Perseverance:
Reflections from a Conversation with Duane “Dog”
Chapmanby Paul A.
Ibbetson
On June 24, 2008, I had a lengthy interview with
Duane “Dog” Chapman. Chapman is the star of A&E’s returning hit show Bounty
Hunter, where he will once again track felons on the run before a nation of
thrilled television viewers. Chapman was gracious enough to take a break from
what will be season number five of the Bounty Hunter program to talk with me on
my radio show the “Conscience of Kansas.” I think the interview had many
exciting facets, and I invite readers to watch both part one and part two of the
YouTube version of our conversation. What I would like to focus my discussion on
today is my own reflections on the controversy surrounding the man known as
“Dog” Chapman.
Radical
Environmentalism: The "Imperfect Storm"
by Christopher G. Adamo
Liberals
inadvertently delivered a telling message in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In
essence, it is the same message they have sent on the heels of every major
calamity, whether natural or man-made, to befall the nation during the past
several decades. Let a heat wave hit or a bridge collapse, and their first
impulse is to assign guilt, invariably among their political opposition. But by
their immediate and hysterical finger-pointing, they telegraph their desperation
to avoid any culpability for the real problems at hand.
Global
warming deniers; get ready for the coming
inquisition
by Vincent
Gioia
I wondered how long it would take to come to this. We
have had calls for the firing of scientists and other disbelievers of the
religion of the day; can the inquisition and McCarthy-style hearings be far
behind? I can hear it now - "Are you now or ever have been a denier of global
warming caused by mankind?" The first shot across the bow, so to speak, has been
fired in England. Here is a report appearing in the British paper, The
Guardian:
Heller:
Gun Bans Found To Be Unconstitutional (Again)
by John Longenecker
The Supreme Court
of The United States announced that it was overturning the Washington, D.C. Gun
Ban and affirming lower court’s ruling against D.C. But does this affect gun
laws around the country? It should, as 80 Million gun owners invoke the law
while handfuls of officials were found to break it. The Supreme Court's ruling
that the D.C. Gun Ban is unconstitutional is another victory for all of America,
and it furnishes a new and updated roadmap of guidance for more Liberty in
America for all. For All.
The
World According to Barack, No. 2
by Paul R. Hollrah
June 20, 2008 –
Obama spoke at a fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida. In his speech, he said,
“It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of
the economy or their outstanding foreign policy.” Was he speaking of the economy
that has kept inflation at low single digits for nearly eight years, while
maintaining essentially full employment? Was he speaking of the economy that has
experienced steady growth while recovering from the economic fallout of 9/11?
Was he speaking of the economy that experienced steady growth while the country
fought expensive wars on two fronts?
Is
American law now determined by one man as in a science fiction
drama?
by Vincent
GioiaThanks to the flappable Justice Anthony Kennedy the
Second Amendment remains in the constitution but it is outrageous that four
members of the court wanted to throw it out. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a
precisely clear opinion upholding the right of the people to keep and bear arms
on an individual basis. But the ink wasn’t dry before leftists of all stripe
"found" language in the opinion that will allow other judges to confirm all
manner of restrictions on gun owners’ rights. Unfortunately Scalia probably had
to include some of these loop holes in the opinion to placate Justice Kennedy so
he would join the majority of five.
New Orleans and Cedar Rapids
by Paul R. Hollrah
In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the pipsqueak radical
environmentalist who has chosen rabble-rousing as his life’s work, wrote an
op-ed column placing the blame for Hurricane Katrina squarely on the shoulders
of George W. Bush. His reasoning? Bush opposed ratification of the Kyoto Accords
on “global warming.”
When Losing Isn’t Affordable: November and The War on
Islamofascism
by Rene
Guerra
Unambiguous success in Iraq and unequivocal victory in
the rest of the global war on Islamofascism is not a choice; we don’t have any
other alternative, for it is a matter of our very survival. It is not a matter
of “prestige” or any other hubristic notion; it is about our own hide,
particularly when America faces the grim prospect of Barack Hussein Obama
becoming the next president of the United States of America.
To “Suspend” Is Not “To End” – It Still Ain’t Over For
Hillaryby Joan
Swirsky
In one of the more bizarre, tasteless, and utterly
revealing statements of this presidential campaign season, Hillary explained
before the June primaries why she was not dropping out of the race, in spite of
the fact that her opponent was so far ahead in the delegate count. “We all
remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California,” she said. She
might as well have said: “If Obama dies, I win!”
Democracy Hijacked, Movement for Democratic
Change
by JB WilliamsIn
the good ole days, when liberals were actually “liberal,” focused upon
individual liberty above all else, and Democrats were actually “democratic”
instead of dictatorial elitists focused more on not counting votes than on
letting every voice be heard, the words “democratic change” had a very different
meaning. The concept of democracy has since been hijacked. In the 2008 race for
the White House, the Democrat candidate with the most popular support is Hillary
Clinton. But somehow, the DNC nominee is Barack Hussein Obama.
Democrats Continue to Make Fools of
Themselvesby JB
Williams
Allow me to begin by stating for the record that I
realize how politically incorrect it is to single out a specific group of people
and acknowledge their overtly foolish behaviors. But it seems we have reached a
moment of insanity, when enough really should be enough! It seems I need to give
a speech to Democrats, which I have given to my children on several similar
occasions. As Forest Gump learned from his Momma, “stupid is as stupid does.”
Healing, Hope, and Restoration For Our Courageous
Troopsby Marie
Jon'Physicians and nurses are a part of the surgical teams
that bring our troops hope and healing. They are proud to serve awesomely brave
men and women of America's armed services who fight the war against terror in
Afghanistan and Iraq. With skilled, trained hands they help our wounded warriors
heal both physically and emotionally. Dedicated medical teams with heart and
soul provide our troops a faster return to a well and productive life. They help
improve the quality of life of our injured service men and women.
Unshackle American enterprise to increase oil
suppliesby Vincent
Gioia
Try as I might, I can’t come up with one thing the
government has done that couldn’t have been done better, less expensively and
more successfully by a non government business. Sure, the government has
succeeded with special projects that required a lot of money like the atomic
bomb, going to the moon and tax collecting, but does anyone want to entrust the
government with more mundane things like nuclear power plants,
telecommunication, oil production and oil refining, and health care?
Obama Would Be A Clinton Third
Termby Christopher G.
Adamo
Forget about the rancor of the Democrat Primary season.
That is all history now. In truth, the heated rivalry between the two candidates
was hardly an indicator of any philosophical or moral differences between them,
but only a strident argument about which liberal "messiah" deserved to be
president. Even the fierceness of their efforts was itself a reflection of
comparable components of raw ambition that each possesses.
Polar Bears More Important Than Western
Civilizationby Randall H.
Nunn
On Sunday, an article from the Associated Press stated
that, less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species, “the
Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially
harm them in pursuit of oil and natural gas.” As far as the Associated
Press (and indeed, all of the mainstream media) is concerned, the survival of
Western Civilization in the face of confiscatory pricing by the world’s
dictatorships is of small concern compared to the very real threat of annoyance
to polar bears. Is it any wonder that readership of the mainstream press is
falling?
The sooner we accept who are enemy
is,
the sooner and better we will be able to defend
ourselves
by Vincent
Gioia
Three Ohio men were convicted very recently of plotting
to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq. The case was
put together with help from a former soldier who posed as someone who wanted to
help. It’s very likely you did not know about the plot to kill American
soldiers, let alone the conviction of three men in Cleveland, Ohio, because our
news media doesn’t want to expose the mission of Muslims to kill
Americans.
Direct Election v. Electoral College
by Nancy Salvato
The constitutional
amendment process is a complicated and lengthy affair. This is because we cannot
be certain what consequences might arise from a seemingly minor alteration of
the Constitution. To be sure, exchanging the electoral-vote system for direct
election would adversely impact the entire constitutional and political
structure of the United States. To begin, our Constitution is dedicated to
securing everybody’s rights. This requires that we be concerned not only with
size, but with the character of the majorities voting our president to office.
BAND-AIDS ON CANCER & THE PROGRESSIVE FLAT
TAX
by Raymond S.
Kraft
Barack Obama and John McCain both propose a grab bag of
tinkerings with the Tax Code, raising taxes on the rich, cutting taxes on
corporations, cutting taxes on the middle class, this and that, tweaks and
twiddles here and there in an enormously complex accretion of legislation and
IRS Regulations called The Tax Code, that leaves me wondering if they aren't
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, or Tweedledeedler and Tweedledumber.
The Five Follies of Keith Olbermann
by Paul A. IbbetsonFor some time now a
struggling MSNBC has employed a Bush hating mad hatter by the name of Keith
Olbermann. Olbermann appears to be on an endless mission to disparage the
president as well as the war on terror, and in doing so has created a very
interesting example of the inner workings of the far left liberal. First, in
highlighting the five follies of Olbermann it is only fair to give the
disclaimer that these failings are not Olbermann’s alone but are general
characteristics of the far left.