Monday, January 31, 2011
CNN Anchor Praises Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists
Some might think that this should be shocking. It isn't. Libs have been supporting terrorists and our enemies for a long while but it wasn't until more recently that they felt comfortable openly praising terrorists. I think all these Commies should be sent on a slow boat to China.
Theodore Roosevelt on the Hyphenated American and Americanism
While searching through the internet I found this quote on Americanism by former president Theodore Roosevelt. This address was given at a time during World War I when the U.S. was neutral and had not entered the war. He criticized Americans who had some loyalties to the countries of their ancestors.
H/T Conservapedia
In a 1915 speech to the Catholic group the Knights of Columbus. Roosevelt said:
- There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism... a hyphenated American is not an American at all. This is just as true of the man who puts "native" before the hyphen as of the man who puts German or Irish or English or French before the hyphen. Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance. But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else.
- The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic. The men who do not become Americans and nothing else are hyphenated Americans; and there ought to be no room for them in this country. The man who calls himself an American citizen and who yet shows by his actions that he is primarily the citizen of a foreign land, plays a thoroughly mischievous part in the life of our body politic. He has no place here; and the sooner he returns to the land to which he feels his real heart-allegiance, the better it will be for every good American. There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.
- For an American citizen to vote as a German-American, an Irish-American, or an English-American, is to be a traitor to American institutions; and those hyphenated Americans who terrorize American politicians by threats of the foreign vote are engaged in treason to the American Republic.
H/T Conservapedia
Pakistani Fashion Shalwar Kamiz collection 2011
Pakistani fashion.Collection of Shalwar Kamiz collection 2011.
Photonews: Normalcy Returning To Egypt
Voluntary Neighbourhood Watch Group On Duty In Cairo. Photo Credit: AP
News Release: The Future Award Pre-Awards Conference
Cross Section Of Attendees
The Future Award Pre-Awards Conference, also called the ‘Do Something’ Conference is one of the most influential youth seminars every year. The conference is designed to encourage young people to move from merely talking about their aspirations and dreams for Nigeria to doing something about them.This year’s event held yesterday, 29
Jaguars in the Pantanal
Here's another good segment from 60 Minutes. It takes you into the Pantanal wetlands and offers a rare look at jaguars in the wild. Beautiful.
Luiz and I spent a week of so in the Pantanal several years ago, but we were not lucky enough to have seen a jaguar face to face. Maybe next time.
Luiz and I spent a week of so in the Pantanal several years ago, but we were not lucky enough to have seen a jaguar face to face. Maybe next time.
Article: Why Ribadu Matters
Nuhu Ribadu
By Feyi Fawehinmi
Nigerian politics is not yet at the point where democratic institutions have taken deep root so the 'type' of leader we have sends a lot of 'signals' down the food chain which in turn gives the government whatever character it is seen to have.
So Shagari was seen to be incompetent and spineless, this was a signal to men like
Sunday, January 30, 2011
EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS -- 1-30-11
EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS
Sig94 explains why Obama doesn't pass the stink test
JR says that Congress is considering passing an internet "kill switch"
Andrew33 posts on Lt. Col. Allen West's first town Hall
Always On Watch shows us Great moments in liberal history.
Hoping the Blind Will See posted The American Experiment
Barking Spider posts on the fact that the Hawaii Governor has failed to locate Obama's birth certificate.
Bungalow Bill on the how the Republican establishment hates the tea party
Bluegrass Pundit tells us Obamacare may actually leave more people without insurance
Quite Rightly posts Excellent News On Sudan
LL asks True or False?
Common Cents has posted the list of Obamacare waivers
Christopher has posted an Abbreviated version of the SOTU.
Conservative Scalawag informs us that John Conyers calls for more Jim Crow
Patrick Archbold posts on the lib media thinking that Exorcism movies are a right wing plot
Tito Edwards shows us the new trailer "There Be Dragons"
DeanO has posted a Great Political cartoon
The_Kid explains why Gun control is evil and brain-dead
Jamie Jeffords shows us Mila Kunis
Fuzzy Slippers posts The SOTU in a nutshell
EHVOGEL shows us that Only Reagan does Reaganesque
Hack Wilson posts on The State of the "union"
Innominatus shows us Yet another reason to avoid Portland
Matt explores the Intent of Obamacare
Just a Conservative Girl says there are No easy answers in Egypt
Supi shows us a couple of Great videos
Rational Nation USA asks Who's the "bubble head" now?
Left-footer posts on St. Joan of Arc and poses a question for pacifists.
Lone Star Parson posts on A Retreat.
Robot asks Are you smarter than an elected official?
Watch Dog asks Have American teachers moved "to the Left" of Obama?
Obama Cartoons shows us that Egypt is at its tipping point
Eman states that Obama's SOTU is tantamount to plagiarism
Jill posts on Oddballs and the blob
Randy-g says that we need to Keep a close eye on this Muslim brother
Matt asks Does Government exist to protect rights or to grant them?
John Carey shows us Bill Whittle's conservative response to the State of the Union
Reaganite Republican posts that Obama secretly schemed with Egyptian opposition
Right Wing Extreme reveals the Horrors of global warming propaganda
Euripedes posted Andrew Klavan: highway to hell, leftist remix edition
STOP MARXISM posted It is time to cut up the national credit card
Maggie highlights Egyptian women in her rule 5 posting
Father Dwight Longenecker posts on Superstition and the supernatural
Cube posts on the 25th Anniversary of the Challenger tragedy
The Conservative Lady informs us that Sen. Jim DeMint has introduced legislation to repeal Obamacare
Samuel Gonzalez posted Tourists besiege Cairo Egypt airport
Kevin has posted on his New passion for energy psychology - EFT
The Watcher has a Question on the moral decline of America
The Right Guy posts A hero of the left: a monster to the rest of us
TOTUS posts Friend or foe, dictatorship or democracy
Trestin posts on Frank and Dodd 10
Bob Belvedere posts Egypt: The dark side of the loons
LD Jackson posts on Harry's Law and the liberal agenda
Woman Honor Thyself posts Se-x Defines us
Woodsterman posts It must be beer thirty ...
Proof posts that the TSA has put an end to the private screening program
Chris W posts that Arizona is taking on birthright citizenship
Amusing Bunni invites you to her Comedy club
The Other McCain posts Herman Caine attends Koch brothers meeting, causes left-wing freak out
Pamela Geller posts on Obama's Carter moment
KingShamus shows us that Robert Redford is a hypocrite
Via Instapundit Andrew Romano of The Daily Beast posts Palin kills it in gun country
Photonews: Protesters In Egypt Seize Army Tank
Protesters Chanting Anti-government Slogans Atop Army Tank. Photo Credit: AP
School of Samba technical rehearsal
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In the weeks running up to the big Carnaval parade/competition in Rio each School gets two opportunities to take a practice run down the parade route in the Sambódromo. This is an important opportunity to get a feel for how each section of the parade will fit in the space and to get the pacing down so that the School can get in, fill the route, then exit all within the precise time allowed.
It’s also a great opportunity for folks like us to go the Sambódromo to soak up a little pre-Carnaval fun.
Last night Portela and Porto da Pedra had practice runs. This is serious business. Whole communities have invested a lot of time and A LOT of money to produce a winning parade (the storyline, the samba, the floats, the costumes). If you are among those participating, you do not want to miss these practice runs. And if you do skip one, your group leader will call you out for it.
The street was alive with food and beverage vendors and the ambient sound was pounding with the sambas of each School. Everyone was proudly wearing their School T-shirt, while the senior members, or other dignitaries of the School, were wearing their more classy printed Polos or button up shirts.
I’m always touched to see men and women in their 70s walking around like peacocks in their official garb. They have likely been participating with the School for a generation or more.
Tens of thousands of family, friends and fans filled the bleachers while the thousands of paraders practiced their routine. It’s not just fun and games, however. The overall School may have one to two dozen Alas (sections of 150 – 300 people), each with their own costume and choreography. Coaches for each Ala are quick to correct you when you step out of place, rush you when you fail to keep pace, remind you to sing every word, and stoke you into expressing more alegria. All of these aspects will be carefully judged and scored when the big day comes.
The Schools compete to win, not just to have fun.
But we were there to have fun. Luiz and I, with our friends, enjoyed the street scene, drank beer, ate grilled meat from a stick, found the gay gathering point, and took in the eye candy.
By about 2:30 a.m. we headed home (Luiz had to work the next morning at 8:00).
Gostei. Qualidade de vida.
Incredible and Scary 3D Pencil Drawings wallpapers
Incredible and Scary 3D Pencil Drawings wallpapers collection . chk it out
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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