Reilly
84) Thomas Sowell
83) Lindsay Graham
82) (55) Jack Keane U.S. Army General
81) Marco Rubio - running against No. 93 - Charlie Crist for US Senate Florida
80) Michelle Bachmann - Congresswoman for Minnesota
79) Lou Dobbs

77) Joe Wilson - Congressman from S.C. - that's what speaking about Obama will do for ya' - get you on the right list!

76) (86) Jeb Bush
75) (26) James Dobson
74) (84) Ann Coulter
72) Tucker Carlson (who knew?)
70) (87) Michael Barone
69) Olympia Snowe - Senator from Maine. Dang!
67) Joe Scarborough (hardly conservative enough to be tagged a conservative)
66) (58) Victor Davis Hanson
65) (69) Erick Erickson from RedState.com
64) Chris Ruddy - founder and CEO of Newsmax.com
63) Jim DeMint - Senator South Carolina
63) (17) Frank Luntz



Some notes of interest: In the Telegraph's list of the most influential conservatives in 2007, which was published in October '07, Rudy Giuliani was No. 1, General Petraeus No. 2, Matt Drudge No. 3, Newt Gingrich No. 4, Rush Limbaugh No. 5, Dick Cheney No. 6, Robert Gates No. 7, Chief Justice John Roberts No. 8, John McCain No. 9 and Mitt Romney No. 10.

Conservative Bloggers Getting Geeky?

My friend and blog-gal-pal Jenn Sierra at Fort Hard Knox is an SEO expert. She has helped me immensely at times when I knew something was wrong with my blog, but did not know how to ferret-out the problem. I'm learning that Conservative bloggers need to "get geeky" to win the battle waged by Liberals.

 Jenn Sierra helps Conservative Bloggers Get Geeky

These days, my troubles revolve around extended page load time. She has taught me how to lessen that time, and if I had listened to her sage advice months ago, my Google Page Rank might still be intact at 5/10 or maybe even 6/10.

There is nothing to do about that now, but try to understand why my Page Rank and the Page Rank of numerous other good bloggers has also been lowered, while traffic remained at a high, and then try to fix it.

To that end, I was reading some of Jenn's posts and found some very interesting information on Google Caffeine and Page Rank. As I was browsing, I came across another link to three articles written in March 2009. I read them early-on and promptly forgot them. My bad.

The Fort Knox group has some great thoughts about how to get our blogs indexed on the front page of Google, because as we know, seldom do we or anyone else, go beyond the first search page.

In a three-part article titled Why Conservatives Need to Geek-Up, Jenn points out that Liberal news and viewpoints have a distinct advantage over a Conservative viewpoint, and she proves her point by offering four search words that clearly prove that the progressive agenda is indexed first. As often as I am on a Google search page, I had not noticed!

She also makes the point that because we tend to be more liberal when we are young and more "stable" over the age 35, and because the twenty-somethings have grown up with a computer in their bedroom, or their backpack, and now on their iPhone, they are extremely tech-savvy and have grown into young adulthood as activists understanding the process of getting their political message read by the audience they want to read it.

The bottom line is, if we cannot get our message out to a wide audience, then the message gets lost. We have elections coming this year, and every blogger I know is working devotedly to defeat this thieving, prevaricating, unConstitutional 111th Congress.

You might find a revelation at Fort Hard Knox. Appropriately, Jenn writes for Web 2.0 Warriors - because, hey, we are in the battle of lives, and our battlefield is our blog template. The following are links that I found particularly interesting:

Why Conservatives Need to Geek-Up

Bloggers: What changes are you making due to Google Caffeine?

What's my REAL Download Speed?

Slow Download Speed = Lower Google Page Rank

On each of these pages, you'll find links to other helpful information. We're all in this together with a monumental mountain to climb.

Conservative Black Bloggers on Beck 11-13-09: Blogger Maria - Glenn Beck Show Friday November 13

Last week I posted that a fellow blogger, Maria, would be appearing on the Glenn Beck Show on November 5th. Well, the whole world knows that Glenn was in-hospital having his appendix removed. The show was rescheduled. So Maria will be there today along with fellow Black Conservative bloggers.

Adrienne (L) - Clifton (R)

Conservative Black Woman (top) - Maria (bottom

I don't have all the details of today's show, but here is what I know. Maria, also known as Namaste when she blogs at My Voice on the Wings of Change, will appear in a townhall format along with 3 other bloggers: Clifton from Another Black Conservative, Adrienne Ross from Motivation: Truth and Conservative Black Woman . There may be more than 4 bloggers. We'll find out tomorrow.

The topic of the show: Time to be Heard

Visit these three blogs. I think you'll see that today's Glenn Beck Show will be a spirited discussion.

Poster graphic courtesy Carol at No Sheeples Here.

William Bill Sparkman Suicide? Census Worker Sparkman Suicide in Kentucky?

Remember William "Bill" Sparkman, the part time census worker found hanging from a tree, naked and bound with the word "Fed" written across his check in black marker? Police are looking closely at suicide in this case. See update 11-14-09 below.

William Bill Sparkman

On September 12th Mr. Sparkman was found hanged, with his feet "in contact with the ground," in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Manchester, Kentucky. Immediate reports speculated that he was taking a census in the area, although no confirming evidence that he was working has come forward. The FBI did join the investigation as it is a federal crime to attack a federal worker, during or because of, his job. Now, police are considering suicide.

Liberals immediately saw this as a crime probably committed by backwoods red necks, spurred on by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Bachmann and WorldNetDaily.

Jerry Weaver, the man who found Mr. Sparkman said his eyes covered with duct tap, he was wearing only a pair of socks and was gagged with something that looked like a red rag.

And they even had duct tape around his neck. And they had like his identification tag on his neck. They had it duct-taped to the side of his neck, on the right side, almost on his right shoulder..."

Nevertheless, police are pulling back on the idea of homicide and say there are several reasons why suicide may be a possibility:

There were no defensive wounds on Sparkman's body, and while his hands were bound with duct-tape, they were still somewhat mobile, suggesting he could have manipulated the rope, the officials said.

NewsBusters says the media has gone silent, now that suicide is a possiblity. Few are talking about Mr. Sparkman these days, as there may be no one to blame.This is a very sad story. William Sparkman was a substitute teacher and has battled non-Hodgkins Lymphoma for years. He was single and had an adopted son. That I.D. tag on his neck is exceedingly weird.

Update 11-24-09:
Authorities today said that Mr. Sparkman committed suicide, and he worked alone in the act of making his death appear to be murder. Read the story here.

Others talking about Mr. Sparkman:

The Other McCain
The Jawa Report
Riehl World Report

Maine Voters Repeal Same Sex Marriage Law: Maine Voters vs Maine Legislators Rejects Gay Marriage

The state of Maine has repealed their law allowing same-sex marriage. The lesson: when "the people" are allowed to vote, the outcome is often very different from what was legislated.

Maine Voters Repeal Gay Marriage
A law was passed by the Maine legislature last Spring, but "put on hold," after a petition drive was launched for a repeal referendum by Stand for Marriage Maine.

The outcome Tuesday marked the first time voters had rejected a gay-marriage law enacted by a legislature. When Californians put a stop to same-sex marriage a year ago, it was in response to a court ruling, not legislation.

Five other states have legalized gay marriage - starting with Massachusetts in 2004, and followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Iowa - but all did so through legislation or court rulings, not by popular vote. In contrast, constitutional amendments banning gay marriage have been approved in all 30 states where they have been on the ballot.

With the repeal of the state of Maine's law allowing same-sex marriage last night, gay rights activists have now lost in every state that has offered the question to the voter.

The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," declared Frank Schubert, chief organizer [Stand for Marriage Maine] for the winning side.

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Your Education Dollars at Work - PJTV Video

PJTV's Steven Crowder visits the Berkeley campus. Referencing Glenn Beck's new book, Arguing with Idiots, Crowder shows us why Beck's book is a necessity for survival amid the idiocy. Watch this video confirming what we've known for a long time now, but is astonishing to actually see and hear. (You'll love the conversation about Mary Jo Kopechne).

Katie Couric Fear and Ignorance Video: Couric Townhalls a Sideshow

CBS' Katie Couric treats us to a page from her "notebook," which polls say no one cares about these days. Townhalls are a "sideshow," she says, and "fear and ignorance" reign.

Katie Couric

Couric quotes a man at one of Senator Arlen Specter's Townhall's saying that the healthcare legislation "has awakened a sleeping giant," Couric can't let that man's opinion have an ounce of respect. "Not exactly" she says. What it has done is "stirred a hornets nest." To Couric, conservatives are certainly not giants, they are hornets. "Disturbing attitudes and emotions that have nothing to do with policy," perky Katie tell us, is what conservative opinions are all about. We are "drowning out serious debate," in our Townhall "sideshows." I hope she keeps talking. We know from the polls the more she talks the lower her ratings go. Consider this, conservative authors are discussing conservative issues, and who is at the top of the best selling non-fiction book category: Michelle Malkin's Culture of Corruption, Mark Levine's Liberty and Tyranny, and Glen Beck's Common Sense. Yes, I think a sleeping giant is awakening, if not erupting. See the video here.