El Rushbo on Afghanistan: "The Hell with the Place"

This was posted earlier this evening by Troy Senik at Ricochet.Com.

Michelle Needs Us All to Work Harder

From The News Herald, Panama City, Florida 02/05/2012

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H/T: jpa1948

Sundays are for Beauty: Theme from "Arthur"

That's Christopher Cross performing the theme from the 1981 movie, "Arthur."  Cross collaborated with Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager in the writing of the song,  which reached #1 in the USA and Norway.

Have a Beautiful Sunday.

Obama's Apology: There He Goes Again

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Fr. Barron: The Practices of Lent

Neil Cavuto's Greatest "Rant"

The inestimable Neil Cavuto, whose show airs on Fox News Channel weekdays at 4:00 PM ET, often closes his show with what some call a rant but what is actually a brief statement clothed beautifully in common sense and wisdom.  This is one of his best.

Iditarod 2012 Starts March 3rd: Stay Tuned

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The 40th running of The Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth starts in Anchorage, Alaska next Saturday.

The official (ceremonial) start, as usual, will take place in downtown Anchorage.  Then the dogs and sleds will be trucked to Willow Lake where the real race begins on March 4th; it's called the re-start.

Last year's winner, John Baker, is back to defend his title.  Since this is an even numbered year, the racers will travel the northern route:

The trail is composed of two routes: a northern route, which is run on even-numbered years, and a southern route, which is run on odd-numbered years. Both follow the same trail for 444 miles (715 km), from Anchorage to Ophir, where they diverge and then rejoin at Kaltag, 441 miles (710 km) from Nome. The race used the northern route until 1977, when the southern route was added to distribute the impact of the event on the small villages in the area, none of which have more than a few hundred inhabitants. Passing through the historic town of Iditarod was a secondary benefit.

Here's a map of the northern route:

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For more information on the Iditarod and its history, click HERE.

Religious Liberty: Obamacare's First Casualty

Video courtesy of The Heritage Foundation.

Nancy Pelosi is Delusional or a Bad Liar - or Both

The Cato Institute published this press release of Nancy Pelosi, in which she explains the reason for the rise in gasoline prices, on its Blog today.  Here's a clip:

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the rising gas prices across the country:

“Independent reports confirm that speculators are driving up the cost of oil, hurting consumers and potentially damaging the economic recovery. Wall Street profiteering, not oil shortages, is the cause of the price spike. In fact, U.S. oil production is at its highest level since 2003, and millions of acres have been cleared for additional development.

“We need to take strong action to protect consumers from this speculation. Unfortunately, Republicans have chosen to protect the interests of Wall Street speculators and oil companies instead of the interests of working Americans by obstructing the agencies with the responsibility of enforcing consumer protection laws. They have also repeatedly opposed our efforts to end billions of dollars in outdated taxpayer subsidies for oil companies enjoying record profits.

“We support efforts by the Obama Administration to expand domestic energy resources, including natural gas and renewable sources like wind and solar that create jobs in America and will end our dangerous dependence on foreign energy supplies. This can be achieved because today, the United States currently has more oil and gas rigs at work than the rest of the world combined, and imports of foreign oil have decreased.

“We call on the Republican leadership to act on behalf of American consumers and join our efforts to crack down on speculators who care more about their profits than the price at the pump even if these spikes harm the American consumer and our economy.”

Apparently this woman is unfamiliar with the Keystone Pipeline and the person stopping it.

Trifecta: "Obama's Big Lie" (on the Economy)

It doesn't get any scarier than this.  According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the U.S. Economy will shut down in 2027, and this administration is doing nothing to stop it.

Paul Ryan for President!

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