The Week That Was May 12, 2012 Quote of the Week “Even a succession of professional scientists-including famous astronomers who had made other discoveries that are confirmed and now justly celebrated-can make serious, even profound errors in pattern recognition.” Carl Sagan [H/t Paul MacRae, see link under Questioning the Orthodoxy] ******************************* Number of…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
James M. Taylor
MoveOn.org Displays Shocking Climate Hypocrisy at ALEC Conference
By James Taylor The liberal activist group MoveOn.org displayed shocking climate change hypocrisy at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) Spring Task Force meeting last week in Charlotte, N.C. Renting a truck to drive the streets of Charlotte for at least two days displaying a banner critical of ALEC, MoveOn.org needlessly spewed substantial pollutants and…
Heartland Institute, Joy Pullmann
Poll: 71 Percent of Moms Support School Choice
By Joy Pullmann A national, statistically representative survey of mothers of school-aged children has found 71 percent say school vouchers should be available to all families, regardless of income or a child’s special needs. Sixty-one percent of moms and 55 percent of adults polled nationally favor a school voucher system that would allow tax dollars…
Gary Wickert
The Rise and Fall of The American Empire
History tells us that Rome was founded by a mixture of native Latins and the survivors of the Trojan War as a farming village in 753 B.C. By the 2nd Century, the Roman Empire had become the world’s superpower, stretching from the Highlands of Scotland west to modern day Iraq, and from the North Sea…
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No US Senate Endorsement at WI GOP Convention
An insider’s view Jeff Fitzgerald eked out a narrow lead on the third ballot at the Wisconsin GOP Convention in Green Bay on May 12, by about 67 votes out of more than 4000 cast. A vote of 60% or more is needed to earn a party endorsement, so there was no endorsement this year.…
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Steve’s Say . . . It Is Time to Finish Our Rout of the Left
We have dominated. We are energized. We continue to grow by leaps and bounds. By the next Reality News edition, we will have cleared the pathway to freedom for the rest of America and the World to follow. But with less than a month to go to the final vote and Walker pulling away with…