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This week at ESR we wish Ronald Reagan were still around, wonder what Glenn Beck is up to, register our shock with the Barack Obama's proposed budget, worry about charity and take climate change orthodoxy to the woodshed.

All that and much more here.

Keep your fingers crossed

Can the GOP make big gains in November? John Hawkins has a run-down of the party's 10 best chances to pick up seats in the Senate.

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This week at ESR we talk bank reform, environmental regulations, why Americans are angry, why the U.S. is in decline, controversy ahead of the Super Bowl, the chill over wind power and Barack Obama's State of the Union address.

All that and more here.

No, you're a socialist

Barack Obama met with GOP lawmakers today and incredibly declared he wasn't a ideologue. Then he told them to work with the Democrats and impose...errr....pass his agenda exactly as he wanted it.

Well played, sir. Well played

PETA hit the news recently when it pied a Canadian minister at a news conference. One enterprising man decided that a PETA protester in St. John's, Newfoundland should enjoy the same.

Going soft?

W. James Antle III has an interesting essay up at The American Spectator exploring the question of [url=http://spectator.org/archives/2010/01/29/lou-dobbs-america[whether Lou Dobbs has been going soft on illegal immigration since leaving his show on CNN[/url] or it becoming more nuanced, though that's often the same thing. At any rate, make up your own minds.

Meet the new Al Gore

Remember the days when Osama bin Laden made grand pronouncements of civilizational warfare, the right for supposed Islamic purity and the destruction of the United States and Israel? Seems like a long time ago.

These days? It's all about climate change.

Right answer...but your math is wrong

One would think that PETA would have been declared a terrorist organization by some government for being linked to domestic terrorism, or intimidation or the like but you'd be wrong. Why does one Canadian Liberal MP want the group designated terrorists? Because they hit a government minister with a pie.

Nicely done

Feminists haven't been able to get mad at football since that bogus study that sad spousal assaults jump on Super Bowl Sunday so they're probably glad something has finally irked them. What is it? A commercial with Tim Tebow and his mother that feminists are saying is a covert pro-choice message.

Remarkably CBS is saying the commercial will run as is...though I imagine they'll cave when five NOW protesters arrive outside their offices in New York.

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This week in ESR we talk all things Scott Brown, banking "reform" in America, the upcoming State of the Union address, Pat Robertson and why Greenpeace want blind children.

All that and more here.

It is indeed a shame

Air America is no more. Of course, since you probably never listened to it, you probably didn't even now it was still around.

Imagine if they made this today?

This has been circulating around the web for a while but it only came to my attention when Alisa Craddock sent it to me. It’s a 1948 cartoon by Harding College warning Americans about communism. If it were made today it would be a clarion call for totalitarianism wrapped up in the American flag.

Have they ever told the truth?

It was a famous announcement in 2007 by the IPCC: Himalayan glaciers would disappear in mere decades thanks to global warming. The problem? It wasn't true and the U.N. has admitted it.

The shape of things to come?

Scott Brown pulled off what could only be called an upset by winning Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in the state of Massachusetts. His next challenge will likely trying to be inaugurated -- which the Democrats in that state have threatened to delay -- in to vote against Barack Obama's health care bill.

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This week in Enter Stage Right we talk climate change, praise Mark Steyn, look at dumb in Washington, D.C., take a shot at Greenpeace, call for a tax cut and sympathize with French husbands.

All that and more here.

A business arrangement

As you can quite imagine, I receive my fair share of emails from military personnel, often thanking us for our support of the soldiers fighting against terrorism. An email I received today, however, from none other than Gen. Stanley McChrystal was a bit of a surprise:

Hello ,

How are you and your family doing? Hope this mail meet you in a good condition of health. Listen carefully to what i am about to disclose to you and make sure it stays with you alone and no one else, i mean no third party. I am General Stanley McChrystal of the United State Army currently in Afghanistan.

You might wonder how i came across your contact, yes every one will wonder but what you must know is that when you are a good man news about you easily spread. A junior officer gave me your contact information and we want you to do a job for us which you will also benefit from, you are earning this benefit due to your generousity to the world out there as you well know that we live in different world.

Before i enlighteen you more on what we want you to do for us, we will not entertain telephone call as you are well aware that we are fighting against terrorism here and discussing issues that i about to disclose to you on official military line can be very dangerous for us so for that reason we will communicate via electronic mail and skype.

Secondly, no exchange of any documents as our FTP SERVER is constantly blocked and every of our movement appears on raiders while we also have restricted areas that we are not authorised to visit, every documents will be sent to you via the United Nation Diplomatic Personal regarding the delivery of the 2 boxes.

Now listen because this is were you fit in and your percentage is sure. During one of our raid we exchanged fire with some terrorist planning to acquire ammunition from some arms dealers from Cuba and recovered some consignment containing raw United State Dollars which i and my junior officer secretly took and kept it with the United Nation Diplomatic Storage House here as personal effect, what we want you to do is receive the two box containing the money $34.3 million on our behalf and we will split it in 35% 25% 25% 15% among the four of us. The 35% comes to me while you and my junior officer get 25% each and the 15% goes to charity organization.

The United Nation Diplomatic Service have delivery locations in the following countries around the world were the boxes can routed from to your country, we want you to let us know among the following countries the one that suite you best to route the 2 boxes to your country. 1. United Kingdom 2. Ghana 3. Germany 4. Spain 5.China

I believe you don’t have problem with the sharing, let me know the country that best suites you so that we can make delivery arrangement immediately. Your name and delivery address and your telephone number will be needed by the diplomat so that he can give you a call when he arrive the country of your choice. Immediately i fly out of here i will contact you and meet with you in person.

Please take down my skype identity Stanley.McChrysta@skype and add me to your skype so that we can meet online, am always at the military base.

If you are interested please get back to me via my personal email address: sflendergroup@live.nl

Please get back to me as soon as possible.

General Stanley McChrystal

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This week at ESR we think lowly of the notion of green jobs, reveal the truth about an Obama slogan, offer some praise for Glenn Beck, love Turner Classic Movies, offer an endorsement and avoiding smiling at the DMV.

All that and more here.

Shocking news: Fanatics love being terrorists

According to a study by the Pentagon, one in five upstanding citizens released from Gitmo end up going back into the jihadist struggle against everything that isn't their warped view of the world.

There is quibbling about the numbers but regardless of whose you use, it is quite evident that a significant number of these people go back to doing what they did before.

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Back in 2000 I first became aware of the evils of the Taliban thanks to videos posted on the internet by feminists of women being beheaded in a Kabul stadium for the crime of working outside the home.

With the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks I had hoped that the status of women would improve and I suppose an to beheadings is a step forward. A new report, however, suggests that Afghani women still have a long way to go before they aren't second class citizens.

Reality is a harsh mistress

A year ago Barack Obama was more popular than bacon. Today? Well, Gallup says he's not doing quite so well...though the news isn't all bad.

The worst of the worst

John Hawkins has compiled a list of the most obnoxious quotes of 2009 and as you would expect there are some memorable doozies on it.

Happy anniversary!

Today -- actually yesterday -- marks an auspicious moment in the history of Enter Stage Right! It was ten years ago yesterday that Alan Caruba first appeared in the virtual pages of this web site. You can read that commentary here.

As I always tell the writers -- without them this would be a barren outpost on the Web which featured the crazed, drunken rantings of a conservative in northern Ontario. Few more than Alan Caruba deserve thanks for turning this web site into what it is today.

Congratulations Alan and I hope you feel better soon!

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New year and a new issue! This week at ESR we reveal our Person of the Year for 2009, talk about Barack Obama, look at the past ten years, offer some resolutions for Canadian politicians, wish Chester A. Arthur was still around and discuss leadership.

All that and more here.

More words

Not content with a mere wrap up of the year's best quotes, John Hawkins has put together the same for the past ten years.

Happy New Year!

From everyone at the ESR family we wish you a Happy New Year! May 2010 be a prosperous and peaceful one for you, your family and friends!