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“If you're tired of
all the torture allegations, of hearing the media imply that handling a Quran
without gloves on is the moral equivalent of beheading someone, and of all the
hysteria about enemy combatants, you'll enjoy the Gitmo Cookbook. The
Gitmo Cookbook - helping you support the troops, mock the mainstream media, and
eat like a Gitmo detainee!”
http://www.gitmocookbook.com/index.html
“This is an anti-terrorist web site developed in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on America that will offer practical reference information, vital links, and other valuable information from an investigative perspective. We are comprised of a small contingent of experienced investigators known as Northeast Intelligence Services founded by veteran private investigator Douglas J. Hagmann.” http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/
Citizens Against Government Waste has released its 2005 edition of Prime Cuts. The 600 recommendations in Prime Cuts would cut the 2006 federal budget by $252 billion, a major weight-loss plan for the government. http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_primecuts
“Get up to speed on PorkBusters - the heart and soul of conservatism” http://www.truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters.php
The founder of the Ansari Space X-Prize has announced the “rocket racing league:” http://www.rocketracingleague.com/index.html
Martian dust devils caught on film . http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/%7Elemmon/mer_dd.html
A digital library of high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history. http://www.picturehistory.com/
Townhall.com has had a makeover
“America 101” http://www.townhall.com/townhall/america101.html
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Find the graves of famous people:
First ever photos of a live giant squid, 26 feet long: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0927_050927_giant_squid.html
How to Google efficiently http://googlemyway.com/searchgoogle.php
Amazing Earth facts: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html
“Stewards of the Range” was created in 1992 to pursue precedent setting litigation and to teach America's landowners how to defend and restore full respect for private property rights in America.
Get your “Infidel” t-shirts here:
The Report ranks the effective tax rates on investment in 36 developed and leading developing nations, http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/commentary_216.pdf
The top 5 myths about school vouchers: http://www.mdpolicy.org/research/education/policyreport2005-3.pdf
“The list below shows the amount of pork Representatives and Senators have committed to cutting as reported by bloggers and blog-readers who have contacted them. The goal is to get every Representative and every Senator to commit to cutting significant pork projects in their district or state.” http://truthlaidbear.com/porkbusters.php
IntellectualTakeout.com, a project of Center of the American Experiment's FACT: Foundations for Active Conservative Thinking program, is designed to help students respond to the ideological imbalance on their campuses. http://www.intellectualtakeout.com/
“For too many years and too many elections, voters have been denied their right to vote, felons have been allowed to vote, and our military sons and daughters have been disenfranchised. All by a bureaucracy unable to track ballots or even count accurately. Help bring honest elections back to King County. It’s time to get politics and the bureaucrats out of the process and restore confidence to a process that is critical to our democracy.” http://honestelectionsproject.com/
Economic Freedom of the World: 2005 Annual Report by the CATO Institute
Interesting idea, offering street beggars gainful employment:
A British public policy organization reports that Eastern European economies that have adopted flat tax systems are growing twice as fast as those that have retained so-called progressive tax codes: http://www.reform.co.uk/website/pressroom/bulletinarchive.aspx?o=110 http://reform.co.uk/website/home.aspx
“The Conservative Voice is dedicated to Faith, Family, Freedom. With over 100 columnists, up-to-the-minute news and a new forum, The Conservative Voice is one of the fastest growing conservative sites on the internet.” http://www.theconservativevoice.com/aboutus/
Google’s new blog search engine
The Dodge Tomahawk motorcycle. 500 HP V-10 Viper engine, 0-60 in 2.5 sec, top speed 300mph. http://www.dodge.com/tomahawk/flash.html
Unusual photos from Germany, 1929: http://www.jlittlewood.com/pictures/deutschland/pix.htm
Nice IMAX presentation for the Hubble space telescope. 58 MB; don’t try it with dial-up. http://informal-sci.stsci.edu/exhibits/largefilm/graphics/imax_previewFS.mov
“eMachineShop is the remarkable new way to get the custom parts you need - the first true online machine shop. Download our free software, draw your part, and click to order … Your part will be machined and delivered.”
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. Download the free version from here: http://earth.google.com/earth.html
The Internet Archive movie vault. http://www.archive.org/details/movies
Online medieval and renaissance manuscripts from the Pierpont Morgan library. http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/
ORBITER is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours. http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html
The latest way to customize your car.
EFF Report: “What Works? Creating Successful Public Schools” http://www.effwa.org/pdfs/What-Works.pdf
“The image of unfairly paid teachers is a compelling one, and it has fuelled several illegal strikes around the state over the years. But is it accurate? The following links list individual teacher’s salaries by district. The data is provided by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.” http://www.effwa.org/main/article.php?article_id=1067
Time lapse photos of a hurricane from space: http://www.camex4.com/movies/0409.frances.mov
Enter your zip code and get gas prices at nearby gas stations. http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx
New conservative think tank: “The Center of the American Experiment”
Greatest movie line ever: http://www.blogtelevision.net/p/Watch-Video-Greatest-Movie-Line-Ever___1,2,,53552.html
Website of the “You don’t speak for me, Cindy!” tour: http://www.moveamericaforward.com/
Gardening reference http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/index.html
How to turn your computer into a recording studio http://bownie.com/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=51&op=page&SubMenu
237 American cities, ranked from most conservative to most liberal. Seattle is 16th from the bottom of the list. http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1309682&secid=2
Capitol Watch: “Defending America from ineffective government and wasteful spending”
MRC Launches NewsBusters.org, an Interactive Web Log Dedicated to Exposing the Media’s Tilt Announcing Another Way to Fight Liberal Bias http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2005/fax20050811.asp
The Independent Women’s Forum has announced its first annual student essay contest; first prize is $5,000. http://www.iwf.org/campuscorner/news/news_detail.asp?ArticleID=797
The Lowtax Network of sites was launched in 1999 by an established international business publisher to fill a perceived need for an electronic source of information on offshore and 'low-tax' regimes worldwide. http://www.tax-news.com/asp/about.asp
Good online textbook of natural history: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/wayne.htm
Early aviation image archive: http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive1.htm
Tired of having to register to access news sites?
The CIA reading room: the official source for declassified documents. http://www.foia.cia.gov/search.asp
How to write pro-family legislation: “In this publication we have chosen twenty-two bills to provide state legislators and pro-family activists with the language needed to assist in the passage of future pro-family legislation.” http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=BL05H01
High resolution images of old movie stars. http://www.doctormacro.com.nyud.net:8090/Galleries.htm
“Kilroy was here” http://www.kilroywashere.org/#
The world’s ugliest dog has his own website:
Buy your “Club G’itmo” gear from Rush’s store: How about a shirt that says, “My Mullah went to Club G'itmo and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt” http://store.rushlimbaugh.com/
You can view the British Library’s original copies of Shakespeare as you would if you had the book open in front of you. http://prodigi.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/search.asp
“The diary of a Saudi man, currently living in the United Kingdom, where the Religious Police no longer trouble him for the moment.”
New York Public Library’s online image gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Museum of On-line Museums: http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
The Space Shuttle does a backflip: http://wm.nasa-global.speedera.net/wm.nasa-global/RTF/backflip.wmv
Someone has too much time on their hands. http://www.michaelhodges.com/stuff/funny/2008cc1.swf
“200 amazing secrets” http://www.inter-web.co.uk/secrets.htm
Another movie review site:
What would it would be like to pop a water balloon in space? http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm
CATO’s Project on Social Security Choice http://www.socialsecurity.org/
What is this in the Peruvian desert? It’s not a prankster at Google, Keyhole shows it too. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-16.337013,-71.959763&spn=0.110893,0.158186&t=k&hl=en
Reagan 2020 is the Internet's most comprehensive resource on Ronald Reagan. It represents a permanent campaign advocating individual, family and community rights and responsibilities in acts of self-governance, as set forth by our Founders in the Declaration of Independence and codified in its subordinate guidance, our Republic's Constitution, the original intent of which is specified in the Federalist Papers.
The Judicial Confirmation Network has an excellent new TV ad about citation of foreign law in the Supreme Court http://www.judicialnetwork.com/ad2.shtml
The Club for Growth has a new TV ad urging the Senate to permanently repeal the Death Tax when the issue comes before the U.S. Senate later this month. “No one works hard their whole life to be able to leave a nice nest egg for the Federal government.” http://www.clubforgrowth.org/video/born-chafee.wmv
Hilarious http://www.weddingcrashersmovie.com/crashthistrailer/index.htm?id=53657
Free download: The official game of the US Army: “America's Army is a squad-based first-person shooter game consisting of "basic training," plus a series of team-based "missions" which involve operations, Special Forces, and Combat Medic specialties. The game was launched in June, 2002. There are currently almost 4 million registered users, with over 2 million having completed basic training. 500,000-600,000 missions are played per day, and over 50 million hours have been played overall.”
On the anniversary of the first manned Moon landing on July 20, 1969, Google releases Google Moon, a map of NASA photos and Google style points showing several moon landings. Go to maximum zoom to see what the moon’s really made of.
Google maps modified to show Seattle bus routes and positions.
The world of hate ... map shows terror attacks by Islamic extremists since 1993 http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005310401,00.html
And here’s a flashplayer compilation of the major al Qaeda attacks since the creation of the International Islamic Front and their subsequent declaration of war on the West in February of 1998. http://windsofchange.net/flashplayer.php?media=alqaeda&w=640&h=480
Stuck on the home front, but still want to make a difference in the War on Terror? The Dept. of Defense keeps a list of organizations that support the troops here:. http://www.dod.mil/americasupportsyou/support/help.html
State of Washington spend-o-meter: http://www.effwa.org/main/page.php?number=258
A recent report released by the Fraser Institute and the National Center for Policy Analysis shows that by and large, U.S. states outperform Canadian provinces on various measures of economic freedom. http://www.ncpa.org/email/20050620efna.pdf
CAMPUS Magazine Online (CMO) is the only national student-written online magazine for college students that provides a national platform for student articles on current abuses and potential reforms in higher education. http://www.campusmagazine.org/index.aspx
Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 to AD 2000
Museum of Ancient Inventions http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm
“Created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia”
The Alliance for School Choice: http://www.allianceforschoolchoice.org/default.aspx
The online Samaritan Guide is a unique new information tool from the Acton Institute’s Center for Effective Compassion. http://www.acton.org/cec/guide/
Unusual jello recipe: http://venuszine.com/stories/diy_resources/712
Google now indexes video clips.
Support for Dr. Rice: http://www.americansforrice.com/
Tips on Ebay buying and selling http://www.studentdump.com/viewtopic.php?p=124#124
How an American Soldier’s blog connected him with American patriots.
Rhetorical bloopers from the 2004 Democratic National Convention http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/convention2004/bloopers2004dnc.htm
Report on Catholics in the United States Congress http://catholicsincongress.blogspot.com/
The ultimate astronomy site: “The Slooh Online Observatory” Another good astonomy site: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/dswmedia/3duniverse.html
The 100 best movie quotes of all time: http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/22/film.moviequotes.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories
“The ultimate e-guide to liberty.” http://www.theihs.org//libertyguide/
Young America’s Foundation is committed to ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.
Long list of military blog sites: http://www.blackfive.net/main/
The Heritage Foundation’s 2005 Index of Dependency. The report's findings are alarming. Since 1980 the level of dependence upon the government in the United States has doubled. More alarming is the fact that just since 2001 the level of government dependency has grown by 24 percent. Also troubling is the manner in which this dependency is funded. There is a growing class of citizens who pay no federal income tax, and a shrinking class bearing the burden. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/cda05-05.cfm
The science of golf balls: http://www.bs-sports.co.jp/english/science_of_golf_ball/science_of_ball_1.html
Since 2001, Duck brand duct tape has sponsored a $5000 scholarship contest, open to any high school students willing to go to their prom in outfits made of duct tape. http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/prom/default.asp Here are the winners from 2004. Some of these are quite ingenious: http://www.ducktapeclub.com/contests/winners.asp?ContestPID=1
The Collegiate Network has released its Eighth Annual Campus Outrage Awards. First place goes to LeMoyne College who expelled graduate student Scott McConnell after he wrote a paper in which he rejected multiculturalism and advocated light spanking in elementary school classrooms. He stated that he bases his teaching philosophy “upon the pre-1960’s learning when discipline was present in the learning environment.”. Though McConnell received an A- on the paper, he received a letter from the director of his program explaining: "I have grave concerns regarding the mismatch between your personal beliefs regarding teaching and learning and the LeMoyne College program goals ... You will not be allowed to register for any additional courses." http://www.campusmagazine.org/articledetail.aspx?id=4ff8775f-04a8-45c7-b61c-e6a8f9f157a5
Homemakers for America Inc. desires to give every woman who makes a home in the U.S. - whether married or single, working within the home or in the workplace - a powerful voice that gets the attention of media, national leaders, and educators in an effort to convince them to return to our traditional values that support God, Freedom and Family. http://www.homemakersforamerica.com/
How to lose friends and alienate people with e-mail http://hwebbjr.typepad.com/openloops/2005/06/how_to_lose_fri.html
The mission of For Our Grandchildren is to educate the American people concerning the urgent need for Social Security reform and the reform choices available, and to ensure an honest and open debate of the facts. http://www.forourgrandchildren.org/
Normandy 1944, audio interviews with the men who were there: http://search.eb.com/dday/browse?browseId=3
The US Navy’s online library of selected images: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/events.htm For example, here are photos from the Battle of Midway, click to enlarge: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm
Birdwatcher? Here’s a slideshow of thousands of amateur bird photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/36783/
UBC Botany Photo of the Day: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/
Play chess, backgammon, checkers, Othello, etc online with other players free:
Take the Google factory tour. http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/factorytour.html
Seattle’s Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame:
The Berkeley Electronic Press, “a new standard in scholarly publishing”
How to brew beer in a coffee pot: http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/235coffee.html
Civil war photo gallery http://www.civil-war.net/cw_images/index.htm For example, here’s an amazing photo of Abraham Lincoln. The shifty looking gentleman on the left is Allen Pinkerton. http://www.civil-war.net/cw_images/files/images/285.jpg
Rescuing America from the radical ideas of Hillary Clinton
The Hillary Clinton Accountability Project: http://www.hillcap.org/default.php?page_id=2
Advocates for ROTC is an umbrella group for organizations that promote an atmosphere supportive of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps on college campuses. http://www.advocatesforrotc.org/
SocialSecurityforAll.com is run by Americans for Prosperity and is dedicated to creating a place where grassroots activists from across the country can come to get involved in the Social Security Reform fight. http://www.socialsecurityforall.com/
Thirty eight ways to win an argument: http://www.searchlores.org/schopeng.htm
“Our mission is to encourage legislation in all states to provide for Universal Tuition Tax Credits; which would enable all children the freedom to pursue an education in the primary and secondary institution of their own choosing.” http://parentsinchargefoundation.org/parents_in_charge/about_us.htm
Don’t show this to an engineer. http://www.symmetrylab.com/machine/
“This site was built to provide current information on what our representatives are doing in Congress! I update the site every morning.”
Interesting idea: A freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago, sorted by area, street, and type. It even shows little area maps with locations of each crime.
A user’s guide to the Declaration of Independence: http://www.founding.com/gohome.htm
Scholarly Internet Resource Collection:
Movie Mom provides parents with the information they need to decide which movies, DVDs and videos are best for kids from ages 2 through 18. http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/moviemom/
Exposing PETA’s dirty secret: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm
Meet the man who punched Saddam Hussein in the mouth. http://riverfronttimes.com/issues/2005-04-13/news/feature.html
Make colorful prints of flowers and greenery using your home computer and a flatbed scanner. http://www.cottageliving.com/cottage/homes/article/0,21135,1030850,00.html
Plugged In is a Focus on the Family publication designed to help equip parents, youth leaders, ministers and teens with the essential tools that will enable them to understand, navigate and impact the culture in which they live.
A museum of retro graphics and far-out design from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
BeyondtheNews.com takes visitors past the headlines, offering reliable insight and analysis on current news and cultural trends. Read Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt here
The Republican Study Committee, a group of more than 100 of Congress's most conservative lawmakers, has their own web page: http://johnshadegg.house.gov/rsc/
Regime change in North Korea. Click on “English” in the right corner:
Long Beach clam cam:
“The Road to Serfdom” by Hayek is one of the most important works on the conservative bookshelf. This is the condensed version, as it first appeared in Reader’s Digest in April 1945. http://www.iea.org.uk/files/upld-publication43pdf?.pdf
Heritage’s Personal Retirement Account Calculator
Just what it says: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
A transcript of Hanoi Jane Fonda’s radio broadcast from Hanoi on August 22, 1972. http://www.1stcavmedic.com/jane_fonda.htm
Hubble Heritage Image Gallery http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/galindex.html
Music melody search engine, almost a half million melodies catalogued: http://teuge.labs.cs.uu.nl/Rntt/mir/mir.cgi?pwd=none
Free public domain photos
Monitoring Middle East studies on campus:
Test the speed of your internet connection: http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
Viva Bush! The Washington State Republican National Hispanic Assembly
Sheriff Joe Arapaio marches his prisoners in pink underwear, pink slippers, and pink handcuffs : http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=39665
Are you a “neoconservative”? Take this 10 question quiz and find out. http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/quiz/neoconQuiz.html
A new proposal: Require 65 cents of every education dollar to go to the classroom. http://firstclasseducation.org/
Windows malicious software removal tool:
New people search engine. Powerful, and a little creepy. Information Includes: 20 Year Address History - Current Telephone Numbers - Bankruptcies - Legal Judgments - Current/Previous Home & Property Ownership - Current/Previous Addresses - Names and Addresses of Relatives - Current and Previous Roommates and Neighbors - Liens etc.
The Oregon Conservative
A map of earthquakes around the world in the last month. http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/nrg/
New conservative news and commentary site. http://www.theconservativevoice.com/modules/news/
Russell Kirk’s Ten Principles of Conservatism. http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles2/Kirk10Principles.shtml
Great tool for Washington State activists, keeping tabs on their legislators:
“Patriotism in action”
Official webpage of the US Government:
Female intuition is a myth, according to a scientific study. An internet test into the truthfulness of a person's face has revealed that if anything men are better than women when it comes to spotting when something is wrong. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=628569 Here’s the test. I got 7 out of ten. http://luckfactor.co.uk/Edinburgh/index.html
Where American history begins:
Now you can read Captain James Cook’s journal from the HMS Endeavor in his own hand. http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.ms-ms1-t-cd
The Secret Service has a new responsibility: “Say Hi to Duck Cheney” http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/08/treasury.duck.ap/index.html
Good educational site:
Card Shuffling tutorial, complete with videos: http://www.pokerology.com/articles/howtoshuffle.htm
Rasmussen Reports is launching the Hillary Meter--a twice monthly measure of Senator Hillary Clinton's effort to move to the political center. The first edition of the Hillary Meter finds that Senator Clinton has been somewhat successful in moderating her image over the past couple of months. Currently, 43% of Americans view the former First Lady as politically liberal. That's down from 51% at the end of January. Frightening….. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
Citizens Against Government Waste has released the 2005 Congressional Pig Book. For fiscal 2005, appropriators stuffed 13,997 projects into the 13 appropriations bills, an increase of 31 percent over last year’s total of 10,656. "My favorite this year is the $100,000 for the Punxsatawny Weather Discovery Center Museum. We are now funding groundhogs," said Sen. John McCain. http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2005
Nice T-shirt. http://crusadeclothing.com/?gad=CILt56oBEghoXu-Jjua-BxikzZL-AyDqgaQJ
Google maps has a new satellite photo feature. Type in your address and hit ‘Search.’ For a satellite photo of your house, click “Satellite” in the upper right.
Three months ago the Knight Foundation released a study that found an astounding 49 percent of high school students thought newspapers should not be able to publish stories without government approval. A group of 75 educators, journalists, and students have agreed to form a steering committee that will promote the First Amendment in curriculums and regional student journalism conferences.
Stuntman turns patriotic songwriter: This guy was the chief stuntman for “Start Trek, The Next Generation” and “Deep Space Nine.” http://americawestandasone.com/video.html
A scrolling LED message board belt buckle: http://egobelts.com/product_info.php?cPath=109&products_id=78
The 2005 Campus Outrage awards: http://www.campusmagazine.org/articledetail.aspx?id=4ff8775f-04a8-45c7-b61c-e6a8f9f157a5
Google April fool’s joke: http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
Wi-Fi hotspot directory: http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com/
How do you fire an inept teacher? Lots of luck. Here’s the complete flowchart: http://cgood.org/burdenquestion-6.html
A new investment group has launched the Free Enterprise Action Fund. The mutual fund, which took nearly two years to prepare and officially opened for investment on March 1, was specifically designed to "promote ... our system of free enterprise," according to the fund's website. http://freeenterpriseactionfund.com/
The Cascade County Committee, working to form a new county in what is now suburban and rural King County http://www.cascadecounty.kendra.com/
The IRS is pleased to offer you this list of companies that will file your tax return online for free: http://www.irs.gov/app/freeFile/jsp/all_offers.jsp
Demographic and political maps, guides, and analysis for the political professional.
The official blog of the National Taxpayers Union:
A weblog for gadget enthusiasts.
Conservative news & opinion:
Not Dead Yet:
Californians Against Assisted Suicide:
Do a google search from your cell phone:
“The Natural Family: A Manifesto” offers a concise (36-page), coherent, compelling case for the family -- a pro-family worldview -- and action program. http://www.profam.org/press/thc_pr_050310.htm
Columnist David Limbaugh’s home page:
Computer rage:
Must see this; a study in contrasts: http://www.livejournal.com/users/zete_tic/329.html
The National Anthem Project aims to ‘get America singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”’ while spotlighting the important role music education plays in giving Americans our patriotic voice. http://www.thenationalanthemproject.org/
“Republican Radio is the voice for GOP candidates and the place to land for issues important to all Republicans. The show is a training ground for party leaders and office holders, a promoter of GOP activities and organizations, and a safe harbor for conservative voices and truth seeking listeners.” Every Saturday, 11-1, AM1300. http://www.republicanradio.com/
The National Taxpayer’s Union rates members of Congress: http://www.ntu.org/misc_items/rating/VS_2004.pdf
Which search engine should I use: http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm
“The only national public interest legal foundation dedicated exclusively to the protection of constitutionally guaranteed rights in property.” http://www.yourpropertyrights.org/
The Heritage Foundation's Social Security calculator, which was awarded the Gold Standard last week by the Political Calculations blog. http://www.heritage.org/research/features/socialsecurity/
Here’s another calculator: does the government think you’re fat? “In 1998 over 39 million Americans were shifted from a government approved “healthy” weight to an overweight category.” http://www.consumerfreedom.com/games.cfm
Blogging from downtown Beirut.
Best traffic reporting website I’ve seen. Move your cursor over a location and see how fast the traffic is flowing. Move it to a camera icon and see a picture. The yellow and red squares represent accidents. http://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?Region=Los+Angeles
WSDOT has something similar, but without the detailed speed reports. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/seattle/
Journey thru a jet engine. You need to have the flash plugin.. http://www.rolls-royce.com/education/schools/journey02/flash.html
Google now lets you customize the news. Click “Customize this page.” http://news.google.com/news?edit=0
The interactive human body. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/index.shtml
Washington State education facts on a single sheet of paper: How much does it cost to educate a child for one year (or twelve)? How much do teachers earn? How many people get paychecks from the K-12 system? How are schools performing? How much will the average household pay in public school taxes at current rates? Has spending gone up or down? http://www.effwa.org/pdfs/K12Facts2005.pdf
T-shirts: “W2, Four More years of Tax Cuts and Dead Terrorists”, “US Armed Forces Freedom World Tour”, “Viva La Reagan Revolucion”, “I just neutered the cat, now he’s a liberal”.
You can research the background of any judge in Washington State at the Commission on Judicial Conduct database. It stores records of judicial disciplinary actions since 1980. Search by name, action imposed, date, county, or court. http://cjc.state.wa.us/search/
Great collection of aviation “oops” photos.
Silver screen heroes of the greatest generation: http://keepstuff.homestead.com/SilverScreenHeroes.html
A parent's primer to computer slang: Understand how your kids communicate online to help protect them http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx
“Tech High is a math and science charter school that will operate under the wing of the Atlanta Public Schools System. It is not an elite school for the gifted; that would defeat one of the foundation's aims, which is to demonstrate that with great teachers and high expectations, all children can learn. Tech High seeks to demonstrate that you can transform underperforming inner-city kids into leaders in science and technology. It seeks to prove that with good teachers and high expectations, kids can and will learn. And it seeks to establish a model for urban academic achievement. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2004/08/09/editorial2.html http://www.techhighschool.org/index.html
An intensive short-course, “Social Security 101” http://www.heritage.org/Research/SocialSecurity/bg1827.cfm
The Alliance Defense Fund is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation. http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/welcome.aspx
“CATO’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors” Gov. Schwarzenegger scored the highest. Gov. Locke actually scored a surprising “B”. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa537/governorsreportcardtable.html
As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice zooms like a rock star around the world, new Web sites are popping up to promote her for 2008 president. "I'm a Condista!" is just one of the bumper stickers available online from AmericansforRice.com, which is already running pro-Condi radio ads in the politically key state of Iowa. http://americansforrice.com/bumper_stickers.htm
Secrets of getting your self published book, CD, or DVD on Amazon http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000668.php
“A daily briefing 0n Iran”
Just what it says: http://www.religionjournal.com/default.asp
Unusual technical manuals and images of equipment used in WWII http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/cutaway/
Sherlock Holmes fan?
“Welcome to Hannidate 2005, where you may find your perfect match through Hannity style romance.” http://www.hannity.com/gallery/Hannidate2005
“A remarkable collection of more than 55 hours of audio recordings of English regional accents and dialects went online today"
Take this new morality-based political test now to find where you fit on the Moral Matrix. Find out which party and candidates best match your core beliefs. 44,000 have taken it so far. http://www.moral-politics.com/xPolitics.aspx?menu=Home&action=Help&choice=Overview
New senior citizens organization; a conservative alternative to the AARP: http://www.usanext.org/./index.cfm
A volunteer effort to protect America’s borders. http://www.minutemanproject.com/
NoIndoctrination.org is an organization of parents who are disturbed that sociopolitical agendas have been allowed to permeate college courses and orientation programs… Blatant and oppressive bias (regardless of the perspective) dishonors the teaching profession, undermines the open search for truth, and has predictable consequences: student anger, frustration, and intimidation. http://noindoctrination.org/index.shtml
Freedom Rock: http://www.ticz.com/homes/users/bob/On-a-rock/on-a-rock.htm
Google gives mapquest a run for their money.
Online topographic maps of Washington State: “Dedicated to outdoor recreation. Hiking, biking, camping, hunting, and general offroad.”
Hubble wallpaper: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/
Using data provided by the National Taxpayers Union, the New York Times has created a graph illustrating how some Republicans elected in the 1994 “Revolution” have gone from true fiscal conservatives to unabashed, big-time spenders. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/02/13/weekinreview/Brigade2.gif
“Because all Americans should have their own nest eggs.” http://www.socialsecuritychoice.org/
The new Ronald Reagan stamp:
Russian site for mountain photography. “27/01/2005” appears to be a panorama from the Everest summit.
“Your educational and informational resource for the realities of Cuba today.”
The controversial “GoDaddy.com” Super Bowl commercial that needed some editing. http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/superbowl05/landing.asp?isc=bpshdr001&se=%2B
Interesting JAVA web-app offered by NASA which gives a 3D interactive display of over 500 satellites currently orbiting the Earth http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3D/JTrack3D.html Students: Spend this summer independently writing a publishable article, attend two conferences, and get a $3,000 stipend. Deadline is Feb. 15. http://www.theihs.org/subcategory.php/16.html
Student News Daily exists to promote media literacy for high school students. We provide resources that will enable students to become informed viewers and readers of the news. http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/About_Us.shtml
Einstein, the brainy bird: http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html
Is this where the legend of the sea serpent came from? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/02/06/1107625063911.html?from=top5&oneclick=true
ESPN’s top ten Super Bowl commercials: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=philbrick/050207
War is hell on the enemies of America. Remarkable firepower. Check out gatlinggun.wmv and jdamboom.mpg. Scary.
Washington DC has a new newspaper: http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/02/07/
"Legal News and Commentary in the Northwest and Beyond"
CPAC 2005
Pictures, pictures, pictures from election day Iraq 2005. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1332059/posts
Grassroots conservatism: http://www.thereaganwing.com/index.php
The Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/welcome/aboutus/index.html
Heritage policy weblog: “facts on healthcare in the US and abroad”
Another free software download from Google. Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC.
Did you know Google had a video search option?
Capitol Advantage is the nation’s premier provider of grassroots solutions for corporations, nonprofit groups, associations, educational institutions, and other organizations. http://capitoladvantage.com/index.html Here’s an example of their tools: “The Washington State Legislative Action Center” http://www.capwiz.com/tri-cityherald/state/main/?state=WA
The two men who produced Hollywood's first conservative film festival have announced their new blog. http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/
The Washington College Republican Federation has a new blog:
Bumper stickers: “A Person of Tolerance and Diversity Keyed my Car” or “Hey Hollywood, Fahrenheit This!!”
Or how about this bumper sticker: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/browse/N-1269_p-4_pv-rightnation.8686123_Ne-1160_bt-2
T-shirts: “Peace thru superior firepower”, “Footprint of the American Chicken” http://www.lifelibertyetc.com/t-shirts.aspx
Everything about nutrition, analyze ANY food: http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html
Forbes.com reviews the ten worst cars on the market. http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/worst_1.html
Michael Medved fans have their own weblog. http://medvedfans.blog-city.com/
Welcome to the Barking Moonbat Early Warning System where Liberals, Democrats, Hollyweirdos, Leftists, Terrorists and other assorted Whining Moonbats can get their brains repaired or their butts kicked, the choice is up to them. http://www.barking-moonbat.com/ Moon bat theme song http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/36103/b/moon_bat_update_theme_on_ktth.mp3 More on moonbats: Here’s a photo collection of moonbats: http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/000331.php
The National Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an effort to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women, men, and their families. http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/
This site is being developed as a resource for those searching the internet for pro-death penalty information and resources.
Here’s a calculator to see if you can get into the University of Michigan, created by the conservative campus newspaper and based on actual admissions policy: http://www.michiganreview.com/admissions2.php
More interesting Freep photos from places I can’t pronounce: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/821938/posts
“White men as full diversity partners?” No one seems to know if this is a joke. http://www.wmfdp.com/index2.html#home
The Washington Dispatch is an independent news site offering a variety of opinion, plus daily polls and user forums. Are you interested in your own column? The Dispatch offers a free voice to conservative leaders, not just the typical political pundits. http://www.washingtondispatch.com/
Rapper Snoop Dogg’s website: It translates your favorite websites into gangsta speak. Enter the URL of your favorite site, wait 20 seconds, and voila. “I typed in nationalreview.com, and enjoyed reading the rap version of today’s edition.”
Inauguration parties for the President. See if there’s one in your area here: http://gop.com/Party/PartyHome.aspx
Welcome to FIRST THINGS, the Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life.
The “I look like my dog” contest. http://ganns.com/Humor/ILookLikeMyDog/
DVD for sale: “United States Government: Origin, Structure, and Intent” “Here it is -- your convenient crash-course on American Government. Imagine...in less than 2 hours, you can gain more insights about the U.S. government than you probably did in 12 years of public school.”
Must see satellite photos of tsunami damage. Click the button to flip between before/after. http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/2.html
“It is the film equivalent of the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb - a century ago, two entrepreneurs toured Britain capturing working-class life on camera…..their archive has been brought back to life.” http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1384840,00.html
Civil War buffs get access to a treasure trove of information—thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and campaigns between 1861 and 1865, all posted on the Internet. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/
“Bomb assembly supplies line the floor of an Al Doura home during a raid there Jan. 9, 2005. U.S. soldiers found enough electronics and explosives to make an estimated 50 improvised explosive devices.” http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/jan2005/a011105wm4.html
A flushable toilet brush that warns users, “Do not use for personal hygiene” has been identified as the nation’s wackiest warning label in an annual contest sponsored by a consumer watchdog group. http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/index.html
Just what it says: http://www.worldcityphotos.org/
New Puget Sound conservative community forum. http://forums.therightsociety.com/
The most obnoxious media quotes from 2004: http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/obnoxiousquotes2004.php
Public education Quotes of the Year. Such gems as these: "We cannot discriminate against someone because they have a criminal background." – Milwaukee Public Schools spokesman Phil Harris, explaining that state law allows convicted felons to work in public schools, "If it were up to me, I wouldn't teach long division until high school." –eighth-grade math teacher, Madison, Wisconsin http://members.aol.com/educationintel/communique.htm
A jet powered honey-bucket? http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how2/article/0,20967,783909,00.html Or how about a jet powered barstool? http://turbinegroup.com/page2.html
Blame Bush.com “Because Bush is to Blame for Everything.” This site will split your sides but be forewarned about some risqué humor. “ Edited by “Liberal Larry: Larry cut his progressive teeth at UC Berkeley, where he majored in Greco-Roman Sexual Positions and Interpretive Clog Dancing. He obtained his Masters in Gender Studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, where he organized the school's first Free Mumia March to a nearby Starbuck's…..Larry now resides in the Seattle area where he works as a sales rep for a company that develops hemp clothing products.”
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