Morning Briefing
For July 31, 2013
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Friends, our dear friend and former RedState assistant editor Caleb Howe is in dire circumstances. He needs your prayers. A fund has been set up to help Caleb Howe’s family. Most of you know Caleb. For several years he was my right hand here at RedState. He has been badly missed.
Right now, Caleb is in a hospital bed with a failing liver. His
children, ages 11 and 14, are getting ready to go back to school. The family needs help.
It would lift an incredible burden for Caleb & Donna if they
could get even the smallest amount of help with these upcoming expenses.
If you’re not in a position to give, your prayers are always welcome in
lieu of a donation. Thank you for your compassion and help. The fund
was created by Thomas LaDuke at GoFundMe. All funds collected will be
administered by Caleb Howe's mother for the benefit of his daughters.
Thanks.
Erick
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1. From Pig to Man, and From Man to Pig
In 2003, then just Doctor Tom Coburn, published his book. It was
titled Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders into Insiders. An
eye witness account of the Republican Revolution of 1994 and following,
journalist Robert Novak wrote the forward to the book. In his forward,
Novak noted that Coburn, while serving in the Gingrich House of
Representatives, realized “Speaker Gingrich, House Majority Leader Armey
and the rest of the Republican leadership were not what they pretended
to be. They were revolutionaries in name only, content to take
possession from the Democrats of the machinery of government and then
run it virtually unchanged.”
Coburn, in the book, wrote how Gingrich began referring
derisively to “the conservatives”. Coburn wrote, “Gingrich would receive
our input, but he rarely took it seriously. He usually made us feel as
if we didn’t have much value because we didn’t know anything about
the political game in Washington. We were from the outside and wet
behind the ears in terms of politics, and we obviously didn’t know as much about history as he did.” [Emphasis added]
In 2004, Senator Coburn ran for the Senate. The Republican
Establishment opposed him, putting up a squishy Republican. He was the
first candidate we at RedState supported.
In the last few years, Senator Tom Coburn has made an idol of . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. The RedState Gathering Agenda
Below is the agenda for the RedState Gathering. In addition to all these speakers, you’ll get to meet Steve Penley, who art has graced the RedState Gathering for several years. You’ll
also get to meet several hundred RedState members who’ll be traveling
from all over the country to New Orleans for this event. This
one is particularly special for me as my parents, sisters, their
families, and my own wife and children will be with me for their first
RedState Gathering. I’ll see you there Thursday evening. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Vladimir’s Guide to New Orleans #RSG13
I asked my good friend and erstwhile RedState diarist Vladimir to
put together a quick list of recommendations and handy links for
Gathering visitors.
Vladimir and I are looking forward to seeing you at the RedState
Gathering 2013. We hope you have fun and enjoy the sights, sounds and
tastes of this wonderful, historic city. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Weiner Communications Director Calls Intern “Slutbag,” Other Assorted Ladybit Pejoratives
I am not making this up. Prolific sexter Anthony Weiner’s
communications director, Barbara Morgan, lost her mind during an
interview with TPM. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Why We Always Lose, and the Need for 21st Century Conservatives
Ever since the 1930s, or perhaps the times of Woodrow Wilson and
the progressives, we’ve ceased to function as a constitutional republic
governed by our founding laws. Instead we have transitioned into a pure democracy government by majority rule. The
tyrannical rule of a majority of the political class, in conjunction
with the lack of courage from those who claim to represent We the
People, has bequeathed us with a losing equation for almost a century. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. For Jesus. The World Against Me.
Rachel Held Evans, as most of the more liberally oriented
Christians do these days, trots out the already tired trope that just
raises my blood pressure. She — and for the sake of your soul and sanity
I won’t even bother linking to her column because, like much of what
liberal Christians who want a truce with a secular world write, it is
filled with nonsensical kumbaya begging evangelicals to just accommodate
the world — writes:
"We want to be known for what we stand for, not what we are against."
Note to Rachel Held Evans and the rest of the liberal Christian crowd: we stand for Jesus. It’s not hard. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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