Announcement

I am pleased to announce that Sam Huntington has joined Always On Watch as a team blogger.


Sam's first post will appear on this blog's main page tomorrow.

The Coming Tax Hike

(Hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the first graphic in this post)


Tax Day 2012 is April 17.

What does the future hold with regard to tax liability for American taxpayers? Please watch the following short video:


The warning that Thomas Jefferson penned in a letter to Samuel Kercheval on July 12, 1816:

My New Purse

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I rarely buy anything for myself. For one thing, I hate to shop! But when I got out my summer purse this year, I noticed that it was frayed and faded.

A few weeks ago, I decided to "commission" Woodersterman's wife to make a purse to my specifications. Click directly on the image above to enlarge it.

Go HERE, "Tails of a Purse for a Friend," to see some of the steps in the creation of the purse I requested.

Today's Recommended Reading

See Populism in America? at Conservatives on Fire and WAR WAR WAR..............vote Obama! at Z's site. Both linked posts are worth your time.

Judge Napolitano On Obama's Power Grab

Hat tip to Maggie's Notebook for the short video below the fold:

Elizabeth Bierenday's Mural

With a hat tip to Maggie's Notebook:

Eliminate Learning Facts?

(With thanks to Mark Alexander, who emailed me the link to the recent Telegraph article cited below)

Get ready for the next fad in failed education curricula and teaching methods.

It has now been seriously proposed that students do not need to learn facts because facts can be accessed from students' Smartphones.

According to Jon Overton, a teacher from inner London:

Book Review: Arsenal

Tammy Swofford’s suspense novel Arsenal, the title referring to strategic thought rather than to the military battlefield or acts of militant jihad, lives up to its genre label. The plot, well delineated and plausible, deals with the search for an Islamic treasure, namely, a pouch containing the hair of Muhammad the Prophet. Early on in the novel, the voice of a minor character describes the mission of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, deemed decadent by the devout, and lays the foundation for the suspense plot that rushes to fulfillment in the second portion of Arsenal:

“'Just as we are to recite the Qur’an in a measured tone, we must also move in a measured and quiet manner in the West. We do not move as a lion, but we move as a panther'” (19).

Along the way, Arsenal, points out the dangers of geopolitical Islam and the West’s gullibility thereto, particularly the lack of Western understanding of the 1998-2007 wordcraft sword of Islam as expressed by the thoughts of the character Ahmad as-Sirjani:

“Universal Values. Two simple words….The words would sound secular, adaptable to the Western ear. But the cryptograph would be Qur’anic….It was time for a paradigm shift” (103).

Genre and political aspects aside, what makes this novel an outstanding and readable piece of writing is threefold.

My Redeemer Lives!

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
(Job 19:25-26)

Jesus Lay In The Tomb

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The final chorus of The St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach (with thanks to commenter FreeThinke):


Translation:

We sit down in tears
And call to thee in the tomb:
Rest softly, softly rest!
Rest, ye exhausted limbs!
Your grave and tombstone
Shall for the unquiet conscience
Be a comfortable pillow
And the soul’s resting place.
In utmost bliss, dear Lord, rest there thine eyes, and sleep.

WikiPaintings

Note to readers: If you must have politics, please scroll down. I have two posts for today.

(With thanks to Bunkerville for the information below)

Check out THIS SITE. It is interactive. I've added the site to my sidebar for easy reference.

Via the search tool in the upper right-hand corner, for this Good Friday, I easily pulled up THESE ARTWORKS related to the crucifixion of Christ.

Botticelli's Trinity, appropriate for this holy day of Good Friday:


Thanks to commenter FreeThinke for calling my attention to the following music, appropriate for this Good Friday:

On Television On Saturday, April 7, On CBS (With Addendum)

Information about Sneak Peak: A Family's Honor below the fold:


Reading from CBS News: "Honor killing" under growing scrutiny in the U.S.

Also see, at Atlas Shrugs: Mainstream Media Discovers "Honor Killings"

Addendum: Full-length video of the above 48 Hours episode HERE.

Meanwhile, At The White House

Dated April 2, 2012:

White House To Welcome Former Terror Group Leader And Accused Human Organ Trafficker

Meanwhile, In Rochester, New York

(Note to readers: Don't miss Mustang's guest post, the post immediately below this one!)


The story, dated March 30, 2012, can be read in its entirety below the fold:

Guest Post From Mustang Sends

My dear friend Mustang, one of the most politically astute people I know, has graciously sent me the guest post below. Worth your time:

Politicians are no solution to the problem: they are the problem.

When Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident,” he was writing at a different time, in a pre-communist Era. Who could have imagined back then that any reasonably intelligent person could argue in favor of taxing productivity as a means of supporting the obsessive/compulsive spending habits of politicians who care more about themselves than they do about America?

Just In Time For Passover

Moses was a Muslim and led the Muslims out of Egypt! Just as a helicopter rescued the maroons in the novel Treasure Island, I suppose.

With a hat tip to Will:

Did Obama Threaten The Supreme Court? (With Addenda)

(Two posts today. Please scroll down for the other post)


I gasped yesterday when I heard Obama shoot off his mouth about the pending Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare. From the Guardian:

In The Streets Of Luton

Luton, a large town in Bedfordshire, England, is located 30 miles north of London. Because of several waves of immigration in the 20th Century, the town is ethnically and religiously diverse. The latest statistics indicate that Muslims comprise about 15%.


Please watch the following video (hat tip to Dcat, who emailed me the link):


Wikipedia's entry about Luton is HERE.

More Absurdity

(With a hat tip to The Further Adventures of Indigo Red)

Continuing with the theme of the post below (A must read!), more absurdity of a type differing from the post immediately below this one:

Absurdity Abounds!

SPEW ALERT!

This story has arrived just in time for April Fool's Day: War On Words: NYC Dept. Of Education Wants 50 ‘Forbidden’ Words Banned From Standardized Tests. We are devolving!

The above article has garnered several comments. One sample:

Saturday Humor

Hat tip to Sultan Knish for the graphic below:

Opinion piece: "Holder’s war on voter-ID laws is racially motivated."

Easter Break Starts Today

And do I ever need this break!

I love teaching, but all of these advanced and accelerated classes take a heavy toll on me.

Hat tip to Dmarks for the graphic that sums up how I've been faring the past several weeks of the third grading period:

That same graphic applies to how I feel when I read the daily news.

On Saturday, Mr. AOW and I are going into Washington, D.C., for a museum trip. We are planning to meet up with The Beak. Mr. AOW is looking forward to this museum trip and to visiting with The Beak, and so am I!

Also, during vacation I will be reading Arsenal, a novel written by my dear friend Tammy Swofford [blog site]:


I will post a review of the novel after reading it. Debbie of Right Truth has already posted THIS REVIEW of Tammy's novel.

I started reading Arsenal when it first arrived but could not devote much time to reading for pleasure when classes were in session. But I love what I've read so far!

Clichés Galore

(hat tip to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

Clearly, Obama is not a good role model for public-speaking classes.

His needle is stuck (definition of that phrase found in the first two paragraphs HERE):

ObamaCare At SCOTUS

(Two posts today. Please scroll down for the other post)

Link below the fold and worth your time.

Obama's Foreign Policy

In re: Russia. Video below the fold.

Trayvon Martin? (With Addendum)

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Note THIS INFORMATION about Trayvon Martin, the story on the national news lately. If the information to which I'm linking in this post is accurate, Obama should retract his statement:

"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said in his first comments about the shooting...

Is the photo below a more up-to-date likeness of Trayvon Martin?

The Broken Promises Of ObamaCare

With a hat tip to Adrienne's Corner:

Video: The Greatest Stars of Hollywood's Golden Age

(If you must have politics, please scroll down. I'm taking a break from posting about politics this weekend)

With a hat tip to Will Profit of Capitalist Preservation:

Today's Recommended Reading

See Obama regulating what children of farmers can do over at Right Truth.

What's next? Regulating the chores that YOUR children are assigned in your home?

The Toulouse Slayings

For two mornings in a row, the lead story on the news has been that of the siege in Toulouse.

The precipitating event was Mohammed Merah's murder of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, the rabbi's two sons — Gabriel, age 3, and Arye, age 6 — and Miriam Monsonego, age 8 (hat tip to Will for the photo below):

All four of the above victims were buried in Israel:

Stalin's Prophecy

Lifted from Texas Fred's site:

More prophecy from Joseph Stalin HERE at Moonbattery. Even more quotes from Stalin HERE.

Video below the fold:

In Honor Of Spring

(If you must have politics, please scroll down. Two posts today)

On this first day of spring, please enjoy the video below the fold (Thanks, Free Thinke):

Muslim Cab Drivers

As one who occasionally takes a taxicab, particularly when drop off a car for repair or maintenance and lives in Northern Virginia, I noted the following, dated March 3, 2012 (Thanks, Angie):

...NightWatch learned from a Pakistani taxi driver in northern Virginia that Allah's call to kill non-believers can come to a true believer at any time, without warning and it must be obeyed by the true believer. Killing Christians and Jews ends their existence which is itself a sin against Allah, the man said. Muslim deaths hasten their journey to be with Allah.

The man, a devout Muslim and educated engineer, said he would have to kill his passenger if he heard Allah's call.....

Frankly, I can think of no defense against such spontaneous devotion to the call of Allah.

On the other hand, I know of no such incident here in the United States or anywhere else in the West. If you are aware of any such incident, please leave the information in the comments section of this post.

So, what are we to conclude from the above excerpt?

Real Hope For November Change?

From this recent article in the Washington Post comes this bit of good news:

Obama’s high-dollar donations lagging

President Obama is struggling to draw in big-dollar donations, with half as many people writing large checks to his campaign than at this point four years ago.

Recommended Reading

See President Obama signs Executive Order allowing for control over all US resources. This executive order is not limited to wartime.

Addendum: Also see THIS over at Spellchek. Worth your time.

Musical Interlude For St. Paddy's

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Enjoy "Lord of the Dance," composed by Ronan Hardiman:


St. Patrick's Day political cartoon for those who enjoy wry humor:

My traditional St. Patrick's Day post (a repost) is below the fold:

The Obama Flag

Flown for months at the Democratic Party's headquarters in Lake County Florida (hat tip to Z!):

Recommended Reading

See So you want to vote for Barack Obama? at Hack Wilson (hat tip to Two Guys 2012). Worth your time.

Obamaspeak

With a hat tip to Bob Mack of Be Sure You're RIGHT, Then Go Ahead (Click directly on the image to enlarge it):


Another graphic below the fold:

Reminder

Watch the video below the fold all the way to the end:

Breitbart Has Released Another Video

(Two posts today. Please scroll down)

Watch all the way to the end (date = 2004):

Recently On ABC News

Hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the short video below the fold:

The Moral Of The Story Is...

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You decide the lesson to be learned (hat tip to Leticia of My Daily Trek):

U. S. State Department Actively Promoting Eurabia

From Creeping Sharia:

...Obama ideologues are crisscrossing Europe on U.S. taxpayer funded trips to “export” failed American approaches to multiculturalism, affirmative action, cultural diversity and special rights for minorities.

Further, American diplomats are repeatedly apologizing to Muslims in Europe for a multitude of real or imagined slights against Islam, and the U.S. State Department is now spending millions of dollars each year actively promoting Islam — including Islamic Sharia law — on the continent....

More at the above link.

The undermining of Western civilization continues apace — funded by American tax dollars.

Delphi And ObamaLand

As the daughter of a mechanic and the wife of a retired mechanic/automotive-parts worker, I have known about garage matters all my life. In fact, I recall seeing boxes with the label "Delphi" on them in my father's garage. Therefore, this story caught my eye:

Our Ailing Economy

See 35 Shocking Statistics That Prove That Things Have Gotten Worse In America at Before It's News.

No Title For This Post

"Uh, uh, uh." See the video below the fold.

About Sandra Fluke

(For material of a non-political nature, please scroll down to today's other post)

From Pastorius at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS:

Amazing Gymnast!

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The video tells the story:


More information, including photos, HERE.

Sometimes, attitude and determination really ARE everything.

Aging In Place? (With Addendum)

This morning, I was out running errands and drove by several newer homes, most of them large and beautiful structures with lovely landscaping. I noticed, however, that almost all of these new homes had several steps to climb at the entrance.

I thought back to the time that Mr. AOW was in the nursing home following a devastating brain hemorrhage at the age of fifty-nine. Needless to say, Mr. AOW was the youngest resident of the nursing home.

Video: The Story of Obama and Israel

Please make time to watch the video below the fold (hat tip to The Conservative Lady):

Gas Price Hypocrisy

Click directly on the image below to enlarge it:


Hat tip to Conservative Hideout 2.0 for the video and the larger graphic below the fold:

RIP Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)

(This post stuck here for a few days as a tribute to a conservative trailblazer. Please scroll down for other material)



We lost a great and fearless patriot today, March 1.



Grieve first. Grief is the appropriate first response.



Then, carry on the Breitbart tradition.

The Ethics Of "After-Birth Abortions"

From Conservative Hideout 2.0, comes the following information, disturbing in the extreme:

Fantastic Flying Books

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Hat tip to Farmer's Letters for the following delightful video of this 2012 Oscar winner (Best Animated Short Film):

Our Devastating National Debt

From Weasel Zippers comes this grim information about America's future:



Calculate YOUR lifetime share of the national debt HERE. Take your blood pressure medication first.

Today's Recommended Reading

(Unrelated topic....See the post directly below this one. Absurdity abounds!)

See Former Obama Backer Now Thinks Obama More Incompetent than Keystone Kops! over at Mike's America. Mort Zuckerman, who supported Obama in 2008, has had a change of heart.

Mind Boggling

From MK's blog, citing this source, comes this insane bit of news about what it takes to start up an online business in Greece:

...At the health department, they were told that all the shareholders of the company would have to provide chest X-rays, and, in the most surreal demand of all, stool samples....

Bureaucracy run amok. Literally into the muck.

Birthday Blog Break

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I have no idea as to any specific plans for this weekend of my 60th birthday.

But I know that Mr. AOW has been planning something and enlisting the assistance of some others. I've seen the log on his cell phone.

Meanwhile, In New Hampshire

Legally armed homeowner catches thief, is jailed for firing warning shot

We live in surreal times!

Our Singing President

"Soundin' good!" rave the mainstream media outlets.

The Entitlement Mentality: Underage Drinking

Recently, Andrea McCarren, a reporter for WUSA, one of our local news channels, did a special report on underage drinking.

For a time, she withdrew herself from future appearances on camera because of the ensuing threats.

Excerpt from the story:

America's History With Islam

Hat tip to Bob Mack of Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead, for the video below the fold:

Islamification Via Academia

(Thanks, Mustang, for sending me the video below)

Do you know what's being taught in YOUR child's school?


ACT! for America Education

ACT! for America

A specific example of what's happening at our universities, this example being a recent one at Wake Forest University.

RIP Jill Kinmont Boothe

Jill Kinmont Boothe (February 16, 1936-February 9, 2012):

Women In Art

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Enjoy this presentation of 500 years of female portraits in Western art! With thanks to commenter FreeThinke:

The Weeping Saudi Sheikh

What to say about the weeping fool below as he sobs over Tweets that insulted the Prophet Muhammad?

The Only One? (Video Added)

According to this article dated February 15, 2012, "Colorado student quits high school choir over Islamic song praising 'Allah,'" one and only one member of the school choir had the courage to make a stand (hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance):

Obama Refuses To Budge

(A follow-up to this previous post. Settle in for one of my long posts)

According to this source:

Despite renewed statements of concern by Catholic leaders and lawmakers, the Obama administration is done negotiating and will finalize its plan requiring insurance companies to provide free contraception to women working and studying at religious institutions, President Obama’s chief of staff said Sunday....

What Obama has done is this: by forcing all insurance companies to provide contraception free of charge to insureds, these institutions, including hospitals, will have to (1) knuckle under, (2) stop providing any employer-based health insurance (They may not legally be able to do so), or (3) close their doors. Obama's mandate goes into effect on August 1, 2012.

Suppose you and I worked for one of these institutions? Would we stay as employees if there were no health insurance offered by our employer? Could we stay? Individual policies are expensive beyond belief and offer coverage more limited than that of group plans.

Happy Valentine's Day

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Information about Nyac, one of the hand-holding otters in the video above:

...[O]ne of the last surviving sea otters from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill[,] Nyac came to the Vancouver Aquarium in 1989 as one of the few young survivors of the oil spill. She not only survived the traumatic event, but she overcame incredible odds and became the only known survivor to have successfully had a pup. On November 9, 1993, Nyac gave birth to a healthy female pup, Kipnuk. This event was considered miraculous due to the internal damage she had sustained. During her 20 years of life, she won the hearts of members, visitors, volunteers and staff at the Vancouver Aquarium....

Racism

In the thread below, commenter Duck's Here pointed out that Peter Brimelow gave a speech at CPAC 2012. Brimelow has a reputation as a white supremacist.

White folks are not the only racists on the planet.

Indeed, Samuel L. Jackson a civil rights activist after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and today an actor and film producer, is a racist and very proud to say so.

From this source:

Occupy CPAC

Found at Mike's America:

How Is This A Compromise?

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Another bluff from the Administration of Smoke and Mirrors!

According to "Obama Revamps Contraceptive Policy":

Nineteen Americans

I haven't heard any more about the following for several days. Perhaps you have?


Read the news story HERE.

FEATURED QUESTION: Healthcare Reform

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Recently Ann Coulter wrote "Three Cheers for Romneycare!" She stated:

...Until Obamacare, mandatory private health insurance was considered the free-market alternative to the Democrats' piecemeal socialization of the entire medical industry....

Read the entire essay HERE.

How does any kind of insurance work?

The Creation Of A Devotional Movement

Or, as many of us who oppose Obama often say, "A cult!" — in this case, the Cult of Obama.

Hat tip to A New Dark Age Is Dawning:


Do you need some visuals to go along with what Mark Edward Taylor contends in the video above? Watch the two short videos below the fold.