And now, today's Shrub Report®:

499 years ago today, Elizabeth I was crowned queen of England. More importantly, today is the 41st anniversary of the first Super Bowl.

Did you know that the guy heading the opposition to the elections in Kenya is Obama's cousin? Neither did I.

Greenpeace weenies claim they "chased away" Japanese whale hunters. Huh? Who in the world is afraid of Greenpeace, aside from rival tree-hugging enviro-weenie groups? Could the whaling ships have left the area because of this? Great work, AP!

The Pork King Keeps His Crown. Oddly, his district's unemployment rate is a whole percentage point higher than Pennsylvania as a whole. Here is another snapshot of the "benefits" of Murtha pumping millions of our tax dollars into south-central PA.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh and the Penguins run into socialist nutjobs (check out the t-shirt in the photo). Only the Left would protest having economic development in their WORST neighborhood in town, where the last grocery store closed down nearly 25 years ago. The demands by these idiots are amazing. Luckily the boy mayor did not back down.

Today would have been the 79th birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, the 62nd birthday of Vince Foster, and the 60th birthday of Ronnie Van Zant. On the opposite side of the spectrum (in terms of impact on our world), Hollywood legends Mario van Peebles and Chad Lowe celebrate birthdays today.

Partner with Islam!

Speaking of the Religion of Peace, UK is full of hatemongering like this.

Keith Olberman:hard-news journalist.

Interestingly, nobody seems to be asking if the government-mandate ethanol fiasco is "fueling" the huge rise in inflation?

Here's today's time-waster.

And, finally, happy birthday, Cronos!

Who do you agree with: Rush or Newt and why?

Rush is 100% correct. What has changed in 20 years that we need to redefine conservatism?

I don't always agree with Rush, but on this one, he is 100%, absolutely, positively, without a doubt, dead on accurate!

Conservatism has done this country quite well for that last couple of hundred years, and if we continue following the principles that has made this country great, this country just might make it through the next couple of hundred years. 

Rush Limbaugh stated that of the top 5 Republicans running for the presidency, only one was a true conservative. http://www.fred08.com/ 

Betcha Dims will vote for McCain in Mich just to keep Romney down, since they've been told not to vote for Hillary, since their vote won't count anyway.  Talk about disenfranchised voters, any DIM in Mich is being held hostage by Nat'l Dim Party!  MSM & DIMs do not want Romney to get Repub nomination.  But, if I'm not mistaken, Romney has more delegates at present than any Repub candidate! 

I'm with Rush on this one.  How can you go along with a guy named Newt?

But then again...how many guys are named Rush?

Yesterday my son in law was called to his COs office. He was told that there will be 3200 Marines goiug to Afganistan did he want to go. He immediately volunteered. He has been teaching Signal Intellignce at Corry Station in Pensacola for the past 2-1/2 years and has been wanting to get back to hands on work. He will be coming back to Cherry Point for training and to rejoin his old unit by June. The 2nd MAW provides air support for the 24th MEU from Camp Lejeune which is providing the bulk of the Marines. Others are coming from Camp Pendleton.

My wife has been praying that he would be transferred back to Cherry Point so our daughter could come home. One pray answered but in God's way. She gets to come home but he has to leave.

"May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.” General George S. Patton.

Great opening statement in front of the Human Rights Commission
Read it all here

"My name is Ezra Levant. Before this government interrogation begins, I will make a statement…"
"I posted the cartoons this morning on my website, ezralevant.com. I am here at this government interrogation under protest. It is my position that the government has no legal or moral authority to interrogate me or anyone else for publishing these words and pictures. That is a violation of my ancient and inalienable freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and in this case, religious freedom and the separation of mosque and state…"
"For a government bureaucrat to call any publisher or anyone else to an interrogation to be quizzed about his political or religious expression is a violation of 800 years of common law, a Universal Declaration of Rights, a Bill of Rights and a Charter of Rights. This commission is applying Saudi values, not Canadian values. It is also deeply procedurally one-sided and unjust…"
"I am here under your compulsion to answer the commission’s questions. But it is not I who am on trial: it is the freedom of all Canadians."

Over the last decade, I've noticed a slow slide to centrist ideals by the former Speaker of the House. I read Newt's new book. (Got an advance copy at the radio station where I work.) I find that Mr. Gingrich seems to hold less and less to the ideals he held as Speaker. Many of us change over the years, for whatever reasons. Our own Ronald Regan was once a New Deal Democrat but, when he saw the slow erosion of freedoms to which the New Deal eventually led, he changed his ideals to one day support Senator Barry Goldwater. I read the text of the speech he gave on natioanl television during the '64 campaign. It remains a fascinating treatise on Conservatisim.

I disagree that Americans want to be less partisan. Our founders hoped we could avoid the formation of political parties. Trouble is, people are partisan by nature. Ask a Red Sox fan if he would ever root for the Yankees or if a Cub fan would root for the Cardinals. It ain't happening. So people are drawn to groups which are more like themselves, politically, socially or otherwise.

In my lifetime, the Republican and Democrat parties have changed because they are fluid with the political realities of the day. Conservatism has not. It remains a rock solid. It's virtues are as old as the American Revolution, the United States Constitution, even the Magna Carta.

So one again, Rush is right.

"That's just my opinion. I could be wrong." - Dennis Miller

It's just not true that the MSM hasn't noticed the success of the surge.

Any time they use the term "recession," it's a sign they know the surge is working.

"It's the economy, stupid." And they do think we're stupid.

On Star Trek one has Spoc Limbaugh's brain with Doc Bones heart.......one logic, the other emotion.....but both making up James T. Kirk when put together.

America faced what Rush Limbaugh is in James Madison at the Constitutional Convention where he wanted it only his way defined and in the end the pragmatists of State's rights improved Madison's original intent and the nation won.

It does not have to be either Rush or Newt. It can be both, but Mr. Limbaugh is not finding the way to keep Reagan on course WITH SOLUTIONS and these dolts who do not know economics, foreign policy and understand that Americans are tough, but they like to be whined over are changing the party into a socialist orb of the Democrats.

It takes LEADERSHIP MR. LIMBAUGH and not just being grated like all Conservatives are when we hear Huckabee or Paul spouting such nonsense which will bankrupt America and bring certain nuclear war to our shores as certain as if Obama was in control...........in that Mr. Gingrich is right and wrong as the leaders abandoned Reagan as they have no understanding his policy, but the way to fix this is not being a Democrat, but as I stated FINDING SOLUTIONS REAGAN WOULD EMPLOY.

I blog here and contact Newsbusters in email attempting to put into play SOLUTIONS based upon Milton Friedman whom Reagan was a disciple of in economics. Reagan did not use nuclear missiles in a war, he used MONEY as his war and the missiles were the threat to keep the war from starting.

Economic weakness is what gets people bombing Iran with nuclear missiles and starts wars.

I posted here today exposing the idiot David Gergen is in stating the Republicans do not want to get caught in between the economy and the green movement. What utter rubbish which is something Newt Gingrich would state and Rush Limbaugh would dig in his heals and command that we must be true to our principles.
I provided the solution to this. Take the billions in grant money lining the privileged few's bank accounts and grant that money to homeowners to build disaster shelters. The building will cause an economic boom and American will be prepared for any cold, warm, storm or Russian nuke.

That is how Ronald Reagan would solve this for it stimulates the economy in a short term 5 year bubble to give us time to implement the long term. People have good jobs and it ALL makes Americans more independent and secure..........and gee whiz housing prices regain and it fixes the big subprime problem that Pat Buchanan is whining about.......another GOPer with plenty to say and no solutions.

All of this is fixable, but I have no idea why none of the brains and hearts of this America ever have asked God for Wisdom to fix these things........that is my source and He gets all credit and this will all work, because John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and now the Baltic nations are all making it work.

I will offer again to any GOP candidate my services free of charge to explain this plan so they get it and America can get it. Tell Americans they are going to benefit, show them it will be easy and it will be taken care of and they will vote for that person every time.

The problem is not the party, not morons who do not understand Franklin Economics, nor Rush or Newt.........the problem is there is no God given common sense directing any leadership in this nation so it is being leveraged by the cartels to be so weakened that Americans will agree to a CanAmMex union with a Amero for a dollar.

Fix the problem Mr. Limbaugh...........and people will follow Conservatives 24/7 as Americans are not dumb.......they are frugal though to the point of being sloven in not being fooled in following ideals that have not gotten them their share.

Be glad to discuss this with Mr. Limbaugh too as America is at stake here.

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