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Posted at 1:19am on May 15, 2008 The Master

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

At the top of his game:

(Via Andrew Sullivan, who, as we all know, has apparently convinced himself that all true Reagan fans ought to support Barack Obama for President.)

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Posted at 7:09pm on May 13, 2008 REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES WANTED!!!!!! [Annotated]

By Reginald Mason

[Some biped from the forest posted a nearly unintelligible ad for his web site. The remainder here is to make sure that there are twenty-five words.]

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Posted at 12:45pm on May 11, 2008 Retrospective: May 10,1940 & The Fall of France

By streetwise

Sixty-eight years ago today, the Germans launched their long-anticipated invasion of France, which shattered the world geopolitical balance forever. The Western democracies, which had dithered infamously in standing up to the Nazi juggernaut during the 1930’s, should at least have had the ability to keep their homelands free. But their war planning was poor, and they did not show the ability to improvise in the face of reverses, which are a certainty in all wars. France collapsed ignominiously in seven weeks, despite many acts of bravery by its soldiers.

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Posted at 3:37pm on May 8, 2008 What Happened In 1960?

By profg

In 1960, the Republican Party was controlled by its "East coast establishment" wing ("moderates," as liberals like to call them). In fact, most of the truly "limited government" types were states' rights "Dixiecrats" (southern Democrats). Eisenhower had been President for 8 years, and his Vice President, Richard Nixon, was the "heir apparent" to receive the party's nomination that year in Chicago. He was a shoe-in; even most "conservative leaders" got behind him, in order to defeat the "radical liberal" Democrats like John Kennedy.

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Posted at 3:33pm on May 5, 2008 Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Remembering The Battle of Puebla

By Dan McLaughlin

Today is May 5: Cinco de Mayo, commemorating the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Cinco de Mayo does not celebrate Mexico's independence from Spain (that date is September 16, which marks the start of Mexico's war for independence beginning in 1810), and in fact it isn't a federal holiday in Mexico; it is, rather, more an excuse for Mexican-Americans to celebrate their heritage, like St. Patrick's Day is for my own family. It's also an occasion for politicians like John McCain to seek support among Mexican-Americans by commemorating the holiday.

If you think about it historically, though, there's actually a good reason why the Battle of Puebla should be a bigger deal in the U.S. than back in Mexico.

Read On...

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Posted at 12:46am on May 2, 2008 A Proper May Day Commemoration

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

On a day when some would like you to believe that you should offer up a rousing rendition of L'Internationale and when we wonder whether or not a cruel joke has been played on the campus of the university that is the citadel of free market economics, it is good to defy the conventions of May Day and to rededicate oneself to the cause of small government and human liberty. On every single day, we ought to remember what the dictatorship of the proletariat hath wrought. And remember as well that instead of wasting your time reading Marx, Engels and Lenin--save for the purpose of having yourself a good laugh over their theories--you could instead make good use of your time reading Smith, Hayek and Friedman.

Speaking of Friedman:

That video is more instructive than any pretentious, antiquated and vicious May Day message from the usual suspects could ever be.

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Posted at 12:07pm on May 1, 2008 May Day Is A Communist Holiday

By patriotroom

I know, Wikipedia says it was inspired by an incident in Chicago and is a Worldwide celebration of the labor movement.

May Day can refer to various labour celebrations conducted on May 1 that commemorate the fight for the eight hour day. May Day in this regard is called International Workers' Day, or Labour Day. The choice of May 1st was a commemoration by the Second International for the people involved in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, Illinois. As the culmination of three days of labor unrest in the United States, the Haymarket incident was a source of outrage and admiration from people around the globe. In countries other than the United States and Canada, residents sought to make May Day an official holiday and their efforts largely succeeded. For this reason, in most of the world today, May Day has become an international celebration of the social and economic achievements of the labour movement.

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Posted at 9:38am on Apr. 24, 2008 *The Poison Pen and Propaganda*

By TXPoet

Why did Hitler persecute the Jews? World War II has been the subject of many books and it is taught in school, but do you remember being taught why the persecution occurred? Were you ever taught this fact?

Why do the Arabs hate the Jews? Is it because the United Nations voted to establish a Jewish homeland on Arab soil? Is it because Mohammad tells them to or have imams and mullahs perverted the words?

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Posted at 12:44am on Apr. 23, 2008 "This Will Be A Day Long Remembered"

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Indeed.

Posted at 1:27pm on Apr. 18, 2008 April 18th, 1775

By Capthotwire

On April 18, 1775, a silversmith named Paul Revere rode his way into the history books..
You can read the true story of Paul Revere's ride here...
http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/
A nice little short story, and a nice refresher on the sacrafices that were made to bring our great nation from an idea to reality.

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Posted at 1:56pm on Apr. 17, 2008 What is a Conservative?

By aceintx

There have been rhetorical questions asked over and over again in debate on Red State that requires an answer. "What is a 'Conservative' and who defines it?" I believe there is no better spokesman to answer this question than the most successful communicator of Conservative principle than the “Great Communicator” himself.

I don’t believe there is any one speech that qualifies as the quintessential call to arms for Conservatives as “A Rendezvous with Destiny” delivered by Ronaldus Magnus in support of Barry Goldwater on October 27, 1964.

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Posted at 6:00am on Apr. 16, 2008 One Morning in April

The April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre revisited

By Jeff Emanuel

We should all remember April 16, 2007 as though it was yesterday.

The morning began like almost any other on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, home of the Hokies. Students got up, went to breakfast, went to class, or went out for the day, blissfully unaware of the fact that, within mere hours of the start of their day, the worst tragedy ever to strike an American institute of higher education would take place on those very grounds, with the slaughter of 33 individuals by a single murderous student.

Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old resident alien from South Korea who had lived in the United States for nearly fifteen years, apparently awoke that fateful Monday morning with one singular purpose in mind: to ensure that this day, decided by himself to be his last on Earth, would also be the last day of life for as many others as he could possibly make it.

Read on.

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Posted at 11:44am on Apr. 14, 2008 Yes, Let's Have Democrats Apologize for Slavery

By Warner Todd Huston

-By Warner Todd Huston

Just a few days ago I wrote an article ridiculing a woman from Connecticut for wasting the state legislature's time bothering with a resolution that forced the state to apologize for the witch trials carried out by various Connecticut towns during the 1600's. I mentioned that "apologizing" for things that happened hundreds of years ago was rather stupid. And witch trials aren't the only things people want our government(s) to "apologize" for, as we all know. Certainly the long-past support of slavery by the United States is one subject most referenced for which apologies are sought.

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Posted at 9:19pm on Apr. 8, 2008 Larger Than Life Meets Larger Than Life

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Charlton Heston narrates speeches and letters of George Washington. This stuff is just marvelous to listen to.