The Amethyst Initiative: Your Tuition Dollars At Work
by Harvey kushner

August 19, 2008

Presidents from some of the nation's best colleges are asking lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, arguing that current law encourages binge drinking at their institutions.

The Amethyst Initiative began more than a year ago by John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College in Vermont, who's efforts have garnered the support of approximately 100 college presidents from such well-known institutions as Duke, Ohio State, Tufts, Syracuse, Morehouse, to name a few.

In the coming weeks, don't be surprised to see a well orchestrated advertizing blitz publicizing their initiative in newspapers across the country.

I'm all for lobbying lawmakers for a specific end. I'm not for college presidents organizing to influence a national debate on drinking age. Their efforts would be better spent elsewhere.

What about the anti-American rhetoric that dominates the classrooms of our nation's colleges and universities? What about the unchecked recruitment of foreign students for their valuable tuition dollars and questionable loyalties? What about the public foot baths that have been installed at universities to accommodate Muslim students?

College presidents would better serve their constituencies by protecting the rights of American students who espouse conservative values and wish to express their beliefs on campus. Ask yourself this Mr. College President: Why do conservatives need armed guards when speaking at your campus while Islamic terrorist sympathizers are greeted with cheers?

The answer is simple; you have not made your campus a safe haven for the plain and unvarnished truth.

Ellen the “Degenerate” Reportedly Weds
by Harvey Kushner

August 17, 2008

It's being reported that out-of-the-closet-into-the-open Ellen DeGeneres has wed her lover Portia de Rossi in small ceremony at their home in Beverly Hills, California, Saturday night. If true, it would constitute the highest-profile gay marriage since the California Supreme Court ruled that same sex couple's have the right to marry.

In about an hour's drive from Beverly Hills in Lake Forest, California, Pastor Rick Warren pressed B. Hussein to give his definition of marriage.

The presumptive Democratic nominee told Warren, “It's a union between a man and a woman.” He further said, “For me as a Christian, It is a scared union. God's in the mix.”

Fair enough, not a bad answer; however, B. Hussein went on to indicate strongly that he does support same-sex civil unions, saying, “I can afford those civil rights to others even if I don't have … that view.”

When Pastor Warren later posed the same question to John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona said he defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman but would let states decide rather than the federal government.

B. Hussein's position is in line with all seeking a federal mandate to allow same-sex civil unions. The Constitution stands moot on the matter of marriage. The latter has always rested with the states. B. Hussein and his glitterati friends like DeGeneres support a strong federal mandate to allow them to subvert the Constitution.

If Warren pushed B. Hussein further on the issue of the “union between a man and a woman,” we might have been treated to a Clintonesque response: “Well, it depends on what the meaning of the word “man or women” is.

At least on this issue, B. Hussein's answers stand in opposition to the philosophy of al Qaeda.

Food for Thought
by Harvey Kushner

August 14, 2008

Almost two decades ago, I told federal law enforcement agencies that “Islamic terrorists have been known to test their opponent's ability to respond.” This was certainly the case in 1979 when the Iranians seized our embassy in Tehran and our people were held captive in the Lebanon during the eighties.

For years, we allowed Islamic terrorists a free hand in attacking our assets both here and abroad. Our failure in Mogadishu was particularly embarrassing while signaling to al Qaeda a lack of will on the part of America to stick it out.

The “whole world is watching” is the usual mantra of Liberals as they accuse America of horrific deeds perpetrated against Islamic populations. Repeat after me, please: “Islamist terrorists are watching and taking copious notes on our ability to respond to their egregious acts of terrorism.”

Is it just a coincidence that Clinton and Bush were visited with terror attacks on American soil during their early days in office?

Say what you want about John McCain's conservative credentials; however, do not doubt his response to an act of Islamic terrorism on the home front. Can the same be said of someone who believes that peace can be achieved by talking to the Iranians?

Ronald Reagan words apply: “We live in a precarious world threatened by totalitarian forces who seek to subvert and destroy freedom. The peace we enjoy is maintained only by our strength and resolve, and it's our duty to fortify both.”

John's Hair Hits the Fan
by Harvey Kushner

August 9, 2008

When asked about Bill Clinton's lurid relationship with Monica Lewinsky, John Edwards flipped his hair away from his forehead and offered the following: "I think this president has shown a remarkable disrespect for his office, for the moral dimensions of leadership, for his friends, for his wife, for his precious daughter. It is breathtaking to me the level to which that disrespect has risen."

Talk about medical malpractice attorneys casting stones in glass houses.

If the National Enquirer broke a story about a Mitt Romney's tryst, Couric, Gibson, and Williams would have been all over it like a monkey on a cupcake.

Oops! I forgot about the Senior Senator from Idaho, Larry Edwin Craig. The three network stooges were all over him like a donkey on a waffle. Oops! I forgot Craig is a Republican. Oops, I forgot wide-stance Larry wasn't a potential presidential candidate.

The entire liberal media let the Edward's affair slide. They were probably saving Elizabeth from the embarrassing details of her loving husband's affair with the sometimes documentary filmmaker and aspiring actress, Rielle Hunter. Hope we're not in for a You Tube flick.

The lack of investigative reporting about the backgrounds of Democratic presidential candidates is shameful and ultimately dangerous. The media knew Edwards locked himself in the hotel bathroom to simply comb his hair in case he was photographed.

Can they say the same about B. Hussein?

Mike Huckabee for VP
by Harvey Kushner

August 3, 2008

We at harveykushner.com believe that our nation's moral compass could spin in a direction unknown to all that cherish American values. For the first time in recent memory, there is a real possibility that an individual might bring to the White House significant cultural and political baggage that could do irreparable harm to our nation.

B. Hussein Obama's past is too cloudy and his “citizen-of-the-world” beliefs are not in keeping with American values. Granted that William Jefferson Clinton's moral compass was in his pants; B. Hussein's compass points in a cultural direction that would allow this country to join France, Germany and Belgium as dying Western cultures while elevating Iran to prominence.

We ask that you get out the good news about the man from Hope, Arkansas: Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee. Mike is the only man capable of keeping America connected to its Judeo-Christian roots. Mike is a gentleman that articulates what every American wants for his family and country.

Mike believes in God and does not cling to his “you know what” as B. Hussein said about Americans in Pennsylvania. Mike embraces his Christian beliefs and that's of vital important to this nation.

Please take time out from your busy schedules and talk to your friends and associates about Mike Huckabee as the "right" running mate for John McCain.

B. Hussein Obama: In His Own Words
by Harvey Kushner

July 31, 2008

I could write a short essay about B. Hussein's audacity of arrogance but the words of the presumptive presidential candidate speak for themselves:

“I came to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before, although tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for president, but as a citizen--a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world” (briefing German Democrats).

“[I B. Hussein Obama believe that] this is the moment as Nancy [Pelosi] noted, that the world has been waiting for” (briefing American Democrats).

“[I B. Hussein Obama have] become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions” (briefing more American Democrats).

"You know, he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look
like all the other presidents on the dollar bills” (and briefing even more American Democrats).

And please don't forget his broad grin as he stood behind his own nifty Great Seal. I would imagine that his spouse was thinking that this was the second time in her memory that she was proud of her country.

What say you?