"The folks who ran a very smart presidential campaign in 2008 have left the defining of the Obama presidency to others, in this case people on the edge of insanity."
-- Obama's shrinking presidency, Richard Cohen, WaPo, 9/7/10
They're at it again. A sure sign of desperation.
If you don't like Obama, you're nuts.
Perhaps liberals should be excused because they have nowhere else to go. The "racism!" rant has run out of steam, and if they talked about his record it would be certain suicide.
Let's take our country back. It's November or never, America.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
As Obama's Popularity Plummets, Liberal Hysteria Mounts
Dan from New York:
David Rosenberg: Top 10 Signs We're in a Depression... Now
Henry Blodget describes some of economist David Rosenberg's concerns, from which I selected the ten worst indicators. If I didn't know better, I'd think the economy was racist.
10. Industrial production is still down 7.2% from the peak

9. Employment is still down 5.5% from the peak

8. Retail sales are still down 4.5% from the peak

7. Exports are still down 9.2% from the peak

6. Manufacturing orders are still down 22.1% from the peak

5. Manufacturing shipments are still down 12.5% from the peak

4. Housing starts are still down 63.5% from the peak

3. Existing home sales are still down 41.2% from the peak

2. New home sales are still down 68.9% from the peak

1. Non-residential construction is still down 35.7% from the peak

Say, you know what would really help the economy? Iran getting a hold of nukes!
10. Industrial production is still down 7.2% from the peak

9. Employment is still down 5.5% from the peak

8. Retail sales are still down 4.5% from the peak

7. Exports are still down 9.2% from the peak

6. Manufacturing orders are still down 22.1% from the peak

5. Manufacturing shipments are still down 12.5% from the peak

4. Housing starts are still down 63.5% from the peak

3. Existing home sales are still down 41.2% from the peak

2. New home sales are still down 68.9% from the peak

1. Non-residential construction is still down 35.7% from the peak

Say, you know what would really help the economy? Iran getting a hold of nukes!
Say It Ain't So, Babs: Barbara "Call me Ma'am" Boxer Ensnared in Maxine Waters' Ethical Roach Motel
Another day, another scandal for the 'most ethical Congress evah'.
The pint-sized yenta Babs Boxer, who -- by my count -- has been in the Senate since 1914, appears to have gotten herself entangled in Maxine Waters' latest scandal.
These people are so crooked you can open wine bottles with 'em.
By the way, has someone checked Waters' freezer?
The pint-sized yenta Babs Boxer, who -- by my count -- has been in the Senate since 1914, appears to have gotten herself entangled in Maxine Waters' latest scandal.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee, has paid some $30,000 since 2004 for the endorsement of embattled Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) in the context of a scheme that critics charge is unethical and amounts to Waters using her political station to benefit her family members...
According to the Washington Times, Waters “has turned political endorsements into a family business, using federal election laws to charge California candidates and political causes to include their names as her personal picks on a sample ballot, or ‘slate mailer,’ she sends to as many as 200,000 South Central Los Angeles voters.”
The slate mailer business, it turns out, is run by Waters’ daughter, Karen, via her public relations firm. Records show that Karen Waters’ firm has been paid more than $350,000 since 2004, and has billed a further $82,000 since California’s June primary, for its services in this regard.It is a scheme that has been criticized by good governance groups including the Sunlight Foundation and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
...In 2004, Boxer paid $25,000 for Waters’ endorsement. But ahead of this year’s California primary—in which Boxer faced no serious competition– and when it was well-known that Waters was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, Boxer paid Waters $5,000 for her backing. It is this later payment that those monitoring Waters’ ethical woes say could act as an anchor tied to Boxer’s ankle...
These people are so crooked you can open wine bottles with 'em.
By the way, has someone checked Waters' freezer?
Unintended Consequences? Really?
Dan from New York
But, Dan -- what do you call it if it's willful incompetence?
This just in from Memri:
"The actions in recent months by the Obama administration in nuclear affairs, aimed at advancing a vision and a policy of global nuclear disarmament, have had the exact opposite effect."
Read the rest of the report from the Iranian Media Project here.
I think we should all catch our breath before we start accusing our president of intentionally messing up our position in the world. More than likely, it’s simply the result of good, old-fashioned incompetence.
But, Dan -- what do you call it if it's willful incompetence?
Ines Sainz: 'The undiscovered treasure of female sports reporting'
Certainly most of us sports-watching males are familiar with the lovely Erin Andrews and the entire genus of awe-inspiring, female sports personalities. From Hogwild (not really SFW, depending upon where you work), however, comes someone you may not have seen before.
Ines Sainz is a Sports Reporter for TV Azteca.
Ines Sainz is a Sports Reporter for TV Azteca.
Mexican Television is far superior to American Television.
EVERYTHING on Mexican TV features hot girls in skimpy outfits.
Game Show host? Hot chick.
Talk show host? Hot chick.
Medical Drama? Hot medical chicks.
Commercial for Life Insurance? Si, senorita!
It takes Ines Sainz 3 hours to prep for games: 6 minutes studying news reports. And 2 hours and 54 minutes squeezing her [booty] into [her] jeans.
And here is Ines Sainz walking. She's really good at it:And finally, here is Ines Sainz reading a book.
HA HA HA!
Just kidding!
Obscure blogger compares Obama's treatment of U.S. economy to a dog
An obscure conservative blogger strayed from his prepared remarks on Tuesday to accuse President Obama of treating the economy "like a dog".
Doug Ross was in Milwaukee to speak at the Obscure Bloggers' Conference of America, which was attended by a host of industry dignitaries including Michelle Malkin's cousin, Glenn Reynold's maternal aunt, Dan Riehl's financial advisor and one of Don Surber's neighbors.
"Some powerful special interests who have dominated the agenda in Washington since the thirties really hit the jackpot with the Obama administration," Ross said, "This White House is treating the economy like a dog. It's taught the economy to roll over and play dead, for instance."
Ross isn't known to stray off prepared remarks and also took a more aggressive tone in the speech.
"They’re betting that between now and November, you’ll come down with a case of amnesia," he said. "They think you’ll forget what their agenda did to this country. They think no one's ever heard of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Post Office, Social Security, Medicare and every other giant boondoggle they've ripped off and bankrupted. These are the folks who stole from every federal 'trust fund' ever created, drove our economy into the ditch with their 'houses for everyone!' programs and then bankrupted the entire country with record-setting spending! And now they're asking you for the keys back!"
"You have unions in complete control of the Democrat agenda, using money that's supposedly not from their members' dues, somehow spending more than $150 million in the midterms alone. If I didn't know better, I'd think George Soros was (Continued on Page D-14)
Doug Ross was in Milwaukee to speak at the Obscure Bloggers' Conference of America, which was attended by a host of industry dignitaries including Michelle Malkin's cousin, Glenn Reynold's maternal aunt, Dan Riehl's financial advisor and one of Don Surber's neighbors."Some powerful special interests who have dominated the agenda in Washington since the thirties really hit the jackpot with the Obama administration," Ross said, "This White House is treating the economy like a dog. It's taught the economy to roll over and play dead, for instance."
Ross isn't known to stray off prepared remarks and also took a more aggressive tone in the speech.
"They’re betting that between now and November, you’ll come down with a case of amnesia," he said. "They think you’ll forget what their agenda did to this country. They think no one's ever heard of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Post Office, Social Security, Medicare and every other giant boondoggle they've ripped off and bankrupted. These are the folks who stole from every federal 'trust fund' ever created, drove our economy into the ditch with their 'houses for everyone!' programs and then bankrupted the entire country with record-setting spending! And now they're asking you for the keys back!"
"You have unions in complete control of the Democrat agenda, using money that's supposedly not from their members' dues, somehow spending more than $150 million in the midterms alone. If I didn't know better, I'd think George Soros was (Continued on Page D-14)
Larwyn's Linx: Doing the DOJ's Job for Them
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Doing the DOJ's Job for Them: Adams
Feingold Unfriends Obama: Surber
Small sample of Philly voter rolls reveals trouble: PJM
Demonizer-In-Chief Upset People Demonize Him: LegalIns
Charlie Cook: Yes, Senate is in play: Ace
WY Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law: Fox
Cloward-Piven Spending Spree Continues: RWN
Cantor: Latest Stimulus Uses Same Failed Keynesian Playbook: GWP
Labor Day Cartoon - 'Ism' and some Stats about Labor: MagNote
Happy Big Government Day!: Fausta
Democrats do a great job stimulating other countries: NoisyRoom
The Most Profound Victims of the Obama Hoax: AT
Organizing Ford; the 1941 River Rouge strike: AT
The 'Public Sector Pension Sustainability Act': BlogProf
California Dreamin’: Chasing The Mythical Green Jobs Beast: RWN
Building a bridge to the 13th century: Driscoll
The Czar's Prediction Scorecard: Gormogons
Thin-Skinned, Bratish President Treated Like a Dog: MagNote
Paul Krugman: World War II was a miracle!: RWN
I know a shallow intellect when I see it: RWN
If Only It Were World War II Again?: Hanson
Who's a good president?: Treacher
‘Something Weird Happens When Presidencies Go Wrong’: Driscoll
Crybamababy: C&S
Democrat Secret Weapon: the Unemployed: Surber
‘The Liberal Media Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us’: Driscoll
Machete: the B-Movie as Bloated Illegal Immigration Agitprop: PJM
Barack Obama: The ‘Use Your Words’ President: BigPeace
Putin Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Press: PJM
Who will control TV on the web?: TechCrunch
Sportswriter benched over Twitter: CNet
I would never call him a dog...: IOTW
50 Gigabucks For Infrastructure Gives Us The Vapors: RSM
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Christine O'Donnell for U.S. Senate
Nation
Doing the DOJ's Job for Them: AdamsFeingold Unfriends Obama: Surber
Small sample of Philly voter rolls reveals trouble: PJM
Demonizer-In-Chief Upset People Demonize Him: LegalIns
Charlie Cook: Yes, Senate is in play: Ace
WY Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law: Fox
Economy
Amity Shlaes on government unions: GormogonsCloward-Piven Spending Spree Continues: RWN
Cantor: Latest Stimulus Uses Same Failed Keynesian Playbook: GWP
Labor Day Cartoon - 'Ism' and some Stats about Labor: MagNote
Happy Big Government Day!: Fausta
Democrats do a great job stimulating other countries: NoisyRoom
The Most Profound Victims of the Obama Hoax: AT
Organizing Ford; the 1941 River Rouge strike: AT
The 'Public Sector Pension Sustainability Act': BlogProf
Climate & Energy
Weatherization Underground: SurberCalifornia Dreamin’: Chasing The Mythical Green Jobs Beast: RWN
Building a bridge to the 13th century: Driscoll
Media
Lord of Dogtown: DriscollThe Czar's Prediction Scorecard: Gormogons
Thin-Skinned, Bratish President Treated Like a Dog: MagNote
Paul Krugman: World War II was a miracle!: RWN
I know a shallow intellect when I see it: RWN
If Only It Were World War II Again?: Hanson
Who's a good president?: Treacher
‘Something Weird Happens When Presidencies Go Wrong’: Driscoll
Crybamababy: C&S
Democrat Secret Weapon: the Unemployed: Surber
‘The Liberal Media Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us’: Driscoll
Machete: the B-Movie as Bloated Illegal Immigration Agitprop: PJM
World
Obama's War on Arizona: GellerBarack Obama: The ‘Use Your Words’ President: BigPeace
Putin Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Press: PJM
SciTech
Google Goes VoIP: NoJitterWho will control TV on the web?: TechCrunch
Sportswriter benched over Twitter: CNet
Cornucopia
Today's Scoreboard: SurberI would never call him a dog...: IOTW
50 Gigabucks For Infrastructure Gives Us The Vapors: RSM
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Christine O'Donnell for U.S. Senate
Monday, September 06, 2010
Top Ten 'Earth From Above' Photos
The top ten were chosen from a large collection of aerial photography produced by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Sha Kibbutz, Israel

Military cemetery in Verdun, France

Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark

Elephants on the savannah, Botswana

Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt

Gullholmen, Sweden

Amazon River, Brazil

Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa

Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Hashima Island, Japan

Sha Kibbutz, Israel

Military cemetery in Verdun, France

Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark

Elephants on the savannah, Botswana

Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt

Gullholmen, Sweden

Amazon River, Brazil

Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa

Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Hashima Island, Japan

The sublime genius of the Democrat Party: a marvelous selection of headlines from Illinois certain to inspire voters around the country
Please consider the following news stories, which I believe amply demonstrate the infallible strategies of Democrat governance.
• Chicago Sun-Times: 'Our state is $120.6 billion short':
• Daily Herald: Libertyville driver's license facility may be evicted:
• Galesburg Register-Mail: School officials skeptical of federal funding assistance:
• Chicago Breaking News: Immigrant groups ask state to pay its bills:
• Peoria Journal-Star: State owes $2.2 billion to feds for unemployment benefits:
• FavStocks: Pension System Responds to 'Death Spiral' Comments:
Now for the palette cleanser: the same posse of geniuses running Illinois are now controlling the entire federal bureaucracy.
• Chicago Sun-Times: 'Our state is $120.6 billion short':[Illinois] papered over our annual budget deficits by borrowing, just as many people put off the day of reckoning by using credit cards. But the state now owes $85 billion in bond IOUs -- promises we've made to "pay later with interest." Our credit -- the ability to borrow -- has about maxed out. So we're not paying our bills. Not someday in the future but right now...
...Comptroller Dan Hynes, said recently the state owes $5 billion to schools, universities, child-care centers and rehab centers around the state. He calls it "obscene," telling the New York Times: "This is not some esoteric budget issue; we are not paying bills for absolutely essential services."
• Daily Herald: Libertyville driver's license facility may be evicted:
A popular driver's license facility in Libertyville could be forced to close if the state doesn't pay four months in back rent within 45 days, the landlord said... Stephen Martin, whose family owns the Brookside shopping center on the 300 block of Peterson Road that houses the Secretary of State office, has sent a letter to state officials saying he wishes to terminate the lease agreement because of the long-overdue payments. Martin said the state owes him nearly $43,000 in back rent and expenses.
• Galesburg Register-Mail: School officials skeptical of federal funding assistance:
The $415 million Illinois school districts will receive from the federal government to help save teachers’ jobs is meant to provide cash-strapped districts some relief... But while local districts would welcome the assistance, some are skeptical about whether that money will actually materialize, especially since the state still hasn’t made payments from last fiscal year...
• Chicago Breaking News: Immigrant groups ask state to pay its bills:A coalition of immigrant social service groups today called on state officials to pay the $7.4 million the groups are owed... The dozens of mostly community-based organizations that provide social services to immigrants are in the same boat as other Illinois vendors. The state owes more than $4.2 billion in unpaid bills, according to the Illinois comptroller's office...
...A survey conducted by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights found that of 42 immigrant groups polled, 22 won't be able to pay employees past October and could shut their doors.
• Peoria Journal-Star: State owes $2.2 billion to feds for unemployment benefits:
Illinois has borrowed more than $2.2 billion from the federal government since July 2009 to pay unemployment benefits.
The good news is the state has not had to borrow since April, and the loan is interest-free for now... “We really do access it as needed. It’s a day-to-day decision, five days a week,” Illinois Department of Employment Security spokesman Greg Rivara said Thursday.
• FavStocks: Pension System Responds to 'Death Spiral' Comments:
Please remove your post of Tyler Durden’s inaccurate analysis of the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System. It is not excellent. It is wrong... TRS is not in a death spiral. We’ll still be operating and paying pensions for years to come.
We could potentially sell $3 billion in assets if the Illinois General Assembly does not come up with its annual contribution to TRS. The state owes us $2.35 billion...
Now for the palette cleanser: the same posse of geniuses running Illinois are now controlling the entire federal bureaucracy.
With 100% of the felon and deceased voting blocs in hand, SEIU wants amnesty for illegal aliens to add 8 million new Democrats to the rolls
A Labor Day reminder from NewsBusters: earlier this year, an SEIU executive stated that amnesty for illegal immigrants would 8 million new Democrat voters to the base.If there are some old time, traditional JFK Democrats out there, they must be feeling a little overwhelmed. They are joined by the Democrat Socialists of America, ACORN, the SEIU, La Raza, CPUSA (Communist Party USA), the New Black Panthers, and various front groups funded by one-world globalists like George Soros.
There are no moderate Democrats any more. The party has ceased operating as a legitimate and lawful entity, because virtually every segment of its constituency is devoted, using one means or another, to the eradication of the United States Constitution.
And I dare anyone to challenge me on that.
Related: Study Confirms: Felons, Illegal Aliens (aka Undocumented Democrats) and Zombies elected Al Franken to U.S. Senate.
What will hyperinflation mean for us when it arrives in the United States? We look to Chile under the Allende government for answers.
The piper must be paid. Unchecked printing of money and record-setting deficit spending can't continue. In fact, they represent a bubble of sorts, not unlike the housing bubble or the tech boom.
The Democrat-led government's rapacious cycle of tax, borrow and spend will end, come hell or high water, in the not-too-distant future. And how will this inevitable crash begin? What will happen when the value of the dollar plummets to zero, as it must as surely as gravity pulls a thrown baseball back to Earth?
Gonzalo Lira's family lived through a similar economic meltdown in the early 1970's, precipitated by the election of Salvador Allende in Chile. His election was a fluke, as two opposing parties split the centrist and right-wing blocs, leaving Allende with slightly more than a third of the electorate.
He became the first "democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in the Americas" and he aggressively moved to implement "reforms", which were intended to "put Chile on the road to Socialism".
Companies were nationalized, land was confiscated, and mines were taken over by the government, all in the name of wealth redistribution. Ostensibly these industries and properties were now owned by "the workers". In reality, of course, Allende's friends and supporters were placed in powerful oversight roles within the government and in the companies themselves.
Allende saw himself as a 'Supreme Leader' -- a South American Lenin, if you will -- and he acted with dictatorial control over every aspect of the economy. Possibly his most important directives were those that implemented wage and price controls. These populist efforts were designed to curry favor with the workers in two ways:
• The price of basic goods and services were frozen
• Workers' wages were increased by decree
For a brief period of time the population enjoyed the bonanza. Citizens had more money and prices were held artificially low. Of course, like all central planning exercises, the effort ended in disaster.
Soon retailers and warehouses had been emptied of goods as the consumer base used its new-found wealth to go on a massive shopping spree. Once stores had been emptied, Allende immediately blamed right-wing, anti-Marxist "hoarders" for the failures of his policies.
The economic meltdown was also hastened by the demise of most private sector companies. After all, Allende had forced them to raise wages while constricting their ability to properly price their wares. As companies declared bankruptcy, Allende's government quickly nationalized them "in the name of the people."
If the companies continued to operate at a loss, which most did, the government supported them by printing money to make up the shortfall.
And this is how Chile's hyperinflation began. There was no shortage of cash, but it quickly became worthless, because goods and services had disappeared.
Allende was soon forced to implement rationing. As expected, his party loyalists controlled how ration cards were issued, and these cards determined who could buy consumer goods and food stables. Those deemed unfriendly to Allende did not find ration cards forthcoming, especially if they were vocal in opposing the Marxist government.
As it always does, a free market -- in the form of a black market -- quickly constructed itself to address the inequities. But the shadow markets were more finicky about the currency they accepted: Sólo dólares ("Dollars only").
It was at this point that hyperinflation truly began.
It manifested itself in the form of a "collapse in asset prices"; in other words, deflation hit assets while hyperinflation took place for the absolutely necessary items in life.
The reason was simple: basic necessities like food were increasingly unaffordable. Stock prices, cars, second homes, and other "nice to have" items were immediately sacrificed in order to address the most critical needs.
And so it was in 1972 through 1973 that the Chilean stock market collapsed, the housing market tanked and the price of used automobiles plummeted. Citizens had to cash out of their assets to survive and some simply bought their way out of the country altogether.
A military coup soon toppled Allende and his Marxist government. With it, free market reforms and a new currency regime were implemented. After years of excruciating Marxist failures, Chile slowly began to heal itself.
But the lessons remain for us, here in America, as we watch our own Cloward-Piven government tiptoe to the edge of the Allende experiment.
The Democrat-led government's rapacious cycle of tax, borrow and spend will end, come hell or high water, in the not-too-distant future. And how will this inevitable crash begin? What will happen when the value of the dollar plummets to zero, as it must as surely as gravity pulls a thrown baseball back to Earth?Gonzalo Lira's family lived through a similar economic meltdown in the early 1970's, precipitated by the election of Salvador Allende in Chile. His election was a fluke, as two opposing parties split the centrist and right-wing blocs, leaving Allende with slightly more than a third of the electorate.
He became the first "democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in the Americas" and he aggressively moved to implement "reforms", which were intended to "put Chile on the road to Socialism".
Companies were nationalized, land was confiscated, and mines were taken over by the government, all in the name of wealth redistribution. Ostensibly these industries and properties were now owned by "the workers". In reality, of course, Allende's friends and supporters were placed in powerful oversight roles within the government and in the companies themselves.Allende saw himself as a 'Supreme Leader' -- a South American Lenin, if you will -- and he acted with dictatorial control over every aspect of the economy. Possibly his most important directives were those that implemented wage and price controls. These populist efforts were designed to curry favor with the workers in two ways:
• The price of basic goods and services were frozen
• Workers' wages were increased by decree
For a brief period of time the population enjoyed the bonanza. Citizens had more money and prices were held artificially low. Of course, like all central planning exercises, the effort ended in disaster.
Soon retailers and warehouses had been emptied of goods as the consumer base used its new-found wealth to go on a massive shopping spree. Once stores had been emptied, Allende immediately blamed right-wing, anti-Marxist "hoarders" for the failures of his policies.The economic meltdown was also hastened by the demise of most private sector companies. After all, Allende had forced them to raise wages while constricting their ability to properly price their wares. As companies declared bankruptcy, Allende's government quickly nationalized them "in the name of the people."
If the companies continued to operate at a loss, which most did, the government supported them by printing money to make up the shortfall.
And this is how Chile's hyperinflation began. There was no shortage of cash, but it quickly became worthless, because goods and services had disappeared.Allende was soon forced to implement rationing. As expected, his party loyalists controlled how ration cards were issued, and these cards determined who could buy consumer goods and food stables. Those deemed unfriendly to Allende did not find ration cards forthcoming, especially if they were vocal in opposing the Marxist government.
As it always does, a free market -- in the form of a black market -- quickly constructed itself to address the inequities. But the shadow markets were more finicky about the currency they accepted: Sólo dólares ("Dollars only").
It was at this point that hyperinflation truly began.It manifested itself in the form of a "collapse in asset prices"; in other words, deflation hit assets while hyperinflation took place for the absolutely necessary items in life.
The reason was simple: basic necessities like food were increasingly unaffordable. Stock prices, cars, second homes, and other "nice to have" items were immediately sacrificed in order to address the most critical needs.
And so it was in 1972 through 1973 that the Chilean stock market collapsed, the housing market tanked and the price of used automobiles plummeted. Citizens had to cash out of their assets to survive and some simply bought their way out of the country altogether.
A military coup soon toppled Allende and his Marxist government. With it, free market reforms and a new currency regime were implemented. After years of excruciating Marxist failures, Chile slowly began to heal itself.
But the lessons remain for us, here in America, as we watch our own Cloward-Piven government tiptoe to the edge of the Allende experiment.
Is Ours 'The Weakest Generation'?
"...These [health care] negotiations will be on C-SPAN, and so the public will be part of the conversation and will see the decisions that are being made...” (Barack Obama, 1/20/2008)
...[I want] to repeal some of these tax breaks for these oil companies. But I want to do more than that. I also want to go after their windfall profits, take a segment of those profits..." (Barack Obama, 3/3/2008)
"...Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket..." (Barack Obama, 11/1/2008)
"...“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had..." (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), 1/4/2009)
"...We will launch a sweeping effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in our government, and every American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars..." (Barack Obama, 1/28/2009)
"...Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards..." (Attorney General Eric Holder, 2/18/2009)
"...We don't believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy (like oil and gas) that are dramatically going to add to our climate change (problem)..." (Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, 3/5/2009)
"...Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration..." (Department of Homeland Security report to Janet Napolitano, 4/12/2009)
"...in early January, when Barack Obama was still President-elect, two of his chief economic advisers — leading proponents of a stimulus bill — predicted that the passage of a large economic-aid package would boost the economy and keep the unemployment rate below 8%. It hasn't quite worked out that way..." (Time Magazine, 7/2/2009)
"...right now drug companies are fighting so that they can keep essentially their patents on their brand-name drugs a lot longer... every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got." (Barack Obama, 8/11/2009)
"...When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill--Pelosi dismissed the question by saying: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”..." (CNS News, 8/23/2009)
"...the White House has been taken aback by the intense criticism from political opponents and local officials of Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian courtroom in New York..." (Washington Post, 2/11/2010)
"...But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it..." (Nancy Pelosi, 3/9/2010)
"...[President] Obama and his health secretary staged a two-pronged attack Monday in a stern letter to health insurance chief executives and a speech in which the president castigated insurance companies 22 times...." (Washington Post, 3/9/2010)
"...once upon a time they taught that under the U.S. Constitution a bill had to pass both the House and Senate to become law. Until this week, that is, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving to merely 'deem' that the House has passed the Senate health-care bill and then send it to President Obama to sign anyway..." (Wall Street Journal, 3/16/2010)
"...I don't care about the Constitution when it comes to this [health care bill]..." (Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL), 4/2/2010)
"...The president's top counterterrorism adviser on Wednesday called jihad a "legitimate tenet of Islam," arguing that the term "jihadists" should not be used to describe America's enemies... The comment comes after Brennan, in a February speech in which he described his respect for the tolerance and devotion of Middle Eastern nations, referred to Jerusalem... by its Arabic name, Al-Quds..." (Fox News, 5/27/2010)
"...As solicitor general of the United States, Elena Kagan argued in front of the Supreme Court that the federal government had the constitutional authority to ban certain political pamphlets. She also strongly implied that some political books, if they were partisan enough, could also be censored..." (Reason Magazine, 6/29/2010)
"...The financial regulation bill that President Obama will sign into law on Wednesday is supposed to clean up Wall Street. But an obscure passage buried deep in the 2,300-page legislation... could have a broad impact [on] electronics companies..." (Washington Post, 7/2/2010)
"...The federal government filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at blocking a controversial Arizona law that requires local police and sheriffs to question and arrest anyone whom they suspect is in the country illegally..." (Politico, 7/7/2010)
"...Less than two months after the US Department of Justice sued Arizona over the state’s controversial immigration law, it has filed another lawsuit targeting immigration practices by Arizona authorities... the [DOJ] says Phoenix-area Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC) discriminated against almost 250 noncitizen job applicants by requiring them to fill out more documents than the law requires to prove their eligibility to work...." (Christian Science Monitor, 8/31/2010)
...[I want] to repeal some of these tax breaks for these oil companies. But I want to do more than that. I also want to go after their windfall profits, take a segment of those profits..." (Barack Obama, 3/3/2008)
"...Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket..." (Barack Obama, 11/1/2008)
"...“I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had..." (Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), 1/4/2009)
"...We will launch a sweeping effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in our government, and every American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars..." (Barack Obama, 1/28/2009)
"...Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards..." (Attorney General Eric Holder, 2/18/2009)
"...We don't believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy (like oil and gas) that are dramatically going to add to our climate change (problem)..." (Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, 3/5/2009)
"...Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration..." (Department of Homeland Security report to Janet Napolitano, 4/12/2009)
"...in early January, when Barack Obama was still President-elect, two of his chief economic advisers — leading proponents of a stimulus bill — predicted that the passage of a large economic-aid package would boost the economy and keep the unemployment rate below 8%. It hasn't quite worked out that way..." (Time Magazine, 7/2/2009)
"...right now drug companies are fighting so that they can keep essentially their patents on their brand-name drugs a lot longer... every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got." (Barack Obama, 8/11/2009)
"...When CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance--a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill--Pelosi dismissed the question by saying: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”..." (CNS News, 8/23/2009)
"...the White House has been taken aback by the intense criticism from political opponents and local officials of Holder’s decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian courtroom in New York..." (Washington Post, 2/11/2010)
"...But we have to pass the [health care] bill so that you can find out what is in it..." (Nancy Pelosi, 3/9/2010)
"...[President] Obama and his health secretary staged a two-pronged attack Monday in a stern letter to health insurance chief executives and a speech in which the president castigated insurance companies 22 times...." (Washington Post, 3/9/2010)
"...once upon a time they taught that under the U.S. Constitution a bill had to pass both the House and Senate to become law. Until this week, that is, when Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving to merely 'deem' that the House has passed the Senate health-care bill and then send it to President Obama to sign anyway..." (Wall Street Journal, 3/16/2010)
"...I don't care about the Constitution when it comes to this [health care bill]..." (Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL), 4/2/2010)
"...The president's top counterterrorism adviser on Wednesday called jihad a "legitimate tenet of Islam," arguing that the term "jihadists" should not be used to describe America's enemies... The comment comes after Brennan, in a February speech in which he described his respect for the tolerance and devotion of Middle Eastern nations, referred to Jerusalem... by its Arabic name, Al-Quds..." (Fox News, 5/27/2010)
"...As solicitor general of the United States, Elena Kagan argued in front of the Supreme Court that the federal government had the constitutional authority to ban certain political pamphlets. She also strongly implied that some political books, if they were partisan enough, could also be censored..." (Reason Magazine, 6/29/2010)
"...The financial regulation bill that President Obama will sign into law on Wednesday is supposed to clean up Wall Street. But an obscure passage buried deep in the 2,300-page legislation... could have a broad impact [on] electronics companies..." (Washington Post, 7/2/2010)
"...The federal government filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at blocking a controversial Arizona law that requires local police and sheriffs to question and arrest anyone whom they suspect is in the country illegally..." (Politico, 7/7/2010)
"...Less than two months after the US Department of Justice sued Arizona over the state’s controversial immigration law, it has filed another lawsuit targeting immigration practices by Arizona authorities... the [DOJ] says Phoenix-area Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC) discriminated against almost 250 noncitizen job applicants by requiring them to fill out more documents than the law requires to prove their eligibility to work...." (Christian Science Monitor, 8/31/2010)
You don't have to ride on a treacherous, unlit cow path from the north-side of Boston to Lexington as the King's Regulars attempt a surprise attack on the Sons of Liberty.
You don't have to board a frigate, sail for weeks across the Atlantic and then sack a city in Tripoli to rescue your imprisoned countrymen.
You don't have to kill a British soldier in a desperate, hand-to-hand struggle after leaping out of a boat on the beach at York during the War of 1812.
You don't have to hold the line against Pickett's desperate charge at Gettysburg as thousands of wounded men shriek bloody murder around you.
You don't have to resist a vicious attack by the Hun with fixed bayonets at Belleau Wood.
You don't have to survive a terrifying duck-boat run onto Omaha Beach as men around you are being chopped to bits by fortified Nazi gun emplacements.
You don't have to liberate the Nazi Death Camps, capping months of brutal fighting and desperate marching through the dirt roads of Europe.
You don't have to withstand a surprise attack by the Chinese 'People's Volunteer Army', fighting to hold the line in 35°-below-zero temperatures for days on end near the Chosin Reservoir.
You don't have to defend the city of Huế from a surprise attack by Viet Cong and PAVN regulars, fighting block-to-block as the entire country is set afire by the Tet Offensive.
You don't have to race across the desert, waiting for a chemical attack or a Scud missile to hit, baking in 130° temperatures, so that you can expel Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard from Kuwait.
You don't have to patrol a patch of hard-scrabble earth in Aghanistan or Iraq, waiting for the inevitable IED by the side of the road -- or signs that you've rolled right into an ambush by heavily-armed 'insurgents' equipped with Iranian RPGs.You don't have to do any of those things. You just have to vote in November. You just have to take the time to rally your neighbors, your family members and your co-workers to vote for candidates who believe in the Constitution. You must marshal voters who will reject the out-of-control, free-spending government that has brought our country to the edge of bankruptcy.
Because if the Constitution doesn't mean anything, if all of the founders' sacrifices went for naught, if all of those American heroes who fought and bled and died for the flag mean nothing, if all your parents and grandparents gave you doesn't amount to a hill of beans, well, then our generation will be forever known as the weak-willed group that let the American dream slip from our fingers.
And we will be known forever as the generation that allowed American exceptionalism to be stolen from us by a radical leftist from San Francisco, a crooked, power-hungry weasel of a man from Nevada, and an Alinsky-trained community organizer who rose to the presidency without qualifications or even so much as a background check by the media.
You don't have to bleed for your country. All you have to do is rally our forces to vote in November. That is what we can do and that is what we must do to preserve this Republic for future generations.
Larwyn's Linx: Our Dying Constitution
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Our Dying Constitution: AT
New evidence undermines feds' case against Arizona: York
About Time; SC County GOP Censures Lindsey Graham: GWP
How come this WV race isn't getting more attention?: Ace
My Shocking Theory On The Delaware Primary: LegalIns
What a Deal: The Ground Zero Mosque Building Sale: JWF
Leftists, Islamists Call For Destruction of Israel... in DC: RWN
Washington’s Self-Anointed Dieties: PJM
Time for Alan Grayson to Go: RWN
Here's the real problem with labor unions: Insider
Granholm to Obama: 'I hope you know what you're doing': BlogProf
Thanks, Barack: US Growth Expected to Dip Below 1%: GWP
$52,900 a year for Yale: Back to School: Kimball
Seton Hall's Support for Illegal Immigration: Wizbang
Climate Omaha Hi-Lo. Who’s All-In? I Call: CBullitt
Green Money Laundering: AT
Do It Once, Shame on Him. Do It Twice, Shame on You.: Moonbattery
Monica Crowley Smacks Down Eleanor Clift Over Racism in the Tea Party: NewsBusters
New York Times Slams Mosque Opponents in Report on 'Tangible Progress at World Trade Center': AmPower
The Rise of the Fringe: Wizbang
Kristof: 70% of New Yorkers and Americans in General are Hateful, Hysterical Xenophobes: TAB
Islamization of Paris Gets Obvious: Moonbattery
Muslims and Hispanic illegals: Can we judge the present by the past?: STACLU
September 11th Rally in NYC: Stop the Ground Zero Mosque: Atlas
How to fight radical Islam: Ledeen
Venezuela introduces Cuba-like food card: JWF
Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5 mln: Maktoob
VMware customers cast a wary glance at Microsoft's virtualization tools: NetworkWorld
Sports Anchor Heroically Dunks On Small Child, Again: SportsGrid
Don't Forget It's International Bacon Day: SondraK
Hot Drinks: Wendy's Training Video from 1992: YouTube
How About Some Johnny to Start the Week?: Ace
Best Cry Ever: VB&F
Image: Weasel Zippers.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Kick Harry Reid Out of Office!
Nation
Our Dying Constitution: ATNew evidence undermines feds' case against Arizona: York
About Time; SC County GOP Censures Lindsey Graham: GWP
How come this WV race isn't getting more attention?: Ace
My Shocking Theory On The Delaware Primary: LegalIns
What a Deal: The Ground Zero Mosque Building Sale: JWF
Leftists, Islamists Call For Destruction of Israel... in DC: RWN
Washington’s Self-Anointed Dieties: PJM
Time for Alan Grayson to Go: RWN
Economy
The Public Education Scandal: ATHere's the real problem with labor unions: Insider
Granholm to Obama: 'I hope you know what you're doing': BlogProf
Thanks, Barack: US Growth Expected to Dip Below 1%: GWP
$52,900 a year for Yale: Back to School: Kimball
Seton Hall's Support for Illegal Immigration: Wizbang
Climate & Energy
There is just one answer to the farming question: RWNClimate Omaha Hi-Lo. Who’s All-In? I Call: CBullitt
Green Money Laundering: AT
Media
Professor Clinton, Professor Obama: DoswellDo It Once, Shame on Him. Do It Twice, Shame on You.: Moonbattery
Monica Crowley Smacks Down Eleanor Clift Over Racism in the Tea Party: NewsBusters
New York Times Slams Mosque Opponents in Report on 'Tangible Progress at World Trade Center': AmPower
The Rise of the Fringe: Wizbang
Kristof: 70% of New Yorkers and Americans in General are Hateful, Hysterical Xenophobes: TAB
World
UK: Hezbollah Supporters and Their Leftist Allies Stage al-Quds Day Protest in London: WZIslamization of Paris Gets Obvious: Moonbattery
Muslims and Hispanic illegals: Can we judge the present by the past?: STACLU
September 11th Rally in NYC: Stop the Ground Zero Mosque: Atlas
How to fight radical Islam: Ledeen
Venezuela introduces Cuba-like food card: JWF
SciTech
The ad that uses YouTube brilliantly: CNetGoogle settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5 mln: Maktoob
VMware customers cast a wary glance at Microsoft's virtualization tools: NetworkWorld
Cornucopia
Taking Action: MoonbatterySports Anchor Heroically Dunks On Small Child, Again: SportsGrid
Don't Forget It's International Bacon Day: SondraK
Hot Drinks: Wendy's Training Video from 1992: YouTube
How About Some Johnny to Start the Week?: Ace
Best Cry Ever: VB&F
Image: Weasel Zippers.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Help Kick Harry Reid Out of Office!
QOTD: "Every Democrat elected to the House of Representatives will vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker." -- Grand Old Partisan
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