tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133809192011-10-27T03:25:38.851-07:00Personal blog of Michael Kellogg, reasonable Catholic conservative in California.Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-6805164715515216082010-12-16T01:39:00.000-08:002010-12-16T01:39:05.539-08:00

After losing 63 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate just a month ago, Congressional Democrats have learned.......absolutely nothing. What did the voters reject, exactly? Why did they toss Democrats en masse?Everyone besides committed liberals understands that big government and unapologetic rampant deficit spending were what the voters were protesting against. Not just Republican wins, but

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It's getting to where I can't even look through my local paper without tripping over story after story of liberal idiocy these days. It used to just be the columnists, now it's everywhere in the news, too. My theory is that the left must know their days are now numbered, what with the large majority of the country turning on them, and so they're making whatever they can stick between now and

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-37211801329083134972010-05-31T23:03:00.000-07:002010-05-31T23:40:57.321-07:00

I know I always write about politics, but I'm going to digress for once.Like millions of other TV viewers, I watched the "Lost" series finale this past week. Apparently UNlike many of those viewers, I actually enjoyed the heck out of it. I thought it lived up to the hype, that it had just as much suspense as any of their other episodes, and I liked how everything played out. I had a few

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Tonight the supposed "pro-life" Democrats (what an oxymoron) caved and decided to vote for Obamacare. Previously they'd been the only thing standing in Pelosi & Obama's way to passing their health care boondoggle, proving that even the moderate Democrats are out-to-lunch.Bart Stupak, leader of the pro-life Dem's, claims he got what he wanted: assurance from the White House that abortions would

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This morning I read this editorial in my local paper. I wrote a letter to the editor in response, but they never publish me so here it is:Your editorial supporting Phil Angelides as the head of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission illustrates one of the problems we have in the media in this country right now: An attitude that the nation's corporations are at fault for all of our woes and

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-88200435324928253552009-12-30T09:37:00.000-08:002009-12-30T10:35:18.633-08:00

It's no surprise I think "global warming" is a bunch of made-up garbage with no basis in reality. More and more people are realizing this, and we can only hope that within a few years, there will be enough of us to stop all this insane legislation that is designed to turn the world economy into a socialist utopia (like most liberal legislation's aim).One proof of this is that the leaders of this

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-40866417979272228872009-12-28T09:56:00.000-08:002009-12-28T17:41:34.585-08:00

Watching DHS Director Janet Napolitano being interviewed by CNN's Candy Crowley about this attempted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound plane the other day should make you cringe whether you hail from the left or the right. Why? Several reasons: 1) Napolitano doesn't seem at all disturbed by this total breakdown in airport security, and even goes so far as to say that "the system worked."

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-26977440071846954262009-12-21T01:30:00.000-08:002009-12-21T02:27:38.493-08:00

Somehow, the Democrats in Congress -- not just the liberal ones, but ALL of them -- are on the verge of passing health care "reform," despite many months of angry debate, grassroots political activism, and political will that is so reckless that it's stunning. Either the Democrats are what conservatives like me say they are -- insane, out of touch, and about to lose their jobs -- or they are

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The descent toward Hell continues for America, led by President Obama. Reversing an executive order of George W. Bush's that restricted the use of embryonic stem cells for research to around 20 existing "lines" of them, Obama has created a storm of activity using new lines of embryos. According to the Washington Post today, scientists are falling all over themselves to get at the new lines,

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UPDATE: Since I wrote this, even more egregious examples of willful blindness in the media (big surprise) have started to appear. NewsBusters reported on 2 participants on today's "Inside Washington" whose comments made it clear that the shooter's Muslim religion was just a coincidence, that it had nothing to do with the shootings or its motivations. Not only that, but one of the two,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-67099371610626932132009-11-06T00:45:00.001-08:002009-11-06T10:14:18.260-08:00

Sitting here before bed watching the news out of Texas tonight about this shooting at Fort Hood, I get to marvel at the ridiculousness of news anchors, both on Fox (Shep Smith & Greta) and CNN (Anderson Cooper), as they try to interview relatives and neighbors of this shooter without the benefit of a teleprompter telling them what to say. It reminds me of the local news guys, back when I watched

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I was reading my morning paper today when I coughed up my english muffin reading this op-ed. I quickly penned a response and emailed it to the paper. It'll never get published (mine haven't yet) so here it is anyway.-----------------Anwer Mahmood Khan's op-ed today made me sick to my stomach with its ridiculousness. He claims President Obama has made great strides toward peace with Muslims

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-55982793276223193612009-10-26T09:59:00.001-07:002009-10-26T10:21:46.277-07:00

For what seems like years we've had thespectacle of House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid, two nutjob leftists, raking anyone associated with the GOP over the coals every chance they got. To them and other leftists, worthy ideas from the right are non-existent, and the country would be a better place if the right would just disappear. To them, people on the right are not just wrong;

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-45549567850568346722009-09-10T09:12:00.000-07:002009-09-10T10:35:47.196-07:00

Before I get a chance to listen to my favorite radio pundits on the matter, I wanted to jot down my thoughts on the president's big speech last night to a joint session of Congress. I watched it with my wife, who is an insurance actuary, then got to hear it two more times while I was driving to and from a meeting with an old friend (more on that in a minute).Overall it was a well-delivered

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Miss California 2009I've never in my life paid any attention at all to beauty pageants. It just doesn't interest me. But in the Miss USA pageant a few weeks ago, Miss California, Carrie Prejean, made headlines by daring to say - in public - that she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman. Think about that. In 2009, this is ACTUALLY a controversial subject. Where has this

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I read a front-page article yesterday in my local paper by Wendy Leung about how anti-smoking laws are becoming more prevalent everywhere (not exactly news) and what new laws are on their way. The article interviewed a number of people, mostly anti-smoking zealots, who didn't even bother to try to make the case for why smoking in places like parks or beaches is bad. These folks just bypassed

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-71397174781109893272009-03-30T00:44:00.000-07:002009-03-30T01:18:05.864-07:00

The University of Notre Dame invited President {cringe} Obama to deliver the commencement speech this year, setting off a firestorm of debate among Catholics around the country. Why? Because, as I pointed out during last year's campaign, Obama is easily the most far-left pro-abortion candidate ever to seek the office of the president, much less gain it.In a published couple of short essays taking

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Before the election everyone said the liberals would over-reach, like they always do when they get into power, and I guess I believed it but couldn't really fathom how fast or how far they would do so. Well it turns out we didn't have to wait very long to find out, did we?This AIG bonus scandal, not a huge deal in my eyes, though annoying, has highlighted for me just how incompetent the lawmakers

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After reading a column by Leonard Pitts in today's paper, I emailed him this response.Your column this morning was ridiculous and offensive.  Michael Steele should have apologized to Rush, because his performance on D.L. Hughley's show was pathetic and disgusting.  I notice, by the way, you didn't mention Hughley's "Nazi" remark that Steele said nothing about.  This is because it goes against

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-89744701645559476912009-03-07T22:37:00.000-08:002009-03-08T15:18:50.327-07:00

I read an AP article this afternoon that says President Obama, making good on yet another liberal campaign promise (are you listening, you moderates who voted for him?), will lift the ban on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research on Monday. What's more, he's proud to do so, and will no doubt say as much when he signs the order publicly. The AP article, as expected from the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-14403372713251881422009-02-26T23:20:00.000-08:002009-02-27T00:46:55.260-08:00

We got (yet another) a plea from my daughter's middle school principal in the mail today, this time begging for money for the school's "I.T. Funds." I'm frankly so sick of school fundraisers I could scream, but their plea was laying here on the desk, and as a freelance software developer I'm actually in that business, so I decided to take a quick look at it.What I saw was a good example of why

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I did not watch President Obama's State of the Union speech last night.  Honestly I just didn't care what he had to say, and didn't feel the need to get aggravated.  Plenty of time for that in the next four years.  I did hear a couple of sound bites and a few brief reviews.  The reviews all said, "he gave a great speech, as usual.  Next?"What amazes me is the amazing speed with which the new

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-27877981828659196792009-01-24T23:37:00.000-08:002009-01-24T23:58:17.545-08:00

I said a month ago that I wasn't going to comment on anything the Obamessiah did or said during the transition because it was just speculation at that point; equivalent to his claim that he opposed the Iraq war from the beginning (before he was a senator - what courage!).  I said, "let him govern," then let the flood gates of criticism be opened.Well he's finally in office, and sure enough, he's

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-59611540179194036412009-01-21T22:45:00.000-08:002009-01-22T01:07:30.477-08:00

President Bush left office yesterday, replaced by incoming President Barack Obama. Congratulations to Mr. Obama, who I will respect as my president, as I would any other man, Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal. He won, and my guy lost, in a fair election. I'm not happy about it, but I love my country and want to see it continue to be the "shining city on the hill" for all.What I

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-44105453824733192362009-01-17T23:18:00.001-08:002009-01-17T23:20:14.716-08:00

A friend of mine sent me a link to this video, a British presentation called "The Great Global Warming Swindle" At an hour and 15 minutes, it's not a quick view. However, if you're someone like me who believes the idea of Global Warming is preposterous and a con to get liberal environmental agendas enacted into law, then this video is well worth watching all the way through.Link: Early on, the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-89796028605460795482008-12-27T00:49:00.000-08:002008-12-27T01:06:38.921-08:00

I haven't posted since before the national election, as I have been too dejected by the election of Barack Obama and too exhausted from arguing so hard for John McCain and Sarah Palin. I'm also busy with business. But the world continues to rotate, and since Nov 2 all I've been hearing about is how The Messiah is running his transition like a genius, and W sucks, etc. etc. The mass media in

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-47626539886213677072008-10-21T19:46:00.001-07:002008-10-21T20:25:00.585-07:00

I believe that Barack Obama is leading in the polls right now because he is succeeding at deceiving the public about who he really is and what he really believes. If the public really knew what he believes and plans to do as POTUS, he would lose in a landslide. The mass media is helping him immensely by neglecting to investigate any of the serious allegations raised by the Right.Professor Robert

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-27614888319336015852008-10-13T21:22:00.001-07:002008-10-13T21:22:43.377-07:00

CatholicVote.com posted a beautiful 3-minute video highlighting Catholics in American history and encouraging them to vote for a culture of life.

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-38810631764332318882008-10-10T23:01:00.001-07:002008-10-10T23:01:28.117-07:00

Barack Obama has surged in the polls during the last three weeks, as far as I can tell because of the current financial mess that the country is in. While the fact that we're in a financial crisis is obvious, what I do not understand is why significantly more Americans say they trust Barack Obama on financial issues and saving our economy then they do John McCain. Also, most people still do not

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-20468470562055105342008-10-06T00:38:00.001-07:002008-10-06T00:38:01.440-07:00

You can't watch TV or listen to the radio without hearing that we are currently in the "greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression" (Obama) or "during our lifetime," (McCain) or something similar. Both parties seem to agree: This is a bad situation we're in. And to think no one was talking about this even a month ago. All of a sudden we (the public) get blindsided by multi-billion

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-61808166143312551552008-09-29T22:43:00.001-07:002008-09-29T22:43:57.975-07:00

While Chapter One of David Freddoso's "The Case Against Barack Obama" shows us that Barack was not, in fact, a reformer (though he regularly plays one) and was instead part of the infamous Chicago political machine, Chapter Two focuses on Obama's rise to senator through the state senate in Springfield, Illinois. On the first page of this chapter, Freddoso introduces us to Illinois State senate

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I purchased David Freddoso's "The Case Against Barack Obama" tonight and plan to blog it as I read through it. There are 11 chapters, so it shouldn't take very long. My hope is that I can learn more about who Barack Obama is, what he really believes, and get the facts on troublesome areas of his past. Unlike some other conservative books that have been written about Obama, I believe Freddoso's

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-414426710226119302008-09-26T23:06:00.001-07:002008-09-26T23:09:13.988-07:00

Obama and McCain met onstage for the first time in this election. The stakes were high, and McCain is behind in the polls. He needed a big win here.Moderator Jim Lehrer, of PBS, started out with a question about the current financial crisis, then moved into the Iraq war, and then he brought up Afghanistan. He tried many times to get the two candidates to engage each other directly after

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-33327110417585517552008-09-26T00:43:00.001-07:002008-09-26T00:47:33.233-07:00

The last time that I wrote a blog post, John McCain was behind in the polls and had not yet named his running mate for the 2008 election. Although only a month or two has gone by, a lot seems to have changed since then. In fact, a lot seems to have changed in just the past week. This race is fluid unlike any other I have ever seen.SarahFirst, let me make a few comments about Sarah Palin. I

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-22894401556253544982008-08-29T00:55:00.001-07:002008-08-29T01:04:57.702-07:00

The DNC convention has been going on all week, but I have not had the time or the stomach to watch any of it yet. Finally, Obama is giving his acceptance speech tonight, playing to an audience of roughly 80,000 people in a stadium. A speech in front of a large crowd, complete with soaring rhetoric and low on details, is where Obama shines the most, so this ought to be good.The transcript for

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-67543589501189125622008-07-26T14:45:00.000-07:002008-07-26T21:21:59.932-07:00

Barack Obama delivered a rousing speech to a German crowd estimated at over 200,000 strong this past week in Berlin, during a campaign trip overseas. It's a familiar scene because this is where Obama is strongest: Delivering a prepared speech in front of a large crowd. This one was particularly bad because a) He delivered it while pretending to be POTUS; b) He delivered it on foreign soil while

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-34540557879656833382008-07-19T00:22:00.000-07:002008-07-19T00:38:39.486-07:00

With Obama spewing so much moronic rhetoric lately, I had forgotten there are other liberals in the legislature, too. All the attention is on gas prices these days, and you've got Nancy Pelosi out there claiming that President Bush's "failed energy policy" is the reason for high gas prices, and that conservatives' call for more drilling out in the ocean and in Alaska is a "hoax, hoax, hoax!"

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-30354467324760058072008-07-09T23:15:00.000-07:002008-07-09T23:47:00.157-07:00

The past few weeks have been brutal, because we now have Empty Suit Obama shifting rapidly toward the center, flipping on just about every position he's ever held; and John McCain, sitting there picking his nose the entire time. It's like watching the Bush White House refuse to defend itself for the past 7 years.One of my favorite columnists, Charles Krauthammer, has chronicled a number of the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-33453587933305885792008-07-08T22:23:00.001-07:002008-07-08T22:23:16.117-07:00

Every July, I get excited for two main reasons: First, it's Independence Day! Barbeques, fireworks, our country's birthday! No holiday beats Independence Day for patriotism and good times. Second, it's the month of the Tour de France, the world's most important cycling event. Most Americans couldn't care less about cycling, much less French cycling. But most hard-core recreational cyclists,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-26585055911825778942008-06-22T22:27:00.001-07:002009-12-07T11:53:20.134-08:00

An op-ed in Friday's Wall Street Journal, by Jonathan Rauch, entitled, "Gay Marriage is Good for America," makes a blatant and unapologetic argument for gay marriage in America. It's an interesting piece, though I didn't find it persuasive. Rauch relies largely on emotional arguments like, "imagine your life without marriage."Rauch's entire argument is founded on the assertion that homosexual

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-69994474963337385742008-06-03T22:14:00.000-07:002008-06-04T00:38:17.702-07:00

Barack Obama seems to have won the Democratic nomination, finally, even though Hillary Clinton hasn't officially conceded yet. I didn't see it, but pundits have been saying her speech tonight was obviously aimed at securing the #2 on that ticket for November. Interesting.I also didn't see John McCain's speech in New Orleans earlier this evening, though I imagine it was decent. He's been giving

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-79321161488891588662008-05-23T00:32:00.001-07:002008-05-23T07:26:25.514-07:00

Since I have lived most of my life in Los Angeles, I am very familiar with Congresswoman Maxine Waters from South Central Los Angeles. She has been an absolute disgrace to this country for as long as I can remember. The first time I remember hearing about this public servant was during the riots in 1992. Immediately after the Rodney King trial ended in dismissal of most of the charges against the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-5578546835369767312008-05-05T20:46:00.000-07:002008-05-05T21:46:18.855-07:00

Mark Steyn has a brilliant piece on Obama's recent luck (lack of) dealing with the Rev Wright controversy online today. Read it here. In it he refers to the candidate as the "Amazing Obama" because of the campaign he is running: One of "transcendant magic", and because the magician's assistants are blowing all his tricks for him. His wife Michelle goes out and makes these speeches, and appears on

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-72445506159296718862008-04-17T00:46:00.000-07:002008-04-17T01:14:53.646-07:00

Jimmy Carter is visiting Hamas in the Middle East for some reason, which is beyond stupid, and this article by Emmett Tyrrell reams him thoroughly yet concisely.This Townhall op-ed by Cliff May talks about the Iraq War in general and specifically about Democrats' attempts to surrender and to unfairly smear John McCain.Pope Benedict is in town, in NYC, and this account of his visit with President

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-49460454782618781542008-03-18T20:12:00.000-07:002008-03-18T22:32:35.489-07:00

Barack Obama gave his big "racism" speech today (transcript here), which was billed as the equivalent of Mitt Romney's "religion" speech (my post here) of a few months ago. About the only thing similar between them was that they were speeches given about a specific topic in which the candidate was perceived to have a "problem" with voters.No one doubts that Barack Obama is a smart guy.

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-80524528371418339782008-03-14T23:13:00.000-07:002008-03-15T01:24:30.822-07:00

The media is (finally / belatedly) abuzz with video of Barack Obama's pastor in Chicago, Rev Jeremiah Wright. Wright is a "black liberation theology" preacher on the South Side of Chicago, and the videos of him are truly disgusting to watch. He basically hates America. He said at one point "not God Bless America! God Damn America!" and then went on to repeat the G-D-A phrase over and over for

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-33588303905147998652008-03-05T22:54:00.000-08:002008-03-06T00:05:40.933-08:00

For the first time in months, I'm actually getting excited about the presidential campaigns again.When my guy Mitt Romney dropped out of the race, I went into a funk. I didn't like how John McCain had attacked him during their race (unfairly) and I couldn't get excited about McCain or Huckabee as a candidate, as they were not sufficiently conservative for my tastes. I still feel good about the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-5103653345054190042008-02-29T22:39:00.000-08:002008-03-02T00:24:57.666-08:00

Watching Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to duke it out in these debates and on tv commercials really is getting laughable. Hillary loses primary after primary (10 in a row at this point, I think), yet refuses to drop out and instead tries to just smear Obama personally. This in between debates wherein she talks about how proud she is to be on the same stage with him. Obama tries to

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-46508112082999225042008-02-07T22:47:00.000-08:002008-02-08T00:40:44.906-08:00

Mitt Romney surprised everyone earlier today by suspending / ending his presidential campaign. I had figured this would be coming eventually, but I didn't think it'd be so soon. I suspect that after he looked over his California results, he concluded that something just wasn't working, and decided to wait for another run in a few years. In my state of California, by the way, though he came in

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-54874508065005179692008-02-06T00:00:00.000-08:002008-02-06T00:30:04.333-08:00

Once again, things haven't gone the way I had hoped, or expected, in this race for the White House. Despite a lot of rallying at the last minute, Mitt Romney did not do particularly well in any of the states he needed to do well in. He won Massachusetts and Utah, big deal. Colorado was a good win, but beyond that they were relatively small. He was about to win West Virginia this morning,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-4786981022732309092008-02-04T00:20:00.000-08:002008-02-04T21:29:21.327-08:00

John McCain, despite his protestations to the contrary, is not a conservative. He can (and does) say over and over and over how proud he was "to have been a foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution," and that plenty of bona-fide conservatives (like dinosaurs Jack Kemp, Warren Rudman, and Phill Gramm) support him. But I'm not buying it.Talk show host Michael Medved has taken a lot of heat over the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-69661616525714453322008-02-04T00:04:00.000-08:002008-02-04T00:19:40.255-08:00

As I posted yesterday, conservatives have finally started mobilizing at the highest levels to back Mitt Romney's campaign in its struggle to get the 2008 GOP nomination over John McCain. McCain is still ahead in most states, but Romney has pulled to within striking distance in many of them (California), and is far ahead in a few others (Colorado). He also won the Maine caucuses yesterday,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-60370416356121877432008-02-01T23:40:00.000-08:002008-02-02T00:17:15.841-08:00

After Mitt Romney lost the Florida primary last Tuesday, I was pretty depressed. Months of telling everyone I know what a great president I think Romney would make was not working, as conservatives never flocked to him (I still don't know why). But something strange happened that same day. Notable conservatives all around the country suddenly woke up to the realization that John McCain was

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-67855465820021503742008-01-30T23:12:00.000-08:002008-01-31T00:40:37.028-08:00

Tonight's GOP debate was broadcast from the Reagan library in nearby Simi Valley - a site I used to ride my bike past all the time during Reagan's presidency. I have not been to the library, even though it was built years ago. Go figure. I watched the debate from Romney California headquarters in Rancho Cucamonga after reading they had set up shop and needed help running a phone bank to drum up

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-16635548033376983482008-01-29T20:09:00.000-08:002008-01-29T20:17:46.656-08:00

With John McCain winning Florida, he steals Mitt Romney's momentum and runs with it into Super Tuesday. Romney supporters have this one last chance to stop him and get our guy in as the nominee. This coming week we need to have the conversation with our fellow Republicans -- because the liberal media loves McCain and annointed him the front-runner long ago -- that Romney is our best hope for

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-91928691773344786312008-01-29T18:47:00.000-08:002008-01-29T19:05:57.511-08:00

Mitt Romney just gave his concession speech after losing the Florida primary. I honestly expected him to win it by at least a couple of points. Instead, John McCain has won it by 6%, a wide margin. Michael Barone is reporting that McCain beat the heck out of Romney in counties with high Hispanic, retiree, and military voters. Big surprise: McCain is a war hero and his father was, as well.

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-16306491489937198912008-01-27T18:57:00.000-08:002008-01-27T19:35:54.099-08:00

Yesterday afternoon, as I was driving home from Lowe's after picking up some household stuff, Dr. Dean Edell, famous radio and TV doctor, began his show. He normally does this by going through various news stories in the world of medicine, also contributing his opinions on the various stories. This time, however, he decided to rant about the evils of the Catholic church for 5 minutes, as he

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-84358260166665713942008-01-27T18:48:00.000-08:002008-01-27T18:57:03.820-08:00

I am an avid bicyclist, and I was moved when I read an article a couple months ago in Bicycling magazine about road crashes with vehicles and how the laws in the U.S. are poor (i.e. favor drivers, not cyclists) and opportunities for redress (i.e. lawsuits against drivers) are limited. All the cyclists they profiled had been hit from behind and never saw it coming. It made me nervous to saddle up

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-28446443292255751152008-01-24T23:19:00.000-08:002008-01-25T00:46:45.723-08:00

I just finished watching the latest GOP presidential debate on MesSNBC and I was pleasantly surprised by it. First, hosts Tim Russert and Brian Williams asked each of the candidates tough but fair questions, mostly about issues Republicans care about. Second, in sharp contrast to the current state of the Democratic debates and campaigns, all of the GOP candidates were very respectful and friendly

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-65731455511266973902008-01-09T21:26:00.001-08:002008-01-09T21:59:33.586-08:00

It's no secret I'm backing Mitt Romney for president. I have since the day he announced. I was impressed with him the first time I saw him, at the Olympics in Salt Lake City when he gave a speech at the opening ceremony. This was a guy who was obviously a gifted orator and leader, having turned the troubled Olympic organizing committee completely around from bankruptcy to success in about a

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-59050289561054275392008-01-09T20:28:00.000-08:002008-01-09T21:25:58.681-08:00

The first two Republican contests, a caucus and a primary, are now over and my candidate, Mitt Romney, who I have supported since the day he announced, did not win either but came in a fairly close second. In Iowa, Mike Huckabee came out of nowhere, spent almost nothing and beat Mitt by 9 points. In New Hampshire, John McCain took a lead and held it to win by 5 points. Romney had planned to

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-44183873913823603832007-12-07T00:12:00.000-08:002007-12-07T22:18:11.757-08:00

Mitt Romney, the candidate I've backed throughout this presidential campaign season, gave his much-anticipated "religion" speech today in Texas, complete with introduction by Bush 41 (it was at his library). I have heard excerpts, and have read the transcript. I was very impressed with it; I thought the speech was well-written and tried to point out the fact that we elect presidents based on

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-42228247828461781692007-11-22T00:53:00.001-08:002007-11-22T13:54:56.599-08:00

I'll have about 20 people at my house for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow evening, so need to come up with "the blessing" between now and then. I don't claim to be particularly good at this sort of thing, but people have come to expect it from me at these big gatherings. Here are my thoughts this year...Dear Lord, we thank you for the blessings you've given us this past year: Good health, loving

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-74611186302854647602007-11-22T00:29:00.000-08:002007-11-22T00:42:08.538-08:00

Maybe I'm naive, but my jaw about hit the floor when I watched this piece on HotAir.com (hat tip: Michelle Malkin) about the most recent Democratic presidential debate, hosted by CNN's Wolf Blitzer. It seems they took many questions from the audience, people purporting to be "undecided" voters, and these people turned out to be liberal activists out to further their own agenda. Far from undecided

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-15046734752909836222007-11-11T22:45:00.000-08:002007-11-11T22:55:41.379-08:00

BlackFive has a priceless post up today about a truly clueless Congressman, David Obey (Democrat, surprise surprise) and his rationale for why violence is down in Iraq. Read it here, and follow his links, too, for some good articles on specific recent successes.I predict that as violence continues to decrease in Iraq, as it becomes more and more obvious that we are actually winning there,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-40706884330529090352007-11-11T22:00:00.000-08:002007-11-11T22:28:47.569-08:00

I don't watch much TV; mainly because I'm too busy. But partly because there's not a lot on that I think is worth watching. Tonight, a Sunday evening, I was flipping through the channels and ran across an old favorite, the History Channel. Everybody loves the History Channel. I stopped to see what was on and they were running some show called "Last Days on Earth".This was a show hosted by

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-21542304122603717542007-11-08T13:09:00.000-08:002007-11-08T13:37:18.510-08:00

Michael Yon, the independent mil-blogger who embeds with our troops in Iraq, has captured another iconic photograph there. This one illustrates the re-opening of a Christian church and the raising of its steeple cross. You can view it and a paragraph-long story of its setup on Michael's website (which I support and so should you).Things really are getting better in Iraq, despite what the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-26818071747922664892007-11-08T12:57:00.000-08:002007-11-08T12:57:29.057-08:00

At my office we have a guy who has bought into the Global Warming idea hook, line, and sinker. He is not rabid about it, like most liberals, but he does think I am the stereotypical conservative march-in-lockstep fool who just wants to make more money and doesn't care about the environment. This I found out when we disagreed about a local politician, "Light Bulb" Lloyd Levine, who wants to outlaw

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-25496154845110435402007-11-06T12:59:00.000-08:002007-11-06T12:59:30.070-08:00

Even if I were not a staunch conservative, I would still think that Hillary Clinton is a truly disgusting candidate for the U.S. Presidency. The only democratic candidacy worse than hers is that of John Edwards. The other candidates I can at least respectfully listen to.This is a harsh comment, so I'll clarify: I cannot stand Hillary because I rarely believe that she believes what comes out of

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1474586791158774972007-11-01T21:58:00.000-07:002007-11-01T22:44:52.833-07:00

Don Henley, a lead singer of one of my favorite bands, the Eagles, said two decades ago when the band broke up that they'd get back together "when Hell freezes over" in response to constant badgering about it. So a few years ago, when they finally did get back together, they named their album, which was a live album with four new songs on it, "Hell Freezes Over," along with a tour and $100+ seats

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-57032981115238355572007-09-02T23:53:00.000-07:002007-09-03T00:35:04.438-07:00

Just a few days ago, 19 South Korean Christian missionaries were released by their Taliban kidnappers after six weeks in captivity. During that time, two of their number were killed by the captors. You would think that with their release, they would be ecstatic; but you would be wrong. Instead the headline in the newspaper this morning reads, "Public Ire Worries Ex-Hostages."Yes, they are

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-12630453100054688682007-09-02T14:00:00.000-07:002007-09-02T14:54:29.019-07:00

To all those liberals who ignore or otherwise disparage the Fox News Channel for being a right-wing channel unworthy of any respect, I would simply ask them why, if this were true (it isn't), Fox goes out of its way to hire liberal commentators to balance their admittedly right-wing ones? Case in point: Alan Colmes, co-host of the popular nightly "Hannity & Colmes" show. This guy is extreme

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-18538147548513849812007-07-20T23:12:00.000-07:002007-07-21T00:33:47.263-07:00

Yesterday I made the point that liberals argue by mis-characterizing conservative positions to make them seem horrible when they are not; and by using "softened" language to describe their own ridiculous positions and make them seem more palatable. My point was also that this is done routinely.The most prominent example of this behavior is the liberal Congress's attempts to backstab the American

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-86465621716117522007-07-19T23:08:00.000-07:002007-07-19T23:35:37.092-07:00

A report from the A.P. today describes a memo that Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman sent to the Senate, rebuking senator Hilary Clinton for asking the Pentagon questions about how they planned to pull out of Iraq. In the memo, Edelman pointed out that lines of questioning like this, in public, encourage the enemy and provide propaganda. He wrote, "Premature and public discussion of the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-78525128845113413412007-07-07T12:15:00.000-07:002007-07-07T12:44:02.416-07:00

Liberals who disagree that the mainstream media is not overwhelmingly biased to the "left" are either blind/ignorant, or dishonest. It doesn't take 5 minutes out of any given day, looking through websites or TV news channels, to encounter slanted stories. Lib's who cannot see that simply see their own worldview represented in the media and agree with it, so think, "hey, no bias!" Conservatives

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-5739269241394483572007-04-29T21:33:00.000-07:002007-04-29T21:47:54.762-07:00

A week or so ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of a law outlawing the disgusting and evil partial-birth abortion procedure. Pro-life advocates rejoiced, and headlines declared a victory for our cause.However, writing for RealClearPolitics.com in an editorial posted at FoxNews here, Stephen Warshawsky gives more detail about the opinion authored by liberal justice Anthony Kennedy. There

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1175888707225247562007-04-06T12:17:00.000-07:002007-04-06T12:45:07.236-07:00

The 15 British Navy and Marine sailors who were nabbed in international waters a few weeks ago by the Iranian Navy have returned home, and have been speaking to the press about their ordeal. It's about what you would expect: they were mistreated and forced to give "confessions" of actually having been in Iranian waters, on camera and under threat of execution.All that is expected, and by the way

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1175839000009868172007-04-05T22:37:00.000-07:002007-04-05T22:56:40.020-07:00

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but just read here how Disney will now be permitting gay couples to get "married" in its theme parks, just like heterosexual couples. Complete with Cinderella pumpkin carriage ride. One has to wonder: Is Walt turning over in his grave?Apparently someone requested to be able to do this and though it was not permitted, the request made its way up the chain of

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1173376384069991942007-03-08T09:03:00.000-08:002007-04-05T22:37:17.920-07:00

4/6 UPDATE: A great example of the Left cursing at and threatening people who disagree with their positions (as usual) is here. The target of their hatred this go-around is actually a non-partisan group that disagrees with Al Gore's assertions on global warming.Big Surprise: Lefties Curse -- A Lot More than We DoPatrick Ishmael published this interesting piece on his blog about foul language

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1173372569674316642007-03-08T08:30:00.000-08:002007-03-08T08:49:29.686-08:00

Scooter Libby was found guilty the other day of perjury in the Valerie Plame case that has been a liberal rallying cry (one of many) against the Bush administration. For some reason he had told FBI investigators that he didn't disclose her name to, I think, Robert Novak during an interview, when he actually had. This was after her name was already public, and many years after she had been a spy

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1173060265994489492007-03-04T17:15:00.000-08:002007-03-04T22:06:51.023-08:00

I was lucky enough yesterday to have attended the Chino Air Museum's monthly lecture, which this month was about aerial gunners. I became a member of the museum during my dad's visit in December, mainly because I wanted to be able to attend these lectures each month; they're always on some aspect of air power history that is interesting.The first half-hour of the presentation, a sergeant from

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1172909569630143952007-03-02T23:59:00.000-08:002007-03-03T00:12:49.643-08:00

I've been thinking for the last month or so about how to write about how profoundly my religious beliefs have enlightened my worldview over the past few years. I haven't written anything about it yet because I can't quite get my arms around the entirety of what I want to say. Since "reverting" to Catholicism several years ago, I've been on an insatiable quest to learn all about Christianity in

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1172908735447864012007-03-02T23:56:00.000-08:002007-03-02T23:58:55.460-08:00

Here is an email I sent to Rosa Brooks, who contributed an op-ed to the L.A. Times this morning. You can find this piece of trash here.I just read your pathetic excuse for an op-ed in today's online L.A.Times and I have to wonder just what you idiots on the left aresmoking over there at the Times. No wonder the LAT circulation isdropping like a stone.I struggle to find a single sentence of this

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1167902648040241112007-01-04T00:31:00.000-08:002007-01-04T01:24:08.046-08:00

Today, January 4th, marks the day that the GOP finally relinquishes its control of Congress - which it has held since 1994 - and turns it over to the Democrats. The Dem's won a majority in both the Senate and the House in the last election. Everyone seems to have a considered opinion on why this happened, but few people agree. Liberals, of course, say that it was a referendum on President

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1158524477026179902006-09-17T12:43:00.000-07:002006-09-17T13:21:17.136-07:00

Pope Benedict, in an address on my anniversary (!), 9/12, talked a lot about how the West is not able to communicate effectively with the East because the West has become so secularized. Because the West has elevated "reason" above "faith" in all discourse, it's no longer on the same plane of reference when dealing with other countries (often Islamic countries).In the course of these remarks,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1156013821814331872006-08-19T11:09:00.000-07:002006-08-19T12:05:05.070-07:00

I just got done reading the German magazine Der Spiegel's interview with former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, and after I picked my jaw up off the floor, all I can say is, when will Democratic ex-presidents shut the hell up already? Look around and tell me how much political commentary you see out there from ANY former Republican ex-president. Then look at the two Democratic ones: Carter and

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1151634390331991392006-06-29T18:46:00.000-07:002006-06-29T19:26:30.420-07:00

The New York Times and L.A. Times are under massive fire from conservatives, and some liberals, this week for running a story a week ago about a secret U.S. government program that, under power of international subpoena, data-mined the financial records of a Belgian consortium that was known to handle transactions and probably money laundering schemes of known terrorists. The Belgian outfit,

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1148710197796854302006-05-26T22:19:00.000-07:002006-05-26T23:09:57.840-07:00

The Senate passed its unbelievably ridiculous bill today - during Mexican President Vicente Fox's visit to California - proving beyond any doubt how out-of-touch this body is with the American public. Only the House of Representatives stands between us and our continued - possibly accelerated - spiral down into oblivion.For the life of me I cannot understand how so many Republicans could

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1148238929173711772006-05-21T11:30:00.000-07:002006-05-21T12:15:29.243-07:00

The California State Senate this week passed a bill submitted by Sheila Kuhl, of ultra-liberal Santa Monica, that would mandate by law that any textbooks used by children in California include the contributions of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) people in history. This, whether those people had anything noteworthy to contribute or not. So we're getting to the next step in what I

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1145246176143088482006-04-16T20:36:00.000-07:002006-04-16T20:56:16.186-07:00

Some great work being done, as usual, over at Townhall. Doug Giles explains why no self-respecting Christian can vote the liberal ticket. Here are a few choice quotes:Secularism to be continually mainlined into our public school system. Thanks to rabid, vapid secularism, our public schools and universities would rather you be a Rocky Horror super freak than a Christian. If your beliefs run to

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1143883856194421212006-04-01T01:08:00.000-08:002006-04-01T01:30:56.236-08:00

The Ace of Spades blog has a short piece on U.S. Congresswoman McKinney's run-in with the Capitol police. But I thought the comments section below the piece was the real entertainment. Here are a few selections:Cynthia McKinney shouts racism when there aren't enough pepperoni slices on her X-large from Papa John's. And once again, fellow readers, I have to apologize on behalf of the state of

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1143879610236843352006-03-31T23:38:00.000-08:002006-04-01T00:20:10.283-08:00

I'm looking at the front page of Fox News's website tonight and I hardly know what to think anymore. The headline article shows a bunch of hoodlum high school students carrying a Mexican flag in front of them, protesting against the evil United States in a march. Where is this happening? In Mexico? NO! This is in Las Vegas. They're protesting for "an end to anti-immigrant legislation."

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This site is amazing. The hatred, the vitriol, all in the name of "La Raza" - Spanish for "The Race". Why do Americans cower when Muslims and Illegal Aliens call them racists? Take one look at a site like this, an expose of blatant and violent racism perpetrated by illegal Mexican aliens, and then completely ignore ridiculous assertions of racism from the other side. We Hate Gringos.Let the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1143626207283761022006-03-29T01:51:00.000-08:002006-03-29T01:56:47.283-08:00

Students at Montebello High School today raised the Mexican flag ON TOP OF the American flag, AND turned the American flag upside-down on the flagpole, at the school. This, in protest of Congress working to pass immigration reform bills that get tougher on illegal immigration.Does the word "ingrate" mean anything to you?These morons get free education, paid for courtesy of the country they stole

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After reading this article on Townhall.com, I felt compelled to respond with the following:Your claim that the "anti-immigrant" crowd is driving this debate is as ludicrous as the idea that the majority of Americans don't think this way. To say people are "anti-immigrant" is basically calling them racists without using that word, and that's offensive, not to mention unwarranted.I have no problem

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1143622430814028532006-03-29T00:46:00.000-08:002006-03-29T00:53:50.836-08:00

I'm mass-mailing this letter to Senators tomorrow:Dear Senator:I am writing to urge you to block any legislation that is put through the Senate that includes any kind of amnesty (defined as permitting illegal aliens to work toward legal status without first leaving the country and “righting the wrong” they did) for illegal aliens. There are a number of misnomers about the current illegal

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1142951321711214642006-03-21T06:25:00.000-08:002006-03-21T06:28:41.763-08:00

I'm sending the following letter to Washington today:Ambassador Said T. JawadEmbassy of Afghanistan2341 Wyoming Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008March 21, 2006Dear Mr. Ambassador:I have been reading these past two days articles on Mr. Abdul Rahman, currently in jail in Afghanistan and on trial for his life for the simple “crime” of converting to Christianity. It is difficult for me to express just

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1142836458915618152006-03-19T22:13:00.000-08:002006-03-19T22:34:22.630-08:00

In Afghanistan, a country whose government we tore down a few years ago and rebuilt as a democracy, a man is on trial for his life. The charge? Being a Christian. It seems that it is against the law to convert to Christianity, or any other religion, if you're a Muslim. The recommended penalty? Death. This from the judge in the case.Michelle Malkin picked up the story and quotes most of it

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An Arab-American psychologist swung for the fences and hit a homerun on Al-Jazeera last month. On February 21, psychologist Wafa Sultan, in a televised discussion, let the world of Islam have it, saying things we only wish our politicians would have the guts to say to Muslims. And she's a woman! The transcript and video are available on MEMRI.ORG, which has been a fantastic resource over the

Michael Kellogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02412844884417347710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13380919.post-1141583106073742382006-03-05T09:21:00.000-08:002006-03-05T10:25:06.133-08:00

Hollywood has always denied that it is the mouthpiece of the Left (and continues to do so), but this year they've finally proved the critics right by elevating their favorite pet projects onto their biggest mainstream stage, the Oscars. For anyone to suggest other than that Hollywood = Leftism in our culture, at this point, would be utterly ridiculous.Take a look at the most prominent category

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