There are several good lists of conservatives you should be following on Twitter.  And I’m sure you’re already following everyone on the lists already.  I like talking to people on Twitter, not just reading famous (and not-so-famous) conservatives’ declrative statements.  Most of my favorite tweeps have less than 5,000 followers, so give them some love!

@LisaDeP — Me!

@pinkelephantpun — Ok, she has a lot more than 5,000 followers.  Still, last week we were talking about Twitter and she came up with the anti-declarative statements meme.

@Breza — Former intern who convinced me to get on Twitter a few years ago. Fellow Simpsons fan.

@KerryPicket — She’s a budding teevee star!

@jimmiebjr — I’ve never heard him sing, but I have read his tweets.

@LeslieSanchez — The very best emcee at CPAC10. She also tweets pics of her cute doggy.

@sarahbellumd — She’s the leader of the Andy Levy Power Hour campaign. Finally met her in person at The Blogger Briefing. (And, no, you don’t talk waaaaaay too much.)

@JasonMattera — My editor at Human Events, yo.

@SissyWillis — Great conservative that catches all the great posts I miss.

@Cubachi — Because her name reminds me of Pokemon, the only show I could get on my TV when I was in college. Also, she’s feisty!

@sunlionfilms — If you follow me, you know I’m a big fan of actor, director and conservative Robert Davi.  This is him.  If you’re not familiar, check out this interview I did with him.

@seanhackbarth – He hates everything I like, except cheese curds. Also, his tweets are so informative I have no reason to talk to him in person.

@AndyLevy — Ok, another one that has more than 5,000 followers.  Like @pinkelephantpun, he actually converses with people, so that gets him a pass.

@LibertyCzarina — Another awesome conservative woman who I’m including only if she promises NOT to stop talking about the Golden Girls.

@rsmccain – He’ll totally call me out if I don’t list him. Fortunately, he deserves your follow.

@MelissaTweets — Damn, another over 5,000.  She’s the RT queen.  Got an interesting post?  You don’t have to be famous to get her attention. 

@BethanyShondark — I’ll let her Twitter profile speak for itself: “Jew w/ tattoos, member of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Reformed Leftist.”

@hipDanielle — The only person that loves Chick-fil-a more than I do. Also, she has puggles.

@JennyErikson — She brought me See’s Chocolate during CPAC. Do I need another reason? Ok, she’s funny and friendly.

@MattKLewis — I enjoy Matt’s tweets, but I’m including him on this list for one purpose: to make him feel bad for not including me on his list.

@Rocheonair — He’s not a conservative, just a jerk who could use some more followers.  Also, he’s a DJ at DC101 and he usually puts up with my conservative talking points that are personally handed to me by Rush Limbaugh.

@DerekaHunter — He once dated an intern at my old job, so we’ve awkwardly said hello for many years.  Also, as he pointed out, he doesn’t tweet that often, but when he does it’s pretty entertaining.

@StarChamberMaid — She’s snarky and funny.  Unfortunately, she likes cats.

@CPACnews — Duh

Obviously this list doesn’t include every awesomely awesome conservative on Twitter.  Feel free to suggest yourself or your friends in the comments. 

This recipe is modified from the Hickory Neck Episcopal Church Cookbook. By the way, church cookbooks always have the best recipes.  This one is from my mom’s church in Toano, VA, but you can find others in used bookstores.

16 ounces Monterey Jack Cheese (grated)

14 ounces (2 cans) of Chopped Green Chiles (drained)

16 ounces Sharp Cheddar Cheese (grated)

8 Eggs (well-beaten)

1 teaspoon Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon Onion Powder

12 strips of Bacon (cooked, crumbled)

Line 13 by 9 inch pan with aluminum foil.  Layer Monterey Jack cheese in pan. Cover with green chiles. Cover with Cheddar cheese. In bowl, mix eggs, onion powder and garlic powder.  Pour the egg mixture over the layered cheese mixture.  Add crumbled bacon evenly on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly.  Do not let it brown.  Cut in squares to serve.  This may be served hot or cold.

For those unsure of where adult film star (and likely Senate candidate) Stormy Daniels stands on the issues, I’ve put together this handy guide based on her extensive filmography.

Operation Tropical Stormy (Strong on national defense)

The Price of Lust (Concerned with rising cost of living and inflation)

Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre (Able to relate to blue collar workers)

Spreading My Seed (Supports America’s agriculture)

Porking with Pride (Supports 4-H programs)

Thumpin’ Melons (Supports America’s farmers)

Trailer Trash Nurses (Supports continued education programs for single mothers)

Space Nuts (Supports increased NASA funding)

Breast Friends (Supports buddy check breast cancer education)

Finally Legal (Supports voter registration drives)

Young and Anal (Supports Congressional internship program for detail-oriented students)

Bless Their Little Holes (Supports midnight golf for inner city youth)

Best-selling author Ann Coulter is scheduled to speak at several colleges in Canada this week.  On the heels of her first talk at the University of Ottawa, the Vice President of Academic and Provost sent a threatening letter addressed to Coulter to lecture organizers.  Here’s the letter:

Dear Ms. Coulter,

I understand that you have been invited by University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives to speak at the University of Ottawa this coming Tuesday.  We are, of course, always delighted to welcome speakers on our campus and hope that they will contribute positively to the meaningful exchange of ideas that is the hallmark of a great university campus.  We have a great respect for freedom of expression in Canada, as well as on our campus, and view it as a fundamental freedom, as recognized by our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  I would, however, like to inform you, or perhaps remind you, that our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or “free speech”) in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States.  I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here.  You will realize that Canadian law puts reasonable limits on the freedom of expression.  For example, promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges.  Outside of the criminal realm, Canadian defamation laws also limit freedom of expression and may differ somewhat from those to which you are accustomed.  I therefore ask you, while you are a guest on our campus, to weigh your words with respect and civility in mind.  There is a strong tradition in Canada, including at this University, of restraint, respect and consideration in expressing even provocative and controversial opinions and urge you to respect that Canadian tradition while on our campus.  Hopefully, you will understand and agree that what may, at first glance, seem like unnecessary restrictions to freedom of expression do, in fact, lead not only to a more civilized discussion, but to a more meaningful, reasoned and intelligent one as well.

I hope you will enjoy your stay in our beautiful country, city and campus.

Sincerely,

François Houle

Vice-recteur aux études / Vice-President Academic and Provost
Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa
550, rue Cumberland Street
Ottawa (ON)  K1N 6N5
téléphone / telephone : 613 562-5737
télécopieur / fax : 613 562-5103

Given this week’s developments in the House of Representatives, hopefully the U.S. won’t also be importing Canada’s “freedom of expression.”

More from AnnCoulter.com:

Firebrand sets off furor: Outspoken American Ann Coulter gives a London speech on Monday

Group attempts to silence U.S. right-winger’s talk

Wow, I haven’t blogged in MONTHS.  The two people that stumble upon this website must have think I died.

Anyway, I have some random only-at-CPAC-moments that I wanted to share:

- As the director of CPAC, I do a lot of random things.  At CPAC 2010, this included running up to my room to get hairspray for a Congresswoman, going to CPAC office at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night to move chalkboard that was accidentally delivered to office rather than hotel (and get chalk), apply 4+ coats of polyuerthane to chalkboard in order to preserve keynote speaker Glenn Beck’s thoughts, demanded hotel/beck and call boy get me ETA on Diet Coke shipment …  I’m sure more things will come to me.

- As I mentioned, both myself and my assistant drove to the CPAC office the night before major preparations.  A thought crossed our minds: What if we got into a terrible accident?  We would both be gone.  I wasn’t the only one with morid thoughts because my former assistant who now volunteers the week of the conference texted me and was appalled that we left the hotel.  She called me names that she later took back.

- There were a lot of surprises at CPAC this year.  Confession: I didn’t know about one of them. Any guesses on which one?

- Yes, some speakers use a teleprompter.   There’s nothing wrong with that.  However, just because teleprompter is visible doesn’t mean speaker is actually using it.  Only 5 or 6 speakers actually used it.  Not that there’s anything wrong with it…

- I enjoyed Twittering from CPAC this year.  It was fun posting photos of surprise guests and other insider information.  I hope people that couldn’t join us in person felt a little closer to the CPAC experience.

- I got flowers from one of the speakers.  I now have a new appreciation for pink roses.  Very cute.

- A DC-area hotel sales rep brought me and my assistant bottles of absinthe.  They haven’t been opened.

- The day before CPAC someone at the hotel asked if we were expecting any media.

- Despite the time crunch, I went to church for the first time in like 10 years the Sunday before CPAC.  I was surprised at how downhill acceptable church clothes have gone.  I insisted that my escort wear a suit.  He was one of the few that did.

- You can watch video of CPAC speakers and panels at www.cpac.org.

- I watched two pay-per-view movies the Sunday after CPAC: An Education and Zombieland.  It was the first relaxing evening I’ve had in almost two months.  I’m glad I took it because I was in full post-CPAC media mode by Monday morning.

- During another moment of peace on Sunday, I realized that the four people I trust the most were with me all weekend.  I hope they know who they are.

Let me reintroduce two eloquent, entertaining and battle-hardened generals in the ongoing war against global warming hysteria: Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer, the co-producers and directors of the documentary Not Evil Just Wrong.

You may remember Ann and Phelim from CPAC 2009, where they were voted as two of the top speakers. That’s a pretty remarkable accomplishment in and of itself! Ann and Phelim also have been all over the Internet the past week, thanks to their exclusive story that forced Greenpeace into retreat on a false claim the group made about melting Arctic ice.

Ann and Phelim made Not Evil Just Wrong as a much-needed counterpoint to the environmental propaganda being spread across America by Al Gore and his liberal friends in Hollywood and the media. To hear Gore and his allies tell it, the Earth is on the verge of annihilation by natural disasters and rising seawaters — and all because you drive to work and insist on using electricity!

While environmentalists are making claims that are threatening jobs during one of the largest recessions in recent memory, Ann and Phelim show that it’s all bunk. From melting icecaps to dying polar bears, environmentalists are “emotionalizing” issues. Not Evil Just Wrong also tells viewers what the liberal U.S. media won’t — that the British High Court found nine factual errors in Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, and won’t let schools show it anymore without a warning.

Ann and Phelim expose the devastating consequences of Gore-like fear-mongering. In the past, environmentalists won a ban on the pesticide DDT and cost tens of millions of poor people their lives from mosquito-borne malaria. And in the present, environmentalists are inciting fears of global warming in order to justify “cap and trade” emissions regulations that would kill jobs, make cheap energy a thing of the past and cripple the economy.

Not Evil Just Wrong is an important weapon in the war against such costly and unnecessary regulation, but it is a film Hollywood doesn’t want America to see. That’s why Ann and Phelim need your help to spread the word.
They have adopted a unique and compelling Internet-driven distribution strategy that bypasses Hollywood and gives power to folks like you and me: At 8 p.m. EST on Oct. 18, premiere hosts in homes and on campuses across the country will push play at the same time and watch Not Evil Just Wrong. It will set a record for a simultaneous film premiere!

Ann and Phelim want you to be part of that big night. They are selling premiere packs that include a movie poster for your front door and a piece of red carpet for your porch. You can help combat global warming hysteria in your part of the world. So please visit www.noteviljustwrong.com today to purchase your premiere pack, and invite your family, friends and neighbors to join the first cinematic tea party!

The Other McCain has become one of my favorite blogs.  One highlight is RSM’s posts about old-school journalism.  From his latest visit to D.C.:

My trip to Capitol Hill yesterday was extraordinarily fruitful. People who don’t want to deal with reporters can dodge an e-mail or a phone call, but they get their salaries from the American taxpayer. They claim to be “public servants,” so they don’t have much choice in the matter when a citizen-journalist walks in the front door and says, “Serve me.”

If you want to keep old-school journalism going, be sure to hit up The Other McCain’s Shoe Leather Fund.

For your consideration:

Point 1: Hated Taxes
Jackson owed millions of dollars in taxes he deemed unfair

Point 2: Supported Patients’ Rights
Jackson had ELECTIVE surgery that would not be approved by socialized medical system

Point 3: Hated Trial Lawyers
Jackson would rather settle civil disputes out of court rather than let trial lawyers make money on jury awards

One of the leading “e-tailers” announced that they are canceling advertising contracts in Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island because of those states imminent new tax plans.  Overstock.com’s CEO and Chairman Peter Byrne said:

“It’s awful to have to terminate these relationships with affiliates, simply because they live in states where unconstitutional laws are being passed. However, politicians have to remember that a tax is a price that government charges for a service, and when they raise their prices, we’re going to buy less of their services.”

These new plans are an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court’s decision that a company has a “physical presence” in order for states to enfore sales tax collection.  The new tax plans seek to designate local, independent internet advertisers as constituting sufficient physical presence in a state to justify the imposition of collection obligations.

In addition to Overstock.com, Amazon.com has also canceled advertising contracts in several states.  Both companies have pending sister suits in the state of New York regarding their anti-internet advertising laws.  Overstock.com has said that it will also sever its ties in any state that imposes similar laws. 

Internet retailer giants like Amazon and Overstock sever advertising contracts is just the beginning of the adverse affects these new tax plans will have on businesses and bloggers.  How many of our favorite blogs will cease to exist once the advertising dollars dry up? 

Los Angeles Times reports:

Overstock executives say they plan to sever ties with their affiliate advertising websites in any state that passes or “appears to be close” to passing similar laws.

“Internet advertising is a tidy little business that can be done by just about anyone, anywhere on the globe, and when states unwisely and unconstitutionally pass these laws, their local Internet ad business will quickly go dark, and that ad business will simply migrate to states more friendly to Internet commerce,” said Overstock.com President Jonathan Johnson.

“In the end, the only thing to be accomplished by these laws will be to put more local citizens out of work — exactly the wrong choice in a down economy,” he said.

Republican women are often accused of being prudes.  There’s a growing trend to prove otherwise among those who get face time in the media.  Over the last few days I’ve noticed that a couple Republicans are taking to Twitter to discuss some pressing issues — boobs.

Here are just a few tweets that caught my eye:

AmandaCarpenter Hey, Obama. Tell me why I can get a price quote and appotment for a boob job faster online versus a mammogram? (Pssst…private market…) [In all fairness, Amanda is not talking about herself]

McCainBlogette http://twitpic.com/8677b - I was just sent this pic, it looks like the reporter is trying to get a quote from my boobs [Translation: LOOK AT MY BOOBS!!!!!]

McCainBlogette I have to have some ridic fun sometimes, a sense of humor is the key to everything. its funny, my boobs can give my quotes from now on! [They might be more coherent!]

McCainBlogette I love people that tell me “I’m doing damage to the GOP”, yeah cause Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Sen. Ensign, Gov Sanford and the entire [cont.] Bush administration have nothing to do with the GOP’s problems, no…it’s my 5″1 ass in a pushup bra thats the real problem with the GOP… [Reminder: I HAVE BOOBS!!!!!]

LeslieSanchez @McCainBlogette i thought you were going to say you were still getting used to the push up bra. LOLz [I have a strict policy of never taking political advice from someone who writes LOLz]

Clearly, Meghan McCain is at the forefront of the tit-tering movement.  This is because her rack probably is her greatest contribution to the GOP. 

Unfortunately for them, everyone knows that I’ve already declared myself to be the titular head of the conservative movement.  Now if I could just master The Other McCain’s Rule 5, more people would know it.

I know what you’re thinking.  What’s next, blogging about Congressman Andy Schock’s abs? 

UPDATE: Link-love from The Other McCain (or in this case The OTHER Other McCain).  Would it be appropriate to add this quote from him to my resume?  “So if you want to stay abreast of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, she’s the LOTUS with the mostest. Read all her posts, because her conservative principles are real and they’re spectacular.”