Friday, April 30, 2010

In Detroit, Life Emulates Art

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A local independent TV station has been playing the "Robocop" trilogy for the last couple days. I'd forgotten that they were set in Detroit, overrun with crime and corruption and bankrupt.

It seems as though life emulates art once again!

(I guess, more properly, it should have been "imitates".)

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Gisele Bundchen!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)
Gisele is in the news lately, because, in spite of all the environmental claptrap on her homepage, Gisele and Tom are building a 20,000 square foot house in southern California. Spend your money however you like, Gisele! You earned it! Just spare the rest of us the pain of listening to you preach about saving the environment. Apparently, you want to save it by getting as much of it under one roof as you can! Heh.

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Special Bonus pic! Gentlemen: Always carry a spare!

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African American Action Figure

Doesn't he look just a little bit like...nah!

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He has a "Real-like head", so it couldn't be!
You can order one here, if you're so inclined!

"Joe the Plumber" Endorses Reid Opponent



Sharron Angle for US Senate.

May I suggest a campaign slogan?

Send the Dim Bulb Back to Searchlight!

Quote du jour

Free people can treat each other justly, but they can't make life fair. To get rid of the unfairness among individuals, you have to exercise power over them. The more fairness you want, the more power you need. Thus, all dreams of fairness become dreams of tyranny in the end.

-Andrew Klaven

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Blow Up over Sex Dolls

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Gentlemen prefer blondes. I prefer someone who can fog a mirror!


In the running for the strangest story out of southern California lately:

A Valley Center man must pay nearly $300,000 to his former employer after breaking away to start his own love-doll company, a Vista Superior Court jury decided Wednesday.

A stiff penalty! Hmm. Wonder if he had an inflated view of his worth to the company?

I wonder if they make a shorter model for diminutive men? As in "Put another Barbie™ on the shrimp"?

Jurors got a good laugh out of Yvette and two other dolls that joined them in the jury room during deliberations.
Joined them??? Next ACORN will register them to vote!!! Heh.

H/T Daily Caller

President Obama's Accuracy is Still Zero



Remember when President O said about a case where he admitted that he did not have all the facts, that the Cambridge Police Department "acted stupidly"?
Listen to the above clip that Hannity presents and tell me if the President isn't either lying or hasn't a clue what's in the Arizona bill.

H/T The Other McCain

Quote du jour

Look, he won the presidency. It gives him a big house, a lot of power, and a fabulous airplane, but it does not make him the arbiter of American political discourse.

-Charles Krauthammer

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The Medal of Honor

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Specialist Four Alfred Rascon


Citation:

Specialist Four Alfred Rascon, distinguished himself by a series of extraordinarily courageous acts on 16 March 1966, while assigned as a medic to the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate). While moving to reinforce its sister battalion under intense enemy attack, the Reconnaissance Platoon came under heavy fire from a numerically superior enemy force. The intense enemy fire from crew-served weapons and grenades severely wounded several point squad soldiers. Specialist Rascon, ignoring directions to stay behind shelter until covering fire could be provided, made his way forward. He repeatedly tried to reach the severely wounded point machine-gunner laying on an open enemy trail, but was driven back each time by the withering fire. Disregarding his personal safety, he jumped to his feet, ignoring flying bullets and exploding grenades to reach his comrade. To protect him from further wounds, he intentionally placed his body between the soldier and enemy machine guns, sustaining numerous shrapnel injuries and a serious wound to the hip. Disregarding his serious wounds he dragged the larger soldier from the fire-raked trail. Hearing the second machine-gunner yell that he was running out of ammunition, Specialist Rascon, under heavy enemy fire crawled back to the wounded machine-gunner stripping him of his bandoleers of ammunition, giving them to the machine-gunner who continued his suppressive fire. Specialist Rascon fearing the abandoned machine gun, its ammunition and spare barrel could fall into enemy hands made his way to retrieve them. On the way, he was wounded in the face and torso by grenade fragments, but disregarded these wounds to recover the abandoned machine gun, ammunition and spare barrel items, enabling another soldier to provide added suppressive fire to the pinned-down squad. In searching for the wounded, he saw the point grenadier being wounded by small arms fire and grenades being thrown at him. Disregarding his own life and his numerous wounds, Specialist Rascon reached and covered him with his body absorbing the blasts from the exploding grenades, and saving the soldier's life, but sustaining additional wounds to his body. While making his way to the wounded point squad leader, grenades were hurled at the sergeant. Again, in complete disregard for his own life, he reached and covered the sergeant with his body, absorbing the full force of the grenade explosions. Once more Specialist Rascon was critically wounded by shrapnel, but disregarded his own wounds to continue to search and aid the wounded. Severely wounded, he remained on the battlefield, inspiring his fellow soldiers to continue the battle. After the enemy broke contact, he disregarded aid for himself, instead treating the wounded and directing their evacuation. Only after being placed on the evacuation helicopter did he allow aid to be given to him. Specialist Rascon's extraordinary valor in the face of deadly enemy fire, his heroism in rescuing the wounded, and his gallantry by repeatedly risking his own life for his fellow soldiers are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.


Specialist Rascon: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.

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Hat tip Home of Heroes





There are fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice.

Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

"And it is hard to recall a White House more addicted to ad hominem attacks — against Palin, Fox News, pollsters, Tea Party protesters. This stems from both arrogance — their opponents are unworthy of substantive debate — and a certain intellectual laziness."

-Jennifer Rubin

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A Tale of Two Protests



The worst case of denial I've ever seen from the Inside Scoop character! I guess what was scooped was the inside of his head!

H/T Weasel Zippers

Quote du jour

To lend the point more gravitas, President Clinton packed his reading glasses and affected his scholarly look, with the spectacles pushed down toward the end of his nose, as if he’s trying to determine whether that’s his 10 a.m. intern shuffling toward him across the broadloom or a rabid armadillo Al Gore brought along for the Earth Day photo op.

-Mark Steyn

Monday, April 26, 2010

Who Was that Masked Man?

What do these pictures have in common?

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Funny! I went to a Tax Day Tea Party and I didn't see anyone in a mask!

Quote du jour

I'm tired of f***ing Earth Day! I'm tired of these self-righteous environmentalists; these white, bourgeois liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle paths.

-George Carlin

Wasn't there a (white*) Democrat running for president who split his church over the issue of bicycle paths?

*Not Obama. He didn't split with his church until he'd absorbed twenty years of what they had to offer! I don't think "bicycle paths" came up!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

This Last Week's Poll

This Last Week's Poll: Are You Planning on Doing Anything Different This Election Year?


Going to contribute to the candidates of my choice. 80%

Going to walk precincts and make phone calls 30%

Going to make sure my friends are registered to vote. 50%

Will drive folks to the polls if necessary 30%

Talk to my neighbors about the issues 70%

Other 10%


Multiple choices and Obama's crack budget office accountants may account for totals greater than 100%

Thank you for your participation!
Not a scientific poll. Respondents are self selecting. Questions are drawn from fortune cookies, hieroglyphics and tomorrow’s New York Times.

Please make your opinion known in this week's poll.

Teresa Heinz's Fib Feeds the Homeless

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Not Teresa, specifically, but her company, Heinz, has been fibbing about the ownership of a company they acquired two years ago, Golden Circle. They have been selling their products labeled as "proudly Australian owned". Tsk. Tsk.
And now, it's going to cost them...

According to the Herald Sun, they've been forced to get rid of over two million pounds of pineapple!

MORE than 800,000 cans of pineapple weighing 1.1 million kilos, filling 50 semitrailers and valued at $3 million are bound for Australia's homeless community thanks to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.


Now there's a watchdog agency with some teeth!

The winners are the poor and destitute, who will now be enjoying the versatile fruit after it was handed over to charity Foodbank Australia last week.

"They said, 'Have we got something for you'!" Foodbank chief executive John Webster said with a laugh.

"There's literally 1000 pallet loads of sliced pineapple, diced pineapple, crushed pineapple, pineapple in sweetened juices, unsweetened juices and also juice by itself.


Just one word for it: Sweet!
(John Kerry was out wind surfing and could not be reached for comment!)

Cross posted at Say Anything

ObamaCare "Pop Up" Video

Starting to look like "Video Sunday" around here! Here's another good one on the ObamaCare "Reform" bill:



H/T Gina Cobb

"Remember November"

Stacy McCain posts a powerful piece of video as well! It starts with the wisdom of Lincoln and ends with the folly of Obama.

"Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor"

A stirring bit of video, with a bit of (understandable) PG-13 language at the end.



Another way is to say we dedicate our time, our talent and our treasure to the fight!

H/T Moonbattery

Col. Allen West, Candidate for Congress

...in his own words:



H/T Wizbang

"Capital Beyond the Control of the Capitol"

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Obama can be thought to be less than presidential, or he can open his mouth and remove all doubt!

Then again, in terms of candidates for a perp walk, there were pretty slim pickings: Many of Wall Street’s leading luminaries stayed away, perhaps out of pique at the notion that mere elected officials would have the gall to tell Masters of the Universe how to run their affairs. Unless your business model depends on bilking people, there’s little to fear from these new rules. Yet there is so much fear abroad in the land, or at least up and down Wall Street, that the big financial institutions are shelling out millions to try to torpedo the reforms.


"Perp walk"? "Masters of the Universe"?? "Unless your business model depends on bilking people..."??? Who's writing your material these days, Mr. President? Keith D'Oh-lbermann??? This might make good "boob bait for the bubbas" among your party faithful, but seriously?? Is there no one in your own administration that might be a "candidate for a perp walk"? Does the name TurboTax Timmy Geithner, your current Treasury secretary ring a bell? Did you invite Tom Daschle, who failed to pay more than 100 grand in back taxes to Washington to a "perp walk" or to be part of your administration?

Mr. President, you walk softly and carry a big "shtick"!

Your sneering characterization of bankers as "Masters of the Universe" only seems to bother you to the extent that they are encroaching on your turf! These men are responsible for accruing and managing capital which is beyond the control of the capitol! That is to say, money that can be lent to businesses for expansion and creation of jobs, growth instruments that might provide for someone's secure retirement funds, and money to lend consumers for education, (scratch that! The government already consumed that part of the economy!), for home improvement (without a government contractor providing the services), for a new car, perhaps even one not built by Government Motors?

And did you notice the false dichotomy? Either you are a con man, bilking your customers or you have "nothing to fear" from Obama's new rules. When exactly did you stop beating your wife, Mr. Obama?
Perhaps, the bankers do not wish to "torpedo reform" as much as to torpedo your "reforms"? Maybe the bankers could object, not on the grounds that they currently do or ever had intentions of "bilking people", but on the grounds that these men are professionals who are managing multimillion enterprises, whereas you, Mr. President, have never managed as much as a lemonade stand, and yet you proceed to lecture captains of industry as if you had!

They don't object to your "gall" Mr. President, although you have plenty of that. No, I think they object to your incompetence and your willingness to have the government take over large portions of our economy with the same hope of efficiency and success that we've seen with the Post Office, Medicare, the VA, Social Security and the D.M.V.

I think that Obama's "pique" is directed at any "capital beyond the control of the Capitol". He's not greedy. He just thinks government should have it all!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Cowardly Lyin'

Sleep tight, America! Barack Obama and his crack economic team are on the job!

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I think, if I had it to do over again, I'd put "Made in China" just beneath the Obama logo!

Update: I wonder who we could cast Hillary as??? Heh.

Quote du jour

Futility has not of course deterred the United States from creating and operating a vast Transportation Security Administration apparatus critically dependent on metal detectors. At enormous cost, and by inflicting enormous inconvenience, it almost guarantees the detection of any explosive device—so long as it is firmly attached to a nail clipper.

-Edward Luttwak

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Women of PETA III

Third in a series of what might be called "Pulchritude for PETA"



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The Women of PETA
The Women of PETA II

A Little Saturday Night Music

Jerry's Breakdown (four handed)

Lingerie Ad a Bust on Fox

Stacy McCain found this bit of prejudice against plus size women:



Dancing With The Stars and Fox??? If I were to ever watch Dancing With The Stars, it would be to watch the women in their skimpy outfits! And Fox?? Have they ever seen any of their own programming? Sheesh!

Quote du jour

I love this country. And because I do, I insist that the temporary inhabitants of high political office comply with the Constitution, honor our God-given unalienable rights, and respect our hard-earned private property. For this I am called seditious, among other things, by some of the very people who've condemned this society?

-Rush Limbaugh

Friday, April 23, 2010

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Brooke Burns!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

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Quote du jour

When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it -- after the 16th Amendment is repealed.

A VAT will be rationalized as necessary to restore fiscal equilibrium. But without ending the income tax, a VAT would be just a gargantuan instrument for further subjugating Americans to government.

-George Will

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Liberal "Change"

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One thing I have been noticing of late, is the type of "change" that liberals seem to be fondest of when debating the shortcomings of their ideology: Change the subject!

I wrote a piece recently about the hypocrisy of the pseudo-"Green" (blue) environmental screed Avatar being released on "Earth Day", that shipping tons of plastic coast to coast and encouraging people to curl up in front of the big screen plasma TV and consume electricity prodigiously was not very "green".

Movies are released on DVD all the time, no problem there. Just hyping it as some sort of "green" statement, when the only green Cameron really cares about is in the cash registers, was hypocritical.

A number of liberal commenters took me to task, about whether I liked the movie, whether I had seen it in 3D or whether my objections were purely partisan, all irrelevant to the point. They discussed everything BUT whether or not the message of releasing a zillion DVDs on Earth Day was "green".

Thread hijacking is another common lib technique. If they do not want a discussion to succeed, they say something outrageous and divert the discussion to something else. Generally racism. Sometimes homosexuality. Anything but the topics that expose them for who they truly are.

That's one of the reasons they want to brand the Tea Partys as "racist". All the tea parties I've attended, no one gave a flying fling at a rolling dough nut what color any of the politicians were, they cared about whether or not they were adhering to the Constitution.

If the liberals can divert the Tea Partys from defending the Constitution to defending themselves against false and malicious charges of "racism", then the liberals don't have to defend their un-Constitutional actions, laws or speech.

Don't let yourself be distracted or derailed. If a liberal wants to change the subject. Change it back!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Update: There are a number of other ways liberals lie to change the subject. One is the straw man. Recently in a McPaper I picked up on the road, there was a letter to the editor saying that if Tea Partiers didn't want to pay taxes, that they shouldn't receive any services.
"We would soon see how long the Tea Party would survive in its own tax-free world"

Only no one in the "Tea Party" that I've ever hear is advocating paying no taxes at all. The objections I hear are for ever increasing taxes to fund extra-Constitutional things while not dealing with inefficiency, waste and corruption.
So by distorting the message of "Taxes are too high" into "We don't want to pay any taxes at all, is a reductio ad absurdum, a reduction to the absurd, they create the "straw man" so weak that even a liberal could knock it down!

Happy "Earth Day"!

I almost forgot! Here's a picture of Al and Tipper Gore holding their breath until they can find solid evidence of Man Made Global Warming:

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Tea Party "Racism" Game

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Hi, kids! Today we're going to play the Tea Party Racism game. I'll give you a racist statement about our first African American President, Barack Obama, and you match it to the tea partier who said it. Ready? Here goes: (Hint: They're all white!)

A) "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."

B) Obama is a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."

C) "A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee,"

Give up???


a) Joe Biden

b) Harry Reid

c) Bill Clinton

Thanks for playing!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

We have a Potemkin President.

-Proof, commenting on Obama's recent staged NASA speech with no NASA workers invited to attend.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

You Could Still Save $50 By Switching to Geico, You Mentally Retarded Murderer!

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Here's an update on the story: "You Could Save $50 By Switching to Geico, You Mentally Retarded Murderer!"

Lance Baxter, a.k.a. "D.C. Douglas", has been fired. Rather than own up to his own stupidity, Lance has this to say:
“I called as a private citizen to make a complaint. Racism and homophobia are my Achilles heel, but unfortunately my message included inappropriate words and I am sorry for that. However, telling their members to harass my employer to get me fired is an egregiously disproportionate response to my actions.”


Gee, Lance! And when private citizens who are or might be Geico customers act as private citizens to tell your employer what an offensive moron you are, that is their right. I don't believe anyone had to be told to complain about what you said. If you weren't such a bigoted bonehead, you might have recognized that. Unfortunately (for you) the egregious outrageousness of your comments (like chickens, the Rev. Wright might say) have come home to roost!

Contrary to initial reports, Lance is not the "Gecko". Our apologies to lizards and other liberals everywhere!



Don't say stupid, hateful things. So simple, even a caveman could do it!

Cross posted at Say Anything

The Medal of Honor

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Sergeant Richard A. Pittman


Citation:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While Company 1 was conducting an operation along the axis of a narrow jungle trail, the leading company elements suffered numerous casualties when they suddenly came under heavy fire from a well concealed and numerically superior enemy force. Hearing the engaged marines' calls for more firepower, Sgt. Pittman quickly exchanged his rifle for a machinegun and several belts of ammunition, left the relative safety of his platoon, and unhesitatingly rushed forward to aid his comrades. Taken under intense enemy small-arms fire at point blank range during his advance, he returned the fire, silencing the enemy position. As Sgt. Pittman continued to forge forward to aid members of the leading platoon, he again came under heavy fire from 2 automatic weapons which he promptly destroyed. Learning that there were additional wounded marines 50 yards further along the trail, he braved a withering hail of enemy mortar and small-arms fire to continue onward. As he reached the position where the leading marines had fallen, he was suddenly confronted with a bold frontal attack by 30 to 40 enemy. Totally disregarding his safety, he calmly established a position in the middle of the trail and raked the advancing enemy with devastating machinegun fire. His weapon rendered ineffective, he picked up an enemy submachinegun and, together with a pistol seized from a fallen comrade, continued his lethal fire until the enemy force had withdrawn. Having exhausted his ammunition except for a grenade which he hurled at the enemy, he then rejoined his platoon. Sgt. Pittman's daring initiative, bold fighting spirit and selfless devotion to duty inflicted many enemy casualties, disrupted the enemy attack and saved the lives of many of his wounded comrades. His personal valor at grave risk to himself reflects the highest credit upon himself, the Marine Corps, and the U.S. Naval Service.


Sgt. Pittman: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.

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Hat tip Home of Heroes





There are fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice.

Obama Sacks Goldman. Dems Take Money in Sacks

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Goldman Sachs, the whipping boy du jour of the Obama administration, gave a lot of money to apparently ungrateful Democrats.
USA Today, lists the top ten recipients of G-S's largesse in the 2009-10 campaign cycle. Seven of the top ten were Democrats or Democrat organizations.

Democrat National Committee, Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee were # 1,3 & 4 respectively. Michael McMahon D-NY, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, Scott Murphy, D-NY were # 2, 6, & 7.
"Shut the Chuck Up" Schumer, D-NY weighed in at #10.

In 2008, Goldman Sachs contributed nearly a million bucks, ($994,795) to Barack Hussein Obama.

I can understand politicians who cannot be bought. But, you'd think the ones that were rented would remain grateful for at least a while!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Headline du jour

Not the actual one as written, but the one that should have been! The WSJ has an article (I won't link to it because it's on their "subscriber only" page) with the stirring headline:
"Man and the Volcano"


I would have titled it:

"The Average Joe Versus the Volcano"!

Quote du jour

Let’s talk about the Supreme Court for a quick sec. President Obama has another pick coming up. If I were able to question him, I might ask something like, “When you were in the Senate, you voted against both John Roberts and Samuel Alito. You said they were qualified in traditional ways, but they were conservative — therefore, in your eyes, they were unfit to serve on the Supreme Court. By your standard, should Republican senators vote against your nominees because they’re liberal?”

I’d also like to ask, “Would you please explain where Sonia Sotomayor is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court but Roberts and Alito are not?”

-Jay Nordlinger

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Obama and His Boxers

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"Stand up and take a bow, Barbara!"
"I am standing up!"

Greetings from Grand Junction!

Colorado, that is! Been "on the road again" since four yesterday morning, which may account for the paucity of posting lately. I'm here in Grand Junction where the gas is cheap and the speed limits are high! My kind of town!
After all the activity of late, it does feel strange to travel somewhere and not have a tea party rally to attend, though!

Quote du jour

Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the U.S. without fear of nuclear retaliation?

-Charles Krauthammer

Monday, April 19, 2010

"Don't Get Cocky!"

Graphic shamelessly stolen from Right Klik:

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A list of primaries you can get involved in right away. The Left has demonstrated just how easy it is for them to screw the country up. Scott Brown was the first shot fired in anger. Look for a skirmish near you real soon!

Quote du jour

While exiting The Tonight Show, O’Brien asked his viewers not to be cynical. “I hate cynicism,” he said. “It’s my least favorite quality, and it doesn’t lead anywhere.”

-Jay Nordlinger

Quote du jour

It's [the Tea Party] not the caricature as the press had it — as the disaffected, the poor, the losers — unsuccessful, racist, ignorant, uneducated whites. Which is exactly what you heard all of last year — when it wasn't ignored. It turns out they're middle class, slightly above the mean in education and in income.

But they represent a philosophy. And it’s libertarian. And it’s interesting. It’s got three ideas. It's against high taxes, it’s against the intrusiveness of government, and in an even larger sense it's kind of a constitutionalist idea.

There really is this notion of liberty, and that somehow the expansion of government — particularly since the liberals have taken over in the House, the Senate and the White House — has pushed taxes higher [and expanded] the reach, the power and the extent of government. And it's a kind of betrayal of the American social contract.

-Charles Krauthammer

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Always Wear Your Seat Belt

Although I dislike the mandatory aspect of seat belts, I have worn them personally, religiously long before the nanny state told me I had to. Still, I have to admit that this is a good and heart warming ad for their usage.



Someone is counting on you to come home in one piece!

H/T Threedonia

Col. Allen West Answers His Detractors

A candidate for Congress we can all get behind!



Go West!

H/T Weasel Zippers

"Avatar" DVD to be Released on Earth Day

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For all of you that are "irony impaired", think about how many people are going to buy a plastic disc Tuesday, that is hardly biodegradable, and turn on their big screen TV's and DVD players and sit and suck electricity out of the grid for hours to watch a movie about how superior the simple, primitive life is.

Think about it. Kinda gives new meaning to word "Avatard", doesn't it? In fact, if you say it right, "Avatard DVD" rolls trippingly off the tongue!

Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

Our government spends 276 percent more than is spent by the average government of another country around the world.

-John Lott

Saturday, April 17, 2010

"I'm Afraid of the President Because He's White!"



Tea partiers on prejudice and race baiting.

H/T Jawa Report

The Women of PETA II

Last time I told you I'd barely put a dent in the subject. Here's more (in some cases, much more) of the women of PETA!

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For the sake of full disclosure, I am not a member of PETA, nor am I in agreement with all their positions, but they do have a good eye for the ladies!

A Little Saturday Night Music

Sixpence None the Richer: There She Goes

Of "Blue Dogs" and "Yellow Dogs"

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Today, we hear a lot about a group of so called "blue dog" Democrats, who are supposedly more fiscally conservative than the mainstream (left-leaning) Democrat Party.
But, when I was growing up, the term was "yellow dog" Democrat, as in, "I'd vote for an old yellow dog if'n he had a "D" after his name!"
According to Wikipedia:

Yellow Dog Democrats was a term applied to U.S. Southern voters who voted solely for Democratic candidates, with the term commencing in the late 19th century. Due to Republican president Abraham Lincoln's leading the Union against the Confederacy, these voters would allegedly "vote for a yellow dog before they would vote for any Republican". Currently, the term is now more generally applied to refer to any Democrat who will vote a straight Party ticket under any circumstances.


The article doesn't examine how the term fell into widespread disuse, so I'll venture an opinion:

Up until the 1960's, Democrats were strong and reliable on national defense. Hubert Humphrey or even J.F.K. would feel quite at home with the defense posture of today's Republican Party. It was in the sixties, with the rise of George McGovern and the modern anti-war liberal wing that has taken over the party of the Democrats, that they became uncomfortable with a major connotation of the word "yellow" and that is "cowardice".

Liberals, who for years have been weak on defense, many Democrat candidates having not served their country in uniform (two recent Democrat presidents come to mind!), resented the implication that as "yellow dogs" they might not only be associated just with any cur running down the street, but might also be perceived as cowards because of their unwillingness to fight or commit troops to the defense of their nation.

As the liberals of the sixties found their into the MSM, the term "yellow dog Democrat" has mostly faded away. Some of us still remember, though. And we can recognize a yellow dog when we see one!

Cross posted at Say Anything

"Crash the Tea Party" -Update

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Thinking of disguising himself as someone who loves his country.


Remember last week, we looked at the effort of one individual to foment distrust and hatred for the "Tea Patries" by encouraging liberals to basically go out and be themselves, but pretend they were tea partiers while doing so?

"Whenever possible, we will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways which exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the public's opinion of them. We will also use the inside information we have gained in order to disrupt and derail their plans."


Well, good news for liberals! Jason Levin, the man behind the website, is going to have more time on his hands to pursue his weaselly, deceptive brand of liberal politics (but then, I repeat myself!).
Much more.

It seems that Jason is on administrative leave from the school where he teaches (a good teacher's union member no doubt!) while he is being investigated for possible misuse of school resources to further his political vendetta against conservatives.

An Oregon teacher who announced his intention to "dismantle and demolish the Tea Party" has been placed on administrative leave until his school district finishes its investigation into whether his political activity crossed the line.

The state's Teacher Standards & Practices Commission is also conducting an investigation into Jason Levin, a media teacher at Conestoga Middle School in Beaverton.


Whacked out liberal teacher hates conservatives? Dog bites man- pictures at eleven!


...The school district is defending Levin's right to free speech, but it's investigating whether he used district computers to spread his political message or worked on his "Crash the Tea Party" Web site during school hours.


Okay. That's a "No, no". The school's policy is very explicit on this point. (In Levin's defense, maybe he can't read! )
"The Beavertown School District rules involving teacher use of the district's electronic system clearly state: The district's electronic communications system shall be used for educational purposes consistent with the district's mission, priorities and beliefs. Educational purposes do not include commercial use, use for personal financial gain or political advocacy."
"Political advocacy" I don't know. My recent experience with liberals is that they have trouble with words of one syllable or less! He very well just couldn't comprehend the meaning of the words!

Levin has said he would seek to embarrass Tea Partiers by attending their rallies dressed as Adolf Hitler, carrying signs bearing racist, sexist and anti-gay epithets and acting as offensively as possible -- anything short of throwing punches. In a recent interview with Talking Points Memo, Levin said of his plans, "Our goal is that whenever a Tea Partier says 'Barack Obama was not born in America,' we're going be right there next to them saying, 'Yeah, in fact he wasn't born on Earth! He's an alien!'"


What is it with the Left's fascination with Hitler? So, the guy is an obnoxious @ssclown who squandered an opportunity to educate young minds in favor of lying, deceit and libels on a strictly partisan basis. So? Right now he only appears like any number of pathetic Internet trolls who cannot win an argument based on facts, logic or intellect and therefore fall back on dishonesty and deceit. Maybe a little stupider than most Internet trolls (if such a thing is even possible!), but just as dishonest! Nothing new there! But, wait! There's more!

In a now deleted post on his "Crash the Tea Party" Web site, he called on his supporters to collect the Social Security numbers -- among other personal identifying information -- about as many Tea Party supporters as possible at the numerous rallies that took place on Thursday, Tax Day.

"Some other thoughts are to ask people at the rally to sign a petition renouncing socialism. See just how much info you can get from these folks (name address, DOB, Social Security #). The more data we can mine from the Tea Partiers, the more mayhem we can cause with it!!!!" he wrote.


Mayhem??? You mean like identity theft? Invading peoples' privacy by peeking into their financial records, like good liberals did to Michael Steele when he was a candidate in Virginia? Maybe taking steps to cause them financial troubles? Oh, yeah! This guy is a peach! He would never dream of throwing a punch at you (probably because he is a coward and too afraid you might punch back!) But he has no problem skulking in the dark, causing "mayhem" in your life by stealing your Social Security number! What a guy!

I'm thinking: "Teacher of the Year!"

The state agency is investigating whether this is a hint at identity theft, and whether it is appropriate behavior for a public school teacher. It also will investigate charges that Levin used school computers during school hours to work on his Web site. Levin teaches 6th, 7th and 8th graders about computers and technology.

Mr. Levin (no relation to Mark!): Enjoy your fifteen minutes of fame and your time off work (unpaid, I would hope!). But, after an appropriate investigation, you are found guilty of the charges brought against you, it would not hurt my heart to know that you were unemployed or even sharing a cell with someone equal to you in moral character. Maybe you could learn a new trade commensurate with your morality? Or you could just make license plates!

H/T Left Coast Rebel
Cross posted at Say Anything

"Taxes Are Unsustainably Low"

Well, if taxes are "Unsustainably Low" then, would we have to raise them???

Thanks to Americans for Prosperity, here's some Grade A, Number One, USDA Prime stupidity (Now, with spittle flecks!)



Remind you of anyone you know???

H/T theblogprof
Cross posted at Say Anything

Sacramento Tax Day Tea Party, VI

A five minute video of even more signs from the Sacramento Tax Day Tea Party.



Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

"...to win, not a victory for the American people, but a victory over them."

-Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, on the recently passed health care bill

Friday, April 16, 2010

Sacramento Tax Day Tea Party, V

Video on that guy who charged the stage yesterday:


Listen to him whine at the end about how he's being treated!

H/T Rob Port

For the rest of the Sacramento Tax Day Tea party posts, see
I
II
III
IV
VI

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is this week's Vintage BotW's daughter : Mariska Hargitay!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

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Sacramento Tax Day Tea Party, IV

Here's a collage of some of my favorite tea party signs (which weren't already posted):

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Cross posted at Say Anything

For the rest of the Sacramento Tax Day Tea party posts, see
I
II
III
V
VI

"These are my people. Americans.”



I heard this sentiment more than once yesterday.

H/T Flopping Aces

Cross posted at Say Anything

"Not Evil, Just Wrong"

Just before Ann McElhinney spoke at yesterday's Tax Day Tea Party, they showed us the trailer for her movie "Not Evil, Just Wrong" on the "Jumbotron". For those of you who had to work yesterday, here it is:



Cross posted at Say Anything

Sacramento Tax Day Tea Party, III -The Asps in our Bosom

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As I alluded to in another place, there was a small smattering of dissent and disruption at our gathering. One fellow charged the stage, shouting mindlessly "Give me my freedom", or more properly: "GIVE ME MY FREEDOM!". Nothing else, just shouting the same phrase over and over, while he interrupted the speech and the First Amendment rights of a man who knew something about escaping to freedom and was contributing to its care and feeding.

Ironically, the mindless twit, whatever his ideology might have been, crazed fanatic or flying a faux flag, was handcuffed, wrestled off the stage and taken into custody, where whatever freedom he had in the morning was greatly decreased by mid afternoon!

In addition, there was one, slightly scruffy guy in a plaid shirt, wearing a back pack, who calmly walked through the crowd, holding aloft his "Obama in '08" sign.
Great! All you time travelers among us, this is your chance to go back and make history! Or, as one sign alluded to:
"The Obama administration is the beginning of a new chapter in American history: Chapter thirteen!"


The fellow pictured above seemed peaceful enough when I saw him towards the end of the rally, but must have done something to attract the attention of a least three sign bearing volunteers who may have deterred him from any further disruptions. Maybe he was just videoing the singer because he was too cheap to pay the $.99 at iTunes?

Early in the rally, there was one woman holding up a sign about ObamaCare, that might have been for it, but she was too far away for me to see that for sure. So, even counting her in the "enemy camp"*, that would make four counter protesters in a crowd of thousands.

And speaking of "counter protests", I saw on the news where some libs had organized a "coffee party" to "counteract" the Tea Party. The video was of a sidewalk bistro where it looked like there could have been a dozen people total. So, even if every one of them was there for the protest and not just the coffee, then the "counter protest" was a riotous success! (and will be counted as twelve jobs saved or created in Labor Department statistics!)

The crowd was well behaved. No racial slurs were shouted. In fact, one of the speakers, Larry Elder, a black talk show host from southern California, opened his remarks with the joke "Good afternoon, fellow racists!"

It was a mixed crowd, young and old, whites, blacks, Latinos and Asians. White collar, blue collar, and no collar people were there. I saw vets from four different wars: Iraq, Korea, Viet Nam and WWII.

I saw a lot of people, some of whom, like myself, had taken off work to attend, others traveled long distances to be there. And everyone I spoke to was concerned about the direction the country was taken. And despite the canard that the "Tea Party" is either owned by or a subsidiary of the Republican Party, there was dissatisfaction with and words plainly spoken that simply having an "R" after one's name will not garner these people's vote.

It seems as though there are a lot of people who would like to co-opt the Tea Party. There are some Republicans who would like to take them for granted. I saw at least one RonPaulian at the rally with a sign that seemed to indicate that Ron Paul would be happy to run to the front of the movement and yell "Follow me!".

As has been said in another place, there are libertarians in the movement who might like to co-opt it for their own ends. There may even be a smattering (though by no means a majority) who entertain the notion that the Tea Party could become a viable third party. (They cannot.) But, the reason that so many people want to co-opt the Tea Party, is that the Tea Party is a force to be reckoned with. It is a grass roots movement, not Astro-turf manufactured by some Axelrod on the Right. It is composed of people passionate for the Constitution and the Rule of Law. People who are fed up with politicians who say they do not care what the Constitution says about any particular law they might enact. People are fed up with politicians governing againt the will of the people.

And that's why the liberals have their undies in a twist about them. That's why they fear them. Progressieve policies do not withstand sunlight well. Between now and November, there's going to be quite a lot of light shed on the actions of this administration and the liberal cockroaches are going to be scurrying for cover.

To no avail.


*Please consult a dictionary if this word is unfamiliar to you. Hint: It is not short for "campaign"!

Cross posted at Say Anything

For the rest of the Sacramento Tax Day Tea party posts, see
I
II
IV
V
VI