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No kidding, this is directly quoted from my textbook for Diversity class: Does Not Discriminate Does Discriminate Unprejudiced Unprejudiced nondiscriminator (all-weather liberal) Unprejudiced discriminator (fair-weather liberal) Prejudiced Prejudiced nondiscriminator (timid bigot) Prejudiced discriminator (all-weather bigot) I think they need to rename this class "Shame on you, Whitey Conservative!" -- what a freakin' waste of time for any intellectual individual. I have been reading the assigned chapters in full and each time I find nonsense like this. From here on out, I will referring to the index for pertinent terms and going directly to the page(s) I need to complete each assignment. My head will explode from my rising blood pressure if I continue to try to read this excrement in full. As an "all-weather Conservative" who knows that everyone is capable of great things if they put in the time and effort to achieve them, I will be registering a complai...

Well, I sure hope y'all had a good Memorial Day weekend! I certainly did. Remembered those in my extended family who had served and died for our country as well as others who are now long gone. I wish I had read this before 3pm today. I think I was just getting back home around that time. The word sure needs to get out a bit better on this part of the observance! I wasn't aware that there was now a moment of silence to be held on Memorial Day. I'm back from the pilgrimage to the mountains of "Virginnie" where I'm happy to report that not much has changed since last time I was there about three years ago. Of course, some of the older folks have passed on to their reward and everyone else is a few years older. Some of our family's historic landmarks are disappearing and others are being maintained beautifully. It's always nice to visit them all regardless of what shape they're in these days. Geographically speaking, I think we blew my niece's mi...

As my last entry going into a computer-free Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to remember my Great-Grandfather, Robert Loftice, and the widow he left behind. Robert Loftice died while serving our country in World War I. It wasn't discussed much by the time I was born so I'm not sure exactly where he served or what role he played in the war. I hope to find out this weekend from some of my older relatives on that side of the family. All I remember of my Great-Grandfather is an old picture of him in his uniform -- Army, I believe -- that used to hang on the wall in my Great-Grandmother's bedroom. My Great-Grandmother ("Granny"), Ora Loftice, was a war widow who never remarried. The children they had together before his death were raised by Granny and her closest relatives. I don't know if she never remarried out of respect for his memory or simply because she worked too hard to find the time to consider it. For whatever reason, she never did. She will be remembered ...

Update #1 For those of you who didn't know, I have been unemployed for a little over a week. I was contacted pretty quickly by a technical recruiter and started a new job just today. The job, however, is up in Greenwood, Indiana. That's about a 2-hour drive (one-way) from home! It's a short term contract of three months but it's going to pay my bills, so I'll not complain. I may board a few nights a week with my uncle who lives in Greenwood. The best news is that it came about very quickly; I can hope for something better and closer to home at the end of the contract. I mention this for two reasons: (1) It may impact my blogging time or my sleep time, not sure which yet. I'd bet that it will be a little of both on various occasions. I love blogging so I'll try not to let it slip. (2) This is one of the first times that I've ever " let go and let God " on the career front. It's hard for me because I've always felt in charge of my own de...

Oh boy. I knew that going back to college was going to be a shock to my system. Without any pretense of being anything other than a class on the oppressed and the oppressors, I am taking a class called "Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class." Allow me to present you with the definition of a "minority group" (quoting almost entirely from the textbook): "A minority group can be quite large and can even be a numerical majority of the population... Minority status has more to do with distribution of resources and power than with simple numbers..." A minority group has five characteristics: 1. The members of the group experience a pattern of disadvantage or inequality. 2. The members of the group share a visible trait or characteristic that differentiates them from other groups. 3. The minority group is a self-conscious social unit. 4. Membership in the group is usually determined at birth. 5. Members tend to marry within the group. It is important to define ...

I am one who believes that the use of race as a flag to indicate "otherness" brings us no closer to true equality and unity. It is only by making race a non-issue that we will finally be able to see people for who they are. Only by recognizing people based on their history, their competency, their belief systems, and what makes them individuals do we truly put race to bed as a divisive issue. In the case of Liberals who continually sabotaging and defame nominees and cabinet members based on their race, the time has come to call a spade a spade. Yes, I intended that phrase. It's ridiculous for people of color to sit by and watch the alleged "party of color" sabotage people of color who have succeeded and deserve recognition and advancement. The Congress of Racial Equality is the only organization devoted to advancing the cause of equality that has finally spoken out and called the Liberals what they are: Hypocrites .

For those of you who live in Oldham County, don't forget to vote in the Special Election tomorrow, Tuesday 5/24. This election is being held to fill the seat (59th District House) left vacant when Tim Feeley left the Kentucky State Legislature to take a judgeship on the circuit court. The Conservative candidate is David Osborne -- 5th generation Oldham Countian, proven leader in business and community, small business owner and farmer, and old friend/classmate of the ConservaChick! David is truly a Conservative's Conservative. He deserves your vote on Tuesday. Please encourage everyone you know who is in Oldham County or anywhere in the 59th Legislative District to get out and vote on Tuesday!

The Spirit of America is looking for more US schools to participate in the America-Iraqi School Partners program. If you're in a position to do so, you may want to get your school/class involved with this great program! AMERICA-IRAQ SCHOOL PARTNERS The America-Iraq School Partners Program pilot launched in April, 2005. It is designed to establish friendships and enable exchange between American and Iraqi schoolchildren. The pilot phase features 13 American schools and 17 schools in Iraq. More than 1500 schoolchildren are participating. We are looking for more schools (elementary, middle and high schools) in the U.S. to join for the 2005-2006 school year. There is no cost to participating schools although schools may exchange gifts. If you have a school interested in participating in the program, click here: http://www.spiritofamerica.net/projects/13 for more information or send inquiries to tamara@spiritofamerica.net .

It's nice to know that money donated to The Spirit of America is also being used to spread freedom throughout the Middle East. Lebanon's struggle for independence is now on the radar and The Spirit of America is there. They are doing great things in Afghanistan and Iraq as well. Read the latest message to donors for a full description of activities with pictures. SUPPORT FOR LEBANON'S INDEPENDENCE On April 6 we kicked off a project to support Lebanon's struggle for independence. We had been asked by some Lebanese and Lebanese Americans if we could provide assistance to the tent city demonstrators who were keeping national and world attention on ending Syria's occupation and achieving free elections in Lebanon. The original project description is here: http://www.spiritofamerica.net/projects/96 This was our first project outside Iraq and Afghanistan and some of our supporters asked why we would do something in Lebanon and what happened to supporting requests from M...

Zell Miller has a new book out: A Deficit of Decency . I hear from friends that it is a great read and quite inspirational. From GOP.com: When Democrat Senator Zell Miller took to the stage at Madison Square Garden during the GOP convention last year, he stood on principle. A lifelong Democrat, Miller supported the President, bucked his party and did what was right for his family and America. His last book, A National Party No More, was a New York Times bestseller and illustrated the Democrat Party's out-of-the-mainstream worldview. His latest book, A Deficit of Decency, calls for the return to a sense of duty. In speeches on the Senate floor, Senator Miller outlined a series of issues where he believes an absence of decency is threatening America. His book makes a compelling argument for the return of values in American culture, and he explains his decision to speak in New York. He states, "There were two primary reasons I could not go where my lifelong political party wanted...

We've got all the terrorist hide-outs covered. Our troops rule!

"Mr. President, Please Secure Our Borders Immediately It has been nearly four years since the 9/11 attacks inside our country by foreign nationals. Yet, tens of thousands of foreign nationals every few weeks continue to be allowed to enter this country illegally through our loosely guarded borders. All of these illegal entrants threaten American citizens in one way or another—either as unfair labor competition, tax burdens, instruments of organized crime including drug running and slavery, or as terrorists. We can no longer allow such disorder on our borders. One of the clearest responsibilities of the federal government and of the President is to protect this country's citizens from attacks across our borders. We urge you to direct your officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create and institute plans to ensure that foreign nationals who attempt to cross our borders without permission will be (a) detected, (b) apprehended and (c) either removed from this co...

I don't know why the old hippies bothered to protest the West Point recruiters on Monday. Really. If West Point teaches the same thing that the Air Force Academy does, we will be sending the graduating classes over to the Middle East to spread freedom through dancing . ;-)

One Vietnam vet right here in Kentucky (Ike Boutwell) is in a position to make his stance on Jane Fonda's treason very clear to the public and to Hollywood's money-makers. There's more than one way to spit, isn't there? ;-) Way to go, Ike !

This was attributed to Andy Rooney but I seriously doubt it's his handiwork. At any rate, it's a great piece on why women over 40 are valued by smart men. I figure it's worth posting just for self-esteem purposes! ;-) "As I grow in age, I value women who are over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 40 will not lay next to you in bed and ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think. If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it's usually something more interesting. A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 40 give a damn what you might think about her or what she's doing. Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if...

Now THIS is my kind of flight crew! This bit of humor is courtesy of our buddy the Master Chief.

It was a beautiful, sunny day here in Louisville today. Perfect for driving with the top down on the car and perfect for counter-protesting a bunch of mealy-mouthed pacifists! Much to the chagrin of our arch rivals, LPAC (a.k.a., the old hippies), Protest Warrior successfully crashed their little pacifist party today outside of the Ramada Inn on Zorn Avenue. They were there protesting the presence of the West Point Military Academy recruiters who were holding a presentation for prospective students inside the Ramada Inn this evening. One old hippy chick took up a position all by herself in a median outside of the Ramada Inn just before 6pm tonight; she was joined quickly by another. Lonely Old Hippy Chicks One minute later, six Protest Warriors armed with flags from all four of the Armed Forces, tongue-in-cheek signs, Old Glory, and a boom box locked and loaded with patriotic tunes marched out to the opposite median. Eventually, there would be six old hippies holding silly signs inten...

It won't make the local news because it was such a positive development right in the heart of darkness... three liberty-loving, free-thinking, proud Americans stood at the corner of Bardstown Road and Douglass Blvd this evening at 7pm in support of our country, our troops, and our president. There were no Lefties on the opposite corners screaming obscenities or letting their "free birds" fly; no idiots wandering over to "debate" us on the war; nothing but the sound of great patriotic music compiled on CD by Robert (BlueOneGolf himself) and the heart-filling sound of flags flapping in the breeze! We were armed with more flags than we could hold so we flew Old Glory, "We Support Our Troops," the Army flag, and the Marine Corps flag. We garnered more horn honks and waves from passing motorists than I ever thought possible in that part of Louisville. Simply amazing. It didn't make the news but it certainly made for a lovely end to a wonderful Sunday. G...

I am catching up on my Weekly Standard reading today. " Uday's Oil-for-News Program " is quite an enlightening piece. It seems to confirm what most of us free-thinking folks have thought for quite a while: Al Jaazera is a very thinly veiled tool of Middle East despots and terrorists. Does anyone know if the Alhurra expose on Saddam's financial links to the Arab press is available online or elsewhere (either dubbed in English or with subtitles)?

In case those of you who live outside the Highlands neighborhood here in Louisville think that we don't have any wacky Liberal activists to deal with, allow me to present two upcoming events of Liberal nonsense slated for our community: ***5/15: "Counting the Cost" a National participatory event recognizing the extent of civilian casualties in Iraq. ***5/17: Counter Recruitment Event--Tuesday May 17th, 6:00-6:45pm, against the recruitment program at the Ramada Inn (used to be Holiday Inn), Zorn and River Rd. You can count on your buddies in the local chapter of Protest Warrior to be on hand to display the RIGHT attitude for both of these little Lib-fests. We don't have the location of the nonsense for scheduled for today so we'll be holding down the corner of Bardstown Rd and Douglass Blvd (across from Twig and Leaf/Heine Bros) starting about 6:30pm or so. Even if the lunkheaded Libs don't choose that locale, it will be a great place to display our support for...

Congratulations to all the right-thinking folks in the UK and Australia! Yes, I'm a bit late on this but better late than never. The re-elections of Tony Blair and John Howard to third terms as Prime Minister of their respective countries are events that confirm what many Conservatives (both here and abroad ) find honorable about these men. They are men of good common sense with views of freedom and foreign policy that mirror our own. Granted, Blair is "liberal" but he has proven a staunch ally in the war against terror, as has our Conservative friend Howard, so many of us overlook Blair's association with the Labour party . The British press is obviously just as liberally biased as our own press right here in the States. I read BBC and see reports online that there is great unrest in the UK and Australia over the war in Iraq. Yet, somehow, in the recent elections the people of the UK and Australia supported our biggest allies in the war. Not only did UK citizens...

An email from the Conservative Action Liberty League (CALL) brought the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill to my attention. Thank goodness the Minute Man Project brought this issue much-needed attention; however, it seems that along with President Bush other DC politicos STILL don't get it. In the words of Tom Tancredo , "Read our lips: Secure our borders now!" Oh that "maverick" McCain! Does he really believe anyone would take an immigration bill seriously with Kennedy's name attached to it?! Indeed, I believe CALL is right about this one. Recently it was announced that Senators McCain and Kennedy are planning to introduce the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005. On the surface it might seem that the pressure that thousands of Americans have been putting on the government to solve the illegal immigration problem is starting to pay off. Look deeper, my friends. This bill is meant to placate us, not solve anything. The bill has a couple of goo...

Through a note of support from Mark who writes the Gun Lobby blog, I was made aware of a great analysis from 2004 of whether the Second Amendment secures an individual right . If you read/hear much from the zombie-like Liberals, you've probably heard the argument that the Second Amendment pertains only to the right to form and arm a militia. After reading this report, you'll be able to concisely refute that nonsense. What a great write-up. Hat tip to ya, Mark!

How Liberal / Conservative Are You? My Political Profile: Overall : 85% Conservative, 15% Liberal Social Issues : 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Personal Responsibility : 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Fiscal Issues : 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics : 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Defense and Crime : 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal

What Kind of American English Do You Speak? My Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 25% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern

I have finally taken the time to post the pictures and insights from my experience participating in this year's Pegasus Parade on Thursday last. Please check out all the pictures and write-up on the Cardinal Coalition blog. It was a blast and I can't wait until next year! Although, NEXT year I'll be sure to break in the shoes I plan to wear ahead of time. Sheesh. The Derby Princesses preparing for their ride on our float

...but little time to tell it all! From Thursday on, I have been running non-stop from activity to activity. Who plans the Derby for the same weekend as Mother's Day, for heaven's sake?! Anyway, when time permits there will be some stories about this weekend and some photos as well. Stay tuned!

I just read Ipse Dixit's comments on the upcoming general election in the United Kingdom. I have to differ with a number of the Conservative bloggers on this. I don't mind that Kerry's people are trying to help Tony Blair get re-elected. Evidently, they are trying anything just to say that they've won something! Go figure; a group of Libs who want to win at least one election of some import! A Scottish friend of mine is very close to the election buzz in the UK and his email yesterday gave me some comfort. "It's the general election here on Thursday. So on Friday we could have a new Prime Minister although its unlikely. It will be Tony Blair - Labour ( the incumbent) or Michael Howard - Conservative. Howard is right wing whilst, under Blair, Labour are very much a centre left party. The UK (England , Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) is divided into 662 constituencies. You vote for who you want the MP to be in your constituency. The party with the most MPs...

For those of you outside the Louisville area, please forgive us our insanity... it's Kentucky Derby Festival time here! The two weeks leading up to the running of the Kentucky Derby are full of festivities. Few of us jaded Louisvillians really get out to enjoy it all. Actually, we've had a cold snap in this area so some of us are using that as an excuse. However, the truly hardy among us are braving the wind and cold to go to these events. ;-) Tomorrow is my day to run out of excuses... The Pegasus Parade will be rolling down Broadway starting at 5pm. Yours truly will be walking with The Fillies behind our float. If you happen to watch the parade tomorrow, hopefully from somewhere along the route on Broadway, I hope you'll give a shout out to your friend ConservaChick. I'll be the Filly in the cuffed blue jean capri pants with a pink polka-dotted scarf and pink sunglasses. If I get some good pictures of the parade tomorrow, I'll post them on the blog.

"The Great Derby Debate" hosted by the Metropolitan Republican Womens' Club. From left to right: Jim Milliman (R), John Yarmouth (D), and Bill Stone (Moderator) For our May meeting, The Metropolitan Republican Womens' Club hosted a debate last night at Big Spring Country Club. After the meeting and dinner, we were treated to the Great Derby Debate between Jim Milliman and John Yarmouth. We were pressed to find a truly non-affiliated Moderator so we asked our friend, Bill Stone, to "act" as Moderator! ;-) It was a fun debate; however, in true Liberal fashion, Yarmouth said nothing new outside of the Dems talking points. The only thing I heard from Yarmouth that was even remotely true is that he believes the Dems need to start being "for" something instead of against everything. Nice work, John. I will give him credit for attempting a debate with a Republican at a Republican club meeting though. We are a womens' club in name only; we always have ...

For those of you who don't know, Protest Warrior has had a standing counter-protest against LPAC and other Lefties on the first Sunday of every month at the Bardstown Rd/Douglass Blvd intersection. This month was no exception and was actually more successful (subjectively speaking) than a number of previous months. We had up to eight Warriors on hand for this one and, now that the daylight is on our side from 7-8pm, we had a number of supportive motorists (honks and wooohooos) who were able to read our signs and see that we stood in opposition to the America-haters on the other corners. For the record, here are some of the incidents that still stand out in my mind after this past Sunday's mission: 1.) The most astonishing show of support came via a motorist who stopped his car in the middle of the intersection and got out of his car. At first, he looked very mad and a few of us thought he was going to throw punches our way! His anger was not about us at all; it was about the ...

In case my blog suddenly goes unattended a few months from now, you can assume that the Fort Campell Crew Chief I met at Howl at the Moon on Saturday has gotten through Recruiter school and has figured out a way to waive the age restrictions. No kidding. I gave him my card and said that if he figured out a way to make it happen, I'd sign on the dotted line and do a few years with the good guys! Stay tuned... ;-)

Okay, so I'll spare you all of the details of the Passion Party last night except to say that it was a total blast. My cousin put on a great party. She was even clever enough to include men (spouses) in the mix. It was a riot, watching those guys earnestly ask questions about the toys, turn them on and off, taste all the "edible" potions, etc. It was just wonderful! Afterward a lot of us headed downtown to Fourth Street Live for a little dancing. I was flying solo for the evening so one of the couples (basically my cousins-in-law) adopted me so I wouldn't end up walking to the parking garage alone later. They are awesome people! After hanging out at the dance clubs for a couple of hours, they suggested heading over to Howl at the Moon . What a fun place! I'm still hoarse from all the sing/shout alongs! While we were there, we made some new friends at the table next to us -- as fate would have it they were two military couples from Fort Campell ; the post from wh...