THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Volume XI, 2009

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free-Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues
AMERICAN POLITICS, THE POLITICAL LEFT, & LACK OF HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE U.S.A.:  THE FLAWED NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & GAPING HOLES IN THE U.S. INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM -- THE BLATANT INCOPETENCE & CALLOUS INDIFFERENCE OF THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE, IN THE FACE OF THE THREAT OF JIHADI TERRORISM -- ENSURING THE SAFETY OF AMERICAN & INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS IN U.S. AIRPORTS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS ACHIEVING THE STATIST, SOCIALIST, & ENVIRONMENTALIST OBJECTIVES OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL AGENDA
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Volume XI, Issue # 208, December 30, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THAT ANNOYING ISSUE OF "HOMELAND SECURITY"

By Christopher G. Adamo



HUMAN ACTIVITY, CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, & BOGUS SCIENCE:  PREDICTIONS OF COMING MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING DISASTERS ARE BASED ON DUBIOUS TO FRAUDULENT TEMPERATURE DATA, ANALYSES, MODELS, REPORTS & PEER REVIEWS, AS WELL AS POLITICAL PROPAGANDA DISEMINATED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LEFTISTS, & A WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
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Volume XI, Issue # 207, December 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TAXPAYER ROBBERY GATE: SENATOR BOXER IS COMPOUNDING
THE CLIMATEGATE SCANDAL WITH COVER-UP & OBSTRUCTION

By Paul K. Driessen



WHAT AL-QA'IDA & OTHER ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS MAKE PERFECTLY CLEAR IN ARABIC-LANGUAGE TREATISIES ON THE NATURE & PURPOSE OF THE GLOBAL JIHAD ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST NON-MUSLIMS:  THE WORDS, PHRASES, & MESSAGE THAT DO NOT APPEAR IN THE ENGLISH VERSIONS OF ISLAMIST PROPAGANDA -- THE SUBSERVIENT, EMASCULATED ROLE ENVISIONED BY ISLAMISTS FOR WESTERNERS & OTHER NON-MUSLEMS IN AN ISLAMIC-DOMINATED WORLD ORDER -- "INFIDELS" TO BE MADE SUBJECT TO ONLY TWO CHOICES OF FATE:   HOLOCAUST-STYLE DEATH, OR SUBMISSION TO ISLAMIC HEGEMONY
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Volume XI, Issue # 206, December 27, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SHAMELESS ISLAMIST DOUBLESPEAK RAGING ON:
HEZBOLLAH'S "NEW" MANIFESTO IN CONTEXT

By Raymond Ibrahim



BY ACTING AGAINST OUR DEADLY ISLAMIST ENEMIES, WHO ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR PAST, WE ARE CHOOSING THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN, & OUR DESCENDANTS YET TO BE BORN. LET US STAND TOGETHER TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAMISM & JIHADI TERRORISM WITH STRENGTH & DETERMINATION, DEFEAT & DESTROY OUR ENEMIES, & THEREBY PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY'S GREATNESS, OUR FREEDOM, & OUR SECURITY.
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Volume XI, Issue # 205, December 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEFEATING JIHADI TERRORISM

By Dr. Babu Suseelan



YEAR ONE IN THE PRESIDENCY OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA:  A YEAR OF CONSTANT DISAPPOINTMENT & GROWING FEARS, REFLECTING A TREND THAT IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE -- THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S EMERGING PERCEPTION OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS UNDER OBAMA'S LEADERSHIP:  AMERICA RISKS LOSING ITS STATUS AS THE WORLD'S SOLE SUPERPOWER & UNDISPUTED TOP NATION, AS ITS RELATIVE ECONOMIC POWER WANES.
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Volume XI, Issue # 204, December 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR IN THE OVAL OFFICE

By Alan Caruba



GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISM & THE GROWING OUTRAGE:  THE SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN EVEN OUR MOST VENERABLE SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS, WHEN IT COMES TO CLAIMS REGARDING MAN-MADE CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE -- THE SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS' VERY STRONG TENDENCY TO CENSOR, INTIMIDATE, & SILENCE ANY VOICES THAT RISE TO QUESTION THE ASSERTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS
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Volume XI, Issue #203, November 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GALILEO SILENCED AGAIN: THE AGU IS
SENDING SCIENCE BACK 400 TEARS

By Dr. Willie Soon & Dr. David Legates



THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT:  WILL THE GOP "ELITES" ABANDON CONSERVATISM & HELP THE DEMOCRATS IMPLEMENT THE LEFTWING LIBERAL POLITICAL AGENDA?  CAN THE GOP LEADERSHIP DO THIS & STILL BE A FORCE RELEVANT TO U.S. ELECTIONS & AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY?  THE DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG THE BASE OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS & ITS EVENTUAL CONSEQUENCE, IF UNABATED
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Volume XI, Issue # 202, November 18, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PALIN, CONSERVATISM, & THE DISCONNECTED GOP

By Christopher G. Adamo



CLIMATE CHANGE & THE GORE-HANSEN ALARMIST THESIS:  THE HYPOTHESIS & ASSERTION THAT INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS ARE CAUSING THE EARTH TO WARM DANGEROUSLY -- THE FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTION BEHIND THE COMPUTER MODELS THAT CONSISTENTLY COMJURE UP HEADLINE-GRABBING CLIMATE CHANGE DISASTER SCENARIOS -- HOW THE GORE-HANSEN THESIS WORKED THROUGH THE AGES
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Volume XI, Issue # 201, November 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AN ALARMIST MODELER'S HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE:
Climate Changes & Their Causes Through the Ages,
As Explained by Al Gore & Modelers

By Paul K. Driessen



ENERGY, ETHANOL, & THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT:  WHY THE GREENS, OR ENVIRONMENTALISTS, HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS, AS REGARDS ETHANOL BEING A GOOD ECO-SUBSTITUTE FOR GASOLINE -- THE IMPACT ON WORLD FOOD PRICES OF USING CORN ETHANOL AS A MOTOR FUEL -- THE IMPACT OF A MASSIVE INCREASE IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION ON FORESTS & WILDLIFE -- THE GREENS' ENERGY TAX POLICY AGENDA & WHAT WILL EFFECTIVELY BLOCK PURSUIT OF THAT AGENDA
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Volume XI, Issue # 200, November 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GREENS AGAIN BAIT & SWITCH ON ENERGY

By Dennis T. Avery



THE MORAL RELATIVISM, OBFUSCATION, & ERRONEOUS ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES "EXPERTS" WHO ARE CALLED ON TO PROVIDE ENLIGHTENMENT REGARDING ISLAMISM & JIHADISM:  THE CULTURE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS & WILLFUL BLINDNESS THAT HAS INFECTED THE UNIVERSITIES, THE ARMED FORCES, THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, & MANY OTHER AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS -- SELF-CENSORSHIP & THE RUSH TO JUDGEMENT AGAINST THOSE WHO EXPRESS VALID CONCERNS ABOUT MILITANT ISLAM -- WHY MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN WAS ALLOWED TO ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE U.S. MILITARY, COMMIT TREASON, & MURDER HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS IN COLD BLOOD
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Volume XI, Issue # 199, November 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FORT HOOD & THE ACADEMIC APOLOGISTS

By Cinnamon Stillwell



THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS CONSERVATIVE BASE:  IS IT POSSIBLE FOR REPUBLICANS TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY IN THE 2010 MID-TERM ELECTIONS & THEREBY PUTTHE BRAKES ON LEFTWING LIBERALS, DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS, & THEIR SOCIALIST POLITICAL AGENDA?  WILL THE REPUBLICAL LEADERSHIP ABANDON ITS FRUITLESS EFFORT TO HAVE THEIR PARTY REFLECT A "MODERATELY" LIBERAL OUTLOOK & FIND COMMON GROUND WITH DEMOCRATS?  WILL REPUBLICANS VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, EFFECTIVELY CONFRONTING & SEEKING TO NEUTRALIZIZE THE LIBERAL LEFTIST THREAT TO UNRAVEL AMERICA?  WILL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RETURN TO ITS ROOTS, REESTABLISHING & ADHERING TO THE GOAL OF PROTECTING THE INTERESTS & VALUES OF HEARTLAND AMERICAN & ADVANCING THE CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA?
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Volume XI, Issue # 197, November 11, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LESSONS LEARNED FROM NEW YORK DISTRICT 23

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE MEANING OF "JIHAD" & THE WILLFUL IGNORANCE OF WESTERN LEADERS:  HOW THE WORD "JIHAD" CONTINUES TO BE EUPHAMIZED IN THE WEST -- WHEN THE TRUE MEANING OF "JIHAD" IS IN PLAIN SIGHT, WHY DO AMERICA'S LEADERS & MEDIA FAIL TO DISCERN IT?   WHY DO THEY CONSISTENTLY EMBRACE THE SPECIOUS DEFINITIONS PEDDLED BY ISLAMIST PROPAGANDISTS?  SOURCE OF THE ULTIMATE THREAT OF ISLAMISM:   WESTERN NAIVETY, RATHER THAN ISLAMIST MACHINATIONS
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Volume XI, Issue # 196, November 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMIST PERFIDY & WESTERN NAIVETY:
WHICH IS THE MORE LETHAL?

By Raymond Ibrahim



PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL:  BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S RECENT VISIT TO THE U.S.A. & OBAMA'S SNUB OF THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER -- WHY OBAMA IS RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN CLOSE RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL -- THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM -- THE IMPORTANCE OF RENEWING U.S.-ISRAELI STRATEGIC COOPERATION ON THE IRANIAN CRISIS
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Volume XI, Issue # 195, November 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DON'T TAKE NETANYAHU TO THE WOODSHED

By Steven J. Rosen



THE EPA & THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM:  LEFTWING POLITICAL OPERATORS CURRENTLY IN CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY & WORKING TO MAINTAIN THEIR ALLIANCE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, ARE DETERMINED TO ELIMINATE USE OF THE HERBICIDE ATRAZINE IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION -- THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCE:  HIGHER FOOD PRICES, MORE SOIL EROSION, LESS SUSTAINABLE FARMING, & MORE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
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Volume XI, Issue # 194, November 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EXTREME ACTIVISTS TAKE THE REINS AT EPA

By Alex Avery & Dennis T. Avery



WHY A MUSLIM IN THE WEST WOULD VIOLENTLY ATTACK NON-MUSLIMS:  TWO CONFLICTING THEORIES OF EXPLANATION -- VICTIMIZATION & OPPRESSION OF A MUSLIM MINORITY BY THE SOCIETY'S NON-MUSLIM MAJORITY VERSUS MUSLIM ADHERENCE TO & PRACTICE OF THE JIHADIST DOCTRINES OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN'S ATTACK AT FORT HOOD AS ONE OF MANY MUSLIM EFFORTS TO VANQUISH INFIDELS & IMPOSE ISLAMIC LAW -- ANOTHER OF NUMEROUS SUBVERSIVE & TREASONABLE ACTIONS INTENDED TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE LAWS, GOVERNMENTS., & CULTURES OF WESTERN SOCIETIES
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Volume XI, Issue # 193, November 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SUDDEN JIHAD OR "INORDINATE STRESS" AT FORT HOOD?

By Dr Daniel Pipes



U.S. ENERGY POLICY:  PUTTING AMERICA AT RISK BY CREATING ENERGY SHORTAGES -- PUBLIC POLICIES THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF DENYING AMERICANS ACCESS TO THEIR OWN VAST ENERGY RESERVES -- RESTRICTING & PROHIBITING EXTRACTION & EXPLOITATION OF COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, & NUCLEAR POWER -- BLOCKING AMERICAN USE OF THE ENERGY NEEDED TO REVERSE THE CURRENT RECESSION & UNEMPLOYMENT & ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE U.S.A. TO GROW ITS WAY BACK TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
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Volume XI, Issue # 192, November 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENERGY ABCS: PLAYING AMERICANS FOR FOOLS

By Alan Caruba



ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST AS A SOVEREIGN NATION-STATE:  WHO IN THE WEST CHALLENGES THE RIGHT OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN JEWISH STATE TO EXIST?  THE RISE OF ANTI=SEMITISM IN ACADEMIC CIRCLES & STUDENT MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN WORLD -- A ROBUST ACADEMIC REFUTATION OF LATTER-DAY, "INTELLECTUAL" ANTI-SEMITISM & ITS CALLS FOR THE ABOLITION OF ISRAEL
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Volume XI, Issue # 191, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISRAEL & THE FAMILY OF NATIONS
A BOOK REVIEW

By Seth J. Frantzman



THE MIDDLE EAST'S REGRESSIVE ISLAMIC FANATICISM:  THE PHENOMENON THAT REMAINS A CEASELESS THREAT TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION
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Volume XI, Issue # 190, November 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EVERY DAY IS GROUNDHOG DAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, & UNITED STATES ENERGY & TAX POLICY:  THE PROPOSED FEDERAL ENERGY & TAX LEGISLATION SUPPORTED BY IDEOPOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THE POLITICAL LEFT -- WILL THE LEGISLATION BE PASSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS & SIGNED INTO LAW BY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?  IF ENACTED, THE ADVERSE IMPACT THE LEGISLATION WILL HAVE ON AMERICA'S ECONOMY, ENERGY SUPPLIES, & POLITICAL STABILITY
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Volume XI, Issue # 189, November 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHAT'S THE REAL COST OF GLOBAL WARMING TAXES

By Dennis T. Avery



OBAMA APPOINTEE DALIA MOGAHED'S PARTICIPATION, ALONG WITH OTHER ISLAMISTS, ON AN EXTREMIST TELEVISION PROGRAM DISCUSSING PROMOTION OF SHARIA LAW AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ELIMINATION OF SECULAR & PLURALISTIC CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, & THE REVIVAL OF A THEOCRATIC, TOTALITARIAN CALIPHATE AS THE SOLUTION TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD'S PROBLEMS
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Volume XI, Issue # 188, October 30, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MOGAHED'S EXCUSES DON'T ADD UP

By Cinnamon Stillwell



THE POLITICAL LEFT & THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM:  BARACK OBAMA & AL GORE SEEK TO LEAD AN ENVEAVOR THAT HAS FEWER & FEWER SUPPORTERS & MORE & MORE OPPONENTS.  CITIZENS ARE LIVID OVER YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO THE USE THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX TO JUSTIFY FURTHER EXPANDING THE GOVERNMENT & SPENDING BILLINONS MORE TAX DOLLARS FOR CLIMATE-CHANGE ALARMIST RESEARCH, ACTIVISM, & PROPAGANDA.  PROSPECTS FOR ENERGY SHORTAGES, HIGHER TAXES, & ESCALATING ENERGY PRICES CAUSING GROWING OPPOSITION TO OBAMA, GORE, & THEIR ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AGENDA.
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Volume XI, Issue # 187, September 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LEADER OF NONE:
Obama's Global Warming Policies Have Few Followere

By Paul K. Driessen



ISLAMIC TERRORISTS ARE ENEMIES OF THE HUMAN RACE.  WE ARE JUSTIFIED IN UNITING TOGETHER WITH WHATEVER MEANS ARE NECESSARY TO PUNISH & EVEN EXTERMINATE SUCH BRUTAL LUNATICS.
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Volume XI, Issue # 186, September 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE MAKING OF ISLAMIC TERRORISTS

By Dr. Babu Suseelan



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, HEALTHCARE "REFORM," & THE EXPANDING SOCIAL WELFARE STATE:  THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT IN PRESENT-DAY AMERICA -- THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE & THE GOVERNING ELITE -- ELITIST PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLE OF ORDINARY CITIZENS IN MODERN AMERICAN SOCIETY -- THE CITIZENRY AS A "RESOURCE" TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RULING ELITE THAT CONTROLS THE STATE -- THE GOVERNMENT AS NO LONGER THE SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE
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Volume XI, Issue # 185, September 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMACARE: WHEN GROWING OLD BECOMES A "CRIME"

By Christopher G. Adamo



COMMUNIST PENETRATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY:  WHY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS COMPLETELY AT HOME WITH COMMUNISTS -- THE GOAL THAT OBAMA SHARES WITH AMERICA'S COMMUNIST ENEMIES -- HIS DREAM OF THE COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S.A. FROM CAPITALISM TO SOCIALISM
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Volume XI, Issue # 184, September 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S COMMUNISTS

By Alan Caruba



THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S DEAL INVOLVING RELEASE OF THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER FROM PRISION & HIS RETURN TO LIBYA:  A SHATTERING OF BRITAIN'S "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH THE U.S.A. -- BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN'S CLUMSY & TRANSPARENT ATTEMPT TO SUBSTITUTE AN OIL CONTRACT FOR JUSTICE BRINGS AN END TO THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
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Volume XI, Issue # 183, September 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RELEASE OF THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER &
DEATH OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE

By Dr. Michael Rubin



PRESIDENT OBAMA, HIS "CZARS," & THE U.S. CONSTITUTION:  THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL POWER TO APPOINT U.S. GOVERNMENT OFFICERS POSSESSING SIGNIFICANT AUTHORITY -- THE PARAMETERS WITHIN WHICH THE PRESIDENT MUST OPERATE WHEN EXERCISING THE APPOINTMENT POWER -- PROBLEMS WITH OBAMA'S EXERCISE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT POWER -- THE THREAT TO LIMITED GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTIONALISM, & THE RULE OF LAW
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Volume XI, Issue # 182, August 29, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL "CZARS"

By Alan Caruba



THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN THAT IS BEING ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITHIN AMERICAN & BRITISH BORDERS:   THE NEED TO PREVENT ISLAMIST ENEMIES OF THE WEST FROM ENTERNIG BRITAIN & THE U.S.A. -- THE NEED TO PREVENT U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S OUTREACH TO MUSLIM EXTREMISTS FROM UNDERMINING THE SECURITY OF AMERICA & ITS ALLIES -- DUTCH ACTION AGAINST AN ISLAMIST HOLDING & MISUSING ACADEMIC POSTS IN THE NETHERLANDS
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Volume XI, Issue # 181, August 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TARIQ RAMADAN REPUDIATED

By Stephen Schwartz



THE REAL EFFECT THAT THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY IS HAVING ON AMERICA'S STANDING AMONG THE SOVEREIGN NATION-STATES OF THE WORLD:  AMERICA'S LOSS OF RESPECT FROM FOREIGN STATES -- AMERICA'S LOSS OF SIGNIFICANT SWAY WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD -- AMERICA'S RETREAT INTO A WEAKER & MORE VULNERABLE POSITION -- BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA UNDERMINING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL STANDING -- PRESIDENT OBAMA FOLLOWING IN THE PATH OF PREVIOUS WEAK & INCOMPETENT PRESIDENTS, SUCH AS JAMES EARL CARTER & WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- OBAMA'S EFFORTS TO WEAKEN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES & INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES -- EMBOLDENING FOREIGN REGIMES & INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTS HOSTILE TO THE U.S.A. -- CREATING WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY ENTICING AMERICA' ENEMIES TO STRIKE
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Volume XI, Issue # 180, August 27, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL STANDING FOUNDERS UNDER OBAMA

By Christopher G. Adamo



ZAKAT, CHARITY, & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO VIOLENT JIHADISTS:  THE ROLE OF ZAKAT IN FUNDING THE GLOBAL JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- WESTERNIZING TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC CONCEPTS SUCH AS ZAKAT & JIHAD -- HOW SOME WESTERNERS, INCLUDING AMERICAN TEACHERS & POLITICIANS, WAGE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST THEIR OWN SOCIETIES -- AIDING & ABETTING AMERICA'S ENEMY IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR
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Volume XI, Issue # 179, August 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHEN WILL WESTENERS STOP WESTERNIZING ISLAMIC CONCEPTS

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVERNMENT, THE POLITICAL LEFT, & THE IMPENDING ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF VERY BAD PUBLIC POLICIES:  ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS, & THEIR POLITICAL ALLIES IN CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY POISED TO LOCKUP AMERICA'S ENERGY SOURCES & WRECK THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- PROMOTING THE IDEOLOGY & POLICY AGENDA OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- FURTHERING THE SPECIAL INTERESTS OF T. BOONE PICKENS, TED TURNER, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION, & OTHERS SEEKING TO ENRICH THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GENERAL TAXPAYING AMERICAN PUBLIC -- ENDEAVORING TO ENHANCE & PERPETUATE THE POLITICAL POWER OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RADICAL FAR LEFT, & THE OVERALL LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
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Volume XI, Issue # 178, August 24, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TAXPAYER CASH FOR CLUNKER IDEAS -- FIRST CARS, NEXT POWER
PLANTS: WASTING NATIONAL RESOURCES TO PROMOTE
ECOLOGICAL IDEOLOGIES

By Paul K. Driessen



PAX AMERICANA:  MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE & DEFENDING IT BY WAGING WAR AGAINST & DESTROYING EMERGING THREATS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & WORLD ORDER -- THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
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Volume XI, Issue # 177, August 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S EMPIRE OF TRUST

By Alan Caruba



THE DRIVE FOR NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE IN THE U.S.A.:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S AGRESSIVE STRATEGY FOR OBTAINING CONGRESSIONAL PASSAGE OF SOME FORM OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE DURING HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL TERM -- THE WEAK & INEPT RESPONSE OF CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, LEFTWING LIBERAL HEALTHCARE JUGGERNAUT IN CONGRESS -- THE NEED FOR CONSERVATIVE LEADERS TO COORDINATE THE GROWING GRASSROOTS OPPOSITION TO THE ARROGANT ATTEMPT OF THE POLITICAL LEFT TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL SOCIALISM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE MODEL OF CONSERVATIVE, ANTI-SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP EXHIBITED BY RONALD WILSON REAGAN & SARAH LOUISE PALIN -- NEED FOR USE OF THIS LEADERSHIP MODEL IN BLOCKING ENACTMENT OF OBAMACARE & OTHER POLICY PROPOSALS COMPRISING THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL AGENDA
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Volume XI, Issue # 176, August 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE REAGAN-PALIN MODEL OF LEADERSHIP

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY:  THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S INEPT POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST & THE GLOBAL ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- A POLICY BASED ON FAULTY ANALYSIS & ILLOGICAL ARGUMENTATION -- A POLICY THAT CALLS FOR APPEASING & LEGITIMIZING ISLAMIST TERRORISTS & REJECTS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN VIOLENT EXTREMISM & ISLAM -- THE EXTREME DANGER THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY WILL SPELL FOR AMERICANS, AMERICAN INTERESTS, & AMERICAN ALLIES -- THE UTTER DISASTER THAT AWAITS US
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Volume XI, Issue # 175, August 18, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

COUNTERTERRORISM IN OBAMA'S WASHINGTON

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



WESTERNIZING CONCEPTS UNIQUE TO ISLAM & THEREBY CRIPPLING AMERICANS FROM OBJECTIVELY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF ISLAM'S MORE TROUBLESOME & DANGEROUS DOCTRINES:  THE ISLAMIC CONCEPTS OF ZAKAT & JIHAD AS PRIME EXAMPLES -- THE CRUCIAL FACTS THAT ARE OMITTED BY AMERICAN TEACHERS & POLITICIANS WHEN DEFINING & EXPLAINING THESE CONCEPTS -- AMERICANS LEFT TO FALL BACK ON FAULTY & MISLEADING PERCEPTIONS OF THE MINDSET OF AMERICA'S ISLAMIST ENEMY -- U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S LAMENT THAT U.S. RULES ON CHARITABLE GIVING HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS TO FULFILL ZAKAT, IN AID OF THE ISLAMIST JIHAD THAT IS BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & ITS DOUBTFUL COMPETENCE & LOYALTY IN DEFENDING AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION AGAINST THE ISLAMIST ENEMY
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Volume XI, Issue # 174, August 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DARK SIDE OF ZAKAT: MUSLIM "CHARITY" IN CONTEXT

By Raymond Ibrahim



UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  AN ATTEMPT OF A RADICAL ANTI-ZIONIST TO INFLUENCE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN WAYS THAT COULD FURTHER HARM U.S. INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF NORTON MEZVINSKY & THE PROPAGANDA HE WILL DISSEMINATE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
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Volume XI, Issue # 173, August 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NORTON MEZVINSKY'S LAMENTABLE LEGACY, & HIS FUTURE

By Asaf Romirowsky



THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF NEAREAST ASIA & ARAB-RULED NORTH AFRICA:  ISLAM & ITS RESISTANCE TO CHANGE -- WHY THERE CAN BE NO REAL PEACE IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST -- WHY THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT WILL CONTINUE -- WHY EFFORTS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO "RE-SET" U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST WILL NOT SUCCEED -- A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ARAB FAILURE OR UNDERPERFORMANCE IN INVESTMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE, EDUCATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, & CULTURE -- AUTHORITARIAN & TYRANNICAL POLITICAL REGIMES IN MOST MUSLIM COUNTRIES -- ISLAM'S DREAMS OF A GLOBAL ISLAMIC CALIPHATE, A SINGLE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC RELIGION, & THE BRUTAL JUSTICE OF SHARIA LAW
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Volume XI, Issue # 172, August 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE MIDDLE EAST MAZE

By Alan Caruba



NORTH AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION & THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN:  ISLAMIST PENETRATION OF THE FACULTIES OF CANADIAN & AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAMS -- THE CASE OF UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA PROFESSOR HASSAN DIAB & HIS FRIENDS, SYMPATHIZERS, & SUPPORTERS ON THE ACADEMIC LEFT IN CANADA & THE U.S.A. -- THE DISTURBING PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR OF THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ESTABLISHMENT -- UNINFORMED, KNEE JERK DEFENSE OF PROFESSORS ACCUSED OF TERRORIST TIES & BACKGROUNDS
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Volume XI, Issue # 171, August 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TERRORIST IN THE IVORY TOWER?

By Cinnamon Stillwell



THE POLITICALLY BIASED MAINSTREAM MEDIA'S SUPPRESSION OF THE TRUTH:  GLARING DUPLICITY & DISTORTION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE CURRENT CHAOTIC "HEALTHCARE" DEBATE -- NIGHTLY "NEWS" STORIES NO REFLECTION OF REALITY -- EVENTS SELECTIVELY CITED & DEPICTED SO AS TO PROMOTE THE RADICAL IDEOLOGY & PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL CABAL & ITS NETWORK OF PROPAGANDISTS IN THE "NEWS" MEDIA -- ENDEAVORING TO COVER UP THE ENORMOUS GROWNDSWELL OF OPPOSITION TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ERUPTING THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. -- BUDDING SIGNS OF DANGEROUS ABUSES OF POWER BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, IN RESPONSE TO THE GENUINE GRASSROOTS OPPOSITION TO OBAMA'S COLLECTIVIST POLITICAL AGENDA
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Volume XI, Issue # 170, August 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA CONSIDERS REAL AMERICA "THE ENEMY"

By Christopher G. Adamo



PERPETRATORS OF THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX:  ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS, & THEIR POLITICAL ALLIES IN THE UNITED NATIONS & ITS AGENCIES, THE U.S. CONGRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE U.S. GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACY, & BOTH MAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES -- ADVOCATES OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT IMPERIL AMERICA'S ECONOMY & FUTURE -- SCIENTISTS & ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES CORRUPTED BY RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- PROPAGANDISTS IN POLITICALLY BIASED SEGMENTS OF THE MEDIA & OF THE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
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Volume XI, Issue # 169, August 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

I ACCUSE!

By Alan Caruba



WHY SHARIAH SHOULD NOT BECOME AN ACCEPTED PART OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN MODERN WESTERN SOCIETIES:  THE INNATE IMPERIALISM OF ISLAMIC LAW -- ISLAMISTS' ASPIRATION TO APPLY ISLAMIC LAW TO ALL PERSONS, MUSLIMS & NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE -- ADHERENTS OF MILITANT ISLAM SEEKING TO IMPOSE THEIR RELIGIOUS & CULTURAL BELIEFS ON NON-MUSLIMS -- ISLAMIST LAWFARE AGAINST THE WEST -- ISLAMIST INFILTRATION & SUBVERSION OF WESTERN SOCIETIES
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Volume XI, Issue # 168, August 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY SHARIAH MUST BE OPPOSED

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



AMERICAN SECURITY & THE INTERNAL ISLAMIST THREAT:  THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN IN THE U.S.A. -- TERRORIST PLOTS & OTHER SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES -- EFFORTS OF ISLAMIST GROUPS OPERATING WITHIN AMERICA'S BORDERS TO UNDERMINE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT & INTERNAL SECURITY FUNCTIONS BY NATIONAL, STATE, & LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
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Volume XI, Issue # 167, August 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMIST GROUPS PUSH CONSPIRACY THEORIES
IN HOMEGROWN TERROR CASES

By Brendan Goldman & Shireen Qudosi



THE U.S.A. IN DEEP TROUBLE:  HOW A COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES & BAD JUDGMENTS ARE CREATING HAVOC FOR & MAY BRING ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE AMERICAN NATION -- THE TIPPING POINT: THE ELECTION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. -- OTHER SIGNS OF SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR THE COUNTRY:   THE U.S. CONGRESS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & THE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT -- THE CURRENT FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC CRISIS, ORIGINALLY CAUSED BY & MORE RECENTLY EXACERBATED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION -- PUBLIC POLICIES THAT CATER TO THE DEMANDS OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS & PREVENT OR MAKE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AMERICA'S USE OF ITS OWN SOURCES OF ENERGY -- IMMIGRATION & OTHER POLICIES THAT ARE UNDERMINING THE SOVEREIGNTY & NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE U.S.A.-- SINKING INTO AN ERA OF SOCIAL DECADENCE, STEADILY DECLINING FAMILY & MORAL VALUES, & WIDESPREAD CONSUMPTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
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Volume XI, Issue # 166, August 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE PERFECT STORM

By Alan Caruba



THE REPUBLICAN PARTY "INNER CIRCLE" & ITS OPPOSITION TO A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR SARAH PALIN IN THE GOP:  PALIN'S SINCERE PATRIOTISM, BASIC INTEGRITY, & COMMON SENSE AS THE FACTORS OFFENDING THE PARTY "ELITE" -- THE DERISIVE COMMENTARY ABOUT PALIN REFLECTIVE OF THE TRULY SERIOUS CHARACTER DEFECTS OF PALIN'S CRITICS -- SMALL-MINDEDNESS, GLARING HYPOCRACY, DISHONESTY, ARROGANCE, & ELITIST THINKING CHARACTERISTIC OF THOSE CRITICS -- THE MINDSET OF THE AVERAGE BELTWAY INSIDER, WHETHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT:  A MINDSET THAT IS SELF-INTERESTED & DISDAINFUL OF THE HOPES, DREAMS, & CONCERNS OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HEARTLAND AMERICA -- PALIN, CONSERVATISM, & WHAT REAL REPUBLICANS MUST DO IN ORDER TO WIN THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2010
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Volume XI, Issue # 165, July 29, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY SARAH PALIN THREATENS THE "ESTABLISHMENT"

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:  ALREADY A FAILED PRESIDENCY -- BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS A LAME DUCK VERY EARLY IN HIS FIRST (& LIKELY ONLY) TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. -- REPUBLICANS & BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS CONTRIVING & PREPARING FOR THE DOWNFALL OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
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Volume XI, Issue # 164, July 26, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FIRST BRAT: IT'S ALL ABOUT OBAMA

By Alan Caruba



THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WHY THERE WILL BE NO LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE PEACE -- CLASHING CULTURES, DIFFERING HISTORICAL TRADITIONS, & GEOPOLITICS IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT -- AN ADDITIONAL EXACERBATING FACTOR:  THE ISLAMIC "REPUBLIC" OF IRAN, ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & ITS CONSTANT THREATS TO "WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP"
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Volume XI, Issue # 163, July 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE JERUSALEN QUANDARY

By Alan Caruba



TROPICAL RAIN PATTERNS, ENVIRONMENTALISM, & THE POLICY AGENDA OF THE GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS:  HOW VALID ARE ALARMIST CLAIMS THAT RECENT GLOBAL WARMING HAS BEEN MAN-MADE & THAT THE OBAMA CARBON TAXES ARE NEEDED TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM EXCESS GREENHOUSE GASES?  ARE RECENT HIGH WORLD TEMPERATURES BEING DRIVEN TO DANGEROUS HIGH LEVELS BY FOSSIL FUELS, OR ARE THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES PART OF THE NATURAL, MODERATE SOLAR-LINKED CYCLE?  THE NEED FOR MUCH MORE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IMPOSES UPON US TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REGULATORY TAXES TO ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS, ONLY TO FIND OUT, TOO LATE, THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CARBON TAXES NOT ONLY CONSTITUTED A USELESS EFFORT, BUT HAS PERMANENTLY CRIPPLED THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- TROPICAL RAIN PATTERNS AS A KEY PIECE OF THE EVIDENCE
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Volume XI, Issue # 162, July 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TROPICAL RAINS DAMPEN ALARMIST AGENDA

By Dennis T. Avery



RENEWABLE ENERGY -- PROPAGANDA VERSUS REALITY:  ENVIRONMENTALIST & LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL PROPAGANDA EXTOLLING THE SUPPOSED VIRTUES OF WIND ENERGY, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL, OIL, & NATURAL GAS IN GENERATING THE ELECTRICITY THAT POWERS MUCH OF OF AMERICA -- THE REALITIES BEING IGNORED BY THE WIND ENERGY PROPAGANDISTS:  (1) ACTUAL EXPERIENCE WITH WIND-BASED POWER SYSTEMS HAS BEEN EXPENSIVE, JOB-KILLING, & DISAPPOINTING.  (2) MOVING TO WIND POWER WOULD RESULT IN OUR LANDSCAPES BEING BLANKETED WITH FORESTS OF CONCRETE & STEEL.
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Volume XI, Issue # 161, July 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FORESTS OF CONCRETE & STEEL:
Many Words Could Describe Wind Energy & Green Jobs.
"Sustainable" Is Not One of Them.

By Paul K. Driessen



PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RADICAL VISION FOR AMERICA:  AN UGLY PICTURE OF A UTOPIA CONSTRUCTED ON EMPTY PROMISES -- FANTASTIC PROMISES OF LAVISH GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS REVEALED TO BE A WELL-CRAFTED VENEER OVERLAYING BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARES FROM WHICH NO LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN CAN HOPE TO ESCAPE -- NO REAL "BENEFIT" TO BE REAPED FROM THIS ENCROACHING MONSTER OF SOCIALISM -- NATIONALIZED "HEALTHCARE" & RATIONING OF MEDICAL SERVICES -- REDISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC RESOURCES -- ENORMOUS GROWTH OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER & INFLUENCE -- METASTASIZING GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACIES -- SUPPRESSION OF INCONVENIENT & CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION -- PHONY "SCIENCE" ESTABLISHED & PROMOTED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL ALLIES IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- TOTAL CORRUPTION OF AMERICA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Volume XI, Issue # 160, July 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA UTOPIA BUILT ON EMPTY PROMISES

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE DANGER OF U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  THE THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE RISKS OF DIPLOMACY IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF IRAN
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Volume XI, Issue # 159, July 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAN -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS & IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY:
Testimony Before the U.S. House Foreign Affaira Committee

By Dr. Michael Rubin



PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY VIS-A-VIS THE ISLAMIC WORLD:  IS PRESIDENT OBAMA USING TO ADVANTAGE HIS MUSLIM ROOTS & FAMILIARITY WITH THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW TO EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE U.S. STRATEGIC NATIONAL INTERESTS ABROAD & COUNTER THE GLOBAL JIHAD BEING WAGED BY THE ISLAMISTS AGAINST THE U.S.A. & WESTERN CIVILIZATION?  IS OBAMA SINCERE IN HIS APPROACH TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD?
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Volume XI, Issue # 158, July 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S PUZZLING APPROACH TO THE MUSLIM WORLD

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL:  OBAMA'S PLAN FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING IN JERUSALEM -- HIS DEMAND THAT PARTS OF JERUSALEM BE PURGED OF JEWS & RESERVED FOR THE ARABS -- JUST HOW FAR DO OBAMA & HIS FAR-LEFTIST HENCHMEN PLAN TO GO WITH THEIR PRO-ARAB & ANTI-SEMITIC HARDLINE POLICY OF CONFRONTATION WITH ISRAEL, AS REGARDS ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN EAST JERUSALEM?  SINCE IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT ANY MAJOR ISRAELI POLITICAL PARTY WOULD AGREE TO MAKING A PART OF JERUSALEM A JUDENREIN, HOW SOON WILL OBAMA SUCCEED IN BREAKING UP THE AMERICAN-ISRAELI ALLIANCE?
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Volume XI, Issue # 157, July 21, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TOUGH LOVE IS NO LOVE AT ALL:
Why Obama's Approach to Israel Is Collapsing, Rapidly

By Dr. Stephen J. Rosen



SOVEREIGN STATES, WARS, INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, EMPIRES, & ISSUES OF ENDURING IMPORTANCE:  WHAT MAKES GREAT EMPIRES ENDURE OR COLLAPSE?  HOW DO GOVERNMENTS DEFEND THEIR ACTIONS?  WHAT CAUSES THE BREAKUP OF A LEVIATHAN SUPERSTATE?  WHEN IS IT RIGHT TO GO TO WAR, OR PURCHASE PEACE, OR PAY OFF AN ENEMY?
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Volume XI, Issue # 156, July 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW EMPIRES DIE

By Alan Caruba



HOW REAL AMERICANS CAN BEGIN TO RECLAIM THEIR COMMON NATIONAL CULTURE & HERITAGE FROM THE DISEASED MOUTHPIECES OF THE ANTI-AMERICAN POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT:  GIVE PROPER CREDIT TO AMERICA'S REAL HEROES, STARTING WITH THE MEN OF APOLLO 11 WHO FIRST JOURNEYED TO THE MOON, ALONG WITH ALL THOSE OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO, BY THEIR TALENTS, DILIGENCE & COMMITMENT TO THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA, DARED TO SEND THE THREE ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON
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Volume XI, Issue # 155, July 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

APOLLO 11 & AMERICA, FORTY YEARS LATER

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT: OBAMA'S HARD-LINE POSITION ON ISRAEL'S WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS -- WILL OBAMA'S RADICALISM & HAM-HANDED DIPLOMACY SABOTAGE THE LONG-STANDING ALLIANCE BETWEEN ISRAEL & THE U.S.A.? THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY AS A SUBVERSIVE THREAT TO AMERICA'S VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume XI, Issue # 154, July 3, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CUT BIBI NETANYAHU SOME SLACK:
Why Obama's Hard Line on Israeli Settlements Is Counterproductive

By Dr. Steven J. Rosen



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:  THREAT TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC & ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES -- PRESIDENT OBAMA AS A RADICAL & RUTHLESS LEFTWING DEMAGOGUE WHO HOLDS IN CONTEMPT AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE CONCEPTS OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FEDERALISM, CHECKS & BALANCES, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION -- THE DELIBERATE, MALIGNANT, & SUBVERSIVE ACTIONS OF THE LEFTWING JUGGERNAUT THAT HAS BEEN UNLEASHED AGAINST THE AMERICAN NATION -- THE GRAVE DAMAGE THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, NOT ONLY TO THE AMERICAN NATIONAL FABRIC, BUT ALSO TO THE DELICATE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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Volume XI, Issue # 153, July 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DID AMERICA REALLY WANT THIS?

By Christopher G. Adamo



IRANIAN PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS & THE NEW TECHNOLOGY:  WILL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ENABLE THE IRANIAN PROTESTERS TO OVERCOME GOVERNMENT FORCES? THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STATE FORMATION & PRESERVATION -- ITS IMPORTANCE TO STATE DEGRADATION -- THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ROLE TECHNOLOGY PLAYED IN STATE PRESERVATION IN IRAN -- IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, THE RISE OF MASS POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, & THE VULNERABILITY OF UNPOPULAR POLITICAL REGIMES
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Volume XI, Issue # 152, June 26, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAN, TECHNOLOGY, & REVOLUTION

By Dr. Michael Rubin



NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE (AKA, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE):  THE PINNACLE OF BARACK OBAMA'S SOCIALIST AGENDA FOR AMERICA -- THE LONGTERM PERILS THAT AWAIT AMERICANS, IF OBAMA SUCCEEDS IN RAMRODDING HIS HEALTHCARE PLAN THROUGH THE CONGRESS & ONTO AMERICA -- DISTURBING SIGNS OF A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN BEING WAGED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE LIBERAL LEFTIST CABAL, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, & THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO IMPOSE OBAMACARE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- OMINOUS PATTERNS OF GOVERNMENTAL SUPPRESSION OF OPPOSITION TO SOCIALIZED MEDICINE ALREADY BEGINNING TO UNFOLD IN THE U.S.A. -- THE SPECTER OF OF A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM & THE SINISTER MANNER IN WHICH IT IS BEING ADVANCED:  A DANGEROUS DEPARTURE FROM THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
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Volume XI, Issue # 151, June 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMACARE: DO OR DIE FOR AMERICA

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & U.S. IRANIAN POLICY -- OBAMA'S ERROR IN EXERCISING RHETORICAL RESTRAINT ADMIST IRANIAN PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE TYRANNICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS -- THE NEED FOR OBAMA TO DENOUNCE THE IRANIAN REGIME'S ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL DISSENT & SPEAK UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, LIBERTY, & FREE ELECTIONS -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO BECOME ACTIVE & SPEAK UP, IF THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO SHIRK ITS LEADERSHIP DUTIES IN THE AREA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY
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Volume XI, Issue # 150, June 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SILENCE IS NOT NEUTRALITY:
Obama Needs to Support Freedom in Iran

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION "REPORT" ON CLIMATE CHANGE:  DECEITFUL, SCARE-MONGERING, BOGUS SCIENCE -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:  LOOMING PASSAGE BY CONGRESS OF JOB-KILLING FEDERAL REGULATORY & TAX LEGISLATION -- A MASSIVE POLITICAL PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN ADVOCATING BAD ENERGY & ECONOMIC POLICY, THE ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF WHICH WILL RUIN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
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Volume XI, Issue # 149, June 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE CHANGE CON-JOB

By Paul K. Driessen



TAKING A LOOK AT THE LINE BETWEEN TWO LIBERAL LEFTIST PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S.A., JAMES EARL CARTER & BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA:  THEIR MISHANDLING OF THE IRANIAN PROBLEM -- THEIR BAD ENERGY POLICIES -- HIGH TIME FOR AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES TO START PREPARING TO NEUTER THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY IN THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2010 & TAKE AMERICA BACK FROM THE LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WHO ARE RUINING THE COUNTRY IN PURSUIT OF THEIR RADICAL POLITICAL AGENDA
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Volume XI, Issue # 148, June 21, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FROM JIMMY CARTER TO BARACK OBAMA: A HORROR STORY

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & ITS DRIVE TO BRING ABOUT RADICAL CHANGE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, REPLACING FREE MARKET CAPITALISM WITH STATISM & SOCIALISM & REPLACING THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES WITH MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP:  THE U.S. WHITE HOUSE & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IN LEAGUE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, SEEKING ENACTMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL REGULATORY & TAX LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RESTRICT ENERGY USE & SEVERELY DAMAGE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- SWALLOWING THE PROPAGANDA OF GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS -- SEEKING THE ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. ENERGY POLICY BASED ON THE LIES DISSEMINATED BY POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS
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Volume XI, Issue # 147, June 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AM I BORING YOU?

By Alan Caruba



OBSTACLES TO REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN:  THE REGIME'S THEOLOGY & IDEOLOGY -- THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD -- LIMITING THE REVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF STUDENT PROTESTS & UPRISINGS -- SECURITY CONSULTANTS SUPPLIED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT -- ASSISTANCE OF EUROPEAN BUSINESSMEN TO THE IRANIAN REGIME IN UPGRAGING ITS SURVEILLANCE OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING THE INTERNET
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Volume XI, Issue # 146, June 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PROTESTS AREN'T ENOUGH TO TOPPLE THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  THE NEED FOR A COHESIVE & COORDINATED U.S. STRATEGY RELATING TO IRAN -- ENHANCE U.S. CREDIBILITY BY CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEM RHETORIC & REALITY -- CONSISTENTLY ACT AS WELL AS TALK TOUGH -- INTEGRATE DIPLOMACY INTO A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY THAT HAS INFORMATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, & MILITARY COMPONENTS AS WELL -- DRAW RED LINES BOLDLY & IN INDELIBLE INK -- ACT DECISIVELY WITH MORAL CLARITY, SUPPORTING BROAD CONCEPTS SUCH AS LIBERTY & FREEDOM -- SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE U.S. FUNDS BUDGETED FOR PERSIAN-LANGUAGE RADIO FARDA -- PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT TRADE UNIONS IN IRAN -- PROMOTE TRENDS & CONDITIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO MAKE THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE IRANIAN CITIZENRY, RATHER THAN TO THE GOD OF ISLAM
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Volume XI, Issue # 145, June 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DON'T MEDDLE, BUT HELP CREATE
A TEMPLATE FOR IRANIANS TO ACT

By Dr. Michael Rubin



AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE MEDIA:  LET'S NOT DISTORT THE WORDS OF THE POPE -- REALIZE THAT HAVING "DEEP RESPECT FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY" IS NOT THE SAME THING AS HAVING "DEEP RESPECT FOR ISLAM" -- RECOGNIZE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESPECTING A RELIGIOUS GROUP & RESPECTING THEIR RELIGION -- WHY SHOULD CHRISTIANS & JEWS RESPECT ISLAM, A HIGHLY POLITICIZED RELIGION DAILY ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENCE, BEHEADINGS, MISOGANY, CHILD MARRIAGE, & HOSTILITY FOR NON-MUSLIMS & THEIR WAYS?  WHY SHOULD ISLAM, A SET OF POLITICAL AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES & PRACTICES, BE SHIELDED FROM OPEN ANALYSIS?
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Volume XI, Issue # 144, June 18, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RESPECTING THE FAITHFUL VERSUS RESPECTING THE FAITH

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, & THE POLITICS OF WAR & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY:   LIBERAL DEMOCRATS PLAYING A DANGEROUS POLITICAL GAME WITH AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY AS AN UNQUALIFIED DISASTER -- VIEWING ANY & EVERY SITUATION PRIMARILY, PERHAPS EXCLUSIVELY, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ITS POLITICAL GAIN OR LOSS BY LEFTWING LIBERALISM & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- PERCEIVING FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY AS A GREATER DANGER THAN AL-QA'IDA OR A NUCLEAR IRAN -- PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NAIVE & IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN DECISIONS RELATING TO THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR --THE OBAMA FACADE IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF COLLAPSE
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Volume XI, Issue # 143, June 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PANETTA COMMENT TELEGRAPHS AMERICA'S PRESENT WEAKNESS

By Christopher G. Adamo



POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST & THE GROWING THREAT OF ISLAMISM:  MIDDLE EASTERN MILITARIES HAVE SERVED AS THE MAIN BULWARK AGAINST THE SPREAD OR EMPOWERMENT OF THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT.  HOWEVER, WESTERN POLICYMAKERS MUST PREPARE FOR THE DAY THAT THE REGIONAL MILITARIES WILL SWITCH SIDES, CASTING THEIR LOT WITH ISLAMISTS, RATHER THAN WITH MORE SECULAR AUTOCRATS.
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Volume XI, Issue # 142, June 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS THE MILITARY BULWARK AGAINST ISLAMISM COLLAPSING?
THE MILITARY IN POLITICS

By Dr. David Bukay



U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  BARACK OBAMA'S APPEASEMENT OF THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- OBAMA'S FOCUS UPON DIPLOMACY AS THE MEANS OF DEALING WITH IRAN -- OBAMA'S REVERSAL OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA -- OBAMA'S ARRGANCE & NAIVETE -- OBAMA & THE TRIUMPH OF ADVOCACY OVER ANALYSIS -- OBAMA & THE TRIUMPH OF RADICAL IDEOLOGY OVER REALITY -- OBAMA AS A SERIOUS THREAT TO AMERICA'S VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume XI, Issue # 141, June 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE OBAMA EFFECT?  IRAN'S ELECTION RESULT PROVES
THE U.S. FORMULA IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS NOT WORKING

By Dr. Michael Rubin



DOES AUSTRALIA REALLY NEED A CARBON EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME?  HOW CAN AUSTRALIA'S CURRENT LABOR PARTY (CENTER-LEFT) GOVERNMENT BE SO SURE THAT HUMAN ACTIVITY HAS CAUSED RECENT GLOBAL WARMING, CONSIDERING THAT WORLD TEMPERATURES ARE NOW COOLING, THOUGH CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS ARE STILL RISING?  IS GLOBAL WARMING A NEW PHENOMENON, OR SOMETHING THAT IS JUST PART OF A 1500-YEAR CLIMATE CYCLE?  WHY CAN'T THE HIGH CORRELATION BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION & GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE BE A PLAUSIBLE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION FOR GLOBAL WARMING?  WHAT IMPACT IS THE PROPOSED CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION SCHEME LIKELY TO HAVE ON THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 140, June 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AUSTRALIA LEADS MEDIA DEBATE ON GLOBAL WARMING

By Dennis T. Avery



GOP "MODERATES" & THE TOTAL ABANDONMENT OF PRINCIPLE:  REPUBLICAN PARTY INSIDERS REVEALING A TOTAL MORAL & PHILOSOPHICAL BANKRUPTCY, & AN APPALLING LEVEL OF COWDICE -- ABSENCE OF ANY LEADING REPUBLICAN DISPLAYING SUFFICIENT VISION & COURAGE TO RISE UP AS THE NATIONAL LEADER WHO WILL STRIDENTLY CONFRONT & EFFECTIVELY OPPOSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL MACHINE THAT IS CURRENTLY DISMANTLING THE AMERICAN NATION & ITS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC, FREE MARKET CAPITALIST SYSTEM -- NEWT GINGRICH'S DESERTION OF HIS PREVIOUSLY HELD CONSERVATIVE POSITIONS & HIS JOINING THE RANKS OF THE SOCALLED "MODERATES" -- DICK CHENEY VERSUS COLIN POWELL ON THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF RONALD WILSON REAGAN VERSUS THAT OF THE GOP MODERATES
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Volume XI, Issue # 139, June 11, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW NEWT GINGRICH SABOTAGED THE "GINGRICH REVOLUTION"

By Christopher G. Adamo



JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, & WAR:  IS ISLAM INHERENTLY INTOLERANT, VIOLENT, & WAR-LIKE?  WHAT ABOUT JUDAISM?  WHAT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY?  THEOLOGY AS A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEGREE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE CHARACTERISTIC OF A RELIGION -- HISTORY AS A FACTOR -- REFERENCES TO VIOLENCE IN THE BIBLE & IN THE QUR'AN -- DISTINGUISHING THE ISLAMIC JIHAD FROM WARS WAGED BY JEWS & CHRISTIANS -- A REASSESSMENT OF THE CRUSADES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 138, June 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ARE JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY AS VIOLENT AS ISLAM?

By Raymond Ibrahim



BIOFUELS, DAIRY EXPORT SUBSIDIES, & THE GLOBAL WARMING TRADE WAR:  THE IMPACT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT ETHANOL MANDATES ON AMERICAN FEED GRAIN PRICES -- HOW & WHY U.S. & EU DAIRY EXPORT SUBSIDIES WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY -- THE U.S.A. & THE EUROPEAN UNION FALLING INTO THE OLD TRAP OF PUNISHING THE TRADE OF INNOCENT COUNTRIES -- THE RATIONALE FOR CARBON TAXES ON IMPORTS -- THE LIKELY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH TAXES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 137, June 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA HAS LAUNCHED THE GREEN TRADE WAR

By Dennis T. Avery



THE THEORY OF CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE & HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING RECONSIDERED & REFUTED:  THE 2009 REPORT OF THE NONGOVERNMENTAL INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE OFFERS A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN THE ENDLESS SCARE CAMPAIGNS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT & ITS LIBERAL LEFTIST ALLIES IN CONGRESS & THE WHITE HOUSE -- REVEALING THE LACK OF MERIT OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOLS & THE 2009 CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY & CLIMATE BILL -- EXPOSING THE UNRELIABILITY OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF TEMPERATURES IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.A. -- INACCURATE WEATHER INFORMATION & FALSIFIED "SCIENTIFIC" DATA AS THE STOCK-IN-TRADE OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS, & THEIR LEFTWING LIBERAL ALLIES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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Volume XI, Issue # 136, June 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WEATHER MALARKEY

By Alan Caruba



THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS, & JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AS A PHILOSOPHY TO GUIDE JUDGES IN INTERPRETING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF A RADICAL JUDICIAL ACTIVIST & UNABASHED RACIST FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT -- PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TOTAL LACK OF COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW, JUDICIAL RESTRAINT, & AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES -- OBAMA'S DETERMINATION TO EXPLOIT ETHNIC, RACIAL, & GENDER IDENTITY POLITICS & UTILIZE A RADICAL ACTIVIST SUPREME COURT TO SUBVERT THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WHICH GOVERN OPERATION OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & LIMIT THE POWER OF THIS GOVERNMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 135, June 3, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SOTOMAYOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE:
WHY BOTHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION?

By Christopher G. Adamo



ENVIRONMENTALISM, GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISM, ENERGY POLICY, & THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY:  THE HIGHLY PROBABLE ADVERSE IMPACT OF CAP-&-TRADE ENERGY TAXATION ON NEW ZEALAND'S FARM EXPORTS, UPON WHICH THE COUNTRY'S OVERALL ECONOMY IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT
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Volume XI, Issue # 134, May 31, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NEW ZEALAND MAY GO BUST OVER GLOBAL WARMING

By Dennis T. Avery



COLIN POWELL AS A CONCEALED LIBERAL LEFTIST CONPIRATOR & TROJAN HORSE OPERATING WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY:  POWELL UTILIZING HIS REPUBLICAN PARTY AFFILIATION AS A STRATEGIC POSITION FROM WHICH TO UNDERMINE THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT & ITS PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA -- POWELL & OTHER SOCALLED "MODERATES" AS CLOSET LIBERALS WORKING TO SUBVERT & EVENTUALLY OVERTHROW TRADITIONAL AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE VALUES & BELIEFS & TO EMASCULATE & DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS THE PARTY THAT SUPPORTS THESE VALUES & BELIEFS -- RINOS ENDEAVORING TO ISOLATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS FROM THE GOP'S PRIMARY BASE OF SUPPORT (NAMELY, TRADITIONAL, CONSERVATIVE AMERICA) & THEREBY ELIMINATE EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION TO PUSHING THE U.S.A. DOWN THE RADICAL ROAD AWAY FROM CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY & MARKET CAPITALISM, TOWARD A LEFTWING MAJORITARITARIAN DICTATORSHIP & A THOROUGHLY STATIST OR SOCIALIST ECONOMIC ORDER
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Volume XI, Issue # 133, May 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHENEY, LIMBAUGH, & THE LIBERAL PAPER TIGER

By Christopher G. Adamo



WHAT IS AT STAKE ON THE ENERGY & CLIMATE-CHANGE BATTLE FRONT: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS, & THEIR ENERGY RATIONING CRUSADE -- USING THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX TO JUSTIFY MAGLIGNANT ENERGY & ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT HAVE NO SCIENTIFIC OR RATIONAL BASIS -- THE WAXMAN-MARKEY CLIMATE & ENERGY BILL & THE GOALS OF THOSE WHO ARE PUSHING FOR ENACTMENT OF THIS BILL -- IF THE BILL BECOMES LAW, THE IMPACT IT IS LIKELY TO HAVE ON U.S. ENERGY SUPPLIES & ON THE OVERALL ECONOMY
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Volume XI, Issue # 132, May 27, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CLIMATE CHANGE "MORALITY": THE DUPLICIOUS POLITICS
OF MONEY, POWER, CONTROL, & CORPORATE RENT-SEEKING

By Paul K. Driessen



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITY IN CONGRESS, & THEIR THREAT TO AMERICA'S POLITICAL & ECONOMIC FUTURE:  LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS SHOVING THEIR RADICAL POLICY AGENDA DOWN THE THROATS OF AMERICANS -- INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, & THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY BEING DESTROYED -- PUSHING THE U.S.A. FURTHER & FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TOWARD MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP & THOROUGHGOING STATISM -- ERASING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS & THE CONSTITUTIONALLY RESERVED POWERS OF THE MEMBER-STATES OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL UNION -- ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THE AUTHORITY OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT & ESTABLISHING AN ALL-POWERFUL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WITH UNLIMITED POWER TO CONTROL & DIRECT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
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Volume XI, Issue # 131, May 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHEN GOVERNMENT GOES INSANE

By Alan Caruba



THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO CAMOUFLAGE THE REALITY OF THEIR LIBERAL LEFTIST POLICY AGENDA:  THE MAJOR EFFORT UNDERWAY TO IMPROVE & REDEEM THE PUBLIC IMGAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS LEADERS, WHILE CONCURRENTLY TARNISHING & VILIFYING THE GOP, &, IN PARTICULAR, THE PARTY'S UNAMBIGUOUSLY & UNABASHEDLY CONSERVATIVE WING -- MAINSTREAM AMERICA INCREASINGLY REJECTING THE HYPOCRITICAL STATEMENTS & MINDLESS POSTURING OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & HIS FOLLOWERS
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Volume XI, Issue # 130, May 21, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DESPERATE DEMOCRAT FACELIFT

By Christopher G. Adamo



ISLAMIST LAWFARE AS A THREAT TO FREE EXPRESSION IN THE U.S.A. & THE REST OF THE WESTERN WORLD:  RADICAL ISLAM'S USE OF WESTERN LEGAL SYSTEMS IN EFFORTS TO SILENCE CRITICISM OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM & ITS FUNDING -- THE "LEGAL" JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE NEED FOR A COUNTEROFFENSIVE AGAINST THE "LEGAL" JIHADISTS, WITH WESTERNERS USING UN RESOLUTIONS & WESTERN COURTS TO CITE & REQUEST EXTRADITION OF RADICAL IMAMS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES FOR THEIR ANTI-SEMITIC & ANTI-CHRISTIAN RHETORIC
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Volume XI, Issue # 129, May 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"LAWFARE" GAINS GROUND -- UN RESOLUTIONS
ON "DEFAMING" ISLAM ARE A CASE IN POINT

By Brooke M. Goldstein & Aaron Eitan Meyer



THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION INTO A NATION'S ECONOMY:  THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF AN ECONOMY CONTROLLED, DIRECTED, & TIGHTLY REGULATED BY THE COUNTRY'S CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- WHAT HAPPENS TO INDUSTRY & BUSINESS WHEN ATTEMPTS ARE MADE BY GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE THE PRINCIPLES OF MARKET CAPITALISM & THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS WITH SOME LEFTWING OR OTHER RADICAL POLITICAL IDEOLOGY -- THE ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY OF A FREE ECONOMY VERSUS THE ECONOMIC STAGNATION & DECLINE RESULTING FROM A NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY OF STATISM, THAT IS, CENTRAL CONTROL & DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT -- ECONOMIC FREEDOM VERSUS ECONOMIC REGIMENTATION
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Volume XI, Issue # 128, May 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GOVERNMENT IS BAD FOR BUSINESS

By Alan Caruba



THE FUTURE OF THE U.S.-ISRAELI ALLIANCE:  WILL THIS LONG-STANDING ALLIANCE SURVIVE ITS 62ND.YEAR?   WILL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & ISRAEL OVER THE PROPOSED TWO-STATE SOLUTION PROMPT A CRISIS IN U.S.-ISRAELI RELATIONS?  WILL THE HIGHLY CRITICAL, ANTI-ZIONIST VIEWS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIS FELLOW LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS TRANSLATE INTO A SHIFT IN U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY AT THE FORTHCOMING SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN OBAMA & NETANYAHU?  HOW DEEP DOES OBAMA'S ANTIPATHY TOWARD THE JEWISH STATE RUN? WHAT FACTORS ARE LIKELY TO MITIGATE THE ANTIPATHY?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 127, May 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA & NETANYAHU MEET: WHAT'S NEXT

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, NARCOTICS TRAFFIC, NARCO-DRUG WARS, & THE THREAT ALONG THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER:  DRUG WARS BETWEEN THE DRUG CARTELS -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, & THEIR OPEN BORDERS IMMIGRATION POLICY -- ENCOURAGING ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM MEXICO TO ENTER & REMAIN IN THE U.S.A. -- AIDING & ABETTING THE NARCOTICS & PEOPLE SMUGGLERS -- ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF AMERICANS IN U.S. CITIES LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHERN BORDER -- THE THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY & WHAT THE U.S.A. NEEDS TO DO TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT
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Volume XI, Issue # 126, May 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE WAR ON AMERICA'S SOUTHERN BORDER

By Alan Caruba



AL-QA'IDA & THE GLOBAL ISLAMIST JIHAD:  THE GLOBAL TERROR WAR THAT AL-QA'IDA HAS BEEN WAGING DURING THE PAST TWO DECADES -- AL-QA'IDA'S LONGTERM WAR AIMS -- PROBLEMS THAT THE ISLAMIST TERROR NETWORKS ARE CREATING FOR AMERICA & THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA -- BARRIERS HINDERING U.S. INTELLIGENCE WORK IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- OBSTACLES TO U.S.-ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION
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Volume XI, Issue # 125, May 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMIST TERRORISM, TERROR & IRAQ:
A BRIEFING BY SHIMSHON ISSAKI

Summary Account by Dr, David J. Rusin



HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE UNDERMINING AMERICA'S DEFENSES IN THE TERROR WAR:  THE CLEAR LINK BETWEEN THE INEPTITUDE OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., & AMERICA'S WEAKNESS IN THE GLOBAL WAR THAT IS BEING WAGED AGAINST OUR COUNTRY BY THE ISLAMISTS -- THE MINDLESS CONFUSION OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS IN CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY & THEIR CONTINUING DECISIONS TO PUT PARTISAN POLITICAL ADVANTAGE ABOVE THE SAFETY & WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- UNDERMINING THE MISSION OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES & INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING AGENCIES, WHILE BOOSTING THE MORALE OF ISLAMIST TERRORISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANOTHER MAJOR JIHADIST TERROR ASSAULT ON THE U.S.A.
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Volume XI, Issue # 124, May 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ABSURD LIBERAL DEBATE ENDANGERS AMERICA

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE ENEMY WITHIN:  THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT & ITS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE U.S.A. -- ISLAMISTS IN THE U.S. MEDIA & IN AMERICAN POLITICS -- AN ISLAMIST POLITICAL & PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA FOR AMERICA -- ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY & SHARIA (ISLAMIC LAW) AS THE BASES FOR GOVERNING AMERICAN SOCIETY -- AMERICA AS PART OF AN ISLAMIST GLOBAL TOTALITARIAN CALIPHATE -- ISLAMISTS USING U.S. MEDIA OUTLETS & THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL PROCESS TO SUBSTITUTE ISLAMIST SUPREMACY & TYRANNY FOR AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW, & EQUALITY OF CITIZENS BEFORE THE LAW
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Volume XI, Issue # 123, May 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRO-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CANDIDATE EYES PUBLIC OFFICE

By Shireen Qudosi



UNITED STATES ENERGY POLICY & BIOFUELS:  THE DOWNSIDE EFFECT OF BIOFUELS AS A SOLUTION TO THE FUEL PROBLEM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD & ENERGY PRICES, & OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY -- THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION ON THE ENVIRONMENT -- THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS AS AN ENERGY SOURCE -- WHY ARE WE STILL SUBSIDIZING CORN ETHANOL?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 122, May 11, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CASE FOR BIOFUELS WEAKENS FURTHER

By Dennis T. Avery



THE STATE OF ISRAEL VERSUS THE ISLAMIC FORCES OF THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA:  THE JEWS' HISTORICAL CLAIM TO A HOMELAND IN WESTERN ASIA -- THE HISTORY OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL SINCE ITS RE-ESTABLISHMENT AS A JEWISH STATE IN 1948 -- HOW ISRAELI POLITICS HAS WEAKENED ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY -- UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL -- U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS UNDERMINING THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- WHAT ISRAEL MUST DO IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AS A FREE & INDEPENDENT NATION-STATE
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Volume XI, Issue # 121, May 10, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISRAEL IN THE CROSSHAIRS

By Alan Caruba



A CONSISTENTLY LOSING REPUBLICAN STRATEGY IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS:  A REPUBLICAN "STRATEGY" TO WHICH THE PARTY'S "MODERATE" (THAT IS, LIBERAL) MEMBERS DOGGEDLY CLING, DESPITE ELECTION RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY DISASTROUS OVER THE YEARS -- ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS CANDIDATES TO THE POLITICAL CENTER & FIND COMMON GROUND WITH THE POLITICAL LEFT -- AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES & THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- RENEWED REPUBLICAN PARTY VITALITY & THE CHARACTER OF PARTY LEADERS -- WILL GOP LEADERS CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO DISCREDITED "MODERATE EXPERTS" & CONSIGN THEIR PARTY TO PERMANENT MINORITY STATUS, OR WILL THEY SEIZE THE MOMENT ON BEHALF OF TRADITIONAL AMERICA & RIDE IT TO VICTORY?
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Volume XI, Issue # 129, May 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WILL THE GOP FOLLOW THE "MODERATES" INTO OBLIVION?

By Christopher G. Adamo



BIG GOVERNMENT LIBERALISM, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY, & THE SERVILE STATE:  THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE WELFARE STATE IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD -- THE SOCIAL WELFARE STATE & GOVERNMENTAL ANNEXATION OF THE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADULT CITIZENS, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, & CARE OF THE ELDERLY -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & EUROPEANIZATION OF AMERICA, ENTAILING EUROPEANIZED HEALTH CARE, EUROPEANIZED DAYCARE, EUROPEANIZED EDUCATION, & EUROPEANIZED TAX RATES -- FIVE STAGES IN THE POLITICAL TRANSITION OF A SOCIETY FROM CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM TO COLLECTIVISM, AUTHORITANIANISM, & TYRANNY
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Volume XI, Issue # 119, May 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"LIVE FREE OR DIE"

By Mark Steyn



ACCURATE LANGUAGE & ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR: ACQUISITION & USE OF ACCURATE LANGUAGE ESSENTIAL TO ACQUISITION & USE OF ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE -- AQUISITION & USE OF ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE ESSENTIAL TO OUR VICTORY IN THE GLOBAL TERROR WAR THE ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST US -- THE UTTER FOLLY OF THE U.S.A. & THE WEST IGNORING THE TRUE MEANING & SIGNIFICANCE OF "JIHAD" & "ISLAMIC JIHAD" -- JIHAD AS AS OFFENSIVE WARFARE TO SPREAD ISLAMIC HEGEMONY
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Volume XI, Issue # 118, May 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WORDS MATTER IN THE WAR ON TERROR

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE "POLITICAL CLASS" & THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX:  WHY ARE LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICIANS IN THE U.S.A. WEDDED TO THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX?  WHY DO THESE POLITICIANS ADVOCATE REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS TO AVOID A GLOBAL WARMING THAT IS NOT HAPPENING?  INSTEAD OF DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE U.S. ENERGY COMPANIES TO FIND & EXTRACT THE ENERGY RESERVES AMERICA & ITS ECONOMY REQUIRE TO FUNCTION & GROW, WHY ARE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO RESTRICT ENERGY USE & DEVELOPMENT?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 117, May 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DIE, GLOBAL WARMING, DIE!

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & THE WEAKNESS OF ITS FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA:  THE TALIBAN'S MARCH TO BUNER & THE U.S. RESPONSE -- OBAMA'S PERCEPTION OF THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN PAKISTAN AS LACK OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES & THE NEED FOR AID & DEVELOPMENT -- SEEKING TO NEGOTIATE WITH & ACCOMODATE THE TALIBAN -- USE OF "SMART POWER," RATHER THAN "HARD POWER" -- DIPLOMACY AS THE VANGUARD OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY -- WHAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS OVERLOOKING, AS REGARDS THE TALIBAN INSURGENCY IN PAKISTAN:  THE NATURE OF THE DANGER POSED BY EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH DIPLOMACY ALLOWING ISLAMISTS TO ESTABLISH SAFE HAVENS FOR THEMSELVES -- WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA & SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON NEED TO UNDERSTAND:  SOFT POWER, AID & DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATION, & ACCOMODATION ARE ABOUT AS EFFECTIVE AT COUNTERING ISLAMISM AS LOLLIPOPS ARE AT CURING CANCER.
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Volume XI, Issue # 116, May 4, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN: SIXTY MILES FROM THE CAPITAL

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT CONTINUES ITS GLOBAL JIHAD AGAINST THE WEST & THE REST OF THE NON-MUSLIM WORLD.  THE ISLAMISTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH ASIA THREATEN TO TAKE OVER PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN.  THE WAR IS BEING WAGED BY FANATICAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO BELIEVE THAT ALLAH DEMANDS AN ISLAMIC JIHAD AGAINST THE NON-MUSLIM WORLD, & THEY ARE PREPARED TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME & EFFORT AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE VICTORY.  THE TALIBAN & AL-QA'IDA SENSE SERIOUS WEAKNESS IN THE LEADERSHIP OF U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, & ARE DETERMINED TO EXPLOIT THAT WEAKNESS.
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Volume XI, Issue # 115, May 3, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PAKISTAN IMPLODES

By Alan Caruba



THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, THE POLITICAL LEFT, THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, & THEIR THREAT TO AMERICAN FREEDOM & PROGRESS:  ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ADVOCATED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS, & THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WOULD STOP & REVERSE HUMAN PROGRESS IN THE U.S.A.   THE IMPACT ON AMERICA'S ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, MANUFACTURING, LIVING STANDARDS, & HEALTH WOULD BE PROFOUNDLY NEGATIVE.  THE DAMAGE TO INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY WOULD BE IMMEASURABLE.
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Volume XI, Issue # 114, April 30, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BACK TO THE "GOOD OLD DAYS": U.S. ENERGY & CLIMATE
PROPOSALS WOULD DRAG US BACK TO 1905 -- OR 1862

By Paul K. Driessen



PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  OUTREACH TO IRAN AS THE FOREIGN POLICY CENTERPIECE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- OBAMA'S BELIEF IN BORN-AGAIN DIPLOMACY, OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE U.S.A., IN DEALING WITH ITS FOREIGN ADVERSARIES, CAN FORGET THE THE PAST & START ANEW -- OBAMA'S COMPLETE LACK OF COMPREHENSION OF REALITY IN THE ARENA OF IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD -- HIS ABYSMAL IGNORANCE OF THE NATURE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- A HISTORY OF U.S.-IRANIAN RELATIONS SINCE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979 -- WHAT OBAMA NEEDS:  COMMON SENSE & A SERIOUS REALITY CHECK
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Volume XI, Issue # 113, April 30, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUST THE BEGINNING

By Dr. Michael Rubin



BEAUTY CONTESTS, HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVISTS, THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT, IDEOLOGICALLY BIASED MEDIA, & PERSECUTION OF AMERICANS WHO UPHOLD TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES:  THE 2009 MISS USA PAGEANT AS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR TRADITIONAL AMERICA TO RALLY TO THE CAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY -- THE NEED TO DEFEND THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN AGAINST THE LIBERAL LEFTIST & GAY ACTIVIST JUGGERNAUT
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Volume XI, Issue # 112, April 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MISS USA & THE UGLY COUNTERCULTURE

By Christopher G. Adamo



GLOBAL WARMING & MELTING POLAR ICE CAPS:  SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE REGARDING THE BUILD-UP OF ICE IN THE ANTARCTIC REGION CONTRADICTS THE PROPAGANDA OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS
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Volume XI, Issue # 111, April 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INCREDIBLE SEA LEVEL RISE IS NOT CREDIBLE

By Dennis T. Avery



AMERICAN UNITY UNDER ECONOMIC SERVITUDE & POLITICAL TYRANNY:  PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA SEEKING UNITY OF THE AMERICAN NATION UNDER A MAJORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP LED BY A RUTHLESS CLIQUE OF LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS DETERMINED TO RAMROD THROUGH CONGRESS, THE FEDERAL BUDGETARY PROCESS, & THE U.S. REGULATORY AGENCIES A RADICALLY REDISTRIBUTIONIST, THOROUGHLY COLLECTIVIST, & COURTERCULTURAL PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA & TO MARGINALIZE & EVENTUALLY SILENCE THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION -- STATISM, THAT IS, CENTRAL CONTROL & DIRECTION OF THE ECONOMY BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- ABSOLUTE DEMOCRACY, RATHER THAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY -- ABSOLUTE, UNLIMITED MAJORITY RULE, THAT IS, MAJORITY RULE WITHOUT CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF MINORITY RIGHTS -- DENIAL OF BASIC POLITICAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES TO CONSERVATIVES & OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION -- DENIAL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO HOMEOWNERS, SAVERS, INVESTORS, & MEMBERS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS
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Volume XI, Issue # 110, April 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE OBAMA/NAPOLITANO DOCTRINE: CONSERVATISM VERBOTEN

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE "WATER JIHAD," OR "MONEY JIHAD":  THE RELATION OF ISLAMIC PIRACY TO ISLAMIC JIHADISM -- WHAT ISLAMIC HISTORY & DOCTRINE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP -- MORAL RELATIVISM IN CONTEMPORARY WESTERN LIBERAL THOUGHT & ITS DEBILITATING CONSEQUENCES -- INABILITY OF WESTERN STRATEGIC LEADERS TO OBJECTIVELY EXAMINE THE CENTURIES-OLD ROOTS OF ISLAMIC JIHADISM & DEVELOP A STRATEGY THAT WILL LEAD TO DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT & TO A LASTING SOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISLAM & THE WEST
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 109, April 21, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FALLACY OF GRIEVANCE-BASED TERRORISM:
From Barbary Wars to Somali Piracy, the "Water Jihad" Has a Long Lineage

By Raymond Ibrahim



CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO GLOBAL WARMING!  THE GLOBAL COOLING TREND THAT BEGAN EARLY IN 2007 CONTINUES.  THERE IS VERY LOW CORRELATION BETWEEN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSTIONS & GLOBAL TEMPERATURES, & THEREFORE NO REASON TO RUIN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY THROUGH EXORBITANT TAXATION & EXCESSIVE GOVERNMENT REGULATION.  WE WILL NEED MASSIVE "GLOBAL WARMING TEA PARTIES," IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLIES WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & ISSUES REGULATIONS TO CONTROL CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.  THE BALOONING COST OF SUCH REGULATIONS, IN BOTH CARBON TAXES & EXPORTED JOBS, WOULD, IN THE LONG TERM, DWARF EVEN THE HUGE NEW U.S. NATIONAL DEBT BEING IMPOSED ON US BY THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS & THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 108, April 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHERE'S THE RUNAWAY WARMING?

By Dennis T. Avery



ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, & DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN NATION & ITS ECONOMY:  ENVIRONMENTALISM & "DOUBLE THINK" -- THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEOMOCRATIC CONGRESS, THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, & THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY -- "GREEN JOBS," OUTRIGHT LIES, & PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST BELIEFS & POLICIES -- WORKING TO DESTROY AMERICA'S ABILITY TO HAVE & USE THE ENERGY ITS NEEDS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY & SURVIVAL & FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY -- THE DRIVE TO BRING AN END TO AMERICA AS A FREE & SOVEREIGN NATION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 107, April 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"CLEAN ENERGY" IS A DIRTY LIE

By Alan Caruba



AS AFGHANISTAN'S STABILITY HAS BECOME A U.S. STRATEGIC CONCERN, PREVENTING TENSIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN & IRAN FROM AGAIN TRANSFORMING AFGHANISTAN INTO A PROXY BATTLEFIELD SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST.  BUT, SO LONG AS THE IRANIAN & PAKISTANI GOVERNMENTS REMAIN CONCERNED WITH THE DEFENSE OF SHI'I & SUNNI SECTARIAN INTERESTS RESPECTIVELY, U.S. & NATO FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BRING STABILITY, BUT, AT BEST, MAY REMAIN REFEREES IN A STRUGGLE THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THAT COUNTRY'S BORDERS.
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Volume XI, Issue # 106, April 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PAKISTAN & IRAN: THEIR DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP

By Dr. Harsh V. Pant



SHOULD WE TOLERATE THE INTOLERANT?  "IF WE EXTEND UNLIMITED TOLERANCE EVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE INTOLERANT, IF WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO DEFEND A TOLERANT SOCIETY AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE INTOLERANT, THEN THE TOLERANT WILL BE DESTROYED, AND TOLERANCE WITH THEM. . . .  WE SHOULD THEREFORE CLAIM, IN THE NAME OF TOLERANCE, THE RIGHT NOT TO TOLERATE THE INTOLERANT."  Sir Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945).
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Volume XI, Issue # 105, April 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW TO DISCUSS RELIGION WITHOUT APPEASING TYRANTS

By Mary Madigan



SOCIETY, LAW, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, & RECLAIMING AMERICA'S HERITAGE:  THE FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY & UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, COMBINED WITH THE CULTURAL & SOCIAL COLLAPSE THAT HAS BEEN UNFOLDING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, SIGNIFY A COURSE ON WHICH AMERICA CANNOT CONTINUE.  THE CONCEPT OF A CITIZEN BEING THE BENEFICIARY OF HIS OR HER OWN WORK IS BEING REPLACED WITH THE NOTION THAT SOME "GREATER GOOD" REQUIRES THEFT FROM ONE CITIZEN IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE LOYALTY OF ANOTHER CITIZEN.  GOVERNMENT, THE PUBLIC ENTITY THAT WAS INITIALLY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY & OTHER BASIC RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN, HAS NOW BECOME THE GREATEST THREAT TO THOSE BASIC RIGHTS.  LAW, WHICH IN A FREE SOCIETY IS INTENTED TO PROVIDE A SAFE FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH CITIZENS CAN WORK, CONDUCT BUSINESS, & ENRICH THEIR LIVES HAS DEGENERATED INTO A WEAPON BY WHICH A CORRUPT, RUTHLESS, & UNSCRUPULOUS "RULING CLASS" BLUDGEONS THE AVERAGE AMERICAN INTO COMPLIANCE WITH ITS IMMORAL & UNCONSTITUTIONAL DECISIONS.   THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEOMCRATIC CONGRESS, THE BRAZEN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, & CONTINUING PURSUIT OF THEIR NOTORIOUSLY RADICAL POLICY AGENDA CONSTITUTE THE ROAD TO DICTATORSHIP, COLLECTIVISM, & ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 104, April 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WYOMING TAX DAY "TEA PARTY" SPEECH

By Christopher G. Adamo



BAD PUBLIC POLICY & AMERICA'S CURRENT FINANCIAL PROBLEMS:  THE PRESENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IS BASED ENTIRELY ON U.S. GOVERNMENT MANDATES THAT REQUIRE BANKS & MORTAGE COMPANIES TO MAKE HOME LOANS TO PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES & BAD CREDIT RECORDS.  U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES, FANNIE MAE & FREDDIE MAC, WERE USED TO PURCHASE THOSE BAD LOANS, "SECURITIZE" THEM, & SELL THEM TO INSURANCE, BANKING, & INVESTMENT FIRMS -- FIRMS THAT FELL VICTIM TO A NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY BASED ON THE LEFTWING LIBERAL BELIEF THAT EVERY FAMILY HAS A RIGHT TO PURCHASE & LIVE IN ITS OWN HOME, EVEN IF UNABLE TO KEEP UP THE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS.  THE MOVE AWAY FROM THE FREE MARKET CAPITALIST ECONOMY & TOWARD STATISM, SOCIALISM, ENVIRONMENTALISM, CONFISCATORY TAXATION, & ECONOMIC REDISTRIBUTION IS ABOUT TO DESTROY AMERICA.  THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, BOTH DRIVEN BY LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY & POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, ARE MAKING MATTERS CORSIDERABLY WORSE!
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 103, April 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TAX DAY

By Alan Caruba



U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S BOW TO THE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA:  THE BOW'S SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST -- HOW THE BOW MISREPRESENTS THE AMERICAN NATION & UNDERMINES ITS POSITION IN THE GLOBAL WAR TO DEFEND THE U.S.A. & THE WEST AGAINST ISLAMIC JIHADISM
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Volume XI, Issue # 102, April 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S ABOMINABLE OBEISANCE: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL, ECONOMIC, ENERGY, & CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES:  THE RADICAL, REDISTRIBUTIONIST, STATIST & TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL AGENDA CURRENTLY BEING PURSUED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LIBERAL LEFTISTS, & BLATANTLY PARTISAN DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS & THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE -- PURSUIT OF POLICIES THAT WILL UNDERMINE & DESTROY AMERICA'S ECONOMY & THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, CHECKS & BALANCES, & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 101, April 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RED SEA: IRRESPONSIBLE FEDERAL SPENDING
& ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES WILL BANKRUPT AMERICA

By Paul K. Driessen



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & U.S. DIPLOMACY -- PRESIDENT OBAMA EMBRACING DIALOGUE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY & THE IRANIAN REGIME EMBRACING DIPLOMACY WITHOUT SINCERITY -- OBAMA'S WILLINGNESS TO TALK & NEGOTIATE PERCEIVED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS &, AT THE SAME TIME, CONTINUE ITS ENDEAVOR TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- OBAMA'S IRANIAN POLICY AS A FOREIGN POLICY THAT IS UNWISE, UNREALISTIC, ARROGANT, NAIVE, & DANGEROUS
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Volume XI, Issue # 100, April 13, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHAT IRAN REALLY THINKS ABOUT TALKS

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & ITS DANGEROUS COURSE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DISGRACEFUL & EMBARASSING PANDERING TO AMERICA'S ENEMIES & FAIRWEATHER FRIENDS ABROAD -- OBAMA UNDERMINING AMERICA'S PRESTIGE AMONG THE SOVEREIGN STATES OF THE WORLD -- OBAMA WEAKENING THE U.S.A. AS A DETERRENT TO AGGRESSION ON THE PART OF RUTHLESS FOREIGN DICTATORSHIPS -- OBAMA UNDERMINING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY -- OBAMA ENCOURAGING A REPEAT OF THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ISLAMIST TERROR ATTACKS ON THE U.S.A.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 99, April 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CONSEQUENCES OF AN "AMERICAL IDOL" PRESIDENCY

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE U.S.A. PHILOSOPHICALLY UNPREPARED TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST THE FORCES OF RADICAL ISLAM:  SERIOUS FLAWS IN AMERICAN TEXTBOOKS & INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS DEALING WITH ISLAM & ISLAMISM -- KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICA'S ISLAMIST & JIHADIST ENEMY SHACKLED BY THE BONDS OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS & WISHFUL THINKING -- THE FIRST STEP TO FORMULATING AN EFFECTIVE LONGTERM STRATEGY TO COUNTER & DEFEAT OUR ENEMY IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  OBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY, STRATEGY, & WAR-FIGHTING DOCTRINE
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Volume XI, Issue # 98, April 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TEXTBOOK LIES ABOUT ISLAM

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE DECLINING VIABILITY & VALUE OF TURKEY'S ALLIANCE WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST: TURKEY'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME & THE GROWING UNRELIABILITY & DANGER OF TURKEY AS A MEMBER-STATE IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION -- NATO AS AN INSTITUTION HOBBLED & WEAKENED WITHIN BY AN ISLAMIST TURKEY -- NATO AS AN ALLIANCE FEARFUL OF OFFENDING A MEMBER-GOVERNMENT & THEREFORE INCAPABLE OF STANDING UP TO THE WEST'S MAIN ENEMY TODAY, NAMELY MILITANT ISLAM -- THE NEED FOR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF REMOVING TURKEY FROM MEMBERSHIP IN NATO
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 97, April 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DOES TURKEY STILL BELONG IN NATO?

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



THE HIGH-TAX & ANTI-ENERGY POLICY PROPOSALS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:  A DEVASTATING ATTACK ON AMERICA'S OIL & NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY & ON AMERICAN ENERGY USERS -- U.S. DOMESTIC OIL & NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS TO BE TAXED & REGULATED OUT OF EXISTENCE -- AMERICA TO BE MADE FAR MORE DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN PETROLEUM SOURCES -- AMERICANS TO BE FACED WITH MUCH HIGHER ENERGY & LIVING COSTS -- THE NATIONAL INTERESTS & GENERAL WELFARE OF THE U.S.A. TO BE PLACED IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 96, April 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A FORMULA FOR FAILURE

By Alan Caruba



THE NEW ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER'S MAIDEN SPEECH:  TOPICS COVERED BY FOREIGN MINISTER AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN IN HIS SPEECH:  THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE CHANGE NEEDED IN THE FREE WORLD'S INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES, EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS, THE FUTILITY OF GIVING LIP SERVICE TO WORLD PEACE, SHARING THE BURDEN OF REAL PEACE, THE ROAD MAP TO PEACE & ITS IMPLEMENTATION, THE MISTAKE OF MAKING CONCESSIONS, & WHEN ISRAEL WAS AT ITS STRONGEST IN TERMS OF PUBLIC OPINION.
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Volume XI, Issue # 95, April 2, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN'S BRILLIANT DEBUT

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



PUBLIC RELATIONS & PERCEPTION OF UNDERDOG STATUS IN A CONTEMPORARY WAR: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPAGANDA & CREATING ILLUSIONS IN THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT
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Volume XI, Issue # 94, April 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ARABS, ISRAELIS, & UNDERDOGS

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



WHAT AMERICA NEEDS FOR SURVIVAL AS A FREE & SOVEREIGN NATION:  A REBIRTH OF AMERICAN CONSERVATISM, EMANATING NOT FROM ONE CHARISMATIC INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL LEADER, BUT FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND, PEOPLE RESOLVED TO ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN REAL CONSERVATISM AS U.S. DOMESTIC & FOREIGN POLICY -- TO BE EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING THE CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL, CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES & OTHER POLITICALLY ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES MUST SHARE & ARTICULATE A VISION & POLICY AGENDA THAT RESONATES WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE & INSPIRES THEM.  CONSERVATIVES MUST REMAIN FOCUSED ON ISSUES THAT ARE OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE & ARE PERCEIVED BY THEM TO BE VITAL TO THE GENERAL WELFARE, OR PUBLIC INTEREST, OF THE U.S.A. THE SOCALLED "MODERATE" (I.E., LIBERAL) ELEMENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST BE DESTROYED, & THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST BE MAINTAINED & REINFORCED AS AMERICA'S ONE & ONLY TRULY CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
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Volume XI, Issue # 93, April 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHO WILL RESURRECT CONSERVATISM?

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, & THE COLLECTIVIST NEW ORDER THEY SEEK TO ESTABLISH IN THE U.S.A.:  THE LIBERAL LEFTIST JUGGERNAUT THREATENING DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY & JUSTICE UNDER LAW, DUE PROCESS OF LAW, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, & THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY -- WILL THE VERY SERIOUS NATURE OF THE THREAT GALVANIZE GENUINELY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS & CAUSE THEM TO UNITE IN A DETERMINED DRIVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & RUN STRONG & PRINCIPLED CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTIONS OF 2010 & 2012?
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Volume XI, Issue # 92, March 27, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WILL REPUBLICANS SEIZE THE MOMENT?

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE PALESTINIAN MINORITY THAT IS WILLING TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF THIS MINORITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT BETWEEN ARAB REJECTIONISTS & THE ZIONISTS -- THE MOTIVES OF THE ZIONISTS' PALESTINIAN ARAB ALLIES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE & COLLABORATION IN THE SUCCESS OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT IN ESTABLISHING & MAINTAINING THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE HOLY LAND
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Volume XI, Issue # 91, March 26, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PALESTINIANS WHO HELPED CREATE ISRAEL

By Dr.Daniel Pipes



EUROPE'S GROWING MUSLIM IMMIGRANT POPULATION:  PROBLEMS THAT THE CONTINUING INFLUX OF MUSLIMS IS CREATING FOR EUROPE -- THE DIFFICULTY OF STOPPING THE IMMIGRATION FLOW INTO EUROPE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 90, March 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EUROPE'S SHIFTING IMMIGRATION DYNAMIC

By Esther Ben-David



MOHAMMAD KHATAMI'S CALL FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN IRAN & THE WEST:  TACTICAL & INSINCERE -- KHATAMI'S ANTI-SEMITISM, REJECTIONISM, PRACTICE OF CENSORSHIP & OPPRESSION, ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR ISLAMIC TERRORISM, COLLABORATION WITH ISLAMISTS, & PURSUIT OF AN IRANIAN NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY INDICATE THAT HE IS NO ADVOCATE OF TOLERANCE, OPEN-MINDEDNESS, FREE THOUGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, & LASTING PEACE BETWEEN ISLAM & THE WEST
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 89, March 24, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

KHATAMI IS JUST AHMADINEJAD WITH A SILVER TONGUE

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE CUBAN ECONOMY & FAILURE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN CUBA:  EXPOSURE OF THE CUBAN ORGANIC FARMING HOAX, A DECEPTION AIDED BY THE "USEFUL IDIOTS" AMONG ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD -- HOW CASTRO'S SYSTEM DESTROYED CUBAN AGRICULTURE & BROUGHT STARVATION TO MANY CUBANS -- THE GREENS AS DISSEMINATORS OF CUBAN COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA INTENDED TO COVER UP THE ORGANIC FARMING FAILURE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 88, March 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CUBANS STARVE ON DIET OF LIES

By Dennis T. Avery



ARE VIOLENCE & INTOLERANCE INHERENT TO ISLAM?  DO THE KORAN, THE WORDS & DEEDS OF MUHAMMAD & HIS COMPANIONS, & THE GENERAL RECORD OF ISLAMIC HISTORY EVINCE VIOLENCE & INTOLERANCE?  THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT THAT IS MADE BY THOSE WHO DEFEND ISLAM'S HISTORICAL RECORD & RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES -- THE ROLE OF HUMAN NATURE IN CAUSING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF HUMAN BEINGS -- THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS DOGMA & INDOCTRINATION -- JUDEO-CHRISTIAN & ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES RELATING TO VIOLENCE -- THE DIFFERING CONTENT & EFFECTS OF THE TWO SETS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
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Volume XI, Issue # 87, March 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CONFLATING HISTORY WITH THEOLOGY:
Judeo-Christian Violence Versus Islamic Violence

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE TALIBAN INSURGENCY & THE STEADILY DETERIORATING SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN:   WILL U.S., BRITISH, & ALLIED MILITARY FORCES BE ABLE TO CONDUCT AN EFFECTIVE COUNTER-INSURGENCY AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN & THE TALIBAN-CONTROLLED AREAS OF PAKISTAN?  WEAKNESSES OF THE AFGHAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- WEAKNESSES OF THE PAKISTANI CENTRAL GOVERNMENT -- WHAT SHOULD THE U.S.A. DO ABOUT AFGHANISTAN & THE TALIBAN?
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Volume XI, Issue # 86, March 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S WAR

By Alan Caruba



THE COMING CONSERVATIVE REVOLT AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL MACHINE:  THE RESENTMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE OF HEARTLAND AMERICA THAT IS CURRENTLY SIMMERING & THREATENS TO COME TO A BOIL -- THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S GROWING REALIZATION OF THE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST JUGGERNAUT THAT STAMPEDED THE VOTERS INTO ELECTING BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. & GIVING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS LEADERS CONTROL OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS -- THE OBAMA POLICY AGENDA THAT IS MOTIVATING REAL AMERICA TO TAKE A STAND FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY -- AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES MOBILIZING TO CHALLENGE THE SOCALLED REPUBLICAN "MODERATES," CLEAN HOUSE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, & REBUILD THE GOP FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2010
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Volume XI, Issue # 85, March 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

REBUILDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR 2010

By Christopher G. Adamo



ANOTHER FRONT IN THE ISLAMIST WAR AGAINST THE WEST:  THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, & PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- MUSLIM SCHOLARS & THEIR CALL FOR MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CONVERTING CHRISTIANS TO ISLAM -- THE STRATEGIES THAT WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC PROPAGANDA OUTLETS USE TO PROMOTE CONVERSION OF CHRISTIANS TO ISLAM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 84, March 18, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MUSLIM STRATEGIES TO CONVERT WESTERN CHRISTIANS

By Uriya Shavit & Frederic Wiesenbach



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WHAT IS INDICATED BY OBAMA'S NOMINATIONS FOR THE KEY MIDDLE EAST POSITIONS IN THE WHITE HOUSE & IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE & DEFENSE -- IN WHAT DIRECTION IS THE PRESIDENT GOING WITH U.S. MIDEAST POLICY?  FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE
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Volume XI, Issue # 83, March 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE OBAMA MIDEAST TEAM

By Dr. Steven J. Rosen



WHY SOME MUSLIMS SEEK "MARTYRDOM" THROUGH BECOMING SUICIDE BOMBERS & WAGING JIHAD AGAINST CHRISTIANS, JEWS, & OTHER NON-MUSLIMS:  THE IMPACT OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS DOGMA ON THE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR OF MUSLIMS -- "THE TORMENTS OF THE GRAVE" & THE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR MUSLIM DOCTRINE -- WHY WESTERNERS & OTHER "ENEMIES OF ALLAH" MUST TAKE ISLAM'S RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES SERIOUSLY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 82, March 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JIHAD, MARTYRDOM, & THE TORMENTS OF THE GRAVE

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S ENERGY POLICIES:  NO ADDITIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY, LESS USE OF COAL & OIL, & GREATER RELIANCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES -- PLACING AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE IN THE SHAKY BASKET WITH WIND TURBINES, SOLAR PANELS, & BIOFUELS -- HOW HIGH-TECH BREAKTHROUGHS & INCREASED NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES MAY PROVIDE A MEANS OF GETTING AROUND THE IMMENSE ENERGY PROBLEM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS CREATING FOR THE AMERICAN POPULATION & ITS ECONOMY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 81, March 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WILL OBAMA LEAVE OUR CHILDREN POWERLESS?

By Dennis T. Avery & Alex Avery



THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS' POLITICAL AGENDA:  RENDER AMERICA A THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY BY PREVENTING THE BUILDING OF NEW ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS & THE EXPLORATION & EXTRACTION OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES OF COAL, NATURAL GAS, & OIL
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Volume XI, Issue # 80, March 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE GREENS HATE ENERGY, AMERICA, & YOU!

By Alan Caruba



MAKING LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY IN THE U.S.A.:  LEFTWING LIBERAL PRESSURE GROUPS FORCING THE TWISTED DOGMAS OF LIBERALISM ON THE PUBLIC SPHERE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY, WHILE RELENTLESSLY SEEKING TO DRIVE EVERY VESTIGE OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MORALITY FROM THE AMERICA'S PUBLIC SECTOR -- A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE EFFORT TO CRAM LIBERAL IDEOLOGY DOWN THE THROATS OF AMERICANS BY MAKING IT U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY:  THE DECISION OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO RESCIND THE BAN ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF STEM CELL RESEARCH
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 79, March 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA'S STEM CELL SACRAMENT

By Christopher G. Adamo



WILL BINYAMIN NETANYAHU KEEP HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROMISES?  WILL HE PUT AN END TO HAMAS CONTROL OF GAZA?  WILL HE KEEP THE GOLAN HEIGHTS UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL?  WHAT CONCLUSIONS SHOULD BE DEDUCED FROM (1) THE GENERAL PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR OF THE FOUR LIKUD PRIME MINISTERS SINCE 1977 & (2) NATANYAHU'S OWN RECOND AS ONE OF THOSE FOUR PRIME MINISTERS?  WILL NETANYAHU AGAIN BETRAY THE ISRAELI VOTERS?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 78, March 10, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NETANYAHU AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: DEJA VU?

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



THE DECLINE, COLLAPSE, & QUASI-NATIONALIZATION OF THE DETROIT AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS:  FROM THE SYMBOL OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL POWER TO AN ECONOMIC BASKET CASE GROVELING BEFORE CONGRESS, BEGGING FOR A TAXPAYER-FUNDED BAILOUT:  DETROIT UNDERESTIMATING THE COMPETITION -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DETROIT MANAGEMENT AND THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION -- THE MATTER OF QUALITY & ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY -- THE DETROIT AUTOMAKERS' MISMANAGEMENT OF SUPPLY & DEMAND
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 77, March 9, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW DETROIT'S AUTOMAKERS WENT FROM
KINGS OF THE ROAD TO ROADKILL

By Joseph B. White



THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR TALK ABOUT "SAVING THE EARTH":  JUST WHO DO THESE PSYCHOTIC IDEOLOGUES THINK THEY ARE?  COEQUAL COMPONENTS OF THE ALMIGHTY DEITY?  IF HUMAN EFFORT IS REQUIRED TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM GLOBAL WARMING & OTHER CATACLISMIC EVENTS NOW & IN THE FUTURE, HOW DID THE EARTH MANAGE TO AVOID DESTRUCTION DURING THE MANY BILLIONS OF YEARS IT EXISTED & EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS CATACLISMIC EVENTS PRIOR TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES?  THE LIMITED OR NONEXISTENT CAPACITY OF HUMANS TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF NATURE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 76, March 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SAVING THE EARTH?

By Alan Caruba



PREDICTING THE EARTH'S WARMING & COOLING TRENDS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:  THE PLANET'S FUTURE WARMING CYCLES WILL CONTINUE TO BE COOLER THAN THOSE IN PREVIOUS ERAS.  HUMAN-EMITTED CARBON DIOXIDE IS NOT LIKELY TO MAKE THE NATURAL WARMING CYCLES MUCH WARMER.  FOR THE NEXT 25 TO 30 YEARS, THE EARTH WILL BE IN A COOLING PHASE, AFTER WHICH THE PLANET WILL RESUME GETTING SLOWLY & ERATICALLY WARMER, BUT NOT MUCH WARMER.  THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS WILL LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE PUBLIC PANIC & THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT WILL DIE.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 75, March 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NATURAL GLOBAL WARMINGS HAVE BECOME MORE MODERATE

By Dennis T. Avery



THE CONCERTED PUSH WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO BAN FRANK TALK ABOUT THE NATURE OF AMERICA'S ISLAMIST ENEMY;  INSISTENCE ON NO CONNECTION BEING DRAWN FROM ISLAM TO EXTREMIST POLITICS & TERRORISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 74, March 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE VOICE OF AMERICA, SILENCED ON RADICAL ISLAM

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



PROPAGANDA TACTICS OF GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS:  HOW THE CONDUCT OF CLIMATE-CHANGE ALARMISTS RESEMBLES CONSUMER FRAUD -- CLASSIC BAIT & SWITCH TACTICS USED TO PROMOTE GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING, THE OREGON PETITION, & THE 2009 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE -- CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, PLANETARY TEMPERATURES, & POLAR ICE SHEETS -- THE KYOTO PROTOCOL & THE UN'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE -- THE ECONOMY, ENERGY COSTS, & THE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF TAXING & PENALIZING HYDROCARBON USE & CO2 EMISSIONS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 73, March 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GLOBAL WARMING "BAIT-&-SWITCH":
Scientific "Consensus" & Other Shady Sales Tactics
Used to Promote Alarmist Theories

By Paul K. Driessen



HOW THE SYRIAN REGIME HANDLES DISSENT:  SUPPRESSION OF POLITICAL DISSENT IN SYRIA -- ABSENCE OF FREE EXPRESSION & OTHER CIVIL LIBERTIES GUARANTEES IN SYRIA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 72, March 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DISSIDENT WATCH: TARIQ BIASI

By Gideon Spitzer



THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, ITS PROPAGANDA & MEDIA SUPPORTERS, & ISSUES OF AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY:  MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS CONSTANTLY QUOTE SOCALLED ENVIRONMENTAL "EXPERTS" WHO PREDICT THAT SOARING TEMPERATURES, RISING SEA LEVELS, INCREASING STORMS, PROLONGED DROUGHTS, & OTHER DISASTERS WILL RESULT FROM USE OF FOSSIL FUELS, ENERGY PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION, MANUFACTURING, MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION, & OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES.  HOW VALID ARE THESE PREDICTIONS?  ARE THEY A SOUND BASIS FOR PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS THAT WILL HAVE INCALCULABLE, FAR-REACHING IMPACTS ON OUR ENERGY SECURITY, ECONOMY, LIVING STANDARDS, & LIVES?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 71, March 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CLIMATE CHANGE FORECASTS ARE USELESS FOR POLICYMAKING!
WHY RUSH TO RUIN THE ECONOMY OVER SOME DODGY FORECASTS?

By Dr. Kesten C. Green, Dr. J. Scott Armstrong, & Dr. Willie Soon



THE "DIVIDE & CONQUER" STRATEGY PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIS SUPPORTERS ARE EMPLOYING AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS:  REDEFINING CONSERVATISM & COLLABORATING WITH REPUBLICAN "MODERATES" IN ORDER TO NEUTRALIZE ANY REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO OBAMA'S PLANS FOR MOVING AMERICA IRREVOCABLY TO THE LEFT -- EXECUTING A COORDINATED EFFORT TO ATTACK & FRACTURE THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT & THEREBY SEAL OBAMA'S POLITICAL SUPREMACY IN THE U.S.A. -- ATTEMPTS TO ISOLATE & MARGINALIZE RUSH LIMBAUGH -- SEEKING TO CREATE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN CONSERVATISM & THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & TO PLACE THE GOP AT A PERMANENT POLITICAL DISADVANTAGE AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS -- HOW OBAMA & HIS POLITICAL MACHINE MAY ALREADY HAVE BLUNDERED & WEAKENED THEMSELVES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 70, March 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA ATTEMPTS TO REWRITE CONSERVATISM

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE 1930S GREAT DEPRESSION & AMERICA'S STATIST RESPONSE TO THAT ECONOMIC CRISIS:  WHAT CAUSED THE GREAT DEPRESSION?  THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929; THE SMOOT-HAWLEY TARIFF ACT OF 1930; THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM DURING 1928 & 1929 -- PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S "NEW DEAL" AS THE PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION:   WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF, WITH PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S SOCALLED ECONOMIC "STIMULUS" PROGRAMS BECOMING A SECOND NEW DEAL?  THERE IS EVERY APPEARANCE THAT THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITY IN CONGRESS WILL REPEAT MANY OF THE MISTAKES MADE BY THE ORIGINAL NEW DEAL, THEREBY EXACERBATING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 40, February 1, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE NEW BAD DEAL

By Alan Caruba



WHY AMERICA DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER NEW DEAL:  THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS COMPRISING THE ORIGINAL NEW DEAL, THAT OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, DID NOT REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S.A. & SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS HAD TERRIBLE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.  THE TAXES TO PAY FOR NEW DEAL BECAME ASTRONOMICAL, THE MARGINAL TAX RATE IMPOSED ON TOP INCOMES BECAME CONFISCATORY, ENTREPRENEURS WERE THEREBY DISCOURAGED FROM INVESTING, & THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS CONSEQUENTLY PROLONGED.  THE AVAILABILITY OF U.S. TREASURY FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION & REDISTRIBUTION ENRICHED SPECIAL INTERESTS WITH EFFECTIVE POLITICAL LOBBIES, WHILE OTHER AMERICANS, WHO SOMETIMES HAD MORE JUST CAUSES & GREATER NEED, RECEIVED LITTLE OR NOTHING FROM FDR'S NEW DEAL
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 39, January 31, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DO WE NEED A NEW NEW DEAL?

By Dr. Burton W. Folsom, Jr.



MUST AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES ABANDON THEIR CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES?  MUST CONSERVATIVES DISCARD THE IDEAS THAT RONALD WILSON REAGAN STOOD FOR?  THE ROOTS OF THE ARGUMENT THAT CONSERVATIVES NEED TO "GET BEYOND REAGAN" -- WHAT CONSERVATISM IS -- INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY & LIMITED GOVERNMENT -- IS THERE SUCH A THING AS "BIG-GOVERNMENT CONSERVATISM" IN THE U.S.A.?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 38, January 31, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DO CONSERVATIVES NEED TO GET BEYOND REAGAN?

By Rush Limbaugh



BURNING WOOD & DUNG IN OPEN COOKING & HEATING FIRES:  USE OF RENEWABLE FUELS IN ASIA -- ENERGY USE THAT DEPLETES FORESTS, POLLUTES THE AIR, & IS HAZARDOUS TO THE HEALTH OF ASIANS:  FACTS WHICH THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS WOULD LIKE TO COVER UP -- FACTS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 37, January 30, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ASIA'S BROWN POLLUTION CLOUD:
CAUSED BY RENEWABLE FUELS!

By Dennis T. Avery



ISRAEL'S GREATEST NEED:  ISRAELI POLITICAL LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY'S STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 36, January 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EXPLAINING ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC MISTAKES

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



WHAT CONGRESS & THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD DO ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:  RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF A DEPRESSION.  PAY ATTENTION TO THE HISTORY & LESSIONS OF THE 1930S GREAT DEPRESSION.  AVOID REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES.  KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE BALL HERE AT HOME, WHILE FORGETTING ABOUT ACHIEVING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, A REGION IN WHICH PEASE HAS NOT EXISTED BEFORE, DURING, & SINCE THE TIME OF MUHAMMAD.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 35, January 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HEY KIDS, IT'S A DEPRESSION

By Alan Caruba



THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, & AMERICA'S DESCENT INTO COLLECTIVISM:  WILL REAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERS ARISE TO REVIVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS AN EFFECTIVE POLITICAL OPPOSITION & RESCUE THE AMERICAN NATION FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL JUGGERNAUT?  MUST THE AMERICAN ECONOMY BE RUINED & OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC DESTROYED BY THE LEFTISTS, BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP WE DIRELY NEED APPEARS ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 34, January 28, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ARE CONSERVATIVE LEADERS ARISING FROM GOP MIRE

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT: THE DEMANDS OF A SAUDI PRINCE WHO HAS A HISTORY OF ISLAMIST RADICALISM VIS-A-VIS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT -- PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL'S INSTRUCTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ON WHAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MUST DO DO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PLAYING A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST & KEEP ITS STRATEGIC ALLIANCES INTACT, ESPECIALLY ITS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA -- TURKI'S DEMAND THAT THERE BE A DRASTIC REVISION IN U.S. POLICIES VIS-A-VIS ISRAEL & PALESTINE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 33, January 26, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A SAUDI PRINCE'S THREAT TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



THE SOCALLED "ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT" & THE ATTEMPT TO SHOVE IT DOWN OUR THROATS:  PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S ASSERTION THAT CONGRESS MUST ACT NOW & QUICKLY PASS THE "STIMULUS BILL" -- A MUCH WISER COURSE:  FOLLOW THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, MAKE FULL USE OF OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES, & HAVE PLENTY OF DELIBERATION & DISCUSSION BEFORE ANY PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LIBERAL LEFTIST POLITICAL AGENDA BECOMES LAW.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 32, January 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PASSAGE OF THE RECOVERY ACT:  WHAT'S THE HURRY?

By Alan Caruba



POLITICIANS & IDEOLOGUES TARGETING AMERICA'S COAL & PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES FOR EXTINCTION:   ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS, LIBERAL LEFTISTS, & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUE TO OPPOSE AMERICA'S USE OF COAL & OTHER FOSSIL FUELS AS SOURCES OF ENERGY.  THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SEEK TO END EXTRACTION OF FOSSIL FUELS, REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, & FORCE AMERICANS TO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SOLAR PANELS, & WIND TURBINES.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 31, January 25, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

COAL, GLORIOUS COAL

By Alan Caruba



THE UNITED NATIONS, THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL LEFT, & THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WIDESPREAD ANTI-SEMITISM -- ANTI-ISRAELI & PRO-ARAB BIAS REGARDING THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- APPEASEMENT OF HAMAS -- WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW HAMAS TO RULE TYRANNICALLY OVER THE GAZA STRIP & MURDER BOTH ISRAELIS & PALESTINIANS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 30, January 24, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE EUROPEAN LEFT:  MARCHING FOR HAMAS

By Denis MacEoin



WHAT DRIVES THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT & THE GLOBAL JIHAD IT IS WAGING AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST:   ISLAM & ISLAMIC CULTURE AS COMPRISING THE SOURCE OF THE CONFLICT -- ISLAM AS LEADING TO AGGRESSION TOWARD NON-MUSLIMS, OR "INFIDELS" -- TO UNDERSTAND ISLAMISM & JIHADISM, ONE MUST EXAMINE ISLAM'S OWN PECULIAR IDEOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW, AS OUTLINED IN THE KORAN & THE HADITH, ARTICULATED BY THE ULEMA (MUSLIM THEOLOGIAN-SCHOLARS), & CODIFIED IN SHARIA (ISLAMIC) LAW
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 29, January 24, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE MIND OF JIHAD -- A BOOK REVIEW

By Raymond Ibrahim



HEZBOLLAH'S FUTURE IN LEBANON & THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE GROUP'S WEAKNESS & FAILURES -- HOW THE WEST CAN NEUTRALIZE HEZBOLLAH'S PROPAGANDA MACHINE & PUNCTURE INFLATED ARAB & LEBANESE PERCEPTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION -- TAKING THE FIRST STEPS NECESSARY TO NEUTRALIZING THE THREAT THAT HEZBOLLAH POSES TO LEBANON & TO MIDDLE EASTERN REGIONAL STABILITY
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Volume XI, Issue # 28, January 23, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NASRALLAH'S DEFEAT IN THE 2006 WAR:
ASSESSING HEZBOLLAH'S INFLUENCE

By Eyal Zisser



THE THREAT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN EUROPE:  LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO EXPOSE RADICAL ISLAM -- LABELING AS "HATE SPEECH" & ANTI-MUSLIM "DISCRIMINATION" PUBLIC CRITICISM OF ISLAMISTS WHO SEEK TO INCITE VIOLENCE AGAINST "INFIDELS" & WHO CALL FOR THE DEATH OF ALL JEWS & OTHER NON-MUSLIMS -- PUNISHING EUROPEANS FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ISLAMISM, ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & ITS SOURCES OF FINANCING -- ABSURD & DANGEROUS MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE VERY CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH -- EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS SHOWING SIGNS OF BEHAVING MORE & MORE LIKE AUTHORITARIAN MIDDLE EASTERN REGIMES THAT ROUTINELY ARREST & PUNISH DISSIDENTS FOR "THOUGHT CRIMES," THAT IS, FOR HOLDING OPPOSING POLITICAL VIEWS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 27, January 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEATH TO FREE SPEECH IN THE NETHERLANDS

By Brooke M. Goldstein & Aaron Meyer



WITH BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. & WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITIES IN THE TWO HOUSES OF THE U.S. CONGRESS, WISE & EFFECTIVE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DOES NOT EXIST.   IN THE CONGRESS, THE REAL LEADERSHIP THAT IS NEEDED EMINATES NEITHER FROM THE LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS NOR FROM SPINELESS, "ME TOO" REPUBLICAN COLLABORATIONISTS.  NOR DOES THE NEEDED LEADERSHIP EMINATE FROM THE NEW PRESIDENT, WITH HIS ABSURDLY GRANDIOSE PROMISES TO LOWER THE OCEAN LEVELS BY GOVERNMENT STRANGULATION OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY, HIS STATED INTENTION TO CONFISCATE THE NATION'S WEALTH IN THE NAME OF ECONOMIC "STIMULUS," & HIS PROMISES TO "UNITE" THE COUNTRY, WHILE INFLAMING THE FESTERING SORES OF RACIAL DIVISIVENESS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 26, January 22, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OBAMA MANIA WILL EVENTUALLY COLLIDE WITH REALITY

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN IN THE U.S.A.:  THE FIFTH COLUMN'S DISSEMINATION OF SEDITIOUS PROPAGANDA WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE AMERICAN NATION -- PRO-HAMAS RALLIES THAT ADVOCATE GENOCIDE AGAINST JEWS & THE DOWNFALL OF THE U.S.A. -- ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO IMPOSE ON AMERICA SHARI'A (ISLAMIC LAW), A SYSTEM OF LAW THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN POLITICAL VALUES & LEGAL PRINCIPLES, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT & RELIGION, & EQUALITY OF ALL BEFORE THE LAW -- THE ROLE THAT MULTICULTURALISTS & UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN ISLAMIC & MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES ARE PLAYING IN UNDERMINING AMERICA'S DEFENSES AGAINST ISLAMISM -- THE FAILURE OF AMERICA'S MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO EXPOSE THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES OF OUR NATION'S INTERNAL ENEMIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 25, January 21, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RESISTING STEALTH JIHAD -- A BRIEFING:
ROBERT SPENCER ON STEALTH JIHAD

By Pam Meister



CAN WORDS ALONE SOLVE AMERICA'S PROBLEMS?  WHAT DOES THE U.S.A. REALLY NEED:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S ORATORY, OR A SERIOUS REALITY CHECK?  WHAT THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN NATIONAL POLITICS & PUBLIC POLICYMAKING INDICATES -- WHAT THE HISTORY OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION INTO THE ECONOMY INDICATES -- WHY MANY AMERICANS QUESTION THE SCALE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S AMBITIONS -- WHAT CONGRESS CAN DO TO ENSURE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN THE U.S.A.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 24, January 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ORATORY VERSUS REALITY:  THE OBAMA YEARS BEGIN

By Alan Caruba



THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAJORITY & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WILL THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS TURN THEIR BACKS ON ISRAEL & SUPPORT HAMAS & HEZBOLLAH?
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Volume XI, Issue # 23, January 20, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DEMOCRATS & ISRAEL

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE OF HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, PORTS, & AIRFIELDS:  SERIOUS MAINTENANCE & UPGRADE NEEDED -- INVESTMENT IN MAINTAINING & IMPROVING OUR NATION'S KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY & IS CONSISTENT WITH CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL PRINCIPLES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 22, January 19, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INFRASTRUCTURE:  LET'S SPEND MONEY ON IT

By Alan Caruba



INGRID MATTSON, THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, & THE DISSEMINATION OF ISLAMIST PROPAGANDA IN THE U.S.A.:  WAHHABI APOLOGIST MATTSON'S ASSOCIATION WITH BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- MATTSON'S PARTICIPATION IN PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA'S INAUGURAL FESTIVITIES -- THE INCOMING OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S INTENT TO IGNORE MATTSON'S LONG HISTORY OF SHILLING FOR RADICAL ISLAM & TO LEND THE ADMINISTRATION'S IMPRIMATUR TO THE ISNA, THEREBY OPENING THE DOORS OF POWER TO WAHHABI APOLOGISTS
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Volume XI, Issue # 21, January 18, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE NATIONAL PRAYER SERVICE & THE WAHHABI LOBBY

By Winfield Myers



THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, UNITED STATES ENERGY & ECONOMIC POLICY, & THE CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROHIBIT FURTHER EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICA'S DOMESTIC OIL & NATURAL GAS RESERVES?  SHOULD THE U.S.A. PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES BY EXPANDING DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTION?  HOW BANS ON INCREASED PETROLEUM PRODUCTION COST AMERICA BILLIONS THAT COULD PAY FOR ECONOMIC STIMULOUS PLANS & DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES -- THE REAL LESSONS OF THE JANUARY, 1969, SANTA BARBARA BLOWOUT
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Volume XI, Issue # 20, January 17, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"JUST SAY NO" TO OIL & NATURAL GAS REVENUES?

By Paul K. Driessen



A DANGEROUS GAP IN THE MILITARY STUDIES PROGRAMS CARRIED ON BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:  SENIOR SERVICE WAR COLLEGES TOTALLY IGNORING ISLAMIC WAR-FIGHTING DOCTRINE -- FAILURE OF THE WAR COLLEGES TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR CURRICULUM A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF MUHAMMAD AS A MILITARY OR POLITICAL LEADER -- OUR CONSEQUENT LACK OF AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAR DOCTRINE BEING FOLLOWED BY ISLAMISTS IN THEIR GLOBAL JIHAD AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- OUR RESULTANT FAILURE TO TAKE THE MOST BASIC & SIMPLE ADVICE REGARDING WARFARE:  WU SUN TZU'S ANCIENT DICTUM, "KNOW THY ENEMY" -- ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTY:  THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S INABILITY OR UNWILLINGNESS TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE OUR JIHADIST ENEMY & ITS IDEOLOGICAL ROOTS IN ISLAM
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Volume XI, Issue # 19, January 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

STUDYING THE ISLAMIC WAY OF WAR

By Raymond Ibrahim



BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP, & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  AS PRESIDENT, WILL OBAMA BE ABLE TO REBUILD THE U.S. ECONOMY?  THE OBSTACLES THAT ARE LIKELY TO PREVENT OBAMA FROM FUNCTIONING EFFECTIVELY AS MANAGER OF THE ECONOMY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 18, January 15, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MORE THAN AN EMPTY SUIT?

By Dennis T. Avery



REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS IGNORING & TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THE PARTY'S CONSERVATIVE BASE:  TOUTING & PUSHING SOCALLED "MODERATE REPUBLICANISM" & "COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM," INSTEAD OF THE TRUE CONSERVATISM OF MOST REPUBLICAN VOTERS -- THE PERSISTENT EFFORT OF THE BUSH PRESIDENCY TO SOFT-PEDDLE CONSERVATISM & MOLLIFY THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT -- SEEKING THE GOOD WILL OF THE LIBERAL LEFTIST OPPOSITION -- THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF THIS EIGHT-YEAR BEHAVIOR PATTERN ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- THE IMPACT OF THE BEHAVIOR PATTERN ON THE POPULARITY OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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Volume XI, Issue # 17, January 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY PRESIDENT BUSH IS SO REVILED

By Christopher G. Adamo



PUBLIC IMAGERY, PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, & BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA:  THE ATTEMPTED "BRANDING" OF BARACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- THE DELIBERATE EFFORT TO CREATE A PUBLIC IMAGE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AS BEING INTELLECTUALLY, SPIRITUALLY, & MORALLY ON A PAR WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN -- OBAMA'S "LINCOLN" PAGEANT AS A COAT-TAILS EFFECT THAT CANNOT SUSTAIN ITSELF
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume XI, Issue # 16, January 16, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BARACK LINCOLN

By Alan Caruba



THE ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR & THE DEMAND FOR A CEASEFIRE:  NO TIME FOR A CEASEFIRE IN THE WAR IN WHICH ISRAEL IS DEFENDING ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS, A MASSIVELY FINANCED & ARMED ISLAMIST TERRORIST ENTITY THAT IS WAGING A JIHAD TO CONQUER & DESTROY ISRAEL & TO KILL ALL JEWS, THOSE IN THE DIASPORA AS WELL AS THOSE IN ISRAEL -- THE RULES OF WAR IN A JIHAD & HOW ISLAMISTS, UNDER THESE RULES, UTILIZE HUDNAS, OR CEASEFIRES, IN THEIR TERROR WAR AGAINST THE NON-MUSLIM WORLD -- THE DISASTROUS EVENTS THAT WOULD ENSUE, SHOULD ISRAEL & THE WEST GIVE UP THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM
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Volume XI, Issue # 15, January 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA?

By Dr. Denis MacEoin



THE GROWING ISLAMIST THREAT IN TURKEY:  THE RULING JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP) AS THE CHIEF INSTRUMENT FOR TRANSFORMING TURKEY INTO AN ISLAMIST STATE -- THE AKP WORKING TO ADVANCE AN ISLAMIST AGENDA & UNDERMINE SECULARISM IN TURKEY -- THE AKP ABANDONING THE COMPROMISING & POWER SHARING THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE EXISTENCE & EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY
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Volume XI, Issue # 14, January 14, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMISTS' APPROACH TO EUROPE: TURKEY'S ISLAMIST DANGER

By Dr. Bassam Tibi



OUR NATIONAL LEADERS' WEAK-KNEED DEFINITION OF AMERICA'S ENEMY IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL CONFLICT:   THE RELUCTANCE OF OUR LEADERS TO FACE REALITY & DESCRIBE THE ISLAMIST ENEMY AS DRIVEN BY A TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGY BASED ON THE ISLAMIC RELIGION -- A SELF-IMPOSED STRAITJACKET WHICH HINDERS DISCUSSION OF AN ENEMY THAT WISHES TO SUBJUGATE THE ENTIRE WORLD UNDER SHARI'A LAW, A STRAITJACKET WHICH LEAVES US WITH VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF KNOWING & DEFEATING THE ENEMY -- WHAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL NEED TO DO ABOUT GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT DOWNPLAY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ISLAM & ISLAMIST TERRORISM
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Volume XI, Issue # 13, January 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GOVERNMENT POLICIES STIFLE TALK OF ISLAM

By Dr. David J. Rusin



TURKEY, GEOPOLITICS, & THE THREAT OF ISLAMISM:  HOW PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN & THE RULING JUSTICE & DEVELOPMENT PARTY (AKP) HAVE CHANGED TURKEY'S FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITY & ITS POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- HOW FETHULLAH GULEN & HIS MOVEMENT ARE WORKING TO TRANSFORM TURKEY INTO AN ISLAMIST STATE
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Volume XI, Issue # 12, January 12, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FETHULLAH GULEN'S AMBITION: TURKEY'S ISLAMIST DANGER

By Rachel Sharon-Krespin



GOVERNMENTAL ACTION TO COPE WITH THE MAJOR RECESSION WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING:  MOST PEOPLE BETTING ON THE STUPIDITY & CUPIDITY OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL LEADERS TO ENSURE THAT THE RECESSION GETS MUCH WORSE -- PREVIOUS U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO EFFECT SOME CONTROL OVER THE ECONOMY, WHILE, AT THE SAME TIME, RUNNING IT INTO THE GROUND -- THE CURRENT FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC CRISIS:  IDIOTS & LIARS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAVE MANAGED TO PLUNGE US INTO A RECESSION THAT COULD TURN INTO A FULL-FLEDGED DEPRESSION, & ALL THE FAILED POLICIES OF THE NEW DEAL ERA ARE BEING TOUTED AS THE ANSWER TO OUR PRESENT DEBACLE
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Volume XI, Issue # 11, January 11, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PUT YOUR BET ON STUPIDITY

By Alan Caruba



THE ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR:  WHICH SIDE IS WINNING, WHICH SIDE IS LOSING?  THE NEED FOR A COOL STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT -- THE REAL ISSUE:  BAD DECISIONS MADE IN JERUSALEM -- CONSIDERING THOSE DECISIONS, HOW WELL HAS ISRAEL'S LEADERSHIP PERFORMED?  JERUSALEM'S PROFOUND STRATEGIC INCOMPETENCE & DISASTROUS PERFORMANCE -- THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S FAILED POLICIES SINCE 1993 THAT HAVE ERODED ISRAEL'S REPUTATION, STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE, & NATIONAL SECURITY -- HOW THE ISRAELI LEADERSHIP CREATED THE GAZA PROBLEM -- ISRAEL AS A POLITY FULL OF TALENT, ENERGY & RESOLVE, BUT LACKING DIRECTION
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Volume XI, Issue # 10, January 11, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC INCOMPETENCE IN GAZA

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



ISLAMISM & JIHADISM IN INDONESIA:  JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH & THE INDONESIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT -- JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH'S STRUGGLE TO TRANSFORM INDONESIA INTO AN ISLAMIST STATE -- JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH'S ENGAGEMENT IN POLITICS AS A CYNICAL SHORTTERM TACTIC IN JI'S LONGTERM STRATEGY TO ERADICATE SECULAR LAW & GOVERNMENT & TO IMPOSE SHARI'A LAW & A THEOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP -- HOW JI BUILDS UPON THE EXPERIENCE OF MIDDLE EAST TERRORIST GROUPS
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Volume XI, Issue # 9, January 8, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH ADOPTS THE HEZBOLLAH MODEL

By Zachary Aburza



PREDICTIONS OF CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING RING INCREASINGLY HOLLOW TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC:  WHAT WEATHER PATTERNS OF THE PAST DECADE INDICATE:  A GLOBAL COOLING TREND SINCE PRIOR TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- WHAT THE SCIENTIFICALLY QUANTIFIABLE DATA SHOW:  NORMAL WARMING & COOLING CYCLES, EASILY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FLUCTUATIONS IN SOLAR ACTIVITY THAT HAS BEEN THE FATE OF THE PLANET SINCE ITS CREATION -- WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO AMERICA'S ENERGY INDUSTRY, IF LEFTISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS ARE ALLOWED TO ADVANCE THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA UNCHECKED:  THE END OF DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTION & OF COAL-FIRED GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY
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Volume XI, Issue # 8, January 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE GLOBAL WARMING CRESCENDO HAS PASSED

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE OLD QUANDARY THAT ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS BRINGS UP:  WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS?  WHAT DOES NOT & CANNOT WORK -- THE ONLY PRACTICAL APPROACH:  EGYPTIAN RULE IN THE GAZA STRIP & JORDANIAN CONTROL OF THE WEST BANK
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Volume XI, Issue # 7, January 7, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SOLVING THE "PALESTINIAN PROBLEM"

By Dr. Daniel Pipes



WHERE WILL AMERICAN CITIZENS INVEST THEIR PRIVATE CAPITAL DURING THE NEXT DECADE?  LOOKING BEYOND THE MESS OF SUB-PRIME MORTAGES & UNFUNDED AUTO WORKERS' PENSIONS -- RADICALISM, THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, & THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY -- THE ECONOMIC, ENERGY, & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & THEIR IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMIC RECOVERY & GROWTH INVESTMENTS
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Volume XI, Issue # 6, January 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AN ORDINARY INVESTOR LOOKS AT THE COMING DECADE

By Dennis T. Avery



THE NUMEROUS DISPARITIES BEHIND THE PROPAGANDA OF ISLAMISTS:  HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTRADICTIONS REFLECTED IN AL-QA'IDA'S WORDS -- WHAT AL-QA'IDA TELLS THE WEST ARE THE REASONS WHY THE FORMER WAGES A TERROR WAR AGAINST THE LATTER -- WHAT AL-QA'IDA PREACHES TO MUSLIMS REGARDING ISLAM'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE WEST & THE REST OF THE NON-MUSLIM WORLD -- JIHAD AS RECIPROCITY, AS RETALIATION FOR WESTERN INJUSTICE TO & OPPRESSION OF MUSLIMS -- JIHAD AS A RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION, AS A TERROR WAR DRIVEN BY THE COMMANDS OF A RELIGION-BASED TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
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Volume XI, Issue # 5, January 6, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AN ANALYSIS OF AL-QA'IDA'S WORLDVIEW:
RECIPROCAL TREATMENT OR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION?

By Raymond Ibrahim



THE BENEFITS OF COAL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY:  THE FREQUENTLY MISSING INFORMATION NEEDED TO GUIDE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS ON CRUCIAL ISSUES RELATING TO ENERGY, THE ECONOMY, THE ENVIRONMENT, & HUMAN HEALTH -- THE DISINGENUOUS, UNETHICAL, & HARMFUL PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT
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Volume XI, Issue # 4, January 4, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SAVING LIVES WITH COAL:  THE BENEFITS OF COAL-GENERATED
ELECTRICITY ARE TOO OFTEN IGNORED IN PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES

By Paul K. Driessen



ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA & KNEE-JERK CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMANY TO PRESSURE ISRAEL INTO ENDING ITS ATTACK:  HAMAS POLICY AS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CURRENT MILITARY CONFLICT IN GAZA -- THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN & UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AID TO PALESTINIANS ON HAMAS ROCKET & MORTAR FIRE FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL -- THE ROLE OF SYRIA & IRAN IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- THE ROAD TO A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume XI, Issue # 3, January 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DIPLOMACY CANNOT QUELL GAZA VIOLENCE

By Dr. Michael Rubin



THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION:  A DEN OF POLITICAL PROPAGANDISTS & ACTIVISTS POSING AS SCHOLARS -- A BASTION OF GROUPTHINK FOR RADICAL ACTIVISTS ENGAGED IN POLITICALLY BIASED RESEARCH, ONE-SIDED TEACHING, & PEDDLING A PRO-ARAB, ANTI-WESTERN POLITICAL AGENDA -- A HIVE OF ACADEMIC OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL & THE U.S.A. -- FAILURE TO PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION ON ISLAM, ISLAMISM, & THE MIDDLE EAST -- DISREGARD OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS -- THE POLITICIZED, ANTI-WESTERN OLD GUARD STILL IN CONTROL OF MESA
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Volume XI, Issue # 2, January 5, 2009

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ON THE MEND?

By Jonathan Schanzer



WHY WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CARBON DIOXIDE:  THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, A CONGRESS DOMINATED BY ENVIRONMENTALISTS & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX, & CARBON TAXES -- FEDERAL LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS THAT WILL FURTHER BANCKRUPT THE U.S.A. -- WHY MOST SCIENTISTS DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CO2 GLOBAL WARMING PREMISE -- WHY WE SHOULD NOT BE RULED BY LAWS & REGULATIONS THAT HAVE NO SCIENTIFIC MERIT
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Volume XI, Issue # 1, January 4, 2008

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT GLORIUS CARBON DIOXIDE

By Alan Caruba




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