On this, what would have been George Washington’s 279th birthday week, Americans will go about their business, a free people, without acknowledging – nor celebrating – the man whose toil on their behalf was measureless.  I say “free people,” sadly aware that we’re becoming less free, and that diminution of Washington symbolizes the push to “alter” history to make this so.

This, of course, derives from the Left, which spreads tales – false ones – of racism amongst the Founders, and which last year had members of the NAACP hide the General from view.  Indeed, they boxed him in, shielding the Offender, even as they praised the author of the line, “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

And now “President’s Day” disrespects George again.  The equivalent of “every leader gets a prize,” it mocks history, inspires no one, and displays the lengths to which fools go to be foolish.  There is no par between George Washington and James Polk, between Thomas Jefferson and Millard Fillmore, and to assert otherwise says: 1) that no president is different from any other; 2) that individuals must bow to the Collective; and 3) that history is a dull, generic ride.

False on each count.  When you honor everyone, you honor no one, and honor becomes meaningless.  The name of the law which created President’s Day – The Uniform Monday Holiday Act – is absurd, much like the mush it inspired.  Debating the bill, Rep. Dan Kuykendall (R-TN), foresaw the outcome:

“If we do this – change the date of the Washington holiday – ten years from now our children will not know what February 22 means.  They will not know or care when George Washington was born.  They will know only that in the middle of February, they will have a three-day weekend for some reason…. This will come.”

It has.  The progressive effort to rewrite history and to demonize – and erase – the Founders has succeeded.  General Washington is now less revered than Lady GaGa.  Obscurer still is the honor President Coolidge bestowed on him:

“Wherever men love liberty, wherever they believe in patriotism, wherever they exalt high character, by universal consent they invoke the name of George Washington.  No occasion could be conceived more worthy, more comprehensibly American, than that which is chosen to commemorate this divinely appointed captain.”

Divinely appointed captain.

Makes one wish His Excellency were alive.  And that somehow, through Providence, he could lead us again.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of The Conservative Hammer and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.  Follow him on Twitter at @GH

Wow, Jesus just f**ked Tim Tebow!  And on Xmas Eve!  Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler “Hey, Buffalo’s killing them.”

Maher was referring to the Buffalo Bills pounding the Denver Broncos, implying that Tebow ascribes touchdowns to God.  He doesn’t, never has, but Bill is creative.  It can be claimed that he was needling, that the controversy was intended, and that he achieved his desire: bluster in his name.  Any publicity – even negative publicity – is good for those who make hay stirring pots.

That said, Maher is atheist, his following, by and large, that portion of the American populace that loathes “piety” because we all know piety – a strong belief in God and observance of religious principles in daily life – is “hypocritical.”  Who needs piety – and virtue, for that matter – when there are better options: food stamps, pot dispensaries, subsidized abortion…. Maher feeds off “hatred of piety,” but as I put on my Psychologist – make that Psychiatrist – hat, the stream of hate is  multi-layered.  Expectedly, the response was quick and, save for comments on his Facebook page, negative.  Declaring that Jesus f***ed a Christian on Christmas Eve brought rebuke, and one could sense him doubling down.  Subsequent tweets were consistent:

-All you J-freaks having a cow re: my Tebow tweet please go back to the longer piece we did on “Real Time” (his show) and have a proper heart attack.

-Overreaction from bible-thumpers re: my Tebow tweet reminds me of North Koreans wailing at the Kim Jung-il funeral: Brainwashing is brainwashing.

Smug?  Maher makes an art of smugness.  Hell hath no fury like a millionaire scorned!  J-freaks, of course, translates to “Jesus Freaks,” meaning that the two billion Christians scattered worldwide are anomalous, and that atheists and agnostics who reject God are “normal.”  If only “bible-thumpers” would stop the God thing, learn the F-bomb, and read Playboy, they’d be fine.

Speaking of which, I went to the Tebow Foundation to see what irks Bill:

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love.” ~1 Corinthians 16:13-14

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~Aesop

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.”  ~T.H. Thompson

Talk about freakish.  That “brainwashing is brainwashing” is clearly evident in these quotes.  Of course, there’s irony, for the Foundation speaks of kindness and love and the brand of “empathy” oft ascribed to J-loathers.  It’s almost as if the Almighty made the quotes, speaking to Bill directly; but let’s not play dumb.

In the end, what Maher seems to hate is Bill Maher.  Christians, he’ll have you know, are “freaks” who project piety they don’t heed onto others.

But what he fails to heed is human nature.  Christians are similar to atheists insofar as temptations and moral challenges affect both.  They aren’t paragons of piety nor sinless robots.

What they are are people who understand that they’re flawed, that they sin, and that two-thousand years ago, Christ was born.  They believe that life is difficult and that Jesus died on the Cross, not to be depicted in vats of urine and howls of mockery, but to give Man redemption.

Atheists recoil.  When someone like Tebow walks the walk, it gets under their skin, reminding them of alternatives; for even in atheists a voice gnaws at Conscience.  In an atheist’s world all is fine to the point that they’re exposed to the antithesis of their spiritual vacuum.

Shame, therefore, weaves Bill’s contumely.  No one likes a pooper at the party.  But parties end in mirrors.

The T.H. Thompson quote – “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” – promotes empathy for all.  And the Aesop quote – “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – calls Christians to sympathies lost on Bill.

Maher and Christ-mockers avoid internal audits.  Their assertions, though vile, require love as much as grace.  In Luke, chapter 23, verse 34, as Jesus dies, He cries out.

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” He says.

Tebow knows this passage.  So does Maher.  The difference lies in the means of how they handle it: in Tebow’s case through private charity.  In Maher’s case with mockery substituting for guilt.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of The Conservative Hammer and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

Now that Christmas is over and atheists can crawl back into their holes until Easter, Bill Maher’s now infamous “Tim Tebow Tweet” requires perspective.  The tweet, posted on Christmas Eve day, read:

Wow, Jesus just f**ked Tim Tebow!  And on Xmas Eve!  Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler “Hey, Buffalo’s killing them.”

Maher was referring to the Buffalo Bills pounding the Denver Broncos, implying that Tebow ascribes touchdowns to God.  He doesn’t, never has, but Bill is creative.  It can be claimed that he was needling, that the controversy was intended, and that he achieved his desire: bluster in his name.  Any publicity – even negative publicity – is good for those who make hay stirring pots.

That said, Maher is atheist, his following, by and large, that portion of the American populace that loathes “piety” because we all know piety – a strong belief in God and observance of religious principles in daily life – is “hypocritical.”  Who needs piety – and virtue, for that matter – when there are better options: food stamps, pot dispensaries, subsidized abortion…. Maher feeds off “hatred of piety,” but as I put on my Psychologist – make that Psychiatrist – hat, the stream of hate is  multi-layered.  Expectedly, the response was quick and, save for comments on his Facebook page, negative.  Declaring that Jesus f***ed a Christian on Christmas Eve brought rebuke, and one could sense him doubling down.  Subsequent tweets were consistent:

-All you J-freaks having a cow re: my Tebow tweet please go back to the longer piece we did on “Real Time” (his show) and have a proper heart attack.

-Overreaction from bible-thumpers re: my Tebow tweet reminds me of North Koreans wailing at the Kim Jung-il funeral: Brainwashing is brainwashing.

Smug?  Maher makes an art of smugness.  Hell hath no fury like a millionaire scorned!  J-freaks, of course, translates to “Jesus Freaks,” meaning that the two billion Christians scattered worldwide are anomalous, and that atheists and agnostics who reject God are “normal.”  If only “bible-thumpers” would stop the God thing, learn the F-bomb, and read Playboy, they’d be fine.

Speaking of which, I went to the Tebow Foundation to see what irks Bill:

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love.” ~1 Corinthians 16:13-14

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~Aesop

-Foundation Quote of the Week: “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.”  ~T.H. Thompson

Talk about freakish.  That “brainwashing is brainwashing” is clearly evident in these quotes.  Of course, there’s irony, for the Foundation speaks of kindness and love and the brand of “empathy” oft ascribed to J-loathers.  It’s almost as if the Almighty made the quotes, speaking to Bill directly; but let’s not play dumb.

In the end, what Maher seems to hate is Bill Maher.  Christians, he’ll have you know, are “freaks” who project piety they don’t heed onto others.

But what he fails to heed is human nature.  Christians are similar to atheists insofar as temptations and moral challenges affect both.  They aren’t paragons of piety nor sinless robots.

What they are are people who understand that they’re flawed, that they sin, and that two-thousand years ago, Christ was born.  They believe that life is difficult and that Jesus died on the Cross, not to be depicted in vats of urine and howls of mockery, but to give Man redemption.

Atheists recoil.  When someone like Tebow walks the walk, it gets under their skin, reminding them of alternatives; for even in atheists a voice gnaws at Conscience.  In an atheist’s world all is fine to the point that they’re exposed to the antithesis of their spiritual vacuum.

Shame, therefore, weaves Bill’s contumely.  No one likes a pooper at the party.  But parties end in mirrors.

The T.H. Thompson quote – “Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” – promotes empathy for all.  And the Aesop quote – “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – calls Christians to sympathies lost on Bill.

Maher and Christ-mockers avoid internal audits.  Their assertions, though vile, require love as much as grace.  In Luke, chapter 23, verse 34, as Jesus dies, He cries out.

“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,” He says.

Tebow knows this passage.  So does Maher.  The difference lies in the means of how they handle it: in Tebow’s case through private charity.  In Maher’s case with mockery substituting for guilt.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of The Conservative Hammer and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

Tim Pawlenty is serious. I’ve been saying for awhile that a ticket with Pawlenty, a two-term governor from Minnesota, at the top, and a galvanizer – an Allen West or a Marco Rubio – at the bottom, can bring the White House to Republicans. Going forward, boldness is needed, and in Des Moines, Iowa, Pawlenty came through. In a speech entitled “A Time for Truth,” he kicked-off his campaign:

I’m here to tell Iowans the truth. America is facing a crushing debt crisis the likes of which we’ve never seen before. We need to cut spending, and we need to cut it—Big Time. The hard truth is that there are no longer any sacred programs. The truth about federal energy subsidies, including federal subsidies for ethanol, is that they have to be phased out. We need to do it gradually. We need to do it fairly. But we must do it.

How refreshing—a politician from an Ag state refusing to pander to crony capitalist farmers. This is what America wants to hear, not a squish like Romney, or a polemicist like Newt, but a leader. Iowa Ethanol is the “third rail,” but the third-rail may become “backing the status quo.” Times, they are a changing….

There’s an adult in the room.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

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Yes, it’s true…. As hard as it is to believe that Barack Obama didn’t single-handedly take out Osama bin Laden between black-tie galas and lining-up putts, there’s another iconic president we should thank: Ronald Reagan. When the Gipper took office, U.S. Special Forces and Tactical Unit Teams were under-funded, under-trained, under-manned and in disarray…. But, as Thomas Mcardle writes:

With the same visionary perseverance employed in his commitment to replace mutual assured nuclear destruction with missile defense, President Reagan executed a long-term strategy to build an array of elite, high-tech special force units that could carry out operations like the one that killed bin Laden.

As documented in the 1987 study, “Terrorism, U.S. Strategy, and Reagan Policies,” a 1990 target was set by the Reagan administration to increase special operations forces by 50% from 1981 levels. By 1987, a U.S. Special Operations Command was established to oversee the special-ops forces of the various branches of the military.

And so, again, steadfastness paid off. Reagan saw the need, in a changing world, for elite units comprised of the best soldiers on the planet, to combat terrorism.

Thus, bin Laden is DEAD…. You and I are safer. Thanks, Ronnie…. Godspeed and OO-RAH!!

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio

Honestly, I haven’t been this addled since the early morning hours after my first pint of vodka. But as the O-administration spins, we can at least be confident that it’s clueless to the core. The decision to not release images of Osama bin Laden dead is one made by a president more concerned about the sentiments of our enemy than American citizens. “Reach out” goes the thinking. Don’t “inflame Muslim passions.” Though if Islam is peaceful, as is reiterated ad nauseum, why choose appeasement over proof of success?

Mike Rogers, chairman of something called the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said this of the matter: “Imagine how the American people would feel if al-Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders and put photos on the internet. Osama bin Laden is not a trophy. He is dead, and let’s focus on continuing the fight until al-Qaida has been eliminated.”

Wow. Political correctness doesn’t distinguish between fools (Rogers is Republican), and so a demented man who authorized the killing of 3000 Americans is raised to the equivalent of the American soldier.

Thanks Mike!

Yours is the same dreck which led to Major Hassan blurting “Allahu akbar” prior to spilling blood at Fort Hood. When it comes to offending Americans, nothing is sacred, yet when it comes to jihadists, we become Dr. Phil.

Meanwhile, bin Laden is dead, though not without a 50-minute ceremony complete with ablutions and more respect for a killer than for the victims he offed.

Question: If he was “not a Muslim leader,” if he perverted Islam, then why the white shroud? The White House embraces “Muslim sensitivities,” but fails to consider that appeasement changes nothing and that jihadists are implacable.

How ‘bout AMERICAN sensitivities, Mr. President? Those traumatized by 9-11 deserve closure. If those who leaped from the World Trade Center could talk, what they would ask is: Of whom are you the president? The people of America, who don’t trust you and want proof, or the people of a make-believe, multicultural world?

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Withhout Boots, and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

“I will cut the deficit in half in my first two years.”



~Barack Obama

Friends, all of us, in an era of progressive mindlessness, must speak loudly and often in defense of the truth. My Facebook page, Soldiers Without Boots, is 100% dedicated to defeating progressives through the use of social media. Below are page “statuses,” composed by me, above articles presented there. A fire of Freedom, it hits the Left where it’s vulnerable: on every issue and topic there is!

-What kind of sick world are we living in when an Israeli defense force, firing in self-defense, causes world-wide condemnation and a U.N. froth-party, and yet a Syrian king, slaughtering 1000s, is treated as JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE PARK?

-Is it not interesting that in a time (the 60s) of gross racial discrimination, black employment and labor force participation was much HIGHER than today…. Did you know that the last year in which the black unemployment rate was lower than that of whites was also the last year there was NO FEDERALLY MANDATED MINIMUM WAGE?

-For the sake of arguing with idiots (e.g., your liberal cousin….) a “defined-benefit” pension is the one favored by GOVERNMENT UNIONS, in which Pie-In-the-Sky promises are made with taxpayer money REGARDLESS of economic conditions…. A “defined-contribution” plan is one in which the employer contributes to an IRA managed privately…. The former BANKRUPTS states. The latter’s time has COME, thank God!

-Planned Parenthood is an ABOMINATION to the proper role of government…. In 2009, while receiving $360 million in taxpayer dollars, they performed 910 abortions per/day, raking in nearly $160 million, while pushing “quotas” to prioritize the procedure. In addition, they used taxpayer money to fight legislation designed to protect women and girls from pimps, rapists and molesters whom they steadfastly REFUSE TO REPORT to the police.

-MORE insanity…. Obama refuses to meet with border governors on immigration but meets with CELEBS to strategize on how to sell amnesty to “bitter rubes.” Because actresses Eva Longoria, America Ferrera and “Sabado Gigante” host, Don Francisco, are more important to “shaping” U.S. immigration policy than are Governor Brewer and Governor Perry.

-There is always a defining moment in any presidency…. For John F. Kennedy, there was “Ich bin ein Berliner.” For Ronald Reagan, there was “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” And for Barack Obama, there is “Chicka Chicka Boom-Boom.” I, for one, am incredibly proud!

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots, and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

You can’t make this up. First, a Spotted Owl destroyed the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest, then a minnow turned the most productive agricultural land in the world into a dustbowl, and now, as energy prices spike and the economy sputters, they’re going after Texas with a scurrilous reptile.

Specifically, the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard. That’s the latest more-important-than-people critter being used to lock-up resources in the name of planet Earth. The drilling moratorium didn’t cause enough pain, so onto the Endangered Species Act – known at the Sierra Club as “Ol’ Reliable” – to make certain Texas has lizard-filled poverty.

Lizard or livelihood? That’s what’s at stake. And the pro-poverty Earth Firsters stratifying government can’t have both. If it determines that the lizard is indeed endangered, the Fish and Wildlife Service will shut down the most productive oil counties in Texas, ban roads, and slow farm activity, as it “studies the ecosystem” for up to five years.

This should please Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, who in 2008 said, “We must increase gas taxes to force people to turn to alternative energy. Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to levels in Europe.”

That’s the goal—Europe. Low growth. High taxes. As our economy shrivels and land is restricted, as we ignore wealth beneath our feet and slide toward uncertainty, they slither along, creating dependency…. Sauve le lezard!

They should say it in French.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots, and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

Is this guy for real? The transmogrification of Barack Obama, who when he’s not getting down with Jay-Z is out spewing clap-trap on the Fantasy Tour, has mired him squarely in the political gutter. Anyone who’s been to the pump lately – or for that matter, a Benghazi rocket battle – has to know that he lacks leadership, is a community organizer, and practices a philosophy which forwards deception.

Saying that ObamaCare will lower costs is deceptive. Saying that the St. Paul bridge tragedy was caused by “crumbling infrastructure” is a lie. And saying that Republicans hate the poor is absurd.

But Obama’s philosophy is “any means to an end.” Suddenly, rather than an election-free spring, it feels like October 2012, with Messiah Mudslinger dissembling at the podium and this week highlighting his inner Saul Alinsky.

Obama in Virginia:

Young people must mobilize or special interests in Washington will balance the budget by slashing student aid and other education spending. I can’t afford to have all of you as bystanders…. there are powerful lobbies in Washington, and they’re going to want to reduce the deficit on your backs. We are going to have to ask everyone to sacrifice, and if we’re going to ask community colleges to sacrifice, then we can ask millionaires and billionaires to make a little sacrifice, too.”

In Palo Alto:

The Republican budget that was put forward is fairly radical. No, I wouldn’t call it particularly courageous. Ryan’s plan is to decrease taxes on corporations and the wealthy by cutting clean energy programs and transportation…. Nothing is easier than solving a problem on the backs of people who are poor, people who are powerless, or people who don’t have lobbyists or clout.

In Reno:

Now, I root for everybody to get rich. But I believe that we can’t ask everybody to sacrifice and then tell the wealthiest among us, well… you can just relax and go count your money. Don’t worry about it, we’re not going to ask anything of you.

There’s more - a lot more – but how much can you take? Obama sounds like a Third World simp addressing Sesame Streeters. Medicare is insolvent. Social Security is on its way. And the top 5% of taxpayers – those with “no obligation” – pay 60% of all federal income taxes. Furthermore, tax receipts are now less than what the government pays out in benefits.

Does this sound fair to you? Obama loves “fairness,” yet what about “freedom,” which is absent from his words? Does Obama seek fairness at the expense of freedom? One hates to think so. But the rhetoric rises.

And Americans who can count might conclude, Yes.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots, and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.

Call me a glutton for punishment, but in order to keep an eye on the moonbat crowd, I receive e-mails from Nancy Pelosi. Every time there’s a “crisis,” she’s there, cranking the spigot for cash, cash, cash. When Jared Loughner unloaded in Tucson, dollar-signs filled her orbitals. And, yes, the rise of “extremists” in Wisconsin – the one that puts its public employee collective bargaining in line with… gasp!… Maryland’s – has roused her again.

Dear Fellow Democrat—

This week’s shameful action by the Wisconsin GOP is just the latest example of radical Republicans standing with the special interests and tuning out the American people. Now, the very Republican State Senators who just voted to sell out Wisconsin’s working families are headed to Washington, DC for a GOP fundraiser with Speaker Boehner’s special interest backers.



We can’t let this stand. This must be the moment where we come together to declare in a strong, united voice that we have had enough.



Contribute $5 or more before Midnight tonight to help put us over the top of our $200,000 GOP Accountability Fund goal!

While teachers, nurses, social workers and other public servants fight for

a fair wage and the right to have a say in their futures, Republicans from Wisconsin to Washington have sided time and again with the shadowy

special interests that stand to gain the most from stripping middle-class

workers of their rights.

Wednesday’s ambush in Wisconsin made it clear that the Republicans are willing to do whatever it takes to force their radical right-wing agenda on America’s struggling middle-class.

I won’t stand for Speaker Boehner and House Republicans moving in lockstep with the Wisconsin GOP to escalate their assault on working families.



We’re just $27,109 away from raising an astonishing total of $200,000 in grassroots dollars for our GOP Accountability Fund since Wisconsin Republicans rammed through legislation stripping workers of their collective bargaining rights.



Contribute $5 or more before Midnight tonight to help put us over the top of our $200,000 GOP Accountability Fund goal!

The actions of Wisconsin Republicans and their allies in Congress have shown they were never serious about reducing budget deficits. Instead of taking on taxpayer subsidies for their Big Oil backers, they are intent on taking away power from middle-class workers.

Now, the question is what are we going to do about it. Let’s stand together.



Thank you,

Nancy Pelosi,
Democratic Leader

Astonishing! It’s about Big Oil! Governor Walker, hater of “working families,” is pocketing millions from rigs in Green Bay. Who knew?

Of course, it was Madame Speaker, who last year, said: “We’ll go through the gate, if we have to. If the gate is closed, we’ll go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault in. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we’re going to get health care for the American people.”

Does that sound like forcing a radical agenda on the working class? Not in Pelosi’s world. Only in ours.

Greg Halvorson is the founder of Soldiers Without Boots , and hosts Freedom Warrior Radio on Blog Talk Radio.