This is America, speak Spanish

I find it annoying to call a telephone number and have to press 1 to proceed in English. It seems to me that our national language should routinely be used and callers wishing an alternative should be the ones to select a number.

Open Letter to the UN Secretary General Concerning Global Warming

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon Secretary-General, United Nations New York, NY United States of America Dear Mr. Secretary-General, Re: UN climate conference taking the World in entirely the wrong direction

Our Lame, Dumb President and World War III

Back in October, President Bush rattled U.S. sabers and much of the world by announcing the final legacy item for his remaining time in office: Execution of World War III, based on W's nightmares about Iran owning a nuclear weapon.

She Still Takes a Villager—Hillary’s Authorship Lies

Venerable book publishers Simon and Schuster have announced that on December 12th they will be issuing a new edition of Hillary Clinton's starry-eyed 1996 paean to socialist collectivism, It Takes a Village -- starring none other than Mz. inevitability herself, Hillary Clinton.

The Cross of Valour

The Cross of Valour is an award that was created by the Canadian government in 1972. It is only to be awarded to someone who has shown “conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril”. Since its inception 35 years ago, it has only been awarded nineteen times.

Arrest of Chicago area businessman suggests large-scale International ID fraud ring

A founding board member of the Illinois Trade Council and a member of the advisory committee of the Illinois based All American Bank is currently being held on $3 million bond after police reportedly found numerous fake passports, fake state identification cards, fake social security cards, hundreds of credit cards, over $60,000 in cash and gold bars in his suburban Chicago home. Mohammed Afzal SODAGAR, 51, 8616 Frontage Road, Morton Grove, IL, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan was arrested last weekend after police responded to a domestic complaint made by the suspect’s 22 year-old son, Saarum SODAGAR.

Huckabee Supports Special Rights for Terrorists

Weeks ago Mike Huckabee courageously bucked the "international community" by opposing the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty and calling for the impeachment of federal judges who use foreign law in making decisions.

Islamists Target Michael Savage

Americans don’t have to look to Sudan to see Islamic fanaticism and extremism in action. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is trying to destroy the Savage Nation radio show featuring Michael Savage.

From Eight Candidates One Nominee

Republican voters need to familiarize themselves with the concept of E Pluribus Unum. Regardless of ideological differences within the big tent of the Republican Party, from many, we must become one in opposition to the Democratic Socialist movement currently in command of today’s DNC.

Covert Operations Used to Identify Security Vulnerabilities

The Government Accountability Office's Forensic Audits and Special Investigations team, which was created in 2005 as an interdisciplinary team consisting of investigators, auditors, and analysts, conducts covert tests at the request of the Congress to identify vulnerabilities and internal control weaknesses at executive branch agencies.

The Ugly Duckling of the US Space Program

Poverty statistics: confusing illusion with reality

For some reason there’s no such thing as good news in Canada. Even as taxes are being lowered, unemployment is at a 30-year low, the dollar trading at a historic high and all economic indicators pointing upward, the poverty industry tells us that things are worse than ever.

The Precipice of a New Technological Age

Technological advancement is one of those things that people only notice long after. There are dozens of little things that have to come prior to mass distribution. A new phone is reliant on so much, but people only see flashy phones that they think are the ‘next thing.’

He’s Gonna Find Out Who’s Naughty or Nice . . . or Stupid

Sometimes I could believe I was living in the Matrix. Only, I can’t imagine sentient programs creating a world as irrational as ours.

Americans Pay for Emerging World Government

In its new Human Development Report calling for another $86 billion in aid to the rest of the world, supposedly to fight the effects of climate change, the United Nations acts distressed that people in “rich” countries like the U.S. don’t take the theory of man-made global warming more seriously. Its answer—and this is actually spelled out in the report—is that too much “editorial balance” in the media has prevented “informed debate” about the need for “urgent action” in the form of higher taxes on energy.

Coup d’Etat in Belgium? King Bestows Extended Powers on Outgoing PM

Belgian television reports that today, on the 176th day of Belgium’s political crisis, the Belgian king, Albert II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, has bestowed “urgent” powers, including dealing with “international matters,” on Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose Liberal-Socialist coalition was battered in the general elections on 10 June. This is in violation of the Belgian Constitution which does not provide for extended powers to governments without a parliamentary majority. Probably the European Union authorities in Brussels back this unconstitutional move by the Belgian King. The King, however, has been careful not to make any official announcement after meeting Mr Verhofstadt this morning.

The Post-Annapolis Dynamic – The Hamas Factor

Although it was not represented at Annapolis, Hamas had a significant role in paving the way to the meeting. Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip was clear evidence of the growing strength of the militant Islamist stream in the Palestinian camp, and it was therefore perceived as a threat.

Freedom fired, and forgotten

There was a mechanic who was so successful he had to hire someone to answer the phone and schedule appointments. His business prospered and his accountant recommended that he incorporate his business, which he did. Then came hard times. The board of directors, eager to cut costs, fired the mechanic who built the business. The business died.

December Gardeing

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all faithful readers – unfaithful ones also. And since plants rarely thrive for the politically correct, a nice salad of holly, ivy, azalea and mistletoe for those poor lost souls.

America’s Standing in the World

I am already quite sick of hearing Democrat candidates say that we have to “improve America’s standing in the world” as if the whole world holds our nation in contempt or disagrees with our actions.