All Gave Some, Some Gave All.

Useful Idiots: Brown vs Purple

Useful Idiots: Brown vs Purple

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The Accidental Bigot

TGIT & "The Obamas" The Accidental Bigot

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Two Quotes From Citizens Of The United Kingdom

“Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may 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. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be ‘cured’ against one’s will and and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not reached the age of reason or those who never will – to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”

~~ C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) 

I disagree with C.S. Lewis in part.  When he says "They may be more likely to go to heaven"... I believe that he is incorrect.  Tyranny is thievery, legalized theft from the citizens under tyranny.  This will not make anyone more likely to go to Heaven.   

Do You Know What Aztlan Is? You Want To Know, Believe Me. Watch This Video.

Senator Scott Brown Is Still A RINO, Just Like He Was All Along.

 
Scott Brown key to Wall St. bill passage - Meredith Shiner - POLITICO.com

Not only did Scott Brown not make one iota of difference as The Leftist Democrats subverted the US Constitution with the ObamaCare Takeover anyway, but Scott Brown is a RINO.  No, I did not send money to his election campaign like lots of the TEA Party and 9-12 people that I know did.  He's a RINO, people!!!

From Meredith Shiner's article:

In January, he broke the Democrats’ lock on the Senate. 

On Thursday, he gave it back. 

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) effectively became the 60th vote to cut off debate on Wall Street reform Thursday – a far cry from when Republicans were hailing him as the 41st GOPer who was going to stand up to the Democrats’ agenda. Brown also voted "yes" on final passage. 

Brown’s vote allowed Democrats to move swiftly toward final passage of one of President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities, a day after he was accused of breaking his word by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said Brown had promised to vote yes Wednesday.

By Thursday, though, Brown switched from no to yes, after a talk with Reid and a full-on sales-pitch from Democrats in the Massachusetts delegation, including Sen. John Kerry, who made the pitch that the bill is good for the state. Brown met Kerry at the Democrat's Georgetown home at 6 a.m. Thursday for a bike ride where they discussed the pending bill extensively, Brown said. 

When Brown arrived to Washington in January, he received a hero's welcome from a Republican party still reeling from huge defeats in 2008. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) even went so far as to dub Brown "41." 

Mitch McConnell and the rest of the RINO-Loving GOP need to get  a grip on reality. Barack Obama and The Capitol Hill Democrats are talking about simply taking everyone's 401-k and IRA funds with an empty promise of "taking care" of everyone's retirement for them; the same empty promise that introduced Social Security to another generation of Americans under another Socialist President.  I wonder where Senator Scott Brown will stand on that issue?

Nothing is being done to even slow down this runaway train as it plows right through the station.  The Cult Of Personality that elected Barack Obama reacted and sent Mr. Photogenic Scott Brown to the US Senate, and he is revealing himself to be as vacuous when it comes to The Principles Of Statemanship as the Current Occupant of The White House is. 

 

Draw Mo Day

This is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.  H/T Zombie

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Standing Ovation For President Of Mexico Felipe Calderon on Arizona Immigration Law Before Congress

President Calderon was being critical of the Arizona Law when he got the standing ovation.  This standing ovation is NOT representative of what my reaction to these words would be. Do these folks represent you?

Rand Paul And Ron Paul Will Do The Same Thing To The TEA Party That Ross Perot Did To The Republican Party

 

Remember Ross Perot?  His only job was to split the GOP vote in order to ensure that William Jefferson Clinton would win the election for POTUS. Ross Perot was NEVER trying to win the Presidency.  Mr. Perot did an excellent job of this.

The only job that the Paul Family is trying to do is to split the Conservative vote and simultaneously provide the impetus to derail the TEA Party.  They are doing an excellent job so far.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Rand_Paul_wont_answer_Civil_Rights_Act_question.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/rand_paul_telling_the_truth.html

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/19/paul-civil-rights/

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/freedom-as-white-supremacy.php

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/rand_paul_may_not_be_a_racist.html

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/05/20/paul-i-support-the-civil-rights-act/

http://anotherblackconservative.blogspot.com/2010/05/rand-paul-and-civil-rights-question.html

The TEA Party is NOT a marginal group of racist extremists, but Rand Paul's identification with The TEA Party and his subsequent labeling of himself as a TEA Party candidate, and labeling The TEA Party by inference as racist and extremist, has the goal and purpose of weakening and ultimately neutralizing the TEA Party.  This is what The Paulians are trying to accomplish.  They need to reach this goal before the Fall 2010 General Election, so they are starting now, Rand Paul stepping up to the plate first to deliver the 2010 elections to The Left.  

Breitbart.tv » ‘Al-Quds’: Top Obama Advisor Refers to Jerusalem by Arabic Name

 
Breitbart.tv » ‘Al-Quds’: Top Obama Advisor Refers to Jerusalem by Arabic Name

That is the way they refer to Jerusalem in staff meetings and internal communications.  Why wouldn't the guy call it that in public?

Genesis 12:1-3 (New International Version)

Genesis 12

The Call of Abram

 ¹ The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

 ² "I will make you into a great nation
       and I will bless you;
       I will make your name great,
       and you will be a blessing.

 ³ I will bless those who bless you,
       and whoever curses you I will curse;
       and all peoples on earth
       will be blessed through you."

Day-By-Day: One Sheet At A Time or Rahm Emanuel Does The Dirty Work

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Chris Muir draws and inks Day-ByDay

Monday Obama Nation: The Joker

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Big Hollywood: Obamanation What a Joker By Hudnall and Lash

The US Government Taking Control: First Healthcare, Now Banks, And Don't Forget Government Motors.

First Healthcare, Now Banks: Is Anyone Seeing A Pattern Here? by Dr. Elaina George 

Health care reform is the latest piece of the puzzle to be put in place. If you add this to what has happened in the financial industry and the banking industry (and don't forget Government Motors - GAvg.) a bigger picture begins to emerge. With the proposed financial regulations, there seems to be a movement towards the consolidation of power in a few institutions, systematically removing free competition, setting up the too big to fail phenomenon, thereby giving people less choice that will ultimately cost everybody more in the long run.

It is not hard to visualize a future where there will only be a certain number of hospitals that are able to provide care for specialized diseases such as cardiac care, or orthopedic surgery.  If that happens, access will be restricted since patients will be limited as to where they will be able to go to receive their care.  If there was only one specialty heart center in the city and only a certain number of doctors on staff, by definition, there will be a limited number of patients that can be treated at any specific time. Unfortunately, these changes will likely lead to the de facto rationing of care.  In addition to the problem of access, costs will likely go up because of the lack of competition.

The demise of Lehman Brothers and the consolidation of other large financial companies have led to very few winners in the financial industry – the biggest of which is Goldman Sachs.  The banking industry has seen a few surviving large institutions such as Chase and Citibank. What the larger banks didn’t acquire in mergers, the FDIC removed by taking over and closing hundreds of smaller and community banks. Makes you wonder if the credit unions will be next on the list.

I see this as being Marxism in Socialist Clothing.  Socialism can be sold easily to a legion of College-Indoctrinated Americans who truly have been taught to believe that Socialism is a "Government That Cares" while it controls.  Driving Socialism forward at a breakneck pace in key institutions and areas causes instability, which appears to be the goal.  Once the apple cart tips due to any number of factors (A financial collapse in another country that we are heavily invested in, a suitcase nuke in the Potomac basin, a group of car bombs that detonates in NYC or San Diego or maybe 20 or 30 major cities at once, or fill in the blank with a destabilizing event or series of events here) then the "Government That Cares" will impose Martial Law and suspend Habeas Corpus (for our own protection, of course) and make the short hop from Socialist State to Marxist Dictatorship.  With government control of the health institutions and financial institutions, every other service can be easily controlled, including the production and distribution of food. 

If they who occupy the US Government were only directed toward the goal of establishment of Socialism there would be no need for the rapid movement and crippling policies; simply changing the rules and appointing enough judges at all levels to thwart future lawmakers in any attempt to stop Progressive Socialism would be enough to ensure the establishment of Socialism.  No, this is using Socialist policies to cripple the major internal institutions of the USA, leading to collapse in those institutions, with the goal of filling the void with a Marxist government, perpetuated by judicial fiat even if the facade of periodic elections continues.  Two years ago this would be something unthinkable; now I welcome anyone to refute it as being a strong possibility.  Frankly, if I'm wrong about it I'll be happy to be so.   

A Conservative Who Is Grateful For The Current President

Scott Hennen at Say Anything Blog

What will be the legacy of President Barack Obama? How will future generations of Americans look back and remember our 44th President? The jury is still out for that evaluation, but if approval trends are any indication, the Presidency of Barack Obama will be a historic one. Not only is Barack Obama the first African American to be elected President, but it was during his four years in Office that the American people cast off their silence and indifference to make a profound declaration that would ultimately guide us in the next chapter of our political development: we reject statism. We reject socialism. We reject the growth of government at the expense of the private sector. We refuse to sacrifice our God-given liberties for assurances of welfare and security pledged by our politicians. We believe in the profit motive. We believe in the American dream. We want a return to limited government, and the Constitutional principles that founded this country.

Under President Barack Obama, literally millions of Americans have had enough. And they’re doing something about it. They’re organizing…they’re studying the Constitution and the Federalist Papers… they’re reading history and case law, and they’re showing up at rallies and meetings all across the country, to express their fears and frustrations. For 95% of them, it will be the first time they’ve ever demonstrated against anything. That’s how passionate you are, and that’s how powerful this movement is. A new awakening of American civil consciousness is underfoot; a social backlash to over 40 years of unmeasured liberalism, personified and extolled in the Presidency of Barack Obama. His leadership will lead us back to who we are. And to that end, we should be grateful he’s in office.

So far there has been a sum total of zero as far as the actual effect all that all the Sound and Fury has had on anything. Scott Brown being elected? ObamaCare passed anyway. Two vacancies on the SCOTUS? Two Radical Leftist Judges (one needs the formality of confirmation as of yet). Congressional Special elections? A wash so far. The commentary by Mr. Hennen was certainly inspiring but there is currently no effect to measure from all of the bluster. Everyone should stop feeling their oats and wait until they actually accomplish something before puffing up their collective chests. Learning the Constitution and The Federalist papers at the point in time that they are becoming moot may be a little late to make much difference.

A Suggested Requirement To Maintain US Citizenship

Let me suggest something: a requirement to VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION in order to maintain the rights of citizenship for EVERYONE.  This crap of people not taking their responsibility of self-government seriously enough to even freakin' vote is BS!  No one has to go to the polls no matter what your schedule is, you can vote absentee.  Frankly, when 30% turnout is considered HEAVY then we have shirked the responsibility of self-government and we are getting what we deserve as a nation for doing so.  

The Founders never envisioned making it a requirement to vote to maintain citizenship because they all knew what it felt to RISK EVERYTHING to simply obtain self-government and would have never envisioned a weak and passive America who worried more about their personal comfort than making the small sacrifice to take the time to vote - that is something that would be hard to imagine for a generation who saw their contemporaries shed their blood for the right to Self-Government and Liberty.  Even now the idea of mandatory voting may be too little and too late to keep the Republic, but anything less is frankly an open mockery of The Founders and everyone who has sacrificed Everything, or even Anything, in order to continue The American Experiment.

What Is The Unifying Principle Of The Republican Party?

This is not a rhetorical question.  What is the unifying principle of the Republican Party? Can anyone answer it? 

The cartoon above is illustrative of the fact that the Democrat Party is unified and is moving forward to enact their agenda at lightning speed.  They will lie and cheat and distort and deceive in order to do so, but their unity in doing all of this is evident. 

What can the Republican Party do to counteract this Democrat Unity?  Scare everyone into thinking that they cannot win elections unless they remain loyal Republicans?  This is the only "unifying principle" that I see in the Republican Party, and it stands for nothing in particular at all while it tries to please everyone.  Unless the Republican Party finds some firm ground to stand on, electing people with "R" after their name instead of "D" will not make any difference while Marxism displaces the Constitutional Republic. 

Government Motors Repays Loan With Interest. This Will Make You Smile Through Your Tears.

Bonuses For Greek Boneheads: How Many Ways Can US Tax Dollars Be Given Away?

Daily Gut: Bonuses For Greek Boneheads

Greg Gutfeld on Big Hollywood talks about the many ways that US tax dollars are pissed into the wind for the Entitled Greeks who cannot afford to subsidize their own Socialist Utopia.  With a Willing Marxist in the White House and Captive Drones in Congress, there appears to be no end to the ways that our money will be spent and/or given away.  Of course, this cause is near and dear to the heart of our Current President.

So a friend asked me to explain the whole mess in Greece, and I tried to make it simple. You know those people who keep spending money, even though they don’t have any? They have tons of crap, but their credit cards are maxed? That’s Greece.

But if you really want to puke, Washington Post’s Anne Applebaum points out what Greece must do, in exchange for its massive bailout. To cut the deficit, Greece must reduce Easter and summer bonuses for its civil servants.

Easter bonuses? Summer Bonuses? They get bonuses because the weather changes?

Read the rest HERE. 

Pretty much this is what the near future holds for the remains of the Sinking Ship of State headed by Captain Barack.  As the Current Occupant of The White House has instructed the federal government at all levels to speed up hiring, we will soon see a convenient Domestic Trough to fill with taxpayer dollars for our own federally-funded workers.  I wonder how they will be expected to vote?

Comfortable? You Will Be Until About 2013

The Left is now touting that fact that current federal income tax loads are less than 10%, while of course not mentioning all of the other collateral costs of transitioning to a Marxist Socialist form of government, including the many indirect taxes and inflation from government regulatory costs and rule enforcement. 

This government will continue to appoint judges at all levels who in the near future will be the de facto lawmakers.  There will still be periodic elections and the facade of self-government, of course.  The citizens will remain comfortable in their homes and their bills will be paid by the taxpayers in general if they have no jobs.  

There will be political posturing by Republicans and Democrats which will have a sum total of zero.

The American Experiment is over.  Maybe in the future there will be a generation with enough courage to undertake something similar once the comforts that we currently enjoy are stripped away, but only if that generation somehow has The Faith that The Framers had.  Nothing else will be worth dying for, and the willingness to sacrifice everything, EVERYTHING, is the only thing that will allow someone to risk all that they have, even their very life.  

The current generation does not even have The Faith to believe that there is something worth dying for; if this was not the case we would not be on course to live as slaves, trading our comfort in for our Liberty while shirking completely the responsibility of Self-Government.

Stand for Something or Fall for Anything

The moral foundation of those "Original Tea Partiers" was understood and held in common, which is different than things are now.  When they drafted a document that mentioned "Nature's God" that was a very specific term to them, the same as when John Adams spoke of "a moral People", which was based on a specific set of moral principles, unlike the relative morality of today.  Pragmatism back then was what the Tories espoused, and it will not work now either.  Currently the Republican party stands for nothing in particular and will fail as a result of that.  The Left stands clearly for Marxism.  Unless the Tea Party stands for something at its core, it too will fail, and with it will fail Liberty, for there is no hope for Liberty within the Sandy Foundation of the Republican Party nor among the Democrat Denizens of Karl Marx.