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SAN DIEGO, June 7, 20, 2013 ― In the wake of so many current, riveting news events, some have forgotten what lurks in America’s horizon. The question of same-sex marriage finally made its way to our Supreme Court.

We have not heard as much about this issue lately because the skilled attorneys from both camps have finished their passionate pleas and returned home. Nine U.S. Supreme Court justices are now reflecting upon the various arguments thrown their direction. At the moment, we are experiencing still waters. Stormy waves may have appeared to be far off on the horizon but June has finally arrived and soon a decision will be made.

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SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2013 — Hold on to your seats: Democratic strategists have once again figured out a way to interpret depressing Washington news. As always, the fault lies with those mean and nasty Republicans.

News from Washington has been anything but slow lately. Hungry readers and journalists have been treated to a virtual smorgasbord.

But if current events are riveting, the reason is a sad one:  Horrific, despicable deeds by trusted employees of the United States government are coming into greater focus every day.

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SAN DIEGO, May 24, 2013 — “Plausible deniability” is a tried and true maneuver in the history of modern politics. The idea is quite simple. When a President’s desire or intentions are more or less understood, without anything actually appearing in writing, surrogates can get a job done all the while making very sure they never report officially to the President.

That way, when something like an Iran-Contra Affair is discovered, Vice-Admiral John Poindexter can say before Congress, “I made a deliberate decision not to ask the President, so that I could insulate him from the decision and provide some future deniability for the President if it ever leaked out” (Congressional Hearings, 1987).

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SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2013 — President Obama may have a lot of faults, but stupidity isn’t one of them. He still knows how to play his base like a fine violin.

While part of that base ― the White House Press Corps ― seems to have rediscovered the long, lost art of asking real questions, Obama himself remembered a different maneuver called “preemptive strike.”

SEE RELATED: Benghazi attack hearings significance missed by CNN, MSNBC

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SAN DIEGO, May 10, 2013 — Unlike CNN and MSNBC, Fox News offered extensive live coverage of Wednesday’s  House Oversight Committee hearings. Three courageous whistleblowers gave testimony that contradicted previous reports from the White House and State Department about exactly what happened in last September’s Benghazi attack killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

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SAN DIEGO, May 4, 2013 — It’s been several weeks since Boston’s Patriot Day nightmare. We have long since learned that the Tsarnaev brothers who set off two bombs were influenced by Jihadist teachings from the Internet and from extremists who sometimes spoke at a Cambridge mosque.

Although we do not yet know as much about the three young men accused of helping them, Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Robel Phillipos, nothing so far has suggested that their alleged assistance was motivated by any tea party affiliation. Undoubtedly this is a major disappointment to media pundits and other passionate moralists who express grave concern about the tea party while losing sleep over our country’s unjustified hostile attitude toward Muslims.

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SAN DIEGO, April 21, 2013 — Once again, our country was assaulted by terrorists. Once again they were Muslim. Once again, we are being cautioned by academicians and politicians alike not to rush to judgment.

The talking points can be summed up like so: “Despite, their religious affiliation, perhaps these two Chechen brothers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (captured) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (dead) had some other motive for trying to kill just as many people as possible during Boston’s Patriots’ Day race. Even if they were acting as Muslims, they were only distorting and misrepresenting a beautiful, peaceful religion. A couple of bad apples don’t spoil the whole bunch.”

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SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2013 ― In the wake of an event more horrible than the original “Boston Massacre,” our bewildered country tries to make sense out of yesterday’s nightmare. At the moment, we have very few answers. It only took a split second for two bomb blasts to transform a beloved Boston tradition into a heart wrenching tragedy that will be remembered every Patriots’ Day for many years to come.

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SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2013 ― The Belgian playwright and poet Emile Cammaerts once wrote, “The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything” (The Laughing Prophets, Page 211, 1937).

The nuttier our times become, the more profound Cammaerts starts to sound.

Naturally Cammaerts was making a general comment. There are exceptions to the rule. It does not necessarily follow that a person who does not believe one thing will automatically accept a goofier idea. Still, there are some very interesting trends today and it is quite ironic when those who claim the intellectual high ground for rejecting God go on to list some of the things they do believe.

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SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2013 ― On a roll from his famous filibuster that protested drone strikes on U.S. citizens without a trial, Rand Paul seems to be taking advantage of a growing popularity by positioning himself for a future presidential bid that could distinguish himself from most Republicans.

“I believe a Republican Party that is more tolerant and dedicated to keeping the government out of people’s lives as much as possible would be more appealing to the rising generation,” Paul said a few days ago.

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SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2013 ― The annual rally known as CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) begins next week, and the stakes have never been higher. Conservative politicians and activists will give inspirational speeches in the hopes that their vision might help elevate them as favored contenders to save the Republican Party or the conservative movement at large.

As Republicans look toward the midterm elections of 2014 and the bigger prize of reclaiming the White House in 2016, realistic people wonder whether these future elections will be too little, too late. Significant change needs to happen now!

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SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2013 ― What should have been an ordinary trip to the retirement home dining room turned into a nightmare, the last one 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless would ever experience.

The treatment of this poor woman at Glenwood Gardens in Bakersfield, California marks an even greater nightmare for the moral bankruptcy of our once great nation. When Bayless suddenly collapsed, a nurse employee of Glenwood Gardens promptly called 911, asking for an ambulance. So far, so good, but when the 911 dispatcher asked the nurse if she was performing CPR, the nurse informed her that according to policy, she would not. Here is a portion of the chilling, seven-minute, sixteen-second phone call.

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SAN DIEGO, February 22, 2013 ― A recent Saturday Night Live skit mixes Jesus Christ with Quentin Tarantino in a satirical movie trailer for a film called, Djesus Uncrossed.

The spoof starts with Jesus rising from the dead, pushing aside the boulder that blocked his burial tomb. With a devious smile, he utters the words, “Guess who’s back.” What follows is a vengeful killing spree against the Nazarene’s enemies, including his Roman executioners and the traitor, Judas Iscariot.

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SAN DIEGO, February 15, 2013 ― What was the most important news to take away from President Obama’s State of the Union address and Marco Rubio’s GOP response? Are media pundits talking about Obama’s desire for even more taxation, a hunger showing no signs of ever being satiated? Are they discussing his comments about gun control, or focusing their laser minds on his plans for immigration reform? Have they wondered whether the murder of an ambassador carries implications for our foreign policy, hence the state of the union, and if so, why Obama expressed no concern, let alone remorse in his Tuesday speech?

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SAN DIEGO, February 9, 2013 ― Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, gave an extraordinary speech at the recent National Prayer Breakfast. His speech has set the media abuzz while going viral on the Internet.

Carson’s comments were controversial for two very important reasons.

An African-American, Carson renounced the Political Correctness embraced by so many “leaders” of the black community, challenging certain policies of the Obama administration head-on.

And President Obama himself was sitting in the audience listening.

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SAN DIEGO, February 1, 2013 ― Say what you want about Nancy Pelosi, she got one thing right about Obama’s Affordable Care Act: We had to pass the law to find out what’s in it. Now that some have actually bitten into this Tootsie Roll Pop, they are discovering that its crunchy outside was more palatable than the chewy center.

Even labor unions, still euphoric from their love affair with Obama, are starting to see some very disturbing writing on the wall.

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SAN DIEGO, January 23, 2013 ― As the dust settles after President Obama’s inaugural victory lap, the stage is set for confirmation hearings of his proposed cabinet appointees. One of the more controversial possibilities being floated around is the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary. Concern has been articulated from several directions.

In their book, “The Post-American Presidency,” political activist Pamela Geller and terrorism expert Robert Spencer write:

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SAN DIEGO, December 20, 2012 — Nothing can adequately explain the horror of 20 children and six adults killed by Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was every parent’s worst nightmare, and it left a shocked country seeking answers and guarantees against future violence. It must be possible to prevent this kind of tragedy from ever happening again, mustn’t it?

Every solution but the kitchen sink has been floated, from the obvious demands for gun control to calls for improvements to mental health care delivery.

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SAN DIEGO, December 7, 2012 — Ohio Representative Marcia Fudge may be the newly-elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, but there is nothing new about her defense of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. At a recent press conference, Fudge defended Rice against Senator John McCain and other Republicans who dare to assert that a woman who lied about the Benghazi raid on five television shows is unqualified to be the next Secretary of State.

Gambling that people aren’t tired of the race card, Marcia Fudge played her hand like a skilled casino dealer:

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SAN DIEGO, November 27, 2012 — President Obama has much to be thankful for these days. Not long after his reelection as president, he was promoted to an even higher office by Jamie Foxx. The Academy Award-winning actor spoke at Sunday’s Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas saying, “It’s like church over here. It’s like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our lord and savior, Barack Obama.”

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SAN DIEGO, November 5, 2012 — Four years should be enough time for a clear assessment of President Obama’s foreign policy. But don’t expect deep, nuanced discussions from his defenders. Any critique of “the Obama Doctrine” regarding countries such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Israel and Libya is swiftly silenced with a favorite Democratic talking point: “President Obama gave the order which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden!”

That seems to be the cornerstone of a stellar foreign policy resume. It confers limitless authority, much like a Nobel Prize. End of discussion.

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SAN DIEGO, October 26, 2012 — Fox News broke chilling new facts today regarding the September destruction in Benghazi.

According to Fox, “an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to “stand down” rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.”

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SAN DIEGO, October 25, 2012 — Nobody likes a Monday morning quarterback, but inasmuch as President Obama and Governor Romney faced each other for the final time on Monday night, and since today’s column was deliberately postponed in order to benefit from longer reflection, the worst I can be called is a Thursday evening quarterback.