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Jan Brewer Confronts Obama

Taylor Rose — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:28:03 +0000

Having already made herself an icon of immigration restrictionists, governor Brewer yesterday confronted President Obama as soon as he landed in Phoenix. In keeping to her principles, governor Brewer was seen not welcoming Obama with the glories and courtesies that he is used to, but rather the governor showed that she was determined to stand her ground for her state and make sure that the internationalist president was aware of her resolve to fight for her state’s sovereignty and survival against the invasion from the south of the border.

When the president landed, Governor Brewer was seen confronting the president with a stern finger and a demand to meet with him again to discuss the president’s law suit against her state. After several minutes of what seemed to be slightly hostile discussion Obama walked away from the governor while she was still talking, to go shake hands with the crowed.

Governor Brewer then described to the press the nature of the meeting describing the president as being “disturbed” by her new book “Scorpions for Breakfast” in which she describes the president in her initial meeting in the Oval Office in 2010, as “lecturing” and “patronizing.”

If the American Republic is to be saved, it is only because of a revolt on the state level. Right-wing activists must never forget the power of their states, remembering that we have a higher level of loyalty to our states, rather than the federal government. It is by supporting and being as courageous as Governor Brewer, that socialism and tyranny can be halted and that the Obama/Holder machine be stopped.

It is not that the federal government is misguided on the policy of immigration, but rather the actions taken by the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations regarding immigration and the demographic invasion is intentional. Both Democrat and Republican elites want the chaos and disorder resulting from the demographic displacement in the American southwest. We do little to our posterity and our honor by naively thinking that our federal leaders have the best of intentions for the American public in their decisions. The federal government and its bureaucracies are the enemy, pure and simple.

GOP Primary Results: Voters Reject Pro-Illegal Alien Candidates

John Anderson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:58:46 +0000

In the first two contests of the Republican nomination battle, the two candidates who talk tough on immigration have taken the lead, and the campaigns of those who favor amnesty and taxpayer funded benefits for illegal aliens are floundering.

Mitt Romney, who has won 34.4% of the votes cast so far in Iowa and New Hampshire has talked tough on immigration, although many question the sincerity of his beliefs. Additionally, many point to his 'Romneycare' law in Massachusetts, which amongst other things gave taxpayer funded benefits to illegal aliens, and a court ruling recently determined that newly arrived legal immigrants were also eligible for benefits under the law. Yet, to voters preoccupied with jobs and families who rely on soundbites from debates, Romney sounds tough on immigration.

Ron Paul, who with the departure of Michele Bachmann is now the best candidate on immigration, has run a strong second, winning 22.4% of the votes cast so far despite relentless attacks from both the left and 'conservative' elites. Ron Paul is the only candidate remaining in the race who opposes automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, and also opposes any taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens.

Rick Perry, whose record as an enemy of national sovereignty we exposed back when he became the frontrunner in the race, has only collected 3.9% of the votes cast so far, despite collecting the second most amounts of money and Congressional endorsements. In New Hampshire, his vote total was close to that of a man named Vermin Supreme who wears a boot on his head. While banking on a strong showing in southern states to revive his campaign, his poll numbers there have dropped to the low single digits. Rick Perry's downward spiral began when he defended his record of giving in-state tuition subsidies to illegal aliens and called opponents of the subsidies “heartless”.

Newt Gingrich, another one-time frontrunner, is in 5^th place with 10.7% of votes cast so far, and has lost the lead in South Carolina and Florida. Gingrich voted for the 1986 amnesty, which he still defends, and has proposed a program which would result in amnesty for many of the illegal aliens currently living in America.

Rick Santorum achieved a strong showing in Iowa by escaping the scrutiny given to other candidates. He has since come under more scrutiny, for example Ann Coulter pointing out that “if Santorum wins, we lose on the second most important issue -- illegal immigration -- and he'll be the last Republican ever to win a general election in America.” His record of voting to give welfare benefits to illegal aliens while opposing funding to hire additional border agents, amongst a myriad of other policies generally identified with the left has also come under examination. After voters took a closer look at Santorum's record, he finished distant 4^th in New Hampshire.

Immigration proponent Jon Huntsman achieved a third place showing in New Hampshire by spending far more time campaigning in the state than any other candidate, but his campaign does not seem to have gained any momentum from this, and he polls in the low single digits in South Carolina and Florida.

Two other candidates, Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain, have exited the race despite voters generally agreeing with them on the issues, including their strong positions on immigration and border security. Michele Bachmann's campaign suffered from timing and organizational problems, losing momentum to Rick Perry after her victory in the Iowa Straw poll, which she never regained. Herman Cain left the race due to issues in his personal life.

Prospective Republican candidates and office holders who plan to run for reelection should take note: their voters don't want amnesty for illegal aliens, nor do they want their tax dollars redirected to them.

2012: The Year of Police State America

Taylor Rose — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:24:06 +0000

Amongst all of the holler and hoopla about presidential primaries, caucuses and pointless discussion on whether or not Mitt Romney is too left-wing for the GOP, far more serious events have taken course than whether or not Mitt Romney will survive the South Carolina primary. The first ten days of the New Year have seen some of the most rapid and successive institutionalizing of police state-like laws and decrees coming from the Obama Administration that would make a 1920s Bolshevik blush.

On January 12, 2012, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 came into effect, granting the president extensive powers beyond that of even the USA PATRIOT Act. Under the terms of the NDAA, the president has asserted the grossly unconstitutional power of being able to detain citizens indefinitely, throwing these states United into the family of Third World nations such as China, Burma, North Korea, Iran and Cuba that also have the exact same provisions to control and terrify their subjects. But we should have nothing to fear, as the president has assured us that he really does not want to intern American citizens indefinitely and that we should “trust” him.

If that was not bad enough, the federal government of the United States has continued to ride the waves of tyranny and has now admitted that the Department of Homeland Security has committed itself to the monitoring a list of news agencies, blogs, social networks and multimedia such as Youtube, the Drudge Report, the New York Times and Hulu. The government has made special report in wanting to monitor, “blogs that cover bird flu … news and activity along U.S. borders … drug trafficking and cybercrime." Coincidentally all of this comes at the heels of worsening of border security, increased drug trafficking, and a new strain of avian flu in the United States.

Does the government know something we do not? Is economic collapse right around the corner? Are we on the verge of an avian flu pandemic that the feds are ill prepared to confront? Probably so, as we know that the federal government is nowhere near as transparent as we could ever hope it to be and we also can know for certainty that the federal government has one thing in mind: the complete and total overhaul of the American liberty system and the destruction of all Christian, patriotic and elements of right-wing power in the United States.

For the first time in the history of Left-wing America, the descendents of Rousseau, Rothschild, Rockefeller and Lenin have a much tighter and deeper network of control over the destiny of the United States and Americans than ever before and one can only expect them to continue to advance themselves in such a way as to finalize their control. Their goal of a totalitarian United States is only able to be finalized once one of our main facets of populist power is eliminated: the internet.

This was expressed on the eighth of January, when the president declared that he is seeking to create an “internet ID” for Americans. Couching the move under the intention of creating an “identity ecosystem,” where digital identities will exist on the internet to do away with passwords and other elements of internet privacy and instead create an internet monitoring so-called “profiles” by the Commerce Department, DHS and the NSA

This move comes a couple of years after the Obama Administration, with the consent of many Republicans in Congress, was granted the power to “shut down” the internet for a limited period of time in the event of a “national emergency.”

None of this should come as a surprise to Americans and if anybody would question the intent that the targeted enemy is the American Right-wing, one only needs to recall back to the spring of 2009 where the Department of Homeland Security under the Obama Administration published the “report” outlining the “threat” of “Right-wing extremism” in the United States, which included Ron Paul supporters, anti-abortion activists and returning veterans. A copy of the report can be viewed here. Though the report was later rescinded, it nonetheless expressed the mindset and intent of the Obama Administration, that seeking out abortion protesters is more of a threat to security that jihad mosques or Islamic majors in the Army. One would be wise to already see the “dry runs” of the federal government in Tennessee when the Tennessee state police partnered with the TSA to enact check points in October of last year, on Tennessee highways to “fight terrorism,” terrorism now being defined as American patriots, rather than jihadists.

It is well documented throughout history and was a corner stone belief of the Founding Fathers that governments seek to expand and grow their power over the populace and only an informed and diligent populace can prevent the rise of a totalitarian state. The sad truth is though, that the current extent of the powers of the federal government, have far exceeded that of anything King George III could ever have dreamed of and the American populace is anything but informed or diligent. The horror of this was shown on New Years when the president signed the NDAA while the American mob was busy getting drunk and partying. Somehow I find it hard to believe that this is the America George Washington envisioned when he lead the colonial armies against the British Empire.

Although to be fair, the plans for a totalitarian takeover of the United States are not solely reserved for the Democrats and the Obama Administration. Under George Bush with the consent of his Republican congress, we saw the largest expansion of federal government power in the history of the United States and perhaps the Western world with the enacting of the USA PATRIOT Act, which trashed the 4^th Amendment of the Constitution and later on under his watch, allowed FEMA the powers to create “detention centers” with the intent to incarcerate American citizens.

Is this the future of the United States? A world in which we live as heared cattle under the mercy of our butcher masters known as the government-media complex? At this current rate yes and there is practically no organized resistance of any relevancy against the egregious accumulation of power by the federal government. The only presidential candidate that has spoken out on the matter of the NDAA is of course Ron Paul and when Mitt Romney was pressed on the issue, he had no idea what it was.

The only hope that Right-wing and for that matter even radical Left-wing citizens have, is to educated themselves, network, follow the advice of Michael Savage and buy guns and most importantly of all pray, for that is all that stands in between us and a total government takeover of our lives. Do not fall for the lie that “it cannot happen here” for in keeping with the numbers, we are far passed the horrors of pre-Nazi Germany.

It is very interestingly at the timing of all of this when it comes at the advent of predicted economic and social upheavals for 2012, and we are not talking about Mayan mythological calendars here. Between the collapsing Euro and Dollar, threats and haunts of civil war in Europe, new strains of avian flu and an American federal government bent on total control of its populace, one cannot be diligent enough in being prepared for anything under this administration, especially if Barrack Obama wins a second term.

A Plan of Action for Campus Conservativism: Part I

W.S. — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:02:59 +0000

America is in danger. Throughout it's history, the Republic has come under many threats, but that of our present ages is among the greatest that has ever existed, not only to the United States, but to all of Western Civilization. The ideas taken for granted by our ancestors, once thought to be an eternal feature of Western culture, have been stripped from the hearts and minds of the people. They are ignored, and often outright censored, by academia, the mainstream media, Hollywood, and every other institution of our culture. The very image of right and wrong in the minds of the people has been warped beyond recognition. The culture must be taken back and restored to what it once was if we wish for our descendants to live under the same liberties that our ancestors won for us.

The majority of the population does not realize the roots nor the implications of what goes on around them. Those who speak up are branded as "extremists," or worse, "racists." To embrace conservative thinking in full is to reject the culture that has been built up around us over the past several decades. Modern American culture looks harmless to those living in it, but in reality, is rooted in the teachings of Karl Marx. Marx's theory of knowledge (http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/marxism/modules/marxideology.html) insists that culture is a mere social construct, determined not by the experiences of the people but by an elite wishing to brainwash the common people into narrowing their minds. Although Marx intended for this to apply to his economic theory of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, it has been as of late applied to culture itself. Traditional Western culture is lambasted as "oppressive" and "discriminatory," and accused of being a controlling ideology keeping down various "victim" groups. College professors, mainstream media, hollywood, and major corporations all insist on this claim. Pre-Civil Rights America is taught not to have been "city on a hill," but a corrupt and oppressive oligarchy. Its struggles are no longer taming the land and fighting against foreign tyrants, but rather it itself is made the villain, and the "victim" groups made the struggling heroes. This is easily recognized the narrative taught in every publicly funded school and university, on some level or another. Americans are thus intentionally alienated from the culture of their grandparents, yet are afraid to speak up lest they be branded with the dreaded word, "racist." The welfare state, the regulatory agencies and the debt machine bleed us dry, yet to truly return to a free market is unthinkable among mainstream political pundits. The Left and their Neocon allies has become Marx's brainwashing ideology that they claim to be fighting against. The very actions with which they indoctrinate they call "open-minded." The rebels have become the establishment.

Most Westerners thus view their countries through a tinted lens, preventing them from seeing the true colors of their surroundings. The "March through the Institutions" of the 1960's was far more than the comic tale of foolish hippie antics that it is often remembered as. It was when the Left entered the positions of power necessary to begin their stranglehold on thought. With all the mainstream institutions under their belt, they were able to not merely answer questions, but choose which questions would be asked. The "Overton Window," the spectrum of "acceptable" political thought, has shifted. To speak one's mind is to be branded a thought-criminal, yet to remain silent is to compromise with a relentless enemy of one's heritage. The thoughts the average person thinks have been intentionally shaped in an unfree intellectual enviroment. The tinted lens of Left-wing ideology is the filter which which everything is spoken and perceived in our society. The unthinkable is to take what our forefathers believed, and say, "this is good." Many people hold conservative ideals, but are afraid to act on them or carry them to their natural conclusions. The American people are confused as what to think, since their common sense contradicts what they hear, and what they are forced to say in public. An awakening must occur. The tinted lens must be removed from the eyes of the people.

To awaken to what is happening around him, one must not merely choose to agree or disagree with a statement his professor or newscaster makes. He must go further, and see what ideas are implied by the statement, or what view of world prompts such a statement to even be considered relevant. The Westerner must look at his heritage, see his history, and decide whether or not he will listen to the wisdom of his forefathers and identify them culturally. If he can then ignore the demonization of past generations and find things in common with them, he will be able to see how much our culture has fallen from what it was intended to be. By seeing everything in the grand scheme of things, by seeing himself as his grandfather's heir rather than as his enemy, he returns to a clean, absolute paradigm of right and wrong, and puts all left-wing indoctrinations in their place, to be fairly analyzed from a truly neutral viewpoint rather than taken for granted. The Western Mind is once more made free.

The solution to restoring freedom and prosperity to the Western world is to show otherwise apathetic people how they are being lied to. If Westerners were to awaken, and see how all the so-called "progress" of the past half century is but a sham infringing on their liberties, rooted in Karl Marx, they would have the numbers and strength to take back their countries from the startled Left. But they have not yet awoken. Our duty is to remove the tinted lens, to allow them to see through the lies that every institution of their society repeats unendingly, to no longer be intimidated by "Political Correctness," but to let the truth spread like wildfire. It is necessary for us conservatives to be the spark to start this fire. We must spread our message to our fellow Westerners, that they might smash the tinted lens and see things as they truly are, and what freedoms truly theirs by right.

[to be continued in Part 2]

The Afrikaner Genocide

Matthew Heimbach — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:04:54 +0000

The Afrikaners of South Africa throughout history have proved themselves a resilient people. At the Weenen massacre, nearly 200 men, women, and children were slaughtered by Zulu warriors. Despite watching friends and family be brutally stabbed to death in the bloodbath, the surviving Voortrekkers rallied and defeated the numerically superior Zulu forces. The battle of Blood River in which less than a thousand Afrikaners defeated nearly 20,000 Zulu warriors (killing three thousand of them) and taking only three wounded is the definition of overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds. In the Vryheidsoorloë or “Boer Wars” the white South Africans faced the might of the most powerful nation in the world, the British Empire. Nearly half a million British soldiers fought a genocidal war against the Boer civilian population to subjugate and conquer the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic. The Boers cost the British more in money and lives than any war from 1815 to the First World War through a tenacious defense of their homeland. A “scorched earth” policy had to be used to starve the Boers into submission. British forces bragged they were turning Transvaal into a “smoking desert” by destroying crops, homes, and livestock of the civilian population. The British Empire starved close to 30,000 Boer women and children to death in the first concentration camps by withholding food, hygienic supplies, and medicine from the civilians. It would appear by looking at the historical record that the Afrikaners could seemingly overcome any opposition, but the sad truth is that in South Africa today the proud and noble Afrikaner people are in the midst of extermination.

White South Africans gave years of selfless sacrifice to the world. From feeding the starving citizens of West Berlin in the Berlin airlift, battling in the air alongside Rhodesian pilots to stop the communist takeover of South Korea, being the only nation on earth to choose to disarm all of its stockpiles of nuclear weapons, and gave an honest chance to the black majority to help build a republic that respected all human rights they continued to show good faith both domestically and abroad.

Strong Christian values have long been the bedrock of Afrikaner society. The Afrikaners banned abortion while they were in power (only to be repealed by the black majority in 1994), did not allow the sale of pornography, and even closed businesses on the Sabbath Day in accordance with Christian law. Moves against rampant gambling and homosexuality stopped the spread of moral decay within Afrikaner society while initiatives aimed at promoting the family and traditional values helped strengthen the culture and community.

Afrikaners have also played a role on the global stage due to the strong anti-communist stance they took from the earliest days of the Cold War. South Africa stood as a bulwark against the spread of Soviet style communism through the African continent. Americans even approached South Africa to help the Contras of Nicaragua in the mid 1980s. South Africa steadfastly stood behind Taiwan against Communist China under Afrikaner rule and against communist nations across the globe. As nations around the word cowered at the USSR, South Africa remained defiant against the might of Russia and those behind the Iron Curtain.

The worst fears of the so called “radicals” of the white minority that were discounted in the early 1990s now have come true. What resulted in South Africa under the communist backed African National Congress instead of a multicultural paradise has become a land in which white citizens have been placed under animalistic attacks. The Plaas Moorde or “Farm murders” has resulted in the slaughter of thousands of white farmers based purely on the color of their skin. The barbaric culture of this “new” South Africa places it as one of the most dangerous places in the world. The danger to women of being sexually assaulted is staggering “One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape and many confess to attacking more than one victim”. The women of South Africa now have a higher chance of being raped than learning how to read. Murder rates following the end of apartheid are also some of the highest in the world especially in comparison to the United States. “ Interpol recorded the per capita murder rate in the USA as 6 per 100 000, while in South Africa it was 59 per 100 000.”

On top of the record high crime rates, South Africa is currently in a state of “functional decay” according to experts. “30% of roads are in a bad or very bad condition... the average age of the locomotives is 35 years..the country’s water purification works show that some 56% of the 821 plants are either in a critical situation or do not function properly. This implies that millions of liters of sewage waste – not treated or purified – are dumped in rivers and streams.”
South Africa's prison system has the second highest percentage of prisoners per capita of any nation. This is unsurprising considering South Africa having the highest percentage of “assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms in the world.” Rape, sodomy, drugs, and the nearly 20 percent HIV infection rate in the civilian population has resulted in 41.4 percent of inmates having AIDS or HIV.

In South Africa in this age of rampant self inflicted disease (AIDS), murder, rape, and deplorable conditions for infrastructure how could it get any worse? If you are an Afrikaner you not only face the threats of South African society at large, you are facing the very extermination of your people. The Afrikaner language of Afrikaans, culture, and people are being driven to the brink of oblivion, with hardly a dissenting voice coming from the leadership of South Africa. This silence is not due to the government not caring about the plight of Afrikaners, it is due to the fact they are the ones who have orchestrated the systematic slaughter of the white minority.

The terrorist organization the African National Congress which took power in 1994 has been waging a war against the whites of South Africa for decades. Men like Nelson Mandela who are regularly featured as grandfatherly figures by the liberal media are in reality bloodthirsty terrorists. One of the few accurate things from the Clint Eastwoods film Invictus was the line spoken by an Afrikaner following the release of terrorist Nelson Mandela from prison and his ascendancy to the Presidency of South Africa “This is the day our country went to the dogs.” Communists and black supremacists form the bedrock of the new South African government. Former Chinese political prisoner and human rights activist Harry Wu said of the second post apartheid South African President that “Thabo Mbeki, is definitely a communist. Recently, he went to Cuba to meet with Castro, and he was trained in Moscow.”

Nelson Mandela has far more in common with the thugs behind the Rwandan genocide than the heroic freedom fighter he is touted to be. Mandela supported a brutal campaign of terrorist violence that targeted men, women, and children based simply on the color of their skin. Few remember that he was offered freedom by the South African government if only he would renounce violence, he declined the offer on multiple occasions. In his book "Long Walk to Freedom" Mandela admits that he authorized the Church Street Bombing in 1983. Mandela who was serving time in prison for prior terrorist activities, signed off on the bombing which killed nearly two dozen and wounded over two hundred. This was not the first time that the armed wing of the ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) had attacked and killed civilians nor would it be the last. From 1961 onward Umkhonto we Sizwe, the African National Congress, and the South African Communist Party were united and dedicated to overthrowing the Afrikaners by any brutal tactics. From Johannesburg to Roodepoort the organization that Nelson Mandela supported regularly abducted, tortured, abused, and murdered innocents to advance political goals.

It is rather astonishing that the the supposed reason for the armed black murder campaign was due to the “Sharpeville Massacre” when one evaluates the facts. Before the event in Sharpeville one must consider that only two months prior at the Cato Manor massacre nine police officers had been beaten, tortured, murdered, and had their genitals cut off by a black mob over the police trying to seize liquor. In a final act of barbarism, the dead and mutilated officers were dragged through the streets by a large black mob. In Sharpeville two months later, it is logical to assume that the mostly rookie police officers who manned the police station would be concerned about a mob of thousands of angry protesters outside their police station doing the same brutal actions that were done on their comrades only weeks before. The mob would not disperse and began pressing against the fence of the police station. No one is exactly sure what happened next, some claim shots from the crowd were fired while others blame a jumpy police cadet with dropping his pistol which resulted in its accidental discharge. What can reasonably be assumed was either self defense or as a tragic accident, became known throughout the ANC and the worldwide liberal media as the worst atrocity imaginable. This distinctive part of the narrative allowed the murderous criminals of the ANC to claim to be the injured party for eternity, while the Afrikaners of South Africa continue to have to dig new graves daily for police officers, soldiers, and white civilians killed by the ANC. To this day everyone remembers Sharpeville, but few go to the graves of the thousands of whites who have perished at the direct hand of the terrorists who killed indiscriminately with knives, guns, and bombs.

The slaughter of innocent white South Africans did not stop with the fall of the Afrikaner government in 1994. Whites were assured by men like Mandela that the violence would surely end when whites gave up their power and allowed black majority rule. Whenever interviews were given in English, much like as is common with radical Islamic extremists. The interviewee in English would preach love, tolerance, and acceptance of the white minority. When the cameras were off and members of the ANC were surrounded by comrades, in native African languages they would frequently sing and discuss the slaughter of the whites.

As the nations infrastructure fell to pieces and went from being a First World nation down the tubes towards collapse, the Afrikaner genocide truly began. Instead of being a simple terrorist organization, the Communist Party of South Africa and the African National Congress in 1994 were given the keys to the country. Christian laws such as those against abortion were quickly removed while those who had been behind numerous murders and car bombings swiftly became government officials. Songs such as “Kill the Boer” were sung by high ranking government leaders like ANC Youth League Leader Julius Malema. Malema not only made jokes about female rape victims, insulted reporters, but also frequently went on anti Afrikaner tirades that gained international attention. After the white minority cried foul at the blatant hate speech, the ANC defended its members in singing songs about wiping out all whites in South Africa.

Since the end of apartheid, close to ten percent of the white farmers of South Africa have now been murdered. The over three thousand murders generally involve torture, rape, and violent executions. These are not crimes of robbery because in most cases nothing is ever stolen besides the lives of the farmers and their families. Genocide Watch, the international monitor of genocide around the globe recently upgraded the South African genocide against whites to a stage six genocide, one step before “mass exterminations commence.” White South Africans in recent years have had government and police protection removed and instead are left to fend for themselves.

Self defensive actions by the Afrikaners seem to not even slow down the vile spread of the murders. The situation is so bad that Afrikaners have even been invited to come to the nation of Georgia as a safe haven against the murders. Afrikaners due to the affirmative action put in post after apartheid severely limit any whites ability to get work in towns and cities. Major companies were originally forced to fire over ten percent of their work force based purely upon skin color. Over time this anti white discrimination has only increased. Small businesses that are owned by whites are frequently robbed or vandalized by blacks. Government land seizures of whites property, some of which has been in families for four centuries is outright robbery at gunpoint. Following the example of Mugabe’ land seizures in the former nation of Rhodesia in which farm “food production dropped 70%”, the destruction of the bread basket of South Africa is beginning to take a great toll on the nation. Not only are farmers being slaughtered, but the government is seizing land from under the survivors as reparations for ANC described “injustices.”

Each day grows darker for the honorable Afrikaners of South Africa. After facing genocide by the British Empire, external communist threats, bombings by radicals in their own country, and the betrayal of the world it looks as if the Afrikaner people are facing their demise. At the hands of mobs led by the ANC and murderers like Nelson Mandela who are hell bent on the rape and murder of every white in South Africa, the Afrikaners are at a crossroads. They need the support of the world to resist the extinction of their unique Afrikaner culture and to stop the war that is causing the extinction of the white minority. This is why the Towson chapter of Youth for Western Civilization has dedicated the month of February to be "Afrikaner Genocide Awareness Month" to attempt to bring awareness to the community. Without assistance soon the land of South Africa will be devoid of Afrikaners and in their place only white crosses will be left as silent tribute to the murder of an entire people while the world silently watched.

Republican Debate from Manchester, NH

Dennis Watkins — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:10:22 +0000

In tonight's Republican Presidential Debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, ABC's resident liberal leftists George Stephanopoulos and Diane Sawyer oversaw a somewhat strange showing filled with questions that often sounded repetitive or irrelevant. At the end of the night, a panel of six ABCers basically anointed Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee. It was a weak display on all fronts, and no candidate really distinguished himself.

Summary

Mitt Romney (41%) defended his front-runner status fairly well, although he didn't face many serious attacks. He focused a good portion of his words on President Obama and stressed the importance of a Republican victory in 2012. One of the six ABC "analysts," particularly unabashed of her left-leaning persuasion, declared that the debate outcome was ideal for Democrats because Romney is the "most beatable" of the six on stage.

An otherwise sound, if shaky Ron Paul (20%) caved in when unfairly pressed about his "racist" newsletters written by a staffer two decades ago. One of six white men on stage, Paul groveled to Martin Luther King Jr., and then bemoaned that "the blacks are arrested way disproportionately." After taking great care to sidestep the tarnishing accusation of racism being hurled in his direction, Dr. Paul used the rest of the debate to stick to a strict reading of the Constitution, and knocked a decisive blow against Newt Gingrich by stating his superior credentials in serving the United States Armed Forces.

Rick Santorum (11%) held true on the social issues, and weathered the storm sent his way by Ron Paul. Rick S. made another pitch toward Middle America, despite the fact that the next three primaries are in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada.

Newt Gingrich (9%) took a few solid jabs at the inept hosts, George and Diane, and took his opportunity to "raise a point about the news media bias," making many wonder why this debate was hosted by ABC in the first place. Newt also made an explicit policy pitch to the State of New Hampshire. As of now, he doesn't seem to have much of a chance to place in the top three in NH.

Jon Hunstman (9%) pounded the crowd with his credentials in leading the economy of Utah, and also put more pressure on Romney than any other candidate. If Huntsman can crack the top four in New Hampshire, he might stay in the race.

Rick Perry (1%) is in a distant 6th place in the Granite State. With his campaign on life support, he didn't make any huge mistakes on Saturday night, but he also failed to stand out.

**Percentages are last weeks averages for the New Hampshire primary (from www.realclearpolitics.com)

Mitt Romney Wins Iowa Caucus

William L. Houston — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:44:04 +0000

Mitt Romney has won the Iowa Caucus.

Political junkies have stayed up all night to 2 AM in the morning to watch Romney top Santorum (25 percent to 25 percent) by 8 votes in the closest race in the history of the Iowa Caucus. Ron Paul finished strong in third place with 21 percent of the vote.

Rick Perry announced this evening that he is going back to Texas to reevaluate his campaign. Michele Bachmann, who finished in a distant sixth place, said in her concession speech that she is not a politician.

Newt Gingrich delivered a fiercy concession speech in which he promised to take the fight Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and labeled Ron Paul "dangerous" to America. He pretty much endorsed Rick Santorum who he claimed has "run a positive campaign."

The Iowa GOP has certified Romney as the winner after a glitch in the vote totals was discovered in Clinton County in Eastern Iowa. There is no recount process. Romney has officially won the 2012 Iowa Caucus.

The Republican candidates are now heading to the Granite State where they will face off in the New Hampshire Republican Primary next Tuesday. The South Carolina Republican Primary is two weeks from now on January 21. The Florida Republican Primary is coming up at the end of the month on January 31.

The CNN Iowa Exit Polls tell a fascinating tale: 99 percent of Republican voters are White, 15 percent are 17-29, and 16 percent are 30 to 44. Ron Paul won 48 percent of Millennial voters and 26 percent of Gen X voters. He won 37 percent of voters who make under $30,000 a year. Mitt Romney won 36 percent of voters who make over $100,000 a year.

33 percent of Ron Paul voters had never attended an Iowa Republican Presidential Caucus. Paul won 43 percent of Independent voters and 34 percent of Moderates. Rick Santorum won 35 percent of "Very Conservative" voters and 13 percent of Independents and 9 percent of Moderates.

Mitt Romney won 33 percent of voters who consider the "Economy" the most important issue. Ron Paul won 28 percent of voters who consider the federal budget deficit the most important issue. Rick Santorum won 58 percent of voters who consider abortion the most important issue.

Ron Paul won 37 percent of voters who considered him the "true conservative." Mitt Romney won 48 percent of voters who believed he can beat Barack Obama. Rick Santorum won 40 percent of voters who believe he has "strong moral character."

Rick Santorum won 32 percent of Evangelical Christians. Ron Paul and Mitt Romney won 18 percent and 14 percent of Evangelical Christians. Romney tied Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry with Evangelicals. OTOH, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul dominated the non-Evangelical vote, winning 38 percent and 26 percent respectively.

Conclusion: The Republican base of Evangelical Christians/Social Conservatives turned out for Rick Santorum who voted for him on the basis of his "strong moral character" and his opposition to abortion. Moderates and Independents voted for Ron Paul and Mitt Romney who cleaned house with Millennial voters.

Towson YWC End of Semester After Action Report

Matthew Heimbach — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:05:43 +0000

The Youth for Western Civilization chapter at Towson University, made more than a few waves during our first semester. From the day of our chapter’s inception, the spectrum of the radical left-wing elements at Towson University (the coalition of the pro illegal immigration groups, terrorist front organizations like the Muslim Student Association, ferociously angry gay groups of “tolerance” like the Queer Student Union, and the disease ridden degenerates also known as Occupy Towson) all came together to attempt to intimidate and suppress our budding organization.

However despite their aggressive attacks, within the first week of classes over a dozen YWC members were sporting our distinctive Hammer of Charles Martel insignias on stickers, t-shirts, and patches. The campus Left took offense to the sight of an organized resistance to their progressive agenda and began a series of attempts to silence YWC members before our SGA affiliation hearing which was to occur the following week. By having SGA affiliation would be allowed the dues and tuition paying students who comprised YWC to meet on campus and hold events. This apparently was unacceptable to members of the campus community who prided themselves on “tolerance” and “acceptance”. Students decided that threatening a freshmen girl with rape for wearing a YWC shirt and other members with violence was the “accepting” way to show displeasure at our organization. Since the declaration of these threats, I, the chapter president and my vice-president, John Donovan, approached the administrators to resolve these series of threats and bullying tactics of the campus Marxists.

Members of YWC who attended the Student Involvement Fair to recruit members and tell the campus about our new group, were met with harassment by a multitude of left-wing Stalinists, whose sole desire was to threaten and intimidate the opposition into non-existence. This was our first interaction with official leadership of the rabid multicultural organization on campus known as the Center for Student Diversity. Towson prides itself on the fact it is a diverse campus; albeit only when it comes to sexual orientation, creed, and skin color. Dissenters need not apply.

One of the administrators in charge of the Center for Student Diversity Mr . Santiago Solis is in charge of leading the “Asian Pacific Islander and Hispanic/Latino Student Development Program, African American Student Development in the African American Cultural Center, the LGBT Student Development Program, the Student Success Programs (SAGE & CEEP) and implementing policies and procedures to ensure that all students succeed at Towson.” Of course he also teaches the indispensable class “Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society.” His devotion to diversity explains how when YWC members brought to him descriptions of those who had threatened them, contact information for members, and thorough accounts of the events he promised to take all of the information and forward it with the utmost haste to campus police. In a move that bears the stench of a conspiracy that besmirches the name of Towson University, remarkably the information never made it to the authorities.

Towson YWC made its debut on the activist scene during the midst of these cowardly assaults. Alisa Rogers, John Donovan, myself, and several other activists helped the Towson College Republicans set up nearly 3,000 American flags to honor the fallen on 9/11. Somehow this show of patriotism further enraged the campus Left to organize an official protest of YWC at the SGA affiliation hearing two days later.

You can read about the SGA affiliation hearing in articles written by myself and John Donovan in which nearly two hundred supporters and protesters gathered to start a battle that would rage through the campus throughout the semester. "Y.ou W.ill C.ease" and other opposition groups formed to try and drive Youth for Western Civilization off campus while still claiming to support diversity of opinion.

Undeterred by the frequent appearance of slurs, vandalism against property, and intimidation tactics used by the Left, Towson YWC held our first official event only days after the affiliation hearing. While working with the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Towson YWC erected the Palestinian Wall of Truth in Freedom Square. In the middle of campus YWC activists were able to distribute pamphlets detailing the truth about Israel and the radical jihadist agenda to destroy the Jewish people. Proudly displaying Israeli flags and holding signs in solidarity with the nation of Israel, Towson YWC stood against members of the Muslim Student Association who while passing by the display made derogatory remarks about not only Israel but the Jewish people. Close to a dozen Jewish students stopped by the display to thank various YWC members for taking a stand for Israel and shared stories of time they had spent in the country.

Anthony Troup (the founder of Y.ou W.ill C.ease, head of Democracy Matters at Towson, and one of the lead agitators against Youth for Western Civilization) even admitted following the event to the campus newspaper that YWC members are “not anti-Semitic or white supremacist”. Everything went well until staff of the University approached members who were using a flip cam to record the event and told us that we would need to not only stop filming, but delete all of our video or face our event being closed down. To allow the event to continue and avoid confrontation, our members complied with this unconstitutional request. In the center of Freedom Square (the supposed “free speech zone” of the public university) once again the rights of Towson YWC were trampled on by administrators.

Two weeks following the Palestinian Wall of Truth the Towson chapter hosted Ms . Bay Buchanan and YWC national President Kevin DeAnna to speak on a series of issues. This event was a huge success both in turnout and the boost to the spirits of our members. Despite the increased verbal attacks on YWC we held two successful events within our first month of being SGA affiliated. Most student groups on campus had yet to hold their first event, let alone two.

On a weekly basis following our meetings, Towson YWC would head to campus and distribute literature on a variety of issues and chalk political messages throughout campus. A variety of hot button issues were touched upon with our prominent chalkings throughout campus from illegal immigration “Secure the Border”, to pro Christian messages “We are a Christian nation”, and traditional marriage slogans “Marriage = 1 man + 1 woman”. Our fliers that were posted in accordance with SGA rules were often torn down within hours and our chalk messages defaced. The “We are a Christian nation” chalk message in which a large cross was drawn underneath was defaced overnight. “Christian” and the cross were defaced leaving the word “diverse” and the Islamic star and crescent in their place. The tension between the Muslim Brotherhood front organization the Muslim Student Association and YWC would only increase as the radical Muslims realized that YWC was illuminating some ugly truths about the so called “religion of peace.”

Several of the members of Towson YWC attended the MSA’s first event to gauge the opposition. The usual sanitized politically correct version of Islam was trotted before the crowd and the event which was advertised as having a question and answer period turned out differently than was expected. Instead of an open dialogue where students could ask questions to the panel, students had to write questions on pieces of paper to be evaluated by staff members before they could be asked. Needless to say the questions about MSA National, the Muslim Brotherhood, historical examples of Islamic brutality, and radical Islamic extremists were not asked to the panel of speakers. This prompted YWC to decide to picket outside of the upcoming MSA event to bring awareness of stealth jihad and the danger it plays in America.

The protest of the MSA event was held outside the university union. Half a dozen university police were dispatched to protect our demonstration due to the continued fear that Leftists or radical Muslims may attempt to assault members of Youth for Western Civilization. Students unaffiliated with YWC, YWC members, Towson College Republicans, and members of the public all came to hold signs, display Western nations’ flags, pass out literature, and bring awareness to the true nature of the Muslim Student Association. A fact sheet that included both historical evidence and quotes from the Koran and the Hadith supported our message and received a rousing amount of support from interested students. Being able to see clearly the quotes in front of them left many students enlightened to our message. YWC stood in support of our brothers in arms fighting against the Islamization of the Western world by displaying English, German, Swedish, and Dutch flags with signs proudly proclaiming messages such as “I stand with the English Defense League”. Our taking on so called “politically incorrect” subjects continued to garner support from the student body and drive the opposition into fits. Several Muslim students had to be escorted by the police away from our event after they began to shout at several of our members. Luckily the event was able to proceed and continue the streak of effective activism events done by our chapter.

Fun events held just for our chapter helped boost morale and continue building an effective chapter. Viewings of timeless classic Red Dawn and the epic story 300, going out to dinner, and attending worship services together helped solidify the bonds between our members and encourage us to continue doing frequent activist events on campus. For Halloween we posted nearly a hundred and fifty YWC fliers titled “We’re a Culture, Not a Costume” while interviewing students thoughts on the question of when costumes crossed the line into being inappropriate. Overwhelmingly and unsurprisingly the students said it was acceptable to dress up like a sexy nun, mock European heritage, and denigrate Ancient Greece while dressing up like a rapper or an Islamic terrorist is offensive. This was able to demonstrate the double standard of Western peoples such as Catholics and the Greeks to be acceptable targets for ridicule versus so called “protected” groups. Our activism once again showed the anti Western bias of the university system and the indoctrination of our youth to hate their own people and heritage.

Several Towson YWC members joined hundreds of fellow college aged conservative activists in a flurry of events outside of school during November. The MDCAN conference, the Americans for Prosperity American Dream Summit, and meetings with conservative Tea Party groups helped build networks between Towson YWC and the local conservative movements. This inspired our chapter to finish off the semester with two final events, one of which may go down in Towson history in infamy.

Straight Pride day from its inception caused waves in the very vocal and radical elements of the LGBTQA students on campus. In August my article published on the Homosexual Agenda to undermine American families and values quickly went viral with the Leftists at Towson University. Before I had even stepped foot on Towson as a student my strong personal convictions in regards to the sanctity of marriage were put under a microscope. When YWC became SGA affiliated we told the campus of the various events we planned to hold. The event that got the most heat however was our Straight Pride Day. A small list of the events and programs that Towson hosts to promote the homosexual lifestyle includes gay pride month, drag shows, a gay mentor program, transgender awareness days, frequent pro homosexual speakers, LGBTQA rooms with special accommodations, internships only for gay students, and the Safe Space program for gay students. YWC thought it was a shame that in our diverse campus environment, the viewpoint of Straight Pride and heterosexual marriage was not represented. Thus we took it upon ourselves to increase diversity and hold a Straight Pride Day so all heterosexual students (and our allies) could bask in the pride of knowing we are proud of who we are and of our ability to make sure the human race continues. The plan was to sell and give away Straight Pride t shirts, write pro heterosexual chalk messaging (just as the gay students do for their lifestyle), and have a speaker come to talk with YWC members about the importance of traditional marriage. This simple plan however went awry when the bigots of Towson decided that it was in the best interests of diversity to attempt to destroy Straight Pride Day. As soon as the event went on Facebook so called progressive students decided that appropriate dialogue would be to mock the Crucifixion of Jesus, threaten those who held dissenting viewpoints, talk about a so called utopia when Christianity would be wiped off the planet, and how every member of YWC needed to be silenced. Pro traditional marriage slogans chalked in accordance with university policy were defaced or outright destroyed the night before Straight Pride Day.

YWC members who sold Straight Pride t shirts in front of the University Union were verbally harassed, picketed, and in one instance even spit on in full view of the campus community. Sadly this treatment was not new for the various students who fill the ranks of the Towson Youth for Western Civilization chapter. Not only was the t shirt sale still successful as a fundraiser for our chapter, dozens of students stopped by the YWC table to give words of encouragement and support. This further proved the truth behind the belief that we truly speak for the majority of campus students. The radical fringe organizations may make the most noise in trying to silence the common sense Christian viewpoints, but they are far from the majority. Due to YWC however, the weapon of choice for the homosexual advocacy groups the hecklers veto is no longer effective. Following the end of the allotted time for the t shirts sale, documented threats were taken to the University Police who filed police reports to investigate the latest batch of criminal activity done by the student body to attempt to silence YWC.

Later in the evening a local conservative Christian activist was supposed to describe to fellow conservative Christians the importance of traditional values. Campus police assured YWC that not only would multiple officers be on site, but K-9 units would be available if things got out of hand at the evenings event.

As is common with Baltimore traffic, movement on roads surrounding Towson were at a standstill that evening due to a series of severe accidents. Our original speaker called an hour before the event to tell me that he likely would miss at least half of the evening due to the horrible congestion in Baltimore city. At the last minute local award winning journalist Mr. Bill Thomas agreed to fill in for our previous speaker and talk on a variety of issues relating to the upcoming gay marriage bill being pushed by Governor Martin O’Malley and various Maryland political issues. A 200 person sit in by the Queer Student Union and Genderblur members prevented supporters and YWC members from entering the main entrance of the University Union.

Towson YWC Vice President John Donovan and Chaplain Kyle Benoit were carrying stereo equipment through a back entrance of the union when in the stairwell they came upon anti YWC thugs making plans to set an ambush. Thankfully after catching the conspirators in the middle of making plans, the leftists stood dumbfounded and soon fled. When I entered the room with Mr. Thomas I did not see a peaceful crowd of traditional marriage supporters. Instead I saw an unruly mob of homosexual advocates holding signs that declared “You are a bigot” and a variety of pro homosexual marriage slogans. An opening prayer by Chaplain Benoit resulted in only YWC members and supporters bowing their heads according to a journalist who was present. The opposition decided that during a moment of solemn prayer that scoffing and disruption was the proper etiquette. A discussion by Chaplain Benoit in regards to the Biblical meaning of love resulted in unrest within the crowd. To their dismay this was not the Westboro Baptist Church event they had hoped to disrupt. When Mr. Thomas took to the microphone and began discussing Maryland politics this was the last straw for the various provocateurs in the audience. Within minutes they began openly heckling, insulting, and disrupting the event. Administrators and police stood looking on while the trouble makers hijacked the event and spewed hate and disrespect at not only YWC but our speaker. In a heated exchange Mr. Thomas was able to shut down the illogical assertions of several protesters but in the end myself and the YWC leadership was forced to end the speech. I openly confronted the so called “tolerant” crowd with the fact they proudly hid criminals and thugs who threatened and intimidated their fellow students over the course of several months. The response was jeers and holding up of anti traditional marriage signs. Finally a sense of order was restored after administrators stepped in to silence the crowd. What followed was a semi orderly question and answer session between YWC leadership and the more reasonable members of the crowd. The protesters deciding they had scored a victory through their savage and uncivilized behavior and left to rejoin the sit in mob on the floor below. A true dialogue and exchange of ideas was able to flow between the remaining supporters of traditional marriage and those pushing for legalization of homosexual marriage. At the end of the night a large circle of people on both sides of the issue sat down together and began building bridges with discussion.

The night ended with the two rational factions shaking hands and even some group hugs. This was a stark contrast from the foaming radicals who decided to pervert the event only an hour before. The school paper heavily reported on the YWC event making it one of the leading stories of the next issue. Various members of YWC reported slurs used to denigrate sexual orientation such as “breeder” being hurled at them over the following days. Unfortunately as the semester was coming to a close, the Left had yet to rise above the petty tactics of name calling.

The concerns for YWC members safety finally got the attention of the school administration who began to take our concerns seriously after seeing the near riot that erupted led by the membership of the Queer Student Union. A frank discussion was held with administrators, campus police, and YWC members to address concerns and stop the brushing under the rug of months of death threats, acts of vandalism, and intimidation against our membership.

In the aftermath of the Lefts campus wide temper tantrum and mob at Straight Pride Day, Towson YWC held a unanimous vote to do one final event before the dreaded Finals Week began. In honor of the constant war on Christianity and Christmas that the Left wages every year, we decided to host the ACLU Solstice Barn in the University Union. The barn was described the campus newspaper as having “The three wise men featured the faces of Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Karl Marx; Nancy Pelosi’s face was pasted over that of the Angel Gabriel; a suicide bomber wore sheppard’s robes and carried a sheep on his back; and two men, Gary and Joseph, watched over a baby with President Barack Obama’s face.” The hand out we distributed to students, staff, and visitors detailed the American Civil Liberties Union worst crimes such as suing private displays of a cross and claiming that violent child pornography is protected 1st Amendment Speech. Our final event of the semester had a multitude of members come out to man the barn and answer interested students questions. Only one rabid Leftist decided to use profanity and throw things at our membership at this event, which we considered a success. More importantly however was the two new members that were signed up to join us in our struggle starting in the new year.

Towson YWC truly has been a roller coaster over its first semester. We have been triumphant on a deeper level than most of the founding members could have imagined in such a short time. We have weathered the storms of threats, destruction of our property, Professors singling us out in class, and a hostile campus environment. We were by far the most active political group at Towson University by holding weekly flier distributions and meetings while holding multiple major events a month. We took strong uncompromising stands on important issues like immigration, abortion, radical multiculturalism, Islam, and traditional marriage which resonated with the silent majority of Towson students. As we face the upcoming semester against an opposition that is better funded, more established, has control of the administration, and is the darling child of the media I feel that Towson YWC is strategically placed to deliver crippling blows to the establishment of our liberal university. We will not be silent to the cancer that is rotting not only our university, but our nation. We will bravely stand against the forces of darkness with a devotion to faith, family, and the flag. No longer will the homosexual, Muslim, and black supremacist groups be allowed to hijack our campus. No longer will the administrations double standards be allowed to remain unexposed, and no longer will conservatives have to fear sharing their viewpoints due to potential Leftist backlash. Youth for Western Civilization is preparing to take our campus back, all we need is the help of people like you to make it happen.

General George S Patton famously said “Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.” The men and women of the Towson chapter of Youth for Western Civilization can guarantee one thing to the disgusting degenerates that make up our opposition, we always be on the attack.

Romney Stumps In Iowa

William L. Houston — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:35:36 +0000

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Mitt Romney is stumping through Iowa, and receiving hearty applauses from conservative audiences who approve of his stance on illegal immigration.

Ron Paul has surged to the front of the pack in Iowa. Rick Santorum has become the latest flavor of the month. Bachmann is fading and losing key staffers to other campaigns. Newt Gingrich has collapsed and the Romney campaign is confident of victory.

Mitt Romney has vowed to veto the DREAM Act should he become the next president. Let this promise be etched in stone on this website for all time should Romney win the Republican nomination. If history is any indicator, the Democrats will continue to push for the DREAM Act to rile up Hispanic voters, regardless of the occupant of the White House.

This IOU might be called one day:

"The question is if I were elected and Congress were to pass the Dream Act, would I veto it and the answer is yes," Romney said.

"For those that come here illegally, the idea of giving them in-state tuition credits or other special benefits, I find to be contrary to the idea of a nation of laws," Romney said.

He also promised to build the border fence and crackdown on employers of illegal aliens:

"Romney also said he would secure the U.S.-Mexico border with a fence and enough Border Patrol agents to guard it.

"The remarks drew vigorous applause in Le Mars and at a later appearance in Sioux City. Romney said he would eliminate the "magnet" that draws illegal immigrants by cracking down on employers who hire them.

"We need to give those employers the tools they need to determine who's legal and illegal," he said. "But if they have those tools and don't use them, we're going to go after them just like we go after employers who don't pay their taxes," Romney said."

The last two polls show a dead heat race between Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum. A PPP released last night has Ron Paul at 20 percent, Mitt Romney at 19 percent, and Rick Santorum at 18 percent. Newt Gingrich has fallen to 14 percent in the PPP poll.

The De Moines Register poll has Romney at 24 percent, Ron Paul at 22 percent, and Rick Santorum at 15 percent. Newt Gingrich has fallen to 12 percent in the PPP poll. Because the Iowa caucuses are not a primary, the winner in Iowa will be the candidate who can pick up the most supporters from other campaigns.

Can Ron Paul expand his appeal beyond his base? Can Mitt Romney win over disaffected conservatives? Will Rick Santorum pick up enough voters from Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Newt Gingrich to win an upset victory in Iowa?

Tune into tommorrow.

Radical Multiculturalists Slapped Down in Tucson

William L. Houston — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:09:12 +0000

An administrative law judge has slapped down the radical multiculturalists in the Tucson Unified School District who have challenged Arizona's ban on ethnic studies. The law bans classes designed for a particular ethnic group or that "promote resentment toward a race or class of people."

Ethnic studies were banned in Arizona after it was revealed that taxpayers were subsidizing classes in racial and ethnic chauvinism in Tucson. The virulently anti-White courses demonized "Anglos" and "Gringos" while glorifying allegedly oppressed "Chicanos." Rodolfo Acuna's "Occupied America," which is a textbook that was being used in Tucson, included gems of tolerance and brotherly love like "Kill the Gringo" and "Stampede Over Him."

John Huppenthal, the state superintendent of public instruction, had deemed the program in violation in June. Judge Kowal's ruling is merely a recommendation to Huppenthal who plans to issue a final ruling soon. As with South Carolina's Voter ID law and Arizona-style immigration law, both of which were blocked last week, the federal courts will have the final say in the matter.

If the federal judge in Tucson approves Huppenthal's motion to dismiss the case, the request for an injunction would be moot and the multiculturalists would be out of legal ammo. The Tucson Unified School District would be starved of funds until it discontinues the "Raza Studies" program.

This is just the latest example which illustrates how the federal judiciary has usurped powers that were reserved by the Tenth Amendment to the states. Judges now decide the most important issues of our times, not state legislatures. Until this is changed, the American people will continue lose faith in the political process.

Judge Rules Nonpartisan Elections Are Illegal Racial Discrimmination

John Anderson — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:45:26 +0000

A Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a claim that the move to make local elections nonpartisan in Kinston, NC discrimminates against black voters who would not know which candidates are Democrats without doing some research on the candidates on their own.

In an example of how useless establishment Republicans are, the move to nonpartisan elections initially barred by the Justice Deparment in 2008 when it was headed by Michael Mukasey during the Presidency of George W. Bush. That's right, a 'Republican' Attorney General blocked a law because he thought it might make it harder for blacks to vote straight party line Democrat.

The Justice Department was given power to block state and local laws affecting elections in most southern juridictions under Section 5 of the 1965 'Voting Rights Act'. Although both the Democratic and Republican party leadership support the continued existence of the law, many experts view the law as outdated. “When it comes to questions of federalism, there may not be a bigger intrusion into state sovereignty than the Voting Rights Act,” according to The John Locke Foundation, a conservative North Carolina think tank, “There’s simply no basis for requiring certain jurisdictions to get pre-approval of voting procedures more than 45 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed.”

The fact that the law is now considered by Judges to mandate that laws be draw in a way to make it easier for Democrats to win election proves that whatever the initial intentions of the law, in modern times it acts only in a purely partisan manner to give one party, the Democrats, an edge over other parties and independent challengers. For clueless establishment politicians which aren't part of the far left to continue to support this law is not only morally wrong but eventual political suicide.

The law, including Section 5, was renewed in 2006. Of the Presidential candidates, incumbent Barack Obama voted in favor of the 2006 renewal, as did Republican Rick Santorum, while Republican Ron Paul voted against it. The other Republican candidates were not in Congress at the time. The law also mandates multilingual ballots and racial gerrymandering of Congressional districts.

Of other notables, Youth for Western Civilization Honorary Chairman Tom Tancredo voted against the wholesale renewal, as did current Georgia Governor Nathan Deal. The current Vice President and Secretary of State, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, voted to renew this law.

Merry Christmas

Paul Harkes — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:14:45 +0000

The staff over at Youth for Western Civilization would like to take the time to wish you, your families, and everyone across the Occident the merriest of Christmases. Without your generosity and support, we would not be able to do the things we do. Thanks again! Enjoy the yuletide season, and check back for some exciting new activism projects we have planned for the New Year!

Group Polarization and the Fad of Ethnomasochism

Hugh MacDonald — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:52:54 +0000

In the field of social psychology, “Group polarization” is a term which refers to a phenomenon whereby individuals will become more extreme in their views when they are surrounded by a group of people who hold a similar perspective.

Group polarization is an observable phenomenon in itself, but there are different theories to explain why group polarization occurs. One such theory is called Social Comparison Theory. According to this theory, group polarization is caused by the desire to be liked by the rest of the group. What happens is that individuals within the group are constantly reassessing how other group members present themselves, they then readjust their own positions in order to be perceived in a more favorable light . Social Comparison Theory holds that people are

motivated by a desire to be different and distinct from other people in a valued direction (Fromkin, 1970). In addition, people are also motivated to present themselves somewhat more favorably than other people. In other words, we want to be different from as well as better than other people. Brown states, "To be virtuous . . . is to be different from the mean—in the right direction and to the right degree" (1974, p. 469). When making initial ratings along a dimension, individuals give themselves a rating that is somewhat more favorable than the rating they presume the average group member will give. When individuals directly or indirectly infer what the true norm is, they then "improve" their own ratings, thus producing the overall choice shift. (Isenberg, 1986)

Isenberg refers to this as “one-upmanship”. It’s like, “I’m similar to the group, but I’m a just little bit better than the group. I hold the popular opinion, but I hold it even more than others. I’m not just good, I’m outstanding.”

Now, consider Group Polarization and Social Comparison Theory in the context of our cultural struggle.

Think of the young European who emphatically spits on his own people. What drives him to such an extreme? Like all Europeans in the 21st century, he is sensitive to, and appreciative of, the ever-present threat of being labeled a “racist”. Pushed by this fear of persecution and pulled by his desire to come across as better than average, it isn’t enough for him to stop at saying “it’s bad to hurt other peoples” he has to one-up his peers and say,

not only do I believe in treating people equally, I actually really like other peoples! I don’t just really like other peoples, I prefer other peoples! I don’t just prefer other peoples; I hate my own people! My people are a bad people. See? That’s how far from racist I am. Not only do not dislike others, I actually hate my own people. That’s just how much of a great person I am. See how un-racist I am? I’m not just good, I go above and beyond, I’m outstanding.

For this young polarized European, this kind of self flagellation is an opportunity to prostrate and humiliate himself before the group—to demonstrate that, he is not a rebel; he is completely on board with the norms of the group—and then some—even if those group norms are actually screwing him over. He says “you don’t have to worry about me, Sir, I’m a thoroughly brain washed conformist and I like it that way!”

This is a depressing and pathetic state of existence. Like the high school outcast who makes a fool of himself in order to gain the temporary and superficial approval of the cool kids. Rather than standing up for himself and enduring the hardships of swimming against stream, he buckles under the pressure and embraces his own oppression.

The classic case of group polarization occurs in an actual group of people, but perhaps the same psychological mechanism can be generalized to a polarized environment of homogenous ideas. The polarized environments to which the self hater is exposed include our movie theaters, our living rooms and most of all, our education systems, especially the marxist echo-chambers that are our universities. Raised on a diet of anti-Western propaganda, perhaps it doesn’t take much for those Europeans of an acquiescent disposition to be pushed to an ethnomasochistic extreme from within these polarized environments.

The pressures and the incentives of the group dynamic drive those conformist Europeans to abandon their homeostatic and adaptive instincts of self-preservation and instead they conform to a new extreme of maladaptive self hate.

The motivations to conform are palpable. Any European can feel for him or herself the forces at work which pressure us to behave in this way. We are encouraged to spit on our people. We are encouraged to spit on our ancestors; on our culture and on our history. It is socially easy to do so, it is fashionable to do so and it is lucrative to do so. We are rewarded for embracing our own dispossession and we are punished for daring to challenge the group status quo.

Motivated by the fear of ostracism and the need to feel superior to others, the European conformist, within his polarized environment, is transformed into an extremist, self-cannibalizing, ethnomasachist.

Notes

Isenberg, Daniel J. (June 1986). "Group polarization: A critical review and meta-analysis". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 6 50 (6): 1141–1151. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.50.6.1141

All the videos were found on youtube.

The image of the guy with the “Kick Myself” sign was found here:
http://randomfunnypicture.com/funny-pictures-signs/bum-sign-will-kick-himself-in-head-for-a-quarter/

The “Celebrate Diversity” image is from “alterni-tee.com”

Eric Holder, of all people, Flips the Race Card

Dennis Watkins — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:40:01 +0000

Feeling increased pressure as the number of politicians calling for his resignation continues to grow, President Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder claimed that an "extreme segment" of his critics were motivated by the fact that he and Obama are African-American. The irony of this statement should be plain for most to see. Holder's tenure as head of the Dept. of Justice has been marked by many race-based decisions and comments, and most of the time, Holder has proven that it is he, and not any of his outspoken critics, who is the most racist.

At the start of his term, Eric H. Holder Jr. raised a red flag right away by calling America "a nation of cowards," when it comes to race. He urged Americans to foster "a dialogue between the races", and then proceeded to spend his first 35 months in power blatantly discriminating against white Americans. Holder's racist tendencies become a lot more clear after reading through "Injustice", J. Christian Adams recent bombshell of a book. Adams, an attorney who formerly worked under Holder in the DOJ's Voting Section, informed readers about a newspaper clipping that Holder has kept in his wallet for 40 years. It says the following:

"Blackness is another issue entirely apart from class in America. No matter how affluent, educated, and mobile a black person becomes, his race defines him more than anything else. Black people have a common cause that requires attending to, and this cause does not allow for the rigid class separation that is the luxury of American whites. There is a sense in which every black man is as far from liberation as the weakest one, if his weakness is attributable to racial injustice."

When asked to explain this quote, Holder went on to say that "a common cause" binds him, as a United States Attorney, with black criminals.

Holder's most noteworthy act of racial discrimination involves the infamous New Black Panthers voter intimidation case, brought about by the events in Philadelphia on Election Day 2008. As most know by now, two members of the New Black Panthers, one of whom was wielding a nightstick, chastised white voters and, according to testimony, tried to prevent some from entering the polling place. Despite being a clear-cut open-and-shut case of voter intimidation, Holder, aided by DOJ bigwigs Loretta King and Steve Rosenbaum, dropped the case. As "Injustice" makes clear, the case was dropped because the victims were white, and the perpetrators were black.

When Holder was read testimony from a Philadelphia poll worker who witnessed the New Black Panthers' Election Day activities, he became incensed and responded:

"When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, and to compare what people were subjected to there to what happened in Philadelphia...to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line, who risked all, for my people."

The 252 pages of "Injustice" document numerous cases that were dropped by the Holder DOJ simply because they involved whites being victimized at the hands of blacks. Holder and company have sided with blacks and Hispanics while ignoring white victims in voter fraud cases in Hale County, AL, Harlingen, TX, Kinston, NC, and other areas. Holder's regime also fought against police and fire department employment exams in New Haven, CT, Dayton, OH, and New York City because not enough blacks (and too many whites) were passing the tests. And just this year, the DOJ launched a "disparate impact analysis" on school discipline because black boys comprise 24% of all school suspensions and 30% of expulsions despite being 9% of the student population. Adams details all of these cases and more in his shocking book.

It's been a preferred tactic of leftists of color to use the race card when all else fails. With each use, the card becomes weaker and weaker. Eric Holder's recent comments to the New York Times deal a major blow to his waning credibility, and also to the effectiveness of a once-legitimate tactic now desperately used to squeeze out the remaining vestiges of white racial guilt.

Flavor of the Month

William L. Houston — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:09:32 +0000

Newt Gingrich is imploding in Iowa.

The latest PPP poll shows that Newt has fallen off a cliff and has slipped from 27 percent to 14 percent. He is now trailing Ron Paul at 23 percent and Mitt Romney at 20 percent. Bachmann, Perry, and Santorum have each surged to 10 percent as Newt defectors search for alternatives to Romney.

Interestingly enough, 19 percent of Iowa voters think that Michele Bachmann has run the best campaign in Iowa compared to Gingrich at 8 percent and Romney at 5 percent. 22 percent of Iowa voters say that Ron Paul has run the best campaign.

Newt's personal favorability rating has dropped from +31 to -1 in Iowa. Negative advertising has discredited Newt as a conservative candidate. By 43 percent to 36 percent, Iowa voters now believe that Newt does not have strong conservative principles.

The American Thinker has a new article out called "Back to Bachmann." Yesterday, Newt appeared on CBS's Face The Nation where he argued that 7 or 8 or 9 million illegal aliens would have to return to their home countries to get a guest worker permit to return under his plan. 1 million illegal aliens would get an amnesty as a reward for breaking the law for 25 years.

Iowa voters are turning away from Newt in droves as they learn more about his record. The American Thinker has noted that Newt's career as a Freddie Mac lobbyist has proven especially toxic. He is also the one candidate who is disliked by both the Republican and conservative establishment.

If Newt loses Iowa, it is hard to see him winning New Hampshire or hanging on to frontrunner status until the South Carolina primary. In two weeks, he has collapsed in Iowa under the pressure of negative advertising. His collapse there will inspire the anti-Romney vote (who didn't support Newt until "The Cain Train" crashed and burned) to move toward Bachmann, Perry, or Santorum.

So who will be the next flavor of the month? Does Bachmann rise from the dead? Does Rick "Fed Up" Perry get a second look? Does Rick Santorum get his first shot? Place your bets.

GOP Debate: Moderators, Leading Candidates Display Lack of Seriousness on Immigration and Border Security

John Anderson — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:07:48 +0000

Last night's GOP debate, the last one before the important Iowa caucuses which will set the pace for the rest of the campaign, was a boring rehash of talking points heard earlier in the campaign. If you missed the debate, you didn't miss much. While sufficiently chastened by overwhelmingly negative responses to such proposals for granting amnesty or taxpayer benefits to illegal aliens as to mostly avoid promulgating them, leading candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, as well as establishment favorites Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry indicated a lack of interest in addressing border security, immigration, and political correctness in a serious manner. What's more, the debate moderators mostly avoiding asking these questions, and did not ask them to the candidates who are toughest on these issues.

While Rick Perry declared that the Mexican border was unsafe and warned that radical Islamic terrorists could infiltrate into America across the border, he made no mention of what he would do to prevent this. He has, in fact, come out strongly against building a border fence, declaring it to be a task too costly to be achievable, in spite of it being a much smaller project than the 'NAFTA Superhighway' he promoted as Texas Governor.

Rick Perry and Rick Santorum mentioned the unfolding scandal regarding the 'Fast and Furious' program, in which Mexican drug cartels were supplied weapons as part of a program run by the U.S. Justice Department. Both said they would 'fire' Attorney General Eric Holder, but said nothing about any changes they would make to prevent such things from happening in the future.

Newt Gingrich again referenced his plan to grant amnesty to illegal aliens who have managed to evade the law for a number of years. He claimed to support 'taking away incentives' for illegal aliens, neglecting the fact that the prospect of periodic amnesties for illegal aliens, such as the one Gingrich supported in 1986, is a prime incentive for illegal aliens to sneak into America and illegally remain here.

Jon Huntsman, who was allowed into this debate despite perpetually remaining in the low single digits in polls, especially in Iowa, declared that 'legal immigration is an engine of growth' and that a more open borders policy 'is an economic development opportunity'.

The other candidates, including Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul who have consistently spoken out in favor of ending birthright citizenship and ending all taxpayer funded benefits to illegal aliens, were not asked questions on immigration. Nor were they asked questions about the 'Fast and Furious' scandal, despite being the most outspoken about abuses of power by the federal government.

Ron Paul did get in a word about his longstanding opposition to the Community Reinvestment Act, during a part of the debate in which he and Bachmann criticized Newt Gingrich for accepting large sums of money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Community Reinvestment Act was a law which forced banks to give loans to unqualified borrowers in the interest of promoting a politically correct agenda. Yet, no questions on this subject were asked by the moderators to the candidates in this debate, nor any other to my recollection, despite the key role this law played in the mortgage meltdown which led to our ongoing financial crisis.

Despite talking for length and a spirited debate about which foreign policies would be most likely to help head off future acts of Islamic terrorism, there were no questions about domestic policies which would be much more effective, for example reforming politically correct laws which prevent us from screening those most likely to be Islamic terrorists. No questions were asked on reforming our immigration system to prevent these terrorists from entering our country in the first place.

The 'liberal media' can't be blamed for this debate, as it was hosted by the ostensibly 'conservative' Fox News. With the two anointed 'leading candidates', Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, offering only lukewarm proposals on tackling the crucial issues of border security and political correctness (and probably not planning to follow through on them), unless one of the other candidates achieves a breakthrough performance it next month's Iowa caucuses it appears that for the next four years we will once again have to rely on county sheriffs, state legislatures, and courageous members of Congress to protect our nation.

Gunning for Newt

William L. Houston — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:01:19 +0000

The conservative establishment is pushing back hard against Newt Gingrich with an editorial in National Review called "Against Gingrich."

It ends with "Republicans should have the good sense to reject a hasty marriage to Newt Gingrich, which would risk dissolving in acrimony" while denouncing Gingrich as unable to govern himself and someone who would blow a winnable race by transforming it into a race about his own personal idiosyncrasies.

The latest Rasmussen poll shows Gingrich collapsing from 32 percent to 20 percent in Iowa. Romney is holding steady at 23 percent and Ron Paul is polling at 18 percent.

In the last month, Romney has gained 4 points, Ron Paul has gained 8 points, Rick Perry has climbed 4 points, and Michele Bachmann has gained 3 points. Newt is down 12 points since November. The PPP poll has Ron Paul within 1 point of Gingrich in Iowa.

In addition to National Review, Michael Savage has offered Newt a million dollars to drop out of the race. Glenn Beck has attacked Gingrich and called him a progressive and said that he would consider voting for a Ron Paul over Newt.

Everyone from George Will to Charles Krauthammer to Ann Coulter have taken shots at Newt Gingrich in recent weeks. The Gingrich surge is creating much more resistance among the conservative establishment than the Herman Cain surge in October.

The Iowa caucuses are scheduled for January 3, 2012. Can Newt hang on to frontrunner status for two more weeks?

The Death of Japan and Western Decadence

Taylor Rose — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:29:13 +0000

A study was recently conducted that has come to demonstrate the extent and breath of the dark power of modern consumerism and hedonism. Japan, long having been a nation of dignity, honor and power filled by their own version of chivalry, bushido, has in the post-World War II world, become ensnared into the hallow less world of consumerism.

Though the Occident is currently under the spell of consumerism and we regularly see and feels its traumatic effects upon our national power and our religious and cultural consciousness, there is yet still a massive and growing resistance against the march of modernity and globalism, however though it may be too late, the Occident still retains a great hope for a future salvation. But unlike Europe and her American and Oceanic offspring, it has been revealed that the Japanese have found themselves to be even worse off for the future than Europe or the United States.

The study that was released, demonstrated that not only are Japanese not reproducing enough to sustain their nation’s population, but they, unlike the Europeans, are not even demonstrating interest in the opposite genders (let alone the same genders).

The study found the follow alarming figures amongst the younger generation of Japanese:

25% of unmarried men and unmarried women in their 30s have never had sex
90% of unmarried Japanese women said the single life is more preferable to the married life.
61.4% of unmarried Japanese men aged between 18 and 34 have no girlfriend
49.5% of unmarried Japanese women aged between 18 and 34 have no boyfriend

Considering Japanese history and development since World War II, it cannot be difficult to find the culprit to this lack of interest in commitment to the opposite gender. The nasty culprit is of course Western hedonism.

Since 1945, Japan has come to be the archetype for what destroys a nation. After the trauma suffered to them in World War II, Japan exchanged her traditional culture that made her strong and noble for a culture of consumerism—a culture that breeds no spirit of adventure or nobility and relies solely upon men to be creatures of comfort and consumption. To translate into Japanese, the discipline of Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity have been exchanged for a culture of self-pleasure.

Since Japan opened to the West, Japan has had the closest relationship to the West of all Asiatic nations. When the West embraced her Christian heritage, Japan was able to feed of that and be a strong and productive society through industrialization and Westernization. Now in the 21^st century, inspired by Western narcissism, Japan’s population and culture finds itself on the brink of destruction in the shadow of an emerging China (who by the way shuns Western decadence)

Interestingly enough, around the same time that this study was released, the UK Mail Online released a story on why young English girls dress provocatively. Now of course the answer is quite obvious, because they want to have men notice them. Though this has become the social norm, is it not the great evidence of how ill our society has become when our Western women’s greatest hope is to receive personal gratification as sex objects and the pride of males is to sexually conquer as many of these females as they can find? We are not that far removed from the awful numbers of Japan.

If there was ever an example for the people of the West to learn from, it would be from the Japanese. Japan may not have an immigration problem as the West does, but Japan’s lack of family structure and traditional values again proves that the more humans embrace the consumption of capital and money, the less integrity the society has and in the process it loses focus on virtue and duty and embraces instead a culture of pleasant looking death.

Western consumerism is not necessarily even a product of the West. Rather the demon of hedonism is more or less a traveling disease that roams the earth searching for nations to destroy once they reach a certain level of power, and finds a host in the power centers from where it breeds to infect the rest of the nation, which is why there are stark contrasts in Western societies where ultra-conservative communities can live along side ultra-decadent communities.

When hedonism lays waste to one society, it appears in history that it moves into another host to consume. If the West, like Japan, wants to survive into the future, only a radical return to religion, honor and virtue (meaning the Western Christian teaching of chivalry) can rekindle the suffocated fire of Western pride, for it was the nobility of Western chivalry that distinguished the Occident from her Asiatic, Slavic and Mohammedan rivals.

Goods, money and consumption is not inherently evil. But when we exchange our values of religion, nobility, virtue and honor in exchange for cheaply made goods, electronics and pornography then we should be surprised when lose the natural contact with our neighbors and nature and from thence society breaks down. Societies are not sustained by individuals gratifying themselves as the primary value. However in the West, as is evident in Japan, this has become the norm. Our consumerism has overtaken us and we must work to put down that which is distracting us from the noble cause of our heritage.

Obama Getting Clobbered In Swing States

William L. Houston — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:19:11 +0000

The second USA Today/Gallup Swing State poll is out: Obama is losing the swing states 48 to 43 to Mitt Romney and 48 to 45 to Newt Gingrich.

The 12 swing states are Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. The 2012 election will be decided in these states. The other states clearly lean Democrat or Republican.

According to Gallup, voter preferences haven't changed much across four polls from August to December. The Republican field hasn't settled, but Obama has more support nationwide than in the battleground states. In the swing states, the number of Democrats has declined by 4 percent since 2008. The number of Republicans has increased by 5 percent.

Conservatives outnumber liberals 44 percent to 21 percent in the swing states. 35 percent of swing state voters are moderates. Republicans are following the election (71 percent to 44 percent) with much greater interest than Democrats. The polls show they are also more enthusiastic about voting (61 percent to 47 percent) in the 2012 election.

At this point in the race, it looks like Barack Hussein Obama and Eric "My People" Holder won't be coming back for another four years. Newt Gingrich is leading Mitt Romney nationally, but he wasn't even on the radar screen in October when the first Swing State poll was released.

Ron Paul is running neck and neck with Newt Gingrich in the Iowa Caucuses. Mitt Romney is leading Newt in New Hampshire. The South Carolina Republican Primary is scheduled for January 21, 2012. The Florida Republican Primary is scheduled for January 31, 2012.

A month from now, we will be in a better position to know if we are seriously facing the prospect of a President Gingrich.

Career Criminal and Judge Both Culprits in Police Officer's Death

Dennis Watkins — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:34:20 +0000

New York City Police are in the midst of coping with a tragic loss to their department that occurred on Monday morning, when 22-year veteran Officer Peter Figoski was killed by Lamont Pride. Figoski, the 47-year old father of four daughters, died after being shot in the face when responding to a robbery call in the violent East New York section of Brooklyn. What makes the case even more devastating is that Pride had been arrested numerous times, and was wanted by police in North Carolina on outstanding felony charges.

After Pride shot Figoski in cold blood, he was then chased down and apprehended by Figoski's partner, Officer Glenn Estrada. A second suspect got away and remains at large. In their first article, NBC describes the second suspect as: "5 feet, 7 inches tall and 25 to 30 years old" and then describes the clothing he was wearing. Following policy exhibited by the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and many others, NBC chose not to mention the suspect's race and ethnicity. Three more arrests are expected to be announced in connection with the incident, which police are now referring to as a "drug robbery conspiracy gone bad."

Pride had been arrested as recently as November 3rd in Coney Island on drug possession and other misdemeanor charges. In a brazen and costly move, Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Evelyn Laporte released Pride without setting bail, despite his outstanding warrant. According to Court spokesman David Bookstaver: "It is unclear why the judge let him go."

Judge Laporte, who back in 2006 vowed to, "make sure that I keep my community safe," now has the blood of a decorated police officer on her hands. Perhaps the Judge was just having an off day, or maybe she was considering New York's overcrowded prison system when deciding to let Pride roam free. However, there may be another motive at work. Perhaps she just didn't want to put another black man behind bars. After all, when being sworn in on January 26 2005, Judge Laporte described herself as a black Latina woman who appreciates the diversity of New York, and then stated: "My service as a judge will be informed by and reflect who I am."

What did Laporte mean by the above statement?? Is all of this the result of a fundamentally flawed justice system, or is their a racial element as well? There are no definite answers, for now. Either way, the end result of Judge Laporte's leniency in letting a violent black criminal walk is a dead New York City police officer (who happened to be white) and four daughters who now have to live the rest of their lives without a father.