A Comment From An Objector To This Site

Here is a comment from a person who objects to this site's premise and especially my article on "The Immoral Minority" anti-Palin site. I reproduce it sans any remarks of my own as it speaks for itself.
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former wasillan

M.JOSEPH SHEPPARD’S "A POINT OF VIEW": Idiot "Gryphen" At Immoral Minority Gets All Confused About Government-Again.

I always laugh at people like you.....denouncing anyone who goes against the palins....I am formerly of Wasilla, and know sarah. Sarah is a compulsive liar, who only liked being governor for the perks and celebrityhood. For your information....she did not give birth to Trig, nor did she receive a 4 yr college degree. She had affairs, she used drugs and religion to get her back on the good side of those she offended. She is a sociopath, a user, and thrives on attention. She uses people for her money....and if you had any credibility, you would seriously look at what she does with her PAC money. After that, take a good look at Todd, a known pimp, who arranged "dates" for oilmen, police, government officials, and sarah's secret service agent during 2008, was later arrested in South America, frequenting prostitutes, and not paying their fees which is what got them busted. Sarah knows this....and neither has responded to even suing his former prostitute, who passed every lie detector test given to her....which is not their usual mode of threatening lawsuits, but never following through....they and the named "johns" ignored it as well. So before you go committing slander against immoral minority, take an investigative look at politicalgates and malia litman's work on palin as well as other journalists.....but I understand the conservative movement now....full of lies and propaganda using Machiavelli's pattern of "the end justifies the means"......please don't throw up religion....you people are the worst hypocrites and grifters I have seen .....taking money from people with your rhetoric and propaganda, to serve your greed. He should sue you for your reference to him a sexual predator....which sarah came up with that trying to get him fired after he printed a rumor that divorce might be in the air.....and if you really follow sarah....see how many times she has accused men of being sexual predators to her and her daughters.....you should see a pattern....anyone that disagrees or disapproves of her gets that similar response.

On August 21st, 2013 six moreTexas Democratic officeholders switched to the Republican Party,

So much for Texas turning blue by 2020.

Party Switchers Top 200!   On August 21st, 2013 six more Democratic officeholders switched to the Republican Party, bringing the total number of Democratic elected officials who have switched to the Republican Party since the conclusion of the November 2008 elections to 209. Our newest party switchers come from Sabine County where County Commissioner Precinct 2 Jimmie McDaniel, County Commissioner Precinct 3 Doyle Dickerson, County Clerk Janice McDaniel, County Treasurer Tricia Jacks, County Tax Collector Martha Stone and District Clerk Tanya Walker. This brings our total number of party switchers in August alone up to nine with the three Democrats that recently switched from Jefferson County on August 9th; including Jefferson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Brent Weaver, Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Ray Chesson, and Precinct 7 Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett. All of the current party switchers, like their predecessors, have come forward after deciding that the Republican Party better represents their communities and their personal values. The fact that so many Democrats have switched parties in just two election cycles is further indication that the Republican Party of Texas is on the upswing and the future looks bright. Texas Republican Party Chairman, Steve Munisteri, commenting on the most recent defections stated: “Anybody who knows anything about Texas politics knows that controlling the county courthouses is a huge advantage. Justices of the Peace, County Clerks, Judges, etc., all have their own political basis which can strengthen a party overall. This is why we have increased our efforts over the past year to convince conservative Democratic officeholders that the Republican Party of Texas is where their future and the state’s future lie." Texas is no stranger to Democratic Party switchers. Between the 2008 and 2010 elections alone, 75 Democrat elected officials switched to the Republican Party. Then in a landslide election year in 2010 that saw us add 500 more Republicans that November, 85 more Democrats switched parties before the 2012 election. On top of the 156 new Republicans elected last November, just since last January we have already welcomed 49 new Democrat officials to the Republicans Party, bringing the current total number of party switchers up to 209 as of August 31, 2013. At the end of the November 2008 elections, Republicans held 2,395 out of the approximately 5,200 elected offices statewide. As a result of the gains noted above, there are 906 more elected Republicans today than at the conclusion of the November 2008 elections. Today the total number of Republican elected officials statewide is 3259. It is not always easy to stand up and oppose your colleagues and the Republican Party of Texas would like to personally commend all of these 209 party switchers that have been brave enough to stand up for their beliefs and prove that their constituents’ values come first. We are looking forward to working with our newest members of the Republican party and will continue to welcome any other Democratic officials around the state that are ready to come join the fight for Texas’ true conservative values.

Popular History Books On The Roman Empire Including Newly released "The Jewish Revolt" By Dr. Si Sheppard

The latest in the Osprey series of Roman history by Prof. Dr. Simon Sheppard PhD. All are available from Amazon LINK.  Also available from the same author is "The Partisan Press" which gives a fascinating history of media bias in America from Presidents Washington to Obama.

Romney's Nomination Is What Will Lead To The "Good Guys" Taking Over The GOP Or A New Conservative Party

The battle for the heart and ownership of the Republican party is well underway. What precipitated it was the nomination of Mitt Romney for the presidency in 2012 against the wishes of the rank and file. 

Romney won because the conservative vote was split allowing him to win early primary after primary-plus his huge money advantage and ruthless machine destroyed Gingrich in Florida. If Newt had won in Florida after his landslide in South Carolina there would have been, at least, a ballot at the convention if not a brokered convention.

Instead there was a fait accompli-which is partly Santorum and Gingrich's fault for not making an agreement when there was time to do so and possibly Huckabee's fault for chasing the big dollars at Fox when if he had run he might have forced a convention choice. 

Conservatives either held their collective noses or stayed home in the millions rather than vote for yet another in the long RINO line like Bush 2nd time/Dole/McCain/Romney.

All that is water under the bridge and conservatives are clearly determined to either take over the party or leave it to start a genuinely conservative one. Failing either of those two events if another RINO gets the nomination in 2016 I would believe there would be a massive abstention or protest vote for minor conservative parties.

Michael Walsh at NRO's The Corner has a battle cry article up "What We Just Saw" which excoriates the current GOP leadership in light of their reaction to Senator Cruz's heroic efforts to defund Obamacare. here is a sample-the full post is at 
this link. 

Governor Palin set matters out clearly-as she does so well but advising there already is a third party, the Dem's the GOP establishment, and what she categorizes as "the good guys" which includes Messrs. Cruz and Lee. 
She also advised it is time for those two gentlemen to have many more join them in the 2014 elections which she will no doubt play a major role in assisting such a result. 

At that point the numbers should stack up so an evaluation can be taken as to whether an all out campaign to take over the leadership should be undertaken or whether the task is hopeless due to intransigence by the old guard and at that point the rotting hulk should be discarded.

If the establishment wants a Christie to be their nominee and they force the issue then by all means let them have their man-but it will be without the base who will spend election day fishing or voting for a new, genuine conservative party

What Could Be Nicer Than Listening To Orriel Smith's Pure Soprano Folk Song "Over the Hills"

Orriel Smith's voice is one of the wonders of the age. Her 1960's folk Lp "A Voice In The Wind" from which the above track was taken is emotion mixed with operatic control. Someone has taken a track and added a nostalgic look at the 1960's California surf scene and protest scene-all very nostalgic.

Orriel is still recording and produced a new folk CD harkening back to her frst called "A Voice Forever In The Wind". Check it out LINK and enjoy both albums-her version of the Maori folk song "Pokarekare" has received over 16,000 listens alone.

You Too Could Have Been Lauded In The Media As An Election Pundit Like Nate Silver If You Called Two States Correctly!

The map above shows the final state by state result in the Electoral College for the 2012 election.Anyone who was not a totally blinkered artisan, or who was Dick Morris could have predicted the result, before the campaign started for nearly all the states.

Obviously President Obama was not going to win the Southern states (in red) or the conservative Midwestern states. On the other hand Mitt Romney was never going to win the blue states especially California and New York.

So what value, prestige, readership and frankly, big money, should accrue to professionals who pundit about elections for a living. Not any from now on as their job can be done by anyone with the slightest understanding of the polling process. Basically the pundits who discovered the formula have made themselves redundant. 
Much fuss and lauding of Nate Silver of 538.com fame ensued after he got the 2008 and 2012 elections right with his Electoral College prediction-especially for his 100% success in calling all 50 states correctly. Was there some magical formula or incredible insights at work-hardly.

Silver's formula (and Dr.Wang's at Princeton) is to simply look at the aggregate polling for each state and give the state to whomever has the lead based on that simple analysis. It works! It worked in 2008 and worked in 2012. The Romney campaign fooled themselves by using their own internal polling, and looked at favorable individual polls which method is now firmly in the dustbin of history.

Thus the reality is that based on a simple reading of aggregate polling in the "marginal" states 
there was only the calls about Virginia and Florida that had any chance of making or breaking a reputation as a psephologist. Nate Silver at 538.com got it right when Florida went for Obama by less than 1% whilst other prognosticators got 49 states right and came in second in the pundit stakes. But any John Doe who can see the state by state polls as they aggregated, and if he got the Florida coin toss right, could have been a media superstar pundit.  

      

Virginia was admittedly a challenge, but only if the gyrations from September onwards are considered. Before that President Obama had leads running from close to substantial whilst Romney, in his September flourish, only had the smallest of leads in the aggregate polling. The final aggregates had Obama a fraction ahead (+0.3), and the final, actual, result gave the president a comfortable lead (3.0%) which reflected the reality of all the polling over the year.

The reality is that Romney never had a lead in Ohio as per this Real Clear Politics average poll chart which reflects the aggregate of polls at any one time. It is the same case for Iowa. With Colorado there was a very brief period where Romney had a small lead but for the bulk of the campaign, especially towards the end it was safe for President Obama. 



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UPDATE: Now Texas Governor Candidate;From;"The Black Conservative "Over 20 Black Republicans (Listed With Links) Are Running For Office in 2013-1014"

UPDATE: Lisa Fritsch LINK candidate for Texas Governor can be added to this stellar list. Let the Dem's run with their The GOP is raaacist" trash and then send them this list.Also compare the attractiveness of Republicans-both inside and out to Dem's as inner beauty creates outer beauty.





From The Black Conservative  LINK

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Over 20 Black Republicans Are Running For Office in 2013-1014

Oh, look!!! The racist Republicans are up to their racist shenanigans again. They already have over "20" Black Republicans running for public office in 2013-1014...and that's just the ones who announced. How can this be? How can this happen? The Party is racist? Right? I'm sure the media wont be reporting this.

*INSERT LONGEST EYEROLL EVER!*

2013-2014 Candidates

• Katrina Pierson - 32nd CD in Texas
• Erika Harold - Illinois’s 13th CD
• Trebor Gordon - Houston, Texas
• Stefani Carter - Texas Railroad Commission
• John L. Burnett - New York City
• Will Hurd - Texas' 23rd CD
• Dr. Yomi Faparusi - Tennessee
• Diane Harris - Illinois
• Dwayne Sawyer- Indiana
• Glo Smith - Florida's Fifth CD
• Sharon Power - Alabama
• Christopher R Hailey - North Carolina
• Bill Randall - Wake Forest Mayor
• Michael Scott Carter - Illinois State Treasurer
• Kim Taylor - NJ Assembly
• Charles Lollar - Maryland
• Mike Cargill - TX House Seat
• Derrick Grayson - U.S. Senate (Georgia)
• David E Williams - Illinois' 9th District
• Mia B. Love - Utah's 4th CD
• Brenda Lenard - Tennessee Senate
• Michael Ovitz - Chicago's 9th Ward
• Rev. E.W. Jackson - Lt. Gov. Virginia
• A.D. Lenoir - Miami-Dade Fl Commissioner
• Trebor Gordon - Houston, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

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Unauthorized Use of Copyright By Palin? How About Obama/McCain/Romney And The Rest!

It’s a familiar tune. Every election year it seems we hear the chorus of protests from musicians who are not flattered that their music has been hijacked as the theme song of a political candidate. The song is always the same, and this year is no exception with Governor Palin's SuperPac in the firing line for using a photograph allegedly without permission.

Here's a review of just some of the politicians whose campaigns used copyright items and were subsequently ordered to "cease and desist" or were sued for recompense. To somehow single out Governor Palin as some sort of unique and terrible example of unauthorized use is bizarre-or would be if it was not clear that a leftist attack (again) is under way on her.

Clearly this sort of thing happens often. It is, I believe, generally the result of over enthusiastic campaign teams not dotting I's in the midst of a hectic campaign. Or, as is most likely the case in the SarahPac example using an apparently copyright photograph, the actions of an inexperienced team. 

The fact that thousands of examples of use of the 9/11 photographs in question can be shown points the legal action against SarahPac as being politically motivated. If Jane Smith had used it one doubts in Jane would have heard from the pictures owners who happen to be a media firm.

It is not of course solely an American campaign phenomenon, here is a media report from the Philippines reminding "all 32 senate candidates" that they face 9 years in jail if they use songs for their campaigns without previous authorization!  LINK

To show just how often these things happen, how much fuss is made of them during campaigns and how quickly they are forgotten here are just some examples. First up from Politisite

In 2008, Sam Moore (half of legendary vocal duo Sam & Dave) sent a cease-and-desist letter to Barack Obama’s campaign after his song “Hold On! I’m Coming” was used at several rallies without his permission. Moore, who claimed to support no candidate, felt that the use of his song implied his endorsement of Obama. LINK

There have been many incidents of musicians being opposed to politicians using their music. One of the most publicized was back in 1984 when Ronald Reagan used Bruce Springsteen’s anthem “Born in the USA.” Reagan said, “America’s future rests in a thousand dreams inside our hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire: New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen.” Springsteen was not pleased, but no legal action was ever filed.

Other songs to ruffle musicians’ feathers were Rush’s “Tom Sawyer,” used by Rand Paul, Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty,” used in Republican Party web videos( the subject of a journal analysis! LINK), and Boston’s “More Than a Feeling,” played more than once by Mike Huckabee.

[t]he owner of Survivor’s 1982 hit “Eye of the Tiger” sued Newt Gingrich, claiming that he has repeatedly used the song without permission since 2009.  The copyright owner is asking the court to stop Gingrich’s use of the song at campaign rallies, and to award money damages.

Mitt Romney agreed to stop using the song “Wavin’ Flag,” after Somali-born musician K’naan cited political reasons for his demand.

Representative Michele Bachmann received a cease-and-desist letter from musician Tom Petty, demanding that she stop using his song “American Girl” in her presidential campaign.

Tom Petty sent a cease-and-desist to then-Governor George W. Bush for using the song “I Won’t Back Down” at his campaign rallies.

David Byrne, who sued Florida Governor Charlie Crist for using the Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere;”

Don Henley, who sued Senate candidate Chuck DeVore of California for use of “Boys of Summer” and

Jackson Browne filed a lawsuit against presidential candidate Senator John McCain for unauthorized use of a portion of Browne’s “Running On Empty” in a campaign commercial.

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Putin's Call For USA To Agree Not To Attack Syria Echoes Kennedy's Pledge Not To Invade Cuba And Could Leave Assad Regime In Power Permanently

RT reports:Putin: Syria chem arms handover will work only if US calls off strike: LINK

"Of course, all of this will only mean anything if the United States and other nations supporting it tell us that they're giving up their plan to use force against Syria. You can’t really ask Syria, or any other country, to disarm unilaterally while military action against it is being contemplated," President Putin said on Tuesday.

This is exactly the same situation as the ending phase of the Cuban missile crisis where the Kennedy administration gave room for Khruschev to save face, and avert a nuclear war, by making concessions to the other side.

In that crisis Kennedy agreed to removing nuclear missiles from Turkey and to committing the USA to not invading Cuba. The latter  concession has been in place ever since and the Castro regime has stayed in power, despite every economic and CIA attempt to undermine it.

Putin is presenting a similar face-saving exit from the self-imposed Syria embarrassment for President Obama by making the same sort of offer. If Obama makes the agreement not to bomb (or invade one presumes) Syria then, like Castro, the regime has every chance of continuing in power indefinitely.

This may or may not bring peace to Syria by the current regime's Russian backed victory of the rebels but it would mark a terrible diminution America, an embarrassment to the Obama administration from which it, and its 2016 candidate, may never recover from and a magnficiation of Putin's strength and of Russia's perceived power and  role in the world.

If all that comes to pass, it would mark, in utter contrast to the Kennedy administration, the Obama administration as being, totally naive and incompetent and having created for itself a totally unnecessary self-inflicted wound. Palin must be chortling up in Wasilla as her 2008 warnings are proven over and over- and she's the idiot??

As Chris Christie Wimps Out On Syria Jeb Bush Should State His Position If He Wishes To Be A Serious 2016 Contender

I wrote in  "The American Thinker" that the 2016 presidential election is so important for the future of America, perhaps the last chance for a conservative revival, that an "historic compromise" may have to be accepted by conservatives.  If a 2016 ticket which included Jeb Bush as a representative of the Republican establishment, in partnership with Sarah Palin, should she wish to run or Ted Cruz/Rand Paul was the way to keep Hillary or a radical leftist like Warren away from the supreme Court and social engineering then so be it.

I did not suggest another Romney/Dole/McCain has to be supported-even with a sop to conservatives like Ryan was in 2012 but a genuinely balanced ticket, which can with with the appeal that Bush or Cruz has to Hispanics is acceptable in my opinion-half a loaf is better than a crap sandwich. It is noteworthy that the far left "Daily Kos" has posted an attack on the possibility of a Jeb Bush candidacy as that indicates a clear fear that Bush has the capacity to win as part of a conservative team

Chris Christie who has been touted as a winner for the GOP would have the support of the Establishment, but he has lost the base (even an early acolyte Coulter  said "he is dead to me now because of amnesty"). Further he has shown his stripes by his cowardly backing out of taking a stand on Syria when the likes of Sarah Palin has stood above the parapet (and gained kudos from right and left in doing so). Here's Christie's
sidling away from the issue whilst giving kudos to New Jersey Democrat Senator Menendez on the issue;

"New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie avoided taking sides on the contentious issue of a U.S. military response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, saying a decision was up to Congress.

Although calling the use of chemical weapons "intolerable," the Republican governor declined to wade into the debate on whether the United States should get involved.

"I'm going to leave that to the people who represent us in Congress to make that decision," Christie said, adding he thought the New Jersey delegation would "do what they think is right for America," 

Jeb Bush, to his credit, has stated his positions on right to life and immigration, it is important that he, in contrast to Christie and in the same manner as Palin, nails his colors to the mast on Syria. Perceived leadership and dedication to principle over expediency is the mark of a statesman and the issue of Syria is an opportunity for Bush to show that he has the capacity to make a stand.

Karl Rove has made his position on Syria clear-he supports intervention. If Jeb Bush has the courage to come out against his brother's mentor, especially as the American public appear overwhelmingly against intervention, then he has the chance to show the conservative base that he is worthy of consideration in a balanced team.