November 16, 2009

• Environmental laws put gaps in Mexico border security 11-16-09
  Between environmental extremists on the one hand, and federal authorities who really don't much care to enforce the law on the other, I'm of the considered opinion that our sovereignty isn't much longer for this world.
• Obama Draws Fire for Bow to Japanese Emperor 11-16-09
  Why did he do it? I have no idea. I imagine it's his usual "we're just like you, I'm so sorry our country has been successful please love us" mentality. And while I'm horrified to see the President of the United States bowing to a foreign leader yet again from a Constitutional standpoint, let me tell you something else: his form couldn't have been worse. I lived in Japan, and was very quickly taught the protocol of the bow. Obama's handshake and the degree of the bow don't exemplify any such thing. The Japanese are typically extraordinarily polite, but I'm betting that behind closed doors, the Emperor laughed. I'd be laughing too if his behavior hadn't also been so singularly inappropriate.
• Undercover Video Shows Pig Farm Employees Allegedly Abusing Pigs 11-16-09
  Nobody with any intelligence wants more government involvement in anything, least of all businesses that say they can police themselves. But businesses like this one give lie to that and, as a result, hurt everybody by appalling so many that government intervention is not only inevitable, but demanded. If you're going to police yourselves, do it. If you're not, don't come crying to me when the feds come charging in! (As a personal note, I'd say that there's absolutely no excuse whatsoever for this kind of mistreatment of animals, and those involved should be punished. Period.)
• COMMENTARY Competition With the Government? 11-16-09
  Ron Paul is, as usual, right. And government healthcare couldn't be more wrong.
• Administration to Propose Federal Oversight of Subways, Report Says 11-15-09
  Could it be any more obvious that the Obama administration wants to turn this country into a socialist (or a communist) enclave? He and his administration are working to take over more and more of, well, just about everything. If we let them, we deserve what we get I suppose. But what about the suffering of all of us who had better sense and are desperately working to keep government out of private enterprise, and out of our lives? If subways and light rail can't make it as a business, then they shouldn't be in business. Period. Oh, but under Obama's rule, "free market" is a dirty word, isn't it?
• Giuliani: Obama Repeating 'Mistake of History' With Sept. 11 Trial Decision 11-15-09
  It seems the only people who don't see this as a mistake are the same people who won't utter the words "war on terror," and who have clear and stated sympathies with the people they won't call "terrorists." I'm pretty sure that means something in addition to all of the things Mr. Giuliani so accurately states.
• Illegals could be legal as quickly as next year 11-15-09
  Confirmed: This administration and too many in Washington are actively determined to disregard the Constitution and transform this country into the kind of place those of us who are free (for the moment) have long criticized. There could be little more that would prove it so conclusively as this.
• Jobs Engine or Terror Target? Illinois Officials Split on Detainee Prison Plan 11-15-09
  This is a really bad idea on several fronts. Yes, of course it will make the location a terrorist target. But even worse, it will equate the crimes committed by enemy combatants with garden variety (so to speak) civil criminal acts. The terrorists (and yes, I still call them that despite the rapidly escalating political correctness that discourages such) are winning...
• Obama intel pick accused Jews of assassination 11-15-09
  Seriously, does Barack Obama deliberately search for the worst possible candidate before issuing the job offer? I have to wonder seeing as how he couldn't be doing a whole lot worse if he were trying to do a whole lot worse...
• BLOG ENTRY Napolitano Remarks Show an Administration Committed to Amnesty Despite the Facts
  11-14-09
  With this latest piece of news I am more convinced than ever of two salient facts. 1. The Democrats are going to lose, and lose big in 2010. 2. The damage the Democrats will have done even in the short time between now and then may be so substantial as to be irreversible. Oh, and one more for the road: Treason is apparently no longer a crime, at least not if your business card indicates you work for the Obama administration.
• CMS: House health bill will hike costs $289B 11-14-09
  Well, lookie here. Congress is already being proved wrong even before the bill is implemented. Worse, I'm entirely certain that those who've been championing the measure are well aware they're lying about many aspects of it, not least of which is the cost. Shame on each and every one of them, and woe to us if we let them get away with either their lies or this bill!
• Obama Urges Congress to Delay Fort Hood Investigation 11-14-09
  These pleas are coming from the same man who won't even use the word "terrorist" in connection with a terrorist. I can't agree that any in Congress should take the request seriously or that they should for a moment stop what they're doing. I believe an investigation will show that political correctness played a major role in the end result here, and the sooner we swallow that bitter pill, the better.

November 13, 2009

• Five Sept. 11 Suspects to Face Trial in New York 11-13-09
  Folks, mistakes don't get much dumber than this one. These men are enemy soldiers. They've openly declared war on us. They meet every requirement there is for military trial (and I would hope subsequent execution). If we try them in civilian courts according to civilian law, chances are good at least some will be released. According to civilian law, arrest warrants, speedy trials, and habeus corpus all apply, none of which were involved here. A good lawyer and an honest judge will see these demented radicals released because the former will take advantage and the latter will honor the Constitution. I'm just sick. I can't imagine how those who lost loved ones on 9/11 must be feeling today!
• POLL More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Gov’t. Responsibility 11-13-09
  Public opinion does not, of course, change the Constitution. But it's still nice to see more and more Americans beginning to understand the scope of government and acknowledging its rightful (not to mention sensible!) limitations.
• Supreme Court asked to boot Hillary 11-12-09
  It is more than a little disheartening to see so many blatant violations of the Constitution underway. But even worse than that is a growing tendency by too many, including an unfortunate number in the judiciary, to selectively determine that, "Oh, well, that's really an exception," when oh, well, really it's no such thing.
• Hasan Had Multiple E-mail Accounts, Officials Said 11-12-09
  And yet there are still people who won't call this man precisely what he was: An extremist Muslim terrorist. What part of this war is it that they're entirely unable to grasp? And how many more people need to die because it's that very attitude that's facilitating such attacks?
• Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth 11-12-09
  The former president is right. Of course, the current president is still too busy blaming his predecessor for anything and everything that he's not likely to even hear the message let alone comprehend it. (Okay, in fairness to all involved, he won't comprehend it even after he gets the message, but I digress...)
• DUI checkpoints will continue in Fontana, but police will not 'enforce immigration laws on the streets,' chief insists 11-12-09
  So basically what you're saying is that even if you're caught, it doesn't matter. Way to protect our borders, guys.
• Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood 11-11-09
  There are people who have suggested that the Obama administration's foreign policy represents an increased threat to the safety and sovereignty of this country. As closely as I can figure, here's another piece of evidence in a rapidly growing collection that contributes to proving that domestic policies may be factoring into the increasing dangers we face as well.
• US Sen. Lindsey Graham censured by SC county GOP 11-11-09
  It's about time somebody did something to hold accountable those who will sacrifice just about any principal, and ignore just about any mandate from their constituents, solely to get credit for compromising (usually on things that should get no compromise at all). Lindsey Graham is one of those who has most abused the auspices of the party to which he supposedly belongs (don't even mention Olympia Snowe), and is therefore deserving of censure at best.

November 12, 2009

• White House Considers Using TARP Funds to Cut Deficit 11-12-09
  First, they just had to have all that money to ensure lenders didn't fail. Now that they've not spent the bulk of it, they're holding onto it forother reasons, reasons neither we nor Congress approved! It's not that I oppose paying down the debt, but rather that this money will be used based on pretty much nothing other than the President's desire to spend it. (I'd also like to point out to the President that if he'd really like to reduce the deficit and pay down the debt, he might try spending less. That's what everybody else has to do, after all, at least those who can't steal more money from taxpayers to make ends meet!)
• Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options 11-12-09
  I don't pretend to have all of the answers here in no small part because I don't have very much of the pertinent information. But Obama does. He's had it for almost a year, now. And Obama's got expert advisors, too, something else the rest of us can't claim. And yet the man apparently can't make up his mind. One thing I do know, and that's that doing nothing isn't a whole lot better than doing the wrong thing.
• Military Doctors Worried Hasan Was 'Psychotic,' Capable of Killing Fellow Soldiers 11-12-09
  There weren't warning signs that were missed. There were warning signs that were ignored or suppressed. Are y'all that worried about what other jihadists and politically correct liberals might think?
• Bart Stupak: They'll be "Hell To Pay" If His Pro-Life Amendment is Removed 11-12-09
  Then Stupak had better get ready to collect, because that amendment is toast. There's no way the more radical segment of Democrats in power will permit anything but the most broadly available abortions possible under the law (and I wouldn't put it past them to change the law while they're at it).
• BLOG ENTRY Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service 11-12-09
  This is reprehensible and, like the writer says, very scary stuff indeed. Want to get a little more nervous still? Read the comments.
• Sen. Ben Nelson: ‘I’m Not Going to Be Able to Answer That Question’ of Where Constitution Authorizes Congress to Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance 11-11-09
  Okay, maybe he really can't answer the question because he doesn't know enough about the Constitution. But I'm betting he can't answer it because there is no authorization for any such thing anywhere in that document.
• Sanctuary veto overridden, legal action possible 11-11-09
  Turn illegals over on arrest, or on conviction? Neither. Turn them over on discovery. At least the mayor has a partial grasp on reality! Those Supervisors who voted in favor of giving illegals yet another break they don't deserve are anti-American at best, but pose an active danger to the country in more extreme cases. Way to make things worse in a state where things are already bad!
• Perry: Obama 'hell-bent' on socialism 11-11-09
  While the rest of the story is also relevant, pay special attention to the retaliatory measures apparently being taken by the federal government against Texas. This does not bode well, not for Texas or for anybody else legally living here, either.
• COMMENTARY What's behind America's politically correct 'love' of Islam? 11-09-09
  Whatever is behind it, we'd better get it behind us before we all find ourselves facing still more and even greater threats!

November 11, 2009

• Ft. Hood Suspect Had 'Unexplained Connections' 11-11-09
  Granted, hindsight is always 20/20. But if even I can see some of the red flags here, how is it that professionals—who should be a whole lot more suspicious than I am!—didn't see it? My own best bet is that they did see it, but that political correctness or other artificial impediments generated by the administration wouldn't let them do their jobs they way they ought to be done.
• Sen. Reed: Forcing People to Buy Health Insurance is Constitutionally Justified Because It’s Like Making People ‘Sign Up for the Draft’ 11-10-09
  Let's not pretend that most of us didn't already realize that the majority in Congress don't have a clue what the Constitution says, nor do they care. But I'm still unceasingly amazed at the contortions they go through to justify their latest attempt to infringe liberty!
• Sheriff to Marines: Your service is not over! 11-10-09
  I couldn't agree more, on all counts.
• COMMENTARY Were Warnings of Fort Hood Shooting Ignored? 11-10-09
  Much of the writer's thrust goes to the notion that we shouldn't make too much of the fact the terrorist gave both advance warning and is a Muslim "conservative" (the politically correct term the mainstream media uses instead of saying "fundamentalist whack job"). He suggests that any anti-Muslim sentiment will strengthen al Qaeda. No, what strengthens our enemies is our refusal to call a spade a spade. As long as we won't look into certain obvious warnings because it's politically incorrect to do so, these psychos will continue to infiltrate our interests, our installations, and all too obviously our country.

November 10, 2009

• Senators seek to limit congressional service 11-10-09
  When the Founding Fathers first considered and wrote the Constitution, one thing that was made quite clear (specifically in writings by Thomas Jefferson) was that they assumed political representatives would effectively volunteer to serve for a few years, and would then go home. Unfortunately, they were wrong. This amendment would put the entire system back where it ought to be, and would make a fine start to addressing some of the systemic wrongs in the current system. It's rare I say the words, but here's a Constitutional Amendment I'd support.
• Armey says health care reform will kill innovation 11-09-09
  Of course it will. Although the government isn't constitutionally charged with oversight of the economy as a whole, it seems to now be a de facto truth. Also true? The Pelosi Plan will bankrupt the country and utterly destroy the economy while it's at it. Even if the economy isn't a constitutional mandate, I'm pretty sure the survival of the country is!
• Intel Committee Republican Says Administration is Withholding Information on Fort Hood Attack, Demands Preservation of Documents for Possible Congressional Probe 11-09-09
  Is this true? If so, it's reprehensible. Is it untrue? Okay, where's the intelligence? No wonder the Muslim lunatic at Fort Hood was able to killl so many people! Either no one is paying attention, or they're not allowed to pay attention. Either way, it ain't good.
• COMMENTARY Obama Ignores Terror Threat at His Own Peril 11-09-09
  I agree. What's more, if Obama continues to ignore the terror threat, he ignores it at the obvious peril of the rest of us as well!
• Rep. Deal wants Obama to prove citizenship 11-06-09
  This should have been done long ago, but at least it's being done now!

November 9, 2009

• White House Spent 'Weeks' Courting Lone GOP Vote on Health Care Bill 11-09-09
  So what you're basically saying, Congressman Cao, is that you can be bought. And you were. (I'd also point out that the president apparently promised help restoring the economy in Cao's district in exchange for the vote, but isn't the president supposed to be doing that anyway? And would he have cut the district off had Cao voted reasonably instead?)
• Intelligence Officials Deny Sitting on Information About Fort Hood Shooter 11-09-09
  That may or may not be true. What most assuredly is a fact is that some military personnel were afraid of reporting Major Hasan because they feared repercussions for being "politically incorrect" and in some way biased against Islam. It's not racist (or bigoted) when it's true...
• Lieberman Suggests Army Shooter Was 'Home-Grown Terrorist' 11-09-09
  Well, yes. I'm kind of thinking when he listed "Palestinian" on a form requesting his nationality, we might have had some clue of that.
• Fort Hood shooting suspect conscious, talking, hospital says 11-09-09
  The fact that he's talking is the one reason I'm glad this particular Muslim terrorist wasn't killed outright. First we confirm he's the terrorist he is—and learn more about his motivations so the far left can grasp that this really is a war—and then he can be put against a wall and shot.
• U.S. troops' continental insignia bears U.N. colors 11-07-09
  I'm not all that concerned about the fact that the patch bears United Nations colors. Those colors are, after all, relatively common. No, what concerns me is the superimposed mosque (I know what it's supposed to commemorate, and I don't care) and the unified North American continent. Our sovereignty is eroding before our eyes...
• Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists 11-07-09
  Gee, what a shock. And in the midst of our politically correct refusal to "profile" based on race or religion, my best bet is that we can look forward to more bloodshed of a similar nature and cause. The War on Terror simply cannot be won by those who would give the benefit of the doubt regardless of the warning sings until it's too late. And in the case of Fort Hood, there were warning signs, and plenty of them.
• COMMENTARY Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush
  11-07-09
  I suspect Brits are missing Bush these days as much as some Americans are. After all, the way Obama treats our allies as impediments and our enemies as friends doesn't bode well for Great Britain regardless of her long history of supporting democracy. (Personal note: I don't miss some of George W. Bush's policies. I do, however, miss a man who actually felt emotion for others when tragedies occurred and consistently focused on the country rather than himself. Barack Obama's high opinion of himself is soon to be one of the few positive opinions out there, I'm guessing...)
• Muslims: 'America's chickens have come home to roost' 11-06-09
  You can have authorities urging we don't rush to judgment all you like, but the fact remains: From every appearance, this was a pre-planned attack on American soldiers by a Muslim fanatic who was mandated by his religion to do something like what he did. There may, indeed, be those far more moderate Muslims who oppose his actions, but that's immaterial to the fact that there are at least as many who aren't as moderate both in this country and without.

November 6, 2009

• Military jihadists fill 'every branch' 11-06-09
  I'm not going to pretend that there's enough information available to make any such claim concerning the specific tragedy at Fort Hood yesterday. I will, however, say that we've got plenty of reason to consider the notion both in this case and on a broader, military-wide basis.
• COMMENTARY ObamaCare endorsements: What the bribe was 11-06-09
  Want to see how dirty politics really is? Take a look at the laundry list of bribes coming from an administration ostensibly opposed to lobbying and theoretically (apparently only theoretically) in favor of transparency. This is truly sickening.
• MoveOn Threatens to Push Primary Opponents to Dems Voting Against Health Plan 11-06-09
  Look, we've all known that MoveOn is a group based not on freedom but on tyranny. If it doesn't get its way, it will do all that it can to steamroller its opposition so that it gets its way in the end regardless. Let me just advise all of those Senators being targeted by this particular piece of nasty: MoveOn may work against you, but your constituency will work for you when you do the right thing and stop government health care from becoming an horrific reality. And MoveOn doesn't vote in your state (unless, of course, ACORN is involved, which is another story all together.)
• Frank Mocks Health Reform Protesters, Bachmann 11-06-09
  So now you know that Barney Frank thinks people who are angry with Washington have the intellect of a "dining room table." With that amount of respect for you and any disagreement you may have with the issues, Massachusetts, are you seriously going to prove him right and vote for him again?
• Immigration Query Puts Napolitano on the Spot 11-06-09
  I can see how it might be a little awkward. I mean, at one time, Napolitano apparently respected the Constitution and worked to adhere to it. Now, though, she's working for an administration that has an open contempt for the same document. How ever will she explain herself?
• Dems Balk on Details of Final House Health Care Bill 11-06-09
  Excuse me? Did those Hispanic Congressmen not take an oath to the Constitution like everybody else? Each of them is guilty of failing to uphold his oath by their demands illegals have access to any government healthcare plan, and each should be treated accordingly. We are being led on the road to ruin by criminals!
• Bipartisan Opposition To Senate Climate Bill Growing 11-06-09
  As well it should be. This is a bad piece of legislation from conception to finish, and the failure to recognize that will prove to be the catalyst for failure of a far larger and more crucial kind: The economy.
• COMMENTARY The Obama Way: First Throw Down, Then Throw Up 11-05-09
  I frankly don't care of this kind of thing comes back to bite Obama in the ass (it already has). What I do care about is the likelihood that this kind of thing is going to bite the country in the ass (and I'm afraid that it will).
• White House Claims 'Stimulus' Saved/Created 650,000 Jobs (but it imported 1,125,000 foreign workers at same time) 10-30-09
  Is it any wonder the White House numbers don't match up? They're not just an exaggeration or even a lie. They are, instead, wholly impossible to reconcile with any real net positive effect. And is this thanks to the problems inherent in a sluggish economy? Nope. It's thanks to the government mucking up its responsibilities elsewhere.

November 5, 2009

• VIDEO Fort Hood Tragedy -- Barack Obama Gives "Shout-Out" Before He Comments on Shooting -- FOX News 11-05-09
  There was actually a comment made earlier today that Fort Hood is "Barack Obama's 9/11." After you've seen this, I'm guessing you'll be hoping not. We may have at some point in history had a less qualified president, or someone in the Oval Office more ill-suited as Commander in Chief. But I sure don't know of one!
• Senate blocks census citizenship question 11-05-09
  This is par for the course, but still more than a little distressing. Most of the Senate (and the House) knows perfectly well the Census is to base its apportionment of Congressmen on the distribution of citizens. The Founders didn't think to specify legal citizens because I'm betting they never thought we'd reach a time where the control of our borders wasn't just lax but actually ignored. And don't cry to me about illegals not being adequately represented. They're not supposed to be represented!
• Senate Panel Approves Climate Change Bill Despite GOP Boycott 11-05-09
  The Senators (all Democrats) who showed up to deliberately and with malice aforethought set out to damage our economy irreparably, to give up national sovereignty, and who ignored their constituents without a thought need to lose their jobs at the soonest possibly opportunity for us to fire their treasonous (not to mention shortsighted, power hungry, and ignorant) asses.
• BLOG ENTRY “Audit the Fed” Gets “Gutted” 11-05-09
  This is truly terrible news. To all of you who actually care about such little things as "inflation" and "national sovereignty," get on the phone to urge your Representative to support Ron Paul's amendment intended to restore the bill back to its original state.
• Democrats say elections won't stop health care 11-04-09
  Really? Forget for a moment the utter hubris that would cause Democrats to so blatantly acknowledge their intended disregard of the will of the people, and consider this: 2009 might not matter to you, but you'd better bet that 2010 will! You've been warned.
• Amnesty to be 'coup de grace' to United States? 11-03-09
  I don't believe that the fears of such a "coup" are overstated here, and certainly support wholeheartedly any and all efforts to quash the very notion of amnesty even as we promote the security of our borders and the sovereignty of our country,
• Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers 11-03-09
  I notice there's no indication as to whether or not the probes are needed... That being said, I did take note that there's complaint that disgraced Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) who kept bribe money in his freezer, and beleaguered Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) were targeted because they're black. Apparently, we're now supposed to overlook criminal wrongdoing if the perpetrator isn't white!

November 4, 2009

• Democrats, incumbents get wake-up call 11-04-09
  I sincerely hope that everybody involved understands that this isn't really about Democrats (as much as the Republicans would like it to be) or Republicans, but rather about the status quo. A whole lot of people, me included, are sick to death and tired of big government and high taxes. Can you hear us now?
• Three Senators Join Forces to Rescue Climate Bill 11-04-09
  I certainly won't support any measure, however it's cobbled together, that results in significant increases in energy costs. But far more important than that, I will actively oppose any measure that abrogates in any way our national sovereignty. That, my friends, is non-negotiable.
• Part of Constitution That Tells Congress 'To Provide for the Health' of Country Justifies Requiring Americans to Buy Health Insurance, Says Sen. Burris 11-04-09
  Okay, new rule: Before you're allowed to run for office and swear an oath to the Constitution, you have to have actually, like, read it.
• White House Overstates Number of Stimulus Jobs Created, Reviews Find 11-04-09
  Gosh, imagine my surprise that the White House would actually lie about anything! <cough>
  
• Analysis: Anger, frustration fuel Election Day 2009 11-03-09
  Gee, do you think? I sure hope that House members are taking note. There are more than 400 of them who stand to lose their jobs in 2010, and more than 400 of them who frankly deserve to. Want to save your seat? Start representing the people instead of yourself or your party leadership!

November 3, 2009

• GOP Senators Talk of Boycotting Climate Bill 11-03-09
  I certainly sympathize with the GOP sentiment here, but would urge they fight rather than boycott. Some clearly already recognize the serious negative impact of such legislation, and the more loudly they fight the more the particulars will see the light of day. The Democrats must be stopped, and the best way to do that is to show the American public what the climate bill really does—and doesn't—mean.
• Capitol to be filled with livid Americans 11-02-09
  I don't believe that Representative Bachman is exaggerating. This may very well be our last, best hope to stop the steamroller to socialism coming out of the Obama administration and the über-liberal members of Congress. If you can get there, go; if you can't, please consider taking other actions (such as those proposed by Downsize DC).
• House Republicans Find 111 New 'Bureaucracies' in Health Care Bill 11-02-09
  Even if this number is "over exaggerated" as some Democrats claim, it's still far too much more of a government that's frankly already far too much!
• Health insurance mandate alarms some 11-01-09
  The only way they're making this constitutional is to twist and pervert the interstate commerce clause and other similar notions. The bottom line is that Congress has no business doing what it's doing, and even if they somehow manage to make it legal, it won't make it either right or reasonable.
• Valerie Jarrett: GOP 'more and more extreme' 11-01-09
  The fact that Ms. Jerrett considers those who support lower taxes and less government to be "extreme" is a pretty good indicator of just how extreme her party is!
• Winning Dede Scozzafava: How Democrats got her nod 11-01-09
  Ms. Scozzafava should never have pretended to be a Republican in the first place. But I hope Democrats are never-the-less watchful: Once someone betrays their character and their promises the way she has, chances are pretty good they'll do it again. Her loyalties apparently lie solely in the realm of expedience.

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