No, thank you, Mr President

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2012/01/obamas-call-for-an-army-of-the-proletariat.html

Three strikes and you're out, Obama.

h/t to GorT

http://www.gormogons.com/

Scroll down to "Hope and Change"

It appears clear that the Obama administration has absolutely no respect for anyone's religious convictions nor for our First Amendment freedoms to worship as we choose.  I'm not Catholic; I'm a Wiccan priestess.  I, too, believe in the sanctity of human life and oppose abortion except when the mother's life is at risk.  No matter what your religious convictions, the Progressives don't care:  their political agenda trumps all.  And once they disembowel the First Amendment, what do we have left??

 

I cannot improve on this one

Victor David Hanson hits another one out of the park:

http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/what-we-do-not-want-to-hear-anymore/?singlepage=true

Is it unfair to compare the Obama and Reagan economic recoveries? No

Is it unfair to compare the Obama and Reagan economic recoveries? No

Fascinating. This needs wider coverage.

Newt-ering the Opposition

I was standing and applauding Newt in my living room during the debates when the live audience did so.  But I suspect a good number of pro and semi-pro political commentators just don't get why Newt won SC.  I do.  We are too damned tired of people who, when anger is appropriate, swallow it and talk mealy-mouthed political BS. Witness any time that Romney opens his mouth.  And I'm not referring to all the stuttering and stammering that Romney does when challenged.  The simple fact is that Newt won our attention, and a lot of those votes in SC because he's not afraid to call a squid sandwich a squid sandwich, not a seafood salad on toast points.  Mitt IS a "moderate milquetoast from Massachusetts" (h/t Red State) and as such, more than anything else, not the guy who stands in opposition to the Saul Alinsky-ite/socialist in the White House.  Romney may be able to make a case that he can do this, be this, but to date he has not.

Newt won in SC because he proved that he is unashamed to be angry and not afraid of a fight.  We have not seen that in Romney, and we only suspect it in Santorum.  Well, the GOP base is angry, and the TEA Party has been angry since 2008, minimum.  So we're inclined to vote for the guy who is angry with us and willing to fight.  So far, that's Newt Gingrich and no one else.

h/t to GorT

http://www.gormogons.com/

Scroll down to "Sometimes they just don't get it"

The chart alone is worth stopping to peruse.  These jerks mess around and my house loses 14% in value?  Who do I hold by the ankles and shake to get that 14% back??

h/t to the Czar of Muscovy

http://www.gormogons.com/

scroll down to Musings on Campaign Directions

I like it. I like it a lot.  Tho' I can't imagine Gingrich voluntarily going home, I would much prefer Santorum as the Republican nominee than Gingrich, and certainly not Romney, nor, Gods forbid, Nor Luap.  Santorum isn't perfect, either, but he's the only adult in the room, right now.  Mitt & Newt spend a lot of time hissing at each other, and the old man is a complete whack-job.  Offer him Sec/Treasury in the Republican administration, and he'll fight for our candidate.

Santorum's the only one who remembers that the opponent is Obama and the Progressive Movement, not other Republicans.  They need to start discussing their preferred tactics against the actual enemy, and leave off the silliness about which is a better Republican... because the best Republican is the one that can send Obama back to Chicago on a commercial flight so he can apply for unemployment at home.

If there is any hope in the world, hope that this is the final nail in the coffin of the Great Global Warming Con Job:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577171531838421366.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Pull quote:

     Why is there so much passion about global warming, and why has the issue become so vexing that the American Physical Society, from which Dr. Giaever resigned a few months ago, refused the seemingly reasonable request by many of its members to remove the word "incontrovertible" from its description of a scientific issue? There are several reasons, but a good place to start is the old question "cui bono?" Or the modern update, "Follow the money."

     Alarmism over climate is of great benefit to many, providing government funding for academic research and a reason for government bureaucracies to grow. Alarmism also offers an excuse for governments to raise taxes, taxpayer-funded subsidies for businesses that understand how to work the political system, and a lure for big donations to charitable foundations promising to save the planet. Lysenko and his team lived very well, and they fiercely defended their dogma and the privileges it brought them.

Cannibalism in Progress -- View at Your Own Risk

I don't play on Facebook, but was led to this posting when I made my daily visit to the PJ Tatler, so the h/t goes to their Dan Miller:\

http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/cannibals-in-gop-establishment-employ-tactics-of-the-left/10150516734848435

I have to agree with her:  the GOP establishment is fighting against the membership.  I think Santorum won Thursday's debate when he delineated the issues re Romney and Obamacare, turned to the crowd and pointed out that Obamacare could not be an issue in the campaign if Romney is the candidate... which should be enough to eliminate him. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3K783ivyY8&feature=related

Benazir Bhutto believed Usama bin Laden was already dead, and had been "for years" in this 2007 interview, done shortly before she herself was assassinated.  Certainly, she may have been misinformed... and I doubt her mentioning UBL was the reason she was killed; the assassins had been trying to get her for some time.

Maybe we did kill him in Tora Bora when those caves were blown apart... 

Then who did SEAL Team 6 kill?

Colonel West nails it one more time!

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/01/13/west-on-self-righteous-indignation-of-people-ripping-marines-for-urinating-on-dead-taliban-fighters-unless-you-have-been-shot-at-by-the-taliban-shut-your-mouth-war-is-hell/


If Rep. West would run for President, I would retire and go campaigning for him.  He's one of only a handful of political persons in the world I truly respect... and he's 110% correct in this analysis, too.  So some Marines urinated on some dead enemies.  No one gets their hair up when we blow them into pink mist with remote control drones, like war's a damned video game.  But OMG, PEE???

PUH-leeeeezze.

The Answer That Would Have Won the Nomination

Standing O, man, standing O!!!

The Answer That Would Have Won the Nomination

Best Climate Story EVAH!!!

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/09/only-you-can-save-earth-from-the-next-ice-age/

Hot? Cold?  Take your pick.  Just don't believe any of the Euro-weenies insisting that we're all going to cook if we don't stop exhaling.

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/06/jon-huntsmans-original-sin/

I fail to see how anything that Huntsman has done has disqualified him for the Presidency.  He has displayed appropriate courtesies.  Note the word choice:  Obama =is= a "remarkable" leader.  The word is not necessarily a compliment, and one could trust a diplomat to know that and use it to his own advantage.



The article itself lists all the reasons why he =should= be our choice this fall:   he has served his country, he has experience in executive decision-making both at the level of the governor's mansion as well as in private industry, he has foreign policy experience that far outstrips any other candidate. He's conservative and pro-life... what's not to like about him???

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/287090/us-and-biblical-israel-barbara-lerner?pg=1

Interesting overview of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the side that the US, and all right-thinking people, should be on, and why.

http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/01/ron-paul-is-second-most-dangerous.html


Someone explain to me:  what is the #$%@$ point of allowing non-members of your party to vote in your primary???  The primary is supposed to be the party picking their guy.  Pollsters are for figuring out how competitive your guys are to the general public.

Why is Photo ID such an imposition?

http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2012/01/lets-make-list-of-all-things-you-need.html

He's got a list of 19 things you need photo ID to do, including, Bog help us, to buy drain cleaner in Illinois.  Have you got some more?

#rsrh …This is almost better than Aldrin punching that Moon Hoax guy. (NSFW)

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#rsrh …This is almost better than Aldrin punching that Moon Hoax guy. (NSFW)

NSFW because its a clip from Opie and Anthony on Sirius satellite radio.

Sniper #1, Chris Kyle, while out on a tour supporting his book American Sniper, tells the story of Jesse Ventura, ex URT, ex pro wrestler, ex-Governor of Minnesota and now Conspiracy Theorist Extraordinaire (only Ron Paul gets more coverage) coming into a SEAL bar, during a SEAL wake for a MEDAL OF HONOR WINNING SEAL, Ventura started shooting off his mouth about illegal wars and how the country deserved to lose men in combat like this.

Oh, if only someone had been filming... but the SEALS and their families were their to wake their hero kinsman, and that doesn't involve cameras. Memories hold such events closer to the heart.

Blessed is the nation that has such families defending it.

This White House Thinks That It's Above The Rules - Investors.com

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This White House Thinks That It's Above The Rules - Investors.com

Fascinating.

Is anybody recruiting for Oathkeepers among the Secret Service protection details?

*sigh* Iowa...

The final official numbers weren't in till 2:45am.  Romney beat Santorum by EIGHT votes.  Paul was a poor third.  Gingrich 4th, Perry 5th, Bachman 6th.  Herman Cain got 58 votes!

I like Santorum.  He doesn't have the skill sets that Perry has to be a great President, but he has the right belief system, if that makes sense.  I still prefer Perry, but he didn't commit to going to NH or SC:  he said he's going home to TX to figure out his next step.  That sounds like he's out.

*sigh*


Why does everything have to be so difficult?

1744h

http://minx.cc/?post=324875

This is a great summary of all the reasons why I'm supporting Rick Perry for the Republican nomination for President.  Especially refreshing is the point that a President can only push 3-5 agenda items during the first term, and only 1-2 during the second, since for the second half of the second term the office-holder is a lame duck, who spends the last two years protecting his legacy.  So one criteria for judging a candidate for the nomination is, what would those 4 things be that each candidate would pursue?  Romney says his plan has 59 steps, which means none of them stand a chance.  Gingrich has 104 ideas a day; which ones would he pursue?  Does he even remember yesterday's?  Paul?  stop chem-trailing and arrest someone for the murder of JFK, then put us back on the gold standard?  Bachmann?  She hasn't said.  Santorum?  Nice guy, but he hasn't said.  Huntsman?  Who?

Perry's plan is clear, and he hasn't changed it since he tossed his hat in the ring:

1. Keep taxes as low as possible, because citizens spend money wisely and create new wealth when permitted to use their money as they wish.
2. Keep the regulatory climate "fair and predictable" and overturn new attempts by the government to micromanage private enterprise.
3. Start producing energy here in America, rather than purchasing it from countries which are often hostile.
4. Make Washington, D.C. as "inconsequential to your lives as possible," by devolving as much power as possible back to states and localities, consistent with the original goal of the 10th Amendment.

That's clear, concise, and workable.  He's an experienced Chief Executive, having led the most successful state in the country for 11 years.  No other governor has led Texas for that long in the history of the state.  He's married to his grade school sweetheart and there's never been a hint of scandal about him.  He invited retired SEAL Marcus Luttrell (Last Survivor) live in his family home when Luttrell couldn't live by himself and had nowhere to go.  Luttrell is campaigning for Perry in Iowa, with his service dog.  Perry is an Air Force veteran, who served for ten years and was discharged as a Captain.  That requires political acumen and executive skill, too.

He may not be the best debater, but debating skill isn't one that a President needs.

Right now, it looks like Perry is the best choice.

Obama Enters the Twilight Zone

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Obama Enters the Twilight Zone:

Good article. Obama is expected to start campaigning for reelection as soon as he gets back from Hawaii (allegedly tonight), starting with insisting that Congress extend the payroll tax relief from 2 months to 12. Which is, of course, exactly what the Republicans passed and submitted to the Senate for approval, and then were barbecued in the media for fighting for a 12-month relief rather than the 2-month that the Democrats wanted. And when the Republicans yielded, then they were barbecued again. The Democrats keep saying they want to cooperate and work together, but they are lying with every breath they use to say it. To them, compromise means for the Republicans to put on hairshirts with "Welcome" written across their shoulderblades, and then lie prone on the floor.

I don't know how much of America is stupid enough to not realize that the red House has been working as hard as one can imagine, passing bills that would help the economy recover, and every single one of them has gone on to the Senate and been circular-filed. So Obama's reelection plan, to blame everything on a "do-nothing Congress", seems stupid to me. Only HIS party's side of Congress has been refusing to do their job, witness the 900+ days it has been since Congress passed a federal budget.

Maryland Abortion Horror Leads to Murder Charges

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Maryland Abortion Horror Leads to Murder Charges

More comment would be superfluous.

Ron Paul? NEVER

01-Jan-2012  1930h

http://www.countercontempt.com/archives/2578

Found this at Republican Party Animals.  There is a youtube vid in the article.  Honestly, this person, and her alleged dozens/hundreds of fellow believers are confident that they can destroy government attempts to unterraform Earth to suit their alien masters by spraying white vinegar into the air with trigger spray bottles.

Best part:  these people are, apparently, practically unanimously, devoted followers of the equally delusional Ron Paul.

Yes, yes, I've heard him speak, I've read excerpts from his newsletters.  Honestly, while I agree that he has some admirable opinions, such as cutting the federal budget fairly dramatically, and eliminating several cabinet departments that have no Constitutional excuse for existing, such as Education and Energy, and other federal agencies, such as the EPA. 

OTOH, Ron Paul's foreign policy positions are indefensible.  He wants to bring all our troops home, abandoning all the defensive points all over the world that we have been manning since WW2.  He doesn't seem to grasp the inevitable repercussions of this cowardly isolationism:  that our enemies would follow us home, and that our next defense of the homeland would be fought on our own ground.  This is never a good thing.

He also doesn't seem to grasp that if we abandon our bases in Europe, Korea, Japan and elsewhere around the world, we leave those hosting nations, our allies, nakedly vulnerable to their enemies.  They have relied on us for decades, and pulling the rug out from under South Korea, Japan, Germany, Britain and the other nations would result in chaos and violence there as they are attacked by our common enemies.

A President Paul would have us not honor our treaty obligations and not send troops out to assist our allies when they are attacked.  Of course, he thinks the jihadi are going to leave us alone if we get off their land.  What he doesn't seem to grasp is that they don't hate us because we're free, or because we've got soldiers on land they claim.  Islamofascist jihadi hate us because we are not Muslims, and believe that their religion gives them the religious OBLIGATION to kill us all, wherever we may be, whatever we are doing, no matter how nicely we have treated other Muslims.

Paul is also ignorant enough about human nature to not take into account how our one-time allies might react to abandonment.  How would you react if a long-time friend, who had been reliable and generous for years, who had fought beside you against a common foe, suddenly went home and refused to help any longer?  My guess is that our past allies would turn on us and become foes.  It seems inevitable that if the US packed up and went home, shortly thereafter WW3 would be fought on our land, against us, and we would lose, since we would be defending ourselves against the entire world.

So lets not even entertain the idea that he's a viable candidate, okay?  We've a delusional President who hates America now; we don't need to elect another!!!

Celebrating Silvester in Germany - The Local

01-Jan-2012 1840h

Celebrating Silvester in Germany - The Local

Fascinating article on German traditions for New Years celebrations. Some are truly eeeeeevillll: who would put mustard where one would expect the jelly in a doughnut???