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Tom Ridge Will Not Seek Senate Seat

May 7, 2009 | Steven | 1 Comment | Pennsylvania

Tom Ridge has announced that he will not seek the Senate seat currently occupied by ideological soul brother Benedict Arlen Specter.

Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Pennsylvania, issued the following statement today on his decision not to seek the Republican nomination for Senate in his home state of Pennsylvania.

“After careful consideration and many conversations with friends and family and the leadership of my party, I have decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Senate.

Users Exacting Revenge On Those “Auto Warranty” Telemarketers

May 6, 2009 | Steven | National

I get daily calls on my cell phone, all from different numbers, informing me that my automobile warranty is about to or has expired (it hasn’t) and offering me a new one.

Well, that’s what they would tell me if I actually picked up the calls. I’ve stopped picking up calls from numbers I don’t recognize and started searching for the telephone number on Google. Each time, the number comes up residential, and listings at sites like www.callercomplaints.com and whocalled.us reveal that the call is really coming from one of these Auto Warranty outfits who are spoofing their Caller ID information. They will not remove you from their list upon request as required by law.

Screw The Obama Burger Run, Taliban Is 60 Miles From Nukes

May 6, 2009 | Steven | War on Terror

While the US Obama press breathlessly reports on yesterday afternoon’s Obama / Biden burger run (dutifully neglecting to mention that the snob-in-chief ordered his with dijon mustard), the International press reports that the Taliban has fought its way to within 60 miles of the Pakistani (or is that Pahhhhkeeestahhhnnee) capital of Islamabad.

Yes, that Pakistan. Our nuclear-armed ally in the Overseas Contingency Operation formerly known as the War on Terror.
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Tom Ridge’s Congressional Record Is Scary

May 6, 2009 | Steven | Pennsylvania

Reports indicate that Tom Ridge will decide whether he will seek the Republican nomination for Benedict Arlen Specter’s Senate Seat in the next two weeks. Conservatives think they’ve found found the Ridge Ruiner: Federal government filings in which Ridge listed his place of primary residence as Chevy Chase, Maryland, but those kinds of issues can be skirted faster than you can say Hillary Clinton.

The gen pop word on Ridge is that he is pro-choice. In this environment, as Republican debate whether we conservatives are an asset or liability to the party they’ve managed to decimate over the past four years, and in a blue-leaning state like Pennsylvania, being pro-choice is not necessarily a deal-breaker for the party bosses in a Senate candidate.

Obama Pushes Anti-Gun Treaty In The Senate

May 5, 2009 | Steven | 3 Comments | National

Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are renewing the push for the Senate to ratify CIFTA, an international treaty that would create a national registry of American gun owners and make that registry available to other signatory countries. As an added bonus, American citizens in the database accused of wrongdoing in other countries would be eligible for extradition.

The treaty was originally signed by Bill Clinton, but never ratified by the Senate.

Lou Dobbs’ video report below.

Dead: Dom DeLuise (75)

May 5, 2009 | Steven | Dead

dom-deluise Readers holding out for a blockbuster Cannonball Run reunion are going to be disappointed. Actor Dom DeLuise is dead.

Dom is probably best-known for his work in Mel Brooks films like ‘Blazing Saddles,’ ‘Silent Movie,’ ‘History Of The World Part One,’ ‘Space Balls,’ ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights,’ and co-starring with Burt Reynolds in films like ‘Cannonball Run,’ ‘Smokey and The Bandit 2’ and ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.’

He also hosted the popular TV show “Candid Camera” from 1991-1992. Dom was an avid cook and author, penning several cooking guides and children’s books.

“I was thinking the other day about this,” his close friend Burt Reynolds tells us. “As you get older you think about this more and more, I was dreading this moment. Dom always made everyone feel better when he was around. I never heard him say an unkind word about anyone. I will miss him very much.”

Please Alert Authorities If You See A Knifed Man In Plumstead

May 5, 2009 | Steven | Pennsylvania

steve-martin What else would you do, really, if you saw a guy running around suburban Bucks County with a knife sticking out of him?

Police in Plumstead are searching for a man who sustained a knife wound and might still have the weapon sticking in his body, emergency reports said.

The man fled the scene of a stabbing that was reported on the 4000 block of Nottingham Way. Initial details were sketchy, and it was not clear if the man was stabbed by another person or if the wound was self-inflicted.

So, yeah. Be on the lookout for a bloody guy who looks like he accessorized with a knife handle.

Carrie Prejean Responds To Nude Photo Flap

May 5, 2009 | Steven | 4 Comments | National

Miss USA runner-up Miss California Carrie Prejean has responded to the leaked release of semi-nude modeling photos of Prejean taken “as a teenager” via Press Release.

On April 19, I chose to answer a question during the 2009 Miss USA pageant in an honest and personal manner that expressed my views of the long-established definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. That answer, and my commitment to stand by my beliefs, has since resulted in attacks on me and my integrity as a woman. We live in a great country; a nation that was built on freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Yet my comments defending traditional marriage have led to intimidation tactics that seek to undermine my reputation and somehow silence me and my beliefs, as if opinion is only a one-way street.

I am a Christian, and I am a model. Models pose for pictures, including lingerie and swimwear photos. Recently, photos taken of me as a teenager have been released surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith. I am not perfect, and I will never claim to be. But these attacks on me and others who speak in defense of traditional marriage are intolerant and offensive. While we may not agree on every issue, we should show respect for others’ opinions and not try to silence them through vicious and mean-spirited attacks.

By the way, who actually won the Miss USA pageant? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Me either. Good job making Carrie Prejean the most famous pageant runner-up in history.

Carrie Prejean Nude Photos?

May 5, 2009 | Steven | 25 Comments | National

The militant left continues to slime Miss California Carrie Prejean for daring to have the same stance on gay marriage as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.

The latest attempt to drag Prejean through the mud comes in the form of nude photos that are rumored to exist which, when viewed, will allegedly turn the country against the nubile “opposite marriage” advocate.

Let’s think about this for a second. Gorgeous beauty queen. Giant implants. Nude photos. And this will somehow turn us against her?

Oh, that’s right. These attacks are coming from the militant gay contingent. They don’t get the appeal. Should have invited at least one straight guy to the strategy meeting.

The first of these leaked alleged Prejean photos, showing what looks like a topless Prejean with a strategically placed arm and sporting pink underpants, is below the fold. Yep. I can feel the stirrings of hate. Damn you, Carrie Prejean! Please don’t release more of these photos and make this nation hate her more. America despises the whole topless, playful, beaming coquettish vibe.

Happy Five of Four From The Eloquent Genius Messiah

May 5, 2009 | Steven | Politics

The all-knowing car salesman and banker in chief – genius “I have a gift Harry” speaker with an IQ that no man has ever possessed – wishes everyone a happy five of four. Or is it four of five? Either way, it’s not the fourth of May, which is what the teleprompter wanted him to say.