Comments on Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs

Robert Parera commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-06-18T02:04:40Z

I was at the really at ground zero, 6/6/2010, Im here to say Keith Oberman is a flat out liar. There is no way he did not know there were more than five hundred. There were thousands of people there. We do not want a mosque or that damn sharia law. We need to wake up. But first things first,we have to vote the idiots out. God bless America. Regards Robert Parera

Sequestered News commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-05-25T20:10:39Z

Come on 2012!

The big media outlets no longer report the news. They don't investigate anything anymore. Many stories have been "broken" on talk radio and no one from the mainstream wants to report on those stories unless it furthers their agenda or they are in sync with their way of thinking.

All they do is bash the messenger since they can't refute the message.

http://www.SequesteredNews.com/

Concerned Citizen commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-04-30T15:09:37Z

Florida Govenors A true Bi-Partisan effort, by one of the few trust-worthy Republicans, an this is the way you treat him. No wonder the parties limited and Mr. Obama's progress in moving the Country towards respect is delayed.

S.G.S commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-04-23T06:11:13Z

I have a question – Why is Judaism – Pushing – That there is a unbreakable bond between Chris.tians and Jud.aism ? Now there being called Judo-Chris.tians??? That Founded this Nation? Now that not only say’s the Founding Fathers were stupid – But they intentionally – Put themselves and all American generations into Bon.dage – To such propagandized beliefs – The very same way – Wall-Stre.eters – Put Americans into – Money-Bondage – Both Monarchys – The Founding Fathers despised !!! A man doesn’t need to be locked in a room – to know farts really stink !!!
“ “ “ Jud.aism has never accepted any of the claimed fulfillments of prophecy that Chris.tianity attributes to Je.sus. Jud.aism also forbids the worship of a person as a form of idolatry, since the central belief of Judaism is the absolute unity and singularity of G.od. “ “ “

politics101 commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-04-16T23:10:20Z

opps ! shamless plug on the way....http://politics101-conservativeutopia.blogspot.com/

politics101 commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-04-16T23:08:45Z

Love the site and the blogs listed are great! tahnks ,politics101

Newthron commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-04-12T17:30:41Z

I'm not a so called "true American." Just an American, who watch today " a true American patriot," Helped by a great American intellect Sean Hannity, to fight Washington and global warming. Don Blankenship was wrapped in the flag to sale his monumental stoopidity, to a great number of ignorant Americans. Finally his patriotism, kiIIed more than 20 Americans.
I believe that, if America walk behind people like Backmann, Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, and the legion of fossilized true Americans, there will be lining up at the cemeteries. But, we shouldn't worry. The ideology will survive because of great minds and true Americans from the heartland like Palin...LOL

d-bone commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-20T10:40:56Z

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Don Bistroff commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-13T17:36:03Z

Oh my, you missed Liberally Conservative at http://www.liberallyconservative.com

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Thanks for asking and very best wishes.

Dan commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-12T00:59:31Z

Nope, you won’t find this story posted here, lol.

http://www.missingtheforest.com/2010/02/06/the-latest-from-the-republican-comedy-tour/

Fujah Magazine commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-08T20:49:35Z

Racists Republicans??
by Joel Matthew.

In an attempt to get the Kennedy Clan behind his wife’s presidential campaign in 2008, former Democrat president Bill Clinton remarked to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) concerning Barak Obama: “A few years ago this guy would have been getting us coffee.” During that same presidential campaign, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) said that Obama was “clean and articulate.” The ultra-liberal Los Angeles Times called Obama “the magic Negro.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had to apologize a few weeks ago for opining, during the campaign, that Barack Obama could win the White House because Obama was “light skinned…with no Negro dialect.” His recent apology included an admission that he thought that was a compliment to Obama. (And what is it then to non-light skinned Black Americans?)
During the debate over nationalizing health care, Senator Reid claimed that those who opposed the health care reform plan were the same as those who opposed ending slavery, those who opposed giving women the right to vote, and those who opposed the civil rights legislation of the 1960’s. Put aside for a moment the fact that the 19th Amendment and the civil rights legislation could not –and did not– pass without the votes from the Republicans in Congress; both were being blocked by the Democrats in Congress. But for any Democrat to associate Republicans with the Democrat-controlled slave-holding Confederacy is ludicrous. Evidently the Democrats are betting that Americans, Black and White, don’t know much about American history. Full Story online at http://www.fujah.com

info@fujah.com commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-08T20:16:55Z

Dr. Z's Perspective!
Freedom of Speech, Even if it’s “Hate” Speech
by Dr. Maryann Zihala JD
Maryann Zihala, J.D. is a political scientist and author of:
Rights, Liberties & the Rule of Law (2004) and
Democracy: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number (2003).
Email: zihala@msn.com

"The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market. I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe." Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Abrams v. United States (1919)

Recently, as an amendment to a defense appropriations bill, the US Congress passed and President Barak Obama signed into law the Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA), previously known as the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Act. There are 45 states that already have hate crimes enhancement legislation allowing that a crime may carry a higher penalty if it was perpetrated against someone based, at least in part, on the victim’s race, religion, culture, gender, or sexual preference. So why is the federal law necessary? There may be a couple of reasons: 1) many state laws do not include the enhancement in the case of the victim’s sexual orientation; 2) if an alleged perpetrator is acquitted in state court, the federal courts can take jurisdiction and try him again for violation of the HCPA without the impediment of a double jeopardy claim. Full story online at http://www.fujah.com

eb@fujah.com commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-02-08T20:13:53Z

A 2009 Retrospect- Is Brand Obama Tarnished Forever?

2009 was anything but typical from sea to shinning sea. From the swearing in of the first biracial to the Presidency of the United States to the Tea Party protesters movement, this country will never be the same. It has been said that change is good, in retrospect we’ll see. What we have seen thus far by the new President has been mediocre at best. The Obama brand “Hope and Change” is it tarnished forever?

Starting with Cap and Tax, Health Care reform, outrageous spending with rising national debt into the trillions, anti-terrorism failures, constitutional rights for enemy combatants, green jobs moving to China, unemployment at double digits, no focus to create jobs, back room deals in health care, no transparency as promised, Acorn scandals, a blatant disregard for the constitution, and the attempt to remove contextual heuristic structures of blue and white from the debate and replace it with a democratic (socialist) red reveals contemptible administrative actions. Is Obama trying to bankrupt the nation? What should be the foremost agenda by our government? Full story online at http://www.fujah.com

Mark Rosenblatt commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-01-28T14:38:07Z

Rising strongly since your list was established - "chunk size" and worth a read - http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/category/contentions .

Willy Wonka commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-01-23T05:43:51Z

What has become of America?
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Rob Wheeler commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2010-01-10T07:57:14Z

Check this out -- Conservatism for the future:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439267359/

Think Like A Republican and Grow Rich commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-12-19T21:50:29Z

This is a fun one as well if you want to think like the best! :)

JeanWTPUSA commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-12-12T08:55:29Z

Great job! You many also want to check out the Blog and Online Magazine list, plus all of the other Resources on the main page at http://www.wethepeopleusa.ning.com. Tons on Conservative Sites/Links that I think you'll like.

Alan V. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-12-04T04:11:04Z

Also have right wing nuthouse: http://rightwingnuthouse.com/

Alan V. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-12-04T03:48:34Z

Some other good sites I found and wanted to post are

Fort Hard Knox at http://forthardknox.com/

Right Side News at http://www.rightsidenews.com/

Say Anything Blog at http://sayanythingblog.com/

Alan V. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-11-29T00:44:18Z

Here are other ones I found:
Big Government - Another Breitbart site but this one is famous for starting this year with undercover Acorn tapes.

Anita MonCrief - Blogger and writer in Washington, DC who is instrumental in exposing Acorn.

Red State - Really good blog. Red State is the leading blog for right of center online activists.

National Reviews blog called The Corner - National Review Online's multi-author conservative weblog.

Ann Coulter's website - Needless to say she hands out her out spoken thoughts and posts columns she has done.

Jihad Watch - Robert Spencer's blog on Muslim extremism. Jihad Watch is actually a program at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Reason.com's blog - Reason is the monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets."

Others blogs:
weekly standard's blog
instapundit
Betsy's page
campaign spot at National Review
Megan McArdle
JammieWearingFool
directorblue

The best anti-Obama blogs:
investigate obama
anti Obama blog

The best pro-Palin blogs:
Conservatives4Palin
The Sarah Palin blog

I didn't post any links to the sites but you can google them all.

Alan V. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-11-28T17:42:31Z

Some blogs and websites I want to add to the list not mentioned, as I found this post, are:

Debbie Schlussel - She tackles the fallacies of Oprah and blogs on Muslim extremism.

Dr. Melissa Clothier - Another great female blogger.

The Libertarian Republican - Interesting site mixing Conservative and Libertarian principals.

Stop the ACLU - Tackles the ACLU and other conservative issues.

Olbermann Watch - Site going after Keith Olbermann of MSNBC.

Newsbusters - Exposes Liberal Media Bias.

Drudge Report - General link site with great information.

Big Hollywood and Andrew Breitbart - Andrew runs Big Hollywood, but also runs Breitbart.com. Both sites are excellent sources of information and are linked together.

Katy Golay commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-11-27T17:01:26Z

There's another conservative blog that gives a different commentary on prime topics -- http://www.grassrootsannie.com. I stumbled on this through twitter.

Peggy McGilligan commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-11-22T22:14:10Z

Just my 2 cents: From Fort Ord, where D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad learned to shoot, to Fort Hood where Major Hasan opened fire, it's a small world. From the Guantánamo Bay to the Monterey Bay, it’s been said that the only thing new under the sun is the history you don’t know. And believe you me the history, the truth in this case is indeed stranger than fiction: http://theseedsof9-11.com

Ps. Anyone who thinks Sarah Palin is a threat to America, has yet to become an American citizen.

Paul commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-11-10T06:43:05Z

What about Reason.com's hit and run blog? I realize it is Libertarian but that is a variant of conservatism.

Potter commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-10-28T03:13:19Z

The Statist's Ten Commandments
http://jeffersonsrebels.blogspot.com/2009/10/statists-ten-commandments.html

Diane S. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-10-26T14:13:26Z

Fantastic list--thanks for making the effort. bookmarked

lol commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-10-22T23:37:07Z

lol

the right commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-10-20T02:26:07Z

hot new obama video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkuYnzapabE

J Kallberg commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-10-20T00:22:26Z

I just created a new one .......

http://kallberg.blogs.com/kallberg

The Kallbergian Weltanschauungen

Fujah Magazine - Senator Claire McCaskill, Meet the Folks commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-09-19T22:23:44Z

The Preamble to the Constitution - “We The People”
By Edward Biamonte
Photos - Edward Biamonte

It is our right and our duty to question our government about - everything! And the Town Halls represent the best of our nations freedoms. Kudos to Senator McCaskill for opening up the debate with her constituency and for coming to the conservative stronghold called Springfield Missouri in “The Show Me State” !

Split on the issues, the protesters stood peacefully in line while waiting for admittance into the theatre. To be sure the democratic republic of the US is practicing their 1st amendment rights, although no conclusion to the debate is in sight many want reform. Many believe we have to do something and that’s the issue. What are we doing? Many who are fearful of the socialistic agenda of the far left held up signs in protest, while those from the far left protested the deliberation over health care in congress. They just want health care. And, they want the government to pay for it - no debate, just do it- Now!

Blue Dog Democrats have entered the health care debate to voice their opinion in rejection to some of the Obama health care bill and for maintaining a deficit neutral plan that supports a more free capitalist society and to stop any government lead take over of the nations health care system. Senator Claire McCaskill voiced her opinions which led me to believe she is a centrist Blue Dog. She supports a plan that includes across state line purchasing power which is well received by many and is capitalistic in nature but also supports the public option? She wants lower prices for all, which is also well received. She rightly quoted the billions in profits made by the health insurers at the expense of the public. McCaskill talked about Medicaid, Medicare, tax payer penalties created by fraud, insurance companies and the hospitals who have to raise prices to stay in business. And then there’s Tort reform? Oh those greedy trial attorneys and their lobbyist. Capitalism, Socialism and Tort reform!

Obama wants a government plan to make sure the insurance companies have to lower their prices. So what’s wrong with that? Lower prices are good for everyone. Has anything the government has ever done made money or did not cost the tax payers billions more than projected? Does Freddie MAC, Sallie MAE and the US Postal Service ring a bell? And then there's the government panel that decides who, what, where and why; isn’t it a bit socialistic-- and not regulated by competition in the free market?

The last time I looked our Constitution openly supports the free market. Isn’t that why we fought the Revolutionary War against England? The reason there are Tea Parties all over the nation. It appears that millions will March on DC September 12th 2009. Fujah will be there to cover it.

And -- No mention by Obama to support Tort reform!

Missouri has two Senators and both are well aware of the tensions being voiced by the people of the free Republic called the United States America. Springfield's Town Hall meeting was everything we have come to expect. Everyone from the far left to the far right were packed into the Gillioz Theater to ask the junior Senator from Missouri questions concerning the Health Care debate and any other political issue they might need answers to. Typical of Hall Town meetings there were many vocal opponents for and against current Democratic or Republican positions.

Senator Claire McCaskill walked on the stage and the theater of more than 1000 people erupted with resounding applause and boos for the junior Senator from Missouri. The “Show Me State” Town Hall attendants were demanding McCaskill did just that; from the far left and right they shouted at each other and McCaskill their positions while many in attendance tried to get the folks to chill. After a bit of free expression by the crowd the meetings started with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Once the preliminaries were over Claire began her very brief introduction to a Town Hall that was ready to debate.

The first question to Claire was about her loyalty, was it to the “Show Me State” or President Obama and the Democratic parties agenda? The crowd erupted in applause from both sides of the isle to the question and in large part amid shouts of “we are the people”. McCaskill stated- “my job is to represent the people of Missouri... I have on many times voted differently from my party... This bill must pass a common sense test for me - it’s about what’s in the bill”.

Question 2 - Was about the funding of the bill and it’s inclusion to fund abortion. McCaskill stated she “read the complete Senate bill” and the Senate bill “does not have one federal dollar allocated to fund abortion.” Shouts concerning the House bill were brought up by the audience that does include the funding. McCaskill stated that there are three amendments which are being debated in the house and that the Senate bill in present form is online at www.help.senate.gov which reveals the hundreds of hours put into into the bill with bipartisan efforts.

McCaskill then took time to state typical Democratic talking points (which immediately received boos and cheers from the audience) she stated, “there has been a lot of misinformation about the bill in question” grumbling started from the audience as Claire went on to say “I might have the record for doing the most wide open town hall meetings in the Senate”.

Then Claire took a minute to give Senator Kit Bond a cheep shot for rejecting her invitation to the Springfield Town Hall gathering and for going to a rally in Kansas City instead? Some Dems in the audience applauded her effort to discredit Senator Bond, while many less partisan attendants shook their heads in disbelief - so much for bipartisanship? The junior Senator went on to state “one of the things I have learned from traveling around the state is that there is such negativity and cynicism about government”. The audience erupted again.

Was this a Freudian slip concerning her statement about Kit Bond or just a self implicating or defecating statement about her parties leadership? A simple suggestion or word to the junior Senator, don’t cheep shot your opponent to make yourself look good; Independents and Reagan Democrats hate childish behavior and rhetoric. Stick to the point and answer the questions. This is why there is such negativity and cynicism about government; and why 70% of the independents who voted for Obama will vote against the Dems in 2010 (Rasmuessen non-partisan polls).

It’s the trust factor Claire! Obama, Reid and Pelosi have created a quagmire for the Democratic party. It’s all about deception, fast tracking, the deficit, pork spending, Anti Israeli / Pro-Islamic rhetoric, and a socialist leading far left agenda mandated by 20% of the electorate. Seventy percent of the public are sick of the special interest groups from California, the West cost, East cost and large urban cities like Chicago demanding far left ideology be adopted by the country and the people are fighting back. The federal government is at its lowest approval ratings since the Carter administration that led to the Reagan years.

McCaskill went on, “we need to show we are sincere”… we must pass a health care bill and “that we will have the exact same plan as the rest of the country”. The audience erupted with applause as the statement resonated with the fervor of many who question If the public option is so great, why do federal employees have their own policy and are excluded from the debate? You can see the whole debate online at many of the news outlets like KSPR or the Springfield News Leader’s web site.

In retrospect - For some on the left or right it didn’t matter what McCaskill said, they would shout her down or applaud her which was totally unnecessary and a waste of the publics time. Yet for the majority of the audience they wanted real answers to some tough questions and that is the real issue at hand. Did Senator McCaskill answer the questions or did she refer to her parties talking points?

Senator McCaskill made centrist stands respective of Blue Dogs but referred to the standard talking points and views of many in her democratic party. This pauses one to wonder if we’ll ever see the statement “we need to show we are sincere” come to pass based on truth, facts and tenacity to keep America Free and Strong. Although her stump points were not as blatant as many in the far left, and I liked 50% of what she said-- it’s about what she didn’t say that reminds me of song a from the “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” by Charles Durning. “Ooooo I love to do a little side step”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A

Claire to often repeated-- Missouri as you know is split right down the middle... Polls that we have taken reveal the split so it is up to me to make common sense decisions when the polls are so close... The crowd immediately picked up on the fluff. It’s Missouri-- “ The Show Me State ” remember? Politics in 2010-- I it’s going to be a wild ride.

Phil Coppney commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-09-19T14:21:15Z

Here you go

http://wwyta.com

Primarily a humorous look at our current state. We have to laugh to keep us from crying.

Faith Powers commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-09-17T17:55:20Z

My latest book, "Call to Arms" has been released 9/2/09!

My hope is that my "Prayer for America" will be read from my book throughout this great nation.

Thank you for being the true Americans that you are.

God's best only to you.

Faith Powers
Author

http://www.calltoarmsbook.com

Learn to fight to win!

American Patriot commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-09-03T19:54:58Z

Please check out my blog
http://conserrep.blogspot.com/

James B. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-28T03:30:12Z

Scott:

That was a great post and I agree with you about LGF. If you get the chance, you should check out America's Right (www.americasright.com). Jeff Schrieber does a great job over there, especially thinking about how it's a part-time hobby for him (he apparently works and goes to law school at night and even has a kid too). The layout is simple and easy to navigate, and the writing is exceptional. I found it while looking for information on Sotomayor and it is easily my new favorite site out there.

It's a relatively new blog, but if you look at the stuff he and the writers put out, it's impressive. He has selected readings on each major topic on the right side of the page.

Check it out! You won't regret it!

Lou commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-25T04:26:16Z

I am writing in support of a strong public option for health care insurance, because I feel it is the best way to create competition among private insurance companies and get the kind of coverage my family wants and needs.

There are a few key things that would improve my family's current health insurance situation. If these things are not part of health insurance reform for the average family, what's the point of any reform at all?

1) Lower insurance premiums so that we don't have to choose between helping our children go to college and health care for ourselves. Recently our family income increased by 20% (about $10,000), but our health care premium increased at the same time by 300%, so that more than 1/4 of the recent income increase goes to health insurance coverage. Plus there is a $4000 yearly deductable on our plan. And this does not even cover dental, vision, or mental health expenses. At this time, we literally are regularly forced to make the following type of decision: between buying one text book for our college aged daughter ($250) and getting one of our broken teeth fixed ($280 - $1,800).

2) Insurance that is continuing, so that each time my husband changes jobs (or his company switches insurance providers), we don't have to keep changing our primary physician. (This has happened to us 4 times in the past 10 years, and I would like to have more continuity of care than that, especially as we get older.)

3) Insurance that doesn't disappear when my husband or I get sick. We have been very healthy all our lives, but we are both 50ish and worry that if we get seriously injured or ill, our insurance company may stop covering us even though we have each continuously paid heafty health insurance premiums for the past 30+ years.

4) Insurance that is portable, so that if a "pre-existing condition" such as a diagnosis of cancer (the type of illness my husband and I probably would be most likely to get) occurs, we can still more freely from one job to the next to improve our family financial situation without the threat of losing our health coverage.

As far as I and my family are concerned - health care reform is the most critical issue facing our family today. We can do our part to keep our excellent health, such as through exercise, diet, and safety precautions, but we purchase insurance in case of an unforeseen event. Since we live responsibly, and purchase this type of insurance, we don't want any dirty tricks should such an unforeseen event occur!

Please please address these mundane, yet important, key issues the average family faces.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

charles commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-23T23:07:42Z

I like the website Right Pundits.

fgabriel commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-20T22:20:37Z

Another criterion for judging the quality of a conservative blog should be the presence of at least a handful of liberal readers who participate in the debate. Otherwise, you've got nothing but group-think, which promotes intellectual laziness and the destroys the capacity for critical analysis. How do you know if an idea is worth a damn if it hasn't been seriously challenged?

Chris Ward commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-16T12:30:30Z

Progressives are smart enough to realize most Republican men are closet Homosexuals. We monitored their activities at the 2008 RNC in MN and the most POPULAR hangout was Larry Craig’s infamous men’s room at the airport. Yes, Republican males spend a LOT of money hiding the fact they love to suck cock. They get on their knees on daily basis but what they REALLY crave is their Corporate Tops. How else does one explain WHY Republicans WANT MORE after getting fucked in the ass for 8 years by Bush/Cheney?
AND, there’s ALWAYS Ann Coulter and Jonah Goldberg…

Well America… The shocking video is NOW AVAILABLE! Come on, you can’t tell me everyone already had their suspicions but now the proof is video memory chip. YES, Bell O’Reilly and Gleen Beck have been caught on video having consensual gay sex. Lip readers from CMC KNEW O’Reill and Beck were USING Male Prostitutes but just happened to be at the right place at the right time to catch them in a disgusting 69 position in a backroom in the FOX News building.

Now that penny pinching motherfucker Rupert Murdoch only offered $100,000 to dispose of this video so all the money he invested in O’Reilly and Beck wasn‘t wasted. Rupert kept their careers alive in the face of sinking ratings and loss of advertisers but he REFUSED to meet the starting bid on this caught on tape video. Bidding starts at $175,000 for this revealing look into Conservative pathology.

Speaking for myself I think Murdoch is gay himself and wants all his male employees to come out of the closet so he won’t feel out of place. I can’t think of any other reason for Murdoch not coming up with the asking price.

Rouse Limbaugh paid $270,000 to save HIS reputation. CMC buried the film of him on a sex tour in an unnamed Third World nation. Limbaugh didn’t care if his sick sexual desires made victims of males or females, just as long as they were under 16 years of age. To be honest the film was SO vile, SO disgusting… the best thing for humanity was to destroy this horrible drug induced, sexual display by the fat man on the young sex slave victims. Hey Rush… “What Ever Happened to PUNISHMENT?”

Ever since the Republicans used me as a scapegoat when Party funds came up missing, I have dedicating my life to get rid of Republican criminals and the Conservatives spokespersons who misdirect attention away from their crimes.

Kevin commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-11T19:31:50Z

I was just emailing to spread the word about www.streamavideo.com . A Right Wing video email service for Americans to express their opinion directly to gov officials.

Why should we wait for election time to communicate using the internet with the gov officials.

I hope the tool/service does it’s part in providing and way for True Americans to communicate to our elected officials and allow others citizens that truly love America and what it was originally to stand for based on our forefathers intentions to realize that we have to use our rights to keep our rights.

God Bless You and Help us all .

wmf2087@windstream.net commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-01T20:44:21Z

Brand new, but sure to rise to the top of everybody's list. Brilliant and insightful - a must read. Okay, I'm a little biased - I wrote it. But please check it out.
http://mikefromnc.wordpress.com

American Uprising inc. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-08-01T01:55:03Z

Check out www.americanuprisinginc.com

Chris commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-21T01:11:49Z

Pelosi and company have said that their healthcare option is the only option because Republicans have not put forth any alternatives. Please post any ideas that you have on my blog and tell your Congressman about any ideas you like. There are alternatives to nationalization.

http://www.healthcarealternatives.blogspot.com/

john commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-19T19:43:26Z

O'Reilly and all his Republican friends are so dishonest when talking about the economy, the deficit, and the national debt it's stunning. And not only are they dishonest, they are confused between the national debt, and the budget deficit. They claim Obama has almost bankrupted the country with his $10 Trillion deficit. O'Reilly has made the claim too, he says Obama is going to bankrupt the country.

Okay now read this, all of that is nothing but Republican lies and spin, from O'Reilly and all his right-wing friends. Here is an example of their lies and spin. Last Friday RNC Chairman Michael Steele was on FOX, and he confused the national debt with the budget deficit, then he said it was all done by Obama.

Steele went into a rambling answer to a question to assert that, in only six months, President Obama has added "10 trillion dollars" to the national deficit, while President Bush is to blame for only "1 trillion" of it:

STEELE: They love going back to George Bush and his deficit that was inherited. Great. I'll take George Bush's deficit right now of a trillion dollars over the 10 trillion dollars that this administration has created in just six months.
Fact: Steele lied his right-wing ass off, and nothing he said was true. Lie #1) Bush never inherited a deficit from Bill Clinton. Bush inherited a budget surplus of $128 billion. And budget experts projected a $710 billion surplus for 2009. But the deficit soon exploded, thanks to the $1.2 Trillion dollar Bush tax cuts, which accounted for 42% of the deficit. When Bush left office, he handed President Obama a projected $1.2 trillion budget deficit for this year, the largest ever.

As for the $10 Trillion debt Steele claims Obama created, when President Bush took office, the national debt was $5.73 trillion. When he left, it was $10.7 trillion. The Obama administration has only added $1 Triilion to the national debt, the other $10 Trillion was added by the Bush administration.

Steele also confused the difference between our national debt, which stands at $11.4 trillion, and this year's budget deficit, which just exceeded $1 trillion. So he's either stupid, or lying to make Obama look bad. Either way is bad, if he's that stupid he should not be the Chairman of the GOP, and if he's lying on purpose he should be fired for his dishonesty.

Here are a couple more facts. Obama's main contribution to the deficit is his extension of several Bush policies, like the Iraq war and tax cuts for households making less than $250,000. Such policies, together with the Wall Street bailout, which was signed by Bush, account for 20 percent of the swing.

About 7 percent comes from the stimulus bill that Obama signed in February. And only 3 percent comes from Obama's agenda on health care, education, energy and other areas. So here are the facts, Bush added the $10 Trillion, not Obama. Bush inherited a budget surplus, then took a $5.7 Trillion national debt, and made it $10 Trillion. And Obama had nothing to do with any of that, it was all done by Bush from 2001 until 2009.

Obama has been the president for 6 months, in that time he passed a $770 Billion stimulus bill, but it's a 2 year plan and only about 20% of it has even been spent. So the $1 Trillion deficit was mostly created by the Bush administration, because almost none of what Obama has done is counted yet in the current deficit.

Yet O'Reilly and all his right-wing friends are blaming it all on Obama, when he had almost nothing to do with any of it, Bush did it all, and they are trying to dishonestly make it look like Obama caused it. When the non-partisan CBO report says Obama has only added 10% to the deficit and the national debt. The other 90% was caused by Bush, and that is a fact.

And think about this, if they will lie about all that, when it's so easy to prove they lied, how can you believe anything they say about the Obama health care plan, Cap & Trade, or anything Obama plans to do. You cant, because they are liars who are lying to you.

john commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-19T19:38:21Z

I'm surprised any conservative would be a football fan. You know, considering you hate african americans. Maybe it's because you're a fan of the white quarterback? God knows you can't be a fan of the kickers who probably crossed the border illegally in your mind

Jeffery commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-19T13:09:22Z

Hot Air is informative, well written and unusually truthful for a conservative blog. Gateway Pundit, on the other hand, is a purveyor of misinformation on a daily basis. Every post contains at least one falsehood. Worse, the blog posts are linked as a source of information for many other conservative blogs and pundits. Disgraceful.

Emily commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-16T13:50:46Z

http://joinpatientsfirst.com/petition

conservilog.blogspot.com commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-02T23:40:48Z

I guess the "Media" doesn't like it much either.

http://conservilog.blogspot.com/

www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlqzdNT7KpIBBhp9wyjqVWuv4I2Ggcgwsw commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-07-02T23:37:22Z

I guess the "Media" doesn't like it much either.

http://conservilog.blogspot.com/

thomas anthony commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-30T06:07:38Z

people are praising obama for creating the idea that anyone, anyone can be president of the united states. such a notion is false and counter productive

Rob commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-25T21:36:46Z

Hey, you forgot the blog that I read everyday. American Solvent. It's at http://www.americansolvent.com/ This is not spam or an advertisement, Scott. I think this is a great resource to spread and advance conservative philosophy!

Joe from Mankato commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-24T05:01:10Z

Open letter to President Obama regarding the protests in Iran

Dear Mr. President,

I appreciate your statements regarding the crackdown in Iran. As a nation we must stand up to this oppressive regime which is not representative of the people. Any government which oppresses its own people and stifles free speech does not deserve to exist. We have seen courages men and women take to the streets protesting a fraudulent election. As a defender of freedom America has an obligation to speak out in favor of these brave men and women. Knowing they have the support of the free world can do a lot to embolden these people and advance the cause of freedom in the Middle East. A movement of this magnitude has not occurred since the revolution of 1979.
There is a very limited time to speak out before this movement potentially dies out. Now is the time to speak out forcefully against this government and in favor of the people. Mr. President, if you choose to come down on the right side of history this can be your "Tear down this wall" moment. Greatness on the part of leaders is measured in terms of how they respond to the crises before them. If you do right by the people of Iran this can be your chance to go down in history as a truly great and transformative leader.
At this moment we are standing on the edge of a new revolution. If we end up on the right of it this can be the single most historic moment since the American Revolution. Do not let this moment slip away, Prime Minister Chamberlain pacified an oppressive tyrant and ended up widening a terrible conflict.

Sincerely,
Joseph Barnette

Scott commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-15T18:34:36Z

Yeah, this post gets me about three hundred-plus hits from Google per day alone. It's the main reason I still have this site running instead of doing all my posting at Patriot Room.

To LexRexTex - It is up-to-date in that all of these blogs are still doing fine work. Obviously, preferences change over time, so I would rate things differently today than I did then. I read all of the Top 13 very regularly.

Track-A-'Crat commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-15T17:34:10Z

Darn, didn't even notice that the post was dated August last year! And it's still getting lots o' comments!

I'm in the middle of doing a simple little link-reciprocation post and it's taking ages, let alone a mammoth "best of" feature like this.

Scott commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-14T22:53:58Z

Yeah, well, this was a year ago. You'd make my new list if I did another one, Track. Maybe I will - over at Patriot Room. But damn, it took me a long time to do this last year.

Track-A-'Crat commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-12T21:40:06Z

Scott,

And I thought that we were new BFF.

I'm now sulkily relegating you to a class B friend...

http://trackacrat.com/

LexRexTex commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-06-01T11:29:00Z

As you can see I am reading this in 2009. Is it still up to date? I hope so and I will look up all 24 on my on. Thanks for your blog I am glad to see the interest.

Jeff commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-05-11T16:02:14Z

Thanks for giving me good content to help with my blog.

Derek commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-04-30T02:29:25Z

Have to say that if I hear Palin is running in 2012 I will not NEED to see a single debate. heh. MY vote will already be decided at that point. But that is just me and my opinion. I just found that she came across to me as an incredibly secure woman. She didn't seem to be out to necessarily sell herself. What you saw was what you got, really. This is just how I saw things.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting, though by now long unimportant, that the whole "Bush doctrine" thing that she supposedly chocked on...I saw that I can't say how many times, of course...I never thought she choked. The interviewer, however, did. He stuttered and was not able to answer her question. Maybe there's a case to be made that she didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was, I don't know. But I'm very certain the man interviewing her (whose name I unfortunately cannot remember) was clueless. I just happened to find that rather interesting.

I pointed that out on my blog, http://americanmokoto.blogspot.com/, but well, I doubt that's enough, from any respectable source, to turn the whole tide of an election. But as a conservative, I prefered Palin's attitude over McCain's most of the time. Better luck next election. Time to make a comeback!

Thanks.

trey commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-04-10T17:07:53Z

exposedandnaked.blogspot.com

Political Jive commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-04-09T05:15:37Z

Great List - have to add these sites to my blog http://www.politicaljive.com

TCupples commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-04-02T04:32:41Z

How doth Barack Obama all victims organize
and with tele-prompted polish, spread Socialist's tired lies!
How freely he spends other’s wealth
to right the social score,
until our nation is bankrupt and freedom is no more.

How Barney, Chris and Nancy do torture enterprise,
and kill our nation’s commerce, bring “tax and spend” demise!
But oh, what lofty purpose,
What noble Social goal:
To redistribute all the wealth, and spread the pauper’s dole.

And oh the fruits we shall reap, oh what utopia,
when the State cares for her sheep. A cornucopia!
Free homes, free food, free medicine.
Surrender all your care!
Await the Siren's promises . . . of tyranny's despair.

T Cupples 4/1/2009

Karl Yundt commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-29T02:15:06Z

Why does Ford seem to hate America?

Ford Spokesman Mark Schirmer(http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/25/ford-response/):
"I agree with you about the rantings of the hopelessly pig-headed Mr. O’Reilly, recognize that I am just an innocent bystander in this email letter silliness. I work at Ford and support Ford, but have no idea how the decisions are made on where we advertise. Frankly, as a mainstream company, we advertise everywhere there are good ratings. That is not an endorsement of the show — that is recognition that people are watching the show. Don’t know why they watch that mindless ranting. But they watch in droves. Welcome to America, I guess."

Email Ford Global Public Relations Director Jon Pepper (jpepper@ford.com) and tell him that, as a mindless rube, you are too stupid to purchase a Ford vehicle in the future. Then, sign the petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/asdzxc55/petition.html

Jeff commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-17T15:45:36Z

I like http://www.obamalian.com

Craig commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-12T16:37:52Z

Great list-I would add Glenn Reynolds' Instapundit, as well as Newsbusters.

Erik B. commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-09T14:51:34Z

Great work. I'll defiantly be checking out some of these sites. Thanks for all the research and time you put into this.

Juan commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-09T02:09:29Z

2009 will be the year of the Republican Party’s comeback. Obama and his administration are destroying our beautiful country with their tax and spend policies. Obama has put in his cabinet some of the worst liberals from around the nation, to top that the most corrupt as well. As a fellow Republican I urge all to participate, donate and volunteer in as many Republican events as you can. We need to help our Republican candidates get elected so that we may have a voice. New Jersey has been hit hard in this economic downturn; Corzine has showed that he does not have what it takes to govern our Great State. This year the NJ Governors Mansion will belong to the Republican Party. By E.S.
Support NJ State & NJ Schools I found the below link while surfing the web.
http://www.ioffer.com/i/New-Jersey-State-Lapel-Pin-NJ-State-US-Flag-RNC-DNC--98083177

pissed commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-06T05:36:25Z

most of the bailouts where done during the Bush administration AIG,Freddy and Fannie and the first bailout plan was passed by the Bush administration with no accountability to where the money went and what did the banks do with the money. Bank of America took the us government bailout money and went to invest it in some Chinese bank, instead of helping Americans.

Jim commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-03-03T20:15:04Z

Since this thread appears to be self-promotion oriented, I'd like to recommend my own. My latest story appearing on it is below:

http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Arrest-warrant-issued-for-illegal-alien-killer-of-Chandra-Levy

The web address to my site is: http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner

Conservative Poet Tom Zart commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-26T04:35:51Z

CONSERVATIVE POET TOM ZART’S 50
AMERICA AT WAR POEMS

The White House
Washington
March 16, 2007
Ms. Lillian Cauldwell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Passionate Internet Voices Radio
Ann Arbor Michigan
Dear Lillian:
Number 41 passed on the CDs from Tom Zart. Thank you for thinking of me. I am thankful for your efforts to honor our brave military personnel and their families. America owes these courageous men and women a debt of gratitude, and I am honored to be the commander in chief of the greatest force for freedom in the history of the world.
Best Wishes.

Sincerely,

George W. Bush

UNYIELDING HONOR

Weakness invites moral plight, war and aggression
Encouraged by mistrust, misjudgment and delay.
All we love can be destroyed and transformed
By the powers of darkness maneuvering our way.

When something wicked stares us in the face
To corrupt our morals, faith and resolve.
God gives us courage to defend what’s right
No matter the sacrifice or danger involved.

Evil seeks to destroy the good in man
And silence the memory of God’s law.
It’s up to the faithful to stay unyielding
Defending the liberty and justice of all.

Our men and woman who serve in harm’s way
Are the armor of what the free world depends on.
Without their sacrifice of body and soul
All that we stand for is gone.

GOD LOVES HIS SOLDIERS

Sometimes it’s hard to protect what is right
Sometimes we’re scorned as for others we fight.
Some of us are willing regardless of loss
To commit our soul to save the cross.

Evil prospers on greed and human hate
Always eager to destroy and defecate.
God’s grace descends on the souls of man
Cleansing the impure wherever He can.

As long as man has struggled on earth
Life has had its troubles from birth.
God’s seed of goodness has delayed man’s demise
Thank Heaven for his heroes the strong and the wise.

The Lord adores his heroes of yesterday
Just how numerous, only He could say.
God loves his soldiers who line up to serve
By standing against evil His grace they deserve.

NEVER BE AFRAID TO BE PROUD of AMERICA

America, the abundant, the place I was born
I'll cherish till the day I die.
Where the bones of past heroes lie buried in the ground
Who loved her the same as I.

Her mountains are so tall they reach for the sky
With prairies where the green grasses grow.
There's billions of trees where wild birds nest
With creatures that flourish below.

That blue gold called water with which we are blessed
As raindrops or crystallized snow;
Changes to rivers and fresh water lakes
While the winds of our seasons blow.

There's the haunt of a whistle from a lonely freight train
Racing on ribbons of steel
With the harvest of farms and from the factories
Balanced in a box on a wheel.

Some cities have buildings a hundred stories tall
Structures of concrete, glass and steel.
A statue in a harbor, a present from France
Describes how, inside, we feel.

That flag on the moon with red and white stripes
Proves America’s dreams come true.
A country of heroes who line up to protect
The past, the present and the few.

We’ll defeat terrorism as it should be fought
Never letting Satan’s horde chase us to our door.
Safeguarding our borders and system of life
As our forefathers sacrificed before.

Never be afraid to be proud of America
And march with the brave, faithful and just.
Refusing to submit to the will of our enemies
Standing firm to preserve what we trust.

INTO THE TEETH of THE DOG

All through history man was born to struggle
Surviving nature, disease, greed, and war.
Since his conception he has remained the same
Choosing to serve evil or good as before.

Our boys and girls face the teeth of the dog
In hot spots all over our earth.
They leave their families and all they love
To protect and preserve what liberty is worth.

The foes they face are the mad dogs of man
With a desire to kill, disfigure and enslave.
They sing and dance to the death of others
Teaching principles of hate till the grave.

Support our troops who battle the horde
While we live the good life back home.
When you see a soldier show them your smile
Say “hello we love you and your not alone.”

THE MAD DOGS OF MAN

Wherever dwell the mad dogs of man
There is corruption, plunder and hate.
In every city, town, or village
Those who promote distrust deserve their fate.

All are born as an innocent child
Till mislead by others along the way.
God has always loved his children
Though it breaks His heart when they stray.

The mad dogs of man never repent
For they have no sense of shame or sorrow.
Worshiping dominance and the dark side of life
Abusing victims as if there were no tomorrow.

God gives the will to sin no more
And to overcome evil unwilling to cease.
The mad dogs of man must be stopped
Who murder, rape and destroy world peace.

Samson, Solomon, and David
Were chosen by God to stand tall.
They faced great odds and the fear of death
Refusing to ignore their call.

The time has come for the good men of earth
To band together to restrain the horde.
Standing firm against tyranny where it exists
Putting the mad dogs of man to the sword.

WHERE WARS ARE WON OR LOST

Wars are waged by older men
In battle rooms in countries apart.
Who call for greater firepower
And troops for the combat chart.

While out among the shattered flesh
The dreams of all have turned gray.
So young and determined their faces were
Till on the battlefield they lay.

Unable to overcome their pride
The politicians cast their vote.
For this or that or something else
As the rage of war sounds its note.

Wherever wars are won or lost
The soldiers fall like toys.
Down through history it remains the same
Most who die are hardly more than boys.

Like monkeys in a revolving cage
Man squabbles for the peanuts of power.
When will we rise above our greed
And become as a beautiful flower?

Death to death, dust to dust
The wrath of war is a horrible crime.
It’s the beast within that still prevails
As it has through the torments of time.

WAR IS THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF MAN

As war is fought it takes charge
And events spin out of control.
The madness of men can alter the soil
Which nourishes the roots of their soul.

Many things will forever change
Far more then wished to be.
As the wrath of war starts to destroy
Those things we fight to keep free.

War is the greatest plague of man
Religion, state, and sanity.
Any scourge is more preferred
Than the one which disables humanity.

When war breaks out, boundaries change
And all who die are a token
Of the rage that must run it's course
Before words of peace are spoken.

War I hate, though not men, flags nor race
But war itself with its ugly face.
When we lose faith in the brave, which die
Then we're not fit to greet those who cry.

What distinguishes war isn't death
But that man is slain by fellow man.
Crushed by cruelty and injustice
With his enemy's murderous hand.

War tends to punish the punishers
So the losers won't suffer alone.
The essence of war is but violence
Till the survivors come marching home.

Sometimes it's hard to defend what's right
Sometimes we're forced to rise up and fight.
Sometimes we survive, while others must die
Sometimes never knowing the reason why.

The rush of combat is a natural buzz
Caused by fear, leaving nothing as it was.
Hunting one another like wild game
Without a shortage of those to blame.

Sometimes victory comes too slow or quick
Sometimes the cost on both sides is sick.
Sometimes God is asked to intervene
To help stop the savage from being so mean.

War is a hell we visit before death
Fueled by the whisper of the devil's breath.
There must be a reason man destroys man
But why it is so, I can't understand.

SEPTEMBER 11th

After suffering the wrath of a sneak attack
America now mourns to her very core.
Though soon her enemies shall all but flee
From the sound of America waging full war.

Let there be no doubt, no doubt at all
That the devil has decided to give us a call.
We shall defeat hell’s soldiers and cast them out
And if we die; that's what freedom is about.

We shall seek them out wherever they may hide
Street by street, house-by-house, cave by cave.
They will be eradicated from the face of the earth
By the righteous, the loyal and the brave.

SATAN’S HORDE SHALL BE REMOVED

Overrun with war and uncontrolled leaders
Our world becomes more dangerous each day.
Dishonest politicians, criminals and the media
Survive by their falsehoods at play.

Bible believers preach, that the end is near
Our world as a whole is beyond reform.
God will eradicate all which is wicked
By His fire of eruption and storm.

To evil’s victory, I will never concede
May its supporters anguish in hell.
By the grace of God and the power of faith
The goodness of man will prevail.

What we accomplish is heaven’s measure
As patriots respond to the threats of man.
Protect and defend what we love till death
As the soldiers of Satan arise from the sand.

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF WORLD WAR III

Our sons and daughters serve in harms way
To defend our way of life.
Some are students, some grandparents
Many a husband or wife.

They face great odds without complaint
Gambling life and limb for little pay.
So far away from all they love
Fight our soldiers for whom we pray.

The plotters and planners of America's doom
Pledge to murder and maim all they can.
From early childhood they are taught
To kill is to become a man.

They exploit their young as weapons of choice
Teaching in heaven, virgins will await.
Destroying lives along with their own
To learn of their falsehoods too late.

The fearful cry we must submit
And find a way to soothe them.
Where defenders worry if we stand down
The future for America is grim.

Now's not the time to fight one another
Or kiss our enemy's cheek.
All through history it remains the same
The strong enslave the weak.

May God continue to bless America
Refusing evil, the upper hand.
It's up to us to stay resolute
Defending the liberty of Man.

SO DEAR TO MY HEART

So dear to my heart are my loved ones at home
As I toss and I turn in my bunk all alone.
Everyday I see death, hate, and corruption
Combat is God's proof of man's malfunction

For family, comrades, and myself I pray
To my love with this poem I wish to convey.
I knew I loved you though never how much
Till by war, I'm forced beyond your touch.

Where violence thrives, there's the stench of death
With the taste of fear on every breath.
Who shall prevail, who shall die
As the sadistic kill beneath God's sky.

Baghdad has become man's highway to hell
Where the hearts of darkness are alive and well.
I count each day till it's time to come home
And be with my love and never alone.

Love You
Your Marine

FREEDOM

In their new uniforms
The young march off
Not knowing who shall return.
With a proud devotion
They brandish their flag
Leaving loved ones to wonder and yearn.

May we all be buried
By all of our children
Is an ancient tribal prayer.
They're so easy to lose
But so hard to forget
Such a burden for a parent to bear.

Oh, the taste of victory
Shall soon be forgotten
But, never that which was lost.
For those rows of white headstones
In peaceful green fields
Make it easy to tally the cost.

America has survived all attempts to destroy
Knowing the cruelty of war
And, we who remain
Must help keep her free
For those who can march no more!

OUR FLAG

Our flag is fabric wove of thread
Carried by heroes live and dead.
She stands for justice and courage too
With her colors; red, white and blue.

For all who serve her, there'll be cheers
For any who die, there'll be tears.
For all who love her, life is swell
For those who harm her, war is hell.

How many moms have cried before
As they sent their children to war.
How many dads have not returned
Because our freedom must be earned.

Wars were waged where brave men died
As patriots fought side by side.
Our flag is still the pearl of earth
Because of those who prove her worth.

LOVE OF COUNTRY

I dedicate this poem from inside my tent
As the desert winds keep it's silhouette bent.
My love of country is at full boil now
I'd like to describe it but it's hard to know how.

Tomorrow I'll hunt those who enjoy our death
Cursed by their hatred and foulness of breath.
I don't care if it's another God they serve
For their crime's retribution is what they deserve.

Their horde survives by a different set of rules,
Though soon they'll learn the fate of murderous fools.
Proudly I serve my homeland and president
Who I've sworn to defend one hundred percent.

While haunted by visions of what I must do
I fight for justice, and the red, white, and blue.

VETERAN'S DAY

The cost of freedom is sometimes high
Extremely more when our loved one's die.
Men and women pledged to fight and serve
And it's our support that they deserve.

Mankind itself is the one to blame
That all through history, the story's the same.
Peace, like love, can be hard to acquire
Subject always to enemy fire.

Some how the righteous tend to prevail
Over the miss-guided, prone to fail.
No wonder we fear the tongues that lie
As mankind squabbles beneath God's sky.

The danger our solders face is real
So lets let them know just how we feel.
Put forth your flag and show them your heart
As those we love from us depart.

THE BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD

Determined though scared, I walk my beat
On the deadly streets of Baghdad.
Searching for any who plot our harm
Or by our death are joyous and glad.

Standing in shadows caused by the moon
I'm reminded of my nights back home.
I wonder if the woman I love
Is growing tired of sleeping alone?

I feel remorse for all who live here
For this place is a madman's hell.
And those who wish to keep it that way
Must be killed or locked away in jail.

My greatest fear is not my death
But that I'll end up in a wheelchair.
Disabled for the rest of my life,
Depending on others for my care.

My wife, she prays for my safe return
As night and day more GI's are killed.
She knows quite well, whatever it takes
The oath I've given will be fulfilled.

SADDAM

The king of Baghdad has fallen
Never to dictate again.
Man shall sentence him for this crimes
And heaven shun him for his sin.

For his tyranny, he was famous
In every capital on earth.
Till apprehended in his spider hole
Completely stripped of his worth.

He is guilty of rape and genocide
While he ruled without remorse.
His power and prestige were toppled
Once George Bush set his course.

Though it may seem that the wicked triumph
And have conquered by their brutality of hand,
Through the power of faith they are defeated
By the seed of goodness in man.

FORMIDABLE FOE

America is the birthday cake of earth
As the ants march from every direction.
Thank God for all who have sworn to defend her
Serving with love, honor, pride, and affection.

Since the first day George Washington marched off to war
There have been those who have wished our demise.
Their hatred, fueled by jealousy and greed
Was defeated by our brave and the wise.

Once again, we must face a formidable foe
Who have pledged by their God to destroy us all
Misusing their faith as an excuse to kill
As for a worldwide jihad, their leaders call.

Some say we should try to appease them
For if we resist, they'll hate us even more.
But the David's among us shall cast our stones
Defeating them, as it was done before.

SHOULD TOMORROW START WITHOUT ME

Should tomorrow start without me
Remember I love you.
Looking down from up above
Seeing everything you do.

If I become a casualty
I pray you will love again
Whom ever makes you happy
I'll consider my friend.

Should tomorrow start without me
Remind our boys, God loves all who care.
And when life seems too harsh and cruel
With "Him" they must share their prayer.

I have proven I'm not a coward
Who breaks and runs to survive.
Always fearing death will kiss me
As the streets of Baghdad I drive.

Should tomorrow start without me
Be proud I choose to serve.
Our faith and our patriotism
Earn the freedom we deserve.

I miss home more than ever
It breaks my heart to stay away
I can't help but want to hold you
And whisper what I say.

AMERICAN SOLDIER

Our soldiers line up to be remembered
As the best of the best at their job.
They wish to be needed and depended on
To save all we love from the mob.

They risk their life and limb for liberty
Standing firm against evil unwilling to break.
To be part of something greater than themselves
They are willing to sacrifice whatever it will take.

THANK HEAVEN FOR HEROES

Thank heaven for the heroes of life
Who lead us to overcome those who are not.
The wise are grateful for all God's blessings
Where fools never realize what they've got.

America is the grain train of earth
Whose people exercise rule by their vote.
All have a chance to partake and prosper
As they arrive by foot, plane or boat.

Our freedom relies on the law of the land
Our future depends on our grit.
Our past has known both good and bad
And our mistakes we are willing to admit.

The grim of heart hate America
And choose to put her wonders to shame
The devotion of most who love and live here
Rise up to defeat the soldiers of blame.

THE LONELINESS OF WAR

I know I'm still here so far, far away
As I fight for what I believe is right.
I wonder about you and your mom
Every moment of every day and night.

The loneliness of war can drive you insane
If you don't get letters of concern from home.
Left, right, behind and ahead,
Death awaits leaving love ones alone.

We pray to God that we will be saved
To return home or live the here after.
Bloody, dirt-covered men, we see everyday
As we yearn for those times of laughter.

The far off stare of a fallen comrade
As you stay by his side till his end.
No mother ever carried her infant child
More carefully, than we do a friend.

Many have their own personal diaries
To help keep their faculties together.
Watching hot steel crash into human flesh
Always makes home seem far away and better.

I've become an expert at dodging, weaving and diving
So try not to worry too much about me.
Just help your mom and stand up from the ground
And while I'm gone be all you can be.

SACRIFICE,TRANSFORMATION,AND UNRESTRICTED WARFARE

The Japanese hadn't lost a war since 1598
Each man carried 400 rounds of ammunition
(twice as many as an American infantryman)
With five days rations and fearless determination.

The men in the badly wrapped brown uniforms
Since their early childhood had been taught
That to die for the emperor and one's country
Was the greatest of all glories to be sought.

Moreover, the hardware backing them was awesome
As sharpshooters they were accurate up to a thousand yards and more.
Their ships were faster, their guns bigger, Their torpedoes better
And their planes matchless in quality, aerobatics and score.

Only by sacrifice, transformation, and unrestricted warfare
Was America able to overcome and prevail.
Again America must stand firm to survive
As we face a new monster from Hell.

VIETNAM

SOLDIER IN THE RAIN

I'm just a soldier who stands in the rain
My memories of home are what keep me sane.
Back home is a land of milk and honey
Ruled by lust and love of money.

But, what can I say, when I serve her true
For I volunteered to see this war through.
Now, that I'm here, it's hard to believe
We're just the victims of those who deceive.

As darkness falls on the rice fields of Nam
Scared men with rifles walk the shadows of the calm.
It's thousands of miles to the steps of my church
With its stained glass, steeples and lost souls who search.

Off in the distance I see an arc light
Bombs being dropped on children at night.
I've seen that evil they call the yellow rain
And how life withers when it's sprayed by a plane.

All of my buddies have been taken away
No more touch football will they ever play.
Zipped in their body bags for the long trip home
Are some of the bravest, I've ever known.

War is a hell, devised by man
There's death in the sea, the sky and the land.
Lord, I can't help but wish I were home
Back with my love, whom I hope is alone?

DADS AT WAR

Where would I be without you dad
My hero of night and day
I'm so glad you love my mother
And take time for us each day.

The last time we played baseball
You reached for me with your hand.
I looked at you, then made a wish
That I might be just half the man.

I love my father of this earth
And I love my father of heaven.
It's a lot for me to love, you know
For I'm only eleven.

Mom and I sure miss you
Since you left to defend our flag.
When others ask, where is your dad
I can't help but boast and brag.

BULLETS AND BARBWIRE

We awoke to the crack of rifle fire
With mortar rounds hitting the ground near by.
The flying shrapnel was absorbed by sand bags
Which saved lots of us who wished not to die.

The hot spent shell casings fell to the ground
As the VC charged our fortified hill.
We killed so many the stench made us sick
While we fought to live and not for a thrill.

Barbwire, bullets and clay-mores took their toll
As red and green tracers lit up the sky.
Before long I was the last GI left
When napalm caused my enemy to fry.

Fleeing the sound of our choppers gunfire
The enemy retreated to the caves and trees.
Then I cried, "thank you " to heaven above
As I checked out my buddies on my knees.

Somehow I managed to survive the day
Though many I've served with names I have read
Carved in the shinny black stone of The Wall
Are my comrades of war, among the dead.

KOREA 1950

UN soldiers fought and were forced to retreat
Behind sandbags protected by barbwire hoops.
Many GI's died as they held off attacks
By 810,000 Communist troops.

Our guys used phosphorus, flame-throwers and napalm
For without these weapons they could not survive.
The Communist charges led by buglers
Till the UN could start it's offensive drive.

On the battlefield of death and misery
Many froze with their hands still stuck to their guns.
While others hobbled with their boots wrapped in rags
City boys, farmers, students, fathers and sons.

With a million and a half dead or wounded
Both sides singed a truce before generals involved.
July 27th, 1953
And though thousands were orphaned, nothing was solved.

WORLD WAR II

WAR

As war is fought it takes charge
And events spin out of control.
The madness of men can alter the soil
Which nourishes the roots of their soul.

Many things will forever change
Far more then wished to be.
As the wrath of war starts to destroy
Those things we fight to keep free.

War is the greatest plague of man
Religion, state, and sanity.
Any scourge is more preferred
Than the one which disables humanity.

When war breaks out, boundaries change
And all who die are a token
Of the rage that must run it's course
Before words of peace are spoken.

TROOP SHIP

Our ship had sailed before the dawn
Surrounded by the thickest of fog
Still ignorant of our destination
Or what was written in the captain's log.

It didn't take long for me to see
Our cruise was not for fun
An experience of a lifetime
With nowhere for us to run.

Twenty knots per hour we cruised
As the white caps passed us by
Ten thousand young Americans
Off to Europe to die.

A sailor told us not to worry
Someday we'd get our mail.
Uncle Sam would make sure
No matter how far we sail.

Thirty feet deep I tried to sleep
Beneath our ship's waterline
Just the place for claustrophobia
To enter into my mind.

My favorite vest was my May West
Which I wore all the time
Just in case of German U-boats
Or an underwater mine.

Thirty-three days we were at sea
We crossed the equator twice.
Many years have passed since then
Those years of sacrifice.

BRAVERY

Many brave souls lived before now
Unwept and unknown by their face.
Lost somewhere in the distant night
Till a poet chronicles their grace.

True bravery is shown by performing
Without witness, what one might be
Capable of before the world
Without any or all to see.

How great the brave who rest in peace
All blessings from heaven to earth.
They gave our country but their best
Those destined to be brave from birth.

PEARL HARBOR

Sunday, December the seventh
In the year of 1941,
While most of Hawaii still slept
Came the planes of the Rising Sun.

Waves of bombers and fighters flew
From the decks of the Japanese ships.
While our planes were still on the ground
"Banzai" was spoken from their lips.

The winds of war had been blowing
Across the oceans of our earth
Though not till Pearl had been bombed
Did we realize what freedom's worth.

Wars are fought and won on two fronts
At home and on the battle line.
Both are equally important
When war consumes our heart and mind.

The attack brought us World War II
With death, pain and separation.
All who had served were well aware
Of their sacrifice for nation.

CONFLICT

The harder the conflict we sometimes face
The far more glorious is the victory.
Tyranny like hell is tough to defeat
When it raises its head throughout history.

War never leaves a country as it was
When neutrality is a word disregarded.
As the murderous hands of man himself
Are to blame for all who have departed.

D-DAY THE WALL

Over two hundred rangers scaled "The Wall"
A stone cliff over one hundred feet tall.
Some of them made it all the way to the top
While others fell and perished from their drop.

Those who climbed over, had answered God's call
For men to stop evil once and for all.
They fought the Germans and destroyed their guns
To save the lives of our fathers and sons.

So many years have passed since then
When our world's future was saved by brave men.
We cannot forget the hell they went through
Before the skies, again turned blue.

D-DAY

D-Day raised the curtain on the conflict
That fore shadowed the end of Hitler's dream.
The largest joint combat landing ever
Though the blood from both sides flowed like a stream.

When their boats hit the sand, their ramps went down
And all within paid a visit to hell.
They jumped out to do good for their country
And to kill the enemy without fail.

They fought the Germans, tides, winds and the waves
In conditions not easily foreseen.
By night the battle was in our favor
With bravery, valor, death, and men who scream.

The corpses littered the beach for five miles
Though heroism had carried the day.
With literally thousands dead or wounded
Those who were left were determined to stay.

They faced great odds and chose not to protest
And won the war that put evil to shame.
Most came home, married and raised their babies
But those who could not we recall with pain.

MIDWAY

It was June the 4th 1942
As I was floating in the ocean alone
The ship I had sailed on, sank to the bottom
And I thought I would never again, see home.

The Japanese fleet had steamed in from the east
With the intentions of capturing Midway.
Though they were stopped by American war ships
Whose guns, bombs and torpedoes planes saved the day.

All night long, I watched the fireworks of war
And on the second day we turned up the heat.
As big bombers from Hawaii dropped their loads
On Japanese ships who soon chose to retreat.

An imperial pilot came floating close by
Who had been chewed on by the beasts of the sea.
I couldn't help but feel passion for this is man
Who had answered his call just like me.

When it was over, I was plucked from the deep
By men in a lifeboat just after the dawn.
For two days I had watched the battle for, Midway
Now it's quiet and the enemy has gone.

SURVIVAL

I drifted all night and was loosing my hope
Before by the moon's light I saw dry land.
I floated over and through its reefs to the beach
Where I quickly smoothed out my tracks in the sand.

All I had was my dagger and a canteen
And it was May 4th of 43.
Just me alone on an enemy island
Wasn't a safe place for a sailor to be.

I felt I could kill in less than a heartbeat
If that's what it took for me to survive.
I'd already said thanks so many times
For" God" was the reason I was alive.

Off in the dark, I herd two men's voices
Laughing and talking in a language not mine.
Inch by inch I crept to their campsite
Where on what they were eating, I would soon dine.

I stabbed them both and took their fish, rice and wine
Then ran my way back to the raft by the beach.
Soon I was floating in the ocean again
And far enough out where bullets couldn't reach.

The next day I was picked up by a seaplane
Whose crew spotted my sail from the air.
Once inside and safe, I cried like a child
For the dead whom would forever be there.

It was hard to believe heaven let me live
A farm boy from Kansas, in high school last year.
My girlfriend is blond and she hates it I 'm gone
Though I'm a veteran of battle, death, and fear.

OKINAWA

Okinawa was to be our last stop
Before we invaded Japan.
The largest landing of the Pacific war
As our soldiers ran across the sand.

At first our marines were scarcely opposed
But on the fifth day hell they found.
A solid wall of human resistance
Firing their weapons from caves in the ground.

Air power and big guns had little affect
On their cliff forts carved deep in the limestone.
It took man against man to root them out
As flying bullets pierced flesh and bone.

Kamikaze pilots crashed their planes
Knocking out transports and war ships.
As the Imperial air force struck our fleet
Cries of fear and hate spewed from lips.

One hundred, ten thousand Japanese
By the end of the battle were killed.
Over twelve thousand Americans died,
Before, just our flag flew over the field.

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

After the fall of France in 1940
The Germans soon began their own blockade
With most their efforts in the Atlantic
Hoping to cut Britain's flow of war trade.

With fast surface raiders like the Bismarck
Merchant ships caught at sea, had little chance.
The German's small navy sank ship after ship
Till the British Navy destroyed war's romance.

Shipping losses from German U-boats increased
And the battle of the Atlantic seemed lost.
But soon America would enter the war
To defeat freedom's enemies at all cost.

Multitudes would die and their families cry
Before World War II would be fought to its end.
What a waste of mankind, which had lost its mind
Though now, our enemy is our friend.

PARTING

The truest words, which portray my love
I speak to you from within my heart.
May we always recall how we feel
Though through conflict we're forced to part.

No one can say how long they will last
For life is not everlasting.
Yet most hope to be blessed by love
By he who does our casting.

As the fear of battle bites my flesh
My thoughts of home help keep me sane.
There's no guarantee that I'll survive
But either way, I'll serve without shame.

Should the cold hands of death reach for me
I pray my soul will awake from sleep.
To the voice of God assuring me
That my spirit, he's chosen to keep.

So try to remember while I'm gone
That the person I need most is you.
I'll fight like hell to stay alive
To return home to the love I knew.

P.O.W.

When you become a P.O.W.
You find you've lost your liberty and more
The guy with the gun tells you what to do
As you yearn for freedoms you had before.

Your will to survive helps keep you alive
Though sometimes you wish you were dead.
Tortures far beyond any normal mind
And there's no safety, even in your bed.

Bullets, barbwire, searchlights and sharp teeth
Keep you in a place you don't wish to be.
The food is quite awful and sometimes it moves
And you've no choice of what you hear or see.

The lucky are released and return home
Though in their dreams their fate is unsure.
War may be hell, but confinement is worse
Cause afterward you're never as you were.

GENERAL QUARTERS

General quarters, general quarters
All hands man your battle station!
Sunday morning, December the 7th
As war confronted our nation.

We soon found out it wasn't a drill
But instead it was war for real.
As you watch the death of friends and shipmates
It's more anger than fear you feel.

Japanese warplanes came flying in low
As I took aim with my gun sight.
From the deck of a ship anchored at Pearl
Damaged, though crew still eager to fight.

I saw the face of a pilot, who crashed
Surrounded by black smoke and fire.
Some of my bullets must have found their mark.
For his death was but my desire!

Two thousand, three hundred and twenty-three killed
In a battle less than two hours.
With the heart of our Pacific fleet gone
Japan had flexed their naval powers.

The bombing and strafing of ships and troops
Caused our congress to declare full war.
Where many a man laid down his life
Fighting for flag, country and more.

KENNEDY= THE WAR YEARS
PT-109

After the attack on Pearl Harbor
He applied for sea duty in the war.
Where Lieutenant John F. Kennedy
Became known for his bravery and more.

In the dark hours before dawn
On August 2, of 43.
Kennedy commanded a torpedo boat
Through the blackness of night at sea.

PT 109, was on Solomon's patrol
With a 12-man crew in a plywood craft.
A Japanese destroyer plowed through the night
Ramming and cutting Kennedy's boat in half.

Two of the crew just disappeared
A third was badly burned.
Kennedy himself was thrown to the deck
Where in pain his leadership he earned.

Some of his men had never learned to swim
As he gathered them on the bobbing bow.
The hours passed tell it seemed it would sink
So they made for an island and here's how.

He ordered those who could to swim
The others were to hang on to a beam.
Kennedy grabbed the injured sailor
And off they tread through the ocean stream.

With his teeth clenched on the burnt man's vest straps
Skipper Kennedy swam 3 miles.
5 hours later they all made it
Despite their hardships, sharks, and trials.

The next problem was how to summon up help
Without arousing the enemy all around.
After several attempts swimming to other islands
Eventually two natives in a canoe were found.

Kennedy scratch a note on a coconut
To be delivered to a base 38 miles away.
The message made it and they were saved
And their courage still lives today.

WORLD WAR I

FLY-BOYS

World War I gave us the fly-boys
Who flew by the seat of their pants.
Many would never return from war
While others survived by chance.

Their planes were mostly canvas and wood
Gasoline, bullets, bombs and poison gas.
Every pilot carried his own pistol
Wearing leathers, scarf and goggles of glass.

Aviators had no Parachutes
To escape their burning plane.
Many were forced to jump to their death
Or self inflect a bullet to the brain.

Blimps where known as battleships of the sky
The roar of their engines gave reason for fear.
They flew so high they were hard to shoot down
Hiding above clouds till their targets drew near.

Tracer bullets for the first time were used
In the guns of airplanes to set blimps a fire.
The skies became man's highway of death
With duty and honor their driving desire.

How many Fly-boys have we lost since then
Those days of the Great War and more?
Where do we get such brave souls of chance
Who rise from the rest in the battles of war?

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

In 1860 life was good
Till its simpleness ceased one day.
The North wished to save the Union
While the South chose to break away.

America was torn apart
As six hundred thousand died.
Throughout four years of total war
Women without husbands cried.

The sad fact of the Civil War
Is what was left at its end.
Too many times, men's evil acts
Destroyed both foe and friend.

The problem was, once it began
There was no peace or compromise.
Total victory must be proclaimed
Before rage would leave men's eyes.

Destroy all that helps the enemy
Was the cry of either side.
Anything to obtain victory
As death on horseback did ride.

Black men dressed in old uniforms
Became the Union's reserve.
They fought and died for their freedom
And their rights they earned and deserve.

Lifestyles would forever change
For all who survived the war.
It had ended as it began
With sadness, misery and more.

Both sides prayed to the same God
And spoke words from the Bible.
The prayers of both were not answered
For all involved were liable.

THE KANSAS FRONTIER

Coronado, in his search to find gold for Spain
Was the first European on the green Kansas plane.
Explorers and traders were arriving from France.
They saw the buffalo and the Indians who danced.

At the mouth of the Kaw were campfires in the dark
Two men by the river named Lewis and Clark.
Large numbers of Indians, forced out from the East
Resettled to Kansas where the buffalo feast.

So, many a cowboy decided to stay
It wasn't very long and most Indians were forced away.
When Missouri joined the Union; the slave states equaled the free.
Which way would Kansas vote, congress was anxious to see?

The Heart-Landers were bleeding; their towns were on fire
As raiders from the slave states tried to force their desire.
The settlement of Lawrence was sacked by a mob
In revenge came John Brown, who would murder and rob.

Kansas joined the Union as the Civil War began.
After four long years of tragedy, many women lost their man.
Cattle trails met the railroads as they pushed across the state.
Farmers planted corn and wheat as the buffalo awaited their fate.

Those frontier days have long since gone, though the sunflower is still here
My childhood home of Kansas where the buffalo roam with the deer.

BLACK POWDER BRIDGE

A courier rider hands his papers to me
They are instructions from Robert E. Lee.
I am advised now is the time
To stop the troop movement on the Rock Island line.

I muster my men and they load up the boats
We powder our pistols and darken our coats.
Traveling the currents, the sun slips from sight
As brave men with a purpose have gathered to fight.

We capture a bridge before the moonrise
The Yankees who are here shall soon feed the flies.
The evil of war feeds on my brain
As I light the fuse to destroy a train.

Above us a trestle of timber and tar
As we pull our oars for a willowed sandbar.
From the banks of the river; we watch it approach
There's shadows of soldiers, in the windows of a coach.

With a burst of bright yellow and a roar in my ear
I hear them scream as they 're falling in fear.
The river is boiling in steam, steel and stems
Back home their families shall soon sing funeral hymns.

The one lone survivor was a red stallion stud
I lassoed his neck, and freed him from the mud.
As I ride in his saddle beneath the stars that shine
I pray for forgiveness and some peace of mind.

War is a lesson we re eager to learn
When man has that fever to murder and burn.
Lord, please forgive me for what I have done
For all those I've silenced were some mother's son.

THE FEVER OF FEAR

Cannons are bursting hot metal from the ground.
Soldiers are looting and burning our town.
The fever of fear rushes through my veins
As too many Bluecoats jump from troop trains.

Smoke from hot barrels is swirling around
As four thousand muskets volley their sound.
All of my comrades have stopped a lead ball
Most cry out, then stumble and fall.

Even the young lad who carried our flag
Now he lies dead as he clings to that rag.
Wagons with the wounded trail blood on the ground
Death and destruction are easily found.

The Generals are crying 'cause they can't stand defeat
But it's always the soldier who dies on his feet.
Horse hooves are pounding on a bridge made of boards
As the sunlight reflects from the blades of their swords.

Quickly I hide out in the roots of a tree
Where the dirt has eroded and there's just room for me.
After dark I sneak out with the cover of fog
Then float down the river, as I cling to a log.

Songs of their victory, ring out through the night
While from the cold, muddy water, I see their firelight.
It makes me remember my old country church
Where the preacher spoke God's word from his holy perch.

That the seed of all conflict began in a cave
When man, like the wild wolf had to prove he was brave.

THUNDER IN THE GROUND

Cannons are bellowing from a ridge far away
The battle lines are forming and there's little time to pray.
Musket balls are pelting like hailstones from the sky
I'm so full of fear cause I don 't want to die.

From beyond yonder hill comes a terrifying sound
It's the music of the buglers and there's thunder in the ground.
The fast-riding troopers have all drawn out their swords.
They 're shouting and screaming as they charge up the gorge.

It's hard to believe how many make it through
As they're hacking and shooting at the boys dressed in blue.
Then come the soldier men who run upon their feet
Every time I drop one, my heart skips a beat.

There's a storm on the ground made of death, dust and smoke
My throat is so dry, I can 't help but choke.
The fury of the battle is bound to settle down
When most of the fighters lie dead on the ground.

After dark, the stretcher-bearers are afraid to search around
The wild hogs eat the wounded and I can 't stand the sound.
Come dawn, we dig ditches for all the brave, lifeless men
Then quote words from our Bible praying heaven lets them in.

SLAVERY

When you chain the neck of a slave
The other end fastens to you.
Your heart and soul become corrupt
And all which is evil you'll do.

No government shall exist for long
Who's people are not really free.
Though around the world there are those
Who stay blind to how life should be.

Any who must enslave others
Will dwell in their own living hell
After death, they'll join their master
In that place from heaven he fell.

But till then we'll fight and resist
Making them put their chains away.
And those of us who may die first
From heaven shall watch and pray

BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER

In the course of becoming officers
The young men of West Point bonded like brothers.
Till roomers of Civil War transformed friend to foe
As many cadets chose to serve others.

Fifty-five of sixty major battles fought
Were lead by graduates of the long gray line.
Yankees and Rebels ravaged one another
For to kill and plunder were virtues of the time.

Over six hundred thousand soldiers were consumed
Not counting multitudes of population.
Cities, farms and the countryside were laid to waste
Before our Union was restored to a nation.

THE LITTLEST SOLDIER

Nine year old Johnny Clem who stood just four feet tall
Ran away from Ohio to answer his country's call.
He joined up with the Union and became a drummer boy
Soon to prove the gun he wore was far more than a toy.

Armed with a sawed-off musket, cut down to just fit him
He shot a Rebel horseman who tried to do him in.
Awarded his sergeant's stripes and the silver medal
His comrades offered him hot coffee from their kettle.

The newspapers of the North, gladly published his story
Telling of the nine year old who earned his country's glory.

THE BATTLE

The moon is sky high
And perfectly round
As it highlights the beauty
Of disputed ground.

Life is a journey
Where the passage is free.
After, there's judgment
By the living and Thee.

Tomorrow's carnage
We'll survive if we can.
Death and dismemberment
By the hand of man.

Some will stumble
With absence of breath.
While others charge
Into the face of death.

We'll race toward the battle
And pray for the best
Hoping somehow
We pass God's test.

BUGLES

Their red and blue, ragtag flag stood out
Against their dust covered uniforms of gray.
Savagely we fought to kill our enemy
As the battle raged on in the heat of the day

Volley after volley we put forth our blaze
With thousands of led balls snapping flesh and bone.
Blistering sweat rolled down every face
As the tunes of war by bugles were blown.

There was a clanking sound of ramrods in barrels
As each new minieball was loaded and fired.
Some shot aimlessly into the smoke
While others took aim at the worn and tired.

Bullets were popping like the fourth of July
Yet our enemy kept surging ahead.
All at once they broke and ran off in groups
Scattering as for the forest they fled.

From behind the protection of a stacked-stone wall
The victorious cheered or just sat starring
At all the bodies of friend and foe
While for the wounded the surgeons were caring.

Soon the war was over and I survived
Despite it's brutality on trampled ground.
From boy to man I was transformed
Though, still in the night I hear its sound.

LEAF ON THE WATER

America's East Coast was settled by the Brits
As the Indians rule began to recede.
After many a battle, they lost their land
Giving into the white man's power and greed.

In years to come like a leaf on the water
The Indians were swept away by the white man.
As trappers and pioneers pushing westward
Brought death and disease to the land.

With the white settlements came the fur traders
Followed by soldiers, forts, whiskey and form tools.
None of which helped the Indians to survive
Who chose to wage war, and break the white man's rules.

Many treaties were made, just to be broken
By those eager for land, timber, furs and gold.
Prospectors arrived to plunder the land
And to be farmers, the Indians were told.

The combat raged on, to the western prairie
Over mountains and down through the desert sand.
Indians proved to be formidable foe
As both sides fought from afar and hand-to-hand.

Lieutenant Colonel Custer, led his cavalry
In search of fame and tribal disgrace.
But instead he and his men were butchered
By hostile Indians with paint on their face.

Around the campfires of Rosebud and Pine Ridge
Singing warriors danced till Sitting Bull's death.
Most were forced to surrender at Wounded Knee
Where many sad Indian would draw their last breath.

With their fighting spirit completely broken
And their ancient tribal ways forever gone.
Proud Indians were moved to reservations
Where their once great history in song lives on.

THE HINGE OF HISTORY

The hinge of history swings in all directions
As the happenings of the past are written down.
Out of all that has occurred since man's beginnings
Less has been recorded than waits to be found.

Babylonians kept chronicles of history
Hebrews wrote the past as a dramatic story.
Greeks had no faith in the future at all
Believing mans repeated errors doom his glory.

Christians added a new dimension to history
Looking forward to Christ's return to earth.
An on going drama involving man and God
Believing all are created of equal worth.

Some have asked why must we study history
It just encourages us to live in the past.
When we forget history we repeat its mistakes
As the outcome of humanity is cast.

THE ALAMO

The leaves of the cottonwoods hung motionless
As outside the walls Santa Anna's horde closed in.
A small band of Texans watched and waited
Preoccupied by combat and how life would end.

The battle raged from building to building
Till the old mission's chapel was the last to fall.
Over 180 Texans died fighting to the man
Never to yield, surrender or crawl.

Six weeks later Sam Houston rallied his forces
With "Remember the Alamo" as their battle cry.
Attacking and defeating Santa Anna's army
To win independence for Texas or die.

The Spanish word for "cottonwood" is "Alamo"
The long time popular name for the mission.
Today the stout-walled old chapel still stands
Preserved as a shrine of sacrifice and tradition.

GENERAL WASHINGTON

Once in command, he boxed in the British
At Boston where he captured Dorchester Heights
Overlooking the Brits at his mercy
As his men took aim with their cannon sites.

The British commander had but one choice
To sail to New York to renew the fight.
Where the English had much greater forces
Who soon chased Washington's men in full flight.

They continued on to Pennsylvania
After crossing the Hudson in retreat
With the British forces in hot pursuit
It looked as though George was doomed to defeat.

When winter seemed to have stopped the fighting
That's when Washington crossed the Delaware.
On that Christmas night he captured Trenton
Where Hessians were surprised and unaware.

He whipped the British at Princeton
Where in victory his men began to sing.
Washington then wintered at Morristown
Training his troops for the combat of spring.

Washington fought bravely at Brandywine
And again at a place called Germantown
But the British were the victorious ones
As the dead of both sides covered the ground

Americans were blessed early that spring
When the French entered the war on their side.
Though most suffered frostbite at Valley Forge
With the help of the French they marched in stride.

The battles raged on, in the North and South
As the King's soldiers laid waste to the land.
Washington himself was in great despair
Pleading for aid for his weakened command.

His prayers were answered by 5000 troops
And a French fleet who took Chesapeake Bay.
They bottled up Cornwallis at Yorktown
Who surrendered to victory drums at play.

Yorktown was really the end of the war
Though not many quite realized that fact yet.
But the British soon grew tired of the fight
And the terms for its end were signed and set.

Washington yearned to retire at home
But his country chose him first president.
Cheering crowds waved flags of love and support
For they believed that "he," by God, was sent.

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Conservative Poet Tom Zart commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-26T04:34:44Z

LINCOLN’S WAR & OBAMA’S

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

The sad fact of the Civil War
Is what was left at its end.
Too many times, men's evil acts
Destroyed both foe and friend.

Black men dressed in old uniforms
Became the Union's reserve.
They fought and died for their freedom
And their rights they earned and deserve.

Lifestyles would forever change
For all who survived the war.
It had ended as it began
With sadness, misery and more.

Both sides prayed to the same God
And spoke words from the Bible.
The prayers of both were not answered
For all involved were liable.

BLACK POWDER BRIDGE

A courier rider hands his papers to me
They are instructions from Robert E. Lee.
I am advised now is the time
To stop the troop movement on the Rock Island line.

I muster my men and they load up the boats
We powder our pistols and darken our coats.
Traveling the currents, the sun slips from sight
As brave men with a purpose have gathered to fight.

We capture a bridge before the moonrise
The Yankees who are here shall soon feed the flies.
The evil of war feeds on my brain
As I light the fuse to destroy a train.

The one lone survivor was a red stallion stud
I lassoed his neck, and freed him from the mud.
As I ride in his saddle beneath the stars that shine
I pray for forgiveness and some peace of mind.

War is a lesson we re eager to learn
When man has that fever to murder and burn.
Lord, please forgive me for what I have done
For all those I've silenced were some mother's son.

THE FEVER OF FEAR

Cannons are bursting hot metal from the ground.
Soldiers are looting and burning our town.
The fever of fear rushes through my veins
As too many Bluecoats jump from troop trains.

Smoke from hot barrels is swirling around
As four thousand muskets volley their sound.
All of my comrades have stopped a lead ball
Most cry out, then stumble and fall.

Even the young lad who carried our flag
Now he lies dead as he clings to that rag.
Wagons with the wounded trail blood on the ground
Death and destruction are easily found.

THUNDER IN THE GROUND

SLAVERY

When you chain the neck of a slave
The other end fastens to you.
Your heart and soul become corrupt
And all which is evil you'll do.

But till then we'll fight and resist
Making them put their chains away.
And those of us who may die first
From heaven shall watch and pray

BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER

In the course of becoming officers
The young men of West Point bonded like brothers.
Till roomers of Civil War transformed friend to foe
As many cadets chose to serve others.

Fifty-five of sixty major battles fought
Were lead by graduates of the long gray line.
Yankees and Rebels ravaged one another
For to kill and plunder were virtues of the time.

Over six hundred thousand soldiers were consumed
Not counting multitudes of population.
Cities, farms and the countryside were laid to waste
Before our Union was restored to a nation.

THE LITTLEST SOLDIER

The newspapers of the North, gladly published his story
Telling of the nine year old who earned his country's glory.

THE BATTLE

The moon is sky high
And perfectly round
As it highlights the beauty
Of disputed ground.

Life is a journey
Where the passage is free.
After, there's judgment
By the living and Thee.

Tomorrow's carnage
We'll survive if we can.
Death and dismemberment
By the hand of man.

Some will stumble
With absence of breath.
While others charge
Into the face of death.

We'll race toward the battle
And pray for the best
Hoping somehow
We pass God's test.

BUGLES

Their red and blue, ragtag flag stood out
Against their dust covered uniforms of gray.
Savagely we fought to kill our enemy
As the battle raged on in the heat of the day

Volley after volley we put forth our blaze
With thousands of led balls snapping flesh and bone.
Blistering sweat rolled down every face
As the tunes of war by bugles were blown.

OBAMA’S WAR

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF WORLD WAR III

Our sons and daughters serve in harms way
To defend our way of life.
Some are students, some grandparents
Many a husband or wife.

They face great odds without complaint
Gambling life and limb for little pay.
So far away from all they love
Fight our soldiers for whom we pray.

The plotters and planners of America's doom
Pledge to murder and maim all they can.
From early childhood they are taught
To kill is to become a man.

They exploit their young as weapons of choice
Teaching in heaven, virgins will await.
Destroying lives along with their own
To learn of their falsehoods too late.

The fearful cry we must submit
And find a way to soothe them.
Where defenders worry if we stand down
The future for America is grim.

Now's not the time to fight one another
Or kiss our enemy's cheek.
All through history it remains the same
The strong enslave the weak.

May God continue to bless America
Refusing evil, the upper hand.
It's up to us to stay resolute
Defending the liberty of Man.

FREEDOM

In their new uniforms
The young march off
Not knowing who shall return.
With a proud devotion
They brandish their flag
Leaving loved ones to wonder and yearn.

May we all be buried
By all of our children
Is an ancient tribal prayer.
They're so easy to lose
But so hard to forget
Such a burden for a parent to bear.

Oh, the taste of victory
Shall soon be forgotten
But, never that which was lost.
For those rows of white headstones
In peaceful green fields
Make it easy to tally the cost.

America has survived all attempts to destroy
Knowing the cruelty of war
And, we who remain
Must help keep her free
For those who can march no more!

By Conservative Poet
Tom Zart
Most Published Poet
On The Web

TOM ZART’S RADIO POEMS

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John Wilson commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-24T13:32:13Z

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Gloria Steinberg commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-23T00:19:12Z

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rdmsacto commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-21T21:22:46Z

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Robert Garding commented on 'Conservatism Today's 24 Best Conservative Blogs'

2009-02-21T02:04:19Z

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