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Conservatives Shift on Gay Marriage
Posted by David Boaz

On the front page of the Washington Post a four-column headline reads

Britain's Conservatives push for gay marriage

This change in Conservative direction was foreshadowed in a widely reported speech at the Cato Institute in February 2010 by Nick Herbert, then the Conservatives' shadow environment secretary and now Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice in David Cameron's government. Watch the video of Herbert's speech, with sharp responses from Andrew Sullivan and Maggie Gallagher:

[video at link below]

The Post reports

Americans watching the latest push for social change in Britain might feel as if they had stepped into an alternate political universe: Here, the Conservatives are leading the charge for same-sex marriage.
Gay couples in Britain won the right to civil partnerships in 2004, which granted them nearly the same legal status as married heterosexual couples while avoiding the controversial use of the word "marriage." But Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative-led coalition have launched a historic drive to grant gay men and lesbians the option of also entering into civil marriages, touching off a surprisingly fierce uproar in largely progressive Britain and fueling a rebellion on the right as the party comes under heavy fire from traditional allies in the British clergy.
Yet challenging tradition appears to be exactly Cameron's point. The proposal, put forward this month despite the lack of a strong clamor for marriage within Britain's gay community, is nevertheless emerging as the cornerstone of a bid by the 45-year-old prime minister and other young leaders on the right here to redefine what it means to be a modern Conservative.

And why this change? Well, no doubt, as both Herbert and Cameron said, they believe deeply in the institution of marriage and the ancient British principle of equal freedom under law. But the Post does suggest some political motives as well:

[S]trategists see Cameron's decision to champion the gay marriage cause as an attempt to seize the mantle of progressive change from the left and broaden the Conservative Party's appeal among an increasingly key voting group: young urbanites…
What prompted the shift? "We lost three elections, in 1997, 2001 and 2005," said Margot James, former vice chairman of the Conservative Party and an openly gay member of Parliament.
"The electorate was not seeing us as a viable alternative in a modern world. But David Cameron came along and changed all that. This is a different Conservative Party now, one that is fully in favor of equal rights. I think the Republicans could learn a lot from us in how to appeal to the center, without whose votes a party cannot hope to win."

And maybe the Republicans are learning. Politico has a lead story today on the striking lack of interest in the gay marriage issue among House Republicans. I joined a number of other observers at Politico Arena today in commenting on the story. I noted that Republicans too know that "young urbanites" are overwhelmingly supportive of marriage equality, and they don't want to lose a whole generation. And just to confirm Politico's report about Republican silence, none of Politico's usual conservative bloggers have chimed in yet.

But for now I'm just noting, as I've done on other issues, that you could have heard it here first­or at least the foreshadowing of it.
 






There is a lot more here than I ever heard about! 

Steve

 

 

 

 BREAKING: Obama Enemies List Candidates Dying Off One at a Time

March 5, 2012 7:56

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This piece just came across the  transom.  Christopher L. Clark reports, "Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., 24, who had been cooperating with a federal investigators, was found late Thursday night slumped dead inside a car, in front of the Judah House Praise Baptist Church in Northeast, said Cmdr. Michael Anzallo, head of the department's Criminal Investigations Division. Cmdr. Anzallo said a police officer was patrolling the neighborhood when gunshots were heard, then Lt. Harris was found dead inside the vehicle, which investigators would describe only as a blue car."  Read all about it at the following hyperlink:


The killing fields in America have commenced.  Read the following shocking article:  

First, Andrew Breitbart mysteriously dies just before he was going to release videos about Obama's college shenanigans. They announced that he died of natural causes at the age of 43--even before an autopsy was conducted!  Now, Steve Bridges (Obama's impersonator who Obama hated) mysteriously dies three days later. Again, they announced that this Obama impersonator died of natural causes at the age of 48--even before an autopsy was conducted!  Who's next?  Will it be Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer?  Sheriff Arpio is conducting an investigation on the veracity of Obama's birth certificate, which have been proven to be a forgery and a fraud.  Governor Brewer wrote in her book, Scorpions for Breakfast, about Obama.  He was thoroughly ticked off about what she wrote.  Apparently, he is awfully thin-skinned.

So, when is the FBI going to connect the dots and arrest Obama and his Chicago gangsters? They are out to kill everyone on their Enemies List. This is the Clinton trail of alleged murders all over again. We must put a stop to all of the killing of those who stand in their paths. Should they get Arpaio and Brewer next, it will be enough proof to make an arrest of the usurper and dictator in the White House. 


These are the alleged deaths connected in some way or another to Barack Obama.  The lame-stream media (LSM) will never investigate, report, and give credence to any of them as the LSM are lapdogs of the Obama administration.  The Democrats would never rat on Obama.  The Republicans are too afraid to investigate and discuss any of these deaths.  Snopes.com is paid by George Soros and is a lapdog of the Obama administration, so don't expect anything factual and corroborative coming from them.  Therefore, none of these deaths get the kind of investigation that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is giving to Obama's birth certificate, which has been proven to be a forgery and a fraud.  That's why speculation that Arpio's death is coming—as is Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who also offended Obama in her recent book, Scorpions for Breakfast.

The Obama Death List

The following is a partial list of deaths of persons connected to Barack HUSSEIN Obama during his time inside the United States. Read the list and judge the preponderance of evidence for yourself…

SARAH BERKLEY – Author of "The Jihad at the Ballot Box" – a book examining Obama's relationship with radical Islam. Died in a mysterious car crash in 2003.

RUSSELL MCDOUGAL – Former FBI operative, January 23rd, 2007. McDougal was known to hold sensitive information about meetings Barack Obama had with arms smugglers. His wife was murdered March 2006 after he went public with his initial reports. His father died July 8, 2006 four hours after McDougal presented his findings on the Savage Nation (Dr. Michael Savage talk show host). Suffered administrative retaliation after reporting discussions by jihadist groups concerning Obama to his superiors.

RODRIGO VILLALOPEZ, a television news camera man who shot the footage of Obama describing small town voters as "bitter" and "clinging to their guns" during the primary season.

BRIAN GORING – A defense attorney for Obama patron Antoin "Tony" Rezko during his trial for extortion and bribery. Died of apparent "natural causes."

 MERCEDES HUGLEY, one of Obama's many white, female conquests while at Harvard. Filed sexual assault charges against Obama for date rape in 1990. Because "date rape" was not considered a crime like it is today, she ended up dropping the charges. Two years later, she was found dead of an apparent cocaine overdose. 

TAMIKA HILL – A former secretary for Obama's office in Chicago was murdered July 6, 2005 at a rib shack in the south side. Hill had spoken off the record with a reporter from the Chicago Sun Times about meetings Obama had with black militants in the city. She was murdered before she could ever be properly interviewed. 

HASAD AL SHAREEZ – FBI informant. Reported to his handler in January 2001 that he had a tape about of a person named simply "B. Hussein" meeting with 9/11 hijacker Mohatma Atta in Prague. Was found shot in the basement of a mosque in Dearborn, MI in October, 2001.

DARSANO RAHARDJO – Childhood classmate of Barack Obama when he attended a madrassa in Indonesia. Was found with his head cut off in a Jakarta alley way in 1970. Many children at the school attributed Rahardjo's murder to the young Barack Obama. It was likely done as an initiation ritual, since Islam demands that a boy spill another's blood before the age of ten to prove their loyalty to Allah.

REVEREND DAVID MANNING – Former head of the Trinity Baptist Church in Chicago. Was murdered during the apparent robbery of a catfish restaurant in 1972. Shortly afterwards, Rev. Jeremiah Wright took over as head of Trinity and many parishioners (who later left the church) suspected Wright in having a hand in Reverend Manning's death. Decades later, Manning's son JAMAL MANNING was found dead of an apparent crack overdose in 2004. It was rumored he was going to bring evidence of Wright's complicity in his father's death. His testimony was timed to coincide with Obama's first senate race.

CHRISTOPHER HARGROVE, A former lover of Larry Sinclair. Found dead in a hotel room of apparent auto-erotic asphyxiation in January 2001. Was said to have been enraged when he found out that Sinclair had cheated on Jackson with Obama in the back of a limousine. To get revenge, Jackson planned to release digital pictures Sinclair had taken of the encounter on the Internet.

PAUL ROTHCHILD – Democrat National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Washington DC in 2003. A "friend and trusted advisor" to senatorial candidate Barack Obama. Dead of an apparent suicide.

CURTIS "POOKIE" JACKSON – Chicago drug dealer. Was the subject of a police investigation in which he was suspected of funneling money to Obama's many various community projects. Killed in 1998 in an apparent gang murder.

HARVEY KENYON – Head of Obama's senatorial security team in Chicago. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside of Grant Park in 2005. Kenyon's son said his father was building a dossier on Obama. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died, the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

SHEILA BAUGH – A Washington DC madam. Died from a gunshot wound. Reported to have a black book of people containing names of influential people who visited the prostitutes in her brothel. One of those names was allegedly Barack Obama.

KEYSHAWN "SPOON" CALWORTH – Was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose May 18, 1997. Was reported to have ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

LAWSHAWNA MARTIN- 26 year old mother of five, a Cabrini Green resident with a history of substance abuse. Told two of her co-workers at the Blue Peppermint Gentleman's Club that she would have to quit work because she was pregnant again. Strongly implied that the "baby daddy" was Barack Obama. The next week, she was reported missing. No body was ever recovered, but Lawshana has not resurfaced since making those remarks.

BILL FERGUSON- Senior aide to Barack Obama. Found dead of an apparent heart attack.

GANDY BAUGH – Attorney for Obama friend Antonin "Tony" Rezko died by falling out an eightieth story window of the Hancock Tower, January, 2003. His client was a convicted Chinese spy.

ANDREW BREITBART – Well-known and respected conservative who had planned to release videos on March 1, 2012, of Obama college escapades mysteriously died on March 1, 2012, at the young age of 43.  The death was claimed to be allegedly by natural causes even though an autopsy was not yet performed.  He called Sheriff Joe Arpaio by phone 4-5 hours prior to his death.  Breitbart was on a walk near his home in the evening when he collapsed and died as reported by an unidentified witness. 

STEVE BRIDGES – Impersonator of Obama who Obama disliked immensely because he felt that Bridges offended him.  Mysteriously, he appeared to have died of natural causes just two days after Andrew Breitbart's death also by natural causes.  The autopsy had not yet been performed on Bridges, yet he died of natural causes.

The Bill and Hillary Clinton's death trail is much longer (up to 50).  None were also given any kind of thorough, objective scrutiny to pin the Clinton's to any of them.  Again, they were protected by the Democrats, Republicans, LSM, Snopes.com, and the Clinton administration.  Nobody hanged the Clintons.  Nobody will hang Obama or all of the criminals in the Obama administration.  How long are we all going to tolerate these crimes and injustices?  Probably forever.


Projections of what will happen before November 6, 2012:

•  Major, widespread terrorist attack campaign throughout the United States
•  Martial law
•  Use of concentration camps
•  Major tactical nuclear war in the Middle East
•  Assassinations of top political leaders and military generals
•  Civil war
•  Major election fraud will occur
•  European Union will experience an economic crash
•  Major war with Mexico
•  Fox News will go off the air
•  Beginning of World War IV
•  Stock Market crash
•  Major recession that will dovetail into a depression

So, when are you going to get concerned and involved?  Watch out!

 

 

 


 


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'Anonymous' Hackers Plan To Shut Down The Internet This Saturday

By Dan Graziano

BGR

March 28, 2012

Notorious hacker group Anonymous has previously stated its intentions to shutdown the Internet on Saturday,

March 31st, as a form of protest. "To protest SOPA, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers

who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun, on March 31, anonymous will shut

the Internet down," the group stated last month. "Remember, this is a protest, we are not trying to 'kill' the Internet

we are only temporarily shutting it down where it hurts the most." Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut

down the Internet by disabling its core DNS servers, thus making websites inaccessible. Cyber security experts

claim that it is unlikely that such an attack would be effective, however, and there is really no need to fear. Read

on for more.

"The Anonymous hackers can certain cause local pockets of disruption, but these disruptions are going to be

localized to networks where their attack machines are located, or where their 'reflectors' are located", said Robert

Graham of Errata Security. "It's unlikely they could take all of them down, at least for any period of time. On the

day of their planned Global Blackout, it's doubtful many people would notice."

Graham does issue a cautionary note, however. "Just because I say Anonymous can't do it doesn't it mean it can't

be done," the security expert said on Errata's blog.


 


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New post on ACGR's "News with Attitude"

GOP Governors Try to Slime Schoolkids

by Harold

  Tad Cronn, Godfather Politics 3/30/2012 When it comes to embarrassing behavior, the Democratic Party usually has the market cornered. But there are some days when the Republicans top them. Thursday was one of those days, as a group of Republican governors and lieutenant governors toured a Nebraska meat plant to show their support for [...]

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