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I’ve long seen Britain as a bellweather for progressive politics. Everything the Left wants in America, has already happened in Britain — and with truly disastrous results. For a pithy summary of Britain’s horrible decline, don’t miss Melanie Phillips’ essay describing the ways in which Barack Obama reminds her of
Continue readingDuring one of my endless circular drives transporting children today, I caught a minute of a phone call from one of Sean Hannity’s fans, who is nevertheless voting for Obama. She has concluded that the Founding Fathers were entirely in favor of wealth redistribution, because they opposed the concentration of
Continue readingWatch Pat Condell quick before they try to ban him again: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-KHHKuVVRc[/youtube] Also, if you’re British, sign the petition. And if you’re British and don’t have enough info to sign the petition, Condell provides these helpful links: YouTube censors comedian shock http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknew… Saudi cleric favours one-eye veil http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/midd… Islamic finance
Continue readingFrom Genesis 3:16 (after the expulsion from Eden): To the woman He [God] said, “I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. I’m feeling Biblical after having read a story about another one of the “miracles” of universal healthcare, as in effect
Continue readingIt was only yesterday that the creepy video emerged from Hollywood showing kids singing a song of worship to the golden world that will emerge when Obama ascends to the White House. In connection with that video, I noted that the indoctrination of children reminded me very strongly of the
Continue readingFirst, I have to give you the money quote from the article. Then, as you try to figure it out, I’ll fill you in on the story: “You don’t necessarily have to have had gender reassignment surgery, but you could just define yourself as a man, feel very masculine in
Continue readingEngland has become the ultimate Nanny state, and it’s a reminder of what’s to come if the Democrats get total control over American government. The latest insane Nanny state story out of Britain is from a public pool that is refusing to allow a man to wear his goggles: He’s
Continue readingEngland currently has an immigration policy that lets in just about everybody — especially two-bit terrorists from Pakistan and points nearby. England does have some limits, however. It refuses to allow Gurkha veterans — you know, the ones who fought and were willing to die for England — into the
Continue readingLast year, my daughter had her first exposure to sex ed, and I have to say I thought the school district approached it perfectly, focusing on the biology of sex. About half the kids in the class were just hitting puberty, and they had lots of questions, which the course
Continue readingOne of the things few people realize Tony Blair’s government did to England was to open the floodgates to virtually unlimited immigration. Get a load of these numbers: Between 1982 and 1997, Britain added about 50,000 new immigrants per year. In 2004, a peak year, after a few years of
Continue readingWe in America have become very introverted in the last few weeks, obsessively (and probably appropriately) focusing on our own upcoming elections. As we focus on those elections, it’s useful to remember what’s still out there: Hardline female ‘preachers of hate’ are radicalising Muslim women at one of Britain’s top
Continue readingWhen I was at Berkeley, I had only a few decent professors. One of them (who was really wonderful) taught a British history class covering the period from 1760 to WWII. He taught us that the Industrial Revolution, though it started in England, petered out. It lacked the ferocity and
Continue readingIn a bizarre act of unexpected intelligence, the British government passed a law allowing Brits to defend themselves in their own homes (and on the streets) without fear of reprisal — not from the burglars within, but from the government forces without: Home owners and “have-a go-heroes” have for the
Continue readingBritain’s famous Order of the Garter bears upon it the motto “Honi soit qui mal y pense” which is Old French for “shame upon him who thinks evil upon it.” The order came into being in the mid-14th Century, during the reign of Edward III. There are several stories about
Continue readingI heard on Dennis Prager today a call from a British man who pointed out that, in the 10 years of Tony Blair’s socialism, every major institution in Britain declined. And the more the government meddled, the greater the decline. Today’s British papers offer yet another example: The dental portion
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