Thursday, April 29, 2010

LINKFEST 04-29-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

National Security Adviser Jones: Jews Are Greedy Merchants

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/04/national-security-adviser-jones-jews.html


+Filed under Obama - "You are known by the company you keep." Van Jones, Reverend Wright, Samantha Powers...

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The Art of Obama Worship

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-art-of-obama-worship-15218

+Cult of personality. What happens when you have a doctrinaire leader with masses of devoted followers who invest in said leader literally all their hopes and dreams?

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Let the Impeachment Proceedings Begin!

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/04/let-the-impeachment-proceedings-begin.html

+President Joe Biden? But however stupid he is, I think I'd rather have stupid than intentionally malevolent. Stupid can be contained; manipulative & competent evil is harder to hem in.

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Revisiting a visionary's caveat from 2008

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/revisiting_a_visionarys_caveat.html



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Liberal media's affair with Obama: Too hot not to cool down

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/04/liberal-medias-affair-with-obama-too.html




CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

The Green Energy Industry Runs Into Basic Economics

http://newledger.com/2010/04/the-green-energy-industry-runs-into-basic-economics/

+I'm all for green energy; I'm all for biofuels. But they need to make sense, and they are not a panacea.

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IPCC's River Of Lies

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=531579

+Agenda-driven, not fact-driven



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Obamacare’s Danger Signs

http://healthcare.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2U5YjAzMjkxODY1YTViYmNjN2JjNGZjYWY4ZjliNDc=

+Repeal. But I do blame the GOP too. This is a sore spot that should have been addressed when we had control instead of being allowed to become a massive club for the left to use against us.

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Democrats Hid Damning Health Care Report From Public Until A Month After Vote

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/breaking-news-dems-hid-damning-health-care-report-from-public-until-a-month-after-vote/

+Wait, you mean it WON'T bend the cost curve down?

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Video: Orszag explains how ObamaCare imposes rationing

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/27/video-orszag-explains-how-obamacare-imposes-rationing/

and

Sarah Palin got it right the first time

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/sarah-palin-got-it-right-the-first-time-92200059.html

Quote: If this “powerful rationing panel” decides that you will not get the operation, medical procedure or medication your doctor says you need and you subsequently die as a result, what would your grieving family call it?

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The state as parent: No Happy Meal toy for you, sonny

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/04/state-as-parent-no-happy-meal-toy-for.html

+For your own good.

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ObamaCare Mulligan

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704133804575198322718759844.html

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Another Heartwarming Socialized Medicine Success Story: 'I Think Dogs are Treated Better Than My Mother Was'

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/04/another-heartwarming-socialized.html




IMMIGRATION

Aww: Whiny NY Libs Don't Like New Arizona Illegal Alien Law

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/04/aww-whiny-ny-libs-dont-like-new-arizona.html

+Illegal aliens broke the law to be here. Even legal aliens are here at our sufferance.

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Obama Needs to Stop Blaming Arizona for the Federal Government’s Failure to Deal with Illegal Immigration

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/25/obama-needs-to-stop-blaming-arizona-for-the-federal-government%e2%80%99s-failure-to-deal-with-illegal-immigration/

+A nation that does not control its own borders is not a nation.

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Five Arguments Republicans Should Use Against Obama's Immigration Bill

http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2010/04/27/five_arguments_republicans_should_use_against_obamas_immigration_bill

+Illegals do NOT have a right to be here. What we lack is the will to enforce our borders and our laws.

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Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/27/arabic-chinese-english-farsi-french-german-greek-japanese-korean-russian-spanish-thai-and-vietnamese/

+You come here, you learn English. Period. For anything other than emergency services (fire, police, medical) there should be nothing NOT in English. Period.



RACE

Black Republican Rebukes Steele

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/black_republican_rebukes_steel.html




WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

A Friendly Reminder: Yes, We Really Are Fighting for Our Freedom

http://newledger.com/2010/04/a-friendly-reminder-yes-we-really-are-fighting-for-our-freedom/

+Know your enemy. Know what motivates him and what his weaknesses are.




NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama Is Enabling Nuclear Breakout

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/obama_is_enabling_nuclear_brea.html

+Nuclear weapons in the hands of people whose religion tells them that dying to kill the enemy is the highest possible good? Feel safer?

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Forget the Joke, Look at Policy

http://townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2010/04/27/forget_the_joke,_look_at_policy

+Not just about Israel; the last paragraph sums up Obama's policy: weakness.

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America's enemies testing our resolve

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/americas_enemies_testing_our_r.html

+A MUST READ. The sharks smell blood.



TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

What the Tea Party Movement is Really About

http://newledger.com/2010/04/what-the-tea-party-movement-is-really-about/

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Consent of the governed - and the lack thereof

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Sunday_Reflections/Consent-of-the-governed---and-the-lack-thereof-86628027.html

+The left believes that we have freedom - the freedom to obey.

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Ban the Income Tax

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/it_is_a_truly_tragic_developme.html

+I like it. If you feel you are entitled to take from me, do it honestly and confront me face to face. Just don't be surprised at the response.




ECONOMY

Left-Wingers Who Caused Subprime Meltdown Have Yet To Face Justice

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/26/left-wingers-who-caused-subprime-meltdown-have-yet-to-face-justice/

+Of course not. And they'll continue to blame the right... distract, deny, and do-over to implement the Clovard-Piven strategy.

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Progressives can't get past the Knowledge Problem

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Sunday_Reflections/Progressives-can_t-get-past-the-Knowledge-Problem-89780997.html

+This is exactly why central planning doesn't work, has never worked, and will never work. And, somehow, liberals seem unable to take the lesson to heart. Unable, or unwilling to subsume their desire for power - which I suspect is the real truth of the matter.

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Everyone Prospers With Free Trade

http://jewishworldreview.com/0410/stossel.php3

+In general, I agree. HOWEVER, I DO see a "race to the bottom" even in knowledge industries. And the line about troops crossing borders is tremendously naive: Just because goods cross borders does not mean soldiers WON'T.



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

Protest over illegal immigration bill in Arizona turns into a riot

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/26/protest-over-illegal-immigration-bill-in-arizona-turns-into-a-riot/

+Filed here because, of course, it's the Tea Party people conservatives that are the concern over imminent violence, right? Right?

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Gregory Kane: What about 'hateful' rhetoric from the Left?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/What-about-_hateful_-rhetoric-from-the-Left_-92050019.html#ixzz0mEYX1nhR

+If it weren't for double-standards the left wouldn't have any.

=

More Violent Threats and Foul-Mouthed Hate

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/26/more-violent-threats-and-foul-mouthed-hate/

and

Voices of Hate

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/voices-of-hate.html

+Can we spell "congnitive dissonance"? Can we spell "projection"?

=

Voter Intimidation, New Black Panther Style

http://article.nationalreview.com/432583/voter-intimidation-new-black-panther-style/hans-a-von-spakovsky

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James Carville is calling Republicans “reptiles?”

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/22/james-carville-is-calling-republicans-reptiles/

+And in an official, DCCC email no less. Nice.

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

“We Are All Israelis”

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/04/25/we-are-all-israelis/

+Powerful.



CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

The right to Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness Circuses

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18232

+What's next? The right to get laid on a regular basis? Hookers for everyone at taxpayer expense!

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The Left’s War on Tea Partiers

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/27/the-lefts-war-on-tea-partiers/

+Filed here because it's more than just about the Tea Party... it IS a cultural (and perceptual) war.

=

Why Are Liberals So Afraid of Prayer?

http://townhall.com/columnists/HarryRJacksonJr/2010/04/26/why_are_liberals_so_afraid_of_prayer

+I pray several times a day. When washing my hands. Over meals. When leaving home, and returning.

=

Lambs to the Slaughter, Part 1

http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2010/04/27/lambs_to_the_slaughter,_part_1

+Sure, they'll get my guns. Bullets first.

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What the open borders crowd really thinks

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/what_the_open_borders_crowd_re.html

+Under this category because it highlights the left's thinking, and reflexive guilt over America's success




SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

The Dreadful Equation

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/25/the-dreadful-equation/

+Randian in its insight.



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ELDER, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

Sowell: Filtering History

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/27/filtering_history

+Liberals miss the broader point about the evils of slavery... which is typical.

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Williams: Tobacco Tyrants Turn Attention To Salt

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=531389

+The really troubling thing is that the left seems to get off on telling others what to do by force of government.

=

Bolton: Folding our nuclear umbrella

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/28/folding-our-nuclear-umbrella/

+When we have need of men of iron, they are driven out... I suspect in fear of their radiated greateness.

=

Elder: ODSD: Obama Double Standard Disease

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder042910.php3

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VDH: Of Laureates and Cowboys

http://jewishworldreview.com/0410/hanson.php3

Friday, April 23, 2010

LINKFEST 04-23-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

The Mystery of Barack Obama Continues

http://www.westernjournalism.com/?page_id=3255

+Again, I'm not a "birther" and for the most part I think this is a waste of time. Nonetheless, there are some interesting points here that - IF TRUE - beg the question "Where are the investigators?" You'd think that a media that lives and dies by scandal and intrigue would show a passing interest in BHO seemingly having multiple social security numbers that are associated with known addresses he's used...

=

Why Is the L.A. Times Burying the Obama/Khalidi Tape?

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/04/21/khalidi-obama-los-angeles-times/

+What's on that tape? Why provide a tape of an event to a NEWSPAPER only to deny the release of it - unless there's something to hide?

=

Oh my: Blagojevich’s defense lawyers move to subpoena Obama

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/22/oh-my-blagojevichs-defense-lawyers-move-to-subpoena-obama/

+Oh please please please please please



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

The Media's Golf Double Standard

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-21/the-medias-double-standard-on-presidential-golf/full/



CLIMATE CHANGE

Special Report: Networks Hide the Decline in Credibility of Climate Change Science

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2010/20100421190331.aspx

+The MSM and the left; joined at the hip.

=

Add another exposed doomsday mistake to IPCC’s failures

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/22/add-another-exposed-doomsday-mistake-to-ipccs-failures/

+"Settled science". Right.

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America Already a Green Exemplar

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/22/america-already-a-green-exemplar/




OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

The next Obamacare target: Your bacon sandwich

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/The-next-Obamacare-target_-Your-bacon-sandwich-91720069.html

+He who has the gold makes the rules.



IMMIGRATION

Bordering On Fraud

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/20/bordering-on-fraud/

+As caustic as Michael Savage is, he's got one thing right for sure: BORDERS, LANGUAGE, and CULTURE.



RACE

Introducing Race-Baiter Al Pina

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/19/introducing-race-baiter-al-pina/

+Funny how the ones who pay the most attention to race are on the left. Then again, the next piece explains why.

=

Why the Left Needs Racism

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704671904575193921155425154.html

+The left has a vested interest in keeping minorities from succeeding.

and the followup:

The 'Racist' Smear: A Case Study

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703876404575199910374318350.html



NATIONAL SECURITY

Tehran's Other Target: America 2015

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=530803

+Look, let's cut missile defense and cancel advanced programs that might give Iran pause. What could go wrong?

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Containment Has Its Own Costs

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/boot/282586

+To take no action, IS an action. To take actions that clearly don't achieve anything is to show weakness.

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Atomic Ayatollahs

http://townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2010/04/23/atomic_ayatollahs

+Has anyone considered the possibility that Obama WANTS Iran to get nukes?

=

Wilsonian Internationalism Reborn

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/wilsonian-internationalism-reborn/

+What's the definition of insanity again?



TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

What's behind the anti-Tea Party hate narrative?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/What_s-behind-the-anti-Tea-Party-hate-narrative_-91552689.html

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Quotes of the day

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/22/quotes-of-the-day-329/

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The Fragile Left

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/22/the-fragile-left/

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My Food My Choice: Tea Party Redux

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/22/my-food-my-choice-tea-party-redux/

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Shocking Report: Police Find TEA Parties More Peaceful Than Anti-war Protests

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/candance-moore/2010/04/21/shocking-report-police-find-tea-parties-more-peaceful-anti-war-prote#ixzz0lwBuJeuj

+Leftist protestors called for Bush to be impeached / executed, and rioted... crickets.

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Bigots to the Left of Me, Dingbats on the Right

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bigots-to-the-left-of-me-dingbats-on-the-right/

+The GOP isn't called the "stupid party" for nothing

=

Rules for Republicans

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/rules-for-republicans/

+MUST READ! AND MUST FORWARD!



ECONOMY

White House Caught Altering Stimulus Baseline Projection by 7 Million Jobs!

http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/04/19/white-house-caught-altering-stimulus-baseline-projection-by-7-million-jobs/

and

Lying About Jobs

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=530994

+We've always been at war with Eurasia.

=

RAHN: Could the U.S. become Argentina?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/21/could-the-us-become-argentina/

+Why is it not being considered that Obama is doing this deliberately?

=

Get ready for massive tax hikes, says the AP

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/22/get-ready-for-massive-tax-hikes-says-the-ap/



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

The Hidden Agenda of the Southern Poverty Law Center

http://townhall.com/columnists/TomTancredo/2010/04/23/the_hidden_agenda_of_the_southern_poverty_law_center



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Mideast nuclear drive picks up speed

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2010/04/22/Mideast-nuclear-drive-picks-up-speed/UPI-48351271957625/

+Barack, baby, how's that whole "reaching out" thing going?

=

Netanyahu to Obama: Pound sand

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/22/netanyahu-to-obama-pound-sand/

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No Way to Be Treated Like a Lady

http://townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2010/04/22/no_way_to_be_treated_like_a_lady

+Just what part of "The Palestinians don't want peace with Israel; they want Israelis in pieces" is unclear?



CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

A Fresh View of Cold-War America

http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2010/04/a_fresh_view_of_coldwar_americ.html

+Quote: They thought they were 'building...a better world for the masses,' not betraying their country." Hang 'em high. Even if they're in their 90s.

=

The Skewing of American History

http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2010/04/the_skewing_of_american_histor.html

+If we don't accurately know the past, we're doomed.



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Capitalism vs. Capitalists

http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/04/23/capitalism_vs_capitalists

+Quote: "The problem with socialism is socialism, because there are no socialists. Socialism is a system based upon an assumption about human nature that simply isn't true."



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ELDER, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

VDH: Why, until now, has America always bucked the tide against Israel?

http://jewishworldreview.com/0410/hanson042210.php3

Monday, April 19, 2010

LINKFEST 04-19-2010 - - PATRIOTS DAY!

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Cartoon: What do you mean "no"?

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=17390

+I had this exact analogy come to mind earlier this morning. The left is EXACTLY like a date rapist who feels entitled to "get some" for having bought an expensive dinner.

=

Cartoon: "The rape of liberty"

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=17390

+Incindiary. And true.

=

Goldman Sachs Suit The Latest Crisis Not To Be Wasted

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/goldman-sachs-suit-latest-crisis-not-to.html

+Why, when I look at Obama, do I hear "The purpose of power is power."?

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Goodwin Liu flunks the "mainstream" test

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026095.php

+Get ready for the whitewash by the media

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Barack Obama: Enemy Within

http://townhall.com/columnists/MattBarber/2010/04/16/barack_obama_enemy_within

+The more I see of Obama's actions, the more I am convinced that he actively and knowingly engaged in attacking America as a domestic enemy



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

The View from the Left

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/the_view_from_the_left.html

+Cognitively incapable of seeing anything but their own little bubble world

=

Was Vicious Attack On Republicans Inspired by Democratic Party?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026104.php

+I think we all know the answer to the last question.



CLIMATE CHANGE

Nobel Prize winning report on ‘global warming’ wasn’t peer reviewed after all

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/15/nobel-prize-winning-report-on-global-warming-wasnt-peer-reviewed-after-all/

+Oh, say it ain't so!



NATIONAL SECURITY

Iran To Have a Nuke in Two Years

http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2010/04/15/iran-to-have-a-nuke-in-two-years/

+Or less. And when the Iranians do show they have them, what will Obumbles do?

=

Obama’s Expertise Shines in Nuclear Summit

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/15/obamas-expertise-shines-in-nuclear-summit/

+Quote "...anyone who truly believes that 'relying on good will is the nature of international relations' would be wise to soft-peddle any smirking allusions to someone else’s naivete."

=

NYT: Secret Gates memo warns that U.S. has no strategy for dealing with a nuclear Iran

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/17/nyt-secret-gates-memo-warns-that-u-s-has-no-strategy-for-dealing-with-a-nuclear-iran/

+Obama will just Awe them into submission and compliance with His Sheer Awesomeness



TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Finally, A Real White Supremacist Rally And Almost No One Notices

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/finally-real-white-supremacist-rally.html

+If Tea Party members were really that racist, why was it necessary for the left to try and infiltrate with agents provocateurs?



ECONOMY

Democrats: The party of Not Taxed Enough

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/13/democrats-the-party-of-not-taxed-enough/

+What, precisely, is so darned difficult about the idea of "If you make something more expensive to do because you've raised taxes on it, you get less of it."?

+Some good embedded links worth following, too. Esp. Rich Lowry's piece: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/tax_hikes_forever_2R6zNvMXNQTfgwbaICmuBJ


=

The Way to Argue About Taxes

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/17/the-way-to-argue-about-taxes/

=

“The Other 95%” = 100% Lies

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/18/the-other-95-100-lies/



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

Supreme Court calls for more security money, citing increased threats

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/92439-supreme-court-wants-more-money-for-security

+Justice Thomas being threatened? Wouldn't that mean the left is racist?

=

Yolk’s on the lefties

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100416yolks_on_the_lefties/srvc=home&position=1

+Methinks the fears of the left of violence is projection



CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Failed State

http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1650/article_detail.asp

+They make a point. The left relies on the fact that, sooner or later, people lose their anger and go back to their day-to-day concerns... and then they scurry out from their hiding places to resume their work.

=

A Blast From the Future

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/17/a-blast-from-the-future/

+And it's coming if we fail in November 2010 and especially 2012



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

"Francisco's Money Speech"

http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=1826

+Reading this is what got me inspired to read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".




VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ELDER, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

VDH: How Could We Be So Stupid? Let Us Count the Ways

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/how-could-we-be-so-stupid-let-us-count-the-ways/?singlepage=true

Friday, April 16, 2010

LINKFEST 04-16-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before Nov. elections (Update)

http://www.examiner.com/x-37620-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m4d13-Special-army-unit-ready-to-be-deployed-on-American-soil-just-before-Nov-elections

+Can we spell "Reichstag fire" boys and girls?

=

Barack Got Enemy

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/03/barack-got-enemy.html

=

Obama's terrible powers

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0410/morris041510.php3

+Fascism, pure and simple.

=

Tea Partiers Get Valuable Lesson from … David Axelrod

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/tea-partiers-get-valuable-lesson-from-david-axelrod/

+Quote, which is very important: "Barack Obama considers this a revolution against the pillars of American liberty, and nothing short of absolute, ignominious defeat in all branches of the federal government is going to dissuade his revolutionary zeal. Tea partiers winning a battle here and there is a pesky thorn in his side — nothing more. Barack Obama has declared this a fight to the very end."

And what does this mean? That Obama is hellbent on achieving his aims; and reverse-engineering what he DOES, his aim is to bring America down. He is becoming a clear and present danger to America, and one effort needs to be paying attention to how to - peacefully and legally - remove him from office ASAP.

=

The New Currency Is Obedience

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/16/the-new-currency-is-obedience/

+Must-read! Just look at Obama's attitude - indeed, of the left as a whole. It SCREAMS one of "Obey, peasants!"



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Don't leave it to Cleaver, part 7

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026066.php

+Catching the MSM with their pants down - and they STILL won't admit they are ONE with the left

=

Pelosi’s most ethical House …

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18026

+What flabbergasts me is that even with concrete examples like this, most of the dems think the media is objective and balanced.



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Will Obama create the Post Office of health care?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Will-Obama-create-the-Post-Office-of-health-care_-90701679.html#ixzz0l5eELnym

+The efficiency of the post office; the compassion of the IRS.



IMMIGRATION

Arizona Has a Right to Enforce the Law

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/14/arizona-has-a-right-to-enforce-the-law/

+Enforcing the law. How... quaint.



WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

al-Shabaab Beheads Man for Failing to Pay Taxes (GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING!)

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202010.php

+Those poor, mistreated, oppressed misunderstanders of Islam. Though perhaps, with the Tea Party and "going Galt" we shouldn't give lib pols ideas...



NATIONAL SECURITY

The Iranian Bomb: Within a Month?

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/04/14/the-iranian-bomb-within-a-month/

+Shortly after that, WW IV turns hot?

=

Does a Weaker America Make the World Safer?

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2010/04/14/does_a_weaker_america_make_the_world_safer

+What was it Reagan said? "Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong."

=

Obama to the World: Damn America, Full Speed Ahead

http://townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2010/04/14/obama_to_the_world_damn_america,_full_speed_ahead

+The only way I can fathom what Obama is doing weakening us, appeasing enemies, and alienating allies, is if I look at it through the lens of a person who wants to see America humbled and/or destroyed.

=

Marc Thiessen Exposes New Yorker Reporter Jane Mayer's Dishonesty on Enhanced Interrogation

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/04/14/marc-thiessen-exposes-new-yorker-reporter-jane-mayers-dishonesty-enh#ixzz0l6HivJ6V

+Because heaven knows terrorists are just a-quivver over the idea of a stiff talking-to during interrogation.

=

US support for Israel to be “balanced against other interests”: NYT

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/15/us-support-for-israel-to-be-balanced-against-other-interests-nyt/

+This is under national security because it speaks to a broader mindset: if allies can't trust us to stand by our commitments, that does not bode well in general.



TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

No More Profiles in Caution

http://townhall.com/columnists/TonyBlankley/2010/04/14/no_more_profiles_in_caution

+No more ratchet; we're fighting to lift the lock and roll. the. left. back.

=

Senate v. The Constitution

http://townhall.com/columnists/DavidHarsanyi/2010/04/14/senate_v_the_constitution

+When pols reply "Are you serious?" when asked about Constitutional authority.... "TIME'S UP!"

=

Reasonable Men

http://pajamasmedia.com/ejectejecteject/2010/04/13/reasonable-men/

+I find it deeply disturbing that when you actually quote the actual words of the actual people who founded this country, you are deemed dangerous.

=

Treating The Constitution As A Blank Slate

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/14/treating-the-constitution-as-a-blank-slate/

+Meaning whatever they want it to mean.

=

The Revolt of the Kulaks Has Begun

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/02/revolt-of-kulaks-has-begun.html

+Tactics. The fastest way to bring Obama down is to deny him the tax money he wants to take. Go Galt to the best extent you can.



ECONOMY

An Economics Lecture No Student Will Ever Hear

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/an_economics_lecture_no_studen.html

+Starting a business is a high-risk venture, requiring high return to justify that risk.



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The fruits of Obama-style engagement

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026064.php

+Quote "Syria [(not to mention other hostile countries)] can do what it wishes without fear of consequential American action because for Obama nothing must stand in the way of engaging our adversaries." Showing weakness to predators NEVER ends well.

=

Just for knowing

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/04/just-for-knowing.html

+Headline quote "'I SINCERELY HOPE THAT WHEN OBAMA GOES IN FOR HIS ANNUAL CHECKUP, THE DOCTORS AT BETHESDA WILL DO A BRAIN SCAN. FOR SURELY THERE MUST BE SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH A MAN WHO SEEMS TO BE FAR MORE CONCERNED WITH A JEW BUILDING A HOUSE IN ISRAEL THAN WITH MUSLIMS BUILDING A NUCLEAR BOMB IN IRAN.' Burt Prelutsky"

=

A Letter to Gaza

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/15/dear-gaza-resident/

+Powerful stuff from a former Muslim

=

Obama’s Israel Problem

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/04/14/obamas-israel-problem/

+Quote "...this response to Israel is not in the realm of the rational."



CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

John Stossel: Liberalism is no longer about freedom

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Liberalism-is-no-longer-about-freedom-90111312.html#ixzz0l5evXJ2E

+Liberalism today is about the surrender of responsibility to have others take care of you and rescue you from your mistakes. It is about feeling good about yourself and your virtue regardless of the others you harm to do so.

=

The Feminist War on Common Sense

http://townhall.com/columnists/AshleyHerzog/2010/04/14/the_feminist_war_on_common_sense

+Back in my college days a woman was found over the summer, dismembered. The collegiate womens' response? Walking late at night with Walkmen (dating myself) on, totally oblivious to their surroundings.



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ELDER, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

VDH: So What Happened to Iraq?

http://townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2010/04/15/so_what_happened_to_iraq

=

ELDER: Obama to Critics: Where's Armageddon?

http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2010/04/15/obama_to_critics_wheres_armageddon


+Interesting example in this article; I remember a psych study where people were allowed to destroy the "wealth" of other participants by using their own to do so. Researchers were amazed at how people would beggar themselves to take down someone who had more than they did.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

LINKFEST 04-14-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

V&S: Serial bower strikes again

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/04/v-serial-bower-strikes-again.html

with an essential embedded linK:

Not Inadvertent at All

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTU4MjMwN2RjZDljZTM0YmExNDllMDQwZDJjN2JjODE=

+I agree. Obama is on a deliberate campaign

=

Stanley Dunham's FBI file reportedly destroyed

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/stanley_dunhams_fbi_file_repor.html

+Conveeeeeenient, no?

=

Reagan and Obama; a difference of epic proportions

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/reagan_and_obama_a_difference.html

+Dollars to donuts the only list Obama carries in his pocket is of people he hasn't groveled to yet.

=

Why Don't Foreign Leaders Bow To Obama?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-dont-foreign-leaders-bow-to-obama.html

+A very, VERY good question.



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Taking the Fight to the MSM: Andrew Breitbart At the Southern Republican Leadership Conference

http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/04/12/taking-the-fight-to-the-msm-andrew-breitbart-at-the-southern-republican-leadership-conference/

+Pushback. And about time.

=

MRC Special Report: How the Media Have Dismissed and Disparaged the Tea Party Movement

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2010/04/13/mrc-special-report-how-media-have-dismissed-and-disparaged-tea-party-mov

+What do you expect with the MSM essentially being the propaganda arm of the left? Fair reporting? Honest discourse? HA HA HA HA HA!



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

He Who Controls The Health System, Controls "Information"

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/he-who-controls-health-system-controls.html

+But.. governments would NEVER use information from your health care to try and control you.

=

They are only reading it now

http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2010/04/they-are-only-reading-it-now.html

+We had to pass it in order to read it. Right Nancy?

=

Doc Says "I Quit" Because of ObamaCare

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/04/doc-says-i-quit.html

+Doubtless more to come.



WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Yemeni child bride was tied up, raped before bleeding to death

http://www.actforamerica.org/index.php/learn/recent-news/10-newsmaster/1905-yemeni-child-bride-was-tied-up-raped-before-bleeding-to-death


+What's a little child rape between good Sharia-practicing Muslims?

=

How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War

http://www.meforum.org/2538/taqiyya-islam-rules-of-war

+Only by understanding the enemy's tactics and goals can we defeat them.

and

Tactical Hudna and Islamist Intolerance

http://www.meforum.org/1925/tactical-hudna-and-islamist-intolerance


+And even more links exist at this site. VERY educational. Know your enemy.



NATIONAL SECURITY

The Defense of Self and Nations

http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2010/04/13/the_defense_of_self_and_nations

+The whole point of national defense is to put doubt into the mind of your potential enemies that they could win... and the cost if they lose.

=

The Third Nuclear Age

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/04/13/the-third-nuclear-age/

and this one, which is a classic, gives some frightening context:

The Three Conjectures

http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2003/09/three-conjectures-pew-poll-finds-40-of.html

=

A Nuclear-Free (Dream) World

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=530068

+Doesn't it terrify you to your bones that the President grew up on "...giiiiive peace a chaaaaaance."?



TEA PARTY

More Tyranny Plus More Taxes Equals More Protests

http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2010/04/13/more_tyranny_plus_more_taxes_equals_more_protests

+"The tighter you squeeze, the more systems will slip through your fingers."

=

Beyond that, you're on your own!

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2010/04/fiscal_responsi.html

+We need a core set of principles. This looks like a darned good start. Just remember, the left WILL use ANY excuse to smear us.

=

A Letter to the American People

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-letter-to-the-american-people/

+So much for Jon's career in Hollyweird.



ECONOMY

Next on Obama’s hit list: small contractors

http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/12/next-on-omamas-hit-list-small-contractors/

=

The Fiscal Nightmare of the Welfare State

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-fiscal-nightmare-of-the-welfare-state/

+You cannot - CANNOT! - spend more than you take in for any length of time. Period. Anyone who says there is a "sustainable" deficit shouldn't be trusted with a checkbook or family budget.



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

Source: State Dems scrambling to deploy tea party ‘crashers’

http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/04/14/source-state-dems-scrambling-to-deploy-tea-party-%e2%80%98crashers%e2%80%99/

+And I commented too. Assuming it's approved by the moderator. If you're going to a protest, bring a video recorder. If someone's there with a sign that could paint the Tea Party in a bad light, call them on it. Tape their reaction.



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Jews Confront the Abyss. “The Absence of Outrage is Outrageous.”

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/04/13/jews-confront-the-abyss/

+What will it take for American Jews to see the dangers? How many judenrats are there with calming voices saying "Don't worry, it'll be fine, Obama can negotiate and come to a peaceful agreement with Iran," while Achmedina-whackjob readies his nuclear ovens?



CULTURE WARS

The Cleavage Between the People and Their Governments

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2759

+Now playing in Peoria too.

=

The Left Squashes Life’s Little Pleasures

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/13/the-left-squashes-lifes-little-pleasures/

+Liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may not be doing what the Elites know is good for them.

=

Give It Arrest

http://townhall.com/columnists/EdFeulner/2010/04/13/give_it_arrest

+Government cannot control an innocent man. Only by hemming a person in through the threat of prosecution can free men be controlled.

=

Is America the Last Best Hope of Earth?

http://townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2010/04/13/is_america_the_last_best_hope_of_earth

+Yes. We are the Spartans at Thermopolae; there is nowhere to run if freedom falls here.

=

Less than 20 Percent of Young Consider Oral Sex Sex; CBS Asks 'Why the Concern?'

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/anthony-kang/2010/04/13/less-20-percent-young-consider-oral-sex-sex-cbs-asks-why-concern

+Somehow, I don't think that my wife would buy the "But it isn't really sex..." excuse.



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

I Want My MTV

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/04/12/i-want-my-mtv/

+I put this here because the coming collapse (and DO read the two linked pieces in the first paragraph too!) is purely a function of people voting themselves benefits from the public treasury... the classic definition from Margaret Thatcher that Socialism is fine until you run out of other peoples' money [generated by Capitalism].

=

Why work when I can get £42,000 in benefits a year AND drive a Mercedes?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265508/Peter-Davey-gets-42-000-benefits-year-drives-Mercedes.html#ixzz0l4ylReGD

+I post this here rather than "culture wars" because this is exactly what the left wants - massive amounts of people drawing off the dole, totally dependent and believing they are completely entitled to a living off the wealth of others. Cut them off. Period.



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

Sowell: Good Riddance!

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/13/good_riddance!

+Key quote: "...a whole wing of the Republican party has long ago mastered the art of preemptive surrender."

=

Two from VDH:

The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson041210.html

and

Damn the Evidence, Full Speed Ahead?

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson041210B.html

QUESTION

IS ANYONE READING THIS?

Please send me an email:

thwartingtheleft

(at)

gmail.com

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Quote

"In the end they will lay their freedoms at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.' "-- The Brothers Karamazov - The Grand Inquisitor, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, 1821-1881

Monday, April 12, 2010

LINKFEST 04-12-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Aquinas, Obama, and the Propaganda War to Annihilate Israel

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/aquinas-obama-and-the-propaganda-war-to-annihilate-israel/

+This is more about Obama's character than about Israel per se; at least that's how I see it

=

Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm

and

http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4960045241001/m/9440076532001

+I am NOT a "birther"; still, this IS intriguing. ASSUME for a moment that, in fact, Obama is NOT eligible under the "natural born citizen" requirement. What then?

=

Two on Obama and Ayers

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/04/obama-and-ayers-now-by-david-remnick.html

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/10/if-obama-did-use-a-ghostwriter-it-would-be-kennedyesque.html

+In bed with each other for a long, long time

=

The Numinous Negro

http://article.nationalreview.com/313481/the-numinous-negro/flashback

+Prescient.



LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Don't leave it to Cleaver, part 5

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026051.php

+The MSM; literally incapable of believing that their own could use them as shills / propaganda tools.



OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

NHS Meltdown: Rare Cancer Patients Refused Life-Prolonging Chemotherapy

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2010/04/09/nhs-meltdown-rare-cancer-patients-refused-life-prolonging-chemotherapy/

+Hmmm. What simple, "sound bite" name could we give to a group of bureaucrats in government that makes decisions on what treatments are available, possibly costing lives because of treatments forbidden due to cost? (Cue "Jeopardy music")

=

Nancy and Harry want you to choose the best candy bar

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/nancy_and_harry_want_you_to_ch.html

+Make mine a battered, deep-fried Snickers.

=

ObamaCare Dominoes Falling

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/04/obamacare_dominoes_falling.html

+This is how Obama will segue into single payer - by driving insurance companies out of business with these mandates.



IMMIGRATION

Cesar Chavez Would Not Have Supported Amnesty for Illegals

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/cesar-chavez-would-not-have-supported-amnesty-for-illegals/



RACE

George Wallace's ghost

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026024.php

+Liberals have a vested interest in keeping minorities from succeeding.

=

Why the Democratic Party Clings to Racism

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/04/07/why-the-democratic-party-clings-to-racism/

+Ditto

=

Bribery Strikes Out

http://city-journal.com/2010/eon0408hm.html

+Why do the poor remain poor? Because we pay them to be. Why do they not do what they need to do to get out of poverty? Because we insulate them from the consequences of their mistakes.



WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Terrorism that's personal (12 images)

http://blogs.tampabay.com/photo/2009/11/terrorism-thats-personal.html

+Graphic image warning - tell me, please, how you can look at this and say "All cultures are equal."

=

The Real Reason They Hate Us

http://townhall.com/columnists/FrankGaffney/2010/04/09/the_real_reason_they_hate_us

+Know your enemy



NATIONAL SECURITY

Nuclear Posturing, Obama-Style

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2010/04/09/nuclear_posturing,_obama-style?page=full

+The whole point to deterrence is to keep the other guy guessing about what you'll do if they attack.

=

Is there really a “cost-benefit analysis” in Tehran over nuclear weapons?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/09/is-there-really-a-cost-benefit-analysis-in-tehran-over-nuclear-weapons/

+So, we do this to get Russia to cooperate in pressuring Iran? Well...

=

How's That Russia Negotiation Going?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/hows-that-russia-negotiation-going.html

+What's that definition of insanity again? Oh yes, doing the same thing again and again but expecting diferent results.

=

Change! Iranian Regime Wants Obama Tried By International Tribunal

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/change-iranian-regime-wants-obama-tried-by-international-tribunal/

+Say, how's that whole "reaching out to engage Iran in serious diplomacy" thing going?

=

Who is playing whom?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026041.php

+Insanity.



ECONOMY

The Liberty to Achieve

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/the_liberty_to_achieve.html

+The Benjamin Franklin quote needs to be tattooed on every liberal's forehead - backwards - so they can read it in the morning.



THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

SEIU — Obama’s Portrait in the Attic

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/seiu-obamas-portrait-in-the-attic/

=

Crashing the ‘Crashing the Tea Party’ Meme.

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/04/11/crashing-the-crashing-the-tea-party-meme/

+Classic tactics; infiltrate to smear the opposition. Then again, what else do we expect from the left? Honor? Dignity? Fair play? Bwaaa ha ha ha ha!

=

An Angry Progressive’s Picture Is Worth A Thousand “Angry, Right-Wing” Words

http://michaelgraham.com/archives/classy-boston-liberals-welcome-sarah-palin/

+Imagine if a conservative organization had pics like this of His Holiness Obama.

=

Reaction to former Cao supporter shows liberal smear/racemongers (still) have no shame

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2010/04/09/reaction-to-former-cao-supporter-shows-liberal-smearracemongers-have-no-shame/

+I continue to maintain that the left has a vested interest in NOT seeing minorities succeed, because then - as taxpayers - they'd feel the bite of the left's cost to society



ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The inconvenience of Israel

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026023.php

+One is forced to wonder if Obama is on a quest for a final solution to that pesky Israel...



CULTURE WARS

Never Underestimate The Ingenuity of Complete Fools

http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2010/04/never-underestimate-ingenuity-of.html

=

Tax Season

http://article.nationalreview.com/430938/tax-season/mark-steyn

+Exactly. And when politicians take from 49% to give to 51% that's called a never-ending spiral to a nanny state that crashes financially.

=

Reminder: Dependence Isn’t Compassion

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/09/reminder-dependence-isnt-compassion/

+That Dosteovsky quote keeps coming to mind: "In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us'"

=

The Descent of Liberalism

http://article.nationalreview.com/430998/the-descent-of-liberalism/michael-knox-beran

and

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/nudge-nudge-wink-wink

+The elite trying to make the proles do what they think is "right"



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Victory Lip

http://townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2010/04/10/victory_lip

+In gaffs lie the truth.



VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

SOWELL: Race and Politics, Part IV

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell040910.php3

=

VDH: The End of Trust

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-end-of-trust/

Quote: I will not cede...

“I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power, as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. That is a program of sorts, is it not? It is certainly program enough to keep conservatives busy, and liberals at bay. And the nation free.”– William F. Buckley, Up From Liberalism, 1959

Thursday, April 8, 2010

LINKFEST 4-8-2010

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

A Pattern of Deception

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/07/a-pattern-of-deception

+You lie!

=

What Is Barack Obama?

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/04/06/what-is-barack-obama/

=

Is Obama Intentionally Destroying the Economy

http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/04/06/is-obama-intentionally-destroying-our-economy-reader-post/

+I think yes; especially when one thinks about it through this perspective:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/the_clowardpiven_strategy_of_e.html

=

Read the Transcript and Freak

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/david/limbaugh040710.php3

+That, um, er, ahhhh, towering, um, intellect?

=

New Obama Policy: Israeli Nuclear Workers Denied US Entry

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/04/new-obama-policy-israeli-nuclear-workers-denied-us-entry.html

+He is singling out Israel, cutting them off systematically; to what end?




LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Can you imagine if Sarah Palin said “Cominskey Park” and flubbed softball White Sox question?

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/06/can-you-imagine-if-sarah-palin-said-cominsky-park-and-flubbed-softball-white-sox-question/

+The MSM has their heads so far up Obama's you-know-what they can practically see his tonsils.

=

MSM Continues False Reporting of Reuters "Murder" in Iraq

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201901.php

+Perhaps if Reuters stopped embedding their reporters with terrorists this might not happen.




OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Next Bailout - Hospitals Hurt By Obamacare

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/next-bailout-hospitals-hurt-by.html

+Wait, you mean there might be unintended consequences? (Or might they BE intended... intended to accelerate the pace of the government's impending default? Yes, I DO believe he's trying to bring us down.)

=

NYT: O-Care is really No-Care

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/07/nyt-o-care-is-really-no-care/

+Can we spell death panels?

=

HCR: Pelosi tells the simple-minded American people not to worry our pretty little heads about it

http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/07/hcr-pelosi-tells-the-simple-minded-american-people-not-to-worry-our-pretty-little-head-about-it/

+Arrogance, condescension... from the libs? Whoda thunk it?




NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama’s “Stunning Naiveté”

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/07/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cstunning-naivete%e2%80%9d/

=

The Disarming of America

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/07/the-disarming-of-america/

+Kum ba ya...

=

Obama, Kipling, and the Bomb

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/04/06/obama-kipling-and-the-bomb/

=

Obama’s new policy on nukes: I guess he wants to earn that Nobel ex post facto

http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/06/obamas-new-policy-on-nukes-i-guess-he-wants-to-earn-that-nobel-ex-post-facto/




ECONOMY

Not a Single Dime?

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/07/not-a-single-dime

+Liberals live in a static world, where you can raise taxes, cut the military, and nothing ever reacts to the changed landscape.

=

Surprise: Obama administration starts floating the idea of a VAT

http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2010/04/07/surprise-obama-administration-starts-floating-the-idea-of-a-vat/

+Su-prise, su-prise.




THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

The Left Will Try to Split the Conservative Vote

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/the_left_will_try_to_split_the.html

+This is a war, and they're fighting to win by any means necessary (fraud, intimidation, etc.). When will the GOP learn is this a bar brawl, not a fight under Marquis of Queensbury rules?

=

Moonbats wing it when it comes to paying more taxes

http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20100404moonbats_wing_it_when_it_comes_to_paying_more_taxes/

+Wouldn't people who want bigger government be willing to pay more? Oh, wait, that's for SOMEONE ELSE to do.





ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The Future of an Illusion

http://weeklystandard.com/articles/future-illusion





CULTURE WARS

The Monster Victim Mix-Up

http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/04/07/the_monster_victim_mix-up

=

Degrade and Conquer

http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/2010/03/degrade-and-conquer.html

+I really liked this observation: "You might say that Job One of the left is to first despiritualize man. And once a man has been materialized, it is child's play to convince him that the state can make him happy -- or that the reasons for his unhappiness are exterior to himself."



SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

For the Love of Capitalism

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/04/06/for-the-love-of-capitalism/

+Read this. Then email it to people. Print it and mail it to people. I think it's that good.

=

Hannity's Right: Obama Is a Socialist

http://townhall.com/columnists/TerryJeffrey/2010/04/07/hannitys_right_obama_is_a_socialist

+If it walks like a duck...

=

The takers weigh down the makers

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/The-takers-weigh-down-the-makers-89799362.html




VDH, BOLTON, WILLIAMS, SOWELL, ETC. - A CLASS BY THEMSELVES

Sowell on Race, parts I and II and III

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/06/race_and_politics

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/07/race_and_politics_part_ii

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/04/08/race_and_politics_part_iii



VDH on new nuclear policy, and on society

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0406vdh.html

Pull quote: "The magnanimous promise to non-nuclear Iran that it can continue to subsidize terrorism without worry of an American nuclear response—even to a truly devastating attack on the U.S.—will probably not convince Iran to stay non-nuclear. More likely, such assurances will only hasten Iran’s proliferation policies, on the assumption that if the U.S. is already reaching out and offering concessions before the theocracy goes nuclear, just imagine what could be wrung out of the Obama administration when Teheran finally gets its bombs."

and

The Ongoing Melodrama of Victims and Oppressors

http://townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2010/04/08/the_ongoing_melodrama_of_victims_and_oppressors

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

LINKFEST 04-06-2010

I CALL IT SOCIALISM!
Obamacare was mainly aimed at redistributing wealth
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obamacare-was-mainly-aimed-at-redistributing-wealth-89725302.html
***
OBAMA CATCH-ALL
Social Justice as a Code Word for Socialism: Remembering the Young Barack Obama
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/01/social-justice-as-a-code-word-for-socialism-remembering-the-young-barack-obama/
=
Looking back at Obama the narcissist
http://neoneocon.com/2010/04/05/looking-back-at-obama-the-narcissist/
and the embedded link:
Understanding Obama: The Making of a Fuehrer
http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html

***
ThOSE PEACEFUL LEFTISTS
Brick smashes GOP office window in Howell (MI)
http://www.freep.com/article/20100329/NEWS06/100329040/1320/Brick-smashes-GOP-office-window-in-Howell
=
Dozens Arrested After Tea Party Riot
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/04/dozens-arrested-after-tea-party-riot.html
+If it doesn't fit "the narrative" the leftmedia want to present... it didn't happen.
***
AMERICANS ARE RISING UP
America's Quiet Anger
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/30/americas-quiet-anger
=
The Man Who Elected Barack Obama
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/05/the-man-who-elected-barack-oba
+I agree 100% with the premise of this; I was - and still am - FURIOUS that Bush did not fight back against the media's OUTRIGHT ATTACKS to discredit him during the war. What part of "the media are part-and-parcel of the democratic party and share those same goals" is unclear to the GOP leadership?

***
HEALTHCARE AND RIPPLE EFFECTS
Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
http://volokh.com/2010/04/02/destroying-the-constitutions-structure-is-not-constitutional/
=
IRS chief: Buy health insurance or lose your tax refund
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/05/irs-chief-buy-health-insurance-or-lose-your-tax-refund/

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IMMIGRATION
Obama’s Greatest Crime
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/02/obama%e2%80%99s-greatest-crime-2/
+I don't like Michael Savage; he's far too caustic. But he's right - borders, language, culture.
***
WAR ON JIHADISM
Book Review by Pam Geller: "A God Who Hates" written by Wafa Sultan
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/10/a-god-who-hates-by-pamela-geller/
+Know your enemy; this review has some key quotes that are ESSENTIAL to understanding the nature of the enemy we face

***
IRAN, ISRAEL, THE MIDDLE EAST
An Iranian Secret Agent's Message to America
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-04/iranian-secret-agent-to-america-act-now/?cid=hp:mainpromo6

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NATIONAL SECURITY
Obama nation revisited
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026005.php
+In the words of a soldier from the movie "Aliens" when told they must only use flame weapons "What are we supposed to use, harsh language?"

Friday, April 2, 2010

LINKFEST 04-02-2010

ANNOUNCEMENT: I will now start trying to categorize the linkfests for your convenience.




LIBERALISM

The Innate Immorality of Liberalism

http://jewishworldreview.com/0310/ahlert.php3

+It's theft, even if the government does it. A great quote from another source: "A liberal is someone who is so generous they will give you the shirt off someone else's back!"

and

Where Do Jews and Christians on the Left Get Their Values?

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/01/where-do-jews-and-christians-on-the-left-get-their-values/

+Despite Obama's attending Wright's anti-semetic church, his association with Palestinian terrorist supporters... American Jews supported him. Even now, many rationalize his anti-Israel actions.

***



CUTTING OBAMA DOWN TO SIZE

What's Next for the Anointed One?

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/rosenblum_next.php3

+Have the seas retreated yet?

and

What rough beasts?

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=17670

+The arrogance of this guy never ceases to amaze.

***



ISRAEL, MIDDLE EAST, WAR ON JIHADISTS

Dr. David Gutmann: An American-Zionist Hero

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/03/29/dr-david-gutmann-an-american-zionist-hero/

+Yes, Israel is threatened; we are too, by the same forces and same philosophy as our post-American president

and

The Spy Who Loved Peace

http://townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2010/04/01/the_spy_who_loved_peace

+You mean to say that the Israelis are not evil incarnate?

and these two need to be read in combination to get a good perspective on the arab world:

On Jihad, Terrorism, Democratization, and the Strong Horse
http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/04/on_jihad_terror.html

SHAME, THE ARAB PSYCHE, AND ISLAM
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2005/08/shame-arab-psyche-and-islam.html


plus

Obama has refused to approve every one of Israel's military requests since taking office in January 2009

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/04/obama-has-refused-to-approve-every-one-of-israels-military-requests-since-taking-office-in-january-2.html

+A man with a plan... to see Israel, an ally, defeated



***



VDH - IN HIS OWN CATEGORY (AND DESERVEDLY SO)

We Are All Pods Now

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/we-are-all-pods-now/

+As usual, VDH is right on and insightful

***


IMMIGRATION


Pregnant, Illegal, & Crossing The Border

http://wolfhowling.blogspot.com/2010/03/pregnant-illegal-crossing-border.html

+Very few object to LEGAL immigration; we object to people whose very act of coming here violates our laws! And we doubly-object to the coddling they receive.

***


THE TEMPERATURE OF RHETORIC THESE DAYS


Memo to Paul Krugman and Rep. Van Hollen: My Search Was Not in Vain (Updated)

http://www.verumserum.com/?p=13647

+About the right's maps targeting the left... pot, kettle, hello?

***


THE OBAMACARE MEDICOUP


"Repeal and Replace" - Filling In the Outline

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/03/repeal_and_repl.html

+To compete with the left we NEED a compelling argument; we don't have it yet.

And check out the linked article:

Who Will Write the History of the Battle Over ObamaCare?

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/263326

***


NATIONAL SECURITY / FOREIGN RELATIONS


Bolton Suggests Nuclear Treaty Threatens American Sovereignty

http://washingtonindependent.com/80937/bolton-says-nuclear-treaty-threatens-american-sovereignty

+Obama is more concerned about how HE is perceived by the rest of the world than in managing America's interests.

and

Slapping Friends

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2010/04/02/slapping_friends

+The One seems bound and determined to alienate all of our allies - the question is WHY?



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CLIMATE CHANGE


NASA climate data worse than East Anglia CRU?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/31/nasa-climate-data-worse-than-east-anglia-cru/

+Et tu, NASA?