Childress, TX, police chief tells Freedom from Religion Foundation they can pound sand

Police Chief tells FFRF to go fly a kite as Atheists condemn Christians
"Childress, Texas, Police Chief, Adrian Garcia, received a letter from the hardcore atheist organization that hates Christianity and anything pertaining to God, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF).  As Faye Higbee reported earlier, the letter demanded the Chief remove the ‘In God We Trust’ decals from all the department’s patrol vehicles.

"The Freedom from Religion Foundation, a hardcore group of liberal atheists, has been going after and filing suits against schools, government, police departments and against any other government entity, demanding removal of anything that displays or mentions the word ‘God’ or any reference to any scriptures in the Bible.

"Garcia, as with many Sheriffs and police chiefs across the nation, are taking a stand and when he received the letter from the FFRF, he replied, “After carefully reading your letter I must deny your request in the removal of our Nations motto from our patrol units, and ask that you and the Freedom From Religion Foundation go fly a kite.' ”. . .

Feminist comedian calls for castration of conservative Christians, says pro-life teen should be murdered, whines about backlash

"Laura Levites, an alleged “comedian” who once said she wanted to rip out Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ uterus after the Washington Republican gave the GOP response to Obama’s State of the Union, recently said she wanted to castrate conservative Christian males.  She then told a pro-life teenager she should be murdered.  Topping it all off, she whined about the backlash she received as a result of her hate speech.

American Atheist leader says fundamentalist Christians 'must be eradicated'

A closer look at the Umpqua murderer

Umpqua Shooter Identified as ‘Chris Harper Mercer’ – Student at College- PHOTO

The New York Post reported: Quote

“The shooter was lining people up and asking if they were Christian,” she wrote. “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs. My grandma just got to my house, and she was in the room. She wasn’t shot, but she is very upset.
The Twitter user then recalled how her grandmother attempted to save the life of one of her close classmates.
“She tried to perform CPR on her friend, but it was too late,” the woman said. “I hope nothing like this ever happens again.”
Kortney Moore, an 18-year-old student at Umpqua Community College who was also in the room, told Oregon’s News Review that the shooter was indeed on the hunt for Christians.
Moments after hearing a bullet come flying through a window, she said the 20-year-old shooter made his way inside and targeted their teacher, pumping a single round into their head.
As the young man ordered people to the ground, Moore laid patiently with her classmates and waited, according to the News Review.
Once they all got down, she said the gunman began asking people to rise and say what their religion was. After they stood and gave their answer, he started shooting.  End quote

"Update: Only Two Myspace Friends, One Who Praises Islamic Terrorists, Urges Killing Of Jews… "    Mercer's myspace site
Some of Mercer's interests:

Latest at 6:30 CDT on the latest school shooting at Umpqua College

Umpqua Community College Shooting: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

"Police said the 20-year-old male shooter, who has not yet been identified, is dead and there is no longer a threat. It’s not yet known if the gunman was a student or was affiliated with the southern Oregon school. He was armed with four guns, three handguns and an AR-15-style long gun, according to CNN.

'Here’s what you need to know:" . . . More at the link

Did Roseburg Oregon Shooter Post About Shooting on 4Chan?
"Full text reads: "Don't go to school tomorrow if you are in the Pacific Northwest. Happening thread will be posted tomorrow morning.' "

Pamela Geller reports:

"Under the disturbing message, many users encouraged the person to go ahead with their threat and even advised the poster on the best ways to kill people.

"One user wrote: ‘I suggest you enter a classroom and tell people that you will take them as hostages. Make everyone get in one corner and then open fire." 

Witness: Gunman Asked About Religion
"Kortney Moore, 18, from Rogue River, Ore., was in her Writing 115 class at Snyder Hall when she heard a shot come through a window.

"She said she watched as her teacher was shot in the head. The gunman was inside the building at that point, she said, and was ordering people to get on the ground.

"Ms. Moore said the the man asked people to stand up and state their religion, and then he began firing."

The gunman who opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Oregon asked victims to state their religion before opening fire, according to multiple reports. An 18-year-old student told the News-Review newspaper that the gunman, after shooting her teacher in the head through a window, told people to get on the ground. He then told people to stand up and state their religion before opening fire. Twitter user @BodhiLooney, who said her grandma was at the school, said the shooter asked people if they were Christian. “If they said yes, then they were shot in the head,” she wrote. “If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs.”   Weasel Zippers

Left-wing Think Progress Reports Campus Not A ‘Gun Free Zone’ Because Public Colleges In Oregon Can’t Ban Guns

However....
Umpqua Community College is a posted Gun Free Zone but allows concealed carry under Oregon law.  How sad that someone with a concealed-carry license was not packing in that classroom.

Roseburg: Another ‘gun-free zone’ failure
"CBS and the Associated Press in Seattle are reporting also that the campus is a gun-free zone, and quoted the college’s security policy, which states, “Possession, use, or threatened use of firearms (including but not limited to BB guns, air guns, water pistols, and paint guns) ammunition, explosives, dangerous chemicals, or any other objects as weapons on college property, except as expressly authorized by law or college regulations, is prohibited,” the college’s security policy states.”
"People who write such regulations seem to ignore the fact that criminals and crazy people don’t follow the rules. Gun-free zones are essentially risk-free environments for killers." . . .

Authorities shed no light on the gunman's motive and said they were investigating.
"Hours after the attack, a visibly angry President Barack Obama spoke to reporters, saying the U.S. is becoming numb to mass shootings and that the shooters have "sickness" in their minds."
He showed no concern over the massacre of blacks by blacks in cities, nor of the assassinations of police officers.

Pamela Geller

Remember Alek Skarlatos?  One of the three American heroes who stopped the French train terrorist. Alex is from Roseburg and attended Umpqua College

Read a few of Hillary's emails

15 Secret Hillary Emails That May Interest You

"The State Department released a new batch of Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesday that she sent and received via her private email server while acting as Secretary of State.

"Clinton has recently expressed regret for using the server after several months of defying the media's questions about it, and at times making flippant jokes about wiping it "with a cloth." The server has since been seized by the FBI, which is investigating its contents and security.

"Gathered below are 15 of the most shocking messages from the most recent release:" . . .

Hint for talking points:

I agree with Hillary's position on this, yet feel her motives come not from conviction but tactics:

"Clinton can't recall her past votes as a senator from New York"

More at the link...

Krauthammer on Democrat ineffectiveness in standing up to Russia and Islam

Krauthammer’s Take: Russia’s Targeting Our Allies in Syria ‘and We Do Nothing’

"Tonight Charles Krauthammer said Russian President Vladimir Putin is directly targeting American allies in Syria and the Obama Administration is giving him a green light.

“It’s one thing to be humiliated,” Krauthammer said on Wednesday’s Special Report on Fox News. “It’s another thing to have that demonstrated to the world when our allies are looking at us and wondering who’s in charge here.”

“ 'The United States is told by Russia one hour earlier that they’re going to go and attack ISIS; the Soviet ministry announces that they hit ISIS targets — everyone knows it is a lie,” Krauthammer continued. “Like all the lies issued in the Ukraine, they were not hitting ISIS, ISIS isn’t in the area; they were hitting the city of Homs, which is a stronghold for Free Syrian Army, our allies who we are supposedly supporting and training and the allies of our Arab allies, the ones in the Gulf and elsewhere.”

" 'And we do nothing, but not only do we do nothing, but then you’ve got the scene you showed, Brett, about 20 minutes ago of before the show, actually, live of our secretary of State coming out in a jolly; with Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, as a buddy, and saying ‘Well, we’ve got a little problem about the nature of the targets that Russia attacked today, but we’ll go on to other stuff and worry about that later,’” Krauthammer said. “As if it’s a side issue.”

“ 'The point of Obama inviting in the Russians first time in half a century, a complete revolution in our position on the Russians staying out of the Middle East, was on the premise they’re going to join a coalition against ISIS,” he said. “As I was saying last night, the Russians have no interest in fighting ISIS. They’re only interest is supporting Assad. Keeping him in place and the reason they are hitting Homs, is because it’s the center of resistance from the legitimate pro-western opposition.”

“ 'They are hitting our allies and we do nothing, except have a palsy-walsy statement with the Russian foreign minister, as it nothing has happened,” Krauthammer said."

Lavrov has pretty well found that he owns US Secretaries of State. Can the Russians have a shred of respect for the United States?

Cartoons and video added by TD

How the unseen effect of regulation affects economic growth

Mercatus Center of George Mason University   "The 2015 Economic Freedom of the World report was recently released and out of the 157 countries ranked the United States fell from the 12th slot in 2014 to 16th. This includes an especially low rank of 49th in the category “Business regulations,” which is probably not surprising to any U.S. business owner.

"According to the Mercatus Center’s RegData database, federal restrictions on business activities increased 28 percent from 1997 to 2012. While these regulations may be well intentioned, excessive rules and restrictions can have pernicious effects on the economy.

"A new study that uses RegData shows that federal regulations decrease new hiring. In addition to this direct, negative effect on economic activity, there is an unseen effect — the businesses that are never started because potential entrepreneurs are discouraged by all the red tape in their path.

"Along with the decline in new hiring, the aforementioned study shows that more regulated industries experience fewer new entrants into the market each year. This unseen effect negatively affects economic growth in the long run and the short run.

"An agency rule, restriction or regulation may not seem like a big deal on its own, but the cumulative effect can be death by a thousand cuts. For instance, the combination of new $5-per-hour parking meters and a local rule requiring establishments to verify that at least 80 percent of their business comes from the local area contributed to the recent closure of a 100-year-old fruit store in Palm Beach, Fla." . . .

Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards hits new low with this trendy, PC defense

With an assist from Rachael Maddow of MSNBC

Cecile Richards: Republicans Asking Me About Planned Parenthood Selling Aborted Babies Was “Sexist”…



Rich Lowry: It’s the Abortion, Stupid   . . . "Give her this: Richards is extremely skilled at defending the indefensible, which is her job. The slave trade, another enormity of American national life once accepted by a swath of the country, surely would have benefited from such an on-message, unflappable, morally oblivious advocate. " . . .

People still try to understand Hillary but....well, maybe not

Valerie Jarrett throws Hillary under the bus  "Double-teaming with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Valerie Jarrett, President Obama’s Supreme Leader, demonstrated what the White House really wants to happen in the race for the Democratic nomination.  Joe Biden most assuredly got the message, as did Hillary.  Blake Seitz of the Free Beacon reports:" . . .

Has Hillary lost the Teamsters over Keystone XL?   "The Fox News report that the Teamsters have decided not to endorse Hillary Clinton’s candidacy at this time, shortly after her pronouncement of her opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, does not surprise and shows the peril of trying to be all things to all constituencies." . . .

Why Hillary Reversed Course on the Cadillac Tax

"The Clinton Coalition loses its shock troops if Hillary loses union support, and unions hate the Cadillac tax, which is aimed like… well, it’s aimed like a punitive 40% surcharge on private insurance."

Hillary Clinton Email Release: Round 5

Who would disagree with her on this one area at least?

"An e-mail included in the latest tranche of Clinton documents released by the State Department on Wednesday shows the then-secretary of state exploding at her staff over plans to replace “Mother” and “Father” with “Parent One” and “Parent Two” on passport application forms, complaining about the decision and refusing to defend it in the face of partisan opposition."

Remember the staff are all Democrats who likely voted for Obama, liberals who suck the heart and spirit out of our language and our culture.

Hillary Knew the Dangers of Private E-Mail but Didn’t Let That Stop Her   
"Hillary Clinton’s rationalizations for her deliberate circumvention of federal records laws and mishandling of state secrets shift as quickly as they are refuted. Her latest excuses — part of a euphemistically labeled “public education” effort — are as flawed as those that came before, and leave her seeking higher ground in a losing public-relations campaign."

Hillary's Personality Coach Holds an Old Grudge

Hillary's emails show she kept up with the sex scandal that ruined the congressional career of Anthony Weiner - the husband of Clinton's confidante Huma Abedin

Fiorina was right about the abortion video; here it is

GRAPHIC CONTENT–’Carly Fiorina Was Right': Group Releases Full Abortion Video Mentioned in GOP Debate
**WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT**
The Center for Bioethical Reform, in partnership with the Grantham collection, has released the full version of a video which became a source of political controversy after the 2nd Republican debate.
The 13 minute long video shows the birth of what CBR describes as a “17 1/2 week fetus.” The fetus is placed in a metal pan with a clamp attached to its umbilical cord. A comparison demonstrates the new video is the source of the brief segment that appeared in a video produced by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), a pro-life investigatory group which has produced undercover videos critical of Planned Parenthood.

The video if you feel you need to watch it.

Ain't gonna be no stinkin' assimilation here!

Lewiston, Maine: Muslims Demand Mayor’s Resignation for Asking Them to Assimilate
"This is how far we have fallen: an American mayor asks immigrants to America to become Americans and adopt American values, as all immigrants did in the past, and they're demanding his resignation. Of course, we've seen it many times: Muslims do not adapt. Non-Muslims must adapt to them. And so it is here. But if our society and culture were healthy, the President and politicians all over the country would be rushing to the aid of Lewiston's mayor, instead of letting him twist in the wind.

"Maine mayor: Somalis should leave culture at door Associated Press – Thu, Oct 4, 2012
There must have been a better way to approach those people.

 

. . . "Related, previously at Atlas: Muslim Youths Wilding in Maine LEWISTON — In the early evening on the first day of summer, a large group of Somali boys approached a woman on the corner of Ash and Pierce streets. According to police reports, they intimidated the woman and slapped her in the back of the head before scattering into the downtown. Five days later, shortly after midnight, a man was accosted by a group of Somali boys outside the Big Apple on Main Street. Police reports say several members of the group punched the man and took money from him. They then fled in a car. -

About those Jeff Foxworthy jokes we keep getting in our email

Snopes

Claim:   A list of 'You may be a Muslim' jokes originated with comedian Jeff Foxworthy.

FALSE

Origins:   The . . . list of "You may be a Muslim" jokes was widely circulated via the Internet at the end of 2010, attributed to comedian Jeff Foxworthy. Although its structure is somewhat imitative of one of Foxworthy's signature humor routines, the "You might be a redneck if ..." cycle of jokes, that's all it has in common with the nationally famous comedian. Jeff's brother, Jay, confirmed for us that this material was not written by his sibling.

Like most of his material, Jeff Foxworthy's "redneck" jokes are typically affectionate and self-deprecating (he is himself a Southerner); his brand of humor is neither as overtly political nor as cuttingly mean as (and is generally much funnier than) the "You may be a Muslim" list reproduced above. This collection of one-liners is an updating of a earlier version of a list which is several years old (dating back at least as far as October 2007), was originally about the Taliban specifically (rather than Muslims in general), and was not in its original incarnation attributed to Jeff Foxworthy (or anyone else):

"You Might Be A Part Of The Taliban If...

...You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
...You own a $300 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
...You have more wives than teeth.
...You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
...You've ever opened a can of falafel with a mortar round.
...You used a Stinger missile given to you by George Bush Sr. to shoot at a helicopter sent by George Bush Jr.
...You've ever had your camel repossessed.
...You can't think of anyone you HAVEN'T declared Jihad against.
...You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry ammunition in your robe. " . . . 

"The War on America Turns 50"

Ann Coulter  "Half a century ago, Democrats looked at the country and realized they were never going to convince Americans to agree with them. But they noticed that people in most other countries of the world already agreed with them. The solution was obvious.

"    So in 1965 -- 50 years ago this week -- Sen. Ted Kennedy passed an immigration law that has brought 59 million foreigners to our shores, who happen to vote 8-2 for the Democrats.


"Democrats haven't won any arguments; they changed the voters. If anything, the Democrats have stopped bothering to appeal to Americans. The new feminized Democratic Party says, That's too bad about those steelworkers in Ohio losing their jobs, but THERE'S A WOMAN AT A LAW FIRM IN NEW YORK CITY WHO DESERVES TO MAKE PARTNER!

"    Republicans should be sweeping the country, but they aren't, because of Kennedy's immigration law. Without post-1965 immigrants bloc-voting for the Democrats, Obama never would have been elected president, and Romney would have won a bigger landslide against him in 2012 than Reagan did against Carter in 1980.

"    This isn't a guess; it's a provable fact. Obama beat Romney by less than 5 million votes in a presidential election in which about 125 million votes were cast. More than 30 million of Obama's votes came from people who arrived under Teddy Kennedy's immigration law; fewer than 10 million of Romney's did.

"    The 1965 act brought in the poorest of the poor from around the globe. Non-English-speaking peasants from wildly backward cultures could be counted on to be dependent on government assistance for generations to come.

"    Kennedy and other Democrats swore up and down that the new immigration law would not change the country's demographics, but post-1965-act immigrants are nothing like the people who already lived here. " . . .