Saturday, September 08, 2012

Top 10 Democrat Party Slogans

Suitable for a T-shirt, which Frank at IMAO was kind enough to offer after creating this list.


It's uncanny how accurate this list is, despite having been written back in 1933.



Larwyn's Linx: How Crazy are the Democrats?

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Nation

How Crazy are the Democrats?: Power Line
Obama takes us backward in the worst speech of his career: Events
Obama Knew…. He’s Through: GayPatriot

Campaign 2012 in a nutshell: Wrong ideas vs. no ideas: Goldberg
Barack Obama, All In: RWN
Uncanny! Obama Copied Jimmy Carter's 1980 DNC Speech: EIB

If moderate voters see this video, it's over for Obama: LJR
The Terrifying Line in Obama's Speech That Everyone Missed: IBD
Who said to take God and Jerusalem out of Dem Platform?: CDN

Economy

Change: Labor force participation rate hits 31-year low: Hot Air
School choice movement rises as Chicago strike deadline looms: DC
A Remedial Lesson in Public Finance Economics for the GOP: Cato

Yes, Virginia - It's a recession: Mish
Unemployment Drops to 5.1 Percent—For Government Workers: CNS
Is the Labor Force Shrinking Due to Boomer Retirement?: PolMath

Scandal Central

Sherrod Brown uses anti-semitic attack against Josh Mandel: Lane
Mafia Hit-Man & Teamster Boss Helped Joe Biden Become U.S. Senator: RS
Long-awaited review of ATF's failed Fast and Furious coming soon: LAT

Climate & Energy

A little reminder on who derailed "the Obama Express ... ": WinterSoldier
God/King Obamandias Vows To Control The Weather: Soylent (NSFW)
Chevy Volt Fleet Sales Rise as Government Purchases Increase: NLPC

Media

You Can Tell If Something Hurts Liberals By Their Shrill Insistence We Not Discuss It: Ace
Michael Moore: No Obama Didn't Save Detroit: NB
Obama’s Invisible Second-Term Agenda: NatlJrnl

What They're Saying About President Obama's Disappointing DNC Speech: Romney
Clint Eastwood: My Speech To The RNC? "Mission Accomplished" Baby: Ace
Dealing With Unfavorable Polls the Chicago Way: MB

Rush Limbaugh: DNC in chaos and there is no speech that can recover from Democrats booing God: Scoop
Clint Eastwood speaks: Obama “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people”: Riehl
“‘Journalists For Obama’ T-Shirts Handed Out At Democrat Convention”: ProWis

Rep. John Lewis Owes the Country an Apology For His Racist Insults at the Godless DNC: GWP
The customer is wrong: Staples founder blasts Obama on economy: Exam
Team Obama suffers serious setback after slamming door on God: NoisyRm

World

Obama To Soldiers Overseas: No Voting For You!: IBD
God, Jerusalem and American foreign policy: Glick
"I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed": Barack Obama

'Washington Post' to Obama: Be more explicit on Iran: JPost
An officer and a Muslim Zionist: Hayom
Iran says may retaliate for Canada's 'hostile' cut in ties: JPost

Sci-Tech

DARPA’s Cheetah Robot Hits New Speeds: DefTech
Green House's lantern runs on salt and water, powers your gadgets via USB: Engadget
Hennessey unveils 242 mph Cadillac CTS-V Coupe: Fox

Cornucopia

Obama logo: now with Zombie horde!: HillBuzz
Every Rooster Has its Day, or, from Rock Star Rooster to Capon: MOTUS
Ohio teen travels quarter of a mile through storm sewer: AP

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QOTD: "With the government on the verge of breaching its debt ceiling, many Republicans soon joined the Democrats in voting for the Budget Control Act that included sequestration. Democrats have wanted to share the blame ever since, even while holding the presidency and ignoring proposals to curb the sequester.

Along comes Mr. Woodward’s account shining light on the pedigree of the whole drama. “No ducking it now,” tweeted Romney campaign defense-policy adviser John Noonan on Thursday. “Devastating defense cuts in sequester designed, forced through by Obama admin. President owns it.”" --WSJ

Friday, September 07, 2012

Real Unemployment is now 11.7%; Propaganda Gap Hits New Record

Tyler Durden deconstructs the Pravda-like numbers excreted earlier today by the "Bureau of Labor Statistics" (if that is its real name):

Today's reported unemployment rate: 8.1%. The reason: the labor "participation" dropped to a 31 year low 63.5% as reported earlier. Of course, this number is pure propaganda, and makes no sense for one simple reason: despite the economic collapse started in December 2007, the US civilian non-institutional population since then has grown by 186,000 people every month on average hitting an all time high of 243,566,000 in August.


These people need a job, and the traditional shorthand is that at least 100,000 jobs have the be generated every month for the unemployment rate to merely stay flat, let along improve. So what does one get when one uses the long-term average of the past 30 or so years which happens to be 65.8%? One gets an unemployment number that is 45% higher than the reported 8.1%, or 11.7%. That is what the real unemployment rate is assuming the US labor participation rate was realistic and not manipulated by the BLS cronies and the Bank of Spain assisted Arima-X-13 seasonal adjustment models. It also means that, as the [accompanying] chart... shows, the spread between the real and propaganda data hit an all time record, which was to be expected two months ahead of America's banker muppet presidential election.

Geez, Tyler, I'm sure the Obama administration would never stoop so low as to manipulate the jobs num - ERROR 3000: DHS FILTER MALFUNCTION - UNAPPROVED CONTENT.

The Heritage Foundation calls the Obama jobs record "dismal" and puts a microscope to the numbers:

Have 4.5 million new jobs been created under President Obama, as several speakers in Charlotte have claimed this week?

A fact check shows that under President Obama, the U.S. economy has created a net 415,000 private-sector jobs—less than 0.2 percent of the 155 million-member American workforce. But even that statistic does not tell the full story, since the workforce itself has shrunk dramatically in size since Obama took office. Labor force participation is at 63.5 percent, its lowest level since 1981. In other words, a large chunk of Americans have simply given up looking for work. A significant number are collecting disability insurance instead...


The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported recently that if Congress and the President do not act before the end of the year to prevent Taxmageddon, America will have another recession on its hands in the coming year. With 12.5 million Americans already out of work, imagine a fresh recession.

Taxmageddon, scheduled to hit on January 1, 2013, will be the largest tax increase in American history. It’s a one-year, nearly $500 billion tax hike that will hit businesses, families, young people—its impact will be devastating. Heritage has calculated that a middle-class family of four will see their taxes go up by more than $4,100 just next year.

I suppose this is what happens when you have a president who prefers golf to actual work -- 104 rounds at last count. Think about that for a sec. Who the hell has time for 104 rounds of golf in three-and-a-half years except for retired doctors?

But wait! There's more!

This was not the employment report either American workers or the Obama campaign were hoping for. A huge miss. It shows the U.S. labor market remains in a deep depression, generating few jobs and little if no income growth...


...The unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.3% [Ed: riiiiiight], but in this case with declines in both the labor force (-368,000) and the household-survey measure of employment (-119,000). With labor force participation falling back to a new cycle low of 63.5%, the drop in the unemployment rate should not be reported as good news.

Let's review: the chart immediately above represents where Obama projected unemployment would be without the trillion-dollar "Stimulus" package.

We literally (to quote Joe Biden) remain in a severe recession. Should Taxmageddon hit -- thanks only to the Democrats' continuous demands for class warfare -- we are destined for a real depression.


Hat tip: BadBlue News.

Paradoxical Quote o' the Day

Major Mark writes:

Paradoxical quote of the day from Ben Stein:

Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen.

Now add this:

Many of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance... because they have proven they are citizens.

This is how a society implodes.

Remember in November.


Fascism raised its ugly head at the DNC

And if this isn't fascism, let me know the right word for this kind of behavior.

Conservative talk-show hosts who came to Charlotte to interview political figures are furious. For the first time in anyone’s memory, Radio Row — the designated set of booths available to visiting talk-show hosts — has seen restrictions placed on its use by Team Obama. DNC staffers at Radio Row will book leading Democrats for slots on conservative stations but then cancel the appearances an hour or so before broadcast “because you’re not our audience.”


Roger Hedgecock, a former mayor of San Diego now hosting a nationally syndicated talk show, decided to pack up and leave Charlotte early because “we were blocked from getting any guests that mattered. It was a complete freeze.” Larry O’Connor of Breitbart Radio told me, “It was the most bizarre act of censorship. These shows paid large fees and spent thousands on equipment setup and they couldn’t do their programs because of interference.”

Oh, hey. I'm back.

I looked up fascism. Here's the complete, illustrated definition.


Oh. My. Michelle Obama's latest fundraising email: skip meals to fund Barack's campaign

To paraphrase Michelle Antoinette, "Let them eat cake nothing."

Truly the most bizarre fundraising email ever..


Ann Althouse got an email today from Michelle Obama telling her (and presumably thousands like her) to give up a meal this week and donate the money saved to the Obama re-election campaign.

...Hey Michelle, we’ll all stop eating when YOU DO. You telling anyone to skip meals is like Liza Minnelli lecturing on sobriety.

The actual email reads as follows:

Ann --

I know your life is full -- with work, or school, or family -- and yet you still find the time to help out when you can.

You may have a tight budget, but you give what you can afford.

A woman recently told the campaign her family skipped a pizza dinner at their favorite place so that they could make a difference in this election.

That is the commitment that drives this campaign.

If you can support Barack with a donation today, please know it makes a huge difference. If we win, it will be because of what you did at moments like this....

Thanks,

Michelle

So skip a few meals for Dear Leader.


It's the least you can do.


Update: Best response at Free Republic: "Do you just use your EBT card to donate a meal to Obama?"

Dude. This Robot Is Freaking Terrifying.

Is it just me, or does this thing remind you of a SkyNet robot from Terminator: Rise of the Machines?

A new video released by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shows the robot, inspired by the anatomy of a cheetah, running as fast as 28.3 mph before it trips and falls on what would be its face, if it had one.


If it’s any consolation, the robo-cheetah is only a bit faster than the human speed record holder: Bolt set the mark at 27.78 mph in 2009, during a 100-meter sprint.

And robo-cheetah has a way to go before it can outrun a real, living, breathing cheetah. A cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo was recently clocked at 61 mph...

In order to prepare for the inevitable robot and/or zombie apocalypse, I'm thinking about upgrading my Y2K bunker to a fifties-style bomb shelter.



Top 10 Vintage Media Putdowns of Obama's Disastrous DNC Speech

How bad was Obama's recycled mish-mash of a speech last night? So bad that even antique media panned it across the board.

10. Pittsburgh Tribune Review’s Salena Zito: “Lack Of Jobs Mention In The Speech Is Telling…” (Twitter.com, 9/6/12)

9: National Journal: “Why Obama's Speech Fell Short” (National Journal, 9/6/12)

8: CNN’s Brianna Keilar: “Don't Think I'm Going Out On A Limb To Say Clinton Was Wayyyyyyy Better Than Obama.” (Twitter.com, 9/6/12)

7: CBS’ Bob Schieffer: “It Just Didn't Have That Spark.” SCHIEFFER: “But this as not the kind of speech that Bill Clinton made last night. It just didn't have that spark.” (CBS, 9/6/12)

6: The Washington Post: “A Mixed First-Term Record … Rhetoric Has Not Been Enough To Overcome The Problems The President Faces.” “...rhetoric has not been enough to overcome the problems the president faces … Words can’t end the war in Afghanistan, fix a still-staggering economy or close a huge budget deficit...” (The Washington Post, 9/6/12)

5: Politico: “Obama And Vice President Joe Biden All But Ignored The Affordable Care Act.” “Barack Obama's health care law consumed much of his presidency and much of the Democratic National Convention, but you wouldn't have known it Thursday night. In back-to-back speeches, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden all but ignored the Affordable Care Act.” (Joanne Kenen, “Obama's DNC Speech All But Ignores 'Obamacare',” Politico, 9/6/12)

4: The Washington Post: “Gone Was The Huge Stadium Crowd That Flocked To Hear Him Speak In An Almost Messianic Setting Four Years Ago…” ...Gone also were the replica Greek columns that stood as a symbol of his grand ambition when Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.” (The Washington Post, 9/6/12)

3: University Of Virginia’s Larry Sabato: “It Was Purgatorial.” “I see the usual suspects (love you all) are either praising Obama's talk to high heaven, or damning it to hell. No, it was purgatorial.” (Twitter.com, 9/6/12)

2: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: “A Lot Of Stuff We’ve Heard Before.” ... “Going on to the next chapter right now, Jessica Yellin, our Chief White House Correspondent. You sat with me. We listened together. I thought there would be more specifics. There were a lot of goals expressed, generalities, a lot of stuff we’ve heard before. I didn't hear any specific new initiative that the President unveiled.” (CNN, 9/6/12)

1: ABC News’ Rick Klein: “Strange Silence Prevailing In The Arena.” “Almost no confetti at #DNC2012, and strange silence prevailing in the arena” (Twitter.com, 9/6/12)

No tingles were harmed in the creation of this list, as Chris Matthews could not be reached at press time.



Larwyn's Linx: ’94 Tape Shows Obama Hatred Of Middle Class

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Nation

’94 Tape Shows Obama Hatred Of Middle Class: S&L
Book: Obama had temper tantrum over deal he nixed: Blgmcrcy
So Wait, If Republicans Are All Racist White Guys…: RWN

Overall Reaction to Obama’s Speech: Uh, Not Good.: Bruce
A Recycled Speech of Failed Ideas and Many Straw Men: RS
Obama's Big Lie Campaign: IBD

Obama Urges Amendment to Overturn the First Amendment: ObjStd
Twilight Zone Week: DLim
Dolan Calls for Religious Liberty, Protection of Unborn at DNC: Beacon

Economy

DNC Delegates: Hey, Let's Ban Corporate Profits!: Harsanyi
Steelworker who bashed Bain at DNC never worked there: Nice Deb
Surprise: WI Economy Surging Without Tax Increases: Breitbart

You won't hear about the real GM at #dnc2012: Breitbart
Biden recycles debunked insurance fable: Twitchy
Manhattan Mini Storage Doesn't Want Your Business: Urban Infidel

Scandal Central

Anti-Christian Hate Speech Spews from the FL Democrat Chair: Blaze
Photo proves DNC teleprompter loaded to affirm 2/3rds vote regardless outcome: Scoop
Is DoJ suit against Gallup retaliation for bad Obama poll numbers?: Hot Air

Media

STUNNED – Krauthammer says Obama’s nomination speech one of the emptiest speeches he’s ever heard: Scoop
ABC Buries Democratic Booing of Restoring God and Israel to Party Platform: NB
As Tedious DNC Cult Rally Drags-On, Op Ed Cartoonists are Having a FIELD DAY: Reaganite

Woodward book: White House was completely unprepared for 2010 tidal wave election: WaPo
Amazing New Allen West Ad: “Three Times They Said No to God”: Bruce
Circus of the Vagina-gogues: Malkin

"America 2016": P&F
Nickelodeon Promotes Jason Biggs’s Depraved Twitter Feed: MB
Obama’s Approval Ratings Keep Getting Lower, Says Rasmussen: AIM

World

The End of US-Israel Strategic Cooperation?: Gatestone
Netanyahu "Loses It" At US Ambassador Over Obama's Weak Iran Policy: Lid
There was another political party which abused God and didn’t want Jews on their platform either: Flopping Aces

American Jews: Wake Up and Take Your Heads Out of Your ...: Winter Soldier
Syrian General: "We are the last dam that is holding back the flood of Islamists in Europe": JihadWatch
When Obama Declared Our “Special Relationship” With Britain Over: Sooper

Sci-Tech

You don't bring a 3D printer to a gun fight -- yet: CNet
The Secret Inner Workings of Google Maps: Gizmodo
Security researchers to present new 'CRIME' attack against SSL/TLS: ComputerWorld

Cornucopia

Barack Obama’s Most Egotistical Moments: MB
Big Dawg Marks his Territory: Nutz, Sluts and Butts: MOTUS
Honey, You Didn't Build That!: Morning Spew

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QOTD: "When you are in a tight race with your political opponent, you should not recycle a Jobs Act speech that failed to even persuade Democrats in Congress to pass your signature re-election initiative...

But that’s what Barack Obama did. A day after Bill Clinton brought the house down, Barack Obama took to the stage and reduced, reused, and recycled old states of the union speeches that have failed him for four years...

This speech was unoriginal. He stacked it with straw men and ignored his own two major initiatives from the first term: Obamacare and the Stimulus.

This was a failure and you know it was because he failed to even bring up his own major initiatives. On Obamacare, he mentioned parts of it, but never defended it or referenced the “Affordable Care Act.”" --Erick Erickson

Thursday, September 06, 2012

Surprise: Wisconsin sees improved revenues to state coffers while "tax the rich" California and Illinois continue to implode

Here's a question for you Democrats reading along -- albeit very slowly: when, in all of human history, has "taxing the rich" ever succeeded?

Don't worry, I'll wait here while you check.

In the mean time, please consider "Wisconsin's Economy Surging Without Tax Increases."

The day after the nation's debt surpassed $16 trillion, Wisconsin officials announced their state took in more tax revenue than expected -- without raising taxes.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, tax collections increased 4.7 percent in fiscal year 2012 to $13.5 billion, beating the ... Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s February estimate by $320 million.

The MacIver Institute notes that when Gov. Scott Walker came into office in January of 2011, Wisconsin faced a $3.6 billion deficit.

After Walker’s reforms, especially those concerning public sector unions, and spending cuts, Wisconsin started going down the path toward fiscal solvency.

California and Illinois have taken an opposite tack: raise taxes on small businesses (you know, the evil "rich" who are generally small businesses that make over $200,000 in gross receipts and employ the lion's share of America's workers).

In Illinois, even the left-wing rag The Stuffington Roast admits that Barack Obama's home state has the worst budget deficit in the land, totaling a stunning $43.8 billion, despite a massive 60 percent hike in personal income taxes.

In California, the twice-failed Governor "Moonbeam" Brown is going for the trifecta. Despite massive tax hikes, the state is running a $6 billion annual deficit, its cities are declaring bankruptcy one after another, and the state pension system is in critical condition, having been raped by the malevolent, corrupt alliance of Democrats and their public sector union cronies.

So we know for a fact that raising taxes on "the rich" won't work. Yet Democrats -- without a shred of evidence -- continue to push for their destructive class warfare strategy. They know it won't work, which leads me to believe they are bound and determined to bring America to its economic knees.

The proper term for their deviant game-plan is "The Cloward-Piven Strategy". It's not a conspiracy theory. It's very real. And it's pure evil.


Instant fact-check: Bill Clinton's assertion that no one could fix the economy in only four years

Is he a liar, just ignorant, or all of the above? Hint for you drones reading along -- moving your lips, no doubt -- that's a rhetorical question.


Ronald Reagan inherited a far worse economic crisis: double-digit inflation, double-digit unemployment, an energy crisis, a Soviet Union on the rise and an Iranian hostage crisis.

But he actually knew what he was doing. And -- strangely -- it was the complete opposite of Obama's agenda that includes punishing small business owners, restricting access to energy, killing our manned space program, and devastating our national security posture.



WORLD EXCLUSIVE: MYSTERY SPEAKER AT #DNC2012 REVEALED

Must credit Biff Spackle.


"...and then he told me, "You stay here while I swim and get us some universal health care!'"


Papa B's new bumper-sticker

Word.




Larwyn's Linx: Democrats say we all belong to government now

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Nation

Democrats say we all belong to government now: IBD
Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds: Rahe
Top 10 craziest things that happened at the DNC: HillBuzz

Watch Democrats Boo Inclusion of God, Jerusalem: Beacon
Clinton’s Speech Was Terrific, So Why Did Michelle Hate It?: HayRide
AZ police can ask immigration status of suspected illegals: MagNote

Julian Castro: a Radical Revealed: Breitbart
Obama's Speech Downgraded From 75K to 15K Seat Arena: GWP
Michelle Says “I” or “Me” 83 times: Dossier

Economy

Unpatriotic: BizzyBlog
Will the UAW’s King talk about Delphi's retirees?: RS
Obamacare: premiums for NC college students rise 51%: Hot Air

In Bush v. Obama, Bush Wins in a Rout: Commentary
Elizabeth Warren's Horrendous, Dishonest DNC Speech: Howling
DNC Day 2: Watching Paint Dry: Hawkins

Scandal Central

Democrats’ empty-chair convention: Wolf
Democratic Party 2012 platform quotes illegal alien praising Obama on immigration: 24Ahead
Felon Farmers? Law Criminalizes Legitimate Businesses: CBN

Fact Check: Obama Had More to Do With 2008 Economic Meltdown Than Bush Ever Did: GWP
The Only Politician With A Confirmed Kill In The War On Women: RWN
Change: Feds Seek Prison Time For Obama “Hope” Artist: Bruce

Climate & Energy

GM Shuts Down Chevy Volt Production: Foundry
C’mon Dems, Let Captain Carbon Chakra Speak At The Convention: Soylent (NSFW)
Japanese government says $637 billion needed to end nuclear power: Japan Daily

Media

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Asks Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee About GOP “Poll Tax”: AIM
Michelle Obama gets 400,000 fewer viewers than watched Ann Romney’s speech: LI
MSNBC kicks out black conservative Kira Davis for having Mitt Romney sign: FAM

Democrats Lose Grip on Reality: Harsanyi
Matthews a few race cards short of a full deck: Coulter
Sandra Fluke's Inability to Tell the Truth: WS

Wasserman Snider's laughable claim that DNC isn't corporate-infused: LoneCon
Dems Punt on Plan to Stage DNC Without Corporate Money: ABC
Democrats Hammer Mitt Romney for Quote He Never Said: Roll Call

Bill Clinton: Please don’t judge Obama by the standards he set: York
Mark Levin on Clinton's Contempt: Kuznicki
Robert Rector Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers on Welfare: Foundry

World

Saluting the Empty Chair: MagNote
Muslim prayer room at Denver Airport separate from Christians and Jews: Creeping
A Classified CIA Mea Culpa on Iraq: ForPol

Obama orders US military into joint exercise with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-controlled military?: TAB
For 4th straight year, US sinks lower in global competitiveness: Riehl
Book: “Inteventionism and Misery: 1929-2008?: Fausta

Sci-Tech

Digitization and Prosperity: S&B
Chinese students reportedly required to ‘intern’ at Foxconn producing Apple’s next iPhone: TNW
What can be done with bad teachers? [infographic]: Alltop

Cornucopia

It’s official: Democrat Convention Boos God: Riehl
Bill Clinton’s spittle steals the show: Twitchy
Border Security Alone Not Enough to Stem the Tide of Violence: Foundry

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QOTD: "Shouldn't Democrats have to choose between the 'war on women' theme and adoring a man who killed a woman?" --John McCormick

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Democrat Panderfest Hits Another New Low: Illegal Alien to Speak at DNC, Presumably to Recruit More Illegal Voters

I'm just wondering: which laws do Democrats believe should be enforced -- and which ones should be ignored? That's a rhetorical question. We know that any laws are optional if they help Democrats retain their white-knuckled death grip on the reins of power.

Tonight, for the first time, an undocumented immigrant will speak at a national political convention. Benita Veliz was brought to Texas from Mexico by her parents when she was 8 years old. She was threatened with deportation in 2009 after rolling through a stop sign and getting stopped by police.


An activist for the DREAM Act, which would grant permanent residency to some immigrants who graduate from U.S. high schools, Veliz was spared deportation last fall. President Obama, by executive order, subsequently stopped the deportation of some illegal immigrants who were brought to the country as children and allow them to apply for work permits. That policy went into effect in August.

As Frederic Bastiat wrote in his seminal work The Law:

"...unfortunately, law by no means confines itself to its proper functions. And when it has exceeded its proper functions, it has not done so merely in some inconsequential and debatable matters. The law has gone further than this; it has acted in direct opposition to its own purpose. The law has been used to destroy its own objective: It has been applied to annihilating the justice that it was supposed to maintain; to limiting and destroying rights which its real purpose was to respect. The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense.

...No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree. The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. These two evils are of equal consequence, and it would be difficult for a person to choose between them." --Frédéric Bastiat, The Law, 1850

The Democrat Party's wanton usurpation of the law to pursue its political ends will cease one way or another, either at the ballot box in November or through an inevitable breakdown of the civil society.


Exclusive Transcript of Funniest Joke at Tonight's DNC

Biff Spackle intercepted the complete transcript for tonight's DNC speeches using his l337 h4x0r skillz. He says the best joke is the following:

A man takes the day off work and decides to go out golfing.
He is on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting next to the green.
He thinks nothing of it and is about to shoot when he hears,
Ribbit 9 Iron.'

The man looks around and doesn't see anyone.
Again, he hears, 'Ribbit 9 Iron.'
He looks at the frog and decides to prove the frog wrong.
He puts the club away, and grabs a 9 iron.

Boom! He hits it 10 inches from the cup. He is shocked.

He says to the frog, 'Wow that's amazing..
You must be a lucky frog, eh?
The frog replies, 'Ribbit Lucky frog.'
The man decides to take the frog with him to the next hole.

'What do you think frog?' The man asks.
'Ribbit 3 wood.'
The guy takes out a 3 wood and, Boom! Hole in one...
The man is befuddled and doesn't know what to say.

By the end of the day,
the man's golfed the best game of golf in his life.
He asks the frog, 'OK where to next?'
The frog replies, 'Ribbit Las Vegas ...'

They go to Las Vegas and the guy says, 'OK frog, now What?'
The frog says, 'Ribbit Roulette.'

Upon approaching the roulette table, the man asks,
'What do you think I should Bet?'
The frog replies, 'Ribbit $3000, black 6.'

Now, this is a million-to-one shot to win, but
after the golf game the man figures what the heck.

Boom!

Tons of cash comes sliding back across the table.
The man takes his winnings and buys the best room in the Hotel.
He sits the frog down and Says,

'Frog, I don't know how to repay you. You've won me all this money and I am forever grateful.'

The frog replies, 'Ribbit Kiss Me.'
He figures why not, since after all the frog did for Him,
He deserves it...

With a kiss, the frog turns into a gorgeous 15-year-old girl.

"And that, your honor, is how the girl ended up in my room.
So help me God.
Or my name is not William Jefferson Clinton."


Only known picture of Karl Marx with Obama

You knew it would come to this.



Hat tip: Wanda.

The Democrats' Platform Face-Plant: They Meant to Do That

Dan from New York:

It was like pulling teeth, but G-d and Jerusalem are back in the Democratic platform. They put it to a voice vote that some said the nays actually won.

[Ed.: Actually, Buzzfeed described it as "chaos"].

FoxNews.com, September 05, 2012

Democrats restore references to God, Jerusalem in platform


The Democratic Party has restored references in its official platform to "God" and to Jerusalem as the recognized capital of Israel.

The move comes after some had complained that the platform approved Tuesday omitted those references, which were included in the 2008 platform.


Many in the audience booed after the convention chairman, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, ruled that the amendments had been approved despite the fact that a large group of delegates objected.

He called for a vote three times before ruling.

The Democrat Convention appears to be melting down right before our eyes. Yesterday, it was DNC Chairman-woman-person Dee Wasserman Snider getting caught in yet another blatant lie.


Then Little Dick Durbin threw a temper tantrum when asked in simple English why God and Jerusalem had been ripped from prior platforms.

I'm predicting, here and now, that Bill Clinton will be accompanied onstage by an empty chair representing the Gingrich-Kasich budget surplus for which Democrats always try to take credit.


Democrat National Convention Downgraded to a Conven.

Like America's credit rating, the Democrat National Convention appears to have suffered multiple downgrades.

Obama DNC Speech Downgraded From 75,000 to 15,000 Seat Arena:

The DNC just moved their final night from the 75,000 seat Bank of America Panther Stadium to the 15,000 seat basketball arena...


...A FOX News analyst just said it was because they could not fill the stadium. “They were scrambling to fill a large majority of the stadium.”

Michelle Obama gets 400,000 fewer viewers than Ann Romney:

[Michelle Obama] gave a strong performance, but, unfortunately for the Democrats, not many people saw it. Overall, the speech attracted around 11 million viewers on the three broadcast networks. That's about 400,000 fewer viewers than watched Ann Romney's speech. But, the really bad news for Obama is the massive drop in viewers from 2008.


NBC won the coverage, as it did for the RNC last week. But, its viewership was down 24% from '08. For its RNC coverage on the first night, viewership was actually 8% higher than '08. CBS and ABC have even starker declines, dropping 45% and 38% respectively, compared to '08. Their coverage of the RNC was down also, but a more modest 25% and 38% from '08.

In all fairness, many Republicans tuned into the DNC for sheer entertainment value alone, kind of like the car wreck you can't look away from.


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Nation

Better Off Now?: Kuznicki
Obama's Self-Adulation: Betsy
Only 31% believe we’re better off than four years ago: Hot Air

The DNC's Big, Bold Lies on Civil Rights: Lord
The tall tales Michelle Obama will bolster tonight: Malkin
Blue Alert: Howling

Democrats Drop God from their Party Platform: Tatler
Michelle Obama vs. Ann Romney Speech Word Clouds: Bruce
The ‘media tends to be quite smitten with the Obamas.’: Hot Air

Economy

Obama gives himself an "Incomplete" after four years in office: RCP
20 Economic Reasons Obama Shouldn't Be Reelected: Blaze
Biden: Too hot right now to say why you're better off: Malkin

U.S. Debt Now $136,260 Per Household—Up 50% Under Obama: CNS
Bait and Switch Taxes: Sowell
FLOTUS 2nd-Term Agenda: ‘Impact Nature of Food in Grocery Stores’: CNS

Why America is much worse off that it was four years ago: Peth
Obama’s (Un)American Auto Bailout: Malkin
We should tune in to the Romney and Ryan show: Telegraph

Scandal Central

Public Police Unions Sicking Private Eyes, Cops On Politicians Who Oppose Them: Ace
Despite Crime Wave, 50 Chicago Police Sent to Dem Convention: Jawa
Soros-funded PAC Started Akin Controversy: NoisyRm

Climate & Energy

Democratic Platform Pledges Global Treaty On Global Warming: WZ
The Litany of Democrat Attacks on U.S. Natural Resources: Hastings

Media

What the Media Will Never Tell You About Obama: NoisyRm
DNC Day One: Israel and God Out; Obamacare and Repeating Forward 12 Kajillion Times In: Hawkins
Bart "Einstein" Stupak says HHS Mandate Violates Executive Order and is Illegal: RS

Depression and Political Correspondents: Howling
Illustrated: This Is Honestly How Democrats Are Responding to Paul Ryan: IMAO
Absurd: ABC ‘Fact Checks’ Ryan’s Comparing Obama to Carter: JWF

Crack Hotels of the DNC: Fund
Nicki Minaj raps: I'm voting for Romney: Politico
Demoralized as Hell: Clint Eastwood Edition: DTG

Are the rats leaving a sinking ship?: Bookworm
Ex-New Yorker staffer Jonah Lehrer recycled, fabricated, plagiarized, breached journalistic ethics at Wired: Riehl
The Astorturf Convention: Scared Monkeys

World

Pro-Israel Language Removed From Democratic Party Platform: Beacon
Joe Kennedy III (D CAND, MA-04 PRI) declares Tel Aviv capital of Israel: RS
Pentagon says ex-SEAL book contains secrets: ArmyTimes

Romney vs. Obama vis-à-vis Israel: Pipes
DNC admits they deleted Jerusalem language to reflect Obama policy: Scoop
Israel accuses Obama administration of sending 'mixed messages' to Iran: Telegraph

PROOF: DNC Chair caught lying AGAIN after being called out by Ambassador of Israel: Scoop
Little Dick Durbin freaks out, refuses to explain why God/Jerusalem removed from platform: Scoop
Jimmy Carter Passes The “Worst President In History” Torch To Barack Obama At The DNC: WZ

Sci-Tech

F-35B ready for ‘high alpha’ tests: DefTech
ComScore: Android tops 52 percent of US smartphone share, iPhone cracks 33 percent mark: Engadget
BitFloor exchange robbed of US$250,000, all trading halted: ZDNet

Cornucopia

Democrats Celebrate Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne Unavailable For Comment: Glob
Bedbugs for Obama: Spew
It Is Finally Time To Exit The Oldsmobile: Iowahawk Guest Commentary by Senator Edward M. Kennedy

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QOTD: "New income data from the Census Bureau reveal what a great job Barack Obama has done for the middle class as President. During his entire tenure in the oval office, median household income has declined by 7.3%.

In January, 2009, the month he entered office, median household income was $54,983. By June, 2012, it had spiraled down to $50,964. That’s a loss of $4,019 per family, the equivalent of losing a little less than one month’s income a year, every year. And on our current course that is only going to get worse not better." --Peter Ferrara