Nashua's Gadsden Flier

LINKFEST 07-21-2010 (long - apologies)

2010-07-21T12:26:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Our scofflaw president

http://jewishworldreview.com/0710/jkelly071210.php3

+It's about votes, pure and simple, and establishing a permanent liberal majority by any means necessary.

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No Country For White Men [Reader Post]

http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/07/13/no-country-for-white-men-reader-post/

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More on Obama the blame duck

http://neoneocon.com/2010/07/17/more-on-obama-the-blame-duck/

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Crimes of the NY Times

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/crimes_of_the_ny_times.html

+Given a demonstrable lie of such enormity and magnitude, how is it that anyone with an intelligence above an amoeba believes a thing the Treason Times prints?

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EDITORIAL: Media blackout for Black Panthers

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/2/media-blackout-for-black-panthers/

+The Marines have a strict order for critical situations: "Die in place." It means that no matter what, this spot must be defended to the death. The media have received their orders: No matter what the damage to their reputation, they WILL defend and cover for Obama...

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Obama Makes Reporting on Spill A Felony

http://www.redstate.com/elronaldo/2010/07/12/obama-makes-reporting-on-spill-a-felony/

+Outraged media frothing at the mouth over this abridgement of the First Amendment and their journalistic prerogatives in 3... 2... 1...

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It’s Your Fault

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2010/07/libtalker-bill-press-blames-spoiled.html

+Stupid voters. How dare you not recognize His Awesomeness' sheer magnificence! IIRC, it was Churchill who said "If you see your enemy committing suicide, stay out of his way." The MSM is committing suicide with their overt arrogance and naked partisanship.

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NYT Buries Key Findings

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/nyt_buries_key_findings.html

+Which is why I don't read the Treason Times

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Future of the News

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/future_of_the_news.html

+Obama is not Hitler. But I believe he has the same ego, the same lack of right-wrong, and the same ambitions.

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We know more about the Tiger Woods sex scandal than about our own president

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/we_know_more_about_the_tiger_w.html

+The question is deeper than this - not just why can't they find this stuff, but if they found it, why didn't they release it so we could know him?

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Daily Caller discovers Journolist plot to spike Wright story, smear conservatives as racists

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/20/daily-caller-discovers-journolist-plot-to-spike-wright-story-smear-conservatives-as-racists/

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Daily Caller’s Outrageous Documents Prove that the Problem Isn’t Media Bias, but Media Activism

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/20/daily-callers-outrageous-documents-prove-that-the-problem-isnt-media-bias-but-media-activism/

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Guardian’s Tomasky in 2008: “We need to throw chairs” to Silence Stories on Jeremiah Wright

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/20/guardians-tomasky-in-2008-we-need-to-throw-chairs-to-silence-stories-on-jeremiah-wright/

and

Yes, Liberal Journalists Did Manipulate The 2008 Election

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/yes-liberal-journalists-did-manipulate.html

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'Call Them Racists'

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703724104575379200412040286.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_t

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The New York Times does it again

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/07/17/the-new-york-times-does-it-again/

Hand in hand with the left. More like mouth on you-know-what.

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From the archives - the moral degeneracy and alliance with America's enemies by the media

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/45849/

With this embedded link worth reading too: http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit-archive/archives/012499.php

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Liberal journalists suggest government shut down Fox News

http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/21/liberal-journalists-suggest-government-shut-down-fox-news/

+A key quote: "Journolist [and by extension, most liberals] members tend to assume that the other side is acting out of the darkest and most dishonorable motives." They don't have the cognitive ability or imagination to conceive that others might disagree for equally valid reasons.

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

The Climategate Whitewash Continues

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704075604575356611173414140.html

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Climategate and the Big Green Lie

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/07/climategate-and-the-big-green-lie/59709/

+The comments are even more instructive. Faced with a clear whitewash of the Climategate scandal, like good little true believers (e.g., creationists), they bitterly cling to their warming religion.

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A Climate Absolution?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703394204575367483847033948.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

I hate being nannied! And "nudged"! But do I have to pay for it too?

http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/2010/07/i_hate_being_na.html

+Under ObamaCare it won't be nudging, it'll be mandating.

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Donald Berwick and The Chicago Way

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19903

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Surprise! MassCare mandates incentivize employers to end health-care coverage

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/19/surprise-masscare-mandates-incentivize-employers-to-end-health-care-coverage/

+Which is the plan ALL ALONG!

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BERWICK WRONG: BRITISH HEALTHCARE RATIONING HURTS POOR

http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2010/07/19/berwick-wrong-british-healthcare-rationing-hurts-poor/

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ObamaCare lies keep on coming

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/obamacare_lies_keep_on_coming.html

RACE

Black Panthers: "Give It Up for OBL!"

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/07/black-panthers-1.html

+Can we call them seditious traitors now? These are the people Obama is PROTECTING.

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Nationalizing King Samir Shabazz?

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/07/12/nationalizing-king-samir-shabazz/

+I love the asterisked footnote!

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How Can I Prove I am Not a Racist?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/how_can_i_prove_i_am_not_a_rac.html

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM / DHIMMITUDE

Western liberators of oppressed Arabs rewarded with rape

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/western_liberators_of_oppresse.html

+How mentally sick do you have to be to tolerate and excuse this?

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Reform: Muslim Cleric Teaches Not to Break Bones When Beating Wife

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/07/reform-.html

NATIONAL SECURITY

Osama In The Crosshairs

http://www.floppingaces.net/2006/09/08/osama-in-the-crosshairs/

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Wakeup Call from the Sleepers

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/wakeup_call_from_the_sleepers.html

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America's Fast Track to the Third World

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/americas_fast_track_to_the_thi.html

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

THE ICEBERG

http://pajamasmedia.com/ejectejecteject/2010/07/02/the-iceberg/

+Bill Whittle is a priceless treasure, and his occasional essays (and much more frequent stints on pjtv.com) are worth every second of time to take in and digest.

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The Tea Party Isn't Racist

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-14/the-tea-party-isnt-racist/

+If only the same thing could be said about the left.

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Is the Tea Party Racist?

http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Is-the-Tea-Party-Racist?offset=2&max=1&showAll=1

+Quote: "Liberals cannot imagine themselves into a way of thinking in which conservatives do what they do and believe what they believe for good reasons. And since they cannot believe that conservatives are motivated by rational beliefs and admirable motives, they must appeal to darker, more primitive impulses to explain their behavior. The racist motive presents itself as a natural and convenient explanation."

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5 Eyewitness Examples Proving Tea Parties Not Racist

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/5_eyewitness_examples_proving.html

ECONOMY

Small Business Owners Furious as 'Tan Tax' Begins

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/small-business-owners-furious-as-tan-tax-begins/?singlepage=true

+The laws of economics are no less immutable than the laws of physics; when you make something more expensive (business activity) you get less of it.

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The Cruel Ones

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/cruel-ones.html

+Living within one's means. It applies to individuals, families, and governments.

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Obama Economy Sends Americans to Their Mattresses

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/12/obama_economy_sends_americans_to_their_mattresses_106263.html

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The CBO Warns the Nation; Is Anybody Listening?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_cbo_warns_the_nation_is_an.html

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Democrat Secretaries of State Project Ready To Steal Close 2012 Elections

http://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=300796&D=2010-07-12&SO=&HC=4

+Comment #1 says it all.

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Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/felons-voting-illegally-franken-minnesota-study-finds/

+First, is anyone surprised? Second, when will the GOP make an issue of cleaning the voter rolls for real, and demanding ID & proof of citizenship before you can vote?

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Video: Demand for probe into MN felon voting grows

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/16/video-demand-for-probe-into-mn-felon-voting-grows/

+The reason for felons voting is democrats in power. Why is this so hard for the GOP to present cogently?

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Stephen Glass, Redux? ThinkProgress.org Publishes Completely Fraudulent Video Labeling Tea Partiers Racists

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/stephen-glass-redux-thinkprogress-org-publishes-completely-fraudulent-video-labeling-tea-partiers-racists/

+Leftists are lying vermin; ANY MEANS will be used to further the cause. We're in a fight-to-the-death here, and the GOP is still looking up the rules in the Marquis of Queensbury handbook

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Forest fires abound in Israel

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/07/forest-fires-abound-in-israel.html

+It's about draining economic resources to weaken your enemy. Total war, which the left simply does not have the cognitive ability to understand unless it's against America.

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Jews reluctantly abandon Swedish city amid growing anti-Semitism

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jews-reluctantly-abandon-swedish-city-amid-growing-anti-semitism-1.301276

+Get a gun, learn how to use it, carry it, and if attacked gun them all down.

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Payback

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/07/payback.html

+Those wonderful, peaceful Hamas members

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Collection - conditions in Gaza

A nice new shopping mall opened today in Gaza: Will the media report on it?
http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001127.html

Video: The real Gaza the media will never show you
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/07/video-real-gaza-media-will-never-show.html

Grand Opening of the Gaza Mall
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/07/grand-opening-of-gaza-mall.html

Pics From The Gaza “Concentration Camp”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/07/19/pics-from-the-gaza-concentration-camp/

Bargain Prices for 'Zionist' Clothes in New Gaza Luxury Mall
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138671

Where is this hotel?
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/07/where-is-this-hotel.html

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Israel to Obama: It Is Not Your Name; It Is What You Do

http://www.hudson-ny.org/1419/israel-to-obama-not-your-name

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Briefly

http://www.yourish.com/2010/07/20/11572

+It's Israeli Double-Standard Time

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Attacks on Freedom

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0710/stossel071410.php3

+You cannot control a man who commits no crime - only with the threat of law can people be controlled... but worse, this happens:

The Left's Psychological Assault on Independence

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_lefts_psychological_assaul.html

+This one is VITAL to read as it highlights the underpinnings of so much the left does

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What Do Flat Earthers and Gun Control Advocates Have in Common?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-do-flat-earthers-and-gun-control-advocates-have-in-common/?singlepage=true

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Coyotes in the State of Nature

http://article.nationalreview.com/438232/coyotes-in-the-state-of-nature/kevin-williamson?page=1

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

Logic, Chopped

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/07/14/logic-chopped/

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

VDH: Holder's Hypocrisy

http://jewishworldreview.com/0710/hanson071510.php3

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Williams: A Failed Obama Hero

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams071310.php3

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VDH: A Ten-Step Reset Regimen for the President

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/a-ten-step-reset-regimen-for-the-president/?singlepage=true

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Williams: Making Americans Sick

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams072110.php3

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Sowell: Race Card Fraud

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/07/20/race_card_fraud/page/full

LINKFEST 07-09-2010

2010-07-09T11:04:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Teaching Your Neighbors To Be Seen and Not Herd

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/05/teaching-your-neighbours-to-be-seen-and-not-herd/

+Like more than a few asked before the election - Obama could sodomize and then cannibalize a child on national TV and his approval rating wouldn't move much.

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Institutionalized Gangster Government

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/institutionalized-gangster-government/?singlepage=true

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Is Obama 'faithfully executing' the laws?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/is_obama_faithfully_executing.html

+Impeachable?

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Lawlessness at the DOJ: Voting Section Told Not To Enforce Purging the Dead or Ineligible from Voting Rolls

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/lawlessness-at-the-doj-voting-section-told-not-to-enforce-purging-the-dead-or-ineligible-from-voting-rolls/?singlepage=true

+Yes, impeachable.

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Writing for PJM Helped Make Me Enemy of the State Number #38

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/writing-for-pjm-helped-make-me-enemy-of-the-state-number-38/?singlepage=true

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Wonderful News on Climate Change!

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/07/wonderful_news.html

+So much simpler when there's only one side of the debate present

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They Came for the Appliances

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php

+Hey, when you're *cue reverb* SAVING THE PLANET there's no limit to the power you need to have

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When Good Trees Go Bad

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/when_good_trees_go_bad.html

+When the data don’t fit the model, HONEST scientists think that the model could be wrong…

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

The Euthanasia Drumbeat Gets Louder

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_euthanasia_drumbeat_gets_l.html

+Death panels.

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Despite Dismissive Media, Palin's 'Death Panels' Resurface in WH Rationing Schemes

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/04/27/despite-dismissive-media-palins-death-panels-resurface-wh-rationing-

+If it looks like rationing, and sounds like rationing...

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Obamacare a Threat to White Castle and IHOP. This Time, It’s Personal

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/07/09/obamacare-a-threat-to-white-castle-and-ihop-this-time-it%e2%80%99s-personal/

IMMIGRATION

Crimmigrants Steal, Citizen Defends Property—Who Is Facing Life In Prison?

http://michaelgraham.com/archives/crimmigrants-steal-citizen-defends-property-mdash-who-is-facing-life-in-prison/

and

Cops hunt man accused of raping child

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1266320&format=text

+Until people suffer personal consequences of their tolerance of illegal immigration, or terrorism, they don't take it seriously.

RACE

CAUGHT ON TAPE—- Racist NAACP Leader Says “Kenneth Gladney Not Black Enough” to Protect – He’s an “Uncle Tom” (Video)

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/07/caught-on-tape-racist-naacp-leader-says-kenneth-gladney-not-black-enough-to-protect-hes-an-uncle-tom-video/

+So you're only black if you think a certain way.

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My Black Dad & Obama

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/my_black_dad_obama.html

+The implications are staggering; being afraid because you don't think a certain way - the way you're "supposed to think"

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Whitewashing black racism

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/07/09/whitewashing-black-racism/

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM / DHIMMITUDE

Bedtime stories for the Islamic world

http://jewishworldreview.com/0710/lowry070910.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY

China Winning a Victory at Sea

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/china_winning_a_victory_at_sea_1.html

+Weakness, weakness, weakness.

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Romney's devastating New-START critique

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/07/romneys_devastating_newstart_c.html

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What Is Hezbollah Doing On The US-Mexican Border?

http://soccerdad.baltiblogs.com/archives/2010/07/06/what_is_hezbollah_doing_on_the_us-mexican_border.html

+Anyone with three brain cells capable of firing at once knows what Hezbollah is doing. Which rules out most leftists like Obama.

ECONOMY

Small Business Owners Furious as ‘Tan Tax’ Begins

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/small-business-owners-furious-as-tan-tax-begins/?singlepage=true

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Democrats Want to Tax Your ATM Withdrawals

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/07/08/democrats-want-to-tax-your-atm-withdrawals/

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Sin Tax Schadenfreude

http://www.redstate.com/haystack/2010/07/07/sin-tax-schadenfreude/

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Good news: No-doc “liar loans” making a comeback

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/good-news-no-doc-liar-loans-making-a-comeback/

+More people borrowing that can't afford it. What could go wrong?

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Americans may be slammed by shocking tax hike

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_689239.html

+Nails in the coffin

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Reid Campaign Targets Angle Supporters With Phishing Website

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/reid-campaign-targets-angle-supporters.html

+Scum. Pure and simple. Which is why I do not trust the left, ever, ever, ever.

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Former Chicago Machine Player Issues Warning to Sharron Angle Campaign

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/former_chicago_machine_player.html

+Why do you think the left opposes showing an ID to vote?

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You’ve got hate mail: Liberal racism gone wild!

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/07/08/youve-got-hate-mail-liberal-racism-gone-wild/

+More racism from those oh-so-tolerant lefties

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The Obama-Pelosi Lame Duck Strategy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704293604575343262629361470.html

+Party before country; power before the Constitution. Scum. Stockpile tar and feathers.

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Reid Supporters Play The Rape Card

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/reid-supporters-play-rape-card.html

+Working to win by any means necessary.

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Mother of baby saved by Israelis wants him to murder them

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/07/mother-of-baby-saved-by-israelis-wants.html

+Meet the very definition of ungrateful

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Abbas: "If All Of You [Arab States] Will Fight Israel, We Are In Favor"

http://daledamos.blogspot.com/2010/07/abbas-if-all-of-you-arab-states-will.html

+And these guys are the moderates Israel's supposed to trust and work with?

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Does supporting terrorism make America safer?

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2010/07/does-supporting-terrorism-make-america.html

and

Why Do Muslims Murder Americans?

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-do-muslims-murder-americans.html

+History IS, no matter how much the left tries to rewrite and deny it

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Iran Heats Up: The Bazaar Strikes Back

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/07/08/iran-heats-up-the-bazaar-strikes-back/?singlepage=true

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Videos: The upcoming stoning of Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/videos-the-stoning-of-sakineh-mohammadie-ashtiani/

+And these are the people Obama wants to negotiate with

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

‘You Want Freedom? You’re Gonna Have to Kill Some Crackers’

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/07/06/youre-gonna-have-to-kill-some-crackers/?singlepage=true

+White leftists form allies with ANYONE against their perceived common enemy: America. This is like sheep forming alliances with wolves to over throw the rancher... somehow, in the end, it's not going to work out so well for the sheep.

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Sour Grapes

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/sour_grapes_1.html

+Quote: "What is it about liberals that compels them to be such obnoxious, self-righteous know-it-alls? Does it ever occur to them that there might be a reason for the things someone does?"

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24-Year-Old College Grad Picks Dad’s Sofa Over $40k Job

http://michaelgraham.com/archives/24-year-old-college-grad-picks-dad-rsquo-s-sofa-over-40k-job/

+Definitely out by day's end...

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

Independence and the Right to Private Property

http://townhall.com/columnists/JosephCPhillips/2010/07/05/independence_and_the_right_to_private_property/page/full

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Dependency, the Liberals' Natural Resource

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/dependency_the_liberals_natura.html

+Taking from the 49% to give to the 51%

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May I Sign a New Social Contract, Please?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/06/may-i-sign-a-new-social-contract-please/

+Feeding at the trough.

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The paranoid answer

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/05/the-paranoid-answer/

+I'm paranoid.

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The Business of Government

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/07/07/the-business-of-government/

+Love this guy!

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Green Economics and the Void of Desire

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/07/09/green-economics-and-the-void-of-desire/

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

Sowell: Santa and Frank

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/07/06/santa_and_frank/page/full

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VDH: Think About It!

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/think-about-it/?singlepage=true

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VDH: The Ministries of Truth Weigh In

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-ministries-of-truth-weigh-in/?singlepage=true

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

2010-07-02T12:57:00.002-07:00

NOT "Happy Fourth of July".

July 4 is a date. Independence Day is an event.

LINKFEST 07-02-2010

2010-07-02T12:57:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

The “tectonic shift” in U.S.-Israel relations

http://www.yourish.com/2010/06/27/11376

+Quote: "...twenty years of listening to Reverend Wright absolutely made their mark."

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Avertable catastrophe

http://www.financialpost.com/Avertible+catastrophe/3203808/story.html

+Not just a failure of leadership or foresight; a failure to adapt - a critical weakness not only in this scenario but in any

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ADAMS: Inside the Black Panther case Anger, ignorance and lies

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/25/inside-the-black-panther-case-anger-ignorance-and-/

+"Anything that advances the left is good, no matter what." This is the mentality of the domestic enemy we have.

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Kagan’s SCOTUS deception to defend partial-birth abortions

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/29/kagans-scotus-deception-to-defend-partial-birth-abortions/

and

Kagan's 'smoking gun' abortion document

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/kagans_smoking_gun_abortion_do.html

and

The Face of Tyranny

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/06/30/the-face-of-tyranny/

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Yale Fellow "Obama Most Radical US President Ever"

http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2010/06/yale-fellow-obama-most-radical-us.html

+I like this blog...

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Obama's Coffee House Loophole

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin063010.php3

+Corruption and intent to deceive on a scale so vast it boggles the imagination.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Camouflaging The Point

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/27/camouflaging-the-point/

+Quote: "The fact that 'journalists' are discussing how to politically shade their coverage to achieve desired political ends – as some of Weigel’s emails showed – is the real issue here."

=

Meet J. Christian Adams

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/07/026652.php

+If it doesn't damage a conservative, the MSM is deaf, dumb, and blind.

=

Welcome to East Germany on the Potomac

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/06/27/welcome-to-east-germany-on-the-potomac/

+When a cabal gets together to collude and determine what is "news" and what isn't, it's dangerous, regardless of which side it is. But since, for the left, the ends justify the means, it's OK when our enlightened betters do it.

=

Big Government, Bad Journalism

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/26/big-government-bad-journalism/

+Media and liberals; two sides of the same coin

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

No Light Bulb at the End of the Tunnel

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/06/no_light_bulb_a.html

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Harry Reid Needs To Answer For This CBO Report

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/07/harry-reid-needs-to-answer-for-this-cbo.html

+Quote: "First, the Democrats built assumptions into ObamaCare which were unrealistic, yet the CBO was forced to use those assumptions for its baseline projection."

RACE

He’s Obama! He’s Black! So, Shut Up!

http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=1317

NATIONAL SECURITY

Will Obama kill missile defense in new treaty?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/29/will-obama-kill-missile-defense-in-new-treaty/

+Leaving us open to attack. Deliberately? I'd bet so.

=

Turkey: America's New Armorer?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/turkey_americas_new_armorer_1.html

+Hey, why not outsource our defense industry to countries at risk of becoming Islamist states? Next up, outsourcing our aircraft carriers to China. Is there ANYONE capable of THOUGHT in DC?

=

Will the Dems Get the Blame for Iranian Nukes?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/will_the_dems_get_the_blame_fo.html

+If there were true justice, only leftists would get killed by Iranian nukes.

=

Making the World More Dangerous

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen070210.php3

+Obama's actions are making us less safe. Period.

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

It's the Media, Stupid!

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/its_the_media_stupid.html

+The media, at this point, have sold their souls to the left; they are flip sides of the same dangerous coin that threatens America

=

Restoration or Revolution?

http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2010/04/08/restoration-or-revolution/

+And follow the link to Essential Liberty too

=

The War on Sarah Palin Really is a War on Conservatives

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/26/the-war-on-sarah-palin-really-is-a-war-on-conservatives/

+When will the GOP grow a set? When will the GOP understand this is a war for America, a war that they're fighting by Marquis of Queensbury rules while the other side smashes beer bottles and gets ready for the gut-stab?

ECONOMY

Leviathan's Loot

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/leviathans_loot_1.html

+Quote: Serfs throughout history were not ripped off to this degree. Pharaoh's subjects in ancient Egypt were taxed at 20 percent. And even though tax collectors in that ancient land were as abundant as "the sands of the seas," they were instructed not to be brutal. According to one of their manuals, "If a poor farmer is in trouble with his taxes, cut two-thirds of them." They were even told to "cheer up everyone and to place them into good humor." When was the last time a friendly IRS agent made an effort to lift up your broke(n) spirit? The ancient Egyptians also had to donate a few weeks of their labor to Pharaoh each year. These days, we work for the federal government almost four months out of the year.

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The Perfect Society: A Land without Wealth?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_perfect_society_a_land_wit.html

=

No One's Capital Is Safe in Obama's America

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/no_ones_capital_is_safe_in_oba.html

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Union thugs attack construction workers with bats at Toys R Us

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/29/union-thugs-attack-construction-workers-with-bats-at-toys-r-us/

+And just think how "tolerant" they'll be if they get the card-check bill passed

and

Vandalized and Beaten for Being Non-Union?

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/06/28/vandalized-and-beaten-for-being-non-union/

+Not a singular event, apparently

=

Desperately Seeking Liberals

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/desperately_seeking_liberals.html

+As a friend says, "Liberals are not fully-formed individuals."

=

Gun Shy

http://reason.com/archives/2010/06/30/gun-shy

+I put this here because it highlights the mental gymnastics - nay, contortions - that leftists need to go through to justify their statist desires.

=

Sheldon Whitehouse Can't Help Himself

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/sheldon-whitehouse-cant-help-himself.html

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Iraq and Afghanistan Are about Enlightened Self-Interest, Not Oil

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/27/iraq-and-afghanistan-are-about-enlightened-self-interest-not-oil/

=

Seeing Iran Plain

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/06/27/seeing-iran-plain/?singlepage=true

=

Why Islam Will Never Accept the State of Israel

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/why_islam_will_never_accept_th.html

+This argument is true, and utterly beyond the cognitive template of the left.

=

What is Israel's Capital City?

http://nizos.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-is-israels-capital-city.html

+Wash. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The brainwashing starts early.

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Amputate or Die, by Dr. Jack Wheeler

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27672-Portland-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m6d18-Amputate-or-Die-by-Dr-Jack-Wheeler

+That is the question - does the GOP have the stones to lead - or will they blow it once more?

=

How did four Supreme Court justices wind up arguing against the Constitution?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/01/how-did-four-supreme-court-justices-wind-up-arguing-against-the-constitution/

=

We’re Here, We’re Queer and We’re in Abject Denial

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/26/were-here-were-queer-and-were-in-abject-denial/

+Helping to protect and advance a cause that would see you dead and buried. Isn't there some psychological illness that covers that?

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

A World Without Profit

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/26/a-world-without-profit/

=

Awakening From The Collective Dream

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/29/awakening-from-the-collective-dream/

+Starting to really like this guy!

=

The Leftist 'Purification' Movement

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_leftist_purification_movem.html

+These people are ideologues for whom the ends justify any means.

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

Williams: Where Best To Be Poor

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams063010.php3

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VDH: (Even a Few) Words Matter

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/victor-davis-hanson/2010/07/01/even-a-few-words-matter/

=

Mark Steyn: Learning the rules of an unengaged president

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/obama-255034-one-president.html

+Adding Steyn to the list of "In a class by themselves"

=

VDH: Where Did the Tea-Party Anger Come From?

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/where-did-the-teaparty-anger-come-from/?singlepage=true

06/27/2010

2010-06-27T07:19:00.000-07:00

Day by Day Cartoon
06/27/2010

INTOLERABLE ACTS.

LINKFEST 06-25-2010

2010-06-25T13:17:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

An Ineffective Thug

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026575.php

=

Is Obama's BP Shakedown an Impeachable Offense?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/is_obamas_bp_shakedown_an_impe.html

=

The Scent Of Fear

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2010/06/21/the-scent-of-fear.php

+"Never let a crisis go to waste."

=

Feds halt berm-building dredging off Louisiana coast

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/23/feds-halt-berm-building-dredging-by-louisiana/

+The stench of utter incompetence... or deliberate intent

=

Walpin defeat means president can fire IGs at will

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/walpin-defeat-means-president-can-fire-igs-at-will-96714994.html

+The watchees are watching - and controlling - the watchers

=

Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur

http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2010/06/18/mort-zuckerman-world-sees-obama-as-incompetent-and-amateur.html

+And a pushover.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Journalism's Worst Enemy in the World

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/journalisms_worst_enemy_in_the.html

+The fact that they praise this guy shows their true colors, and willful blindness

=

Mika Brzezinski: I’m working with the White House on oil spill talking points

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/21/mika-brzezinski-im-working-with-the-white-house-on-oil-spill-talking-points/

+I'm not quite as forgiving as the writer.

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

BREAKING: ‘Green’ Energy Company Threatens Economics Professor … with Package of Dismantled Bomb Parts

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/breaking-green-energy-company-threatens-economics-professor-with-package-of-dismantled-bomb-parts/

+Outrageous! And the judge who ruled against Obama's drilling moratorium is getting death threats. Just WHO is the violent party?

=

Solar Energy Oppresses Fish

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/06/solar-energy-op.html

+Unintended consequences - showing, once again, that there are no perfect solutions, only tradeoffs to be weighed

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Get ready to lose your insurance

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/06/get-ready-to-lose-your-insurance.html

IMMIGRATION

Obama's Means to the Immigration Reform End

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/obamas_means_to_the_immigratio.html

+If this is verifiable, can we please start impeachment proceedings for failure to protect the US?

RACE

Ghetto Racism

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/25/ghetto-racism/

+Powerful, and damning

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM / DHIMMITUDE

Hey Paris, just go ahead and surrender already

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/21/hey-paris-just-go-ahead-and-surrender-already/

=

Amerabia

http://www.redstate.com/mailloux/2010/06/23/amerabia/

+Creeping Sharia indeed. I was in Dearborn in 2008; some sections are more like the streets of some Arab country, complete with burkha-clad women everywhere, than an American city.

NATIONAL SECURITY

America, the weak horse by choice

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026575.php

+No nation in history has ever deterred attack by groveling and weakening itself

=

A reckless, graceless exit

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026580.php

+With Obama as President no nation would be wise to be our ally or rely on us

=

Stop the Defense Cut Bandwagon, Conservatives

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/19/stop-the-defense-cut-bandwagon-conservatives/

+If you want peace, prepare for war

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Olive Branch Politics

http://www.redstate.com/dwestlake/2010/06/22/olive-branch-politics/

+Damn right. This is a bar brawl, and accepting halfway multiple times only ends up with you losing everything eventually.

=

2010 is America’s Thermopylae

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2010/06/19/2010-is-americas-thermopylae/

+If the Marxist hordes cannot be stopped now, they never will.

=

The Secret of America

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_secret_of_america.html

+Truly a MUST READ (and possible repeat)

ECONOMY

Toxic Citizens?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704002104575290451594973266.html?mod=WSJEUROPE_hpp_MIDDLEFourthNews

+And another way to undermine our participation in the world economy

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

The Left Airbrushes History to Neuter America

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/20/the-left-airbrushes-history-to-neuter-america/

+Voltaire was right. And Orwell too.

=

So Comfortable in Corruption, They Needn't Even Dissemble

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/06/so_comfortable.html

+Brazen. And with their media protectors and their own as the watchmen, no wonder.

=

Attacks on the Electoral College Gain Momentum

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmMyMDI4OTA0NDA3NTI2Y2Q0M2ZmMGZkMmM3MWNhMzk=

+Further concentrating power to population centers where the left dominates

=

Airbrushing/Rewriting History – UPDATE

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/06/24/airbrushingrewriting-history/

+We have always been at war with Eurasia.

=

Democrats: Free speech for me, not for thee

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Democrats_-Free-speech-for-me_-not-for-thee-97108664.html

+And damn that pesky First Amendment

=

Debunking a Pro-Gun Control Study Using Its Own Stats

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/debunking-a-pro-gun-control-study-using-their-own-stats/?singlepage=true

+Conclusion first, analysis after.

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The Flotillas of Summer, The Guns of August

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/06/24/the-flotillas-of-summer-the-guns-of-august/

+The oldest hatred, rising again - to thunderous applause from the intelligensia and other "enlightened souls"

=

Why Does Barack Obama Want Gazans to Live in Poverty?

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/19/why-does-barack-obama-want-gazans-to-live-in-poverty/

+The better to use as a weapon against Israel

=

Remembering Neda Soltani

http://www.rantburg.com:8080/poparticle.php?ID=299254&D=2010-06-20&SO=&HC=4

+Martyr for freedom.

=

Video: Arab Children Sing, "When We Die as Martyrs"

http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archive/2010/06/video-arab-children-sing-when-we-die-as/index.shtml

+Yeah, sure these people want peaceful co-existence

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

The Jews and the Bloody-Minded Professors

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_jews_and_the_bloodyminded.html

=

Don't Throw Us into That Breyer Patch!

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/06/dont_throw_us_i.html

+There is no enemy of America the left will hesitate to embrace

=

Authoritarian Moonbats Want to Take the Smile Out of Happy Meals

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/06/authoritarian-m.html

+Definition of a liberalism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, is doing something you don't approve of, and dammit, you need to get a law passed to stop them because you know better than they do!

=

School Nanny Staters Say ‘No Best Friend For You’

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/24/school-nanny-staters-say-%e2%80%98no-best-friend-for-you%e2%80%99/

+Quote: "For all their talk of individuality and alternative lifestyles and the like, the left wants nothing of the sort and they’ve extended that agenda to our schools. They do not want free thinkers. They want pack mentality. They don’t want individual freedom. They want sheep."

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19677

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

Sowell: Degeneration of Democracy

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/06/22/degeneration_of_democracy?page=full

And some analysis wrapped around:

http://moneyrunner.blogspot.com/2010/06/thomas-sowell-is-us-now-on-slippery.html

=

Sowell: A Mind-Changing Page

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/06/17/a_mind-changing_page

=

Williams: Greed and the Greater Good

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/18/greed-and-the-greater-good/

MUST READ: THE BIG QUESTION OF 2010

2010-06-22T07:03:00.000-07:00

THE BIG QUESTION OF 2010

http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2010/06/21/the_big_question_of_2010

+THE question.

LINKFEST 06-19-2010

2010-06-18T13:32:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Obama's Assaults on Liberty Proceed Unabated

http://townhall.com/columnists/DavidLimbaugh/2010/06/15/obamas_assaults_on_liberty_proceed_unabated?page=full

+Tyrant in the making.

=

The Ignoble Savage: Administration Zeroes Out Return to Moon

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/06/the_noble_legac.html

+Obama's commitment to American mediocrity and decline - MUST READ

=

Does this guy know anybody who’s not an Marxist, socialist or America-hating radical?

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/06/shocker-obama-justice-nominee-says-9-11-was-not-an-act-of-war/

=

Obama would rather the Gulf die than anger his Big Labor buddies [Darleen Click]

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19548

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Media, Academia Destroying Themselves Over Israel

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/media-academia-destroying-themselves-over-israel/?singlepage=true

+The problem is that too many people still accept what is said on TV as gospel

=

Chris Matthews’ “Rise of The New Right”: Delusional Neo-Communist Propaganda

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/17/chris-matthews-rise-of-the-new-right-delusional-neo-communist-propaganda/

+Vermin.

=

Beck-Bashing Author Admits He ‘Never Tried to Get in Touch With’ His Subject

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/04/beck-bashing-author-admits-he-never-tried-to-get-in-touch-with-his-subject/

+For the left, integrity and the truth are speed bumps.

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Some people never learn. Unfortunately for us, it’s the Democrats, who think more marketing will help people swallow ObamaCare

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/14/swallowobamacare/

=

In love with socialized medicine

http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby061710.php3

+Why can’t we ship proponents of this to Cuba?

=

The Bad News About ObamaCare Keeps Piling Up

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704198004575310773636609374.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_BelowLEFTSecond

=

Obama administration: Health-care mandates are taxes after all

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/18/obama-administration-health-care-mandates-are-taxes-after-all/

=

New draft health-care regs: If you like your plan, you can’t necessarily keep your plan

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/11/new-draft-health-care-regs-if-you-like-your-plan-you-cant-necessarily-keep-your-plan/

IMMIGRATION

Muslim-owned hotel in New York offers easy citizenship "birth tourism"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/muslim-hotel-in-new-york-offers-easy-citizenship-birth-tourism.html

+But nooooo, nobody would attempt to abuse US law like that.

RACE

Goodbye to One Man, One Vote

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/goodbye_to_one_man_one_vote.html

+Remember, the left has a vested interest in maintaining minority poverty and sense of victimhood.

=

“National Science Foundation funds report calling health-care opponents racist”

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19540

+Thus proving that scientists can be as corrupt as anyone.

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM / DHIMMITUDE

Jordan: 20-year-old woman shot in the head by her brothers for marrying against her family's wishes

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/jordan-20-year-old-woman-shot-in-the-head-by-her-brothers-for-marrying-against-her-familys-wishes.html

+Just the sort of culture with whom we can negotiate on the up-and-up

=

Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt?

http://jewishworldreview.com/0610/ahlert061410.php3

+Quote: "I'd rather be a living bigot than a dead 'enlightened' thinker."

=

I’ve Become an Enemy of the People for Speaking the Truth About Islam

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ive-become-an-enemy-of-the-people-in-norway-for-speaking-the-truth-about-islam/?singlepage=true

+Pre-emptive surrender; Stockholm Syndrome is right

=

The New Yorker sneers at a freedom fighter

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/15/the-new-yorker-sneers-at-a-freedom-fighter/

=

Women's Rights

http://snappedshot.com/turbo/1321-Womens-Rights.html

+I love it!

=

Canadian Islamic Honor Killings for Embracing Western Culture

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/17/canadian-islamic-honor-killings-for-embracing-western-culture/

+Why is it so utterly impossible to convince leftists of this problem despite documented cases aplenty?

and

This Is Rare Courage

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen061810.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY

Parallels Between Present-Day Iran and Nazi Germany

http://article.nationalreview.com/435256/parallels-between-present-day-iran-and-nazi-germany/r-james-woolsey?page=1

+I have maintained for several years now that we are in an echo of the 1930's.

=

China’s Military Threatens America: ‘We Will Hurt You’

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/china%E2%80%99s-military-threatens-america-we-will-hurt-you/?singlepage=true

+Bowing and scraping to all the world's potentates crying "I'm sorry" doesn't win you points either.

=

The Fatal Follies of Containment

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/06/17/the-fatal-follies-of-containment/

with three critical embedded links:

Iran and the Costs of Containment

http://article.nationalreview.com/433174/iran-and-the-costs-of-containment/michael-anton

and

Boxing Iran: A Case against Containment

http://article.nationalreview.com/436511/boxing-iran-a-case-against-containment/clifford-d-may?page=1

and

Iran Cannot Be Contained

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/iran-cannot-be-contained-15462

+Quote:
+
+“A nation that excels at dying will be blessed by Allah with a life of dignity and with eternal paradise,” said Muhammad al-Baltaji, deputy secretary general of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary contingent and a passenger on the flotilla that recently attempted to land in Gaza. (Thanks to MEMRI for the translation.) Similarly and famously, Khomeini said: “We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”
+
+End quote

+And Obama thinks he can come to a mutually-agreeable solution? Or does he not think so, and accepts it?

=

Paralyzing American Power

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/paralyzing_american_power.html

ECONOMY

Forget the Populist Rhetoric – We All Pay for Big Government

http://townhall.com/columnists/CarrieLukas/2010/06/14/forget_the_populist_rhetoric_–_we_all_pay_for_big_government

=

Crude Politics

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704198004575311033371466938.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

+The left has an agenda: green energy uber alles, no matter the impact, no matter the consequences to the economy

=

Keynes' 'Animal Spirits'

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/keynes_animal_spirits.html

+I predicted that uncertainty created by politicians' constant meddling would do exactly this.

and

Obama v BP

http://www.economist.com/node/16377269?story_id=16377269&source=features_box_main

+And others are noticing it too... what company will invest in America if it knows it can be a target outside the rule of law but subject to the President's whims?

=

Slaves of the Ethereal Machine

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/05/slaves-of-the-ethereal-machine/

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Because they’re Better Than Us, example #6547

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/14/because-theyre-better-than-us-example-6547/

=

When Democrats use a 527 to sockpuppet

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19499

+Lying, cheating scumbag leftists. But I repeat myself.

=

The Left's Sexual Terrorism

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_lefts_sexual_terrorism_1.html

=

Survivors of Left-Wing Education Policy Speak Out

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/16/survivors-of-left-wing-education-policy-speak-out/

+I really think that the left looks longingly at these camps wishing they could do them here. Bill Ayers et al, Obama's buddies, spoke of the need for camps here in the US.

=

Liberal hypocrisy wrapped in Philanthropy

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/liberal_hypocrisy_wrapped_in_p.html

+I love the smell of hypocrisy; smells like victory.

=

Leftist Teacher Trashes the Uniform & Shames Her Profession in One Fell Swoop

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/17/leftist-teacher-trashes-the-uniform-shames-her-profession-in-one-fell-swoop/

=

ACORN Manipulated Report That ‘Cleared’ ACORN

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/17/acorn-manipulated-report-that-cleared-acorn/

+Did you seriously expect anything else?

=

Empathy Liberal Style: Not Worth A Bucket Of Spit

http://rightwingnews.com/2010/06/empathy-liberal-style-not-worth-a-bucket-of-spit/

+I read the screwtape letters once, years ago; I may need to revisit...

and an associated essay

Had Enough Therapy?

http://stuartschneiderman.blogspot.com/2010/05/mind-of-young-america.html

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Inconvenient Questions and Answers About Gaza

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/inconvenient-questions-and-answers.html

+Important. The graph the Economist provides is based on anecdotes from the Palestinians, who have - of course - no incentive to lie. ROFL.

and an embedded link

Behind the Headlines: The Israeli humanitarian lifeline to Gaza

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Israeli_humanitarian_lifeline_Gaza_25-May-2010.htm

=

Turkish Jihad Flotilla: Anti-Israel Protesters Infiltrated By Pro-Israel Protesters

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202905.php

+Beautiful.

=

Fact: Gaza is Not a Concentration Camp

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/16/fact-gaza-is-not-a-concentration-camp/

=

He puts his money where his beliefs are

http://jewishworldreview.com/0510/jeru_real_estate.php3

+Excellent. Where do I invest? But you know what's interesting... the Palestinian death penalty for any Palestinian who sells to a Jew. Imagine the uproar if anywhere in the US had such a policy against, say, black people.

=

Collective Punishment -- And Collective Guilt.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/collective_punishment_and_coll.html

+If only the big government morons could actually be forced to pay for their desires, while I get left alone!

=

Obama and the Rising Mob Against Israel

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/obama_and_the_rising_mob_again.html

+I hear echoes of the libs saying, like Gandhi, that the Jews should lay down and allow themselves to be killed to show their moral superiority

=

MUST READ: If Israel goes down, we all go down

http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/main/showNews/id/9401

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Social Issues vs. Fiscal Issues

http://townhall.com/columnists/PhyllisSchlafly/2010/06/15/social_issues_vs_fiscal_issues?page=full

=

The Slave Mentality

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_slave_mentality.html

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

VDH: Government by the Faculty Lounge

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/government-by-the-faculty-lounge/?singlepage=true

+What was it that William F Buckley, Jr. said? Something about preferring to be governed by the first 100 names in the phone book than 100 Harvard faculty members?

=

Sowell: Oil and Snake Oil

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/06/15/oil_and_snake_oil?page=full

=

Sowell: A golden age for ignorant power

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/A-golden-age-for-ignorant-power-95887054.html

=

VDH: Raising Cain over Israel

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson061310.html

=

VDH: ‘Bush Did it’ Is Not a Foreign Policy

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0610/hanson061710.php3

+Quote: Suddenly, allies such as democratic Colombia, Israel and India cannot count on our support in their rivalries with aggressive neighbors, while overt enemies such as Iran, Hamas and North Korea wonder whether a brief window has opened for aggrandizement without repercussions.

SPECIAL POST: INTOLERABLE ACTS BY OBAMA

2010-06-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

“All the legality of a car-jacking”
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/17/all-the-legality-of-a-car-jacking/

and embedded link:

The Oilers vs. The Stealers
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/17/the-oilers-vs-the-stealers

and

Our Caudillo President
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/16/the-caudillo-president

and

The Bully's Pulpit
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/bullys-pulpit.html

+The money quote from all these is simple: "The corruption of the administration, and the effective collusion by the liberal media, are breathtaking to behold."

+And my comment is this: "The evisceration of the Rule of Law, the power grabbing, the deafness to The People, the actions which are so harmful to the economy in toto that they cannot NOT be intended... these are INTOLERABLE ACTS." And I chose those two words very, very carefully.

SPECIAL POST - READ THESE NOW

2010-06-15T08:31:00.000-07:00

Then read them again. Then re-read them tomorrow morning after they percolates a little. This is the fate the Obamunists have in mind for us all... the total sapping of individuality, the top-down, elitist, we-know-better-than-you approach of all the eggheads that, throughout history, have imposed on society after society. All for your own good, because they mean well.

When Good People Do Bad Things http://townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2010/06/15/when_good_people_do_bad_things?page=full

Remember, they MEAN WELL. They have GOOD INTENTIONS. Then read this:

Utopia: The End of Men, Sweden, and the Progressive Endgame http://www.redstate.com/thesophist/2010/06/13/utopia-the-end-of-men-sweden-and-the-progressive-endgame/

There are any number of thoughts in this, but pay attention to these two quotes:

First one:

As Lenin's vision of a communist revolution depended upon intellectuals who would educate the proletarian workers as to their true interests, ultimately becoming the political system of Party insiders and everyone else so richly mocked by Animal Farm, so does modern Progressivism rely upon and ultimately become a game of noblesse oblige wherein the enlightened leadership has to go ahead of the ignorant public.

Just listen to Kerry, Gore, Obama, et al talking about cap-and-trade, or the VAT, or health care. We proles can't be trusted to make the "right" choices, so they will force us. At first, through recommendations, then regulations, then by outright law they will MAKE US obey for our own good - as determined by them.

Second quote:

Furthermore, the Progressive vision is less concerned about individual free will and far more interested in society as a whole.

Communism. Fascism. All these have one central element: the individual serves the state, not the other way around.

As the Obamunists prepare to enslave, er, regulate us for our own good, because of their intellectually-fueled beneficence, remember this one last quote from CS Lewis:

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

LINKFEST 06-11-2010

2010-06-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Obama and the Trouble With Voting 'Present'

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296631991069878.html

=

My title: straight from the sewer

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/100959/

=

ACORN employees tell FBI of deliberate election fraud, according to new documents

http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/10/acorn-employees-tell-fbi-of-deliberate-election-fraud-according-to-new-documents

+And Obama is thick-as-thieves with ACORN

=

Obama announces new terrorist stimulus package

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/10/obama-announces-new-terrorist-stimulus-package/

+Yes, the phrase "aid and comfort" DOES come to mind

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

The War Against Sharron Angle Comes To WaPo

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/war-against-sharron-angle-comes-to-wapo.html

+In summary: The WaPo article about Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle "is misleading". Gee, the media taking sides to smear the opponent of a democrat - color me "macaca".

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Wharton school blasts a hole in AGW

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/wharton_school_blasts_a_hole_i.html

+Wait. Models have to match observed data? This is heresy - at least, to the Church of AGW.

IMMIGRATION

American Lives Sacrificed for an Immigration Agenda

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/09/american-lives-sacrificed-for-an-immigration-agenda/

+Liberals will "get it" on immigration only when immigrants stop doing their grub-chores and start "doing" their daughters; when the machetes stop chopping lettuce and start chopping hands; when the influx of people with no interest in assimilation turn their neighborhoods into minuature versions of the countries they escaped, THEN the left will comprehend - when they have to pay a personal price. Not before.

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Taliban hang 7-year-old boy for "spying"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/taliban-hang-7-year-old-boy-for-spying.html

+Tell me again - we're looking to negotiate with these people??

NATIONAL SECURITY

NGO's and the next war

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/06/ngos-and-next-war.html

+Placed here because this has ripple effects to security in the US and the West

=

Clueless About Gaza

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026503.php

+Filed here because the naivete is not just related to Gaza, but is clear in all Obambi's foreign dealings

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

The Road to Serfdom as a Comic Book

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/enemies_foreign_domestic/the_road_to_serfdom_in_ca.php

+With the left applauding the "educated and elite leaders" all the way.

=

Dangerous Radical

http://townhall.com/columnists/MonaCharen/2010/06/11/dangerous_radical

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

What Do You Mean, Liberals Don’t Have Conservatives’ Best Interests in Mind?

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/09/what-do-you-mean-liberals-dont-have-conservatives-best-interests-in-mind/

+When your enemy tells you they want you to succeed... what's worse is that too many RINOs trust them.

=

SC Dems urge mystery candidate to withdraw from Senate race citing pending felony charges and pro-life stance, but mostly pro-life stance

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/06/sc-dems-urge-mystery-candidate-to.html

+Ah yes, open-minded and tolerant of dissent

=

Rabbi Who Taped Helen Thomas Is Inundated With Hate Mail and Death Threats

http://saberpoint.blogspot.com/2010/06/rabbi-who-taped-helen-thomas-is.html

+Who is violent again???

And check out the Rabbi's posting of some of said mail... vile:

http://rabbilive.com/RabbiLIVE/Home.html

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

A Palestinian Welcoming Committee

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/06/palestinian-welcoming-committee.html

+Holding peace pipes too, I see

and

Jihad flotilla "activists" "deliberately sought the clash"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/jihad-flotilla-activists-deliberately-sought-the-clash.html

+And the MSM bleats on "Who will you believe, us or your lying eyes?"

=

The War Against The Jews Is No "Mistake"

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/war-against-jews-is-no-mistake.html

This sublink in particular is important, because it highlights that the Palestinians will lie brazenly... and the useful chattering monkeys in the media will buy it hook, line, and sinker

What If Palestinians Were Settlers?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-if-palestinians-were-settlers.html

=

Israel’s Critics and Hollow Lies

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/10/israels-critics-and-hollow-lies/

=

From an IDF Soldier Who Was on the Flotilla

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/09/from-an-idf-soldier-who-was-on-the-flotilla/

+These monsters should have been shark chum. And if Israel is going to incite anger and hatred no matter what it does, go for it. Maybe the idea of becoming a shark's afternoon snack might deter a few people. Heck, chum the water with pigs blood.

=

When Helen Thomas sneers “Jews Go Home”

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19364

=

Who Chose Hamas to Lead Them?

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/10/who-chose-hamas-to-lead-them/

+Um yeah.

=

Israel, human decency, common humanity (by Eve Garrard)

http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2010/06/israel-human-decency-common-humanity-by-eve-garrard.html

+The first step in any genocide is to dehumanize the victims and delegitimize their protection

=

Thirty-Six Years Ago Today, Richard Nixon Saved Israel—but Got No Credit

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/thirty-six-years-ago-today--richard-nixon-saved-israel-but-got-no-credit-15254

+And Jews vote for democrats because.... ?

=

Fancy restaurants and Olympic-size swim pools: what the media won’t report about Gaza

http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/001114.html

=

Flotilla Facts

http://www.flotillafacts.com/

=

Beyond Bigotry

http://townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2010/06/10/beyond_bigotry

+The primary goal of the flotillas is to prevent Israel from inspecting what goes into Gaza; this means more missiles, and more dead Jews. This straight-line logic is evidence either of the inability to think, or of a desire to see more dead Jews, or a case of denial requiring medical help. No other explanations are possible.

=

In Gaza, a complex, dysfunctional way of life

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060204687.html?hpid=topnews

+And why is it they can't find jobs?

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Things That Make Me Use (expletive!) Expletives

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/06/10/things-that-make-me-use-expletive-expletives/

+I have this problem too.

=

Flotsam and Jetsam

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/310566

=

The War on Salt—and Personal Freedom—Heats Up

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/09/the-war-on-salt%e2%80%94and-personal-freedom%e2%80%94heats-up/

+Because we know what's good for you, serf

=

Coed dorm rooms

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Coed-dorms.aspx?cp-documentid=24510319&imageindex=1&cp-searchtext=Coed%20or%20gender-neutral%20dorm%20rooms

+It was distracting enough with co-ed floors and (defacto) coed bathrooms. I can't imagine if I were in a coed room.

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

Elder: Obama and Economics: Intellectually Clueless

http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2010/06/10/obama_and_economics_intellectually_clueless?page=full

+Eloquence and/or brilliance in one topic does not necessarily transfer to another; the theory that it does is a fundamental aspect of faith for the left

=

VDH: The New Wannabe Ottomans

http://townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2010/06/10/the_new_wannabe_ottomans?page=full

=

VDH: The Incredibly Wonderful World of our Sensitive Elites

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/our-sensitive-elites/?singlepage=true

STANDALONE

2010-06-09T11:00:00.002-07:00

Goo-Goo Genocidaires: The Blood Is Dripping From Their Hands

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/06/08/goo-goo-genocidaires-the-blood-is-dripping-from-their-hands/

+Change a name here and there, a couple of years, and we could be reading about today.

LINKFEST 06-09-2010

2010-06-09T11:00:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

It's working flawlessly: President Obama's outreach to Muslim countries

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/06/tolerance-willingness-to-recognize-and.html

+How's that whole "Hope and change" thing working, Your Awesomeness?

=

No worse friend, no better enemy

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney060210.php3

+This HAS to be deliberate.

=

Who Does President Obama Really Hate?

http://townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2010/06/09/who_does_president_obama_really_hate

=

Joe Biden's Prediction About To Come True

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/joe-bidens-prediction-about-to-come.html

+This wouldn't have happened if McCain had been President.

=

The Alien in the White House

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html

+He may be a citizen, he is the President... but I do not think he sees himself as AMERICAN. For he certainly is not putting America's interests first...

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Iranian Caught Smuggling Arms Over Canadian Border

http://minx.cc/?post=302350

+Media reports? Crickets. Now, if it had been a white male conservative...

=

Max Blumenthal Swings Big at IDF, Misses Bigger

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/max-blumenthal-swings-big-at-idf-misses.html

+Lying piece of kapo vermin.

=

Of course: Reuters cropping flotilla passengers’ weapons out of photos; Update: LGF broke the story

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/07/of-course-reuters-cropping-flotilla-passengers-weapons-out-of-photos/

and

Reuters won't admit its unethical behavior

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/reuters_wont_admit_its_unethic.html

+No wonder its nickname is "Al Reuters"

=

No Country For Old Hens

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/08/no-country-for-old-hens/

+Quote: "We’re not interested in gatekeepers and packaged narratives any more. We believe in the importance of an honest media that simply reports the news and allows us to make up our own minds. We’re out of patience with blackouts anddoctored photographs." Amen.

=

The Consequences of Media Failure: Demopaths Setting the Global Agenda

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-consequences-of-media-failure-demopaths-setting-the-global-agenda/?singlepage=true

+How much longer can we afford such useful idiots being so utterly blind and gullible?

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Climate Alarmism Takes Off in a New Direction

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/climate_alarmism_takes_off_in.html

Quote: "The simple (historical) answer, of course, is that catastrophes sell newspapers. William Randolph Hearst may have given formal birth to 'yellow journalism,' but he wasn't its only practitioner."

and embedded link:

159 Years of Climate Alarmism at The New York Times

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/01/24/159-years-of-climate-alarmism-at-the-new-york-times/

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Health care rationing Obama believes in begins!

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff060910.php3

IMMIGRATION

El cirujano pulls out his scalpel

http://babalublog.com/2010/06/el-cirujano-pulls-out-his-scalpel/

+Perhaps we should ask the left how their fellow travelers in Cuba handle illegals.

NATIONAL SECURITY

Satellite Photos Support Testimony That Iraqi WMD Went to Syria

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/satellite-photos-support-testimony-that-iraqi-wmd-went-to-syria/?singlepage=true

+It won't matter. The narrative has been written. We could have notarized confessions from Saddam and others, and the left wouldn't buy it.

=

Nuking Our Defense: America Exposed

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/nuking_our_defense_america_exp.html

+I believe Obama is deliberately setting us up.

=

Goo-Goo Genocidaires: The Blood Is Dripping From Their Hands

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/06/08/goo-goo-genocidaires-the-blood-is-dripping-from-their-hands/

+I'm also posting this as a standalone, must-read item. I think it's that important. Change a name here and there, a couple of years, and we could be reading about today.

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Repeal the 17th Amendment?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Repeal-the-17th-Amendment_-95804129.html

+Quote: "Repealing the 17th is a noble but quixotic goal. However, by focusing on the damage that amendment did, the Tea Partiers have drawn much-needed attention toward the problems that plague us."

=

Free to Choose

http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2010/06/09/free_to_choose

ECONOMY

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282190930932412.html

+Liberals economic illiterates? Shocker....

=

The Road To Serfdom, Condensed

http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/007190.php

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Brave New Scams

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/brave_new_scams.html

+In the service of "the cause" there is nothing that is disallowed.

=

Another Going-Away Party

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjI3ZmNlMDVjOTNkNWRkYzAzMGU2NWExNDI4NTBjZDc=

+Corruption in democrat-land? Say it ain't so, Joe!

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Alice Walker: Stop Telling Lies About Israel

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/06/06/alice-walker-my-heart-is-breaking-too-stop-the-lies-about-israel/?singlepage=true

+And these people were peace activists??

=

Can Israel Survive A Second Obama Term?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/can-israel-survive-second-obama-term.html

+Probably not. He's already all but giving the green light to attack Israel...

=

An irrational, obscene hatred

http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=177768

=

Indispensable

http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/35688/indispensable/

+Israel cannot win in the world's opinion, no matter what. Hamas hides weapons in hospitals? Who cares. And Michael Oren raises the legitimate point: If Israel gets damned no matter what, why care what the world thinks and just do what is necessary.

=

Jews in Oz: How Did We Get Here, Dorothy?

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/06/08/jews-in-oz-how-did-we-get-here-dorothy/

+Had a conversation with a woman at work yesterday; she's being "pushed to become a Republican" because of what's happening.

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Yet Another Stalin Sighting

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/yet_another_stalin_sighting.html

+I repeat the plaint: What has happened to our country?

=

Bolton!

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTcwNzg0NTExNGY3NDY1NWQ2MzQ1NTUwMjkxMGYzYzQ=

+Bolton / Palin 2012. I like it.

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

Bolton: Letting Israel hang

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/letting_israel_hang_F5zJfknQYINIa2q0tBMC1K

=

Sowell: Random Thoughts

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell060810.php3

=

VDH: Should Jews Apologize to Turkey or Go Back to Poland and Germany?

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/should-jews-apologize-to-turkey/?singlepage=true

+No mention of Turkey; no mention of North Korea's sinking a boat; no mention of Russia setting pirates adrift, or China slaughtering Muslim Uighirs... why? Because the response would be to "kiss our asses".

=

Can Black Americans Afford Obama?

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2010/06/09/can_black_americans_afford_obama

LINKFEST 06-04-2010

2010-06-04T13:46:00.001-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Did Bill Clinton Pwn Barack Obama?

http://www.redstate.com/susannah/2010/05/31/did-bill-clinton-pwn-barack-obama/

+Interesting speculation. If true, it means Obama has a viper or two clutched to his breast.

=

The Summer of Corruption Plot Thickens

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2010/06/04/the_summer_of_corruption_plot_thickens?page=full

+The moment - THE MOMENT - I saw Obama my hackles screamed "CROOK". And I have the intuitive people-sense of the basic bag-o-rocks. How can it be that others did not see this?

=

Rahm’s unclean hands in getting Steve Israel to quit race against Gillibrand?

http://libertypundits.net/article/rahms-unclean-hand-in-getting-steve-israel-to-quit-race-against-gillibrand/

+The Obama administration is a fetid cesspool of reeking corruption.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

FTC to “reinvent” journalism

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/02/ftc-to-reinvent-journalism/

+And doubtless the Obamedia head-bobbers will be gushing over this too...

=

NBC Partners With Castro's Intelligence

http://townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2010/06/02/nbc_partners_with_castros_intelligence

+Quote: "'The victory of socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims,' boasted Chef Guevara in November 1962." If the atheist socialists were willing to sacrifice millions, potentially including themselves, why do we doubt the jihadis will as well?

=

Media Malpractice: Tom Brokaw's World Implodes

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/15/media-malpractice-tom-brokaws

+From 2009 but blistering in its indictment of the MSM

=

What liberal media?

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/100573/

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

ObamaCare's Ever-Rising Price Tag

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703561604575282482320389198.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_t

+Wait; the numbers presented to sell this monstrosity were wrong? *gasp*

=

CBO Director Elmendorf Destroys A Core Presidential Health Care Argument

http://www.businessinsider.com/cbo-director-elmendorf-destroys-a-core-presidential-health-care-argument-2010-6#-1

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

The Left and Islam: A love story

http://jewishworldreview.com/0610/west060410.php3

+The left and the jihadis are allied against America and the West.

=

Islam and Truth

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2010/06/islam-and-truth.html

NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama’s National Security Doctrine: Naive — Frighteningly So

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obamas-national-security-doctrine-naive/

+Be afraid. Be very afraid. How is it possible to NOT see that this man seeks harm for America?

=

Inviting War

http://townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2010/06/04/inviting_war

+Si vis pacem, para bellum. Something the left just does not grasp.

=

Take Our Power — Please!

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/03/take-our-power-please/

+Quote: "Without a positive, constructive, organizing view of national-security statecraft, nations are left to flail and overreact when the need for it arises. Such unpreparedness only promotes instability – and makes antidemocratic choices more likely down the road."

=

Lincoln at Gaza

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/lincoln-gaza

=

Iran One, Obama Nothing

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/iran-one-obama-nothing/

+All we need now is the declaration of "peace in our time" and the 1930's reprise will be complete.

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Our Sacred Honor ... to Support and Defend

http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2008/11/14/our-sacred-honor-to-support-and-defend/

ECONOMY

95% of new jobs from Census hiring

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/95_of_new_jobs_from_census_hir.html

+Smoke and mirrors.

=

Athens on the Potomac

http://american.com/archive/2010/june-2010/athens-on-the-potomac

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

The Rise of the Thug Left

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_rise_of_the_thug_left.html

=

The "Israel-Firsters" Slur Rears Its Ugly Head

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/israel-firsters-slur-rears-its-ugly.html

+Today's left: the home of bigotry.

and the embedded link:

From Me to Jews

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/833ifcua.asp

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The problem more than lack of work on food

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.steffen-jensen.dk/dan/blogartikler/134--mere-mangel-pa-arbejde-end-pa-mad/&sl=da&tl=en

+Piles of food. Piles. You know, when Israel left Gaza there were highly-efficient, operating hydroponic greenhouses producing enormous quantities of food. Now, they're dry husks used to mask tunnel entrances. Gaza could be the "Singapore of the eastern Mediterranean"... but it's the culture of the Palestinians that prevent it.

=

The Convenient Villain

http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/06/04/the_convenient_villain

+When a "non-violent protestor" says ZIP about the initialization of force BY PROTESTORS, can we call them a useful idiot now?

=

Does the world—and the US—want Israel to survive?

http://neoneocon.com/2010/06/04/does-the-world-and-the-us-want-israel-to-survive/

=

This comment on a Caroline Glick column is priceless:

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2010/05/ending-israels-losing-streak.php#comment-53232

Personally, I think that of the vermin on that ship... half should have been chopped into shark-appetizer chum, and the rest thrown overboard whole as the live-and-kicking main course. Non-violent protests only work when the protestees have a conscience; had Ghandi tried his protests against the Nazis India's hero would have been another dead corpse, along with his fellow protestors.

=

No evidence please, we're European

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026458.php

and the embedded link:

Eurodeputies Publicly Berate Israeli Ambassador

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/eurodeputies-publicly-berate-israeli-ambassador-meet-privately-iranian-foreign-minister

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Anti-Civilization

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/02/anti-civilization/

+MUST READ! I particularly like this quote: "Anti-civilization can only succeed with the assistance of traitors from within the ranks of its civilized enemies… and it never has trouble finding them. Every society breeds people who refuse to see anti-civilization for what it is, rendering it invisible because it exists beyond the limits of their imaginations... Worst of all, every civilization produces those who eagerly cooperate in the task of burning them to the ground, with plans for rebuilding from the ashes tucked into their back pockets."

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

VDH: The Year That Was

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/our-1979/?singlepage=true

+Quote: "About every 30-40 years, democratic citizenries begin to become complacent. They assume their defenses are unnecessary if not destabilizing, and take away from more needed social services and income redistribution. Deterrence and preparedness are assumed in turn the stone-age tools of unsophisticated mind. The peace that follows from past victories and postwar deterrence is considered artificial, and can instead grow far more organically from professed good intentions and signs of magnanimity, if not apology. Philosopher kings assure the world of a new age to come, one in which a new human nature replaces the old Neanderthal pessimism." Hmm, sounds awwwwfully familiar!

=

VDH: History Returns to Europe

http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson060310.html

and a related one... those that fail to learn from history will be doomed to repeat it. Are we the new Carthage?

Never Give Up Your Weapons

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/never_give_up_your_weapons.html

+Name me one society that has survived giving up its weapons in the face of an enemy that wants its destruction.

LINKFEST 06-02-2010

2010-06-02T13:39:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

A Note On The Company You Keep
http://www.redstate.com/academicelephant/2010/05/29/a-note-on-the-company-you-keep/
=

The Appeaser
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/06/01/the-appeaser/
+Delusional.
=

Lies, Damn Lies, and Politicians: High Crimes and Misdemeanors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (Part 1)
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/30/lies-damn-lies-and-politicians-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave-part-1/
and
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/lies-damn-lies-and-politicians-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave-part-2-the-inconsistencies/
and
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/lies-damn-lies-and-politicians-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave-part-2-the-inconsistencies/
+Can we impeach him now?
=

The OFA Peril: Ignore at our own risk
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/01/the-ofa-peril-ignore-at-our-own-risk/
+These people are organized, have massive financial backing... and the GOP fiddles.
=

Can GOP stir up public to dig into Sestak affair?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Can-GOP-stir-up-public-to-dig-into-Sestak-affair_-95271664.html
+More importantly, does the GOP have the BALLS to do it?
=

Chicago Way politics blocks GOP candidate from ballot
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/chicago_way_politics_blocks_go.html
+Gotta love the sewer from which Obama crawled. And people don't get it that a fish raised in scummy water is tainted.
=

Don't be fooled by Obama's 'incompetence'
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/dont_be_fooled_by_obamas_incom.html
+I have become fully convinced, and have stated repeatedly, that I believe Obama's acts are intentionally aimed at exactly what is described here.
=

Obama's 'Chicago Way' plunders the private sector
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Obama_s-_Chicago-Way_-plunders-the-private-sector-95367879.html
+"That's the CHICAGO way..." said my best Sean Connery accent.
=

Michelle Malkin: Blago reveals White House quid-pro-quo deals
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Blago-reveals-White-House-quid-pro-quo-deals-95421079.html
+Write your congresscritter and demand a full investigation.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

The Consolations of Philosophy
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/05/31/the-consolations-of-philosophy/
+Filed here because the media are our eyes and ears on the world; the current template distorts what we receive to drive us to the desired conclusions...

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

MEET "OBAMA'S RATIONING MAN"
http://wolffiles.blogspot.com/2010/06/obamas-rationing-man-sebelius-rationing.html
=

Canada reconsidering health-care model in face of soaring costs
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/01/canada-reconsidering-health-care-model-in-face-of-soaring-costs/
=

WOLF: Obama family health care fracas
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/obama-family-health-care-fracas/
=

RACE

Letting Rand Paul Twist in the Wind
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder052710.php3
=

The Right To Discriminate
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams060210.php3
=

Fight Bigotry Without Government
http://jewishworldreview.com/0610/stossel060210.php3

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Dead Muslims? Only Wake the EU and UN if Jews Did It
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/dead-muslims-only-wake-the-eu-and-un-if-jews-did-it/?singlepage=true
+Placed here because this is part of the total war the Islamofascists are waging against Israel, the US, and the west... with the willing complicity of the useful idiots on the left.
=

A Sneak Preview of the Ground Zero Mega-Mosque
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/a_sneak_preview_of_the_ground.html
+Dhimmitude. And I love the last paragraph: "But is anybody still surprised by the relentless folly of our betters? It seems no lessons are ever learned or conclusions ever reached by the professional multi-cultural crowd. They've got a utopia train to catch, and they're taking you with them, whether you like it or not. And never underestimate the rutting determination of a politician in hot pursuit of money and a voting bloc."
=

Non-violent actions of the Third Jihad
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/06/nonviolent_actions_of_the_thir.html
+Anyone who'd read Sun Tzu: The Art of War would recognize this. Sadly, to the left, if bullets aren't flying then it's PEACE and all is well.

NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama's Crises: From Hope to Cope
http://www.strategypage.com/on_point/20100602054.aspx

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Nathan Hale — how much do you love liberty?
http://www.redstate.com/e_pluribus_unum/2010/05/30/nathan-hale-how-much-do-you-love-liberty/
+The left will pull no punches - both figuratively AND literally - this fall. To quote Sean Connery's character in The Untouchables: "What are you prepared to do?"

ECONOMY
Beware Dr. Galbraith’s Snake Oil
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/beware-dr-galbraiths-snake-oil/?singlepage=true
=

Two Americas
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/06/026436.php

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

BOOK REVIEW: UNITED IN HATE:The Left’s Romance with Tyranny and Terror
http://www.nationalobserver.net/2010/82_6_book_glazov.htm
+What is it in the psychology of the left that they hate their own country / civilization so much, and attach so much love to tyrants and thugs?

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST
From Palestine Today (2009)
http://www.paltoday.ps/arabic/News-64161.html
+Interesting photo essay; clearly, things are dire in Gaza.
=

Portrait of IHH
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm
+Follow the money.
=

Attackers of the IDF Soldiers Found Without Identification Papers
http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/06/0201.htm
+Just your standard, run-of-the-mill peace protestors with bullet proof vests, night-vision goggles, and weapons... and wills, and martyrdom documents. Nothing to see here, just move along.

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)
Poverty Doesn’t Create Crime? Who Knew?
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/304181
+Liberals wrong? Whoda thunk it.
=

Sarah Palin and the Multitude of Dummies
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/sarah_palin_and_the_multitude.html
+I started reading Sowell's "Intellectuals and Society"; he's right on with the arrogance of the elites.

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

In a Welfare State, How Much Is ‘Enough’?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah060210.php3

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

VDH: The Future of Western War
http://www.nationalobserver.net/2010/82_4_futureofwar_hanson.htm
+Must read.
=

Sowell: Thomas Sowell: Real public service
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Real-public-service-95331534.html
=

VDH: Interview
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/11/victor-davis-ha.html?cid=141290880

SPECIAL LINKFEST: GAZA FLOTILLA 06-02-2010

2010-06-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

+Precomment: This was a deliberate attempt to put Israel in a bad light to cut off potential support should Iran attack. Israelis and Jews worldwide should be very, very nervous.
Comparison of Left/Right Reactions on Freedom Flotilla
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/comparison-of-leftright-reactions-on-freedom-flotilla/
=
Useful Idiots Condemn Israel
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/05/useful-idiots-condemn-israel.html
=
The Flotilla Attack Was a Terrorist Operation Against Jews
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/the-flotilla-attack-was-a-terrorist-operation-against-jews/
=
New video: Flotilla passengers attack Israeli troops
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/31/new-video-flotilla-passengers-attacks-israeli-troops/
=
Gaza Relief Ship Martyrs – Lethal Weapons in a War of Images
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/31/gaza-relief-ship-martyrs-%e2%80%93-lethal-weapons-in-a-war-of-images/
=
The Terror Finance Flotilla
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/terror-finance-flotilla
=
UN to Israel: You asked for it
http://www.yourish.com/2010/06/01/11015
=
Ending Israel's losing streak
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2010/05/ending-israels-losing-streak.php
+This thing was nothing but a propaganda trick to put Israel in a bad light.
=
Flotilla participants chanted Islamic battle cry invoking killing of Jews
http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=676&fld_id=676&doc_id=2337
=
Confession: Gaza flotilla participants PLANNED to attack Israel; wanted to martyr themselves for jihad
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/06/01/confession-gaza-flotilla-participants-planned-to-attack-israel-wanted-to-martyr-themselves-for-jihad/
=
Arab Media Reports on Flotilla Participants: Writing Wills, Preparing for Martyrdom, Determined to Reach Gaza or Die
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4265.htm
=
The Lynching of Israel: The Global Propaganda Wars Gather Force
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/06/01/the-lynching-of-israel/
=
Gaza Flotilla Organizer Puts Lie To "Humanitarian" Purpose
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/06/gaza-flotilla-organizer-puts-lie-to.html
=
Muslims Killing Muslims in the Name of Jihad
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/muslims_killing_muslims_in_the.html
+Muslims kill Muslims - dog bites man. Not news. But the barbarity of it SHOULD BE news.

Teddy Roosevelt, 1919

2010-06-01T08:46:00.001-07:00

‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.’

Teddy Roosevelt, 1919

LINKFEST 05-25-2010

2010-05-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Why we should be very afraid of Elena Kagan

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026374.php

+MUST READ if you care about the Constitution!!!

=

Hell of a job, Barry! [Darleen Click]

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=19004

=

Issa mashes up video on Sestak bribe allegations

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/issa-mashes-up-video-on-sestak-bribe-allegations-94697609.html

The New International Order http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2010/05/24/the-new-international-order/
+Obama's systematic attacks on our economy and military cannot NOT be deliberate.

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Freedom of the Press to Kiss A**

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026381.php

=

Let's Leak Classified Intelligence To NYT's Because Gen Petraeus's Name Is On It

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202596.php

+Can we PLEASE start impaling journalists for treason now?

=

"Little-Noticed" is the New "Unexpected"

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-noticed-is-new-unexpected.html

+Whores. The media are whores, and they've sold themselves to the left enthusiastically.

=

Korea, Obama, and the Sycophant Media

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/24/korea-obama-and-the-sycophant-media/

NATIONAL SECURITY

Weakness invites aggression, Axis of Evil accept

http://www.redstate.com/gamecock/2010/05/23/weakness-invited-aggression-and-aggression-accepted-the-invitation/

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

A thug too far, part 1 & II & III

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026373.php

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026375.php

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026380.php

=

What kind of a man would lie about serving in Vietnam?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/05/026380.php

=

The House Divided

http://article.nationalreview.com/434722/the-house-divided/andrew-c-mccarthy

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Syria: Obama has failed in peace efforts and lost influence in Mideast

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/syria-obama-has-failed-in-peace-efforts-and-lost-influence-in-mideast-1.291963

+Weak, weak, weak, weak... his actions are so uniformly craven and projecting weakness I am forced to believe he is either an utter fool, or projecting weakness deliberately

=

The Jewish Intellectual Predicament

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/25/the-jewish-intellectual-predicament-2/

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Sarah Palin Brings Out the Hypocrisy of Jessica Valenti & the Feminist Left

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/25/sarah-palin-brings-out-the-hypocrisy-of-jessica-valenti-the-feminist-left/

=

Where Have All the Flags Gone?

http://www.redstate.com/penguin2/2010/05/25/where-have-all-the-flags-gone/

=

The Culture Wars are turning

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/05/24/the-culture-wars-are-turning/

+And embedded link to a review of a truly excellent book:

A Century of “Liberal Fascism”

http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2008/03/17/a-century-of-liberal-fascism/

LINKFEST 05-24-2010

2010-05-24T12:37:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Forked-Tongue-In-Chief at West Point

http://townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2010/05/23/forked-tongue-in-chief_at_west_point

+I do not trust this man. I believe he has ill goals for America.

=

Team Obama, Megalomaniacs

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/team-obama-megalomaniacs/?singlepage=true

=

About Those Oil Rig S.W.A.T. Teams…

http://www.redstate.com/vladimir/2010/05/23/about-those-oil-rig-swat-teams/

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Plame's Input Is Cited on Niger Mission

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39834-2004Jul9.html?referrer=emailarticle

+A little bit of history. Wilson lied. And the MSM ATE. IT. UP. Because it fit the narrative issued by their leftist masters: destroy President Bush by any means necessary.

=

Have the AP or Denver Post Actually Read the New Texas Curriculum?

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/joshua-sharf/2010/05/23/have-ap-or-denver-post-actually-read-new-texas-curriculum

+No. Doesn't fit The Narrative.

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Obama's 'Green' energy program an epic fail in Spain

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/obamas_green_energy_program_an.html

+Will we learn from this? Of course not. It's the Church of Green; thinking and facts are not allowed.

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

America under Obamacare: Florida hospital begins starving 83 year-old woman to death against family wishes

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202569.php

=

63 percent of U.S. voters now favor rolling back health care bill

http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/24/63-percent-of-u-s-voters-now-favor-rolling-back-health-care-bill/

IMMIGRATION

Accused Seattle rape suspect arrested and deported nine times

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/accused_seattle_rape_suspect_a.html

+Only when liberals PERSONALLY experience the consequences of their choices will they understand.

=

Graphic evidence of what Arizona is up against

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/graphic_evidence_of_what_arizo.html

+Since it's only those red-staters having to deal with this, they deserve it. Right?

=

Illegal injures state rep in Mass, laughs that 'nothing is going to happen to me'

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/illegal_injures_state_rep_in_m.html

+They come here and violate the law doing so; they get told they will be protected. Is it any wonder they have contempt for all our laws?

=

Mocking Arizona border law critics

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/mocking_arizona_border_law_cri.html

+I love the smell of mockery in the morning.

=

Imagine There's No Border

http://www.pjtv.com/v/3615

=

On immigration, Obama backs Mexico, not Arizona

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/On-immigration_-Obama-backs-Mexico_-not-Arizona-94531424.html

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

At least 30 Islamic terror plots against U.S. foiled since 9/11, eleven in NYC (video)

http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/at-least-30-islamic-terror-plots-against-u-s-foiled-since-911-eleven-in-nyc-video/

+I thought The One was going to bring order and peace to the galaxy.

=

Pakistanis detained for role in Times Square jihad bomb plot accuse interrogators of "siding with the infidels"

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/05/pakistanis-detained-for-role-in-times-square-jihad-bomb-plot-accuse-interrogators-of-siding-with-the.html

+The first sentence is priceless.

=

Words of Warcraft

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/war_of_wordcraft.html

+With two essential links:

The Myth of Moderate Islam

http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=7758

and

Exposing the Myth of Moderate Islam

http://formermuslimsunited.americancommunityexchange.org/2010/03/13/exposing-the-myth-of-moderate-islam/

NATIONAL SECURITY

The Istanbul-Moscow Axis of Evil

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_istanbulmoscow_axis_of_evi.html

+The damage Obama is doing to our security will take years - decades - to undo.

=

Obama Quietly Lifts Sanctions on Russian Groups Previously Accused of Helping Iran Build Nuclear Weapons…

http://weaselzippers.us/2010/05/22/obama-quietly-lifts-sanctions-on-russian-groups-previously-accused-of-helping-iran-build-nuclear-weapons/

+Weakness, weakness, weakness, and given the relentless nature of his actions I MUST ASSUME he is doing it intentionally.

=

How Bad Is Obama’s Foreign Policy? Let Us Count the Ways

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/how-bad-is-obamas-foreign-policy-let-us-count-the-ways/?singlepage=true

=

Obama, the Sinking of the Cheonan, and the Failure of Nuclear Deterrence

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-the-sinking-of-the-cheonan-and-the-failure-of-nuclear-deterrence/?singlepage=true

+Weak, weak, weak...

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_sons_and_daughters_of_libe.html

+Let us arise now, and claim the liberty that is our birthright from the thieves and plunderers who would steal that precious jewel.

=

The gathering revolt against government spending

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michael/barone052410.php3

=

Free and Total Reign Over the States?

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/05/16/free-and-total-reign-over-the-states/

+Interesting idea. I like it.

ECONOMY

Dow Theorist Richard Russell: Sell Everything, You Won't Recognize America By The End Of The Year

http://www.businessinsider.com/dow-theorist-richard-russell-sell-everything-liquid-you-wont-recognize-america-by-the-end-of-the-year-2010-5

+I asked my financial advisor what he's buying. He said "Canned goods and ammo."

=

The Hill: ObamaCare tax credits discourage hiring

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/24/the-hill-obamacare-tax-credits-discourage-hiring/

+Brought to you by an administration & Congress that never had to work for a living or balance a checkbook

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP, HONEST, ETHICAL, PATRIOTIC LIBERALS

Is This Just a Nightmare, or Did It Really Happen?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/is_this_just_a_nightmare_or_di.html

+When a leader of a foreign nation castigates America for daring to enforce its borders against his citizens' illegal incursions, and the left rises to cheer - can we call them traitors yet?

=

New Book “Repuglicans” Turns Prominent Conservatives Into Ghoulish Monsters…

http://weaselzippers.us/2010/05/22/new-book-repuglicans-turns-prominent-conservatives-into-ghoulish-monsters/

+Nice. If we did it to the left we'd never hear the end of it.

=

SEIU mobs descend on private home, escorted there by DC police; MSM ignores stories

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/05/seiu-mobs-descend-on-private-home.html

+All that's missing is the molotov cocktails...

and

Terrorizing Young Children: SEIU Thug Tactics

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/21/terrorizing-young-children-seiu-thug-tactics/

and

This Stuff Is Not Supposed to Happen in America

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/05/24/this-stuff-is-not-supposed-to-happen-in-america/

+Quote: "When it becomes fair game to attack and intimidate private citizens and their families to advance a public policy, we cross over from an orderly civil democracy to something decidedly third world."

=

Snapshot of America, May 2010

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/05/22/snapshot-of-america-may-2010/

=

Why the Left Ignores the Call for a Second Holocaust

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/21/why-the-left-ignores-the-call-for-a-second-holocaust/

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

An Uncanny Resemblance

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/05/an-uncanny-rese.html

+When the Russian speaker comes on, tell me it doesn't sound exactly like the Obama / Reid / Pelosi troika. Tell me.

=

Multiculturalism Trumps Feminism

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Nzc0ZDg2ZGQ1YWUzZTJmNTk1MmJmM2U4ZDFiYzMzNzE=

=

[W]hat if we could just be China for a day?... You know, I mean, where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions....

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-if-we-could-just-be-china-for-day.html

+Quote: "A love of autocracy often lurks beneath the liberal veneer. There's this idea that the right answers are known and the people are just too deluded and distorted to see what they are and to vote for them."

=

US Led By Schlemiels

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/14509-US-Led-By-Schlemiels.html

and embedded link:

War Is No Joke

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/war-no-joke

+The vast majority of Americans, and especially liberals, CANNOT IMAGINE that the world could change or that people could hate us just because. They CANNOT IMAGINE the implications of open-border floods of illegals; nor can they cognitively grasp the terrible implications of a nuclear Iran.

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM / LIBERTY AND STATISM

Socialism's Downfall

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/socialisms_downfall.html

+It needs to burn. We have too many parasites to just reform; I hate to say it, I really do, but we need a total collapse and "reset" of the Constitution.

=

The Feral Vanguard

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/22/the-feral-vanguard/

+Give the economy another six months of unemployment, or the first glimmerings of collapse; it will not be megaphones but literal torches

=

Imagine

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/21/imagine/

+Imagine the Constitution being obeyed; you can see it if you try

=

Financial Regulation Bill Is Socialism

http://jewishworldreview.com/0510/morris052410.php3

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

Steyn: Not just their Big Fat Greek Funeral

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/20/not-just-their-big-fat-greek-funeral/

=

Steyn: Obama's lazy tribute to Daniel Pearl

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/pearl-249812-daniel-obama.html

=

VDH: The New Old German Problem

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-the-sinking-of-the-cheonan-and-the-failure-of-nuclear-deterrence/?singlepage=true

=

Sowell: Too Many Judges Want Authority Beyond Their Constitutional Role

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/ArticlePrint.aspx?id=534812#

=

Williams: Not Everyone Has Right To Live In U.S.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/ArticlePrint.aspx?id=534885#

LINKFEST 05-21-2010

2010-05-21T13:13:00.000-07:00

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Defame Game

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/21/defame-game/

+Placed here because conservatives congenitally don't seem to get it through their heads that the media is part-and-parcel of the enemy.

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

BREAKING: Leaked Doc Proves Spain’s ‘Green’ Policies — the Basis for Obama’s — an Economic Disaster (PJM Exclusive)

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/spains-green-policies-an-economic-disaster/

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Goodbye, Employer-Sponsored Insurance

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703880304575236602943319816.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_t

+INTENDED consequences.

RACE

The Lizards Defend That Blooming Idiot, Rand Paul

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/05/the_lizard_defe.html

+We have progressed far in the last 50 years; it's the liberal holdbacks who clutch at racism to hold their power

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Don’t You Just Love Hezbollah? It’s So Interesting…Like Freddie Kruger

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/05/19/dont-you-just-love-hezbollah-its-so-interesting-like-freddie-kruger/

+During WWII, did we reach out to the "moderate elements" of the Third Reich? I don't think so.

=

The Great Hezbollah Snipe Hunt

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/totten/297276

+We're doomed with geniuses like this in charge.

NATIONAL SECURITY

The Fruits of Weakness

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/21/the_fruits_of_weakness_105676.html

+Why do I hear the echos from Vietnam, where one of our erstwhile allies said (paraphrase) "I made the mistake of trusting America"?

=

Don't Let Iran Blackmail the World

http://www.slate.com/id/2254073/

=

Mexican pirates mess with Texas

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/21/mexican-pirates-mess-with-texas/

+Filed here because if we can't control our borders, we aren't a country. How about some good ol' boys with .50 cal rifles start doing target practice?

=

Nukes gone wild

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/nukes_gone_wild_e1DsERRbLf9qsRnyDadpwK

+Hey, let's cancel missile defense. What could go wrong?

ECONOMY

Too Small To Matter

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/19/too-small-to-matter/

+I can see the left now, wondering where the jobs went while they wrecked the economy with free this, free that

=

Obama tax cuts a “bait and switch”

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/20/obama-tax-cuts-a-bait-and-switch/

+It makes sense if the goal is to harm the American economy. I have trouble believing someone could be THIS stupid, even a liberal.

=

Union Pension Bailouts are Coming

http://blog.getliberty.org/default.asp?Display=2298

=

European Social Welfare State Model Running Out of Time and Money

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/european-social-welfare-state-model-running-out-of-time-and-money/

+I repeat, let it burn

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

Congress about to limit political speech of bloggers?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/19/congress-about-to-limit-political-speech-of-bloggers/

+I don't think it's UNINTENDED at all. Free speech for those in power, so that they can remain in power. Period.

=

You Can Only Trust Democrats to Be Democrats

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/20/memo-to-gop-stockholm-syndrome-patients-you-can-only-trust-democrats-to-be-democrats/

+This should be read by every member of the GOP, every morning. The pull quote: "Many Republicans are still hopelessly infatuated with the idea that Democrats can be won over if only we try just a little harder to prove that we respect them..."

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

The Paradox of the Jewish Mind

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-paradox-of-the-jewish-mind/?singlepage=true

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

The feminist version of gender terrorism

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/19/the-feminist-version-of-gender-terrorism/

+Heavens - being held accountable for the decisions you make. What IS the world coming to?

=

The Left: Misogyny Apologists Under the Guise of Tolerance

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/21/the-left-misogyny-apologists-under-the-guise-of-tolerance/

+Quote: "This is the difficulty we face, as people who do have moral compasses. We face an opponent who has none."

=

Obama and the New Normal

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/obama_and_the_new_normal.html

QUOTE: Thomas Jefferson

2010-05-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

"They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the latter phrase not as describing the purpose of the first, but as giving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please.... Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It was intended to lace them up straightly within the enumerated powers and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect."

--Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on National Bank, 1791

LINKFEST 05-19-2010

2010-05-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Elena Kagan's Thesis in 90 Seconds: Radical. Socialist. Marxist. She Must Be Blocked From the Supreme Court At All Costs.

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/05/elena-kagans-thesis-in-90-seconds.html

+Orwell was right: some ideas (e.g., socialism) are so absurd only academics believe them

=

Liberalomania: Don’t Drink the Water in D.C.

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/liberalomania-dont-drink-the-water-in-d-c/

=

Obama is ill-equipped to celebrate freedom of the press

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/05/obama-is-ill-equipped-to-celebrate.html

=

The end of American Exceptionalism?

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18873

+Can we impeach this bastard yet?

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Ron Kind (D-WI-3) Wants The Government To Track How Much Your Daughter Weighs

http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2010/05/13/ron-kind-d-wi-3-wants-the-government-to-track-how-much-your-daughter-weighs/

=

Massachusetts Insurers Post Big Losses

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/05/massachusetts-insurers-post-big-losses/56865/

+The laws of Economics are no less immutable simply because they're not considered from a "hard science".

=

No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250264210294510.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

+It won't matter that we're proven right. The chattering chimps on the left will giggle over Obama like schoolgirls until the end.

IMMIGRATION

The Real Reason the Left Loves Illegals

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/the_real_reason_the_left_loves.html

+Drop 12 million or more into the voter rolls, who will - almost exclusively vote democrat - and see what happens to elections. Which is, of course, the goal.

=

Two Years After Strict Immigration Reform, Oklahoma Is More Than OK

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/two-years-after-strict-immigration-reform-oklahoma-is-more-than-ok/

=

Why Does the Left Want Immigrants to Hate America?

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/13/why-does-the-left-want-immigrants-to-hate-america/

+Must read!

=

Our Founders' Solutions for Illegal Immigration

http://townhall.com/columnists/ChuckNorris/2010/05/18/our_founders_solutions_for_illegal_immigration

=

“Memo from 2002 could complicate challenge of Arizona immigration law”

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18905

RACE

The Hicks File: Multiculturalism Reaches Its Dead End

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-hicks-file-multiculturalism-reaches-its-dead-end/

NATIONAL SECURITY

Iran's Nuclear Coup

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250172000040654.html

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

They Have Nothing To Fear, But Fear Itself

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/05/they-have-nothing-to-fear-but-fear.html

=

What Are We Waiting For, America?

http://www.redstate.com/chicagobluesgirl/2010/05/15/what-are-we-waiting-for-america/

ECONOMY

The Failure Of The Federal Confidence Game

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2010/05/12/the-failure-of-the-federal-confidence-game.php

ISRAEL & MIDDLE EAST

Betraying Iranian Women

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/18/betraying-iranian-women/

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

White House Task Force on Obesity Report: Lies, Distortion, and Little Else

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/13/white-house-task-force-on-obesity-report-lies-distortion-and-little-else/

=

Were We Indecent in 1980?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/05/were-we-indecent-in-1980.html

+To paraphrase a commentor - not a Supreme Court, but a Court of Supremes

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Stunner: Chavez's Socialist Dreamstate Crumbling

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2010/05/stunner-chavezs-socialist-dreamstate.html

+A socialist country going bankrupt and failing? Who would have thought!

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

Williams: Immigration and Liberty

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2010/05/19/immigration_and_liberty

Quote - Thomas Paine

2010-05-14T09:07:00.001-07:00

"[G]overnment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer." --Thomas Paine

LINKFEST 05-13-2010

2010-05-13T13:22:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

New York State Opens a Door to Vote Fraud

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/new_york_state_opens_a_door_to.html

+How the left will probably win in 2010, 2012, etc.

=

Obama: “Information Becomes a Distraction”

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/11/obama-%e2%80%9cinformation-becomes-a-distraction%e2%80%9d/

+In the classic SF book "Dune", the expression is that "He who controls the spice controls the universe." In today's world, he who controls the information flow controls the country. Poor Obama, too bad too sad that you and your media sycophants no longer control the information.

=

Obama’s tell [Darleen Click]

http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18705

=

Chief Justice Roberts: Kagan Asked Court to 'Embrace Theory of First Amendment That Would Allow Censorship Not Only of Radio and Television Broadcasts, But Pamphlets and Posters'

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65600

+Pretty soon, this blog will be ruled "hate speech" and my arrest demanded.

=

Kagan's Hidden, But Obvious, Agenda

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/ArticlePrint.aspx?id=533720

=

The Truth and Barack Obama

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/wehner/292736

+Thin-skinned and used to being fawned over; definitely not used to being challenged and confronted.

=

Everything Obama promises has an expiration date

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/99217/

+Firm pledge my ass

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Left Wing Media Continues Struggle to Define the Tea Party Movement

http://americanglob.com/2010/05/10/left-wing-media-continues-struggle-to-define-the-tea-party-movement/

=

Kevin Drum's Strangely Incomplete List

http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/05/kevin-drums-strangely-incomplete-list.html

+I like that... "The economy would turn to smileys when Obama got elected."

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Now It Can Be Told: CBO Says Health Care Will Cost $115 Billion More Than They Originally Estimated

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/301480.php

+Suuu-prise, suuu-prise. Really, is anyone suprised?

=

The Amazing Carelessness Of ObamaCare

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=532834

+Never mind all the mounting costs to the government, take a gander at the mounting costs to businesses

IMMIGRATION

AZ Sheriff says 64 High-Speed Pursuits Last Month, Not One Bust A US Citizen

http://chicagoray.blogspot.com/2010/05/az-sheriff-says-64-high-speed-pursuits.html

+Is ANYONE actually surprised? Bueller? Bueller?

=

Great Merciful Zeus: If you are a fan of awesome, then get a load of Gabriella Sesito

http://hillbuzz.org/2010/05/08/great-merciful-zeus-if-you-are-a-fan-of-awesome-then-get-a-load-of-gabriella-sesito/

+No MSM person will carry this; it doesn't fit the narrative

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

The Flying Fickle Finger of Guilt

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/05/the_flying_fick.html

+I believe there is already precedent for a "clear and present danger" exemption to Miranda...

=

A Tale of Two Groups

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/12/a-tale-of-two-groups/

+Put here because if we cannot confront the left on their failure to recognize the enemy, we're going to lose!

=

Times Square Denial

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/12/times-square-denial/

=

Fatwa Headbutt: Swedish “Roundabout Dog” Mohammed cartoonist Lars Vilks attacked

http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2010/05/11/fatwa-headbutt-swedish-roundabout-dog-mohammed-cartoonist-lars-vilks-attacked/

=

Another Dry Run, We Look Away: Middle Easterners “Up to No Mischief” w/ Airport Navigation Aides

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/21795/another-dry-run-we-look-away-middle-easterners-up-to-no-mischief-w-airport-navigation-aide/

+ http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/facepalm.jpg

NATIONAL SECURITY

Barack Obama Chamberlain

http://townhall.com/columnists/AllenHunt/2010/05/10/barack_obama_chamberlain

+Showing weakness to predators never works out.

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

Conservative and Republican

http://babalublog.com/2010/05/conservative-and-republican/

+What he said. I'm sick and tired of RINOs running to the middle; if people want liberal policies they'll take the real thing every time, not "liberal lite".

=

A slow-burn bonfire of liberties

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/13/a-slow-burn-bonfire-of-liberties-2/

ECONOMY

The hits just keep on comin' with Obamacare

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/05/the_hits_just_keep_on_comin_wi.html

+I contend Obama is deliberately doing this, with malice aforethought, to bring down the economy a la:

Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html

=

Will Spain Be the Next Greece?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/will-spain-be-the-next-greece/

+Let the dominoes fall, let the EU fall and disintegrate.

=

WHO Seeks 'Tens of Billions' in New Global Taxes

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/05/who-seeks-.html

+This'll help the economy. Not.

=

Greek Debt Crisis Will Worsen: The Center Won't Hold

http://townhall.com/columnists/DickMorrisandEileenMcGann/2010/05/12/greek_debt_crisis_will_worsen_the_center_wont_hold?page=full

THOSE PEACEFUL, ON THE UP-AND-UP LIBERALS

OH County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora (D) threatens reporter’s wife.

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/05/11/oh-county-commissioner-jimmy-dimora-d-threatens-reporters-wife/

+The left has no honor, only a lust for power. Why do we keep trying to fight them honorably? We are in a war for the heart and soul and future of this country, and if we don't start fighting to win politically, it will come down to a more... robust sort of altercation.

=

The Varieties of Liberal Enthusiasm

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_2_liberal-enthusiam.html

+He is The Chosen One. Listening and reading to lefties, one does get the feeling that when He comes on the screen, they turn down the lights, put on some mood music, and rub one off.

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Preeners vs. Winners: Time to Throw Off the Gloves

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/05/masochism_or_mo.html

+This is a bar brawl, yet the GOP continually thinks we're fighting honorably. Against a dishonorable foe, we need to get dirty too. Or we will continue to lose.

=

And then they came for the Lucky Charms

http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/05/and-then-they-came-for-lucky-charms.html

+The Nanny State's tyranny. Coming soon, with thunderous applause.

=

The Sky is Blue, but the List is Black

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0513ak.html

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Is It Racist to Criticize Greece?

http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2010/05/10/is_it_racist_to_criticize_greece

=

The Welfare State's Death Spiral

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/05/10/the_welfare_states_death_spiral_105503.html

=

A Hidden History of Evil

http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_2_soviet-archives.html

+Those who forget history will see it repeated.

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

VDH: Shall We Laugh or Cry at Morgan Hill?

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/shall-we-laugh-or-cry-at-morgan-hill/

=

Williams: Free Markets: Pro-Rich or Pro-Poor

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2010/05/12/free_markets_pro-rich_or_pro-poor

=

VDH: A Nation of Profilers

http://jewishworldreview.com/0510/hanson051310.php3

+The last sentence is the prize

LINKFEST 05-07-2010

2010-05-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

Is the Media’s Reporting on the Times Square Bombing Teaching the Enemy?

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/04/is-the-medias-reporting-on-the-times-square-bombing-teaching-the-enemy/

+If this really is so, if the media is actively showing how to improve the "products"... can we start impaling them for treason? Please?

=

Most Trusted Name? CNN Runs Outrageous Health Care Tale

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/most-trusted-name-cnn-runs-outrageous-health-care-tale/

+They still don't get it - people can CHECK what the MSM reports now...

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Can Environmentalists Look Forward?

http://littlemissattila.com/?p=15201

+No. For example, they want wind power; wind turbines kill birds - LOTS of birds. They want solar power, but a promising solar plant in CA was killed because of an endangered tortoise.

=

The Wind Farm Scam

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/06/the-wind-farm-scam/

+Repeat? If so, sorry!

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Shocker: Major corporations may dump health insurance, pay penalties instead

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/06/shocker-major-corporations-may-dump-health-insurance-pay-penalties-instead/

+Question: If companies actually do this, will ANY liberal admit they were wrong?

=

Medical device makers mull layoffs after ObamaCare

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/06/medical-device-makers-mull-layoffs-after-obamacare/

+Make something more expensive, get less of it. Who'da thunk it?

=

Why the AMA Wants to Muzzle Your Doctor

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703961104575226323909364054.html

IMMIGRATION

Why Do We Need Immigrants? Steyn Misses His Mark

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2010/05/why_do_we_need_1.html

+An interesting, multi-layered look!

RACE

Ann Arbor elementary school bans white students from field trip, principal defends discrimination

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/05/ann-arbor-elementary-school-bans-white.html

+Imagine if a white guy did this. Or an asian. Or a jew.

=

Dissonance and Victimhood

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/dissonance_and_victimhood.html

+The cognitive dissonance of leftists is legendary in pretty much every topic

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

It’s Because They Want To Kill Us, Stupid

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/05/06/its-because-they-want-to-kill-us-stupid/

+Political correctness is going to get us killed.

=

SEAL defense can prove Abed’s injuries were self-inflicted; prosecution witness caught lying

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/06/seal-defense-can-prove-abeds-injuries-were-self-inflicted-prosecution-witness-caught-lying/

+Why does it surprise us when we know their tactics include making claims like this?

=

Why Would Anyone Want to Blow Up Times Square?

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTU3Yzk4NDBiYmJhODRjY2Y0NTU0ZjhmZWZkNmEwYmI=

+I suspect that even after comment #4 happens, we will have people unclear on the concept

NATIONAL SECURITY

Miranda and Public Safety

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2010/05/07/miranda_and_public_safety?page=1

=

“Let’s hope their bombs don’t work” is not a strategy

http://www.redstate.com/bs/2010/05/06/lets-hope-their-bombs-dont-work-is-not-a-strategy/

+The lefties are saying 'Look, Obama kept us safe!' Huh? Did the rays of Sheer Awesomeness from The One stop the bomb that had been assembled and parked in Times Square?

=

A Game-Changing Weapon

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/06/a-game-changing-weapon/

+What happens when world trade gets slowed because of fear of this kind of thing? And what guarantees do we have that the Russians won't build and sell it on the sly, or that other nations will work on it believing it feasible from Russia's pitch?

=

Time to plan for war

http://jewishworldreview.com/0510/glick050710.php3

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

Senators Must Stand Up Against Obama Judges

http://www.redstate.com/ovidelamontagne/2010/05/06/senators-must-stand-up-against-obama-judges/

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

Sowell: Race and Resentment

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/05/race-and-resentment/

+The politics of ENVY, which the left exploits to great effect; after all, it's easier to tear people down to your level than to work to build yourself up.

=

VDH: Yes, Words Do Matter!

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDc3NzgyODhiZmVjNTM0NDMyOWM4YmU1ODIwMDdiNzg=

=

VDH: Dissecting Obama

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/07/dissecting-obama/

Quote from Thomas Jefferson

2010-05-05T11:35:00.001-07:00

"On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823

LINKFEST 5-5-2010

2010-05-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

OBAMA CATCH-ALL

Obama: “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money”

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/29/obama-i-do-think-at-a-certain-point-youve-made-enough-money/

+A telling gaff.

=

At some point you have grabbed enough power

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026193.php

+Without TOTUS, Obama tells his real thoughts. Quote: "Thus Aristotle warned in The Politics, for example: 'If the majority distributes among itself the things of a minority, it is evident that it will destroy the city.'"

LAMESTREAM MEDIA

The Smear Continues

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026188.php

+Two sides of the same coin; the media and the left.

=

You Want News, Go To the Blogs, Not the In-the-Tank MSM

http://bigjournalism.com/pgeller/2010/04/29/you-want-news-go-to-the-blogs-not-the-in-the-tank-msm/

CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN

Your Energy Needs Are For the Birds

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/02/your-energy-needs-are-for-the-birds/

+There are no solutions, only trade-offs. Question for the "greens" - what will you give up? And "carbon offsets" don't count!

OBAMACARE / MEDICOUP

Whistling past the death panel

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/04/026189.php

=

NHS worst for data breaches - Information Commissioner

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10089066.stm

+Computerized health records + government-run health care. What could go wrong?

IMMIGRATION

Just Say It - "All Immigration Laws Are Racist"

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/just-say-it-all-immigration-laws-are.html

=

Why Arizona Drew a Line

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/opinion/29kobach.html

=

The Progressive Mindset on Illegal Immigration

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/04/29/the-progressive-mindset-on-illegal-immigration/

=

From One Hispanic to Others — Arizona, You’re Being Had By the Media

http://bigjournalism.com/aliciacolon/2010/04/29/from-one-hispanic-to-others-re-arizona-youre-being-had-by-the-media/

+The conclusion is spot-on... it's not about fairness, it's about keeping leftists in power

=

Congressional Research Service: One-quarter of all illegal immigrants in the U.S. call California 'casa'

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/04/congressional-research-service-one.html

=

Do NOT Read This Supreme Court Decision

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/04/do-not-read-this-supreme-court-decision.html

+Ow, that'll leave a mark

=

Immigration Rally (NYC Union Square)

http://www.bermanpost.com/2010/05/immigration-rally-nyc-union-square.html

+Mainstream. Not.

RACE

Who’s to Blame When a Black Man Rapes a Woman?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/whos-to-blame-when-a-black-man-rapes-a-black-woman/

+The level of dissociation is frightening; the one responsible for the crime is the one who does it, stupid!

WAR ON ISLAMOFASCISM

Peace (Not) in Our Time

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/peace_not_in_our_time.html

NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama trying to weaken sanctions against Iran?

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/29/obama-trying-to-weaken-sanctions-against-iran/

+My bet is not just oblivious fiddling, but active, albeit indirect, aid to Iran's nuclear ambition

=

Skimping on the Air Force

http://jewishworldreview.com/0510/jkelly050210.php3

TEA PARTY / CONSTITUTION / REAL CONSERVATISM / FOUNDERS

The real reason liberals accuse Tea Partiers of racism

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/04/29/the-real-reason-liberals-accuse-tea-partiers-of-racism/?singlepage=true

=

Liberals are from Mars, Conservatives are from Earth

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/05/liberals_are_from_mars_conserv.html

+So, so, so true.

CULTURE WARS (VERY BROAD CATCH-ALL)

The Ghetto-ification of America

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-ghetto-ification-of-america/

=

The “Collapse” of Communism

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/04/29/the-%e2%80%9ccollapse%e2%80%9d-of-communism/

+Important history; the USSR was never interested in coexistence. And there's a lesson there.

=

Subsistence as Freedom

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

=

Proposal: All New Yorkers Become Organ Donors

http://wcbstv.com/health/ny.organdonor.2.1662437.html

+I am ALL FOR organ donation. But who owns your body, you or the state? In a society that values liberty, shouldn't that be your choice to opt in rather than have to opt out?

=

Law Unenforcement

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/04/30/law-unenforcement/

+Here because I think it speaks to a broader issue than just immigration

=

Life. And The Will to Live

http://www.redstate.com/snarkandboobs/2010/04/30/life-and-the-will-to-live/

+Anyone who can take a living infant and leave it to die is a monster. Period.

SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM

Invisible Truth

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/05/04/invisible-truth/

+Duh.

=

What's wrong with price gouging?

http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby050510.php3

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

VDH: How Could They Do That in Arizona!

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/how-could-they-do-that-in-arizona/

+Quote: 'Fairly or not, the anger at the U.S. and the nostalgia for Mexico distill into the absurd, something like either 'I am furious at the country I insist on staying in, and fond of the country I most certainly do not wish to return to' or 'I am angry at you so you better let angry me stay with you!' "

=

VDH: Thoughts on Gorism

http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/thoughts-on-gorism/

+I'll believe global climate change is a crisis when those who scream the loudest about it being a crisis start making changes to their own lives.

=

Wiliams: Black Americans and Liberty

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams050510.php3

LINKFEST 04-29-2010

2010-04-29T09:07:00.000-07:00

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...

=

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?

=

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.

=

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.

=

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.

=

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?

=

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?

=

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.

=

ObamaCare Mulligan

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

=

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.

=

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.

=

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.

=

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?

=

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.

=

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/

=

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.

=

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.

=

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.

=

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?

=

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

=

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!

=

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.

=

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.

=

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

=

VDH: Of Laureates and Cowboys

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

LINKFEST 04-23-2010

2010-04-23T13:42:00.000-07:00

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.

=

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?

=

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.

=

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

=

Quotes of the day

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

=

The Fragile Left

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

=

My Food My Choice: Tea Party Redux

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

=

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.

=

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/

=

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

LINKFEST 04-19-2010 - - PATRIOTS DAY!

2010-04-19T09:53:00.000-07:00

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."?

=

Goodwin Liu flunks the "mainstream" test

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

+Get ready for the whitewash by the media

=

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

LINKFEST 04-16-2010

2010-04-16T05:24:00.000-07:00

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.

LINKFEST 04-14-2010

2010-04-14T06:53:00.000-07:00

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

2010-04-14T06:17:00.000-07:00

IS ANYONE READING THIS?

Please send me an email:

thwartingtheleft

(at)

gmail.com

Quote

2010-04-13T10:40:00.001-07:00

"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

LINKFEST 04-12-2010

2010-04-12T13:02:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-04-12T05:23:00.001-07:00

“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

LINKFEST 4-8-2010

2010-04-08T06:35:00.000-07:00

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

LINKFEST 04-06-2010

2010-04-06T13:38:00.001-07:00

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/

***
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

***
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?"

LINKFEST 04-02-2010

2010-04-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

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?

***

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?

LINKFEST 03-31-2010

2010-03-31T12:36:00.000-07:00

Morning Bell: $1 Billion AT&T Headache is Just Obamacare’s First Side Effect

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/30/morning-bell-1-billion-att-headache-is-just-obamacares-first-side-effect/

+$14 billion of profits sucked out of the economy. I wonder what that will do to the "recovery".

***

Obama's Jewish Defenders

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/standard/articles-1/

+But... but... but... I thought meddling in other countries was BAD!

***

Obama: HC Law Is Critical ‘First Step’

http://tammybruce.com/2010/03/obama-hc-law-is-critical-first-step.html

+No guts to demand single payer and have an honest debate, just a stealth implementation

***

Lady Gaga Versus Mideast Peace

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304370304575151541851806562.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_t

+They hate our culture, they hate the fact we're not muslims. What part of this is unclear?

***

Violent Liberal Hate Rhetoric: Fifteen Quotes

http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2010/03/30/violent_liberal_hate_rhetoric_fifteen_quotes

+And do check out "Unhinged", the book by Michelle Malkin

and

A Trip Down Memory Lane

http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2010/03/31/a-trip-down-memory-lane

+Funny how dissent stopped being patriotic in January 2009...

and

ZombieTime

http://www.zombietime.com/

+For a huge assortments of fruits, nuts, flakes, and general nasty stuff about the left

and

How the Left fakes the hate: A primer

http://michellemalkin.com/2010/03/26/how-the-left-fakes-the-hate-a-primer/

+Michelle Malkin knows ALL ABOUT being targeted by the left

***

"Change" Is Not New

http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2010/03/30/change_is_not_new

+The climate's been changing since forever

***

Listen to the Panther

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/listen_to_the_panther.html

+Nothing is so powerful as the testimony of someone who used to be on the left... and nothing is so frightening TO the left

***

An Exceptional Debate

http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=M2FhMTg4Njk0NTQwMmFlMmYzZDg2YzgyYjdmYjhhMzU

+America is exceptional. Period. And Obama is our first post-American president. This is a MUST READ!

***

Note to Liberal Elite: It's Not About Race

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/30/its_not_racism_its_our_politics_104975.html

+The reality is that most whites really don't care. They've taken to heart MLK Jr's dictum about content of character. But to the left, they literally cannot conceive that someone might disagree with their "noble" and "well-intentioned" policies - so they default back to thinking about race.

and

EDITORIAL: Dems play the terror card

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/29/democrats-play-the-terror-card/

+What this really is, is a way to distract from the rising opposition to Obama... and the attempt to smear it to discredit it.

and

We’re All Emmanuel Goldsteins Now

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/30/we%e2%80%99re-all-emmanuel-goldstein%e2%80%99s-now/

+Without an enemy to unite the diverse factions of the left - i.e., conservatives - they'd fall apart

***

Iran: What Now?

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=528911

+We are approaching the precipice with barely a thought to how this will change things, or how many will die because of inaction / incompetence.

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What 'To Regulate Commerce' Means

http://federalistblog.us/2006/08/busting_congress_interstate_commerce_myth.html

+If Congress can mandate health care because of this clause, the idea of limited government is truly dead. Straight from the Founders!

***

Chicago Law School faculty hated Obama...

http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2010/03/chicago-law-school-faculty-hated-obama.html

+Striking at the clay feet of the Obama colossus; doing the background investigation the MSM didn't and won't do.

***

Don't tread on me

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025965.php

+With some nice embedded links.

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Conflict or Cooperation

http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2010/03/31/conflict_or_cooperation

+Walter E Williams is also a national treasure.

LINKFEST 03-30-2010

2010-03-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

The Parable of the Satellite Dish

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/03/25/the-parable-of-the-satellite-dish/

+Maybe if we talk slowly and use small words the left will grasp our ideas.

***

The Revolutionary War wasn’t fought for much more than this

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/03/25/the-revolutionary-war-wasnt-fought-for-much-more-than-this

+Intolerable.

***

Are Americans Still Americans?

http://www.defundanddisobey.com/disobey/are-americans-still-americans/

+Penetrating questions.

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Friend or Foe: Does the Obama administration know the difference?

http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/22/friend_or_foe_does_the_obama_administration_know_the_difference

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The Media's Myth of Right Wing Violence

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mithridate-ombud/2010/03/24/medias-myth-right-wing-violence

+The real reason for the hullabaloo? The Tea Party is a threat.

and

If King George Will Not Listen . . .

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/03/25/if-king-george-will-not-listen/

+Push the bill through DESPITE a clear majority opposition, tell people to shut up because they'll like it, in general treat people like ATMs for Congress to party hearty, and then act surprised that the people are angry?

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Why Barack Obama Manufactured This Crisis With Israel

http://www.redstate.com/jeffdunetz/2010/03/24/why-barack-obama-manufactured-this-crisis-with-israel/

+Do not be surprised if Obama's messages are read as an OK to attack Israel; don't be surprised if this happens in October.

***

Leftiest protestors!

http://zombietime.com/sf_anti-war_rally_3-20-2010/

+The gene pool needs chlorine - stat!

***

WOLF: Obama family health care fracas

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/obama-family-health-care-fracas/

+How novel - listening to a doctor on ObamaCare

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Friend or Foe: Does the Obama administration know the difference?

http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/03/22/friend_or_foe_does_the_obama_administration_know_the_difference

+Yes. Friends are who we alientate. Enemies are who we kiss-up to.

and

More “smart power” on display in Canada

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/30/more-smart-power-on-display-in-canada/

and

Barack Obama’s imperial hubris will usher in American decline

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100031825/barack-obama%e2%80%99s-imperial-hubris-will-usher-in-american-decline/

+At what point can we legitimately ask if this is sheer incompetence or something more sinister?

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Why Liberals (think they) Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ironshrink/201003/why-liberals-think-they-are-more-intelligent-conservatives

+One word: ego.

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Cuban Mythology

http://www.babalublog.com/archives/001470.html

+The glories of a state-run system...

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Perspectives Of A Russian Immigrant, No. 8

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=528739

+And be sure to read the others in the series!

Linkfest 03-25-2010

2010-03-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Mad About Obamacare? Blame Bush

http://spectator.org/blog/2010/03/21/mad-about-obamacare-blame-bush

+Bush is responsible not only for Medicare "D". He let the leftmedia define
the war in Iraq. He didn't fight back. He trusted that the truth would be
revealed - forgetting that facts don't matter, but what the people can be
convinced of, does. With the left's relentless assault on him, on the war,
and his utter passivity in the face of that attack, he set the stage for
Comrade Obama to step in.

***

Marginalizing Conservative Ideas

http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=24290

+Older but insightful

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The Dismantling of America

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/24/the-dismantling-of-america/

+Sowell is a Herculean intellect.

***

The Inconvenient Truth About Hurricanes

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/23/the-inconvenient-truth-about-hurricanes/

+The inconvenient truth is that the only inexhaustible supply of energy is the hot air from Gore's mouth

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The Path to ObamaCare Has Revealed the Sickness of Left-Wing Governance

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/23/the-path-to-obamacare-has-revealed-the-sickness-of-left-wing-governance/

+The ends justify the means; and the left will use work to succeed by any means they can get away with

***

Rape of Liberty

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

+Beer-goggle aftermath. And so true.

***

Ann Coulter’s speech in Ottawa cancelled

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ann-coulters-speech-in-ottawa-cancelled/article1509793/

+Look at any Conservative speaking today; they require security, and the left's brownshirts harrass, shout down, and physically attack them. Just WHO starts violence?

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Obama’s Dangerous Diplomacy

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/24/obamas-dangerous-diplomacy/

+Obama is inviting attack with his overt displays of weakness

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The Tea Party Spirit

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/10/the_tea_party_spirit_104699.html

+The despot Caligula used to post laws so high on the wall they could not be read by those it applied to - this is the modern equivalent

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The racist & anti-gay Tea Parties in left-wingers’ minds

http://www.gaypatriot.net/2010/03/23/the-racist-anti-gay-tea-parties-in-left-wingers-minds/

+Agent Provocateurs are a standard leftist tactic. I give at least even odds anyone yelling any such things at a Tea Party is a plant by the left to discredit the right

***

Barry at the Gate. He's not wanted.

http://archive.redstate.com/stories/elections/2008/barry_at_the_gate_hes_not_wanted

+Smart diplomacy, respected abroad, eh?

***

More on Health Care Predictions

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/03/more-on-health-care-predictions/37860/

+Wait, wait - you mean, there should actually be measurable results? Poppycock - this is about feeling good about how self-righteous we are! Results - PFUI - like every other liberal program, results don't matter... only their good intentions.

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UNICEF sponsored ad calls for boycotting Israel

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/03/unicef-sponsored-ad-calls-for.html

+Tell me again why we're funding the UN?

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The ObamaCare 'Acceptance' Strategy

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/the_obamacare_acceptance_strat.html

+Good psych warfare people on the left. I'll give them that. The reality is that this matches the very definition of fascism: government-run business with the illusion of independence.

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Dems miss an obvious lesson plan for deprived children

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will032110.php3

+Liberals need a culture of uneducated people who feel cheated. If the left lost 25% of the black vote they'd be done in American elections.

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Why America Hates Universal Health Care: The Real Reason

http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2010/03/20/why-america-hates-universal-health-care-the-real-reason/

+Is everything a function of choice? No. But many of our health conditions are within our control to an amazing degree. But this would imply individuals had to be responsible for themselves and, worse, live with the consequences of their own actions.

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Climategate: James Hansen Finds Complying with FOIA To Be Too Much of a Burden

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/climategate-james-hansen-finds-complying-with-foia-to-be-too-much-of-a-burden/

+Awwww. The heretics are questioning the AGW gods... and they don't like being questioned.

***

Barack Hussein Obama and Indonesia: there's no place like home

http://synonblog.dailymail.co.uk/2010/03/barack-hussein-obama-and-indonesia-theres-no-place-like-home.html

+Actually pretty insightful, and meshes well with:

The Post-American Presidency

http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/the-post-american-presidency-features-july-09-john-bolton-obama

+Gotta love John Bolton; someone who clearly loves America and is not afraid to fight for her

***

ObamaCare Day One

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703312504575141642402986422.html?mod=rss_opinion_main

+Increased health care costs... possibly jeopardizing employer insurance? WHO WOULD HAVE PREDICTED IT?

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Surprise! Senior Congressional Staff Who Wrote the HC Bill EXEMPT from Obamacare!

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/24/surprise-senior-congressional-staff-who-wrote-the-hc-bill-exempt-from-obamacare/

+ObamaCare is for the little people.

***

Health Care: Yep. It Was All About the 1970s

http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2010/03/24/health-care-yep-it-was-all-about-the-1970s/

+Wait, you mean more government regulation increases something's price? And that when prices go up, people don't buy it as much? Who'd a thunk it?

***

A Case Study in Republican Rhetorical Incompetence

http://rightcal.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/a-case-study-in-republican-rhetorical-incompetence/

+And I love the quote: "We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us." - Thomas Jefferson, 1775

***

America’s Constitutional Awakening

http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/25/americas-constitutional-awakening-2/

+Walter Williams is another national treasure.

***

What Was That Line About the Tree of Liberty and the Blood of Tyrants?

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025919.php

+Violence and death threats - not called for and utterly condemnable. Odd, though, that the left engages in actual violence and the leftmedia engages in actively excusing it or covering it up.

***

From a Doctor Who Will Not Comply

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjY3ZTg2ODNhYTg4ZDUyNjlmNTBmYWI0YmY2YTQ0YTI=

+Civil disobedience. How much do you want to bet this doctor gets her license... "investigated" and her practice audited?

***

Conservatism bestirs itself

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/06/03/conservatism-bestirs-itself/

+We have the best message; we just need to present it well.

Linkfest catch-up

2010-03-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

We’ve Crossed the Rubicon
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/weve-crossed-the-rubicom/
Comment: VDH is a must-read, every column.
***

Democrats to America: Drop dead
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Democrats-to-America-Drop-dead-88785812.html
Comment: The arrogance is truly breathtaking... and the predicted backlash is going to do something: utterly confuse them: "How DARE the rubes defy us!"

***
Pep Talk
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/03/pep-talk.html
Silver Linings http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025892.php
Comment: Good points in both.

***
The Cloward/Piven Strategy of Economic Recovery
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/the_clowardpiven_strategy_of_e.html
Comment: If one makes the assumption that Obama is following this strategy, most of what he does makes sense.
Meshes well with:
Destroying America from Within
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/destroying-america-from-within/
Comment: Again... if one makes the assumption that Obama's intent is to bankrupt America, a lot of his actions make sense.

***
It’s NOT a Health Bill, NOT a Medicare Tax and It Can’t Possibly Cost Only $940 Billion
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/03/21/its-not-a-health-bill-not-a-medicare-tax-and-it-cant-possibly-cost-only-940-billion/
Comment: Absolutely. And you can kiss medical and drug innovation goodbye.

***
20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms
http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politicsinvesting/1563-20-ways-obamacare-will-take-away-our-freedoms
Comment: But it will liberate us to pursue our dreams without worry! STRAIGHT out of Marx.

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Enslaved At Last! Enslaved At Last! Thank God Almighty, They're Enslaved At Last!
http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/03/enslaved-at-last-enslaved-at-last-thank-god-almighty-theyre-enslaved-at-last.html

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What Freedom Demands
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/22/what-freedom-demands/
Comment: A-frickin'-men.

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The Way Out
http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/the-way-out/
Comment: To (mis)quote a line from a movie I like from way back - "The Octogon" - "Well, I guess it's time for a[n electoral] bloodbath!"

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Prepared for Failure
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-22/prepared-for-failure/
Comment: The answer, as always for the left, is MORE GOVERNMENT. What's that definition of insanity again?

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Error of big government, it’s back!
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100323error_of_big_government_its_back_just_throw_book_at_em/
Comment: Mike's conclusion about Pelosi et als' walk is probably right.

***
A Strong Dose of Reality
http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog/archives/2010/03/a_strong_dose_o.html
Comment: The idea that ANY entity can sustain spending more than it takes in is folly so large only a PhD can believe it.Like I said, what Obama is doing makes sense in the context of this - indeed, it matches extraordinarily well:
The Cloward/Piven Strategy of Economic Recovery
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/the_clowardpiven_strategy_of_e.html

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American Tyranny
http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen/2010/03/22/american-tyranny/
Comment: Time to reread "The Road to Serfdom" by Hayek. And a nice companion piece is
Tattered Liberty
http://article.nationalreview.com/428996/tattered-liberty/mark-steyn

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What They’ve Done Can Be Undone
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/22/what-theyve-done-can-be-undone/
Comment: My ONLY regret is that we can't opt out of the monstrosity they've created. Just like I wish the Jihadis could attack only the left.

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Health Care: The Next Move Is Yours, Republicans – Don’t Blow It
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/03/22/health-care-the-next-move-is-yours-republicans-dont-blow-it/
Comment: Sadly, the GOP isn't called the "stupid party" for nothing.

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Is the tax power infinite?
http://volokh.com/2010/03/22/is-the-tax-power-infinite/
Comment: A little heavy, but... I like Dave Kopel.

***
Inside the Pelosi Sausage Factory
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703775504575136133814210008.html
Comment: Why, oh WHY, can't the Right fight to win? We're in a bar brawl, and putting up our fists and saying "Marquis of Queensbury Rules, of course."

***
Democratic Party Corruption
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025902.php
Comment: Get impeached for bribery and commit perjury - Dems elect you to Congress