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HARD TO FOOL A TEXAN Print E-mail
Written by To The Point News   
Friday, 23 October 2009

One reason To The Point's Remember The Alamo Rendezvous is in Texas is because of Texans.  Here's a true story that helps explains why.

A cowboy from Amarillo learned that Barack Hussein Obama is going to be at a barbeque of Democrat fatcats trying to gather more support for his Health Plan. He decides to attend.

As Obama is delivering his pitch, the cowboy notices that, while talking in a pseudo-Texas drawl and using single syllable words, Obama keeps swatting at some flies that are buzzing around his head.

The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?"
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HALF-FULL REPORT 10/16/09 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 16 October 2009

Right about now with some fresh liberal lunacy inflicted upon our country every day by a president and party that hates it, you may be pulling your hair out by its roots or holding tight onto your head to keep it from exploding.

You know you can't hold out until the 2010 elections a year from now.  But how about for 18 more days?  You can make it that long, can't you?

As of today (10/16), November 3rd is 18 days away, and it may be a Day of Doom for Zero, the Pelosicrats, and even for RINOs.

With few exceptions (like Tom Coburn or Jim DeMint), politicians care more about getting reelected than any principles or integrity they happen to have.  Thus the tea leaves of November 3rd may tell dozens of Dems who barely won in 2008 to start running for the exits.
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THE REMEMBER THE ALAMO RENDEZVOUS Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Are you ready for a Texas-size To The Point Rendezvous?  The dates are final: 

Friday, January 29 to Sunday, January 31.

(Note the dates - chosen specifically to lie on the bye weekend between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl.)

The location is fabulous:  The Hilton Palacio Del Rio right on the Riverwalk in San Antonio.

We'll be just two blocks from The Alamo itself - which we'll of course visit as we rededicate ourselves to remembering the Alamo and recapturing America from the horde of anti-American moonbats who have temporarily seized control of it.
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A TIME FOR CELEBRATING WESTERN CIVILIZATION Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Monday, 12 October 2009

The second week of October offers a triad of heroic anniversaries worth celebrating by any admirer of Western Civilization.

Yesterday, October 11, was time to celebrate the 1,277th anniversary of the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, when Charles Martel (686-741), forever known as The Hammer, and his 30,000 Christian soldiers crushed an invading horde of 200,000 Moslem Jihadis in what is now central France. 

Tomorrow, October 13, is for celebrating the 84th birthday of the great Lady Champion of Liberty, the most heroic woman of the 20th century, Margaret Thatcher.  The story of how she, with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, saved Western Civilization from Soviet Communism is told in Now There Is One (April 2005).

Today, October 12, is for celebrating the 517th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. We commemorate this as a true discovery in contrast to all the claims of Vikings, Chinese, Irish, and others who supposedly came earlier - for once and only after  Columbus discovered America, it stayed discovered.

Unfortunately, Columbus Day is for most Americans just an excuse for a three-day weekend.  What it should be is a commemoration and celebration of  Western Civilization - which is why the Left hates Columbus and his holiday.
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CHOICES & POWER IN LIFE & PLAN B Print E-mail
Written by Rebel Holiday   
Friday, 16 October 2009

You may feel as I do, that much of what is happening now are some of the worst things we've dreaded could happen to America for decades.  It can take your breath away to see not only what has been happening in our country, but the speed at which it has been happening. And the speed at which elected officials and unelected bureaucrats take such destructive action against our choices.

There is a pattern in how they are reducing individual liberty - simply taking away more and more of our choices, our options.  And with those stolen choices our families have progressively less freedom , less power, and less safety.

In the area of life called Financial Plan B, which includes surviving before thriving, there are questions that need to be uncovered...and answers sought.  These bring up personal options, choices that we may or may not be fully aware of now.

This December 9th I am planning a special one-day Workshop Event on "Choices & Power: A Financial Plan B for Surviving & Thriving." 
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DISSING AMERICAN DURAKS IN RUSSIA Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Friday, 16 October 2009

Durak is a popular card game throughout Russia.  The loser among the players is dubbed the "durak" - idiot or fool in Russian.  The Kremlin enjoys playing it with Hillary Clinton.

Mrs. Clinton was in Russia this week, hoping to "reset" relations with the Russians which, she said, had been damaged by the policies of George W. Bush.  She had hoped during her visit to meet with the real power in Russian politics, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.  He thought a trip to Siberia and China was more important than spending time with the American secretary of state.

So while Mrs. Clinton was busy in Moscow unveiling a statue of poet Walt Whitman (you can't make this up), Mr. Putin was in Beijing pulling the rug out from under the sole Obama administration foreign policy "triumph" to date.
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THE CRACKUP OF THE CULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Most liberals aren't very religious.  But they are people of faith.  When reality clashes with a cherished belief, they cling to the cherished belief.

It snowed in Minnesota over the weekend.  And in Denver, canceling a National League playoff game.  Record cold temperatures were set in Washington State, Idaho, western Montana, and Nebraska.

It was unseasonably cold in Madison, Wisconsin over the weekend, too.  But those who attended the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists didn't notice.  That's because they are members of the Cult of Climate Change.

The keynote speaker was former Vice President Al Gore.  Mr. Gore is someone only a liberal could regard as an expert on climate change.  As The Washington Post reported, he took exactly two science courses as an undergraduate at Harvard, scoring a D in Natural Sciences 6, and a C in Natural Sciences 118.  He flunked his college entrance exams in science (488 in physics and 519 in chemistry out of a possible 800 - seems his daddy, a US Senator, got him in to Harvard.)
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OBAMA AS THE ANTI-REAGAN ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY Print E-mail
Written by Richard Rahn   
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Is the current recession the worst since the Great Depression? Even though the president, many members of Congress and many journalists keep saying we are in the worst recession since the 1930s, it is an assertion that is premature, to say the least.

At the end of World War II, from 1945 to 1946, there was a very sharp drop in U.S. output (12.1 percent) as the war economy began its transition to a civilian economy.

The deepest and longest-lasting recession the United States has experienced since then began in 1980, when Jimmy Carter was president (the gross domestic product dropped 9.6 percent in the second quarter of that year) and did not end until fourth-quarter 1982, almost two years into the Reagan presidency.

As can be seen in the accompanying chart, both President Reagan and President Obama inherited an economy suffering from a year of no growth, along with rising unemployment.  Yet their approaches to the problem are polar opposites.
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THE PHYSICAL CASE FOR HAPPINESS Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Joel Wade   
Friday, 16 October 2009

We are all familiar with the basic guidelines for good health: exercise, eat right - more fruits and veggies, less red meat, more fish, fewer calories, more fiber, less sugar- don't smoke, don't abuse alcohol or drugs.  If people would follow these guidelines and maintain an optimal weight, many health problems would be greatly diminished.

But there is another dimension to our health. How we think and feel, how we interact with others, and the kind of activities we spend our time engaged in can have a huge impact on our physical health.

Criteria I use to judge what is helpful and what is not is how it affects a person's happiness, their relationships, and their resilience. Do they function better? Are they better able to enjoy the company of family and friends? Does this help them to be more effective and to live a better life?

It's also nice to have some research that serves to measure some of these criteria. Fortunately, over the years there has been a great deal of very good research that is beginning to show some clear and consistent guidelines for how to practice psychological health, and live a happier and more fulfilling life.

It has also shown some practices that can lead to a physically healthier life.  Here's what they are.
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IS BARACK OBAMA JESUS CHRIST? Print E-mail
Written by To The Point News   
Friday, 16 October 2009

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HALF-FULL REPORT 10/09/09 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 09 October 2009

The conversations at the Cosmos Club this week were very subdued.  As it has been for generations, this is where the true power elite of Washington gathers.  Whether it was in the East Garden Bar, the Old Club Room, or the Members Dining Room, the savviest veterans of Capitol Hill and K Street - Democrat and Republican - had a tone of fear and seriousness you didn't hear the week before.

Something had scared them.  Scared them like an earthquake had fractured their political foundations.  The one whispered word you could overhear more than any other was "Copenhagen."

For them, President and Mrs. Zero flying off to Copenhagen to beg the International Olympics Committee for Chicago and being rejected was not a matter of humiliation.  It was scales falling off their eyes, and in an eye-blink realizing the enormity of the mistake America made last November.

And at breakfast in the Garden Dining Room this morning (10/09), there were hardly conversations at all, just shocked silence. The consequences of giving a president afflicted with pathological egomania combined with pathological amateurishness the Nobel Peace Prize were so grave they were speechless.
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A MAGICAL REFUGE Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 09 October 2009

There is a magical island where everything grows - forests of fir, cedar, and sycamore trees along with forests of giant tropical tree ferns, fields of corn and fields of taro (the starchy staple of Polynesia - Hawaiian poi is made from taro), and every kind of flower in riotous abundance.

Orchards produce every kind of fruit from tropical to citrus.  Herds of cows produce every dairy product including fabulous cheeses - and great steaks.  Due to its unique ocean location, the sea swarms with fish and seafood.  It's on a main migration route for sperm whales and a dozen types of dolphins.  The sport fishing, such as for blue marlin, is fantastic. So is the trout fishing in the mountain streams.

So is the golf, the sailing, the scuba-diving, the surfing, the hiking on mountain trails to hidden waterfalls and hot springs.  The coastline is dotted with beaches, picturesque fishing villages, and tiny coves with natural rock swimming pools.  The interior is dotted with crater lakes, among which is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.

Temperatures are in the mid-60s in the winter and mid-70s in the summer, the sun shines most every day, when it rains it usually pours for 15 minutes then out comes the sun again.  There are neither snakes nor mosquitoes.  Nor is there any pollution - the air is sparkling clear, the land preserved spotlessly clean by the islanders.  The place is so peaceful it's virtually crime-free.

The beer the islanders make is good, the wine even better.  The islanders are friendly, hospitable, devoutly Christian, and proud members of Western Civilization.  A great many speak English, but there are not a great many of them.  They number 150,000 spread out over 300 spectacularly scenic square miles.

They love liberty so much they've had this motto emblazoned on their coat of arms for centuries:  Rather die free than live in peaceful subjugation.

You can fly here from the US East Coast in four hours for 300 bucks.  If you're looking for a Plan B refuge - or just a momentary escape - from ObamaLand, this magical place could be it.
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WHY I DREW THE MOHAMMED TURBAN-BOMB CARTOON Print E-mail
Written by Kurt Westergaard   
Thursday, 08 October 2009

[As President Zero was being humiliated in Denmark, a courageous cartoonist from Denmark spoke at Princeton University.  This is the text of his speech.]

On Sept. 30, 2005, the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons, including my own depicting the prophet with a bomb in his turban, that took Islam and Mohammed as their subject. The Danish cartoon affair which ensued turned out to be perhaps the most important free speech case of our time.

In the months after the cartoons' publication, protests against them morphed from peaceful objections to irrational violence which included serious threats on my life. The cartoons have become a watershed test for the ability of the press to comment and criticize all religions without fear of violent reprisal.

All of us, and not least the students and faculty at an institution such as Princeton, will be on the center front of this debate for years to come.

It is important, therefore, that we all understand what is at stake. It is for this reason that I speak to you. I would also hope to explain to you why I acted as I did, and especially why I have refused to apologize for my cartoon despite strong pressure that I do so.
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THE METAPHOR OF COPENHAGEN Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Thursday, 08 October 2009

It was a metaphor for his young presidency. 

Barack and Michelle Obama travel to Copenhagen in regal splendor to lobby the International Olympic Committee to support Chicago's bid to host the Summer Games in 2016.  They are given rock star treatment by our sycophantic news media.  And then they get stiffed.

When Chicago finished fourth, receiving just 18 of 94 votes, the question on the minds of many people was: How would Democrats contrive to blame the debacle on George W. Bush?  The answer was not long in coming.

"I thought we had really turned a corner with the election of President Obama," Illinois State Rep. Susana Mendoza told the Chicago Sun Times.  "People are so much more welcoming of Americans now.  But this isn't the people of those countries.  This is the leaders still living with outdated impressions of Americans."

Meanwhile, back in in Copenhagen the Danes thought the rejection had more to do with the behavior of Barack and Michelle.
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THE HONOR OF GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Thursday, 08 October 2009

In 1998, an Army officer with a Silver Star for bravery in the Gulf War and a Ph.D. in American history, H. R. McMaster, wrote a revalatory book, "Dereliction of Duty."  

The thesis of the book (which was based on his doctoral dissertation) is that members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff knew President Lyndon Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, were pursuing a strategy in Vietnam based on domestic political concerns that was likely to lead to defeat, but none resigned in protest. 

All preferred keeping their jobs instead of their country's honor and the welfare of their troops.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the man President Obama chose to command in Afghanistan, has made clear what he thinks is needed to turn around our deteriorating fortunes there.  But President Obama is reluctant to commit the resources necessary to implement the strategy he signed off on in March.  Gen. McChrystal may thus soon face the kind of test of character the Vietnam-era Joint Chiefs failed. 
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