RedState Briefing 10/15/2014

Even in Houston, Texas, You Will Be Made to Care

Houston, TX is not thought of as a bastion of liberalism, but it has gone quite rapidly off the deep end. Earlier this year, Houston’s City Council voted on non-discrimination legislation that provides equal protection to the entire swath of the BLTGCZQDLMAO alphabet silliness. In short, if a guy decides he’s a girl and wants to go hang out in the girl’s bathroom, it is a-okay in Houston, or it would be except the law will not be enforced pending a court challenge. And that gets us to the craziness. The Mayor of Houston and her legal eagles have decided to subpoena pastors and other religious leaders who have spoken out against the insanity. The subpoenas demand the pastors turn over “”all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to [the legislation, the Petition [to repeal it], Mayor Annise Parker, homosexuality, or gender identity prepared by, delivered by, revised by, or approved by you or in your possession.”

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Does Andrea Mitchell think Greg Abbott fakes his disability?   If you’re politically tuned in and following the Texas gubernatorial race, you’re probably aware of Wendy Davis’ recent “Wheelchair” ad, which accuses Greg Abbott, a paraplegic, of not caring for other people with disabilities. It’s been called a “historic low” for political advertising, a field with plenty of deplorable entries, but Wendy Davis hasn’t back down from it. Instead, she’s doubled down on it. She recently spoke with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to defend the ad. As one might expect, Mitchell quickly let her left-wing bias show, but in this particular instance, she did it by descending to a level one would associate with conspiracy theorists and the grossly uncharitable.   Read More Sponsored Justice Dep't Seizes Money from Innocent US Citizens FREE BOOK: Rescue Your Money from US Debt Disaster Sudden Target for Gov't Confiscation: Your Savings

Ebola and the Stench of Democrat Desperation One of the most fascinating things to me during this election season has been the media’s studious obliviousness to the obvious stench of desperation surrounding Democrat campaigns. By comparison to the Republican disaster of 2006, the Democrats are showing an equally obvious amount of fleeing the Democrat brand ID, the Democrat President, and Democrat policies, and an equally obvious amount of fetid desperation in their attack ads. Read More

ISIS and the mystery of the jihadi brides Since prehistoric times, man has sought a meaning in his life beyond daily sustenance. This yearning has been the source of some mischief but it has also seen the development of arts, the humanities, and even the science that declares this yearning is a mere delusion. Post-Christian and, mostly post-nationalistic Europe has little to attract disaffected young people seeking meaning to their lives. These young people aren’t being lured to Syria and Iraq by “terrorism.” They are being lured there by Islam. That it is impolitic to state the obvious lest Ben Affleck wet himself in distress essentially disarms the West in its fight against Islamic fundamentalism and the indiscriminate terror that it advocates. One might well ask why young European women would be attracted to a lifestyle that views them as little more that chattel. I would offer that in current Western culture, for all its talk of feminism, that women are seen as little more than a life support system for sex organs. A quick look at the ads in Cosmo, an MTV music video, or the latest hit on HBO shows that feminism has become a by-word for promiscuity. The easy availability of divorce has shattered what was previously the cornerstone of society: the family. That young women who reject that culture might look for a belief system that offers them security and value, even if that value is based on childbearing, is hardly surprising. One of the most significant disservices done to the nation by President Bush after 9/11 was his refusal to name our enemy for what it is. While all of Islam isn’t necessarily violent it is inherently intolerant (Deerborn, Michigan, outlawed evangelists distributing Christian literature at a public festival; Malaysia has banned Christian from using the name Allah for God, Islamic theology notwithstanding). More to the point the violent part of Islam, as even Bill Maher has figured out, is not some rogue, outlying, heresy. The religious view that has manifested itself in al Qaeda and ISIS is how Islam is understood and practiced on the Arabian Peninsula and throughout the Maghreb. Read More

Sponsored Justice Dep't Seizes Money from Innocent US Citizens FREE BOOK: Rescue Your Money from US Debt Disaster Sudden Target for Gov't Confiscation: Your Savings   Despite the Campaign E-Mails, the DSCC has Left Allison Grimes Behind in Kentucky   If you look at the Democratic Party’s campaign e-mails (including those of the DSCC and DCCC) , you’ll see that they are becoming increasingly desperate to stave off a Republican wave this November. Part of that desperation includes finding the most optimistic possible polls for their side in close races. In particular, they’ve singled out the Kentucky Senate race for attention...   Read More

Mark Pryor’s Dumb, Job-Killing Legislation As a former resident of Arkansas, I have followed the career of Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) pretty closely over the years. During all that time, Pryor’s M.O. has not really changed – “Aw shucks” + “Jesus” + southern accent = wins. Pryor has long avoided the Republican whitewash of Arkansas by being relatively low key about the way that he almost always votes with Democrats on controversial issues while loudly trumpeting the fake populist things he does that supposedly benefit the poor people of Arkansas. It’s thus pretty fair that Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is basically running against Obama because agreeing (quietly) with Obama is virtually the only thing of substance Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) has ever done. Read More

John Fund Braced for Voter Fraud in Colorado, I’m Braced for a Win Last year Colorado passed a large overhaul of its voting regulations, creating an all mail ballot election with same day voter registration without a photo ID requirement. I, along with nearly every other Republican in the state, saw this as an attempt by the Democratic party to destroy the sanctity of the vote and open the door to massive voter fraud. Just weeks away from the end of this election cycle, I can’t say that I am really concerned about rampant fraud. The biggest reason why I am not all that concerned is two fold. First, Gardner is extending his lead beyond the margin of fraud. Second, I have seen the process at work. Read More

Scalia, Lawrence v. Texas, and the legitimizing of incest   After finding a constitutional right to kill your baby in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court found it had not done sufficient damage to the Republic. In 2003, it raised the unrestrained libido to the level of constitutionally protected behavior in Lawrence v. Texas. What is notable is that both activities, abortion and buggery, were capital offenses under English Common Law and retained that status throughout the 18th century. This is not to advocate the reinstatement of capital punishment for these acts (though I’m open to being convinced) but to point out how, in an amazingly short period of time, we’ve gone from treating some activities as felonies to making it a felony to interfere with the activities.   Read More Sponsored Justice Dep't Seizes Money from Innocent US Citizens FREE BOOK: Rescue Your Money from US Debt Disaster Sudden Target for Gov't Confiscation: Your Savings

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