Twitter works better if you include hashtags in your tweets and if you monitor hashtags for interesting tweets. Some of the more interesting hash tags are: #tcot (Top Conservatives on Twitter) #teaparty #tiot (Top Independents on Twitter) #resist44 #ocra (Organized Conservative Resistance Alliance) #sgp (Smart Girl Politics) Top Conservatives on Twitter The next step beyond …
Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater and the John Birch Society
Shortly before his death, the inestimable William F. Buckley penned one last note about the John Birch Society (JBS). The article, Goldwater, the John Birch Society, and Me, recalls events in the early 1960’s which preceded Barry’s campaign for the Presidency. Buckley had become concerned about the growing menace posed by Robert Welch and the …
Why This Isn’t Fort Democracy
Thomas Jefferson said “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” That is the risk of Democracy — that ignorant people will use it to promote values of intolerance. Remember that Hitler, Chavez, and Ahmadinejad were all elected. Although the …
What Causes Terrorism?
Islam is not the direct cause of terrorism in our world. Yes, the vast majority of terrorists are Islamic. However, there are also hundreds of millions of Muslims living in peace on this planet. The Muslim world, however, is a disaster. It is politically, economically, and socially backwards. It is hundreds of years behind Western …
Now It’s The Free Government Internet Scam
You work hard, pay your bills on time, try to raise your kids to know right from wrong, and if you’re lucky you can even stash a few bucks in the bank every month. What the hell is wrong with you? This is not the way to get ahead in the America of 2012. Remember …
Overcriminalized
Overcriminalized.com is a fascinating and terrifying project from The Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation is an extremely conservative think tank. These are not the kind of people you would normally expect to be complaining about “too much law and order.” And yet that is exactly the purpose of Overcriminalized.com. The web site documents a frightening …