British PM Cameron says only Misunderstanders of the Religion of Peace oppose Turkey’s EU membership

Cameron’s entire argument here rests on the proposition that Islam is a Religion of Peace that has been Hijacked by a Tiny Minority of Extremists. If that is false, then he is taking a course of extraordinary folly. “Turkey must join EU, says Cameron: ‘Those who are against are playing…

July 27th, 2010
Topic: JW

We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re TOTALLY Not Politicizing Our Military Service

A new group of gay, lesbian and bisexual active duty military men and women has formed. Calling itself OutServe, the group “aims to give new voice to LGBT service members currently serving in the U.S. military,” says The Washington Blade, a DC based website targeting the LGBT community.
Great. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”  (DADT) hasn’t even [...]

July 27th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Victory for Academic Freedom: ‘Human Heredity’ Professor Receives $100,000 Settlement – FIRE

SAN JOSÉ, Calif., July 26, 2010—Nearly three years after terminating her over her protected classroom speech, the San José/Evergreen Community College District (SJCCD) has agreed to pay adjunct professor June Sheldon $100,000 in lost earnings in exchange for dismissal of her First Amendment lawsuit. In 2007, Sheldon had led a brief discussion about the nature/nurture [...]

July 26th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

“The misuse of the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan has led to physical violence, damage, destruction of properties and loss of life within the innocent Christian minority over the years”

Of course Pakistan’s blasphemy laws should be repealed. But that is unlikely to happen. More likely is that similar laws will be adopted by dhimmi Western governments, at the urging of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the United Nations, under the guise of “hate speech” laws. “Deaths of…

July 25th, 2010
Topic: JW

The Ultimate Irony: A Despicable Race Hustler Like Shirley Sherrod Is Being Hailed As A Racial Role Model

It’s fascinating to see Shirley Sherrod being lionized as some sort of hero because after she racially discriminated against a white farmer, she had a change of heart. Would any conservative be treated as a hero for doing the same thing or would the Left sneer and refuse to believe that she changed her stripes?
Moreover, [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

New York Times Blames Fox News For Firing of Shirley Sherrod

Shirley Sherrod, a midlevel, African-American, Agriculture Department employee, was forced to resign her position last Monday after a video had surfaced of controversial portions of a speech she gave at a NAACP meeting.
In her remarks, Ms. Sherrod said that she had at one time discriminated against a white farmer, who had requested her help when she had been serving [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

Aquinas on the Shirley Sherrod Saga: Truth is the Conformity of the Mind With What Is

Following Andrew Breitbart’s publishing of Shirley Sherrod’s now famous speech at the NAACP, Sean Hannity hosted the Big Government founder.
Breitbart:  And what this video shows and what the NAACP affirms in their initial rebuke is not just that Shirley Sherrod, what she said was wrong, but that the audience was laughing and applauding as she [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

More Facebook Stealth Jihad? Was Palin’s Anti-9/11 Mosque Note Censored?

How many more pro-Jihad pinpricks can we take before it’s too much?
Ben Smith of Politico reports that Sarah Palin’s admirable Facebook Note challenging the 9/11 Mosque has mysteriously vanished:
Sarah Palin’s attack on a mosque two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center vanished from Facebook amid an online campaign to brand it “hate speech.”
Her [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: NRB

Republicans Won’t Allow the Super Messiah to Save America!

Obama was supposed to collectively save America; instead, he allowed Republicans to nail his plans to the cross, crucifying them and preventing him from performing his progressive miracles.
The Messiah can’t do his job, because pro-job creation Senate Republicans lack hearts.  Americans should have socialist bills extending unemployment benefits for life, instead of jobs the nasty Republicans [...]

July 21st, 2010
Topic: NRB

Did Conservatives Jump the Gun on the Sherrod Scandal?

When Andrew Breitbart gave the NAACP a taste of its own medicine by releasing video of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod expressing ambivalence toward a white farmer, the Left knew it looked bad, but thought they could at least hit back with an accusation that he took the remarks out of context. But as Breitbart [...]

July 21st, 2010
Topic: NRB