The Conservative Sage

Barack Obama throughout his campaign has repeated the word "change" enough to make one never want to see or here the word again. He seemingly began every speech with the phrase "the last eight years..." while oversimplifying our current economic crisis. In other words: It's all George Bush's fault. I have been trying to figure out if he's a liar, or simply ignorant. I think he might be more of the former and a little of the latter because this crisis has almost nothing to do with Bush. Surely you can blame him for the failure to use his veto pen which resulted in increased spending, however the implosion of the credit system and housing market requires a little deeper explanation. The present economic meltdown has taken shape not over the past eight years. It has in fact been brewing for the past sixty! The new deal programs of FDR gave birth to the entitlement nation we have today. History shows that once government expands it never reverts back to its ...

There are a few of things you can count on in Illinois: The Cubs won't win a world series, The Taste of Chicago Festival in Grant Park and one of their Governors being investigated. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents last week on public corruption charges. The Governor's own words captured on FBI wiretaps will seemingly do him in. He was allegedly attempting to sell the senate seat vacated by Barack Obama in a "pay to play" scheme. Blagojevich, endorsed by Obama twice, is a product of the same Illinois political cesspool as Tony Rezcko and our president elect which leaves burning questions: How can his entire circle be corrupt and he not be? Five of Blagojevich's former cronies have plead guilty to public corruption charges and reportedly Rahm Emmanuel-Baracks chief of staff- has discussions with the Governor regarding the vacant senates seat which were caught on the wire taps. Obama's office has issued an internal report stating that...

There have been many Social science studies which have concluded names can be a factor in the success or failure of an individual. Particular interest has been paid to "urban" or "ethnic" names as more likely to result in stigmatization of those children to whom these names are given. Some suggest that giving black children more common names like Jordan, Michael or Sharon will make their chances for success a little easier. Currently, we have the three most prominent blacks in the world who are named Oprah, Condoleezza and Barack. One is a billionaire, one Secretary of State and the other the next leader of the free world. Does this mean we can now shut up about the importance of names?

India has become the latest nation to be mourned by the world. Ten Pakistani terrorist launching a well orchestrated plan, massacred 171 people in and around Mumbai formerly Bombay. There is a long history of hatred and war between India and Pakistan- not least of which is the issue of the disputed Kashmir region. If the attacks themselves are not painful enough, listening to the blame America first crowd is even more so. It took Indian "feel good" Guru Deepak Choprak all but 5 mins to blame the US involvement in Afghanistan? The denial about Islamic terror runs deep on the left. The history as well as the present is very sobering: In America and Canada for instance there are Mosque, Temples, Churches, and Synagogues. In Muslim countries there is no such religious diversity. Minority religious populations are either subjugated or forced out as was the case in the former Christian dominated Lebanon. Those who believe that there is some moral equivalence to this issue of Islami...

The latest case of "athletes gone wild" has really perplexed me unlike any other recent event. NY Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burres' shot himself in the leg while at a NY nightclub. Burres' will be not only charged with illegal gun possession, he was suspended by the Giants for the remainder of the season jeopardizing his multi-million dollar contract. I was disturbed by the revelation from Rev. Al Sharpton that representatives from Burress's camp contacted his office. Why would Sharpton be contacted? To mount a public relations assault no doubt but could it have been to paint Burres' punishment as excessive based on race? Possibly. After Michael Vick's self destruction, Marion Jones , Adam "Pac Man" Jones, Ricky Williams multiple weed infractions, and let's not forget to countless tales of serial siring have forever tainted the image of the modern day black athlete. The arrest records of black NFL'ers is only dwarfed by their college ...