Florida Teacher Opposed to New York Gay Marriage Law Could Lose His Job

Sad, but true, as the power of the gay mafia reveals itself once again:

A former “Teacher of the Year” in Mount Dora, Fla. has been suspended and could lose his job after he voiced his objection to gay marriage on his private Facebook page.


Jerry Buell, a veteran American history teacher at Mount Dora High School, was removed from his teaching duties as school officials in Lake County investigate allegations that what he posted was biased towards homosexuals.


“We took the allegations seriously,” said Chris Patton, a communication officer with Lake County Schools. “All teachers are bound by a code of special ethics (and) this is a code ethics violation investigation.”


Patton said the school system received a complaint on Tuesday about something Buell had written last July when New York legalized same sex unions. On Wednesday, he was temporarily suspended from the classroom and reassigned.


Patton said Buell has taught in the school system for 22 years and has a spotless record. Last year, he was selected as the high school’s “Teacher of the Year.” But now his job is on the line because of what some have called anti-gay and homophobic comments.


Buell told Fox News Radio that he was stunned by the accusations.


“It was my own personal comment on my own personal time on my own personal computer in my own personal house, exercising what I believed as a social studies teacher to be my First Amendment rights,” he said.


The school system declined to comment on the specific Facebook messages that led to their investigation, but Buell provided Fox News Radio with a copy of the two Facebook messages that he said landed him in trouble.


The first was posted on July 25 at 5:43 p.m. as he was eating dinner and watching the evening news.


“I’m watching the news, eating dinner when the story about New York okaying same-sex unions came on and I almost threw up,” he wrote. “And now they showed two guys kissing after their announcement. If they want to call it a union, go ahead. But don’t insult a man and woman’s marriage by throwing it in the same cesspool of whatever. God will not be mocked. When did this sin become acceptable?”


Three minutes later, Buell posted another comment:


“By the way, if one doesn’t like the most recently posted opinion based on biblical principles and God’s laws, then go ahead and unfriend me. I’ll miss you like I miss my kidney stone from 1994. And I will never accept it because God will never accept it. Romans chapter one.”


According to the school system, what Buell wrote on his private account was disturbing. They were especially concerned that gay students at the school might be frightened or intimidated walking into his classroom.


Patton also disputed the notion that Buell’s Facebook account is private.


“He has (more than) 700 friends,” he said. “How private is that – really? Social media can be troubling if you don’t respect it and know that just because you think you are in a private realm – it’s not private.”


Buell’s attorney strongly disagreed and accused the school system of violating his First Amendment rights.


“The school district is being anti-straight, anti-First Amendment and anti-personal liberty,” said Horatio Mihet, an attorney with the Liberty Counsel.


“The idea that public servants have to whole-heartedly endorse homosexual marriage is repugnant to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,”

Rick Perry: Global Warming Based On Scientists Manipulating Data

Finally a presidential candidate with the guts to say what most conservatives know to be true:

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry told New Hampshire voters Wednesday that he does not believe in manmade global warming, calling it a scientific theory that has not been proven.


"I think we're seeing almost weekly, or even daily, scientists that are coming forward and questioning the original idea that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change," the Texas governor said on the first stop of a two-day trip to the first-in-the-nation primary state.


He said some want billions or trillions of taxpayer dollars spent to address the issue, but he added: "I don't think from my perspective that I want to be engaged in spending that much money on still a scientific theory that has not been proven and from my perspective is more and more being put into question."


His comments came at a packed breakfast meeting with local business leaders in a region known for its strong environmental policies. And he made his global warming comment in response to a question by an audience member who cited evidence from the National Academy of Sciences.

Maxine Waters to Obama: Pay More Attention To Blacks

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LATimes.com:

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) called on President Obama on Thursday to pay more attention to black Americans, saying she and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus are “not just frustrated with the president -– communities are hurting.”


“The economy, the loss of jobs, the pain is real. We’re talking about indisputable facts,” she said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”


“We’ve got to be in the discussion. We want to be part of the solution. We cannot continue to go on watching everybody talk about what the solutions are without us being included in it,” she said.


Citing already high unemployment and foreclosure levels that are intensified in the black community, Waters commented on growing frustrations that black Americans were being ignored by the administration.


“Take a look at this headline in the Wall Street Journal: ‘Obama aims to keep white voters on board,’ ” Waters said, holding up a copy of the paper. “Well, we want to be on board too.”


The comments piggybacked on remarks Waters made at a Detroit town-hall meeting on jobs two days ago, when she said the CBC was “getting tired” of continuing to support Obama as the economy continued to struggle.

RELATED: Maxine Waters: Why isn't Obama in black communities?

Christine O’Donnell Walks Out On Piers Morgan Interview After Gay Marriage Query

Good for her. She's not running for any political office, she's promoting a book. What does her feelings on "gay marriage" have to do with anything other than trying to make her look like a bigot?

Former Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell walked out of an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan today after the host asked her a question on gay marriage. “My first ever walk-out in 25 years of interviews,” Morgan said on Twitter after the exchange, which airs on Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 p.m. O’Donnell, who is promoting her new book, became uncomfortable when Morgan asked questions about politics. “You’re borderline being a little bit rude,” she tells Piers Morgan. “I think I’m being rather charming and respectful,” says Morgan.


On gay marriage, O’Donnell said she’s not running for office, and therefore would not address the issue. “Why are you being so weird?” Morgan asks. “I’m asking you questions based on your own public statements…it’s hardly rude to ask you that, surely.” She clearly didn’t agree, claiming that she was “being pulled away” from the interview by an off-camera handler.

Far-Left Jerk Ed Schultz Deliberately Took Rick Perry Quote Out Of Context To Paint Him As a Racist

BreitbartTV:

On tonight's "The Ed Show" on MSNBC, Ed Schultz admitted he was in error in deceptively editing a clip of Gov. Rick Perry, removing the meaning and context of the governor's statement. The deception was first revealed here at breitbart.tv.


He did not apologize, and he did not explain to his viewers that the deceptively edited clip was used by Schultz to make a false allegation of racism against the Texas governor.

Fareed Zakaria: ‘Liberals Need To Grow Up’ And Realize The Limits Of Obama’s Rhetoric

Speaking of hypocrites:

Hey, Fareed, so’s yer face!


On his GPS program Sunday morning, Fareed Zakaria told viewers that he thinks “liberals need to grow up” and realize that President Obama’s oratorical gifts have their limits. The declaration has earned him sharp rebuke among liberals, but also from conservative sites like Newsbusters, each of whom see Zakaria’s premise at odds with reality.


Newsbusters’ Noel Sheppard points out that there has been plenty of air and ink devoted to the idea that the S&P downgrade is the fault of the Tea Party and the Republicans, which is true, then chides Zakaria for complaining about liberals doing what people like Zakaria have trained them to do:


Maybe this “recurring liberal fantasy” was fostered by folks like Zakaria that presented Barack Obama to the American people as a messiah. If the public has a Hollywood-like view of this president, it’s because the media put him on a pedestal like nobody before him.


It’s true that liberals have been too hard on President Obama at times, but not out of some magical belief in his powers. Many were disappointed that health care reform didn’t include a public option, or that the President didn’t pass a larger, less tax cut-heavy stimulus package, when he had control of both houses of Congress. A lot of us blamed weak “conservadems” for undercutting stronger measures, but as President of the United States, Barack Obama should have been able to heel those blue dogs.

Far-Left Sportswriter Mike Lupica Is An Idiot Part 2,040

Here's the main problem with allowing a longtime sportswriter to suddenly re-invent himself as a political pundit: he's a joke: I mean if you're going to criticize Obama for going all-in on ObamaCare when he had political capital, at least have the guts to admit that you were one of the ObamaBots cheering him on while he was doing it. Here's what Lupica wrote in today's Daily News:

Obama ought to be challenged on so many things, starting with how much he spent all of his political capital on health care when he should have been focusing on jobs, and how he has talked a better fight than he has actually fought.

Yet, it was only a year ago that Lupica was singing a far different tune:

You don't have to like this bill, you don't have to like Nancy Pelosi, you are allowed to think that Barack Obama should have spent more time over the past 14 months talking about the people who are out of work in America rather than focusing on the ones without health care in America.


But do even the worst crackpots, from the Tea Party movement and anywhere else, think that Obama would have put himself on the line this way if he didn't believe in what he was doing?

Monday morning quarterbacking, it's what smug hypocrites do best.

Newsmax Poll: 61% Alarmed About Obama's Economy

Two and a half years and things have gotten worse, far worse under Barry:

An exclusive Newsmax/InsiderAdvantage poll shows that only 13.4 percent of voters still feel confident about the economy, while a stunning 61 percent describe themselves as either “alarmed” or “somewhat alarmed.”


Another 22.3 percent describe themselves as “uncertain” regarding how the current economy will affect them and their families.


Perhaps most worrisome for the Obama administration: Swing voters appear to have lost faith in President Barack Obama’s performance on the economy. Only 35 percent of them somewhat approve or approve of Obama’s economic job performance, compared with 58 percent who either somewhat disapprove or disapprove.


The survey results, released today, give the strongest indication to date that wild stock-market gyrations on Wall Street and dismal economic growth have done serious — perhaps lasting — damage to consumer confidence.

Tim Pawlenty Drops Out Of Presidential Race A Day After Iowa Straw Poll

Mediaite.com:

Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is ending his presidential campaign today, after coming in third place in the Iowa straw poll yesterday.


Pawlenty delivered the news to supporters via a conference call earlier today, and is expected to make the official announcement on ABC’s “This Week.”

RELATED: Rep. Michele Bachmann Touts Iowa Straw Poll Win

Marie Claire Asks Megyn Kelly: ‘Do You Think Fox Is Biased?’

Mediate calls this "surprisingly hard-hitting for a profile in a fashion-oriented magazine", but that's just a cover for another liberal rag with an agenda trying to go after a conservative woman, too bad Megyn Kerry is way too smart to play their little "gotcha" game:

Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, back to work following her maternity leave, took some time to speak with Marie Claire about a whole lot ‘o stuff: the role her looks have played in her television career, Glenn Beck, Roger Ailes… and whether or not she believes her network is biased in its coverage.


Much of the interview — surprisingly hard-hitting for a profile in a fashion-oriented magazine — focuses on image. How does Kelly’s image help or hurt her career? What image does Beck give off to viewers and detractors? …Does she agree with the perception of Fox News as a biased news source? In a word, “No.”


No. Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won’t cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn’t ask. And sometimes that’s perceived as bias by people who’ve grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets.


In her answers, Kelly does an incredibly fine job of remaining diplomatic and even-keeled while making her thoughts known. For example:


Marie Claire: I assume you believe in free speech. How do you feel about the fact that Sarah Palin doesn’t talk to the press unless it’s Fox News?


Megyn Kelly: Well, I don’t know if the premise of the question is correct, because she has talked to other outlets. I think there are certain outlets she doesn’t like. And I think she thinks she’s been treated unfairly by people in the press.


And that, folks, is how you answer a question with professionalism! (I mean, seriously, like she’d ever say, “Yeah, that is certainly wack, isn’t it? Such wackitude as I have never seen.” Also… free speech?)


Other highlights from the interview include…
A rather sweet little anecdote about Fox News head Roger Ailes:


A couple years ago, I had a very bad stalking problem. I was living alone in D.C. In addition to security Fox provided me, Roger offered to pay out of his own pocket for special dead bolts throughout my home. It was just a small thing, but he didn’t have to do it. I had a boss who cared, and it made me feel better.


Her reaction to Slate referring to her as a “postfeminist news babe:”


I don’t like that term. It’s pejorative. I don’t know who wrote that article, but I’m gonna bet it was a guy.


Her thoughts on Beck:


If Fox had promoted Glenn Beck as a straight newsman who would be delivering the nightly update, like Bret Baier, then yes. But it was clear from the beginning — and it remains clear — that Glenn Beck is an opinion host. He doesn’t report as a journalist and isn’t making any attempt to be a journalist.


Why she likes Jon Stewart, he who recently accused her of “flip-flopping:”


I find Jon Stewart very funny — except for when he’s making fun of me. [laughs] The problem with Stewart is when people think The Daily Show is actual news, or that he made an attempt to be fair, which I think he would freely admit that he doesn’t.