Saturday Morning Cup o' Coffee Round Up (Wizbang)

Terrorists for Obama Think he might be proud of this particular endorsement? (Via Something and Half of Something)

Speaking of Terrorists Another one bites the dust. (Via Lucianne)

EXPELLED! No Intelligence Allowed. Ben Stein's movie. View the trailer here. (Via Cigar Intelligence Agency)

No annoying the muslims It's illegal in France. (Via Right Wing News)

Emancipation DayToday, the nation's capital celebrates "Emancipation Day" -- commemorating the Republican Party's abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, on April 16, 1862. That's right, the Republican Party freed the slaves in DC, despite fierce opposition from the Democrats. Of course, none of the Democrats running the DC Government dares mention that fact. (Via Grand Old Partisan)

Jimmy Carter says dictators speak for all the people "In a democracy, I realize you don't need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels," he said over the weekend, responding to a question from an Israeli journalist who noted that Mr. Carter had been snubbed by most of Israel's top leadership and reprimanded by its president, Shimon Peres. "When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that's the dictator, because he speaks for all the people."--Jimmy Carter Yup, that's what he said. The dictator "speaks for all the people." (Via Betsy's Page)

Spain's Defense Minister is Pregnant Here's an image Spaniards will not soon forget: their new defense minister, reviewing trim, crisply uniformed soldiers, with her baby bump on display. The surprise appointment of Carme Chacon, age 37 and with no military experience, is the boldest statement yet from a Socialist government that has made gender equality one of its top priorities. (Via Lucianne)

Coral Survives Direct Nuclear Strike SOME corals are again flourishing on Bikini Atoll, the Pacific site of the largest American atom bomb ever exploded, but other species have disappeared. A team of international scientists, including Australians, recently dived on the atoll, more than half a century after the stunning blast, to examine its marine life.

Zoe Richards from Queensland's James Cook University, along with other scientists from Germany, Italy, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands, said the team had dived into the vast Bravo Crater left by the 1954 atom bomb. The 15 mega-tonne bomb was a thousand times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima in Japan in WWII. It vapourised three islands, raised water temperatures to 55,000 degrees, shook islands 200km away and left a crater 2km wide and 73m deep (Via Astute Blogger)

Does Europe Really Hate America? So much so that they keep electing Pro American leaders. (Via Neocon Express)

Flash Cards for Immigrants Seeing Citizenship A Hill source tipped me off to government-funded "civics flash cards" that DHS is distributing to immigrants seeking to gain US citizenship. One of the cards asks foreigners to name one benefit of being an American citizen. One card's answer mentions the right to vote. Good so far.

But take a look at this one (see article), which stands JFK's famous admonition on its head. Ask not what you can do for America, ask what America can do for you. Gimme, gimme, gimme! File this one under 'what were they thinking?' (Via Michelle Malkin)

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Wizbang Blue: 'Big Oil' and Christian Extremists Lose in Tennessee Primaries

I've been a bit perplexed by his course of action, but I guess John McCain can't help but do Big Oil's bidding. As the Republican presidential nominee it's his duty and honor to represent the interests of big oil as...

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Wizbang Pop!: Britney to return to scene of the crime

Britney Spears apparently isn't feeling any ill will toward MTV after her disastrous performance at last year's Video Music Awards. The well-on-her-way-to-a-comeback pop princess will appear in a television...

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Wizbang Pop!: Clay Aiken welcomes a baby boy

Clay Aiken and his artificially inseminated friend, Jaymes Foster, welcomed a baby boy into the world this morning. Clay Aiken and Jaymes Foster's new baby is named Parker Foster...

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Wizbang Pop!: Singer Jewel Elopes

Folk-country songbird Jewel finally scored herself a last name this week, eloping to the Bahamas and quietly tying the knot Thursday night with longtime rodeo-champ beau Ty Murray. "I...

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Wizbang Pop!: Scorsese meets HBO on "Boardwalk"

Martin Scorsese is in negotiations to make a rare foray into television by directing HBO's drama pilot "Boardwalk Empire," which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City. Scorsese already...

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Wizbang Blue: Born To Be Really Wild

Las Vegas is indeed a wild city. And this reputation is now being further cemented with a wild new museum that has just opened up in the same state that once housed the great Harrah's Automobile Museum or other great...

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Wizbang Pop!: Alec Summons Kim Back to Court Over Custody

Alec Baldwin has another bone to pick with Kim Basinger. For some reason. E! News has confirmed that attorneys for the Emmy-nominated actor were in court Tuesday to request...

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Wizbang Sports: NY Jets release QB Chad Pennington

This in order to make salary cap space for recently acquired Brett Favre. From ESPN- The Jets released Pennington at 4 p.m. Thursday to clear salary-cap space for Brett Favre's...

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Wizbang Politics: Incumbent Tenn. congressman loses primary

The last time this happened in Tennesseee politics was 1966. From AP- JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Being linked to "big oil" turned into a big problem for Tennessee freshman Rep....

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Wizbang Blue: Florida Racist Arrested After Threatening to Kill Obama

The racists are definitely coming out of the woodwork as the election draws closer. A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to...

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Emancipation Day.. Yahoo!<b... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by tyree | April 19, 2008 2:12 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

tyree:

Emancipation Day.. Yahoo!
I was speaking to a friend today who knows very little about the deep south, and he had no idea that the Jim Crow south back in the day was solidly Democrat, and that Martin Luther King was a Republican. He didn't know that Eisenhower was the first President to push for civil rights legislation and that the law was watered down by Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson.

That is why the liberals don't want to teach history any more. It is too inconvenient for their community based reality.

Posted on April 19, 2008 02:12

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