Last week the Republican Governor’s Association held their audition for 2012 annual conference, reviewed by both Byron York and Stephen Hayes. While every other aspect of the government is in transition, now is a good time for the Republican Party to be as well. That’s why the RGA conference came at a good time, and […]

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Talk shows are continually pounding on Barack Obama’s lack of judgement because of his previous associations with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and a host of others who have terroristic or sketchy backgrounds. Ayers was brought on Good Morning America this past week and questioned about his associations with Obama and about his feelings toward the […]

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It is said that every President of the United States has an idiot brother (think Roger Clinton) but with George W Bush he is the idiot brother. Oliver Stone, in his fine new biopic “W.”, has decided not to exaggerate the absurdities of America’s worst ever President – he doesn’t need to. The facts are […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Charlie at churchillsparrot@gmail.com
November 13, 2008 - Washington D.C. Outgoing, lame-duck, immensely unpopular, and quite possibly criminal President George W. Bush announced today that he has signed a multi-million dollar book deal with DNC Press to pen his autobiography, Confessions of a Silver-Spooned, Alcoholic, Neo-Nazi, Greed-Crazed Mad Man: George W. Bush Comes Clean.  […]

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Short answer:  Not very well, and it doesn’t appear they care.
Long answer:
The adulation given to Barack Obama was far more than can be accounted for by his historic run for the Presidency.  It got so bad before the election that Michael S. Malone, a tech journalist for ABC News, got to the point he was […]

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The advent of a Democratic administration offers a badly needed opportunity to get to the bottom of serious matters covered up by the Bush Administration. Clearly, the nation would benefit from finding out the hidden history of the past eight years. We could finally reach closure on the events of 2001. Culprits could be identified […]

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Ed Morrisey has an interesting post on how some are suggesting Newt Gingrich for RNC Chair. His named hadn’t crossed my mind before, but now that it has I can’t think of a better pick. Regardless of the outcome of this Tuesday’s election, we’re looking at a serious rebuilding period for the Republican Party. Who […]

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 FreeMediaOnline.org and Free Media Online Blog  November 8, 2008, San Francisco – Henry Loomis, who died Nov. 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., at age 89, was director of the Voice of America (VOA) during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. His obituary was published Nov. 8 in the Washington Post. During his tenure from 1958 to 1965, the VOA Charter […]

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On Saturday morning’s Fox and Friends show (11/8/08), former Governor Mike Huckabee made the statement that an economic stimulus package doesn’t help the American economy — he gave an example of the last round of $600.00 checks that were sent out and stated that ‘the only economy that was stimulated was China’s’. He’s partially right […]

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I’ve given my take the latest Palin controversy here and here, and outside of that I’m done. I make it a rule not put too much faith in “unnamed sources” (especially when one of the people rumoured to be an “unnamed source” publicly says it’s all a bunch of jive), and if you want to […]

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Now that president-elect Barack Obama has chosen Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff, names of cabinet appointees are beginning to trickle out. Here’s the inside scoop: 
† Secretary of State: Rashid Khalidi 
† Treasury: Brian Moore 
† Defense: George Lucas 
† Attorney General: Susan Herman 
† Interior: Martha Stewart 
† Agriculture: R. Keith Stroup 
† Commerce: Madonna 
† Labor: Linda Chavez-Thompson 
† […]

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Blogging from Phoenix: In my opinion Madeleine Albright protégée Susan Rice is the odds on favorite to become our next Ambassador to the United Nations. President Elect Obama couldn’t find a more qualified, experienced or better educated individual to step into a post the past administration staffed with diplomats who quite frankly were of GED […]

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“There are a lot of things you can do when you finish a losing campaign. You can sleep for 30 hours straight. You can get drunk. Your can reflect on what went wrong and why your side lost. Or you can immediately dump every unflattering tidbit you know - or think you know - about […]

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Over 1-1/2 years ago, on February 10, 2007, I posted an article in this blog titled “The Creeping Socialism of Barack Obama”. I’ve had several comments posted, both positive and negative, during all those months and the latest was today (11/6/08). I’d like to share this last comment because both the comment and my reply […]

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 FreeMediaOnline.org and Free Media Online Blog  November 5, 2008, San Francisco – The worldwide press freedom organization, Reporters Without Borders, has sent a letter to President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev appealing to him to intervene after the National Broadcasting Council announced it planned to take three foreign radios stations off the FM band by 2009. They […]

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The past few years admitting to people in other countries that I am an American citizen has become more and more of an embarrassment. Our relations with other countries have been at an all time low, and our economy at its worse. America, once the land of dreams has been quickly becoming the land of […]

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Autism campaigners from around the world congratulated President Elect Barack Obama for winning the race to the White House. This campaign was historic in many ways. It was the first time that Autism was mentioned specifically in a Presidential Debate and received a very high profile on the campaign trail. Barack Obama and John McCain […]

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If I had to summarize the 2008 Presidential Election, I would say it came down to the politics of fear versus the politics of hope.  Since 9/11, conservative Republicans have been engaging in the politics of fear and it has been alarmingly effective.  After al Qaeda struck the first blow to the American heart, it […]

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While we’re awaiting the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, it might be worthwhile to take a moment to assess the legacy that George W. Bush leaves us. To 109 professional historians surveyed by The New York Times, Bush leaves behind a rating as one of the worst U.S. presidents ever. In the opinion […]

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(London, UK) A huge initiative was launched on Monday 3rd November in an effort to persuade Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chancellor Alistair Darling to reach out to families with autism during the present credit crunch and recession.
Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder, according to UK researchers 1 in 100 children has autism - there are […]

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The New Zealand Police have just announced that they will not prosecute New Zealand First’s party secretary for false election returns in 2005 and 2007 because “no offence was committed”. The 2006 return may have also been false, but it is unsure at this stage.
In September leader of the minor party ACT, Rodney Hide, laid a […]

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By Honey Gillard
Legendary US rocker Bruce Springsteen wowed an open-air crowd of 80,000 on the White House campaign’s final stretch in Cleveland this past Sunday, with a moving set at a campaign rally for Democrat Leader Barack Obama.
With his acoustic guitar and harmonica in hand, Bruce Springsteen sang through a play list that included […]

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It was surprising that the US Presidential candidate is reported to have expressed support for Kashmiri separatists who are in the forefront of terrorism in India.
The Kashmiri terrorists have grabbed the support with both hands.
While the Indian Government is downplaying the issue stating that it is a pre-election rhetoric, it is a matter which the Indian […]

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As a baby-boomer the first American presidential election of which I was really aware was in 1960. In my early teens the contest between the young (43) and charismatic John F Kennedy and the older (47) and much less fresh Richard Nixon seemed more than just a personality clash. Kennedy stood unequivocally for change whereas […]

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Hit the road Halloween. For those who loathe politicians (count me in) there’s no more horrific time than the final days of a presidential race. Our flesh creeps as the last candidates standing (sort of) do the Transylvania Twist faster and faster, spinning their true (sort of) beliefs on a dime and contorting themselves into […]

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M.I.T. graduate Will Bradshaw is co-founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises, using innovative procedures to rebuild New Orleans homes devastated by Katrina. He is pro-life. He is voting for Barack Obama.
When Bradshaw describes himself as “pro-life,” he is speaking about an issue that goes beyond the simplistic code word that usually refers only […]

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When I read the huge amounts spent on elections, I only shudder.
From USA TODAY:
Democrat Barack Obama, who is on track to spend a record $230 million on television advertising, will punctuate his broadcast strategy Wednesday with prime-time commercials on CBS, NBC and Fox….
Obama’s ad spending will easily surpass the record $188 million President Bush spent […]

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Ohioans who believe in consumer choice, and that government should not meddle in the affairs of citizens, must vote NO on Issue 5.  This referendum seeks to overturn portions of HB 545, legislation that unreasonably caps short-term loan rates.
How unreasonable are the rates? They were designed to be so low that lenders who offer this life-saving […]

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A Bully Grows Worse
Well, another week and another entry. I was reading in my Google Alerts about an article entitled Workplace Bullies are Costly and was I glad to see this. I was glad because it is time that more is said and done about bullying in the workplace. We focus so much on the […]

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It’s a bit shocking, really, that the Washington Post rushed to print an alleged endorsement of John McCain by Al Qaeda. Missing was any verification by authorities that it was penned by anyone in command of any of the brigade’s tawdry, misanthropic, holier-than-thou, spiritually moronic band of woman-beating, bombing and beheading throwbacks. One wonders what […]

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