A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former
U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the head of American
Majority (www.americanmajority.org), a national organization committed to identifying and
training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua
program. Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored
Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and
his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern
Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James. The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Ned Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
08 28th, 2008
A friend passed this on to me. I thought it was pretty funny.
DNC Schedule of Events
7:00 pm OPENING FLAG BURNING
7:15 pm PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.N.
7:20 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
7:25 pm NONRELIGIOUS PRAYER AND WORSHIP - Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton
7:45 pm CEREMONIAL TREE HUGGING - Darryl Hannah
7:55 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
8:00 pm HOW I INVENTED THE INTERNET - Al Gore
8:15 pm GAY WEDDING PLANNING - Rosie O’Donnell
8:35 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
8:40 pm OUR TROOPS ARE WAR CRIMINALS - John Kerry
9.00 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SADDAM AND HIS SONS - Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon
10:00 pm ANSWERING MACHINE ETIQUETTE - Alec Baldwin
11:00 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
11:05 pm COLLECTION FOR THE OSAMA BIN LADEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUND - Barbara Strei sand
11:15 pm FREE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY - Sean Penn
11:30 pm OVAL OFFICE AFFAIRS - William Jefferson Clinton
11:45 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
11:50 pm HOW GEORGE BUSH BROUGHT DOWN THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS - Howard Dean
12:15 am TRUTH IN BROADCASTING AWARD - Presented to Dan Rather by Michael Moore
12:25 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
12:30 am SATELLITE ADDRESS - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12:45 am NOMINATION OF Barack Hussein Obama- Nancy Pelosi
1:00 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST To Obama
1:30 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST To Hillary Clinton
1:35 am Bill Clinton asks Ted Kennedy to drive Hillary home
08 27th, 2008
American Issues Project is getting some press for their ad about Obama’s ties and relationship to Bill Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber. It only highlights yet again Obama’s ties to the radical left (Ayers, ACORN).
08 26th, 2008
Someone asked if I was going to the DNC in Denver. I said no, don’t have the time for that. Not going to the RNC either. But now, as I’m watching the drama between the Clinton and Obama camps, kinda wish I could see it first hand. If the convention borders on a semi-debacle for Obama, and the Clintons refuse to play ball with him, I doubt he gets a big bump coming out of the convention; didn’t think he’d get a massive one anyway. I saw yesterday that Gallup put he and McCain at 45-45%. Kerry was up by 2 over Bush going into the 2004 DNC. Doesn’t that strike anyone else as odd? Kerry was hardly getting people excited, was considered a less than desirable candidate. And then you have Obama, one step short of the Messiah, the coming of the blessed one, the one we’ve been waiting for . . . and he’s in a dead-heat with a 70 something, not so sure the base is fired up about him McCain.
08 26th, 2008
Pelosi said Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the moment of conception beginning life has been an issue of controversy within the Catholic church. I’m not Catholic, but that was news to me. Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl said this: “We respect the right of elected officials such as Speaker Pelosi to address matters of public policy that are before them, but the interpretation of Catholic faith has rightfully been entrusted to the Catholic bishops.” And I hate to point out the obvious here, and someone else made this point recently, but if life doesn’t begin at conception, why are there condoms, etc. to prevent conception from taking place? Because maybe life begins at conception?
08 25th, 2008
I was reading my newest edition of National Review last night and there was an article mentioning Obama’s connection with the Gamaliel Foundation. It obviously has a left leaning bent to it, but I was curious about it because of Obama’s connection with it, and of course his connection with ACORN. If Obama was a trainer for ACORN, then I have some real questions about Gamaliel.
08 20th, 2008
Now Reuters has him up by 5 points in the most recent poll. Advice to the McCain campaign: despite a lackluster, confused and semi-disorganized campaign, you can win if you don’t pick a pro-choice Veep. You pick a pro-choice Veep like Ridge and you can still snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
08 18th, 2008
According to Pelosi. So you could say I’m really feeling blessed right now; a sense of peace just swept over me.
08 18th, 2008
Bryon York of NRO wrote a nice piece about Obama and McCain’s recent visit to Saddleback church. I think he hit on what is really one of the driving issues for evangelicals: the life issue. People can say all they want about evangelicals’ priorities changing, that they are shifting focus, etc. etc. I would say they are expanding their issues, but still holding very true on the life and marriage issues. And again, people (I should say the mainstream media) are making a big deal as to how many evangelicals are shifting over to Obama. If 68% for McCain-24% for Obama is a huge shift, I’m missing something. Sure, about 75% of evangelicals voted for Bush in 2004, so there is still a 7% difference. But the numbers are widening. McCain went from 61% to 68% in a short time, and I’m pretty sure that if he picks a pro-life running mate, he’ll be in the 70s somewhere come Nov. 4.
07 29th, 2008
I think all the Democrats are getting a Messiah-complex: Obama and now Pelosi. It begins to border on the absurd.
07 28th, 2008
This is from a special forces soldier in Iraq and his take on Obama’s visit there. I’ve edited out some parts, but you’ll get the gist of it:
Hi folks,
So here’s one from the front lines for you. I just passed through Bagram where Obama made a stop at this week and heard confirming reports of how sad of a leader Obama is. Upon arrival he blew off the receiving line. Shook no hands. He was all business. He met with some of the conventional leaders. Did not even come near special forces units or even ask to talk to us if time was an issue, but it wasn’t. He attended an organized “rally” and again shook no hands and never took the time talk to any of the soldiers that have been here for going on a year. My questions is, What kind of commander in chief doesn’t shake the hands of his troops in combat? Pretty sad. I’m not sure what the news is reporting about his mid east tour, but the ground truth from the troops here is that he’s a piece of s–t, pardon my langauge.
So, I’m glad I missed his visit not like I would have given him the time of day. But if thats how he treats his people I want no part of him leading our country.
Things are fine. Busier than I had anticipated. We’re having devastating effects on the enemy here as far as special operations goes. Again, I’m not sure what the news reports. I ask for you prayers for . . . of my men. We had quite a fire fight the other night and received shrpanel wounds from nearby exploding grenades. Everyone is ok, and we don’t need to send anyone home thankfully. We killed the man and his crew who were responsible for disfiguring several rangers a month ago, this was a separate incident from the ambush that left . . . dead. We had a purple heart ceremony and the ranger general personally shook our hands for taking justice.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. More to follow when I get a chance.
