Breaking News; 12 Dead, 31 at Ft Hood, TX

Details are still coming in....

Please keep the families of the victims in your prayers tonight.

Will update as we get more information.

Libertas Articles

The Rutgers Democrats have printed another issue of Libertas yesterday. In that issue an article on trickle-down econopmics appeared. This article was one of the most specios drafts of reasoning since the last Paul Krugman article I read. His reasoning is that investment does not occure when the rich recive tax cuts because they are more inctivised to save rather than invest. His copnclusions only hold if banks are simply a stor house of money. Banks are investors by thier very nature. They hold as little capital as requierd to keep themselves solvent and invest the rest as fast as they can. To claim that tax cuts do not spur investment is invilation of all economic reasoning. He also makse compariosns of the clinton years (a period at the height of a bubble) to the Bush years (when the bubble burst). Like Robert Frank, the author of this article needs to read more widely.

CANADIANS ON CANADIAN HEALTH CARE

Also, have a look at the blog links bellow to get a sound economists view of the current debate.
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/10/great_moments_i.html
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/10/now_i_believe_t.html


CANADIANS ON CANADIAN HEALTH CARE

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Primised Links, more to come

Here are the links I promised in my article, more to come later.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/2009/09/09/fact-check-obama-uses-iffy-math-on-deficit-pledge/

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9924/12-18-KeyIssues.pdf


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem#Example_1:_Drug_testing

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Gotta Love Texas

I just thought that this story was just too good not to share.

5 Year Old Texas Boy Shoots 800-Pound Alligator

Go 2nd Amendment! Yihaw!

You have got to be KIDDING ME!?!?

This is a very, very disturbing video coming out of Burlington, NJ.



These kids should be concentrating on basic arithmetic, grammar and making pictures using popsicle sticks and cotton balls. They should NOT be brainwashed into state idolatry.

Let kids be kids and lets leave politics (and all the filth and dirt that comes with it) among us, please. Let them be innocent and happy a little longer.

Here are the lyrics, per FoxNews:

Song 1:
Mm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said that all must lend a hand
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said we must be fair today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

He said red, yellow, black or white
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!
Barack Hussein Obama

Yes!
Mmm, mmm, mm
Barack Hussein Obama

Song 2:
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!"

Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one!
The first black American to lead this great nation!

Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans
To make this country's economy number one again!

Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!

So continue ---- Mr. President we know you'll do the trick
So here's a hearty hip-hooray ----

Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!

O'Keefe/Centurion in the Papers....

Here's the story from the Newark Star-Ledger.

The article goes on to talk about O'Keefe's recent investigative reporting on ACORN, as well as some of his previous exploits here at Rutgers while he was editor-in-chief of the Centurion. The article also mentions some of our most famous antics dreamed up by O'Keefe, including our Banning of Lucky Charms at the Rutgers Dining Hall for being "offensive" to Irish people.

It is really a pretty good article and I encourage you to read it. The Centurion and our current editor-in-chief get a mention as well.

ACORN Story just gets better and better...

James O'Keefe, the founder of the Centurion, has recently stirred up a firestorm of controversy when he, along with his partner Hannah Giles, exposed the incredible corruption among the inner workings of the organization known as ACORN. ACORN is already suspected of voter fraud and voter intimidation in numerous states, but the information O'Keefe and Giles gathered is truly astonishing. Posing as a 'pimp' and a 'prostitute' seeking ACORN's assistance on setting up an illegal brothel, O'Keefe and Giles were advised on how to defraud the government on their tax returns and also how to manage the underage El Salvadorian girls they were "importing" for the aforementioned brothel. One of the former ACORN employees in Baltimore advised O'Keefe to teach the girls to "keep their mouth shut" and "always have eyes in the back of their head".

So far, O'Keefe and Giles have released numerous videos (via BigGovernment.com) detailing the reprehensible conduct of ACORN employees in Baltimore, Washington D.C., New York City and San Bernardino. Indeed, the US Census Department has already cut ties with the organization and the US Sentate voted 83-7 last Monday to prevent the US Department of Housing and Urban Development from sending millions of dollars of taxpayer money to ACORN.

However, if you were to flip on the mainstream media coverage of the event you would be sadly disappointed. With exception of Fox News, most media outlets are only giving a passing mention of the scandal, if that. I'm sure that if the tables were turned, and if it was a conservative organization that was caught on camera giving advice on how to set up a proper brothel and how to evade the IRS, they would be equally as ambivalent.

But, if you haven't seen the videos, here are all four of them:


Baltimore, Maryland (Released September 9, 2009)






Washington, D.C. (Released September 11, 2009)





Brooklyn, New York (Released September 13, 2009)






San Bernardino, California (Released September 15, 2009)




We'll keep you posted....

James O'Keefe, Founder of The Centurion, Exposes ACORN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UOL9Jh61S8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqORp48uik
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574404962227305566.html

James O'Keefe, the founder of The Centurion, has exposed ACORN for using tax-payer money to support prostitution, illegal immigration, underage prostitution, and other things in his undercover video. Right now, only FoxNews is reporting on this. This is huge news and everyone should watch these videos and see what ACORN is really about.

United States Healthcare in Comparison...

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-613.pdf

Before we jump into a massive government expansion of healthcare, it's our responsibility to do some research. The most important part of healthcare is quality. If you read Michael Tanner's research, posted above, you can see that the United States, when it comes to innovation, quality, and choice, without a doubt has far and away the best healthcare system in the world. These facts can not be disputed, as they are raw data, absolutely indicating a strong, quality system.

If you watch his YouTube videos, he also explains how 45-50 million uninsured Americans is a drastic misrepresentation of the truth. In addition, he tackles healthcare cost woes, and offers solutions. He stumbles upon a paradox where most Americans, 83%, say they are happy with their healthcare quality, and 70% are happy with the access, yet, 73% think the system is broken. When offered the widest possible range of healthcare reforms, from the most free-market reform to a single-payer system, the public voted yes for every single one of them. They public supported completely contridactory policies; 86% of Americans wanted to remove the link between jobs and insurance, and 81% wanted to make companies provide health insurance. That proves, single-handedly, a problem with knowledge of the issues.

Could this be where we are headed?

This is incredibly disturbing.

I don't know what's more disturbing, the fact that the British government is quashing any open discussion about Islam or the fact that so little people on this side of the Atlantic know about the Islamization of Europe? Now, there have been mass conversions (in terms of political, social and economic structures) of great swaths of land throughout human history (e.g. Christianity, Islam in the 700s, and Democracy in the 20th century), but the Islamization of Europe represents a different kind of movement. In all of those great movements mentioned earlier, there was incredible resistance by the ruling authorities (e.g. pagan Roman authorities, Christian leaders, and monarchists and dictators) to the new beliefs and ideas. However, the ideas and beliefs prevailed despite such opposition, sometimes prevailing in spite of and because of such opposition.

However, this is the first time in modern human history that I can think of that the ruling elite is actively helping a mass conversion of its own people and way of life to a completely different society through its own resistance to anything which might harm such a movement (e.g. criticism of said movement's militant message of takeover or exposing said movement's oppression of women, homosexuals, and followers of any other religion that is not Islam). It's just astounding how the European governments are ensuring their own destruction, all in the names of 'multiculturalism' and 'tolerance'!

Now, I don't demean Islam as a religion. It is a beautiful religion, rich with loving practices and an incredible history. The Koran contains great tales of morality and numerous elegant stories about devotion to God, just like the Bible and Torah. Adherents of Islam are incredibly disciplined, spiritual and fervent in their beliefs, much like the early Christians. The majority of Muslims are peaceful and only strive to be good people and not harm their fellow man.

But, a sizable, ever increasing number of Muslims are extremely militant and want to destroy Western culture (that's us) in order to impose a universal caliphate over the entire world. They are our enemies, these suicide bombers and jihadists who are killing our troops and innocent civilains at home (9/11) and abroad (Iraq, Afghanistan). They are also the ones driving the Islamization of Europe, which, helped by the national government's passivity, is gaining speed.

Ideas, beliefs and religions should be spread because they are good ideas, beliefs, religions, and not because they are forced upon us or because we are too afraid to combat them. Islam might indeed become the dominant religion of the world soon, but let it be because we want it to be and not because we are too scared to say no.

Liberal anchors try to stick it to a conservative yet again....and fail, again

Check this clip out:



Silly liberals, tricks (especially in terms of misleading poll questions that serve your dangerous insidious agenda) are for kids!

Ted Kennedy (D-MA) dies of brain cancer...

You can find the full story here.

In my opinion, Kennedy represented everything that is wrong with the modern day politician. He served for over 40 years, a great example of a man who was firmly entrenched in the give-and-take web of lobbyists and scandals that makes up the majority of Washington politics. Kennedy was as career a politician as anybody could be.

He was also a great hypocrite. For example, he proclaimed himself a Roman Catholic yet supported abortions, something vehemently opposed by the Vatican. He also undermined our national security again and again as well as helped increase and further entrench the policies of LBJ's Great Society, specifically the expansion of the Welfare State.

In addition, his personal life wasn't exactly crystal clean either. Just ask the family of Mary Jo Kepeche how they think of his passing, may she rest in peace.

However, he was still a United States Senator and, due to the respect I have for that office (which is really based on the character and actions of other Senators) and for his brother John, may he also rest in peace and may his family and friends feel the grace of God's comfort to help them deal with this.

Indeed, as much as he was an enemy to most, if not all, conservatives, he was still a saint among the liberal establishment. He inspired many on the left and also had a reputation for reaching across the aisle on legislation. He was a prolific lawmaker, having his name on countless bills and laws passed over his four decade long Senate career. I may have not liked the guy at all, but I know that many did, and I know that this is a sad day for them as well.

But, it's a terrible shame that now Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Democratic leadership in Congress are using his death to further the passage of health-care, Kennedy's own white albatross. Robert Byrd (D-WV) even went so far as to suggest naming the bill after Kennedy. As I said before, it's a terrible shame, but I wouldn't expect anything less from desperate liberals seeking to pass universal health-care while they still have power to do it. The will of the people be damned!

New Jersey Town Refuses Qaddafi

I saw this today and thought I'd mention it.

Good for them. If a dictator and a financier of terrorists had a possibility of coming to my hometown, I'd be equally as angry and concerned. This guy is despicable and is one of our greatest enemies. But, I guess harboring the terrorists responsible for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 (then welcoming back the surviving terrorist with open arms this past week) and shooting scud missiles at US forces in the Mediterranean doesn't qualify you as a bad guy. He's just 'misunderstood'. We should sit down and talk with him, Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong-il and other men who wish the total destruction of our country and way of life in order to help understand how our past policies and actions could have led them, 'good' men, to oppose us.

It used to be that we fought against injustice and actions against humanity whenever and wherever we found it. Now, it seems that we only care about such acts when the perpetrators are doing it in order to protect us (those evil CIA members, doing everything they can to defend us by making some American killing terrorists feel a little temporary discomfort. The nerve!). For you see, we can always 'sit and down and have a pleasant chat' with our enemies, rather them fight them at every corner.

Well, Neville Chamberlain and Edourd Daladier also thought that a policy of appeasement would protect their countries too when they signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler. So, let's see what happened. France was overrun in a couple of weeks and Britain endured countless bombings and rocket attacks while having London reduced to a bloody smoldering ruin. Yep, sitting down and talking works so well.

RUCenturion Blog Launched!

The Centurion has finally found a permanent place for its blog. After going through a number of various incarnations and locations, we think that we now have settled on Blogger to host our blog. Look ahead in the coming weeks for all our opinions, views and beliefs being expressed here.

Stay tuned!