ConservaChick

Open letter to the brave men & women of the U.S. Armed Forces and their Coalition and Iraqi partners: Many of you are probably getting wind of a lot of the nasty rhetoric coming from the United States Senate lately. I'm sure you're concerned about the effect of this rhetoric on the average American and his or her support for your mission. First of all, let me just say that Senators Kennedy and Durbin are not only embarrassments to their party, they are embarrassments to this great nation. Please disregard their posturing and negative rhetoric. We do. Most Americans know that they are simply trying to position themselves for the next political race. While many of us dislike their nastiness, we now simply ignore it. We put no stock in what these pompous windbags have to say anymore. Most of us wish they would resign from the Senate or be censured for their treasonous disregard for your safety during wartime. There is a sense here among intelligent Americans that some "le...

I'm calling ahead now to reserve the Revengeis suite for a long weekend before they start construction on the Lost Liberty Hotel . Thanks for the heads-up, Drudge . I'm sure this hotel will be booked year-round well in advance. It's bound to produce lots of great revenue for Weare, New Hampshire.

According to PowerLine , Live 8 's Geldof is looking for a few good bloggers to blog from backstage at Live 8 then take a plane trip with the Live 8 bunch to Scotland for the G8. Short notice (July 2nd event) but, if you are interested, email feedback@powerlineblog.com for more details. Cool, no?

Having lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 17 years, I was shocked that a training film done for the 49ers created such a hubbub . Although, I guess I should have known that the bastion of Liberal diversity and tolerance would be home to folks who would want to squelch creativity in an effort to remain "politically correct." No surprise there, really. I ran across the film today online . The acting stinks but the messages delivered in the film were delivered creatively and probably got the attention of the players. If you intend to view it, please be advised that there is some strong language and some nudity. The team's Director of Public Relations, Kirk Reynolds , is looking for employment elsewhere these days. Maybe he should look for work in a Red State where we have a great sense of humor and are tolerant of creativity. C'mon Bay Area... where's your sense of humor? Where's your tolerance for diversity in the world of ideas?

A very nice article was published today in the Louisville Courier-Journal about local bloggers. Our friend, Kadnine, made the photo in the top fold today and veteran blogger, Dodd, was quoted: "A blog can be a driver of news or something completely divorced from anything other than what six people will care about," said Louisville lawyer Dodd Harris, who edits a respected blog about conservative politics called Ipse Dixit , which is Latin for "Because I say so." Nice job, fellas!

I am pleased to say that the Louisville Blogger bash on Friday night was a total blast! Thanks for putting it together, Rob! It was a true treat to visit with my favorite local bloggers: Dodd ( Ipse Dixit ), Keith ( Kadnine ), and Aaron ( Got Design ). I also met Rob ( Business Pundit ) and Veronica ( B-Net ) for the first time. These folks are non-stop interesting in person and a few of us didn't wind down until close to midnight. Although 15 bloggers were expected, only about six or so showed for the shindig. That was just fine with me as all my favs showed up. I find it interesting that, of those attending, the majority of us are Conservative political bloggers. After a number of beer-soaked conversations with Lane (spelling?), Keith's wife, I'm convinced that she should be blogging too. We had some extremely intriguing philosophical conversations. She could probably hold her own in the blogosphere as she certainly had me going on the topic of meritocracy. Dodd certainl...

I can't believe that anyone is unaware of this by now, but if you haven't heard what the Libs are trying to do to the Memorial at Ground Zero, PLEASE read all about it ASAP. The best round-up on this issue is at Cox & Forkum . Once you've caught up on this disgrace, visit Take Back the Memorial 's website. I signed the petition today. I hope you'll do the same. It's time to stop this madness of blaming the victim for the crime. Even Libs will defend a woman's right to wear a mini-skirt against claims that she was raped because she was dressed provocatively; evidently not a single Lib will defend America's right to exist against the jihadists' claim that 3,000+ innocent civilians were slaughtered because America exists. Where have all the flowers gone, Libs?... Hypocrites.

I find myself wondering if somehow or another the Libs have managed to remove the Article pertaining to treason in the US Constitution. I am perplexed to find it still there : Article III, Section 3. Interesting... I wonder why it's still there if we are determined never to use it. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but even *I* can think of a couple of good candidates for charges under Article III, Section 3. Can't you?

I won't beat a dead horse -- I had simply posted a little tongue-in-cheek blurb about this; however, now I'm royally miffed! Michelle Malkin has done a great round-up of the Durbin flack . If you haven't read it, please do; you'll get a nice summary. Take some action after reading it; trust me you'll feel better for having done so. Unfortunately, the RINO John McCain (R-AZ) has now joined the other ill-informed senators and stepped over the line with his comments about Gitmo. Combined, Durbin and McCain have provided more aid and comfort to our enemies than I can remember since Fonda and Vietnam. This is getting way out of hand and needs to stop. If John McCain truly thinks that we need to try the detainees at Gitmo, I think he'd better get a grip on reality. For example, would McCain have wanted to be tried by the Vietcong when he was a POW? I'm sure he was threated with that very thing many times. Does he not understand that we are holding these people at ...

As Father's Day is now upon us, I think it's worth remembering that Father's Day isn't just a time to honor our dads. It's a good time to give thanks for the blessings embodied in the fathers and grandfathers we have been fortunate to have in our lives. Without them we may not have learned to build and fix things, deal with novelty and frustration, and roughhouse with each other in a playful way. We are biologically geared to traditional parental roles. Regardless of how many efforts are made to "equalize" the roles and responsibilities, I certainly hope the Liberal loons in our society don't suceed in emasculating our traditional Dads. Steven E. Rhoads, author of "Taking Sex Differences Seriously" (now out in paperback), did an excellent piece on this very thing called " What Fathers Do Best ." Happy Father's Day to all the Dads, Grand-Dads, and Great-Grand-Dads! Most of all, Happy Father's Day to my dad -- Dad, you did wh...

I can't tell for sure from the video but I don't think this officer is from the LMPD. Although, I wouldn't bet on it... I am still chuckling. Thanks, officer!

Never in my wildest imagination did I think I'd run across an enlightening article on the Islamo-fascist terrorist problem in Readers Digest ! But, oddly enough, I did just that tonight. I'm still scratching my head... Kenneth R. Timmerman has written an article called "As Bad as Bin Laden" for Readers Digest. I wish I could link you directly to the article but Readers Digest is counting on subscriptions and they only publish the first part of the article online. Sooooooo, I've turned up the next best thing: another article that highlights the same information. The Iranian Voice has published similar information (likely based on Mr. Timmerman's research). The gist of which is that Bin Laden learned what he knows about terrorism (and was likely aided in his efforts on 9/11) by a master terrorist known as Imad Mugniyah of Hezbollah infamy. Read the Iranian Voice information. Al Qaeda and Hezbollah have been working together for some time now. Mugniyah is stil...

Thanks to David Horowitz's Frontpage Magazine , a glaring spotlight is being shined right in the face of anti-American attorney, Michael Ratner. Michael Ratner is a lawyer who began his legal career in the late 1960s at the National Lawyers Guild , a Soviet created front group which still embraces its Communist heritage. He worked his way up through the NLG’s radical ranks to become its president, then moved on to hold the same position at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which share's the NLG's anti-American radicalism and was founded by pro-Castro lawyers Arthur Kinoy and William Kunstler. Among its many outrages, the CCR has defended domestic and international terrorists, and has honored Ratner's NLG colleague and convicted terrorist enabler Lynne Stewart , a modern Legal Left idol . Since 9/11, Ratner and his comrades have attempted to extend undeserved “civil rights” on Islamist murderers with notable success. On this front, Ratner and the Legal Left ...

I have been browsing the brochure for Club Gitmo . Looks fabulous! I wonder if I'll have to wear a burqa there though... how's a gal supposed to get a tan?! Thanks, Rush ! You have made me laugh more this week than I can remember ever laughing over the absurdity of the Left. You're da bomb , baby!!

Open love letter to Dickie Durbin and Dr. "Foot in Mouth" Dean : As a single Conservative female, I've got to tell both you to keep up the good work for the GOP. If you weren't taken already , I'd be snuggling up to give you big, warm Compassionate Conservative hugs! I mean, keep talking fellas! With every new snippet of your wisdom , I am more in awe of your political prowess. You are filling our ranks faster than ever. I have you to thank for the many comments I've heard from Dems about the loss of dignity in their party. Seriously, they are now pondering joining our team. You are turning me on, boys! The more you talk, the bigger grow the Conservative ranks. Bigger and bigger. Size matters, guys, and I can't thank you enough! It's amazing what you fellas can do! Keep up the good work, Dickie and Dr. Dean. This Conservative gal is rapidly joining your Tiger Beat fan club!! SWAK!! Dawn (aka, the Lib magnet)

The best rebuttal to the Amnesty International idiocy that I've read is written by Ned Rice for National Review online. Allow me to simply say, Hallelujah! Well done! PS: Hey Ned, as a writer on his show, could you do us all a favor and sit Craig Ferguson down for a chat about the real America? I know he's a Scotsman but sheeeesh he wears his Socialist stripes on his sleeve in just about every monologue anymore. Makes him hard to watch.

I am convinced, after 41 years of this life, that if my mind didn't work in tangents, it wouldn't work at all. While driving to work today, I was stopped by a very large family of geese crossing the road. They took their sweet time. Gawking at me, honking at each other, waddling in no particular hurry to cross the road. It made me wonder about people. Pedestrians. Ever notice how some people look at you in an apologetic way as they scurry across the intersection -- almost apologizing for their need to get somewhere. Others seem in no hurry whatsoever and almost oblivious to the time available to them to safely cross. I wonder what makes the difference in the way a person chooses to cross the road? I suppose this morning's little "geesestrian" incident prompted me to wonder not why the chicken crossed the road but in what fashion the chicken crossed it.

I am either proud or mortified (not sure which just yet) to report that my little weblog has been selected as one of 5000 specifically requested to participate in a study being conducted by MIT . I am now officially a " Human as Experimental Subject ." "This is a general social survey of the greater weblog community being conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our goal is to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way we communicate with each other. Specifically we are interested in issues of demographics, communication behaviors, experience with weblogs and other technology, and the meaning of various types of social links within the blogosphere." Judging from some of the questions posed, I believe there must be an impression out there in the world that we webloggers live our lives primarily online! I had to chuckle about answering whether I met a certain type of person "online" or "offline." Are there blogosphere...

I had blogged earlier this month about the Dutch and the French voting down the EU Constitution. I follow the EU effort primarily to see what the effects of the media's proclaimed "anti-American sentiment" will be on Europe's efforts to close ranks. Chirac and Schroder have been very vocal on this score and they are also very vocal in pushing the EU Constitution on their countrymen and women. Blair has won re-election handily as has Howard in Australia. Need I mention that Blair and Howard are very pro-America and pro-freedom? The future doesn't look as bright for Chirac and Schroder... "But now things look different. German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the man who opened the European floodgates to anti-Americanism during his 2002 election campaign, has just called early elections after his Social Democratic party was routed in its stronghold of North Rhine-Westphalia for the first time in four decades. Few give him any chance of winning a new term next fall...

"It's happening everywhere; I'm just the one who brought it to people's attention," he said. "We're applying a state law to illegal aliens, instead of federal law, because the federal government refuses to enforce its own laws. Someone needed to bring it, so I brought it." The news about New Ipswitch's Police Chief, Garrett Chamberlain , and his strategy for "bringing it" to the issue of illegal immigration (pardon the oxymoron there -- it's not really immigration if it's illegal, is it?) is music to these Conservative ears! I am so tired of hearing the claims of racism from ACLU types who are content to let our borders (and our very security) be overrun by illegals. This is about security; this is about the rule of law; this is about doing the right thing for a change. "Paula Grenier, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, said Ramirez will now stand before an immigration judge on deportation cha...

It was only 18 years ago that President Ronald Wilson Reagan gave a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in which he proclaimed "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" The echoes of that speech are still being heard today in the Middle East. We miss you, President Reagan ! "...As I looked out a moment ago from the Reichstag, that embodiment of German unity, I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner (quote): "This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality." "Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall, for it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom..."

I'm home again from Greenwood for the weekend. Thunderstorms are all around us this evening and likely will be all weekend as well. Fortunately, no tractor trailer incidents on the drive home this evening! I do love coming home to my high-speed internet connection and my fat grey cat though. Even if I lived in a cardboard box under the overpass, I'd still love simply knowing that I was home and in my own box (so to speak). Ah freeeeeeedom!! I just printed and re-read the transcript of the Al-Hurra video tapes. I am just sick from the nasty syrup that drips off the pages with the words of each sycophant captured on tape. Media corruption aside, the transcript highlights the extent to which the Husseins were able to mold their world into whatever image they liked courtesy of their oil coupons. It is simply sickening. The harrassment described by Raed's family is simply mortifying. The word "behead" is so short and so simple yet so very descriptive. It seems a blip ...

I had blogged last month about Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's article on the "Oil-for-News" connection between Saddam Hussein and the Arab media. I am happy to report that the author has emailed a transcript of the al-Hurra tapes discussed in his article in The Weekly Standard . The transcript is interesting, enlightening and, I must admit, a bit sickening. It's longish and I have no other place to post it, so please bear with me as I post it here. My thanks to Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, not only for sending the transcript my way but for his fine work in keeping the rest of us informed. If you're interested in following more of Gartenstein-Ross's work, check out the Counter-Terrorism Blog where he has become a contributor. ---------------- TRANSCRIPT: ---------------- Things from Uday Part one: "The magnanimity of Uday" -Uday: They brought you from Basra, right? -Abdelamir Ahmad (AA), father of Iraqi Olympic weightlifting champion and political asylum se...

If you're in the mood to explore one of the most worthless and confusing theories of our time, please take the Implicit Attitudes Test (IAT) of your choice. At the IAT Home page, click on the "Go to the Demonstration Tests" link; At the "Measure Your Attitudes" page, find and click on the "I wish to proceed" link. Then select the test you want to take. I was asked to do this as an assignment in my Diversity class. I took the Native American test. Evidently I have a "moderate" tendency to associate "white people with foreign." WHAT?! If you take any of these tests be prepared to expect a red X when your answer is not acceptable. It was not only infuriating but the results read like Greek in the Twilight Zone. I believe that somewhere along the way during this test, I was expected to associate names of American cities and/or states with Native Americans. However, when your choices for the word "Utah" are Native American, W...

After spending each week in Greenwood, Indiana working on this contract gig, I am convinced that blogging is a high-speed connection sport. My uncle, who is kind enough to put me up at his place through the week, doesn't have high-speed internet at his house so I am at the mercy of dial-up when trying to keep up with school, email, and blogging after work. Don't get me wrong. Staying at my uncle's house is like being in a 5-star hotel suite. He and his wife have a gorgeous home. But after being spoiled to a cable modem for years now, it's like stepping back in time. It takes much longer to get things accomplished online. At any rate, my apologies for being MIA for so many days. I'm sure you can relate to the dial-up diatribe. While driving home from Greenwood this Friday, I was looking forward to attending a 40th birthday party at Howl at the Moon in Fourth Street Live. I was excited about getting back home for the weekend. I had things to do; people to see. I had d...

While browsing the Fox News website this morning -- trying to avoid banging my head on the wall while figuring out where my code has run amok -- I ran across some interesting insight on the French EU vote from Greg Palkot. I certainly hope this is the death knell of Chirac's presidency. He's a corrupt America-hater whose departure has been long overdue, in my opinion.