Conservative News--4.17.12

Conservatives to consolidate, speed environmental reviews Edmonton Journal The Conservative government's overhaul of environmental assessments will consolidate federal reviews into three departments, focus resources on major projects and hand significant ecological oversight to the provinces. See all stories on this topic »

Robocalls probe reportedly moves to Conservative party CBC.ca Two weeks before the one-year anniversary of the May 2, 2011, election, an investigation into fraudulent robocalls has moved to Conservative headquarters, according to a media report. Postmedia reported Monday night that Elections Canada investigators ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Conservative Rep. jokes about Romney Politico (blog) By KATE NOCERA | While the Republican establishment coalesces around Mitt Romney, conservative Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert is still holding out. Gohmert, speaking at GOP lawmaker event called "Conversations with Conservatives" on Capitol Hill, ... See all stories on this topic »

House Republicans Are Hilariously Leery of Mitt Romney BusinessWeek (blog) This afternoon at the Capitol, a dozen or so Republican House members assembled at a "Conversations with Conservatives" event with the press (slogan: "Get the inside scoop from the House's champions of conservatism!"). Congressmen are serious talkers. See all stories on this topic »

Mitthusiasm: House Conservative Edition Slate Magazine (blog) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Eleven House conservatives, most of them freshmen, held a joint media meet-up this afternoon. No real agenda. The theme was "conversations with conservatives. See all stories on this topic » Slate Magazine (blog)

Romney Woos Conservative Leaders Wall Street Journal By PATRICK O'CONNOR And JANET HOOK Mitt Romney, while ramping up efforts to win swing voters who will play a large role in November's election, has remained personally involved in trying to persuade conservative leaders to back him and help drive ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Conservative tells half-truths about Zimmerman Examiner.com Unfortunately, like Pat Buchanan and other movement conservatives, Hanson selectively chooses facts. Sadly, Hanson fans the flames of division by choosing to ignore all evidence that does not fit his Zimmerman-as-victim narrative. See all stories on this topic »

Conservative Leader Compares Alesi To Bin Laden Waynesboro Record Herald By Liz Benjamin It's no secret that Monroe County Conservative Chairman Tom Cook isn'ta fan of GOP Sen. Jim Alesi. Cook has repeatedly predicted the veteran senator won't have his own party's support for re-election this fall and has touted Assemblyman ... See all stories on this topic »

White House: Romney Conservative at… MyFox Washington DC Instead, they are now arguing that all the conservative positions Romney has taken in the 2008 and 2012 presidential primaries reflect his true beliefs -- an effort to keep him from tacking to the center and appealing to independent voters, ... See all stories on this topic » MyFox Washington DC

ALEC caves on social conservative issues, will 'redouble' on economic front Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) The American Legislative Exchange Council, which produces much of the legislation addressed by Georgia and other states, announced today that it would abandon conservative social issues — a response to liberal pressure that has already cost the group ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Conservative Leader Compares Alesi To Bin Laden By Liz Benjamin It's no secret that Monroe County Conservative Chairman Tom Cook isn't a fan of GOP Sen. Jim Alesi. Cook has repeatedly predicted the veteran senator won't have his own party's support for re-election this fall and has touted Assemblyman ... Capital Tonight

Washington Times: Conservative group sees glimmer of hope in ... By Editor A judge is treading cautiously in a high-stakes case that pits the University of Virginia against a conservative institute seeking thousands of records related to climatologist Michael Mann. Retired Arlington Circuit Judge Paul Sheridan, during ... JunkScience.com

Shiloh Musings: Are Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism ... By Batya For the longest time I've been considering them to be, since they've changed the rules from traditional (small "t") Torah Judaism. In the United States or all North America what I call traditional Torah Judaism is called Orthodox Judaism. Reform ... Shiloh Musings

5 Reasons To Date A Conservative Catholic « Thought Catalog By Nora Flood So how did I wind up dating a Conservative Catholic? I mean a full-fledged global-warming-denying, Sarah Palin-loving, abortion-is-murder Conservative Catholic (CC). I wake up each day appalled, but mostly shocked, because I'm so happy. Thought Catalog

Media Matters targets revealed: Business, wealth and conservative ... By The Right Scoop Media Matters for America (MMA) believes that news reporting and analysis by the American media, with its eye on profit margin and preservation of the status quo, has become biased. It is common for news and commentary by the press to ... The Right Scoop

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Scientists Pushing Back at Conservative Distortions This is a guest post by Dylan Otto Krider, a skeptic, journalist and science fiction author whose work on the politicization of science has appeared in Skeptic, ... scienceprogressaction.org/.../scientists-pushing-back-at-conser...