Friday, September 17, 2010

Would-be Tyrants Henry Waxman and Anthony Weiner Set Hearings on the Future of Conservative Talk Radio

Believe me: that headline is not an overstatement. Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Anthony Weiner (D-NY) are attempting to pick off talk radio's advertisers, one-by-one.

They are starting with Goldline -- a half-century old business that just happens to place ads on the shows of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin.

Just as the government is trying to prevent people from investing in anything other than T-Bills by raising taxes on taxable interest and dividends to confiscatory levels, it's also trying to prevent you from parking your wealth in assets, like gold...

A press release from Rep. Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, not yet (as of this instant) posted on Mr. Weiner's Web site, announces that a September 23 hearing of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection (a subcommittee of Rep. Henry Waxman's Commerce Committee) will focus on "legislation that would regulate gold-selling companies, an industry who's [sic] relentless advertising is now staple of cable television."

From the press release: "Under Rep. Weiner's bill, companies like Goldline would be required to disclose the reasonable resale value of items being sold." That's great. Are Mr. Weiner and Chairman Bernanke also going to agree to print on every dollar the reasonable expectation that its value will be eroded by inflation?

Gold investors (or speculators) are already punished by the federal government by having their investment, even in a gold exchange-traded-fund, taxed at the higher rates that apply to collectibles rather than long term capital gains.

Not to mention the fact that Mr. Weiner's regulatory push seems as much aimed at conservative journalists as at the gold-dealers. The press release says, "Goldline employs several conservative pundits to act as shills for its' [sic] precious metal business, including Glenn Beck, Mike Huckabee, Laura Ingraham, and Fred Thompson. By drumming up public fears during financially uncertain times, conservative pundits are able to drive a false narrative. Glenn Beck for example has dedicated entire segments of his program to explaining why the U.S. money supply is destined for hyperinflation with Barack Obama as president."

Imagine the uproar if a Republican-majority Congress started investigating and having a regulatory crackdown on big advertisers in liberal outlets such as the New York Times. The First Amendment freedom-of-the-press crowd would be marching in the streets.

The whole situation is amazing. If Mr. Weiner really wants to calm fears about hyperinflation, the last way to do it is to have a government hearing cracking down on the people warning of it...

I want you to know that Waxman and Weiner are detestable Stalinist hacks. They represent a menace to the civil society. They are attempting to silence political speech with which they disagree.

I say this because Waxman and Weiner do not believe in the First Amendment, or any part of the Constitution, so far as I can tell. They are, as is their habit, blatantly violating their oaths of office.

Under the pretense of "consumer protection", Waxman and Weiner are attacking perfectly legitimate private businesses like GoldLine in order to silence conservative speech. Using the specious claim that GoldLine "grossly overcharges" its customers (PDF), Weiner is specifically targeting sponsors of conservative thought-leaders like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Fred Thompson.

Waxman and Weiner are thugs masquerading as Congressional representatives. Why? Because Goldline isn't overcharging anyone.

A one-ounce 2010 American Eagle gold bullion coin is the single best benchmark for most gold collectors. Using a Google search, I took the first nine websites I found (that would allow me to shop online) and ran through an ordering process for a 2010 1-oz. Eagle on each.

And this is what I found:

Raw Price + ShippingTotal PriceShopping CartWebsite
$1,239.05 + $24.95 shipping$1,264.001 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleAPMEX
$1,256.22 + $17.95 shipping$1,273.171 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleGainesville Coins
$1,255.48 + $27.00 shipping$1,282.481 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleBlanchard Online
$1,240.01 + 24.95 shipping$1.284.961 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleGolden Eagle Coin
$1,295.00 + free shipping$1,295.001 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleGoldLine
$1,278.74 + $20.95 shipping$1,299.691 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleBrandon's Coins
$1,247.92 + $49.51 shipping$1.297.431 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleBullionDirect
$1,299.00 + $19.95 shipping$1,318.951 oz. 2009 Gold American EagleAustin Gold Information Network
$1,399.00 + $7.45 shipping$1.406.451 oz. 2009 Gold American EagleSteve's Collectibles
$1,435.00 + free shipping$1,435.001 oz. 2010 Gold American EagleGovMint

In fact, Goldline was fifth out of ten on total price for the one-ounce benchmark gold bullion coin, separated by 2% from the first slot. Does that sound like overcharging to you?

Are Waxman and Weiner investigating #10?

Or #9?

Or #8, #7 or #6?

No. Because they don't sponsor conservative authors and speakers. If these Democrats were really concerned with overcharging, they could have found far better targets than Goldline in a matter of a few minutes, just as I did.

Henry Waxman and Anthony Weiner are would-be dictators. They are, in no uncertain terms, targeting free speech. Their tactics are anti-American.

If these penny-ante tyrants get their way, any business that advertises on talk radio is fair game.

I don't care if you're a Democrat or Republican. If you believe in the right of free speech, you will reject the current slate of Democrats.

Spread the word: give Henry Waxman and Anthony Weiner pink slips in November.


It's another Democrat record! Cali budget stalemate now longest ever

Good thing thing that California's economy is hitting on all cylinders.

The impasse over solving California's $19 billion budget deficit reached an inglorious milestone today when it officially became the longest stalemate over the state budget in history, though some lawmakers think it may end soon.

...Democrats have been haggling with the governor and legislative Republicans over just how much of the $19 billion deficit will be made through cuts...

The governor's proposal, which the Republicans have generally embraced, would cut $12 billion, including eliminating the state's welfare-to-work program and most state support for child care. It includes no tax increases or other revenue boosts...

I'd wager that experts like Charles Krauthammer and Karl Rove are fully supportive of Schwarzenegger's efforts to behave as a 'moderate Republican', who slows -- but definitely doesn't stop or reverse -- the uncontrolled growth of government.


The Myth of Cloward and Piven

Papa B -- who is definitely from the old school -- mimeographed a hard-copy newspaper and then sent it to us via carrier pigeon. Okay, maybe I made that up.

Should anyone consider Cloward-Piven a myth, please examine the attached page from the Atlanta Journal Constitution with 3 relevant headlines for articles that just by chance appeared on that page.


If you aren't familiar with Cloward-Piven, I recommend scanning two articles:

American Thinker: Cloward-Piven Government

NewZeal: 1966 - Cloward - Piven Strategy Unveiled at Socialist Scholars Conference

You won't believe your eyes.


We disclose academic ignorance

The Bad writes:

Hey Doug - I have attached a screenshot of a Facebook encounter with a left-of-Marx friend of mine. Names have been blocked in red for obvious reasons and his FB image has been replaced with my own design to protect his dumb ass. Nonetheless, I thought it was interesting and figured you might see what I see in terms of liberals and their ignorance to what their "leaders" are up to. Hugo is supposedly an intelligent liberal who is active politically and (gasp) works in academia.


Leftists. If they weren't in power, they'd be employable only as comic relief. Like court jesters.

Another Obama success story: $111 million in Stimulus spending saved or created 55 jobs

What a bargain! Only $2,018,000 a job!

An audit of federal stimulus spending by the City Controller of Los Angeles reveals -- I hope you're sitting down -- that $111 million in Stimulus spending... saved or created 55 jobs.

The Mayor of Los Angeles appears to be quite proud that he helped destroy 1,200 private sector jobs in order to rescue 55 public sector roles. Libertius, writing at RedState, does the heavy mathematical lifting and calculates:

...New job creation when wealth is left in the private sector: 1269

New job creation when private wealth is seized by the federal government, strained through multiple levels of bureaucratic inefficiency and redistributed by a command-and-control, politically motivated regime: 55

Remember how Joe Biden, former Senator from Delaware, was assigned by the President to prevent fraud in Stimulus spending? I think the term was 'laser-focused'.

Christine O'Donnell, also of Delaware, appears quite appealing compared to this waste, fraud and abuse.


Larwyn's Linx: It is a Civil War; Collateral Damage

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Nation

It is a Civil War: Protein Wisdom
Collateral Damage: Instapundit
Norton lashes out at Breitbart for her own damn voicemail: DC

DOJ Smackdown: Challenge Fast-Tracked: Adams
Tea Party's Already Won: Stoddard
Yes we can -- Beltway establishment takes a thumpin': Instapundit

The 'contingency' of free speech: Protein Wisdom
Do the (Thirty-Year) Math: The Consultants Are Wrong: AT
Biden: Dems Trailing 'Cause People Don’t Want to Focus Yet: Powers

Economy

Democrats hide from ObamaCare disaster: RWN
Medicare and ObamaCare: AT
The Teen Workplace Disengagement Epidemic: Blumer

MI home health workers sue over their forced unionization: RWN
What they meant by Recovery Summer: Surber
Obama's Trickle-Up: Poverty Rate Soars to 14.3%: GWP

Climate & Energy

Re-Branding a Failing Sham: Malkin
Leadership Through Better Marketing: Ace

Media

Ladies of the Right vs. Beltway GOP boyz club; Plus: Fire From the Heartland: Malkin
Seriously: O’Donnell Can’t Beat the “Bearded Marxist”?: Greenroom
Bitter Half Grouses About Her Tough Job: RWN

The 40 Best Conservative Blogs For 2010 (Version 3.0): RWN
Karl Rove in the doghouse? You betcha.: sisu
I’ll Be At Right Nation 2010 in Chicago, Illinois… Will YOU?: RWN

If It Is a Fight These Jacobins Want, Then It Is a Fight They Shall Have: IowaHawk
Mike Castle Blames His Loss On Lies of Hannity and Limbaugh: GWP
Fish Wrap Times: Don’t Be Fringe Like Those Nazi Tea Partiers: RWN

World

Former Spanish Prime Minister Aznar Blasts Obama Administration for Its Treatment of Israel: GWP
California's Most Anti-Semitic College: MTC
Obama Administration Joins In UN’s Apartheid-Style Ban on Israel: GWP

Rampaging Islamist Mob Tries to Burn Christian School, Only It Was Really a Muslim School: WZ
Throw Another Big Government on the Barbie: Tea Party in the Outback: Malkin
Did Dems Profit from Craigslist's Sex Slave Scene?: HE

SciTech

Dell shows 10-inch tablet: Keyboard included: CNet
5 top online survey tools for non-profits: SocialBrite
Samsung takes on Apple iPad with Galaxy Tab: CNet

Cornucopia

At the Utah State Fair: Pedaling Fast
The 20 Saddest Car Spoilers Of All Time: Sub5zero
Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf: Salad-in-a-Jar

I hate this game: C&S
Michelle Obama Talks Obesity, Breast Feeding and $31 Million to the Black Caucus.: WZ
New Republican Party logo leaked!: Surber

Images: CNet.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Defeat Harry Reid -- Support Sharron Angle for U.S. Senate


Thursday, September 16, 2010

Photos: Time-Travel -- 1945 to 2010

An outstanding photographic concept spotted at 9gag (hat tip: Escobar) merges the close of World War II with modern day.







White House Insider: 'The President Is Losing It'

It hasn't gotten much press, but a former White House insider has reportedly dished the dirt on President Obama -- and the revelations sound plausible indeed.

And make for fascinating reading.

Sure the source is anonymous, but that always seems to be good enough for The New York times.

...[During the campaign] we definitely had people in the media on our side. Absolutely. We went so far as to give them specific ideas for coverage. The ones who took that advice from the campaign were granted better access, and Obama was the biggest story in 2008, so yeah, that gave us a lot of leverage...

...Obama loved to campaign. He clearly didn’t like the work of being President though, and that attitude was felt by the entire White House staff within weeks after the inauguration. Obama the tireless, hard working candidate became a very tepid personality to us. And the few News stories that did come out against him were the only things he seemed to care about. He absolutely obsesses over Fox News. For being so successful, Barack Obama is incredibly thin-skinned. He takes everything very personally...

That [Obama hates Joe Biden] is very well known in the White House. Obama chose Biden for one reason – to have an older white guy with some international policy credentials. Period. If Biden has all of this international experience that Obama found so valuable, why has he buried him under the pile of crap that became the stimulus bill? ...Give Joe a job and get him the hell out of my hair – that pretty much sums up the president’s feelings...

...Obama is scared to death of Hillary. He doesn’t trust her – obsesses over her almost as much as he does Fox News... when it comes down to it, she has played the game on a far tougher level than he has, and Obama knows that...

...we were all led to believe that this guy was some kind of intellectual giant, right? Ivy League and all that. Well, that is not what I saw. Barack Obama doesn’t have a whole lot of intellectual curiosity. When he is off script, he is what I call a real 'slow talker'. Lots of ummms, and lots of time in between answers where you can almost see the little wheel in his head turning very slowly. I am not going to say the president is a dumb man, because he is not, but yeah, there was a definite letdown when you actually hear him talking without the script...

...I don’t know [how bad things are in the White House] about right now, because I have not been there in over a month. But I still hear things, and [it's] not good. As bad as it might look to voters based on what they do know, it’s much worse. The infighting is off the charts. You got a Chief of Staff who despises cabinet members, advisors who despise the Chief of Staff, a President and First Lady having their own issues...

...I don’t have a problem saying that the president is losing it. I don’t mean he is like losing his mind. I mean to say that he is losing whatever spark he had during the campaign. When you take away the crowds, Obama gets noticeably smaller. He shrinks up inside of himself. He just doesn’t seem to have the confidence to do the job of President, and it’s getting worse and worse. Case in point – just a few days before I left, I saw first hand the President of the United States yelling at a member of his staff. He was yelling like a spoiled child. And then he pouted for several moments after. I wish I was kidding, or exaggerating, but I am not. The President of the United States threw a temper tantrum. The jobs reports are always setting him off, and he is getting increasingly conspiratorial over the unemployment numbers. I never heard it myself, but was told that Obama thinks the banking system is out to get him now. That they and the big industries are making him pay for trying to regulate them more. That is the frame of mind the President is in these days. And you know what? Maybe he is right, who knows?

...Oh – absolutely [he can win in 2012]. Who else campaigns as well as Barack Obama? Nobody. What politician is more loved and supported by the media? Nobody. I don’t see the Republicans offering up a candidate as powerful as Obama. I mean Sarah Palin? Really? Obama would defeat her by a 20 point landslide! Romney? The Republicans will enjoy these midterm elections, but 2012 is Obama’s year if he chooses to run again. As a president, Obama has many flaws, but as a candidate, he is near flawless...

...I am going to come right out and say it – No [, another four years of Obama would not be a good thing]. Obama is not up to the job of being president. He simply doesn’t seem to care about the work involved. You want to know what? Obama is lazy. He really is. And it is getting worse and worse. Would another four years of Obama be the best thing for America? No it would not. What this country needs is a president who is focused on the job more than on themselves. Obama is not that individual. I actually hope he doesn’t run again. Looking back, as much fun as the campaign in 2008 was, Hillary Clinton should have been the nominee. Hillary was ready to be president. Obama was not ready. He had never lost a campaign. [Ed: not true, he lost a campaign for Congress in 2000] Everything was handed to him. He doesn’t really understand the idea of work – real, hard, get your heart and soul into it work. And frankly, that is very disappointing to a whole lot of us...

President Axelrod could not be reached for comment at press time.


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Reflections from one year's worth of graphs and data

Over at the American Thinker, Randall Hoven has published a "Chart o' the Day" for a year now. What has he learned?

Then came Obama...

Hoven's post is an invaluable one, summarizing the inevitable havoc wrought by the 'progressives'.

Read the whole thing.


December 2009 and a possible rationale for Karl Rove's vicious attack on Christine O'Donnell

Is there a rational explanation for Karl Rove's vicious, unmanly and -- frankly -- outrageous attack on Christine O'Donnell?

On Tuesday, the night of Rove's explosion, The Freedomist reported that he had earlier been heavily invested in Mike Castle's campaign.

Sources at the Christine O’Donnell victory party revealed to The Freedomist that in December of last year Karl Rove met with Tea Party leaders in Dover, Delaware trying to get them to cut a 'deal' in which they would leave Mike Castle alone and NOT support O’Donnell.

The Freedomist has also learned that Rove was allegedly acting as an operative, although in what capacity it is not known, even as he is playing the role of a political analyst on Fox New in a fair and balanced way...

While Rove's possible affiliation with Castle's campaign hasn't yet been disclosed, I did locate an article that may help shed some more light on the issue.

Mr. Peabody, set the wayback machine to December 2009 and fetch me a copy of the Wall Street Journal while you're at it:

Can Republicans Retake the Senate in 2010?


Probably not, but their candidate recruitment so far has been stellar.

By KARL ROVE
...One feature giving Republicans an edge is that several senate seats are up for grabs because the politicians who were elected to fill them are now serving in the Obama administration. This includes seats formerly held by Mr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden... Rep. Mark Kirk is a strong candidate to pick up Mr. Obama's old seat in Illinois. Rep. Mike Castle, a popular former governor, could pick up Mr. Biden's former seat in Delaware...

In other words, Rove was shilling for some of the more egregious liberal Republicans last December, especially Castle. A primary challenge by more conservative GOP candidates hadn't even been contemplated by Rove.

Was he a paid operative? Or did he just back the wrong horse, calling his credentials as the all-knowing, all-seeing 'architect' in doubt? Was the attack simply about diminished stature -- whether as a paid consultant or as an oracle for Fox?

That mental exercise is best left to the reader, but suffice it to say that his behavior will only help enrage and energize the conservative base. It's not complicated, Karl: it's only the freaking Constitution, to which neither you, Castle nor the rest of the entrenched Republican establishment seem to give a moment's thought.

That is why we're out to take over the GOP and throw all of the bums out, no matter their party affiliation.

See, that's not too hard to understand, is it, Karl?


Update: Michelle Malkin Rips Karl Rove a New One for His 'Vicious' Attacks on Christine O’Donnell.

Where's the ACLU when you need them?

Dan from New York:

"What'd You Learn in School Today?" "Allahu Akbar, Mom"

In late May of 2010, Wellesley, Massachusetts public middle school students took a field trip to the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center - a controversial Saudi-funded mega-mosque run by the Muslim American Society of Boston. There, the students were separated by gender and the boys were asked to join the Muslim adults in their prayer. Several of the public school boys took part.

Let's go to the videotape.


Gee, where are all of those liberals complaining about the separation of church and state?

Contact information for the Wellesley Public School system is here.


GTFO?

Dan from New York:

"... it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”

  -- Senator Barack Hussein Obama, San Francisco Fundraiser, 2008

"They say I'm dumb. Yes, I'm dumb. I'm so dumb I got two Lincoln Continentals, that's how damn dumb I am!"

  -- Lenny Bruce send up of an Evangelical preacher in the brilliant Religions Inc. (1958)


It's a common trait of political elites to look down their noses at those who cling to their guns and religion and characterize it as a disorder. This year, though, it's proving to be a big mistake.

Signs continue to build that the state-run media's attempt to demonize the Tea Party movement has flopped on Main Street, if not Broadway. It was always about preaching to the perverted anyway and, thanks to Barack Hussein Obama, their numbers are dwindling rapidly. The Republicans' ugly knee-jerk reaction to the Tea Party challenge is fading too, now that the blue blazer conservatives have been mugged by the bumpkins and the party's operatives are beginning to see the light (of victory).

It's entirely possible the great wave of hysteria that brought the Obamatons to power will utterly recede only two years after it inundated the land. If it does, it will be an affirmation of the underlying health and restorative powers of America's instincts and common sense.

Yet, as nice as that sounds, don't take it for granted. Complacency is not an option. There's still almost two months to go and only an all-out effort from here to the finish line will bring success. Obama will not go without a fight, and men like him seldom fight fair.

Only overwhelming with our numbers will work.

Remember: "If it's not close, they can't cheat."


Outlook Menu Mania

In addition to the recent, net-clogging "Here You Have" virus, which propagated using the Outlook address book, Microsoft's beloved email client is a continual source of unexpected delight. Like this menu, found when desperately trying to figure out why a message wouldn't format properly.

Sometimes you just have to shake your head.


Larwyn's Linx: November 2nd and New Jersey Route 3

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Nation

11/2 and New Jersey Route 3: Hewitt
The Architect Has No Clothes: AT
More on Breyer’s horrible equivocation about burning Korans: Hot Air

Dem Congresswoman leaves message for lobbyist: pony up: BigGovt
What did Castle talk with Obama and Biden about?: Malkin
Politics Is Thicker Than Water: Stuff Floats: GoV

Economy

Keen Graphs of the Obvious: AT
As economy flounders, Democrats issue major announcement: GWP
Can Democrats Save Their Party?: AT

Big Labor Death Match: SEIU, NUHW Go Head-To-Head: RWN
Union Power and the Christie Effect: Malanga
Guest Post: The Smoking Ruin Solution: ZH

Climate & Energy

How Liberal Regulations Destroy People’s Lives: The Coal Example: RWN
China puts BP to shame as the US’s worst polluter: Doswell

Media

'Tokyo Rove': Malkin
Supreme Court Idiot: Bubba
Conservatives battle over Castle-O'Donnell: Soros Matters for America

Establishment Republicans…The Pouting Continues: RedState
Obama needs teleprompter to talk to grade school kids, pt. II: BlogProf
Five Reasons O'Donnell Could Win: Ace

Ride the Metaphor!: Driscoll
Creepy Reid hands O'Donnell general election ad on silver platter: Malkin
New Look Dems: Plus, How To Make Your Very Own DNC Logo: Malkin

World

Crawling Out from under the Rauf: Geller
Burning Koran Is Unconstitutional? Says Who? Only a Supreme :RWN
Book Review: The Palestinian Right to Israel: Daled Amos

Heh: Muslims Protest Moment of Silence: JWF
'Everybody Draw Muhammad' Cartoonist Changes Name, Goes Into Hiding at FBI’s Insistence: RWN
So Why Not Him?: Diogenes

SciTech

Wireless Car Sensors Vulnerable to Hackers: MIT Tech Review
Chase Site Still Crippled; Angry Users Take to Twitter: CNBC
Hearts Seem to Heal Slowest for Grouchy Pessimists: LiveScience

Cornucopia

Intolerance: A Party Platform: R&R
3 Reasons Why BlogCon is Made of Awesome: RWN
How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Shoe: Wimp

Thank you, a little slow at the gate!: Anchoress
A Creche, B-16 & Your Opinion, Please: Anchoress
Awesome: Michigan couple builds 40-foot lighthouse for their cottage: BlogProf

Images: Michelle Malkin and Doug Powers.
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Christine 2010


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Grandad remembers the good ol' days


Hat tip: Jersey Mike.

Pond Scum lobby worried that Harry Reid is giving it a bad name

Look up 'pond scum' in the dictionary and you may see the man who is attempting to tie amnesty for illegal aliens to a defense appropriations bill.

That's right: while we have men and women on the battlefield, a Democrat is once again playing politics with bullets, body armor and MREs.

This Democrat is trying to attach stealth amnesty -- that will encourage illegal immigration -- to a defense appropriations bill.

This Democrat is, for lack of a better term, pond scum.

[Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid has announced he’ll attach a DREAM Act amendment to the defense appropriations bill:

This work period, the Senate will consider the Defense Authorization bill. Along with critical support for our national security forces around the world, this legislation will address two other important issues that are long overdue.

Passage of this bill would overturn the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ rule for our armed forces. We will finally send a loud and clear message that everyone who steps up to serve our country should and will be welcomed regardless of sexual orientation.

We are also offering an amendment to pass the DREAM Act. This amendment will ensure that millions of children who grow up as Americans will be able to get the education they need to contribute to our economy. Students who come to America before age 16 and who have been here for five years should be able get their green card...

What is "The DREAM Act"? You'll love this:

S. 2075, the DREAM Act of 2005: Need a reward for sneaking into the country and then evading the police for five years? Well, how does amnesty and in-state tuition sound?

If my kids sneak out of the country and then back in, can they get the in-state tuition deal?

S. 2075 would grant in-state tuition and amnesty to illegal aliens under the age of 21 who had been physically present in the country for five years and are in 7th grade or above. Such a reward for illegal immigration serves as an incentive for more illegal immigration.


At what point can we stop questioning the Democrat leadership's patriotism and simply declare them enemies of the state?

Or is that too 'right wing'?


Could someone check the water inside the Beltway? Krauthammer and Rove teeter on the irrelevancy cliff as they brutalize Reagan's 11th Commandment

Charles Krauthammer and Karl Rove both have storied histories backing the conservative movement and, by extension, the Republican Party. But it would appear that they've become far too cloistered, or at least far too invested in the establishment, to truly understand the mood of the country.

Delaware voters turned out in record number to reject the ridiculous 'progressive Republican' Mike Castle in favor of a real conservative named Christine O'Donnell.

Nevada voters rejected two Republican candidates for a clear Constitutional conservative, Sharron Angle.

Rove and Krauthammer have now expressly attacked both. And for what? Because their predictions were wrong? Because they had a stake in the losing camps? I don't know and, frankly, I don't care.

It would seem that both analysts think the American people are too stupid to judge these things for themselves. I just hope they had a bad fish dinner a couple of nights ago and come to their senses shortly.

Gentlemen, there's a very simple playbook we're operating by. It's called the Constitution. Mike Castle and his ilk operate unmoored, picking and choosing policy positions like they're throwing darts.

We've had enough of that bulls***. The stakes are too high and the situation too dire to play that game.

Furthermore, as Jim Hoft reminds us, Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment was straightforward:

"Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill of Another Republican"

Dear Messrs. Rove and Krauthammer: learn it, love it, and live it.

Otherwise, prepare to be flushed down the irrelevancy hole. It's not a tough choice. James Madison or Karl Rove? Thomas Jefferson or Charles Krauthammer?

Gee, what a dilemma.


Update: Creepy Harry Reid hands O’Donnell her first general election ad on a silver platter

Roger Kimball unveils the ObamaCare money chart

Roger Kimball's "A lesson for David Axelrod" is worth reading in its entirety. But the money chart is this:

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S.            65%
England       46%
Canada        42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U.S.           93%
England      15%
Canada        43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S.            90%
England       15%
Canada        43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S.            77%
England       40%
Canada        43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people
U.S.            71%
England       14%
Canada        18%

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in “excellent health”:
U.S.           12%
England        2%
Canada         6%

In sum, you can have health care, or you can have ObamaCare.  People have looked at the latter... and they don’t like what they see. That’s the reason it’s unpopular, and will become more so.

You know how the liberals progressives continually whine that we spend too much money on health care?

Because they're economic illiterates, I'll explain this phenomenon really slowly so they'll understand:

Because......... we......... can.


Related:
Berwick's First Strike: Susan G. Komen Foundation and Ovarian Cancer Alliance Decry First-Ever Medicare Denials of FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs
Good News for Seniors: the Most Powerful Man in the Medical Industry Has a Love Affair with Urine- and Feces-Soaked Beds

Are we men really this shallow and easily manipulated?

Uhm.

Don't answer that.


Connecticut: Anthem, Cigna blame 20%+ rate hikes on freakish outbreak of Ebola virus plus ObamaCare, but mostly ObamaCare

If I didn't know better, I'd say that Anthem and Cigna just told HHS Czar Katherine Sebelius to take her threats and -- well, you know. At least that's the way I interpret this news story from Connecticut entitled "Health Insurers Seeking Rate Hikes Of More Than 20 Percent In Connecticut."

Health insurers are asking for immediate rate hikes of more than 20 percent in Connecticut for some plans, citing rising medical costs and federal health reform laws as reasons.

...In what might appear to be an oddity, companies are citing a huge range of effects that the health care reform mandates will have on plan prices — from near zero to well over 20 percent. The reason is that among all the plans, some already deliver the provisions required by health reform, while others do not...

See, that's called the 'free market', progressives.

...Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut, by far the largest insurer of Connecticut residents, said in a letter that it expects the federal health reform law to increase rates by as much as 22.9 percent for just a single provision — removing annual spending caps. The mandate to provide benefits to children regardless of pre-existing conditions will raise premiums by 4.8 percent, Anthem said in the letter...

...CIGNA Corp. is asking for an increase of up to 1.3 percent for adding preventive care provisions, a 1 percent increase for waiving pre-existing conditions for children up to 19, and an increase of 14.5 percent for children from birth to 18 for new business, according to the Insurance Department...

It would appear that not a single member of the Democrat leadership has ever taken completed a course in economics. Or made a payroll. Or operated a cash register. Or cleaned up a bowling alley at nights while passing papers in the morning as a kid. But I'm not bitter.

...The proposed changes drew fiery response from elected officials. On Sept. 9, the Obama administration's Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote a letter warning the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans of a "zero tolerance" policy for "falsely blaming premium increases for 2011 on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act."...

I think the voters are going to express a 'zero tolerance' policy for Katherine Sebelius and her boss in 2012. And, if we can take the House or Senate, well -- let the investigations begin.

...On Sept. 23, health insurers will be required to comply with an array of provisions that were part of federal health reform laws passed six months ago. In Connecticut, some of provisions were already extended to consumers by state law. Others were not, and they are cited as part of the reason for proposed increases to premiums starting Oct. 1.

"If you fail to recognize that the new requirements around benefits that were passed in federal reform were going to drive price, I think you're being intellectually irresponsible," said Keith Stover, a lobbyist with the Connecticut Association of Health Plans.

Did Keith just call Barack Obama a pinhead?

New regulations include eliminating cash limits on how much insurers pay per person each year, and throughout a person's lifetime. Insurers won't be able to deny coverage to children under 19 who have a pre-existing medical condition...

"Those are new benefits that are going to cost money," Stover said. "You can't just wave the magic wand and say, 'Do all these things, and they're free.' It just doesn't work that way."

Oh, don't burst any bubbles, Keith -- remember who we're dealing with! The liberals progressives don't worry about mathematics, logic, facts or reason -- they've got Marxist class warfare rhetoric to disseminate.


Post title shtick ripped from: Ace.