Tag Archive: “Conservative news”

on August 7, 2013 in World News

The Pro-Slavery Roots of the Modern Left

                      The Very Best Form of Socialism’: The Pro-Slavery Roots of the Modern Left The left has been waging a decades-long smear campaign against conservatives, painting them as bigots who have been on the wrong side of history on every issue, including America’s greatest sin – slavery. Vice President Joe Biden even went as far as to suggest during the 2012 election that a Republican victory would re-enslave African-Americans. Leftist academics and historians have gone to great lengths to bury and distort the names and legacies of the men who… View Article

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on August 6, 2013 in World News

Digital Media Set to Overtake TV Viewing

Digital Media Set to Overtake TV Viewing According to eMarketer, the amount of time Americans spend every day using digital media will overtake the time spent watching TV this year for the first time. Adults will average 5 hours each day online as opposed to 4 hours and 31 minutes watching TV. Online time will rise 15.8%; TV time will decline slightly. Of the time spent online each day, the time spent on non-voice mobile units such as phones and tablets will average 2 hours and 21 minutes per day, even more than on desktop and laptop computers. “Digital time”… View Article

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on August 6, 2013 in World News

Gun Violence Going Down is Not the Issue

McAuliffe: Gun Violence Going Down is Not the Issue Virgnia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McCauliffe did not want to tell reporters if he supports the passage of an “assault weapons” ban (AWB) in the commonwealth of Virginia. When asked by Breitbart News, he replied, “What I said in Virginia, what we ought to do–and I’m a strong supporter of the second amendment–I’m a gun owner. I take two of my sons hunting and skeet shooting. I think there are reasonable things we can do.” When asked what those things would be, McCauliffe only mentioned background checks. “I think that anyone… View Article

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on August 6, 2013 in World News

FT Hood Shooter Gets Special Treatment

FT Hood Shooter Gets Special Treatment; Victims Suffer Dallas-Fort Worth’s NBC 5 Investigated reports that accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan enjoys privileges unusual for a prisoner in jail, while his victims have been denied the same benefits as soldiers wounded in attacks overseas. Hasan travels nearly every day by helicopter with an additional helicopter escort and security detail from the Bell County Jail and Fort Hood. The Army says Hasan needs to go to Fort Hood to prepare his legal defense; the jail apparently cannot give Hasan the facilities he needs. He does not travel by car because… View Article

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on August 5, 2013 in World News

Matt Damon Enrolls Kids in Private School

Public School Advocate Matt Damon Enrolls Kids in Private School                       Actor Matt Damon is a strong supporter of America’s public schools. Just two years ago, the star spoke passionately about the importance of public schools at a Washington DC “Save our Schools” rally. In fact, the actor is so impressed with public school teachers that he has demanded they receive a pay raise. That passion and conviction, however, does not apply to Damon’s own children who will not be enrolled into the Los Angeles public school system. In an… View Article

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on August 5, 2013 in World News

Late-night comics using Democrats as punchlines

Laugh it up: Study finds late-night comics using Democrats as punchlines President Barack Obama, the joke’s on you. A study of gags by late-night comics during the first half of the year found an abrupt change from 2012. Now Obama and Democrats are providing the lion’s share of punchlines. Obama was the target of 288 monologue jokes made by Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel, according to an analysis released Monday by the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University. The next most joked-about individual was New York City Democratic mayoral candidate… View Article

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on August 5, 2013 in World News

Virginia: Gun Sales Rise, Crime Falls

In a real life demonstration of scholar John Lott’s maxim “more guns, less crime,” violent crime has dropped in Virginia as gun ownership has increased.                       According to a Fox News report, firearms sales in Virginia were 16 percent higher in 2012 over 2011 and violent crime went down by 5 percent. Perhaps the significance of this is best seen in the raw numbers: In 2012 licensed gun dealers sold 490,119 guns in their state, while the number of violent crimes for the same time period was 4,378. Virginia Commonwealth… View Article

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on August 2, 2013 in Right Edition

Fired for Putting out Fire – Raise the Minimum Wage

Raise your hand if you would want your child’s daycare teacher to leave the kids unattended for a moment while she went to investigate the smell of smoke and ultimately put out a fire. Thought so. Me too. That’s exactly what Michelle Hammack did and she was fired for it. As The Huffington Post reports, the Florida day care teacher smelled something burning and found a small fire in an oven of a nearby room. After putting out the fire she rushed back to her class, woke her napping kids and got them all outside. Hero, right? Wrong. According to… View Article

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