Showing posts with label Protecting America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protecting America. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Third Party, Tea Party, Whatever. Just Call It Suicide.

Intentionally dividing your army into two distinct, warring factions would be unthinkable for a military commander. It is equally suicidal for a resurgent conservative movement. That is why talk of a third-party run is nonsensical and defeatist.

But don't believe me: consider the history of third-party presidential candidates in America:


YEAR PARTY CANDIDATE VOTE% ELECTORAL OUTCOME in Next Election
1832 Anti-Masonic William Wirt
7.8
7
Endorsed Whig Candidate
1848 Free Soil Martin Van Buren
10.1
0
5% of the vote, absorbed by GOP
1856 Whig-American Millard Fillmore
21.5
8
Dissolved
1860 Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge
18.1
72
Dissolved
1860 Constitutional Union John Bell
12.6
39
Dissolved
1892 Populist James B. Weaver
8.5
22
Absorbed by Democratic Party
1912 Progressive Teddy Roosevelt
27.5
88
Returned to Republican Party
1912 Socialist Eugene V. Debbs
6.0
0
Won 3% of the vote
1924 Progressive Robert M. LaFollette
16.6
13
Returned to Republican Party
1948 States' Rights Strom Thurmond
2.4
39
Dissolved
1948 Progressive Henry Wallace
2.4
0
Won 1.4% of the vote
1968 American Independent George Wallace
13.5
46
Won 1.4% of the vote
1980 Independent John Anderson
6.6
0
Dissolved
1992 Reform H. Ross Perot
18.9
0
Won 8.4% of the vote
1996 Reform H. Ross Perot
8.4
0
Did not run
2000 Reform Ralph Nader
2.7
0
Ran Next election
2004 Green Ralph Nader
1.0
0
--

The Republican Party must be the vessel for conservatism to succeed. Ronald Reagan ran as a GOP outsider and won two successive landslides.

We must politically crush the Republican moderates, who stand for nothing, and replace them with those who believe in the Constitution. We must stand for limited government, national defense, free markets, legal immigration, fiscal prudence and -- most of all -- the Constitution as the founders intended it. And we must do so from within the GOP.

Ross Perot delivered us the disastrous Clinton presidency and crime syndicate -- a legacy of terrorism, Chinese missile deals, and Fannie Mae accounting scandals. A 2012 version of Ross Perot would result in another Obama term and a true catastrophe.

That is why talk of a third party run must be dismissed. Consider it a fool's errand -- or the surreptitious work of a Pelosi-Obama-Reid Democrat.


Hat tip: Mark Levin.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Top 20 Mark Levin Quips


20. Yello? Yello? Yello?
19. Get off the phone, you big dope!
18. Wiener nation.
17. "Thank me!"
16. Mark gargles or "Levin-itizes" a caller.
15. "Women's underwear" (Keith Olbermann's undergarment of choice).
14. FReeper or MarkLevinFan.com mentions.
13. Mentions Beck (surreptitiously) and other back-benchers.
12. Lactose intolerance; free government cheese giveaways.
11. It's [time] Under God!
10. New York Slimes or Washington Compost reference.
9. "Yes, I said it!"
8. "Kumbaya" with the Levin lyrics.
7. Meet the Depressed.
6. "God Bless Us!"
5. Mary Landfill, Harry 'The Body Odor' Reid, Nancy 'Stretch' Pelosi
4. "I will sue their asses."
3. A RuPaul supporter gets clipped.
2. Barack Milhaus Nobama.
1. "I'm calling a Levin Surge!"
"Take my word for it, I am gorgeous!"



Hat tip: Fudd Fan.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Fallen 13 -- And One Guardian Angel


Chapter 154 of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, via Dennis, sent this one in. We will not forget.




















Friday, November 27, 2009

Papa John's Z28 and the Marine Toys-for-Tots Foundation


Earlier this year, John Schnatter -- the founder of Papa John's Pizza -- launched a national quest to find his long-lost '71 Chevy Camaro Z28. He had sold the car about 25 years ago to fund his first restaurant. Eventually, he located the car in Kentucky and shelled out more than $250,000 in finder's fees.

Schnatter wasn't done. He went on to hold a national celebration, offering free pizzas to Camaro owners for a day in all 2,600 locations around the country.

Schnatter went on to create a die-cast 1:64-scale replica of his car, which sell for $4.99 apiece. Each comes with a coupon for a free medium cheese pizza. And, best of all, $1 from each toy car purchased will be donated to a very worthy cause: the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.

In addition to selling the miniaturized replicas online, Papa John's donated 5,000 toy cars directly to the foundation. AutoBlog estimates Papa John's will generate over $150,000 in cash for Toys for Tots.

Above this paragraph, you'll see a "Click to Order" button. Go ahead and click... order a couple for Christmas, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus -- whatever holiday you celebrate. The kids will love 'em and the cause is worthy indeed.


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Rare view: inside a can of whoop-ass


Ben sent this one in.

Did you ever wonder what the inside of a Can-o-Whoopass actually looked like before it was opened?




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Linked by: InstaPundit. Thanks!

The Suicidal History of Third Parties in America


Intentionally dividing your army into two distinct, warring factions would be unthinkable for a military commander. It is equally suicidal for a resurgent conservative movement. That is why talk of a third-party run is nonsensical and defeatist.

But don't trust me. Consider the history of third-party presidential candidates in America:


YEAR PARTY CANDIDATE VOTE% ELECTORAL OUTCOME in Next Election
1832 Anti-Masonic William Wirt
7.8
7
Endorsed Whig Candidate
1848 Free Soil Martin Van Buren
10.1
0
5% of the vote, absorbed by GOP
1856 Whig-American Millard Fillmore
21.5
8
Dissolved
1860 Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge
18.1
72
Dissolved
1860 Constitutional Union John Bell
12.6
39
Dissolved
1892 Populist James B. Weaver
8.5
22
Absorbed by Democratic Party
1912 Progressive Teddy Roosevelt
27.5
88
Returned to Republican Party
1912 Socialist Eugene V. Debbs
6.0
0
Won 3% of the vote
1924 Progressive Robert M. LaFollette
16.6
13
Returned to Republican Party
1948 States' Rights Strom Thurmond
2.4
39
Dissolved
1948 Progressive Henry Wallace
2.4
0
Won 1.4% of the vote
1968 American Independent George Wallace
13.5
46
Won 1.4% of the vote
1980 Independent John Anderson
6.6
0
Dissolved
1992 Reform H. Ross Perot
18.9
0
Won 8.4% of the vote
1996 Reform H. Ross Perot
8.4
0
Did not run
2000 Reform Ralph Nader
2.7
0
Ran Next election
2004 Green Ralph Nader
1.0
0
--

The Republican Party must be the vessel for conservatism to succeed. Ronald Reagan ran as a GOP outsider and won two successive landslides.

Conservatives must primary pseudo-Republicans like Dede Scozzafuzza (whatever) and boot them out of the party. We must stand for limited government, national defense, free markets, legal immigration, fiscal prudence and -- most of all -- the Constitution as the founders intended it.

That is why talk of a third party run must be dismissed. Consider it a fool's errand -- or the surreptitious work of a Pelosi-Obama-Reid Democrat.


Hat tip: Mark Levin.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Proof of Appeal


In Michigan, they " queued for 24 hours just to be first in line, bringing tents and camp chairs[, braving] rain and cold for Palin's signature on a book and an estimated 5 seconds each of face-time with their idol."

CABLE NEWS RACE
NOV. 19, 2009

FOXNEWS O'REILLY/PALIN 4,120,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,871,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,730,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,359,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,113,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,078,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,188,000
CNNHN GRACE 1,018,000
CNN KING 980,000
MSNBC MADDOW 877,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 597,000
CNN COOPER 585,000

Her book sold 300,000 copies in the first day, easily topping Hillary Clinton's record.

Meanwhile, pathetic, so-called 'conservative' dweebs like David Frum continue to beclown themselves trying to explain Palin's powerful, grassroots appeal. Here's a hint, Frum: she's a real person, not a beltway hack, doing her best to defend the country from the catastrophic deficits and relentless Statism of the Party of Marx.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Cheney 2012 Campaign Slogans


Exurban League is thinking about a 'Draft Cheney' run for 2012. His proposed campaign slogans are awesome.

Top Cheney 2012 Slogans

10. "Yeah, I'm a compassionate conservative. I let you live, didn't I?"

9. "The Secret Service's new job? Protecting other world leaders from me."

8. "I'll crush all enemies foreign & domestic. Then I'll figure out a goal for Week Two."

7. "I shot a guy in the face and he apologized to me."

6. "Democrats will need Universal Health Care after I'm through with them."

5. "Want to see world leaders bowing? Oh, they'll bow alright."

...

3. "On my World Apology Tour, I won't be the one apologizing."

2. "I never had a heart attack. I just stopped it a few times to show it who was boss."

...

I just hope EL doesn't sic Cheney on me.


Sunday, November 15, 2009

Gun-Ho, Twilf, Bad News: Media's Long Knives Unsheathed on Palin


The long knives of the media have truly been unsheathed for Sarah Palin of late.

Exhibit A: demonstrating all the class and balance of its owner Al Gore, the failing "Current TV" network slimed the erstwhile Vice Presidential candidate with some genuinely nasty references.

Days after announcing another huge layoff, Al Gore's Current TV referred to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a "Gun-Ho" and a "TWILF."

These disgraceful, sexually-charged epithets were part of an attack on prominent conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, and came in the form of a cartoon ironically titled "The Stupid Virus"...

In the end, this was just a lot of conservative bashing in very bad taste, especially the shot of Palin's Twitter page and her astonishingly offensive screen name "Gun-Ho".

Given that Current TV's Nielsen ratings fall somewhere between airport radar and sonograms, this sort of attack is as feeble as it is distasteful.

And I'll patiently await the cries of protest from the National Organization of Women and other groups that claim to protect the fair treatment of women.

Exhibit B: The dying periodical Newsweek offered its own form of attack, helpfully informing the Republican Party that Palin is "bad news".

As for "bad news for everybody else," Palin is obviously "bad news" that people are hungry for. Palin’s book is going bonkers on the bestseller list and is proving to be one of the best stimulus programs the book industry has had in a good while — and Newsweek’s subscription rate is falling and they’re laying off employees by the dozen.

The only immediate “bad news” is for Newsweek — and when they do gratuitiously negative pieces on a figure who is looked up to by a demographic that spends a fortune on books… not to mention magazines, Newsweek’s death spiral makes all the more sense. This is why the mainstream newspaper business is dying too — you simply can’t dismiss a huge slice of the news consuming public with your bias without ultimately suffering economically.

Never mind that a woman -- who fought corruption both inside and outside her own party, managed a multi-billion-dollar oil deal, ran an entire state government and was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight -- became an overnight political sensation. Never mind that she attracts immense crowds wherever she goes.

She is despised by the Left for two reasons named Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric, who sandbagged Palin with interviews that were shocking in their naked attempts to humiliate the Governor.

Simply compare and contrast Gibson's interview questions for Barack Obama and those for Sarah Palin.

Gibson's Interview Questions for Obama:

• How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
• How does it feel to “win”?
• How does your family feel about your “winning”, breaking a glass ceiling?
• Who will be your VP?
• Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
• Will you accept public finance?
• What issues is your campaign about?
• Will you visit Iraq?
• Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
• What did you think of your competitor’s [Clinton's] speech?
Gibson's Interview Questions for Palin:

• Do you have enough qualifications for the job you’re seeking?
• Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
• Aren’t you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
• Questions on foreign policy...
• ...territorial integrity of Georgia
• ...allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
• ...NATO treaty
• ...Iranian nuclear threat
• ...what to do if Israel attacks Iran
• ...Al Qaeda motivations
• ...the Bush Doctrine
• ...attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
• ...Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]

Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric both intentionally attacked Palin with questions designed to embarrass. Had Obama been queried with the same devious intentions, he'd have been reduced to the blubbering teleprompter-less soul we saw yesterday in Japan.

When confronted with the question of whether the U.S. did the right thing in bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his response was "stumbling and ill-prepared." One need only watch the video to appreciate how pathetic his performance was, not to mention the fact that he -- once again -- refused to stick up for his own country.

It is clear that had Gibson and Couric attacked Obama with similar vigor, the Presidential candidate would have been reduced to the "Homina, homina, homina" filibuster he employs when his teleprompter takes its occasional cigarette break.

And here's something else to consider:

The fear and anxiety that Sarah Palin generates among the elitist snobs of the Left is truly something to behold. It reminds me of the insecurity and animosity they once reserved for the former Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan.


Saturday, November 14, 2009

Black Conservatives: the Growing Group the Media Ignores


While I'm not much of a Glenn Beck fan (anyone who believes a third party will help conservatives needs to be tased back to reality), this show is awesome and needs to be widely distributed.

"We have to expose the diabolical agenda of liberalism. I used to think it was well-intentioned, but misguided."

"But when you read that 90% of black children will receive food stamps at some point in their lives, and liberals' platform supports this, but rejects and opposes the idea of giving black kids vouchers to go to a better school... and let themselves out of that cycle... How can you not be a conservative?

"The more we expose the evil and cruelty that liberalism is, then people will start to wake up. This woman [radio show guest who thinks Obama will give her free money] is a slave."

Forward this video on to everyone you know.


Hat tip: Hot Air.

Friday, November 13, 2009

They Came To Destroy America


Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the chief planner of the 9/11 attacks, was captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 1, 2003. KSM was shipped to a U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where other terrorists, enemy combatants and prisoners-of-war -- most captured on the battlefield -- were detained.

Jose Padilla, a convicted felon and former Chicago gang member, was arrested in May 2002 at O'Hare International Airport. Padilla had been under surveillance for months, since he'd arrived at the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan asking for a replacement passport.

The State Department asked other agencies to investigate why a man named Padilla was hanging around in Karachi. U.S. officials investigated and found that he had met with al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There, he'd learned to wire explosive devices and disperse radiological material. Padilla's planned acts of sabotage were independently verified by Abu Zubaydah, the most senior al-Qaida figure captured by U.S. authorities.

KSM and Padilla could be held indefinitely as enemy combatants without being charged, according to John McGinnis, professor of constitutional law at Northwestern Law School. Enemy combatants, even if U.S. citizens, are no more subject to criminal law than were Wehrmacht troops on the beaches of Normandy.

The history of "enemy combatant" status lies in the tale of seven Nazi agents who came ashore in 1942. Their mission: sabotage the war effort through acts of terror. One agent, a man named Haupt, was also a U.S. citizen.

The Nazis were captured before they could launch their terrorist attacks against rail lines, waterways and factories. President Roosevelt ordered them tried by military commission, but the detainees filed a petition of habeus corpus to challenge their military detention using the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. Could the president arrest and detain such persons in the United States without involving the judiciary?

Unanimously, the Supreme Court ruled that he could. Saboteurs without uniforms were "enemy combatants" and therefore subject to military jurisdiction. Even Haupt, the U.S. citizen, could be so held. The Supreme Court stated: "Citizens who ... enter this country bent on hostile acts are enemy belligerents within the meaning of the Hague Convention ..."

Thus, as far back as 1942, the Supreme Court clearly described the legal status of enemy combatants.

No President -- not Lincoln, not Wilson, not Roosevelt, not Kennedy -- no President has ever granted POWs and enemy combatants the rights of U.S. citizens and the comforts of the federal criminal justice system.

But this President permits the radical left trial bar -- the ACLU and other avowed enemies of the Constitution -- to pervert American law and tradition. Risking an acquittal on American soil. Risking disclosure of highly classified information that helps protect the U.S. homeland.

These acts desecrate the memories of 3,000 American souls who died at the hands of the most vicious terrorists in history. I don't care if you're a Democrat, a Republican or Independent. It's sickening.


Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Vote for your favorite FairTax ad


Yep, they're looking for contributions, too, but you can also give them feedback on their ads.

The FairTax Plan is a worthy cause indeed, especially with the country in its current, dire financial situation.

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Eyewitness account of Fort Hood shooting (unconfirmed)


Papa B sends this in from one of his contacts.

Subject: What Happened

Since I don't know when I'll sleep (it's 4 am now) I'll write what happened (the abbreviated version.....the long one is already part of the investigation with more to come). I'll not write about any part of the investigation that I've learned about since (as a witness I know more than I should since inevitably my JAG brothers and sisters are deeply involved in the investigation). Don't assume that most of the current media accounts are very accurate. They're not. They'll improve with time. Only those of us who were there really know what went down. But as they collate our statements they'll get it right.

I did my SRP last week (Soldier Readiness Processing) but you're supposed to come back a week later to have them look at the smallpox vaccination site (it's this big itchy growth on your shoulder). I am probably alive because I pulled a ---------- and entered the wrong building first (the main SRP building). The Medical SRP building is off to the side. Realizing my mistake I left the main building and walked down the sidewalk to the medical SRP building. As I'm walking up to it the gunshots start. Slow and methodical. But continuous. Two ambulatory wounded came out.

Then two soldiers dragging a third who was covered in blood. Hearing the shots but not seeing the shooter, along with a couple other soldiers I stood in the street and yelled at everyone who came running that it was clear but to "RUN!". I kept motioning people fast. about 6-10 minutes later (the shooting continuous), two cops ran up. one male, one female. we pointed in the direction of the shots. they headed that way (the medical SRP building was about 50 meters away). then a lot more gunfire. a couple minutes later a balding man in ACU's came around the building carrying a pistol and holding it tactically. He started shooting at us and we all dived back to the cars behind us. I don't think he hit the couple other guys who were there. I did see the bullet holes later in the cars. First I went behind a tire and then looked under the body of the car.

I've been trained how to respond to gunfire...but with my own weapon. To have no weapon I don't know how to explain what that felt like. I hadn't run away and stayed because I had thought about the consequences or anything like that. I wasn't thinking anything through. Please understand, there was no intention. I was just staying there because I didn't think about running. It never occurred to me that he might shoot me.

Until he started shooting in my direction and I realized I was unarmed. Then the female cop comes around the corner. He shoots her. (according to the news accounts she got a round into him. I believe it, I just didn't see it. he didn't go down.) She goes down. He starts reloading. He's fiddling with his mags. Weirdly he hasn't dropped the one that was in his weapon. He's holding the fresh one and the old one (you do that on the range when time is not of the essence but in combat you would just let the old mag go).

I see the male cop around the left corner of the building. (I'm about 15-20 meters from the shooter.) I yell at the cop, "He's reloading, he's reloading. Shoot him! Shoot him!) You have to understand, everything was quiet at this point. The cop appears to hear me and comes around the corner and shoots the shooter. He goes down. The cop kicks his weapon further away. I sprint up to the downed female cop. Another captain (I think he was with me behind the cars) comes up as well.

She's bleeding profusely out of her thigh. We take our belts off and tourniquet her just like we've been trained (I hope we did it right...we didn't have any CLS (combat lifesaver) bags with their awesome tourniquets on us, so we worked with what we had). Meanwhile, in the most bizarre moment of the day, a photographer was standing over us taking pictures. I suppose I'll be seeing those tomorrow. Then a
soldier came up and identified himself as a medic. I then realized her weapon was lying there unsecured (and on "fire"). I stood over it and when I saw a cop yelled for him to come over and secure her weapon (I would have done so but I was worried someone would mistake me for a bad guy). I then went over to the shooter. He was unconscious.

A Lt Colonel was there and had secured his primary weapon for the time being. He also had a revolver. I couldn't believe he was one of ours. I didn't want to believe it. Then I saw his name and rank and realized this wasn't just some specialist with mental issues. At this point there was a guy there from CID and I asked him if he knew he was the shooter and had him secured. He said he did. I then went over the slaughter house. the medical SRP building. No human should ever have to see what that looked like. and I won't tell you. Just believe me. Please. there was nothing to be done there.

Someone then said there was someone critically wounded around the corner. I ran around (while seeing this floor to ceiling window that someone had jumped through movie style) and saw a large African-American soldier lying on his back with two or three soldiers attending. I ran up and identified two entrance wounds on the right side of his stomach, one exit wound on the left side and one head wound. He was not bleeding externally from the stomach wounds (though almost certainly internally) but was bleeding from the head wound. A soldier was using a shirt to try and stop the head bleeding. He was conscious so I began talking to him to keep him so. He was 42, from North Carolina, he was named something Jr., his son was named something III and he had a daughter as well. His children lived with him. He was divorced. I told him the blubber on his stomach saved his life. He smiled.

a young soldier in civvies showed up and identified himself as a combat medic. We debated whether to put him on the back of a pickup truck. A doctor (well, an audiologist) showed up and said you can't move him, he has a head wound. we finally sat tight. I went back to the slaughterhouse. they weren't letting anyone in there. not even medics. finally, after about 45 minutes had elapsed some cops showed up in tactical vests.

someone said the TBI building was unsecured. They headed into there. All of a sudden a couple more shots were fired. People shouted there was a second shooter. a half hour later the SWAT showed up. there was no second shooter. that had been an impetuous cop apparently. but that confused things for a while. meanwhile I went back to the shooter. the female cop had been taken away. a medic was pumping plasma into the shooter. I'm not proud of this but I went up to her and said "this is the shooter, is there anyone else who needs attention...do them first".

she indicated everyone else living was attended to. I still hadn't seen any EMTs or ambulances. I had so much blood on me that people kept asking me if I was ok. but that was all other people's blood. eventually (an hour and a half to two hours after the shootings) they started landing choppers. they took out the big African American guy and the shooter. I guess the ambulatory wounded were all at the SRP
building. Everyone else in my area was dead.

I suppose the emergency responders were told there were multiple shooters. I heard that was the delay with the choppers (they were all civilian helicopters). they needed a secure LZ. but other than the initial cops who did everything right, I didnt' see a lot of them for a while. I did see many a soldier rush out to help their fellows/sisters. there was one female soldier, I dont' know her name or rank but I would recognize her anywhere who was everywhere helping people. a couple people, mainly civilians, were hysterical, but only a couple. one civilian freaked out when I tried to comfort her when she saw my uniform. I guess she had seen the shooter up close. a lot of soldiers were rushing out to help even when we thought there was another gunman out there. this Army is not broken no matter what the pundits say. not the Army I saw.

and then they kept me for a long time to come. oh, and perhaps the most surreal thing, at 1500 (the end of the workday on Thursdays) when the bugle sounded we all came to attention and saluted the flag. in the middle of it all.

this is what I saw. it can't have been real. but this is my small corner of what happened.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those touched by this madness.