What If Christine O'Donnell Were Right About The First Amendment?

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion "At the same time, however, the Court has recognized that"

total separation is not possible in an absolute sense. Some relationship between government and religious organizations is inevitable.
Ibid. In every Establishment Clause case, we must reconcile the inescapable tension between the objective of preventing unnecessary intrusion of either the church or the state upon the other, and the reality that, as the Court has so often noted, total separation of the two is not possible. [p673]

And On O'Donnell's Flub: After 24 Hours, It Appears It Was No Flub At All. Washington Post Reporter Ben Evans Simply Lied. "In other words, she makes it perfectly clear what she's questioning. "Not that the Establishment Clause says what it says, but whether the phrase "separation of church and state" appears in the clause.
"And of course, on that point, she's 100% right.
Don't believe me? Well believe the Washington Post, which now reports the exchange as concluding thus:"...
Strong language advisory in this article, regrettably.

Don't Vote if You Didn't Do Your Homework

Selwyn Duke, American Thinker  "I understand why Democrats are enamored of get-out-the-dopes drives such as Rock the Vote. Having every drug addict, goth, Wiccan, vampirist, criminal, cross-dresser, sideshow geek, and The Hills Have Eyes mutant do the walkie-pully-poll thing between drunken slumber and a night's partying may not make America stronger, but it sure makes the Democrat Party stronger. Hey, they know their constituencies, which together, to borrow a Pat Buchanan line, look like the bar scene in Star Wars." As Rush would say, "Right on, right on, right on!"

The Democrats Will Steal the Election if We Let Them "This is certainly a valid point in this age, when Stuart Smalley has found his way from the tube to the Senate and the Black Panthers have been resurrected from their status as footnote to the '60s to serve as enforcers for humane, progressive liberalism. It will serve us well to take a close look at the Democrat record in this matter, consider what they may be up to regarding this election, and, the most serious question of all, ask why the GOP lets them get away with it."

Related: EXCLUSIVE: Illinois Elections Officials Caught Lying About Military Ballots "This is a national disgrace. The Illinois State Board of Elections has been lying about the status of military absentee ballots and a lazy Department of Justice has allowed itself to be duped.
"In an e-mail exchange between the Illinois State Board of Elections and the Department of Justice’s Voting Section shows the State has been misleading DOJ for almost a month."

Mike Ramirez, Townhall

Next target: NPR's Mara Liasson Takes Heat Over Fox News Appearances

Daily Finance.com  "The liberal media watchdog group, Media Matters for America , argued on its blog that NPR needs to address the "thorny issue" of Liasson's work for Fox in light of the Williams controversy. "

Glenn Foden, Townhall

What's happening in the Afghan-Taliban talks?

 Reuters  "The Taliban themselves dismiss talks as propaganda, and there have been often conflicting media reports about the level of contact with insurgents and who exactly is involved.
"Here are some details on what has been reported, what has been said in public and who the key players are:"   Via Heritage.


Why fight when we have so much in common with each other?

Obama: You know who’s a pretty good president? Me

Hot Air   "“For all the problems we’re going through right now, we still have the best workers on earth, the finest universities on earth, we’ve got the best entrepreneurs on earth, we’ve got the freest, most vibrant economy on earth,” he said.
"One female supporter then yelled out “the best president on earth” and Obama replied, “Well, I won’t say that, but we got a pretty good president.”"

Eric Allie, Townhall

Three Wars, Little News

Victor Davis Hanson  "Does President Obama plan to win, or is he willing to concede the war with the Taliban? Does the media fear that depressing coverage of Afghanistan will damage this administration in the way daily headlines of violence from Iraq nearly destroyed the prior one?"

No Time for Defeatism in Afghanistan  "Kristof’s prescriptions would make sense only if we had already fought and lost in Afghanistan. But with the last of the surge forces having arrived only last month, our outstanding troops have barely begun to fight. And as Carlotta Gall’s report makes clear, in areas where we are applying substantial combat power, we are making progress on the ground. This is no time for defeatism."

Coalition Forces Routing Taliban in Key Afghan Region "Some of the gains seem to have come from a new mobile rocket that has pinpoint accuracy — like a small cruise missile — and has been used against the hideouts of insurgent commanders around Kandahar. That has forced many of them to retreat across the border into Pakistan. Disruption of their supply lines has made it harder for them to stage retaliatory strikes or suicide bombings, at least for the moment, officials and residents said."

JAWA Report

Firing offense: NPR axes Juan Williams for opinions on Muslims & post-9/11 travel (Updated)

Jihad Watch photo

Michelle Malkin  "That’s right. Government-funded NPR has apparently caved into left-wing attack dogs on the Internet.
"Also in the lynch mob: CAIR, of course."....
"As I’ve said many times before: Political correctness is the handmaiden of terror.
"Condolences to Juan Williams, whom I’ve debated –vigorously, but always with respect and cordiality — many times over the years.
"Hope this accelerates his journey on the ideological learning curve. And I hope he doesn’t back down."

NPR Has a Cokie Roberts Exception to the Rule about Comparing People to Terrorists

"What’s the connection? Well, Cokie Roberts is a senior news analyst at NPR.So, apparently, it’s outrageous and a firing offense to compare Muslims on an airplane to terrorists, but it’s just fine to compare Glenn Beck to terrorists. No double standard here at all.

"Sarah Palin is right. It’s time for National Private Radio."

NPR report on Williams' firing   "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR," the statement read.
"Williams' presence on the largely conservative and often contentious prime-time talk shows of Fox News has long been a sore point with NPR News executives."

What did Juan Williams say to get him fired from NPR?  "But the statement he made on O'Reilly's show that got him canned from NPR is so innocuous and beyond that, so true of most Americans, that you have to figure that either the liberal Public Radio network was looking for an excuse to get rid of Williams, or they are so drenched in political correctness that every other factor takes a back seat to their slavish devotion to that ideology."  Rick Moran, American Thinker

Fox News gives background on the interview   "The conversation with O'Reilly stemmed from a well-publicized argument the previous week between O'Reilly and "The View" hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, who walked off their own set when O'Reilly said, "Muslims killed us on 9/11."

"The comment had been an explanation by O'Reilly why the majority of Americans don't want a mosque housed in an Islamic cultural center built near Ground Zero."  Mike Ramirez cartoon

More on NPR:  "...As he clutched his chest in desperation and pain, would you call 911? Would you try to save him from dying? Of course you would."

But if that man was Rush Limbaugh, and you were Sarah Spitz, a producer for National Public Radio, that isn't what you'd do at all

This, however, is NOT a firing offense at NPR.

Update:  TOO MUCH FEEDBACK- NPR Can’t Take the Heat; Contact Page Shut Down 
"Can a taxpayer funded organization discriminate or fire an employee based upon the content of his or her non employment speech? Isn’t that a violation of the First Amendment? Interesting questions."

Update: Juan Williams: NPR Fired Me Over The Phone Without Even Talking To Me About My Comments  "So, according to Juan Williams, NPR called him up on the phone. Called his remarks bigoted. Then fired him on the spot without letting him defend himself.
"Wow."

GOVERNMENT LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION

Neal Boortz  "Do you remember Obama's stimuls weatherization program? Is this all ringing a bell? Millions of dollars were allocated to these weatherization programs to make houses more "green" and energy efficient. We are talking some serious cash. In fact, Illinois ALONE was awarded $242 million to weatherize 27,000 homes. That would be the total federal income tax payments of 24,000 American households."

Obama: Wrong, Not Evil -- That's Why He's So Dangerous

Larry Elder "It's more than enough to say that Obama is an inexperienced, naive, wrongheaded ideologue who, even now, doesn't recognize the harm he is doing to the country."....
"Here's what C.S. Lewis said about people like Obama""

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

Badge of Honor

Aaron Gee  "Sadly this is typical of the "placate our enemies and kick our friends" Obama foreign policy.  What is even more disturbing is how childish the behavior of ambassador Susan Rice is." American Thinker

Obama and Clinton's Betrayal of an Ally   "Consequently, when the Obama administration actively rejects Britain and works against British interests, a pro-American position becomes untenable -- and this is precisely what has happened in Britain since Obama took office in 2009. We have seen the "Special Relationship" between America and the U.K. destroyed. Whether it be due to Obama's own anti-British sentiments or simply due to the general left-wing flavor of the administration that regards the "Special Relationship" as an unfortunate hangover from the Bush era, the message is clear -- Britain is no longer needed."

Chris Coons Lied, Granny Died

Ann Coulter  "In all of life's tribulations, there is nothing so aggravating as being condescended to by an idiot. In last week's CNN debate in the Delaware Senate race between the astonishingly well-spoken Christine O'Donnell and the unfortunate-looking Chris Coons, O'Donnell had to put up with it from Coons for 90 minutes.
"O'Donnell wiped the floor with Coons, moderators Wolf Blitzer and Nancy Karibjanian, and the idiotic University of Delaware students asking questions -- all of whom were against her."

Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist "The article Chris Coons wrote for the commencement edition of his college newspaper, titled “Chris Coons: The Making of a Bearded Marxist” was about his education and the self-reflection that guided him to decide to be a Democrat.
"That said, to the Tea Party, what’s the difference between Marxist and progressive Democrat? Not much I think, maybe a whisker."

TONYA HARDING SLAMS OBAMA'S "DOING A HARDING / KNEE CAPPING"

Youtube  Another blog has the motto, "Kneecapping Obama at every opportunity". This came up when doing a search of that phrase.
Tonya is a bit coarse, so do Not pass this post around. Repeat; DO NOT pass this post around.
The Tunnel Dweller.