Marianne Williamson on retraining our minds, if we want our lives to change.
Ex-Supermodel Kathy Ireland a Republican?
From Eric Dondero:
Quite an eye-opener. 1980s/90s SuperModel Kathy Ireland expressed her support for Israel, and a strong Defense in an interview with the Jerusalem Post.
From JePo Feb. 2:
"I think so often Israel is not fairly portrayed in the media. Meeting with the military, the air force, [I saw] the efforts that go into the strategy of not hurting civilians and the heroic efforts of these soldiers who put themselves in harm’s way to rescue the wounded, even when the wounded might be their enemy.
In America, we’ve been so spoiled not to have really known, our generation, what it is to be at war... it’s very apparent that if Israel is not safe, then the rest of the world is not safe."
Ireland is now an international capitalist mogul, owner of clothing manufacturer and seller Kathy Ireland Worldwide. She's described as a "high-powered, fast-moving CEO." The company sells products in over 29 nations.
In the past she'd been rumored to be a potential GOP voter, though she's never made any definitive statements on her partisan affiliations. (Her name does appear on a Free Republic list of "Republican celebrities.")
Ireland is a professeed Christian, pro-life, and appeared early last year on Fox News' Mike Huckabee show.
Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, the Moon | Bad Astronomy
I would do anything for my Valentine. Even give her the Moon. Or at least a part of it.
Nothing says love like a cardioid-shaped lunar impact remnant 120 meters across surrounded by an ejecta blanket.
Liberal Environmentalists in Europe portray Obama as Sambo in Global Warming carnival float
Are European liberals guilty of Racism?
by Tim Daniels, California
Now get this, I found these pictures of the Obama float from France's "King of the Blue Planet" carnival parade over at the hard left-liberal site Democratic Underground Hardly flattering right? Well, the folks at the highly popular and respected DU didn't even blink an eye.
A giant figure of U.S. President Barack Obama is seen during preparations for a carnival parade in Nice, southeastern France, February 3, 2010. The 126th Nice Carnival starts on February 12 until February 28 and will celebrate the theme "King of the Blue Planet".
Similar to 19th Century depictions of African Americans?
Upon further inspection, I must surmise that the King of the Blue Planet, aka Barack Obama is a liberal adventure in Euro-racism. I mean, after all, look at the toothy grin, the ears.
Remember the popular character of Sambo from the early 19th Century portrayed in minstrels, early films and cartoons?
Political Correctness applies only to Some and not to Others
Note - In February of last year, in Orange County, California, a Republican city councilman was forced to resign because he sent out an email to some friends in city government that included a comparably mild cartoon of watermelons on the White House lawn. And immediately after the 2008 Presdential election a bakery shop owner was castigated by CNN and other liberal media outlets for baking Obama cookies, that portrayed the President-elect as having bigger than normal lips. The baker vehemently denied he was trying to make fun of him.
And to this day, the most popular restaurant (Denny's like) chain in all of Mexico, that caters to a largely American Latino clientele at Mexican border towns like Tijijuana and Mexicali, is named "Sambo's."
Though, no cries of "racism" from La Raza.
Editor's Note - Tim's blog is the popular "conservative-libertarian"Left Coast Rebel always linked at our blog roll on the sidebar.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Vancouver Olympics
From Darren McHugh, in the Queens University Department of Economics. His bottom line:
The net benefit of the Olympic Games is therefore also substantially negative when the estimates of Olympic benefits from this paper are combined with published estimates for event costs.
In other words, the U.S. should be happy that President Obama failed to secure the 2016 summer games for Chicago.
Western States Republicans leading the way to Liberty
Pro-Liberty legislation on Guns & Property Rights proposed by GOP legislators
by Michael W. Dean, Wyoming
Some interesting things going on here in the Rocky Mountain West...
There are three gun-rights bills going before the Wyoming legislature this month (as extra bills in a budget-only session), don't know that they will pass, one will probably get tabled and considered later. two are 10th Amendment bills that would allow guns made and used only in the state to not come under federal purview (circumventing the Interstate Commerce Clause), but unlike the Montana bill, one of these actually allows the state to prosecute federal agents who violate it.
The other bill would allow Wyoming non-felons to carry a gun concealed without a permit, like Alaska and Vermont.
From the Casper Tribune:
CHEYENNE -- A proposal that would allow people in Wyoming to carry concealed weapons without permits passed an initial legislative hurdle on Thursday.
If the bill passes, Wyoming would become only the third state in the nation, after Vermont and Alaska, to allow conceal-carry without a permit.
Under House Bill 113, the only people not allowed to carry concealed weapons in the state would be people under the age of 21, convicted felons, those convicted of drug-related charges, alcoholics, those with physical disabilities that impair their ability to handle firearms, and people who have lived in the state less than six months.
Currently, Wyoming residents must apply every five years for concealed weapons permits.
Rep. Lorraine Quarberg, the Thermopolis Republican sponsoring the bill, said the legislation is meant simply to spell out rights that are already guaranteed under the Wyoming Constitution and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
"I just believe people have the right to protect themselves and defend themselves," Quarberg said. "And I want to make sure that we put it in statute and people know they can do it."
And then there's this from Utah...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Conservative Utah lawmakers (photo of state capitol in SLC) want to spark a U.S. Supreme Court case that could ultimately allow states to develop resource-rich parcels of land that are now off limits where the federal government is the landlord.
The lawmakers said they will attempt to trigger an avalanche of legislation in the West through the use of eminent domain, which governments use to take private property for public use.
More than 60 percent of Utah is owned by the federal government, and policy makers here have long complained that federal ownership hinders their ability to generate tax revenue and adequately fund public schools.
Legislation was introduced in the Utah House on Thursday allowing the use of eminent domain on federal land. The effort has the full support of Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who would have to defend the law.
Editor's Note - Michael W. Dean is the Libertarian Punk. His blog is listed on LR's Blog Roll.
Seoul, South Korea, Launches Floating Island
This past weekend, the city of Seoul, South Korea, launched the first piece of a floating island called "Viva", one of three floating islands destined to take their place in the Han River next to the Banpo Bridge this summer.
Two Stops Past Siberia
Two Stops Past Siberia is a mix of personal letters to family/friends, blog entries, bonus content and a whole lot more. Carl Beien, a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, takes you from “big city” life to “small village” living via the written word.
7 DAYS 6 NIGHTS…
hellipTREKKING THE bdquoWldquo IN TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONALPARKAvec traduction franaise plus basMit einem Zwischenstopp in Punta Arenas an der Magellanstrasse sind wir nun also in Puerto Natales angekommen. Hier machen wir uns bereit und kaufen Proviant ein fuer ein bekanntes Trekking wofuer wir inkl. An und Abreise 7 Tage einplanen. Am 4. Februar gehtrsquos dann los Richtung Torres del
A bus too far
We knew it was going to be a long day but didn't anticipate it being quite as bad as it was. After waiting for the bus to pick us up at 7.15 we eventually left Sihanoukville at about 8.30. The bus took us north then west between the coast and the Cardamon Mountains heading for the narrow strip of Thailand that pokes into Cambodia. All good so far. However at the top of a hill there was a bang a
Magnetic Island
I have had enough rain and humidity to last me a lifetime so I was excited to start traveling south. My first stop after leaving Cairns was Magnetic Island. I heard from many travelers that the island was really awesome and a mustdo I was warned though that it sucked in the rain. But then again anything sucks in the rain. Sorry to complain about the rain so much but I think I've had 4 days in t
Climate change
After a liein we had breakfast and left the hostel as quickly as possible. Sammy's friend had suggested we go over to make use of the rooftop swimming pool to lounge around during the humid heat of the day which we did. As an English teacher in Bangkok she didn't get a huge wage but her company had found her an apartment in a building with its own restaurant nightclub and swimming pool for 15
Message for Sophie
SophieWhen I spoke to you on the phone earlier I came so close to giving away the surprise We were talking about my new dresses and I was about to tell you that I would be bringing them with me when I come to Australia in a week and a half Oops That would have been a hard one to get out of SWell done on your 5 hour bike ride this morning It must have been very hard Next week you should be
The Lakes of Argentina Bariloche
Events from February 11th. Took a local bus out to the Llao Llao Hotel which is similiar to the big hotel in Banff Canada. It sits on a hill and dominates that area. But we were not interested in seeing the hotel but the regional park Llao Llao where we heard that there were a lot of orchids. We walked through the area for over 4 12 hours and saw many orchids along with a variety of other fl
Getting in the spirit
Day 288 Box Hill to Penquin via the Spirit of TasmaniaThe alarm on the phone was set for 515 this morning and as soon as it went off we were straight out of bed we had a ferry to catch the Spirit of Tasmania. We said our goodbyes to the girls Grant and Anna last night as itrsquos going to be a while before we catch up with them again. Wersquore so grateful to them itrsquos not ea
Galway
I left my heart in Galway. well left for Galway with Jackie and Anne just for the night at a bed and breakfast. We got there around 8 and as we walked down the street there was a very loud group of young people in front of us and we're on a street with many BB's so we're thinking they're heading to one of them and we're praying they don't turn to our's...they turned right into our drive...ugh. O
The final days in paradise
February 9Yesterday was a travel day for the most part. The trip from Kampot to Sihanoukville in a minibus was certainly the most civilized trip to date. Not a single hair raising pass and the very annoying Cambodian turn signal the horn was only heard a few times. Best part was there were only 6 of us including the driver and his helper. We know from past experience that the preferred number of
First Week of Classes
I have had quite a busy 3 days Thursday was my first day of class at 830 AM. I went to bed at 10 pm to try to fall asleep by 1030 but I was not successful. I still managed to get up on time for school though I may have to switch to showering in the evening.Class went really well I like my professor a lot. The class is entirely in French if we do not understand a word or concept it is explain
Neuva Zelanda
After an epic three days of travelling mostly next to wailing babies I arrived in Curio Bay New Zealand. The flight to Australia was the highlight because every seat has its own screen with 100s of movies shows and music to choose from. I think I got in 3 movies and and a couple of seasons of tv shows. I was so lucky to choose such a interesting place I was stationed on a narrow point betwe
Skinks Hippies
21410Happy Valentinersquos Day Although all you guys back in the states wonrsquot be celebrating for another day but itrsquos Valentinersquos Day here Irsquove been busy soaking up the summer sun so again I apologize for my blogging absence Here is a summary of the last week or soCoffs Harbour was fantastic The hostel was a million times better than the one we had just come from