Happy New Year 2014 From Knowledge Creates Power

Take a moment to enjoy the beautiful photographic train ride and the accompanying words: HERE. <– 

At the end of the year it has become a journalistic tradition to recap the year’s top stories, to recall the highlights and low points of the months and to remember those who have left us.  It is also a time to look forward with hope… This year that reach for hope and improvement seems more difficult than at anytime in my memory.

“It’s Auld Lang Syne time again. Robert Burns is credited with "collecting" the lyrics for the old Scots’ drinking and dancing ballad that’s become a traditional part of New Year festivities. The most memorable verses: "Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?" and the chorus, "For auld Lang Syne, my dear, for auld Lang Syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld Lang Syne," are oft’ described as reminders of "the good old times" amidst new beginnings. That’s a tough task this year. Saying goodbye to 2013 won’t be hard. But looking forward with hope for a better year in 2014 is a bit of a challenge!”

Happy New Year!

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Rep. Trey Gowdy: New York Times Doing PR Work For Hillary, White House On Benghazi

Video: Rep. Trey Gowdy: New York Times Doing PR Work For Hillary, White House On Benghazi

By Marion Algier – Ask Marion

A bombshell, so-called ‘in-depth’ report from The New York Times found no evidence that al-Qaeda or any international terrorist groups played any role in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Everyone I know immediately responded with… “Wow, I wonder who and how much the Clintons paid for that b.s.?!?” After all, they have been in full blown rebranding and rebuilding Hillary mode for months now.

One can only ask… Are average Americans really so uninformed that they would elect Hillary Clinton after the Benghazi disaster?  And is anyone really fooled by this ridiculous NY Times article?  But then you look at the latest Gallup poll naming Hillary and Obama the most admired woman and man in Worldwide… and you want to start screaming or packing to head for saner shores’, albeit a pretty sloppy poll. (Ron Paul scored higher than the Pope?!?)

What Difference Does It Make?

Judge Jeanine Pirro Calls Out Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama as Liars

Benghazi Scandal – Pat Smith: Hillary Doesn’t Give A Damm About You!!! – Cover-Up Or Clean-Up?

Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement – Syria… Trust Us From The People That Brought Benghazi Video 

Related:

Media Hoax on Benghazi to Save Hillary

Annual Gallup Poll Shows Obama is Most Admired Man, Clinton Most Admired Woman Worldwide… Really?

Most Influential People Poll

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The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.22.13 Thru 12.29.13

Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion

Quote of the Week: “A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They’ll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves, an unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. And that’s a problem because privacy matters, privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.”  …Edward Snowden

Lloyd Marcus Says Thanks Duck Dynasty for the Christmas Gift – WoC 2013

• DNC Sees Impeachment For Obama On The Marxist Horizon
• How The Grinch Stole Healthcare
• What Happens When the Mossad and the World’s Wealthiest Arabs Want You Dead?
• National ID Law Takes Effect In 2014
• Lloyd Marcus Says Thanks Duck Dynasty for the Christmas Gift – WoC 2013
• Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade
• Fox Cable News Remains Ratings Champ As 2013 Comes to Close
• The Chinese Dragon Flexes Its Military Muscle
• Muslim Groups Are Reportedly Circulating This Illustration of Santa Getting Punched in the Face – WoC 2013
• Which Tax Breaks Are Ending In 2013: Many Deductions Set To Expire
• ‘Duck Dynasty’ Suspension Lifted to Resume Filming With Phil Robertson ~ The Five Video
• The Council Has Spoken!! This Weeks’ Watcher’s Council Results
• "America’s Mama Grizz!" – Wild Bill [video]
• Kwanzaa – WoC 2013
• A Bag of Broken Glass – Obama’s Christmas Gift to Americans
• The TSA’s Truth In Parody – They Are A Joke No Matter How You Look At It
• Whistle BLOWER- President Obama’s HALF sister comes FORTH!
• All I Want(ed) for Christmas…
• Alert: Kim Jong Un to soldiers: Prep for war that could start ‘without prior notice’
• The 2nd Day of Christmas–St. Stephen’s Day, Boxing Day and Wenceslaus
• Merry Christmas From Ask Marion
• Watcher’s Council Nominations – Christmas Day Edition
• Members of Congress Win Right to Say ‘Merry Christmas’ Without Ethics Violation – WoC 2013
• CHECK OUT: YourLiberalAunt.Com!
• Forum: What Do You Think The Meaning Of Christmas Is? What Does It Mean To You?
• Simpler Times, A Groetzmeier Christmas – WoC 2013
• Presidential Christmas Addresses… WoC 2013 
• Last Minute, Budget and Gifts of Thoughtfulness – WoC 2013
• Verily, It Is A Clusterduck
• The Best Part of the Christmas Season – Love, Charity, and Kindness
• Glenn Beck Makes a Very Exciting Offer to the Cast of ‘Duck Dynasty’
• The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.15.13 Thru 12.22.13

Also See:

• How The Grinch Stole Healthcare 
• Are Young Americans Signing Up For Obamacare? 
• A Failing Grade for Obamacare 
• Time to Stock Up on Incandescent Bulbs Before They Go Out Permanently 
• Obamacare and Review of 2013 Should Remind Us We Are Not 'Subjects'; We Are People 
• Healed After 19 Years: A Christmas Eve Miracle
• Second-Hand Smoke Proven Harmless – Again
• Some Fun Christmas Pet Photos From 2013 and Years Past 
• Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade 
• Stop the Pain… Get-Involved and Speak Up Whenever You Suspect Abuse, Of Any Kind 
• True Meaning Of Family – Stray Cat Takes Day-Old Puppy Off The Streets 
• Too-Cute Kitten Holiday Chorus (Video) 
• Merry Christmas From Just One More Pet 
• Puppy Rescued Just Inches from its Life on Moving Belt 
• Cute Dogs Barking: Jingle Bells, Rescues Rock! Please share!
• Christmas for Pet People – Woc 2013
• ‘Miracle’ dog that survived gassing headed to Rose Parade

Book of the Week – The Founding Conservatives: How a Group of Unsung Heroes Saved the American Revolution (Kindle)

“It is not only the cause, but our manner of conducting it, that will establish character.” —John Dickinson, 1773

A nation at war and widespread mistrust of the mil­itary. A financial crash and an endless economic crisis. A Congress so divided it barely functioned. Bitter partisan disputes over everything from taxa­tion and the distribution of wealth to the role of banks and corporations in society. Welcome to the world of the Founding Fathers.

According to most narratives of the American Revolution, the founders were united in their quest for independence and steadfast in their efforts to create a stable, effective government. But the birth of our republic was far more complicated than many realize. The Revolution was nearly derailed by extremists who wanted to do too much, too quickly and who refused to rest until they had remade American society. If not for a small circle of conservatives who kept radicalism in check and promoted capitalism, a strong military, and the preservation of tradition, our country would be vastly different today.

In the first book to chronicle the critical role these men played in securing our freedom, David Lefer provides an insightful and gripping account of the birth of modern American conservatism and its impact on the earliest days of our nation.

Among these founding conservatives were men like John Dickinson, who joined George Washington’s troops in a battle against the British on July 4, 1776, and that same week drafted the Articles of Confederation; James Wilson, a staunch free-market capitalist who defended his home against a mob of radicals demanding price controls and in the process averted a bloody American equivalent to Bastille Day; Silas Deane, who mixed patriotism with profit seeking while petitioning France to aid America; and Robert Morris, who financed the American Revolution and founded the first bank and the first modern multinational corporation in the United States.

Drawing on years of archival research, Lefer shows how these and other determined founders cham­pioned American freedom while staying faithful to their ideals. In the process, they not only helped defeat the British but also laid the groundwork for American capitalism to thrive.
The Founding Conservatives is an intellectual adven­ture story, full of gunfights and big ideas. It is also an extraordinary reminder of the punishing battles our predecessors fought to create and maintain the free and prosperous nation we know today.

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

Be sure to come visit us here at Ask Marion regularly and subscribe to receive the latest posts first… as well as visit: Just One More Pet, True Health Is True Wealth!!, Knowledge Is Power, and the Daily Thought Pad.

Memorable Photos of the Season…

 

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"America's Mama Grizz!" - Wild Bill [video]

Video:  "America's Mama Grizz!" -  Wild Bill

Listen up… Palin is one classy yet tough American woman who defeated the left wing media smear machine and gives hope for good men and women everywhere to run for office.

“By the Way… If you want to save this country, don’t even consider Chris Christie or Paul Ryan as a presidential candidate, Republicans; it’s time to get real America, it’s time to focus and create the opportunity for Truth to be heard. How? By speaking it and not shrinking back from the PC liars!”  …PBN  (And Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden are just variations of what we have had for the past 5-years who were involved in all the scandals and screw-ups in Obamaland!)

“It is also time to stop listening to the propaganda that has been fed us, over and over again, by the Progressives on both sides, by the RINOs and Establishment Republicans and by the ruling elite which includes the mainstream media whose job it is to inform the public and report the truth of what is going on without bias… not to work hand-in-hand with one side or the other and spout their opinions instead of facts without noting that they are editorializing!”

Sarah Palin is a contender and she could win in 2016 if we, the American people, wake-up, stand-up and really want to turn things around!!  We all need to educate ourselves and share the truth about Palin, the Tea Party and other patriots under attack including Ted Cruz, Mile Lee, Rand Paul, and anyone else who stands up to the entrenched beltway politicians, as well as educate everyone about the Progressive media! We need a million more Sarah Palins to stand-up, to step-up and to stand with her!!

 Sarah Palin: The Undefeated

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The Council Has Spoken!! This Weeks’ Watcher’s Council Results

‘Duck Dynasty’ Suspension Lifted to Resume Filming With Phil Robertson… No Response from Phil or Family Yet

Alea iacta est…The Council Has Spoken! has spoken, the votes have been cast, and we have the results  for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.- Proverbs 10:18

“We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.” – George Orwell, 1984

Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed details of electronic surveillance by American and British spy services, warned of the dangers posed by a loss of privacy in a message broadcast to Britain on Christmas Day.

In a two-minute video recorded in Moscow, where Snowden has been granted temporary asylum, he spoke of concerns over surveillance and appeared to draw comparison with the dystopian tale “1984″ which described a fictional state which operates widespread surveillance of its citizens.

“Great Britain’s George Orwell warned us of the danger of this kind of information. The types of collection in the book – microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us are nothing compared to what we have available today.” “We have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go. Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person,” he said.

“A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all,” said Snowden. “They’ll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves, an unrecorded, unanalysed thought. And that’s a problem because privacy matters, privacy

This week’s winner, The Noisy Room’s The Silencing of the Ducks is her sharp, well written examination of the recent A&E/Duck Dynasty controversy and what it reveals about the Angry Left’s attempt at thought control and the war on America’s culture…including traditional Christianity and the right to profess its values. Here’s a slice:

I did not start viewing Duck Dynasty until a few months ago. It has since become our favorite show and we can’t get enough of it. Christian values, real people, guns and hunting – what’s not to love? But it would seem that being a Christian and espousing your beliefs in America is now becoming ever more dangerous. As RedState pointed out, ultimately you will care and you will have to take a stand and take sides.

Phil Robertson, the patriarch of Duck Dynasty, just did a GQ interview where he stated his Christian beliefs, which included those concerning Gays. This whole blowup is not so much about the Gay issue, but far more about the Constitution and the First Amendment. In the interview, Phil was asked if he thought homosexuality was sinful:

“Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men,” he told GQ, before paraphrasing the Bible in Corinthians. “Don’t be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers — they won’t inherit the kingdom of God. Don’t deceive yourself. It’s not right.”

For telling the truth and stating what he personally believed, A&E put him on indefinite hiatus. They fired him. I would be very surprised if the family did not tell A&E to stuff it. They managed to take THE most popular rated show ever and scuttle it. Phil had told A&E earlier that if they insisted he remove God or guns from his show, they were through:

On May 9, Greensboro, NC country station 93.1 The Wolf reported that after receiving complaints over prayers to God and the frequent use of guns on air, Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson said, “God and guns are part of our everyday lives [and] to remove either of them from the show is unacceptable.”

Sarah Palin came to Phil’s defense with the following quote:

Free speech is an endangered species. Those “intolerants” hatin’ and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us.

She’s right and this will backfire on A&E and all the others out there that are anti-Christian. Phil Robertson just became a warrior for God and the Constitution and I am sure he is up to the task. An attack on one Christian, is an attack on all of us. Time to draw our line in the Marxist sand.

Much more at the link.

In our non-Council category, the winner was Victor Davis Hanson with  Pajama Boy Nation submitted by Joshuapundit. It’s an examination of the metrosexual Pajama Boy used as a shill fro ObamaCare and what it says about the Left and how they see the country.  This opening paragraphs are a nice taste:

Will Kane of High Noon Pajama Boy wasn’t. Somehow we as a nation went from the iconic Marlboro Man to Pajama Boy — from the noble individual with a bad habit to the ignoble without a good habit — without a blink in between.

There are lots of revolting things in the Pajama Boy ad. After all, how can you top all at once a nerdy-looking child-man dressed in infantile pajamas while cradling a cup of hot chocolate with the smug assurance that he is running your life more than you his?

Do read it.

OK, so here are this week’s full results. Both the Mellow Jihadi and VA Right were unable to vote this week,but neither was subject to the usual 2/3 vote penalty:

Council Winners

• *First place with 2 1/3 votes! - The Noisy Room – The Silencing of the Ducks
• Second place with 2  votes – Bookworm Room – The Obama Christmas card reveals the zero at the center of our government
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – The Right Planet – U.S. Army Tells Soldiers Not to Say ‘Christmas’
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Joshuapundit - Crash And Burn – Obama Waives Individual Mandate On ObamaCare
• Third place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Liberty’s Spirit – Fat-Shaming, Body Image and a Culture of Dehumanization
• Fourth place  with 1 vote – Simply Jews – Sweden’s conflictual relationship with issues of tolerance
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Nice Deb – Young Invincibles Insulted By ObamaCare Ads (Video)
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Mellow Jihadi – Israel & Iran. Good against Evil…
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Political Commentator – US Navy and cancer: Fukushima has been extremely hazardous to their health!
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote – GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Killing Our Enemies On Christmas Day Since 1776
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Razor – Would a Different Software Methodology Have Saved Obamacare?
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Rhymes With Right – May I Point Out That Phil Robertson Was Indisputably Right About One Thing?

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! – Victor Davis Hanson - Pajama Boy Nation submitted by Joshuapundit
• Second place *t* with 2 2/3 votes – Pressure Points – The Un-American Studies Association submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Second place *t* with 2 2/3 votes – Bret Stephens/WSJ – Of Jane Fonda and Pope Francis submitted by Liberty’s Spirit
• Second place *t* with 2 2/3 votes – Larry Correia/Monster Hunter Nation – Angsty Emo Outrage and Ducks submitted by The Noisy Room
• Third place with 1 vote – John O’Sullivan/NRO -  The New Blacklist submitted by Bookworm Room
• Fourth place with 2/3 vote-Nick Nipclose – Cyber-libertarians for Child Pornography submitted by Simply Jews
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 votes -Washington Free Beacon - A Year of Inspiring Democratic Quotes submitted by Nice Deb
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Big Jolly Politics – Christopher Busby, HCRP Precinct Chair submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - Buckhorn Road – Freedom Died On This Day 100 Years Ago submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote - The People’s Cube – Duck Dynasty’s Robertson Angers Alcoholics, Philanderers submitted by The Razor
• Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Arnold Kling – Obama Repeals Obamacare submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote - Cato@Liberty – It’s a Very Merry Christmas for Washington Insiders submitted by The Watcher

Honorable Mentions

• Ask Marion – Simpler Times, A Groetzmeier Christmas – WoC 2013
• The Independent Sentinel – Wow! Susan Rice Doesn’t Have Time For Benghazi, The False Controversy
• Right Truth – Lesbian Supervisor Allegedly Fired Male Gym Teacher Because He Was Heterosexual And Married
• The Pirate’s Cove – Here’s A Handy Dandy Warmist Survival Guide For Christmas Climate Change Discussions

See you next week! Don’t forget to tune in on Monday AM for this week’s Watcher’s Forum, as the Council and their invited special guests take apart one of the provocative issues of the day with short takes and weigh in…don’t you dare miss it. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter…..’cause we’re cool like that!

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Whistle BLOWER- President Obama's HALF sister comes FORTH!

After years of Silence, President Obama's HALF sister comes forth about the TRUTH regarding the president's Birth Certificate and his involvement with other –Dark - industries!

Video: Whistle BLOWER - President Obama's HALF sister comes FORTH!

It is important to note that the only person to “see” and authenticate the long form birth certificate of President Barrack H. Obama is now dead in a plane crash. Even more controversial is the one that they submitted as truth on the Whitehouse.gov website is 10-layered in Photo Shop and thought to be fake. The conspiracy never seems to die.

Now a whistleblower comes forward and claims she forged Obama’s birth certificate in 1985. She doesn’t just claim that she did the long form, but the short form as well. Both those claims if proven are enough to make people worry about who really is our President.

Interesting how this person is not only a family member but also insists she did it for the drug cartels in Mexico. Fast and Furious and the Federal Court ruling to include drugs and child smuggling make a lot more sense now.

You be the judge… But these are the kinds of questions and issues that arise when the mainstream media does not do its job, or worse is in the bag for one side or the other and can’t put their bias aside!!

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Watcher’s Council Nominations – Christmas Day Edition

Ah, Christmas…a time for warmth and family, as the Dropkick Murphys remind us:

Video: Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us"

No worries Ken..we know you’re just funnin’…

But also, on more serous note, a time for faith:

At this time, our thoughts and prayers need to go out for Christians under siege in the Middle East and elsewhere, where, with the exception of Israel, the one country in the Middle East where the Christian population is actually growing, they are systematically being ethnically cleansed by Muslims.

This shares something with the Holocaust, because once again there is an obscene conspiracy of silence and cowardice by the West to avoid confronting the perpetrators and protecting or at least providing a haven to the victims.For instance, President Obama, who likes to remind us that he is a Christian just sent troops to the new country of South Sudan because of tribal unrest there between the government and a rival tribal faction. He never saw fit to do anything like that to protect these people from assault by the Arab Islamist government of the Sudan and the orgy of rape, torture and murder perpetrated on Black Christians by the Muslim Janjiweed militias in South Sudan and Darfur. Nothing.

At this time of year, I urge all of us to pray for these beleaguered Christians and to raise holy you-know-what to demand that our respective governments to put these Christians’ lives and well being ahead of appeasing Islam. I run a serious risk of operating outside my pay grade here, as our president would say, but I flatter myself in thinking that I think it’s what Jesus would expect… not only of Christians but of all of us.

OK, rant over. Sorry about that.

Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and in our second decade the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday morning.

Council News:

Today is not only Christmas Day, but additionally special in that it is the birthday of our friend and colleague Dave Schuler, of The Glittering Eye.

Ordinarily, I pick out a cake and some liquid libation for these celebrations, and this is no exception.

German chocolate, I think:

And perhaps chilled Veuve Cliquot to drink…brut, of course.

Dave and I have known each other for some time now. In fact, he predates me on the Council. When I first got the nod from the original Watcher, I replaced a blog called New Sisyphus, if memory serves me, and I remember he wrote something to the effect that he had enjoyed New Sisyphus but was going to wait and see on this Joshuapundit fella. I hope I’ve lived up to his expectations…certainly he’s lived up to mine. I have never ceased to appreciate his wide range of interests, his clarity of thought, his dry sense of humor or the friendship and collegiality we’ve shared.

Many, many happy returns Dave.

This week, Ask Marion , Right Truth, The Independent Sentinel, and The Pirate’s Cove earned honorable mention status.

So, let’s take a look at what we have this week….and our heartfelt wishes to all of you for a joyous and blessed Christmas from the Watcher’s Council:

Council Submissions

• The Noisy Room – The Silencing of the Ducks
• Liberty’s Spirit – Fat-Shaming, Body Image and a Culture of Dehumanization
• The Political Commentator – US Navy and cancer: Fukushima has been extremely hazardous to their health!
• Joshuapundit  -Crash And Burn – Obama Waives Individual Mandate On ObamaCare
• Simply Jews – Sweden’s conflictual relationship with issues of tolerance
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Killing Our Enemies On Christmas Day Since 1776
• The Right Planet – U.S. Army Tells Soldiers Not to Say ‘Christmas’
• Bookworm Room – The Obama Christmas card reveals the zero at the center of our government
• Nice Deb – Young Invincibles Insulted By ObamaCare Ads (Video)
• Rhymes With Right – May I Point Out That Phil Robertson Was Indisputably Right About One Thing?
• The Colossus of Rhodey – Comics & Sci-fi Friday
• The Razor – Would a Different Software Methodology Have Saved Obamacare?
• VA Right! - ‘It’s Christmas in Richmond Tonight’ – New Christmas Song by Tom White
• The Glittering Eye - The Too-Long-Deferred Topic of Controlling Healthcare Spending
• The Mellow Jihadi – Israel & Iran. Good against Evil…

Honorable Mentions

• Ask Marion – Simpler Times, A Groetzmeier Christmas – WoC 2013
• The Independent Sentinel – Wow! Susan Rice Doesn’t Have Time For Benghazi, The False Controversy
• Right Truth – Lesbian Supervisor Allegedly Fired Male Gym Teacher Because He Was Heterosexual And Married
• The Pirate’s Cove – Here’s A Handy Dandy Warmist Survival Guide For Christmas Climate Change Discussions

Non-Council Submissions

• Larry Correia/Monster Hunter Nation – Angsty Emo Outrage and Ducks submitted by The Noisy Room
• Bret Stephens/WSJ – Of Jane Fonda and Pope Francis submitted by Liberty’s Spirit
• Dollar Vigilante - Death, The New retirement For U.S. Citizens submitted by The Political Commentator
• Victor Davis Hanson – Pajama Boy Nation submitted by Joshuapundit
• Nick Nipclose – Cyber-libertarians for Child Pornography submitted by Simply Jews
• Pressure Points – The Un-American Studies Association submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• David J. Shestokas – Courageous NSA Ruling by Judge Leon Respects Privacy and Fourth Amendment submitted by The Right Planet
• John O’Sullivan/NRO-The New Blacklist submitted by Bookworm Room
• Washington Free Beacon - A Year of Inspiring Democratic Quotes submitted by Nice Deb
• Big Jolly Politics – Christopher Busby, HCRP Precinct Chair submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Buckhorn Road – Freedom Died On This Day 100 Years Ago submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• The People’s Cube – Duck Dynasty’s Robertson Angers Alcoholics, Philanderers submitted by The Razor
• Arnold Kling – Obama Repeals Obamacare submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Cato@Liberty – It’s a Very Merry Christmas for Washington Insiders submitted by The Watcher
• John Kass/ Chicago Tribune – A Very Kass Christmas Greeting submitted by The Watcher
• Adrienne Royer/The Federalist – Why Duck Dynasty Threatens The Left submitted by Watcher

Enjoy! And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us Twitter..’cause we’re cool like that!

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Members of Congress Win Right to Say 'Merry Christmas' Without Ethics Violation - WoC 2013

For anyone out there who still believes that there isn’t a war on Christmas, religion, or Christianity… It is a battle that has been ramping up for years, but check out this terrific victory in that ‘politically correct’ battle: 

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) has just won a major battle against the politically correct left’s “War on Christmas,” he announced in a press release on (Tuesday)… Christmas Eve.

 

By Marion Algier – The War on Christmas (and religion) verses the Spirit of Christmas Series at AskMarion – 25

Breitbart: Since 1973, U.S. House rules made it an ethics violation for any official congressional communications to contain the phrase “Merry Christmas.” This month, after battling the system for the more than two years since he took office in 2011, Huelskamp was able to get the House to determine it will not consider use of the phrase “Merry Christmas” an ethics violation.

“For decades the PC Police have intimidated Christians throughout America with their attacks on the symbols and language of Christmas,” Huelskamp said in a statement released midday on Christmas Eve. “From nativity scenes to Christmas trees, those opposed to Christmas has sought to eradicate any reason for the season from the public square.  And Congress has not been exempted.”

Huelskamp noted the history of the U.S. House’s War on Christmas before detailing how he has won this battle in the war.

“Amazingly since 1973, the U.S. House of Representatives has forbidden the use of ‘Merry Christmas’ and deemed use of such words in any official mailing or e-mail an ethics violation,” Huelskamp said. “Instead, they demanded the use of ‘Happy Holidays.’ This month, the House Franking Commission accepted the position I have fought for since arriving in Congress — ignore the PC Police and let us use ‘Merry Christmas.’”

Huelskamp added that since 2011, he has fought against the politically correct people in the U.S. Congress who implemented and still attempted to enforce this rule. “In 2011 during an interview on Fox News, I stated my refusal to comply with this decades-old policy, which reflects the continual leftist war on Christmas,” Huelskamp said. 

I have continued that refusal through today, even as it has cowered many other public officials and private industry alike. The new refusal of the U.S. House to cater to the PC Police moves us one small step away from that carefully crafted secular society devoid of any reference to our religious and cultural heritage. I am glad that finally Members of Congress can express their holiday joy in a manner that they see fit and consistent with our American history—without an ethics threat.

Huelskamp ended his statement with a warm Christmas greeting for his constituents and all Americans: “As I have done for the past two years, I personally wish you and all of America a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.”

Merry Christmas, folks.

WATCH REP. HUELSKAMP ON FOX NEWS IN 2011 FIGHTING AGAINST 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' BAN IN CONGRESS

Video: Fox & Friends - Holiday Greetings (2011)

Plus NORAD Tracks Santa on Christmas Eve

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight.

The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born. LINK: NORAD tracks Santa on Facebook

In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa.

Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to phone calls and emails from children all around the world. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Millions of people who want to know Santa’s whereabouts now visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website.

Finally, media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide updates on Santa’s journey.

Santa Tracker Christmas or Santa Tracker

Related:

Simpler Times, A Groetzmeier Christmas – WoC 2013

Presidential Christmas Addresses… WoC 2013

Last Minute, Budget and Gifts of Thoughtfulness – WoC 2013

The Best Part of the Christmas Season – Love, Charity, and Kindness – WoC 2013

Christmas for Pet People – Woc 2013  -  Watch Glenn Beck’s (2012) Emotional Tribute To His Dog, Victor

Christmas Baking – WoC 2013

The Best Christmas Gifts – WoC 2013

Remembering Military and Veterans at Christmastime – W0C 2013

American Traditions – WoC 2013

Still Think There Is No War on Christmas – WoC 2013

In Defense of the Truth and Megyn Kelly – WoC 2013

Carolling… or Caroling and Christmas Music – WoC 2013

Best Christmas Season Movie Classics – WoC 2013

Santa Photos… Often Yesterday’s Oooops Are Tomorrow’s Treasures! – WoC 2013

Christmas Lights – WoC 2013

Nativity Scenes and Glories – The Reason For the Season – WoC 2013

European Markets or Christkindlmarkts Capture the Christmas Spirit – WoC 2013

St. Nickolas Day – WoC 2013

Hanukkah… The Jewish Festival of Lights – WoC 2013

God Rest Ye Merry Merchants – Christmas: An American Holiday and Tradition to Love and Preserve – WoC 2013

Where Does the War on Christmas Come From? A Worthwhile Read – WoC 2013

The War on Christmas verses the Spirit of Christmas Series 2013 at AskMarion – WoC 2013

Advent – The Season of Anticipation and Hope – WoC 2013

2013 Official Christmas Card Only Features the Four-Legged Obamas

Sending Holiday Season Regards to our Conservative Warriors

ANOTHER FAILED IDEA: Woman gets laughed at after bringing up Obamacare at Thanksgiving…

The Twelve Days of ObamaCare

Huckabee’s ’12 Days Of ObamaCare’

Disney scores big with biblical values – But their subsidiary A&E suspends Phil Robertson for expressing his

The Thanksgiving Illusion

Obama Thanksgiving and Christmas Disgrace

Keeping Pets Safe for the Holidays: The “Not So Safe” or No-No Pet Food List

Sarah Palin on Politics and Religion • 11/10/13 With Susan Page

The Cross – Billy Graham’s Message To America

Citizenship and Church Membership

Happy 101st Birthday, Daddy

There are some great books out for Christmas this year: ‘Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas’ (Kindle), The Romney Family Table: Sharing Home-Cooked Recipes & Favorite Traditions (Kindle) and Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett: A Grandfather’s Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most (Kindle) Plus: Losing Our Religion(Kindle) by atheist S. E. Cupp and The United States vs. Santa Claus: The Untold Story of the Actual War on Christmas (Kindle)

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The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.15.13 Thru 12.22.13

Our weekly wrap… Sunday to Sunday… Please share! Ask Marion

Quote of the Week: “There Is None So Blind As He Who Will Not See!!” …John Heywood paraphrasing Jeremiah Chapter 5: verse 21, written over 1500 years earlier

 

What will it take for Americans to see?

A must read: The Black Book of the American Left: The Collected Conservative Writings of David Horowitz (Kindle) – The first of a ten part series by former Communist radical turned Conservative. Author of The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party (Kindle)

• Last Minute, Budget and Gifts of Thoughtfulness – WoC 2013
• Verily, It Is A Clusterduck
• The Best Part of the Christmas Season – Love, Charity, and Kindness
• Glenn Beck Makes a Very Exciting Offer to the Cast of ‘Duck Dynasty’
• Soldier Speaks Out to Protect the 2nd Amendment
• Glenn Beck: Article 5
• The Council Has Spoken!! This Weeks’ Watcher’s Council Results 12.20.13
• Carrying on the Fight in 2014
• Christmas for Pet People – Woc 2013
• Remembering Reagan’s Warning To America
• 28 Pages Later: Shrouding an Act of War
• Free Speech… Only for Progressives These Days?
• Like Your Senator… Ad
• Barbara Walters On Obama: ‘We Thought He Was Going To Be The Next Messiah’
• Cutting the Pensions of Retired Military, Disabled Veterans
• Christmas Baking – WoC 2013
• Glenn Beck: What Do They Have On Us?
• Stephen Moore: Hidden Obamacare Tax Will Cost Consumers Another $100-$500 a Year
• Watcher’s Council Nominations – Snow In The Holy Land Edition
• The Best Christmas Gifts – WoC 2013
• Forum: Whom Would You Name For Person Of The Year?
• Sessions Details Leader Reid’s History of Suppressing Senators’ Rights
• Most Influential People Poll
• Remembering Military and Veterans at Christmastime – W0C 2013
• Gingrich Schools Reich: ‘Every Major City Which Is A Poverty Center Is Run By Democrats’
• The War on Rich White Men
• Missouri Bill Mandates Parents Report Gun Ownership to School Their Child Attends
• American Traditions – WoC 2013
• Ron Christie To MSNBC Guest Claiming TeaParty Is Racial – I Will Not Sit Here & Allow You To Say That
• Still Think There Is No War on Christmas – WoC 2013
• Inside the Empire of Horror
• Yes, States Have the Constitutional Right to Nullify Obamacare
• Politics bumps heads with Hollywood. Isn’t revenge sweet?
• Signs Of Incompetence – Scandals Cont. To Plague Obama Admin – Judge Jeanine Pirro Opening Statement [Video]
• Sarah Palin at the Billy Graham Library
• The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.08.13 Thru 12.15.13

Also See:

• Second-Hand Smoke Proven Harmless – Again 
• Turning back time: ageing reversed in mice 
• Rep. Suzan DelBene’s Husband, Kurt DelBene, Chosen to Fix HealthCare.gov 
• Stephen Moore: Hidden Obamacare Tax Will Cost Consumers Another $100-$500 a Year 
• Navigators Or Lawbreakers? - Report Some H'Care Navigators Urging Fraud - Rep Trey Gowdy 
• Yes, States Have the Constitutional Right to Nullify Obamacare
• Pray For Jim Hoft Over At Gateway Pundit
• Christmas for Pet People – Woc 2013 
• ‘Miracle’ dog that survived gassing headed to Rose Parade 
• 2013 Official Christmas Card Only Features the Four-Legged Obamas 
• Cute Christmas Animals
• Sarah Palin Book Signing – “Touched By An Angel”
• Unlikely Friends
• Adopt a Pet This Christmas… Or Give Someone a New Forever Friend

Book of the Week – Margaret Thatcher on Leadership: Lessons for American Conservatives Today (Kindle)

This inspirational and practical guide for conservatives combines stories from Lady Thatcher’s life with principles and strategies conservatives can apply to their challenges today. Nile Gardiner and Stephen Thompson outline the critical lessons conservatives can learn from Lady Thatcher on articulating conservative principles to a broader audience, cutting through bureaucratic messes to achieve goals, and standing up to aggressive opponents.

“This is one of those very rare occasions when individuals share timely works that have the insight and potential to impact current issues. Gardiner and Thompson have accomplished just such an occasion. They have produced a must read for our future leaders and all who have a vested interest in solutions, not more crises.”

We are living in amazing times, good and bad, the kind of times that truly try men’s (and women’s) souls and that make or break countries and shape (or reshape) societies. Please get involved, pray for guidance, prepare for the worst (for yourself and to help others), then educate yourself and share what you learn with as many people as you can. All our futures depend on it!!

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