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We finally have the logistics firmed up, folks! Here's the scoop on what you need to know about the Support For Victory Rally directly from the rally organizer, Mark Lewis: Our location will be between 4th and 5th streets on Muhammed Ali Blvd. on the north side of the street. Everyone should plan to try and be there at 4:30. If you want to be there to help us get set up and see some of the pre arrival action I would suggest 3pm. Parking should be available in some of the lots and parking garages in that area around 5th St. It is extremely important that Congress not take any action that will have an effect of jeopardizing any further the military's ability to fight what is a tough war. The stronger they are in numbers, infantry, technology, moral etc., the safer and more successful they will be. Every political burden we add to them from home does that much more to detract from their mission and their ability to wage a successful military campaign. When each of you stands with ...

As mentioned in a previous post , there will be a Rally to Support Victory on Friday, March 2nd in downtown Louisville. The time has been set at 5:30pm for this rally. Please email me directly for details on an intermediate meet-up point.

For those of you interested in Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's book, " My Year Inside Radical Islam ," The book is a great read so far. Yes, I'm still reading it -- I'm slow and have had little free time lately. I'm finding it an interesting study of the process by which a person of great intellect can be slowly and methodically sucked into a radical religion. It's also proving to be quite an education on the tenets and practice of radical Islam... about which all I can say is YIKES! Here's the latest on where you can see and/or hear Daveed talk about the book: In the 9:00 AM EST hour, Daveed will be appearing on CBN's The 700 Club. You may watch the show online . From 12:30 to 12:50 PM EST, Daveed will be on "The Jordan Rich Show" on WBZ Radio in Boston. You can listen online . From 2:00 to 2:28 PM EST, Daveed will be on "AM 920 Magazine" on WBAA Radio in Indianapolis, which is also an NPR affiliate. You can listen online . Finally, ...

"Islamists have long used jihad films of real or staged attacks against the Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan in their persistent efforts to disparage claims by the U.S. and its allies that they are winning the war on terror. A film recently posted on the Islamist websites may serve as a transparent example of how the mujahideen stage an attack in order to intensify their psychological warfare against the Coalition forces, and possibly against the Western public as well." ... In MEMRI's " Islamists Stage Jihad Attack for the Purpose of Psychological Warfare " (February 22nd dispatch), they confirm what many of us have thought all along: Terrorists are waging their war against civilization with more than bombs. They are media savvy and certainly know how to use it to pull the wool over many a sheep's eyes. Much of the content of these staged videos is working... terrorists are succeeding in fooling Americans and our coalition partners into believing th...

Call me a masochist... I tuned into the Academy Awards tonight knowing full well that it would be a lovefest for Al Gore. Call me Miss Cleo... evidently I'm psychic because I was soooo right! What I find most disturbing is that " An Inconvenient Truth " is in the DOCUMENTARY category. Documentary, my arse! The true documentaries were disregarded in favor of this mock-science fantasy. The documentaries that were nominated were FAR more deserving of an Oscar than Gore's -- " Iraq in Fragments " is one of the best of the lot. Typical of Hollywood (Fantasyland) to overlook reality in favor of a movie that has very little reality at its core.

I have posted the message I received yesterday from Richard Viguerie at Grassroots Freedom below. Get in on this survey now! Yours truly has already registered her opinion on the survey. The results ought to be VERY interesting nationally! A special message for Grassroots Freedom advocates Because you are an advocate for Grassroots Freedom, I know you have a deep commitment to the political process in America. And, as such, I think you will be interested in a feature on one of my other political websites. I am conducting a survey on www.ConservativesBetrayed.com , asking for your opinions on who was responsible for the Republicans’ loss of Congress in 2006. I give you 31 choices and ask you to pick the 10 people or factors that were most responsible. You also have an opportunity to write in names or groups not on the list. In a few days I will be releasing the Top 10 list to the national media. To make certain your choices are included, won’t you please cast your votes right now? You a...

As many of you are likely aware, President Bush will be making an appearance at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville on Friday, March 2nd, at a fundraiser for Senator McConnell. As usual, the local Liberal contingent has organized a protest with which to greet our Commander-in-Chief. This time, the negative Liberal pacifist voices will not go unanswered. A fine group of pro-victory, pro-America Conservatives are organizing a Rally to Support Victory. This rally is intended to show our support for the president, the troops, and victory. It is time for EVERY conscientious Conservative to shed the veil of silence and make his/her voice heard! Please join us to support: Victory in Iraq; Our President's efforts to keep this nation secure; The war against terror, wherever we must fight it; Members of Congress that understand the seriousness of the terrorist threat; The servicemen and women defending our country around the world; Military families who share the sacrifice; and, Soldiers who a...

For those of you who don't read The Patriot Post , you may be unaware of their online petition to stop Al Gore and the UN from tying America's economic hands with a revisitation of the debate on America's participation in the Kyoto Treaty . This whole debate drives me freakin' nuts! There is no such thing as "consensus" when it comes to proving or disproving a theory. Scientists may find consensus on a theory; however, data proves or disproves it -- science simply cannot have consensus on proof of a theory. It's either true or it's false. That's what makes it science and not art. Here's my 2-cents on the matter: What can truthfully be said about global warming? Only that data gathered so far has shown a minor warming trend. Period. There is no conclusive evidence that any man-made emissions have caused this warming trend. Heck, we don't have enough historical data to know if this is a natural cycle or something unexpected and dramatic. Cou...

I cannot say this enough: I am so very pleased to be living in a district with such an upstanding and forthright Conservative representing me! Congressman Geoff Davis is very devoted to the people of his district as I have found since moving here a year ago -- not a single letter I've sent to this hard-working man has ever gone unanswered. He is the ultimate model for all who desire to pursue public service. I need to share with you a piece he wrote for this week's e-newsletter. (If you would like to sign up to receive Congressman Davis's e-newsletters by email, you can do so on his website .) It is an exact reflection of the way I feel about the "non-binding resolution" nonsense that was recently paraded across the mainstream media. Thank you, Congressman Davis for your fine work!! Resolve, Not a Resolution Last week Congress considered a non-binding resolution disapproving of the President's plan to send additional troops to Iraq. The additional troops are...

If your knowledge of Iraq is based solely on the pictures on the mainstream television news, you might never know that there is another face to Iraq. Nimrod Raphaeli who is a Senior Analyst of MEMRI's Middle East Economic Studies Program reminds us that there is another face to Iraq, one that we rarely witness in our mainstream media. Because his website and other publications are in Arabic, many of us would never get a chance to see/read what he writes. Thanks to his work with MEMRI, we get a glimpse of " The Other Face of Iraq ." The piece contains pictures of Iraqis who continue living as normal a life as possible amid the war and who continue to find beauty in their studies and their arts. It is uplifting. God bless the free people of Iraq as they find their way to greater liberty in their new democracy!

I must say that my attention of late has been on the national political landscape as it has begun to heat up again with the troop surge and the new majority in Congress. My apologies to those of you who follow Kentucky politics more closely. There's just more going on than one ConservaChick can keep up with on both the national and local fronts lately! Thanks to all who have sent press releases my way. I promise to get back to a state focus a bit more in the next week or so. Candidates need to be heard and stories about old media posing as new media but behaving as old media need to be told. And hey... I hear Mark Nickolas of Bluegrass Reports will be arraigned for willfully failing to file his state taxes on March 2nd, so there may be something of note coming out soon. Stay tuned... I need more caffeine and less sleep to keep up but I'll try!

As a follow-up to my post regarding the DoD's "truth squad," everyone who is interested in the real news, straight from the folks who ought to know, needs to know that you can get the news directly from CENTCOM . There are many, many successes coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan that aren't deemed newsworthy by the mainstream media because those stories simply don't support the negative picture of our efforts in the Middle East that is being pushed 24x7 by Congress and the media. Don't wait for the mainstream media to condescend to give this news to you; You can get all the news from CENTCOM directly. Their website has all the news that we're missing on the mainstream airwaves these days. It contains an archive of all of their press releases as well as video/audio clips and their weekly CENTCOM news podcast that is available for download. You can also sign up for a weekly newsletter if you're not much of a "pod person." (I don't listen to ...

"PROVIDING aid and comfort to the enemy in wartime is treason. It's not 'just politics.' It's treason. And signaling our enemies that Congress wants them to win isn't 'supporting our troops.' " ... Ralph Peters has an op-ed piece in the New York Post that says it all for me: " Cowards give up on GIs & Give in to Evil. " If you are as livid about this non-binding resolution that pulls the rug out from under our efforts in Iraq and stabs our patriots right in the back, do yourself a favor and read Ralph's piece. He vents for all of us who are pro-victory. I am absolutely livid over the way that congress has chosen to stab our troops in the back while they are risking their lives for the security of our country. It is absolutely treasonous! It's time it was called by its proper name. Mr. Peters has put it as bluntly as many of us would like to have heard it put on the floor of the House by those of our representatives who remain ...

I posted previously about the Gathering of Eagles at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC on March 17th. Anti-war, anti-America protesters plan to "march" in protest of the war against Islamofascist terrorists that day beginning at the Wall. We plan to be there as a human barrier against any defacing of the monuments we hold sacred. Good news: The folks in Washington, DC are being made aware (by ABC 7 News in Washington, DC) that thousands of patriots plan to be on hand to provide a buffer between America-haters and our war memorials. View the video of the news report to get the full story and to meet the man who organized The Gathering of Eagles. This is officially a call to action for anyone who holds these monuments sacred, who believes in the nobility of fighting for our country, and who wants to ensure that our memorials remain clean of any potential defacement during this America hate-fest on the 17th. There will be a group of us from Louisville, including so...

This comes as news to me but I'm quite happy to hear it! Evidently, the Department of Defense has created a team at CENTCOM that monitors blogs for factual errors. This team is acting as a sort of "truth squad" to ensure that bloggers are aware when they post erroneous information and to point these bloggers to the facts. ... "The CENTCOM team helps by directing bloggers to web sites where they can get eye witness reports from troops, journalists or local civilians. Many leftist and anti-war bloggers consider all this another form of government propaganda. Truth tends to be trampled by beliefs based on faith. But the truth squad is having success with a lot of bloggers, who just pick up sensationalist falsehoods, and are unaware that there are news and military sites where they can get more accurate eyewitness reports." ... Of course, the radical Lefty bloggers are up in arms over this! Let's face it; facts just aren't as sensational (or harmful) as fan...

Oldham County High School Class of 1981 26-year Reunion Save the date: August 3-5, 2007 First of all, I cannot believe it's been almost 26 years since I graduated high school! Some days I still feel as silly, lost, and confused as when I was 17; other days, I'm just glad I never have to relive the confusion of my teen years again! It's been a while since I've seen my classmates from Oldham County High School. Most recently, I ran into State Representative David Osborne at a campaign rally where Karl Rove spoke. David was a year behind me in school but it was wonderful to see him again. I have fond memories of a lot of kids I went to school with -- those who were a class or two ahead of me and those a class or two behind my graduating class. Funny... I moved 3,000 miles away not long after graduation and now I live not more than five miles from my old high school and never seem to run into anyone I graduated with in 1981! So, I guess it will take a reunion to make that ...

I made a very brief reference to this in my post " Gathering of Eagles " earlier this week but the upcoming action truly deserves to be "heard" as it's own post. As some of you may be aware, the anti-war Left in this country is organizing a protest that will gather at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC on March 17th. Folks, these protestors are not just your average Americans who disagree with the war in Iraq, these are professional agitators infamously known as "ANSWER." You can read all about this at their webpage devoted to this action. (For the record, ANSWER lists the people who are endorsing this action and I completely and unabashedly dislike and disagree with every single person on their list.) What makes this action disturbing is that they intend to gather at the Vietnam Memorial Wall to begin their day of America-hating. These groups just recently defaced government property in one of their other protests. Many of us are worried tha...

Enjoy the biting humor of the anti-valentine website! Being a romantic at heart, I feel compelled to point out that the origin of what we know today as "Valentine's Day" -- a day to celebrate love and those you love -- has been around much longer than the greeting card companies and the commercial florists. So for all you cynics, why not just give in and accept the fact that the human race has set aside a day to celebrate love for a very long time now and there's not much you can do to change that. Get onboard the LOOOOOOOVE train or get off the tracks, baby! ;o) May you have a very special someone(s) with whom to share the day. And remember, life is short... don't wait for this one particular day every February to let the people you love know you love them! Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

...March 17th in Washington, DC: Be there or be square ! Yours truly and her partner in crime are onboard and ready to roll. Who's in? Here's the flyer . Print it; distribute it; get others involved. This is our duty as those left behind on home turf.

Over the weekend, Australian Prime Minister John Howard committed a classic gaffe, saying that a proposal by newly minted presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw troops from Iraq would only encourage the civilized world's terrorist enemies. Said Mr. Howard: "If I were running al Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Mr. Obama but also for the Democrats ." Talk about an inconvenient truth. Mr. Howard's remarks were immediately denounced as an inappropriate meddling in U.S. politics. Sen. Ron Wyden called them "bizarre." Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the DNC, dismissed Mr. Howard as "a great friend of George Bush's," adding, "We don't care what he says." Mr. Howard's real sin was to say what few in the U.S. have been willing to say for fear of giving offense or being accused of "questioning the patriotism" of the war's...

My apologies for not posting the last few days. I know it's truly winter when I come down with the "crud." I have felt lousy and have shunned my duties as ConservaChick lately. (You'd think I was raised Catholic by the guilt that I feel for neglecting my favorite pastime!) I am much better but very tired this evening so I'll try to pick back up on things tomorrow evening. In the meantime, stay well and take your vitamins! ;o)

I'm about 34 minutes past the official day but I wanted to be sure to remember President Reagan's birthday. On February 6, 2007, as he would likely put it, he would have been celebrating the fifty-seventh anniversary of his thirty-ninth birthday. Ronald Reagan will always hold a special place in my heart. He was the first vote I cast for a president when I was finally old enough to vote. He was everything I thought a president should be: humble, well-spoken, intelligent, thoughtful, well-rounded, transparent, earnest, and entertaining. He represented the common man who had found his place with destiny. He said so eloquently the things that most of us said less eloquently. He gave voice and action to our deepest desires as Americans: our need to be proud of our heritage, our country, and our liberty; and, our yearning to see every human being on the planet free to express himself, proud of his heritage, his country, and his liberty. I cried off and on during the week of his fun...

I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by Amy Mischler with regard to sharing information with my readers about the way she has been (mis)treated by the Pike County Attorney's office and then subsequently by Kentucky's Attorney General, Greg Stumbo. It's a long story but it begins with her divorce from her now ex-husband and his influence with the Pike County Attorney. The Pike County Attorney was a campaign contributor to Greg Stumbo's campaign for Kentucky Attorney General. The net of the story is that she has since been convicted on a sham case -- details are given in the video embedded below -- while her child support case goes unheard in Pike County. How do such things happen? Well, it appears that her ex-husband enjoys political protection at the state level thanks to his friendship with a campaign contributor. That's how. I'm not one to use the term "unfair" because, frankly, I believe the world is simply and unequivocally unfair. However, when p...

Scum like Arkin (see my previous post) who are helping to move the "anti-war" movement toward the "we hate the troops" movement are not going unnoticed or unchecked in their hypocrisy. Thank God! This article (" Information Warfare: Bashing Baby Killers ") from Strategy Page does a nice job of putting the hypocrisy under the microscope. ... "The attack on the troops was also factually-challenged in one other aspect. In the post, Arkin also claimed that nobody had been spitting on troops and calling them baby killers. Apparently he did not hear of the incident involving Joshua Sparling during the protests in late January. At least one anti-war protestor spat at the Iraq veteran, who had lost a leg while over there. There have been other incidents reported by the blogosphere where veterans have been called baby killers as well. This was all about statements like those made by t Hersh in his speech last October. That said, much of this disrespect has no...

Who the freak is this clown?? William M. Arkin can kiss my lily white America-loving arse. I know it's the Washington Post and this tripe is to be expected; however, this goes WELL beyond the pale. How dare he?! ... "These soldiers should be grateful that the American public, which by all polls overwhelmingly disapproves of the Iraq war and the President's handling of it, do still offer their support to them, and their respect." ... WHAT?! Read the blog post . Defenders of our sovereignty and of our freedoms deserve SO much better than the shite this guy spewed on the WaPo blog. They deserve our respect -- which Arkin's blog post clearly shows they are NOT getting from certain segments of America even though he claims they are -- and our admiration for the honorable way in which they are fighting this war. I don't blame our troops a bit for pointing out that somehow they are supposed to believe that some Americans support THEM but do not support the cause for...

GROUNDHOG DAY COMES TO FRANKFORT, WHERE EVERY DAY SEEMS THE SAME – Harper to host media discussion Friday aboard campaign bus – LEXINGTON, Ky. – In commemoration of Groundhog Day and what will likely be six more weeks of politics as usual in Frankfort, Republican Billy Harper will host a dialogue with reporters aboard his campaign bus beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in front of the state capitol in Frankfort. Harper, recognizing that each day at the capitol is starting to seem a little too much like that classic Bill Murray film "Groundhog Day," will discuss his campaign’s online petition to repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax as well as his plans to bring proven business leadership to the governor’s office. “Unlike the private sector where great ideas flourish and bad ideas fail, the politics and policies in Frankfort never seem to change,” Harper said. “We need to repeal the alternative minimum tax and begin talking about additional ways to boost this state’s econom...

"At twenty-three, I was a devout believer in radical Islam. I worked for a Saudi-funded charity in Ashland, Oregon, that was accuseed of funding al-Qaeda. Funny thing, I was born Jewish. At the time, it all seemed pretty normal." Friend and supporter of ConservaChick, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross , has written a memoir that is a must read for anyone who would like a glimpse inside the world and workings of radical Islam. Daveed is a counter-terrorism expert; his articles about terrorism and religious extremism have appeared in numerous publications including The Counter-terrorism Blog , The Weekly Standard , Wall Street Journal Europe , Washington Times , and the Dallas Morning News . The book, " My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir " was released today and yours truly has her copy in hand now. Look for a book review and an interview with Daveed coming in the next few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy his interview on Hannity and Colmes last night . Compelling.

Part two of my interview with Billy Harper, Republican gubernatorial candidate As I mentioned in last night's post, I find Billy Harper to be a different sort of candidate. Republican, yes; typical Republican, no. He is very clear on every issue of importance to this state and is unafraid to plainly state his views. He doesn't dance around a question hoping to hit on the answer you hope to hear nor does he talk a lot -- he says what he needs to say and lets you draw your own conclusions. It was in this manner that our discussion on Kentucky's AMT began. It seems to me that he and I are on the same page with regard to taxation. I complimented him on his willingness to start the ball rolling with a citizen's petition to end the AMT in this state. Mr. Harper is the only candidate that I've EVER seen who is campaigning and taking concrete steps to address the issues he cares about all at the same time. Most candidates are too busy campaigning to actually DO anything els...