Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Larwyn's Linx: The Pathologies of Progressivism

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Nation

The Pathologies of Progressivism: Thornton
Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Outrage Just Par for His Course: DLim
We’ve Reached the Penultimate Jimmy Carter Moment: Erickson

More Ridiculous Lies From Liberal Media: Sooper
Occupy Oakland protests in FAVOR of child sex trafficking: Zombie
10 FBI agents investigated Zimmerman's racial views: Miami

"Asian male" attempts to blow up pipeline in Plano, TX: Tatler
So Now the President Gets to Decide Who Is a Citizen?: Teresa
Michelle Obama slaps ‘corporate’ work, ‘fat paychecks’: Exam

Economy

The Immigration Ploy: Sowell
Obamacare Fallout: 83% of Doctors Surveyed Say They May Quit: Hicks
The Greek Election Solves… Nothing: Mead

Key Catholic Ally Jumps Sinking ObamaCare Ship: IBD
Postcards From Hell, 2012: ForPol
Spain's debt problems keep markets on edge: Reuters

Scandal Central

Obama's Lawless Presidency Close To Totalitarianism: IBD
ATF Sued for Its Fast and Furious Communications With White House: JW
17,000-Strong Group of Border Patrol Agents Calls For Holder to Resign: Times

Climate & Energy

Your Tax Dollars at Work: EPA Science Writer Celebrates Andrew Breitbart’s Death: GWP

Media

Unspeakable Things: The Liberals’ Clumsy Dance Across Obama's Killing Floor: Floyd
Another Dem Defects: Goolsbee Criticizes Obama's Divisive Administration: Breitbart
Missing From Media Coverage: Obama’s Historically Dismal Record on Full- and Part-Time Employment: Blumer

MSNBC/Andrea Mitchell Smear Romney With Edited Video: Publius
Media pretty excited about Romney talking up Wawa subs or something; Update: Deceptive editing: Hot Air
Harassment: September 22, 2011: Patterico

I Have an Obama Theory: iOTW
Three Leading W. Va. Dems Not Attending Party Convention; Will the News Get Wide Coverage?: Bizzy
41 Joe Biden Expressions You Must Know: Blaze

Hints about how the Supreme Court will rule on ObamaCare?: Q&O
What to take away from the debunking of MSNBC’s fake Romney WaWa ‘scandal.’: Lane
Biden Admits His Blue Collar Background Is Bogus: MB

World

Obama Gives Our Secrets to Russia: Morris
IDF tanks move closer to Egypt border: ynet
Canadian Study Says Soda Doesn't Cause Childhood Obesity: MenRec

Sci-Tech

Microsoft unveils 'Surface' tablet to compete with Apple's iPad: Fox
When Technologies Collide: iOTW
NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft nears interstellar space: Fox

Cornucopia

Massive Bombing Exercises Reported at Fort Knox: TAB
Sarah Palin’s “Fabulous” High Heels: Shark Tank
For Everything Else, There’s the Marx Card: Tatler

Image: Obama Campaign Selling Fashion Items, Including Terrorist-style Keffiya
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QOTD: "The big question, of course, is what happens to a malignant narcissist when reality is so overwhelming that his normal coping mechanisms — self-aggrandizement and the denigration of others — no longer work? ... One could say that insanity is the last refuge of a narcissist. If the real world will no longer conform to his self-image, he’ll deny the real world, and come up with a better one that allows him to boast to his heart’s content, not just about his own alleged qualities, but about larger, objective reality." --Bookworm Room

Monday, June 18, 2012

Escape from Grove Parc

After reading this article, the only question that remains is how much longer until the south-side of Chicago is abandoned to nature, like much of Detroit?

More Killed in Chicago this Year than Afghanistan

As many as 200 Chicago police officers were assigned to provide extra security for the wedding of White House adviser Valerie Jarrett’s daughter, despite the fact that this year Windy City residents have been slain in greater numbers than U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan...

While 144 Americans have died in Afghanistan in 2012, a whopping 228 Chicago residents have been killed, and the murder rate is up a staggering 35 percent from last year. That’s a rash of homicides quadruple the rate of New York City’s, and police and crime experts fear it may only get worse.

...In the midst of a recent homicide spike and prediction of a weekend weather scorcher, Sneed is told somewhere between 100 to 200 police officers will be dispatched to help “secure the perimeter” of a high-profile wedding in Kenwood.

If you've heard of Kenwood but can't remember why, it's because that's where Barack Obama's home is located. You know, the one that convicted felon Tony Rezko helped the Obama family purchase.

And isn't it striking that where ever Democrats achieve unfettered control of government, society begins to unravel? Detroit and Chicago serve as only two of the most obvious examples, but entire states like California and Illinois are close on their heels.


Postscript: for those unfamiliar with the Grove Parc scandal, gather the entire family around and read the illustrated story entitled 30 degrees below zero.

Mullahs: "Obama's Time Is Running Out, Not Iran's"

Dan from New York:

Via MEMRI, reading and translating what the legacy media doesn’t want you to know.

Iranian Regime Offers Obama a 'Win-Win' Deal: Recognize Our Nuclear Rights – And You Will Be Reelected

In its June 11, 2012 editorial, the Sobh-e Sadeq weekly, which is the organ of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), attempts to persuade U.S. President Barack Obama that recognizing Iran's nuclear rights at the upcoming nuclear talks in Moscow, June 18-19, will get him reelected. The editorial, headlined "The Importance of the Moscow Conference for Iran and Obama," states that Obama has an opportunity to turn the Moscow talks into a springboard to victory in November. Warning that it is Obama's time that is running out, not Iran's, it adds that if he does not promote recognition of Iran's nuclear rights at the Moscow talks – what the paper calls "a win-win" for both sides – Tehran will simply bide its time and wait for his successor.

For the main points of the Iranian editorial click here.

Michelle Obama rips ‘corporate’ work and ‘fat paychecks’ that actually pay for her lavish lifestyle including $600,000 vacations in Spain

The First Lady, who is well known for her hard work and spartan lifestyle, is in the news for decrying the very system that allows her and her husband to live in the lap of luxury.

Michelle Obama slaps ‘corporate’ work, ‘fat paychecks’

First lady Michelle Obama took her inspirational family story on the road over the weekend, telling the graduating class of Oregon State University that having a corner corporate office and a big paycheck isn’t the prize it looks like when entering the job market...



“After graduating from college, we did everything we thought we should do to be successful -- Craig went to business school, I went to law school, we got prestigious jobs at an investment bank and me at a law firm. We soon had all the traditional markers of success: the fat paycheck, the fancy office, the impressive lines on our resumés. But the truth is, neither of us was all that fulfilled,” said Obama. “I was living the dream, but it wasn’t my dream. And Craig felt the same way, unbeknownst to me.”

So they quit; she went to work in the Chicago mayor’s office and her brother became a basketball coach.

The article's comments are classic. Some of the highlights:

She went from earning $121,910 in 2004 as an executive director at the hospital to making $316,962 in 2005 as a vice president." Oh, and the huge increase happened to coincide with Barack Obama becoming Senator Obama in January 2005. Purely coincidental, of course.

A job she got after her husband was elected to congress and was in a position to help the university. A job that was so important that it was not re-filled after she left to go to DC

Hasn't it been over a week since you have taken a lavish vacation at taxpayer expense, Michelle? Yet another leftist hypocrite!
Her job was moving poor black patients to other hospitals, for which she was censured and lost her law license. She is an awful, evil person, with a hate-scowl that would curdle milk.

Oh Yea, I forgot to mention her brother at Oregon State. They tried to fire him but, miraculously a very large and I mean LARGE sum of money appeared at Oregon State suddenly and the powers to be decided to keep the mediocre coach. Now, is that not strange or what? that Oregon received a "Fat Corporate Paycheck".

Her 'job' at the University of Chicago Hospital was 'granny dumping'. She was in charge of finding neighborhood clinics and other cheaper facilities that would take in the patients at the University of Chicago Hospital that were on Medicaid or Part A Medicare. There are photos floating around the Net of these poor people being loaded into wheelchairs and ambulances and carted away from the hospital...

She's just pissed because the King's "re-election" committee has told her to lay off the multi-million dollar vacations for the time being.

Michelle, is it true that you had to surrender your law license because you committed insurance fraud?

The Obama's and most of the "progressives" are very much capitalists when it comes to their own money. These rantings about how big others paychecks are are just red herrings attempting to cover their own greed. When you boil it all down what she's saying is that you little people are nowhere near worth what we are and for you to remember your place.

More to the point, I would love someone to find a single instance where Barack or Michelle -- at any point in their lives -- promoted the free market, individual liberty, competition and capitalism.

Truthfully, though I've read thousands of pages about the couple, I've never seen such an instance. Ever.


Larwyn's Linx: Holder's Just-Us Department under Fire

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Nation

Holder's Just-Us Department under Fire: AT
Explain to me again why they are called “reporters”?: LI
Governance by the Executive: Stormbringer

King Con: The Legend of Obama: Sultan Knish
Emperor Obama Rules by Decree: RWN
Obama Uses Daughters As Political Props In New Campaign Ad: WZ

Economy

Flatten California: Laffer
Oh, Dear Lord: I agree with Michael Bloomberg on something: Ace
President Obama Lays Off 800,000 American Workers: Clockwork

Golfer-in-Chief Hits Links for Record 100th Time: Nice Deb
Greek Election Sideshow: How Long Will the Market Celebrate?: Mish
China property prices drop further raising growth fears: BBC

Climate & Energy

Mann’s 'hockey stick' claims refuted years before publication: Watts

Media

AP 1987: 'Why do [reporters] shout at President Reagan?': DC
Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks: Fox
Sam Donaldson: I Was Never Rude to a President, and Those Who Criticize Obama are Racist: Powers

Peter Hart (D) Focus Group: Independents Who Voted For Obama Are Now Turning Away : Ace
I’m ‘Just’ A Blogger: NoisyRm
‘Scrubbed’ Writings Show Kimberlin Associate Neal Rauhauser’s Obsessions: RSM

King Obama the Insane — is Obama still living the big lie, or has he slipped round the bend?: Bookworm
White House Leaked Friday's Immigration Announcement to NYT and Time Magazine: NB
George Will Was On His Game On 'This Week': Hope

Biased Media Reports Non-News: RWN
Plouffe fails miserably at spin attempts on deportation waivers, leaks: Twitchy
Frank Rich: Obama Should 'Nuke' Romney With Attack Ads Like LBJ's 'Daisy': NB

World

This is how they buy you: Stormbringer
Imam Defended by Christie Cited in Counter-Terrorism Report, Will Speak at Radical Mosque: WrldThrts
Toronto Arab newspaper publishes love poem to jihad/martyrdom suicide bomber: JihadWatch

Arab Spring: Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in Egypt president vote: Scoop
Report: Russia to send marines to Syria: AP
Saudi Arabian women risk arrest as they defy ban on driving: Guardian

Sci-Tech

Market for zero-day vulnerabilities incentivizes programmers to sabotage their own work: Boing Boing
Saturn, raw: Discover
My Father vs. Windows 8: VentureBeat

Cornucopia

This Week in Automotivators: RWN
Radical Changes May Be Coming Soon To American Football: Krasting
From Russia with love: The doting father bear who can't help cuddling his cub : Daily Mail

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QOTD: "Firms, people, investments, and tax revenues are fleeing California, repelled by the most onerous antigrowth business environment in the United States. California’s after-tax rate of return for doing business lags so far behind other states’ (especially zero-income-tax competitors such as Texas, Tennessee, and Florida) that the exodus shouldn’t surprise anyone. Yet the state’s Democratic leadership is pushing a November ballot measure aimed at raising income and sales taxes in order to make up for lost revenue.

Tax hikes, especially during trying economic times like these, make no sense. Economies don’t tax themselves into prosperity." --Arthur Laffer

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Good News: EPA's 'Renewable Fuels Tax Credits' Helping Scam Artists Fleece Investors of Millions

Another day, another EPA program gone completely off the rails.

Authorities: Md. man sold $9M in energy credits even though company didn’t make renewable fuel


A Maryland man faces trial in a $9.1 million fraud case that is shedding light on problems in a renewable energy credits program run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Federal prosecutors accuse Rodney Hailey of Perry Hall of selling renewable fuel credits even though his company, Clean Green Fuel LLC, did not produce any renewable fuel. Instead, prosecutors say he pocketed the money and bought Ferraris and other luxury cars, as well as tractor-trailers, homes, jewelry and computers...

...The case is one of several nationwide, including similar fraud cases in Texas and Alabama, that have led to calls in Congress for a review of the program. It has also prompted a lawsuit against the EPA by those defrauded by the Maryland company because the federal agency is not recognizing the credits they thought were genuine.

Companies that market petroleum in the United States are being required to produce renewable fuels such as biodiesel made from vegetable oils or purchase credits, known as renewable identification numbers, or RINs, from producers of those fuels to satisfy the requirement designed to increase clean energy.

In Congress, Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee say the EPA’s management of the situation appears to have made a bad situation worse...

Wow. This is truly surprising. You mean to say that an unelected cadre of central planners screwed up yet another government program? I'll alert the media.


Top 10 Things President Romney Can Do Now That We Know Old Media Approves of Rescinding Laws by Executive Order

Today, The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin -- no right-wing hothead, to be sure -- lambasted President Obama's latest cynical power grab by executive fiat:

It is ironic that just days before the 40th anniversary of the Watergate burglary we should also witness a jaw-dropping act of constitutional defiance by the current president. Then the issue was whether the president was above the law and could bend and stretch the powers of his office for whatever end he dubbed worthy. This time the issue is whether the president can write Congress out of the Constitution...

...Under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, the president has the duty to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” This provision was included to make sure that the president could not simply choose, as the British King had, to cancel legislation simply because he disagreed with it. President Obama cannot refuse to carry out a congressional statute simply because he thinks it advances the wrong policy. To do so violates the very core of his constitutional duties....

This is not the first time this president has shown indifference to the rule of law. The commerce clause? Puleez. The individual mandate is the right thing to do. Hand out bushels of Obamacare waivers to political allies? Of course, it is the right thing to do. Invent privileges to avoid investigation. Appoint rafts of czars outside the Senate confirmation process. Trample on General Motors bondholders’ interests to bail out the United Auto Workers. Use taxpayers’ money to reward fat-cat contributors peddling “green” energy snake oil. It is all the right thing to do.

The president’s ambitions are unlimited. He wanted to force contractors to divulge campaign donations. David Axelrod wants to rewrite the First Amendment. And it’s accepted practice now to harass donors to your opponents.


Where's the uproar from old media? Are they letting Americans know that we have a true "Imperial President", who repeatedly defies the restrictions placed upon him by the Constitution? Of course not.

Because of their bizarre worldview, old media will now get to watch -- and keep their pieholes shut about -- the following Executive Orders that President Romney can and should write.

10. Eradicate all restrictions on oil drilling on federal lands - order the Department of the Interior to cease enforcement activity preventing oil and gas exploration and drilling on federal lands.

9. Restrict distribution of food stamps to only the bottom 3 percent of U.S. citizens ranked by income - order the Agriculture Department to reduce distribution of food stamps to only legal citizens whose tax returns indicate that they are in the bottom 3 percent of wage-earners in the country.

8. Strip all minimum fuel efficiency standards for automakers - order the Department of Transportation to cease enforcement of all CAFE standards.

7. Kill the Estate Tax - order the IRS to cease enforcement of penalties related to non-payment of Estate Taxes.

6. Not enforce 'Financial Reform' - instruct the Treasury Department and other regulators to cease all fines, levies, and regulations related to the controversial Dodd-Frank legislation.

5. Strip federal payments to teachers' unions - order the Department of Education to cease any activities that provide funds that could help pay teachers' salaries and, thus, union dues.

4. Eradicate the Capital Gains Tax - order the IRS not to prosecute anyone who fails to pay Capital Gains taxes.

3. Render the EPA toothless - order the EPA to cease all enforcement activities.

2. Implement a Flat Tax - order the IRS not to prosecute anyone who fails to pay more than an 18 percent tax rate.

1. Eradicate Obamacare - order HHS to cease implementation of all facets of the unpopular law.

See, libs -- ain't this newly created Executive Branch power awesome?


Counter Revolution

These are the miners waiting for their last paycheck after new EPA regulations went into effect, forcing thousands of layoffs. The agency's rules are forcing "utilities across America to abandon coal as a fuel for power generation" according to Pennsylvania State Senator Tim Solobay, a Democrat.

These are some of the 2,500 Sallie Mae employees who were laid off in 2010 after the federal government took over the student loan industry. Tens of thousands of additional private sector employees also lost their jobs after the industry was nationalized.

These are the doctors who quit their profession after Obamacare prohibited them from building clinics, MRI imaging centers or hospitals. The nationalized health care bill controls one-sixth of the American economy; even if it is struck down by the Supreme Court this month, much of its damage will have already been done.

These are a few of the car dealers who were forced to close their dealerships after the federal government nationalized two auto companies using funds authorized only for bank bailouts. Abrogating bankruptcy law, the White House redistributed $26.5 billion of taxpayer funds to the auto unions, an apparent reward to their political supporters.

These are some of the laid-off construction workers at 25,000 non-unionized small businesses which were prohibited from bidding for 'Stimulus' projects and other projects by President Obama. The Association of Building Contractors says that this unprecedented step increases "construction costs between 10 percent and 20 percent and discriminate[s] against minorities, women and qualified construction workers who have traditionally been excluded from union membership."

These are a few of the 12.7 million unemployed workers, many of whom initially supported the $840 billion Stimulus program because President Obama and Congressional Democrats promised unemployment would not reach 8% if it were passed. Instead, three-and-a-half years later, official unemployment remains over 8 percent. The true unemployment figure (U-6) remains at 15 percent. The number of persons who were unemployed for more than six months remains over five million as of last month. And the labor-force participation rate continues to drop; it is now 63.6, "the lowest rate since 1981" according to CNN.

These are the "Black Panthers" who waved batons at voters during the 2008 election, "the most blatant form of voter intimidation" some civil rights experts had ever seen. Despite this, the Attorney General declined to -- or was ordered not to -- prosecute the case, raising the potential for similar incidents in successive elections. The current Justice Department is also embroiled in a series of other scandals, including its shipment of thousands of firearms to the Mexican drug cartels, its lawsuits against states attempting to enforce voter ID, and its legal actions against states attempting to enforce immigration law.

These are the leaders of two of America's staunchest historical allies -- the United Kingdom and Israel -- who have been shunned by this administration in an unprecedented series of diplomatic maneuevers. London's Daily Mail went so far as to report that, "Britain's special relationship with the U.S. is over." And the BBC recently reported that "Ties between Israel and the US are the 'worst in 35 years'."

These are the masterminds behind the attacks of September 11, 2001. They are known terrorists who were initially granted the rights of American citizens in order for the Obama administration to hold trials near Ground Zero in Manhattan. Only a subsequent firestorm of bipartisan opposition prevented that from occurring.

These are the "millions of 'green jobs'" President Obama pledged to create. Even though "Cap-and-Trade" and other energy-related laws could not pass Congress, the "EPA is now effectively legislating climate policy for the nation."

These are the illegal immigrants empowered by President Obama's extra-Constitutional power grab that effectively implements the controversial 'DREAM Act' , though it could not pass a Democrat-controlled Congress in 2009 and 2010. This act promises to speed the unchecked flow of illegals into the U.S. and is intended to ensure a permanent Democrat majority. Further, their presence promises to bankrupt a welfare state already teetering on the brink of economic calamity.

* * * * * * * * *

No federal government has damaged the American free market more than this one. No federal government has stolen more employment, more freedom, more private property -- from this and future generations -- than this one. No government has created more regulations, more unconstitutional dictates, more -- dare I say it -- slavery than this one.

Now, given all of these facts: can there be any doubt what Barack Obama meant when he twice proposed, "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as our military?

The Obama-Democrat Left has mounted the first successful counter-revolution -- against the American Revolution -- in our history. Using an incessant series of attacks by a fifth column, the intent of the counter-revolution is to eradicate the effects of the American Revolution. The most magnificent society ever created hangs in the balance.


The elections in November represent our last chance to salvage the American experiment.

Marshal your parents, your children, your siblings, your neighbors, your coworkers -- marshal everyone you know, because the stakes could not be higher.


Larwyn's Linx: Nation of Laws vs. I didn't ask for an argument

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Nation

Nation of Laws vs. I didn't ask for an argument: Pundette
Earthly woes mount as Obama's rhetoric soars: Steyn
CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution in Middle East: Bruce

Illegal Aliens Thrilled With Lawless Obama: JWF
Why Do So Many American Jews Support Obama?: Crethi Plethi
Democrats in the dark on post-SCOTUS planning: Politico

Economy

A Republican Liberation Movement: Knish
Report: Health Spending Spikes Under Obamacare: Foundry
Greek election: Live: Telegraph

Curt Schilling's Demise: Ars Technica
Obama Is Not For Anyone But Himself: CFP
Obama 'Heckler' Speaks Out on U.S. Workers' Bad Dream: NoisyRm

Climate & Energy

ND Oil Boom May Put U.S. on Path to Energy Independence: Events
Another skeptical university professor fired: Watts
The Economist Provides Readers With Erroneous Information: Watts

Media

Bill Maher and Nobel Prize Winning Liberal Economist Can't Figure Out What 87 Times 5 Is: NB
Liberalism is on Its Way Out: AmSpec
Top Ten Quotes from Sarah Palin's Raucous Right Online Speech: Breitbart

Gateway Pundit Rails On “Immoral, Dishonest And Disgusting” Mainstream Media: AllAm
Obama Economic Speech One Insult Too Many For Media: IBD
African-American Rush caller: Pulling a gun on me wouldn’t make me vote for Obama again: NoisyRm

Politico: President Obama’s passive aggressive immigration policy.: Lane
Rush: Sam Donaldson 'Ignorant' for Saying People 'Like Limbaugh' Oppose Obama Because He's Black: NB
Little Green Footballs says conservative SWAT-ting may be made up: EBL

World

A Picture of State-Sanctioned Horror (Thomas Friedman Applauds): Foundry
Boeing Spacecraft Completes 469-Day Mission: BizWk
China sends first woman into space: AP

Islamic Progress Comes Into Focus: Cube
Muslims in America: Sharia is Coming, Baby!: Atlas
Neo-Nazi aided Palestinian perpetrators of 1972 Munich massacre: Report: Haaretz

Sci-Tech

Virgin Galactic Hits Milestone As Commercial Space Travel Rockets Toward Reality: TechCrunch
Coming soon: withdraw ATM cash wirelessly and safely using your phone: AndroidAuthority
Alleged Xbox 720 document leak resurfaces, stirs rumors of Kinect 2, native 3D, AR glasses: Engadget

Cornucopia

"Obama is standing above the country... He's sort of God": Granny Jan & Jihad Kitty
If you like your illegal status you can keep it. And vote, too.: MOTUS
Separated at Birth: Martin Bashir and...?: EBL

Obama's Scientific Name: Cube
The Bang! Moment is Here: Mauldin
Radiohead Toronto show canceled after fatal stage collapse: Reuters

Image: What Athens is like right now
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QOTD: "If one individual can decide to exempt nearly a million residents from the law — when he most certainly could not get the law amended or repealed through proper legislative or judicial action — then what can he not do? Obama is turning out to be the most subversive chief executive in terms of eroding U.S. law since Richard Nixon." --Victor Davis Hanson

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Under the Radar, Obama Undermines the USA [Dan from NY]

Dan from New York:

More and more, Obama is ruling by fiat, bypassing Congress, the Constitution and the will of the people. Read the National Review item below and click the link provided after that. Then pass the word around. This is very serious business. Obama is eating away at our Foundation, and the media has Obama’s back. We made a terrible mistake in 2008. The last chance we have to correct it is now.

National Review, June 15, 2012

Are We in Revolutionary Times?

Obama is turning out to be the most subversive chief executive in terms of eroding U.S. law since Richard Nixon.

By Victor Davis Hanson

Legally, President Obama has reiterated the principle that he can pick and choose which U.S. laws he wishes to enforce (see his decision to reverse the order of the Chrysler creditors, his decision not to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, and his administration’s contempt for national-security confidentiality and Senate and House subpoenas to the attorney general). If one individual can decide to exempt nearly a million residents from the law — when he most certainly could not get the law amended or repealed through proper legislative or judicial action — then what can he not do? Obama is turning out to be the most subversive chief executive in terms of eroding U.S. law since Richard Nixon.

Politically, Obama calculates that some polls showing the current likely Hispanic support for him in the high 50s or low 60s would not provide enough of a margin in critical states such as Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado, or perhaps also in Florida and Virginia, to counteract the growing slippage of the independent vote and the energy of the clinger/tea-party activists. Thus, what was not legal or advisable in 2009, 2010, or 2011, suddenly has become critical in mid-2012. No doubt free green cards will quickly lead to citizenship and a million new voters. Will it work politically? Obama must assume lots of things: that all Hispanics vote as a block in favoring exempting more illegal aliens from the law, and are without worry that the high unemployment rate hits their community among the hardest; that black voters, stung by his gay-marriage stance, will not resent what may be seen as de facto amnesty, possibly endangering his tiny (and slipping) lead in places like Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. And because polls show overwhelming resistance to non-enforcement of immigration law, Obama also figures that the minority who supports his recent action does so far more vehemently than the majority who opposes it. Time will tell; but my gut feeling is that his brazen act will enrage far more than it will delight — and for a variety of different reasons. As with all his special-interest efforts — the Keystone cancellation, war-on-women ploy, gay-marriage turnabout, and now de facto amnesty — Obama believes dividing Americans along class, ethnic, gender, and cultural lines will result in a cobbled together majority, far more preferable than a 1996 Clinton-like effort to win over the independents by forging a bipartisan consensus.

Economically, why would we formalize nearly a million new legally authorized workers when unemployment is approaching its 41st consecutive month over 8 percent — especially when Democrats used to label 5.4 percent unemployment as a “jobless recovery”? Here in California, the slowing of illegal immigration, due mostly to the fence and tough times, has led to steep wage hikes for entry-level and farm labor, and given a little more clout to Americans in so-called unskilled-labor fields. In other words, it really is true that the real beneficiaries of border enforcement are low-paid Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans who become more valued when they are not competing with virtually unlimited numbers of illegal-alien workers.

When you collate this recent act with the class-warfare rhetoric, the “punish our enemies” threats, the president’s and Eric Holder’s serial racialist statements, the huge borrowing, the national-security leaks, the takeover of health care, the push for redistributive taxes, and even the trivial appointments like a Van Jones, Anita Dunn, or Armendariz, you can fairly conclude that Obama most certainly did not like the way the United States operated for the last 30 or so years, and has tried his best, through hook or crook, to change America in ways that simply were not possible through legislative or even judicial action. Give the president credit. He has thrown down the gauntlet and essentially boasted: This is my vision of the way the new America should work — and if you don’t like it, try stopping me in November, if you dare.

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Now watch Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell quietly, dispassionately and matter-of-factly peel the onion back on Obama’s assault on the First Amendment.


Guess Which Incident Legacy Media Is Outraged About?

Please select from what we'll call Incident A, in which an MSNBC host gleefully depicts Mitt Romney's bus exploding in a fireball of carnage; or Incident B, in which reporter Neil Munro interrupts President Obama's speech concerning his unconstitutional Executive Order implementing the DREAM Act.



If you guessed Incident A, then you must have just fallen off the turnip truck (and become a newly minted citizen, courtesy of Obama's Executive Order).

Because questioning the President regarding his outrageous, extra-Constitutional activities is racist, dont'cha know?


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The Administration's War on the Bill of Rights

I will freely admit that I'm not Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's biggest fan, but his speech at the American Enterprise Institute deserves attention. Some of the highlights:

It’s hard to imagine a more broadly accepted proposition than the fact that Americans are free, above all else, to speak their minds openly and freely, without fear of punishment or reprisal from government authorities. Human nature being what it is, however, I think we would all have to admit that there will always be a temptation, particularly among those in power, to muffle one’s critics...

...The attacks on speech are legion. Perhaps the most prominent is the so-called DISCLOSE Act.

This is the Democrats’ legislative response to Citizens United, in which the Supreme Court correctly ruled that Congress may not ban political speech based on the identity of the speaker. The DISCLOSE Act aims to get around this ruling by compelling certain targeted groups to disclose the names of their donors, while excluding others, such as unions, from doing the same.

...[But] if disclosure is forced upon some but not all, it’s not an act of good government, it’s a political weapon. And that’s precisely what those who are pushing this legislation have in mind. This is nothing less than an effort by the government itself to exposes its critics to harassment and intimidation, either by government authorities or through third-party allies...

...Charles and David Koch have become household names, not for the tens of thousands of people they employ, not for their generosity to charity, and not for building up one of the most successful private corporations on the planet; but because of their forceful and unapologetic promotion and defense of capitalism... The results have been predictable. The Koch brothers, along with Koch employees, have had their lives threatened, received hundreds of obscenity-laced hate messages, and been harassed by left-wing groups. One e-mail carried a typical message. It read: “Choose your expiration date.”

If the President of the United States opposed these kinds of tactics, all he’d have to do is condemn them. Instead, he’s joined the effort.

This administration has directly attacked America's Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment and the Tenth Amendment. In fact, there's not much in the Bill of Rights it likes or respects.

The Obama White House makes Nixon's crew look like a bunch of Boy Scouts. November can't come quickly enough.

Rep. Allen West (R-FL) on the Obama Administration's Illegal Executive Order Implementing the DREAM Act

If this Republic can be saved, it will be men like Allen West who will be among those leading the way.

As I am writing this today, I really cannot believe that President Barack Obama and his administration have failed to grasp the three fundamental premises of our Constitutional Republic: representative democracy, limited government, and separation of powers (recognizing the maxim of co-equality of branches of the Federal Government).

I say that because Friday we received another surprise from the Obama Administration. At around 9:30 am, my BlackBerry buzzed as I was wrapping up speaking to the Palm Beach business forum. Once outside, I checked my messages to find, to my absolute amazement, that Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, would be announcing, effective immediately, that certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children (who do not present a risk to national security or public safety and meet several key criteria) will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.

...This is yet another example of Executive Branch overreach. We have a legislative process that ensures representative governance by the consent of the American people. This action should be crafted into legislation, debated in committee and brought before the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate for vote, in accordance with the process in our Constitutional Republic. Secretary Napolitano is an unelected administrative bureaucrat who does not have the right to make governing decisions for this country.

It is apparent that the goal of the Obama Administration is not to govern, but to rule by edict, or executive order, particularly as November draws near.

I do find it ironic that Secretary Napolitano would not assist our State of Florida with ensuring the integrity of the voting process, but is happy to implement a decision about who can reside in America.

Furthermore, where are the details about how the American economy is going to handle this influx of people? There are currently more than 23 million Americans who are unemployed, underemployed, or just discouraged and no longer accounted for. How will this affect the employment situation in our country, as this policy introduces new competition with Americans for jobs? Will there be any analysis of the economic impact for the American taxpayers who will have to carry this burden? What are the increased demands on additional guaranteed services and will they be guaranteed government benefits? These are the kinds of details that are to be hammered out during the legislative process, and appear to be completely overlooked by the Obama Administration.

Finally, will these young people be allowed to petition for immunity for their illegal immigrant parents as well?

Our constitutional republic was created so one branch of government could not run roughshod over another. If President Obama does not like a certain policy, he must bring the debate to the United States Congress, not attempt to impose it on the country unilaterally. If the American people, through their representative government, reject the DREAM Act, it is not within the enumerated rights of the President to then enact the policy by Executive Order. If that becomes the case, then why have a House of Representatives and a U.S. Senate? There would no longer be any separation of powers, and certainly the Executive Branch would not have any limit in exerting its power.

This decision is not just about relaxing rules or laws for young illegal immigrants, it is about the respect of the foundational principles and values of America, a Constitutional Republic. The precedent established is dangerous and the overreach threatens the fabric of our Nation.

This policy is wrong. If this Administration continues to make decisions without the consent of the governed, the governed always have the ability to rescind their consent.

Call Congress now and demand that your representatives stand up against this outrageous, unconstitutional act.


Larwyn's Linx: Obama delivers 800,000 more illegal alien deportation waivers, citizenship next on the docket

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Nation

Obama delivers 800,000 more illegal alien deportation waivers: Malkin
Rep. Steve King to sue administration over new immigration policy: DC
An Unprecedented Act: Yoo

Health. Care.: Stossel
How will Obama handle defeat?: Pundette
Obama’s policy strategy: Ignore laws: Politico

Obama enacts the Dream Act — on his own, evading Congress: LI
Hispandering Obama Enacts DREAM ACT by Executive Order: Sooper
Obama Seeks to Nullify our Immigration Laws: RS

Economy

Obama Helps Illegals Compete With Citizens for Jobs: Breitbart
America's Greece: CNS
Not only did Mary Landrieu vote for micro-unions...: HayRide

Obama's Definition of Compromise: Cato
More ObamaCare hijinks: Escalating costs, fewer doctors: Hot Air
Anyone Want to Defend Claim That O's Paying Down our Debt?: NR

Europe's darkest cloud hangs over Italy: Fortune
Europe Will Splinter Regardless of Greek Election Outcome: Mish
Pictures From Zimbabwe: ZH

Media

Obama Flashback: ‘This notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true.’: Tatler
Krauthammer on Obama’s new Dream Act: This is out and out lawlessness!: Scoop
Podcast: David Limbaugh, Author of “The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama’s War on the Republic”: Bruce

New Poll Sends Clear Message That Holder Should Go: CDN
It’s an Obama World… Lib Media Celebrates Life in a 168 Square Foot Home: GWP
Manhattan glitterati event marks study in contrasts for Obama: Trib

World

Pentagon to recognize gay pride month for the first time: Hot Air
Infosys employees had concerns about visa use, documents show: ComputerWorld
Ex-Soros Adviser Fujimaki Says Japan May Default By 2017: Bloomberg

Egypt votes to choose successor to Hosni Mubarak: CNS
The Man Who Would Be King: ForPol
Murfreesboro (TN) Mosque Leader Posts Images Glorifying Hamas, AK47's: Creeping

Sci-Tech

Gmail accounts targeted by 'state-sponsored attackers' using Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability: Sophos
Microsoft applies to patent gaze-tracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes: Engadget
New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat Hackers: Forbes

Cornucopia

A discussion of the Illegal Alien Policy of the Obama: iOTW
The 6 Coolest Things Said by Soldiers Before Killing People: Riehl
Anna Wintour Obama Re-election Collection: Conservatory

Image: Hosni Mubarak 'fears doctors are trying to kill him'
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QOTD: "If you’re a faithful NBC Nightly News viewer, you might want to try a different channel. Your news is approximately 18 months behind.

Breitbart reports that Tuesday night Brian Williams’ newscast mentioned Operation Fast and Furious for the first time — ever. The ATF “gunwalking” scandal broke a year and a half ago with the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, and Attorney General Eric Holder has been hauled before Congress to testify about the program no less than nine times. And this is the first time Williams and company have mentioned it.

Afraid you haven’t gotten all the information yet? Don’t worry. NBC is hot on the trail." --Ian Tuttle

Friday, June 15, 2012

Oh, My: Survey Says -- 75% of Doctors to Drop Medicare

I'll be interested in seeing how President Axelrod spins this news.

The Doctor Patient Medical Association just completed a survey on doctors’ attitudes about the future of American medicine. The key findings included:

• 90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK
• 83% say they are thinking about QUITTING
• 61% say the system challenges their ETHICS
• 85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN
• 65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems
• 72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care
• 49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients
• 74% say they will STOP ACCEPTING Medicare patients, or leave Medicare completely

...This, to me, is one of the most infuriating things about ObamaCare — health care is not a human right. As much as I would love it if health care existed in a vacuum, it doesn’t. Health care is the product of people’s labor, and therefore nobody is entitled to it.

The operating term is tyranny. If someone can compel you -- through force of law -- to give them your labor, then you are not a free man (or woman).

The American Revolution was fought over less.


One More Chart Democrats and RINOs Don't Want You to See

Never mind that it's completely accurate.

Newt Gingrich had fun calling President Obama the “food stamp president,” but many Republicans are just as responsible for the exploding costs of this welfare state program.

The chart shows that federal outlays for food stamps (officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) roughly doubled under President Bush and then doubled again under President Obama.



Despite the quadrupling of food stamp spending, 13 Republicans in the Senate yesterday—including supposed conservatives Bob Corker and Rob Portman—joined Democrats to defeat reforms to the program sponsored by Senator Rand Paul.

If you have a couple of bucks to spare, please consider donating to Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund. We need to reinforce our class of 2010 with true Constitutional conservatives.

Because Democrats and big-government Republicans need to go.


eBook Revenue Just Beat Hardcovers for the First Time

So says TechCrunch:


The Association of American Publishers released a report today that shows that ebooks have beaten hardcover revenues for the first time. Ebook revenues topped out at $282.3 million YTD while hardcovers hit $229.6. Almost exactly a year ago the tables were turned with ebooks hitting $220 million and hardcovers brushing past $335 million.

The only growth in hardcovers is in the young adult/children’s category where hardcover revenue rose to $187.7 million and children’s ebooks rose to $64.3 million, up from $3.9 million in 2011.

In short, ebooks are winning.

The convenience of an eBook is hard to beat. That said, there's something about the concept of having to charge a book that still has me ordering hardcovers most of the time.



Which is how I ended up with about 3,000 volumes in the home library.


Hat tip: BadBlue.com/Tech.

In 2011 President Obama Made the Case for His Own Impeachment Over Today's Actions

Remind me, if you would, which article of the Constitution authorizes the president to declare valid laws null and void. As CDN reminds us, President Obama himself said he did not have the power to stop deporting illegal immigrants by Executive Order as recently as last year.

President Obama’s executive order to halt the deportation of certain illegal immigrants, essentially ignoring separation of powers and legislating from the executive, is sure to be called a cynical act of “pandering” in an election year. But it is far, far worse than that.



[It is c]ompelling and conclusive video shows that the president is knowingly and willfully violating The Constitution of the United States and his Oath of Office.

President Obama at a Univision town hall in March 2011 literally says he cannot suspend deportations by executive order. He even gives an explanation about how laws are made in the United States before stating that ignoring the laws would not be an appropriate thing for him to do as president.

His exact quote: "With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through Executive Order, that's just not the case... we have three branches of government. Congress passes the law and the Executive Branch is to enforce and implement those laws... There are enough laws on the books that are very clear on how we have to enforce our immigration system -- that, for me, through Executive Order, to simply ignore those Congressional mandates -- would not conform with my appropriate role as President."

And in the current economic environment, as Kimberly Dvorak puts it, Obama is:

...pitting unemployed Americans against a critically important voting block Mr. Obama needs to ensure reelection, Hispanics. With the swipe of his Presidential pen, Obama announced that “younger illegal immigrants” are eligible for deferment on deportation and will get work visas... However, the defacto “amnesty” orders bypassed Congress, is effective immediately and will set up key immigration promises for the hotly contested presidential race... [GOP Nominee Mitt Romney said] that an Executive Order doesn’t mean it won’t be overturned.

And precisely which benefits will these newly minted demi-citizens be eligible for?

Great. 800,000 more people who won't find work in Obama's America. Are they immediately eligible for unemployment compensation and food stamps?

Bet you can't guess why Barry's doing this... Votes! He's pandering as fast as he can. There must've been a poll saying Latinos were gravtiating to Romney. So it's time to give 'em free stuff! C'mon in fellas, Uncle Sam wants unemployed Mexicans! Don't forget to move to Florida and register to vote.

And let's not forget what this means to every legal immigrant and those who are painstakingly following the process.

That's right: Obama's actions are a slap in the face to all legal immigrants.

Obama's dismissal of our nation's laws is an outrage. Congress must take action to stop his imperial and near dictatorial actions. And Democrats, too, should oppose his acts. After all, the next Republican President could have quite a set of precedents to follow.


Hat tip: BadBlue.

Larwyn's Linx: Law of the Sea Hearings Point to Lame Duck Strategy

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Nation

Law of the Sea Hearings Point to Lame Duck Passage Strategy: Foundry
Obama’s Historic Presidency: NoisyRm
Good News: 64 Drone Bases Located on U.S. Soil: Wired

Obama: Lost President, Desperate Candidate: ConBlkChk
Oops: Obamacare's IPAB Completely Beyond Congress' Reach: Cato
Romney Campaign Bus Taunts Obama Supporters: Memeorandum

Obama's Speech Signals More Trouble for His Campaign: Power Line
Obama's Selective Amnesia: York
Obama Speech – Photo ID Required for Entry: LoneCon

Economy

More evidence Obamacare distracted Obama from the economy: Peth
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Rise to 386,000: CalcRisk
Keystone Fallout: China Will Get Canada's Oil: Breitbart

Scott Walker Could Teach Obama How to Hire Public Workers: Troglo
Truly Shocking: Obama Skips Out On Lunch Bill: Howe
Team Romney’s first ad using Obama’s Ohio speech: Lane

Scandal Central

White House National Security Leaks Draw Surprising Pushback: Bay
Justice Official Questioned About 'Fast and Furious' Is Leaving His Job: CNS
Another Blagojevich crony to be sentenced: WBEZ

Climate & Energy

Yet Another Alarming Power Grab by EPA: MB
Wolf: the Chevy Volt is a Shocking Story: DC
Germany’s Green Energy Fiascos: CFP

Media

Where’s the Media Outrage Over Team Obama’s National Security Leaks?: MRC
More DOJ Whistleblowers "With Knowledge of Eric Holder’s Actions" Talking to Issa: Nice Deb
Forward Your Data-Mined $3 Obama Dinner Invitation: Reason

Corruptocrat Eric Holder’s GOP Enablers: Malkin
MSNBC Analyst: It '...Was One of the Least Successful Speeches I've Seen Barack Obama Give': WS
Hashtag hilarity: Conservatives sum up Obama’s campaign speech in four words: Twitchy

Obama Notes People Hurting Economically at Sarah Jessica Parker’s $40,000-per-person fundraiser: Twitchy
The Designated Leaker: Reagan
With Sarah In, We’ve Really Got A Horse Race Now: iOTW

Obama 'Major Address' Panned by Fans in the Press; AP Debuts New Halo: Blumer
Could Stoners Be Obama’s Secret Election Weapon?: Cove
Twitter owns Andy Borowitz: Twitchy

World

America’s Response to China’s Challenge in Space: Foundry
Good News: Kuwait Unveils New Death Penalty for Blasphemy: Gatestone
92% Want Obama Reelected--in France: CNS

Special Operations Speaks: 2004 Redux?: Kesler
Chavez’s Iranian drones?: Fausta
Breaking: ECI devastates Obama on Iran: Matzav

From Russia, with Death: Loudon
Give ‘em an inch…: Cold Fury
Bin Laden Documents Tie Gaza-Based Terrorist Group to Al- Qaida: IPT

Cyberwar Treaties: Schneier
S&P Says Europe's Banks are Entering a Crucial Phase: FoxBiz
I Just Got A Ride To My Hotel In Athens, And BOY Was It Depressing: Insider

Sci-Tech

Kogan wages war on Internet Explorer: Users taxed: New.com.au
Reddit Bans The Atlantic, Business Week And More For Spamming: MarketingLand
Metal Sniffer: Leveraging your Android’s magnetic sensors to search for metal: AndroidAuthority

Cornucopia

Happy 237th Birthday to the United States Army!: BlackFive
A world without the internet [infographic]: AllTop
Impossible. Just Impossible.: MOTUS

Obama’s Ludicrous Self-Portrait: DLim
Lawmaker Barred After Vagina Comment: PolWire
Better Than Drudge?: Adrienne

Image: Troglopundit
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QOTD: "We estimate that the Administration redistributed $26.5 billion more to the UAW than it would have received had it been treated as it usually would in bankruptcy proceedings. Taxpayers lost between $20 billion and $23 billion on the auto programs. Thus, the entire loss to the taxpayers from the auto bailout comes from the funds diverted to the UAW." --James Sherk and Todd Zywicki