The Most Important Three-Year Period in History?

American Thinker "The choices we have made in the past and the policies that we are in the process of ratifying may well achieve what the Civil War, the Great Depression, and World War II did not: the downward spiral of the American people and nation."...."This is a great nation -- not just as a result of its founding documents, but also because of its citizens' willingness to defend the principles espoused by its founders. We must now summon up the same courage and determination that animated those at Concord, Valley Forge, and Yorktown and be certain the United States remains the greatest country in the history of mankind for many generations to come."

Power to the (Conservative) People

Robin of Berkeley "I'm now a conservative who has purchased her first Bible. I am blessed with many new conservative friends in person and online, most of whom are religious. Given that God has taken center stage in my life, I decided it was time to celebrate another Christmas. Having been rejected by the Berkeley Episcopalians, I remained undeterred in my pursuit of a Christmas Eve service. I searched the internet and found a large Catholic church the next town over. My plan: come early and sit inconspicuously in the back row. For one, I didn't want to make a fool of myself. I'd never been to church, and I had no idea what to do. "

The Year America Lurched Left

Investors.com via Lucianne:"But the election of this charismatic and well-spoken new leader may be momentous in another way, we added. "We may have elected not only one of the least experienced candidates in our history, but also one who may be guided by some principles different from what we're used to and on which the nation was founded. "In fact, we may be installing the first president who openly favors change that, as unaccustomed as we are to the word, can only be described as socialistic." He was, however the choice of 9 out of 10 celebrities including Bruce Springsteen.

Charles Krauthammer: War? What War?

NRO "Obama reassured the nation that this “suspect” had been charged. Reassurance? The president should be saying: We have captured an enemy combatant — an illegal combatant under the laws of war: no uniform, direct attack on civilians — and now to prevent future attacks, he is being interrogated regarding information he may have about al-Qaeda in Yemen.Instead, Abdulmutallab is dispatched to some Detroit-area jail and immediately lawyered up. At which point — surprise! — he stops talking."

Political Cartoons by Glenn Foden

Townhall

Tools for 2010: Contacting GOP Senators

AmericanThinker "It's a tiny measure in a large effort to turn this boat around. PS If you send a snail mail (which is a more powerful form of communication as it represents 10 e-mails), don't send it to DC. Or at least, don't only send it to DC. The mail gets very delayed once it hits the capitol. If you want to communicate via snail mail, make sure you send a letter to at least one of the state offices, if not all of them."

He's ba-ack! Ayers calls for boycott of Israel

Aaron Klein, WND "The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, institutionally discriminates against Christians and Jews. Israel was required to evacuate all Jews from the Gaza Strip before handing the territory over to the Palestinians. Any future Palestinian state will be Jew-free. The petition does not once mention Palestinian terrorism. "

What Can Israel Teach the U.S. About Airport Security?

PajamasMedia "Luggage is X-rayed before check-in. Suspicious items are put in blast-proof containers and moved away to a safe area. The airport doesn’t shut down over a suspicious object. – Only then comes the walk through the X-ray machine (with your shoes on) and the check of your hand luggage. Yes, they are checking out your bags, but again, they are mainly checking you out. Nobody cares about your bottle of water, baby formula, moisturizer, nail scissors, or tweezers."...."Atlantic journalist/blogger Jeffrey Goldberg, who has flown in and out of Israel frequently, doesn’t believe it will ever work in the United States..."Related: In Defense of Profiling "... discriminate means "to see or note a difference; (to) make a distinction.""

Obama’s Unilateral Concession Emboldens Putin

Pajamas Media "Those who feared that U.S. President Barack Obama had “pulled a Chamberlain” when he visited Moscow over the summer and offered unilateral concessions on the missile defense shield his predecessor had promised to Eastern Europe have seen their concerns disturbingly realized in recent days." Forgotten is that Chamberlain saw the error of his ways and declared war on Hitler, however belatedly and after the damage was done.

Early Show's Adoration Of The Obama

Newsbusters "Diabetic or not, you might want to have a dose of insulin handy while watching this morning's video clip. The Early Show's review of the past year was one sicky-sweet adoration—in overtly religious terms—of Barack Obama." Please refer to my comments in the sidebar of the home page of the Tunnel Wall.

Remember the Duke 88?

InsideHigherEd "...a department chairman jokingly explained the faculty's ideological imbalance by noting, "If, as John Stuart Mill said, stupid people are generally conservative, then there are lots of conservatives we will never hire." It seems rather unlikely that Duke's curriculum lacks a sufficiently "progressive" nature."

Its a Wrap: The Most Underreported Stories of 2009

Big Government "This year saw the birth of the tea party movement, the rise of administrative radicalism, and a suppression of information unlike ever before seen. Were it not for the new penny presses, blogs and the investigative citizens who author them, much of this information would be six feet under. When the media goes state and becomes nothing more than an echo chamber for the government, the task of sharing truth falls to the original keepers of liberty: the American people." That's us, folks.