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  • George Rebane Apropos to the Terror Alert issued yesterday in Europe and America (US State Department) – all American tourists should “be vigilant” for terrorist attacks across the continent – notification of this response came to us from a friend in Great Britain.  We are about to take off for a short European holiday and…

  • George Rebane [This piece was recorded as my regular bi-weekly commentary on KVMR-FM 89.5 and broadcast on 1 October 2010.] There is more to be said about John Kerry’s assessment of voters earlier this week.  For openers, it’s rare that Senator Kerry and I agree, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to balance the…

  • George Rebane This week I was at a public meeting with a large concentration of very liberal people.  The topic of the meeting had heavy political and ideological overtones, so many of the conversations around the room involved people opining about the mindsets typical of the ‘other side’.  I overheard one particularly loud snippet that…

  • George Rebane Students of history and current affairs must be intrigued as they witness the ebb and flow of civilizations, cultures, and fortunes.  If they are of a conservative nature and hail from the west, they must also be sitting on a growing inventory of fear.  We are seeing a resurgence of socialism and the…

  • George Rebane Contrary to what the leftwing has been telling us since 2008, the conservatives have submitted alternatives to socialism at every turn.  Following the Alinsky almanac to the letter, the administration and its congressional echo chamber have continued to air the same message for over two years now – ‘they are the party of…

  • George Rebane That is indeed the question.  A reader from the northwest reminded me of the following little essay which brings it all into focus.  The argument is succinctly made for a new government program that would apply to all people from the homeless to the honorables.  Normally I am not in favor of most…

  • George Rebane The conservative blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds.  Recent welcome additions are Todd Juvinall’s Sierra Dragon’s Breath and Mike Sherman RV Nut.  Adding these to the CABPRO Report, Inside NC Politics, NC Tea Party Patriots, and, of course, Russ Steele’s flagship NC Media Watch strikes me as quite an array of local…

  • George Rebane That’s the title of the just released 10sep10 report of The Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group.  These are the people reporting to the Obama administration on what we should expect and be prepared for in terms of future terrorist attacks on America.  To illustrate the politically correct mindset this administration has demanded…

  • George Rebane • Sweden’s drift to right• Global Warming, more curiouser than ever• ‘Counterfactuals’ among Cars for Clunkers Sweden has long been the American progressive’s poster child for successful socialism.  Conservative libertarians like me have had limited success in pointing out the obvious to the leftwingers and ho-hummers that none of that form of governance is sustainable.  Now…

  • George Rebane The more you redistribute,the less you have to redistribute. The very liberal truthout.com is absolutely frantic in its email seeking donations from its readers.  The fear of the conservatives they profess matches or exceeds anything equivalent I have seen coming from the right in reference to the left.  Here’s their opening (original emphasis)…