The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “On every question of construction, let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed … Continue reading
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. “The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately, in each country, each government, each political party and of course in the United Nations. Such a decline in courage … Continue reading
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then … Continue reading
Alea iacta est…the Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living – Marcus Tulius Cicero It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives – Samuel Johnson To the living … Continue reading
Iowa blogger Shane Vander Hart has more, including this mug shot of Zachary Edwards, a Democratic operative. I hope that headline got your attention because this story is everything it implies and more. John Hinderaker at Powerline has the scoop: Not Just A Democrat Dirty Trick, But A Crime: A few years ago, as part … Continue reading
You remember this flap from earlier this year. Houston Obama campaign volunteer, Maria Isabel was interviewed by a local t.v. station and seen hanging on the wall next to an American flag, and a a peace flag is a Cuban Che Guevera flag. There was quite a buzz about it in the blogosphere, although the … Continue reading
FrontPageMagazine has some additional info on that campaign worker in Texas who displayed that Che Guevara poster inside the Obama campaign’s Houston Office. It turns out she’s no “low level” volunteer: The campaign volunteer who hung the Che poster is named Maria Isabel (second photo above) and according to the Lone Star Times, she hung … Continue reading
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This weeks’ Forum is going to be a little different. The original Question. inspired by Veteran’s Day was “Can You Name Three Heroes … Continue reading
Obama flags are nothing new. They have been flying here and there for three and a half years in clear violation of the flag code, and the Obama administration has done absolutely nothing to discourage it. I suspect Obama kinda digs it. Some vets in Lake County, FL, however, were incensed when they saw a … Continue reading
We, here at Nice Deb, all know in our hearts this is what’s going on: Grinding Down America: How the Communist Agenda to Destroy America is Working: How do we convince the blind? Video via P/Oed Patriot. (Be sure to check out some of P/oed’s other videos at the link.) The Real Story of Che … Continue reading
Poor Frances Fox Piven. As one of the authors of the Cloward Piven strategy, she has had to endure no small amount of grief from Glenn Beck and his drooling minions, and the NYT’s Steve Benen *Brian Stelter wants it to stop. After all, Glenn Beck was only a toddler when Piven engaged in these … Continue reading
I don’t know where to start, today, so how about a little bit of everything? First up – the NRCC’s new ad about Grayson, “National Embarrassment” . They played it straight, unlike Townhall, yesterday, Despite the widespread approbation and ridicule, Grayson’s ads have inspired, MSNBC’s Ed (Genius Envy)Schultz says Democrats should follow Grayson’s lead. I … Continue reading
Governor Brewer called the judge’s decision halting the immigration law, “a bump in the road”. Illegals and their allies took to the streets in Phoenix, well aware that the fight is not over: Anti-war front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party, International Answer, in attendance? Check. Che Guevara signs? Check. Mexican flags waving? Check. … Continue reading
Pro-illegal immigration forces protested AZ Governor, Jan Brewer, Saturday, as she attended the annual Governors Assoc. meeting in Boston. Bused in? Check Pre-printed Signs? Check “Screaming masses”? Check Unions? Check Overwrought accusations of racism? Check Organized by ANSWER, front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party? C.H.E.C.K: Join the movement to defeat anti-immigrant racism! Protests … Continue reading
No, I’m not late to this story, I saw it last night before I went to bed. My concern has been that Andrew Breitbart is going to have egg all over his newly bearded face if the story turns out to be false. The left would love nothing better…But he must feel confident that Brad … Continue reading
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