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Around the Web in 80 Minutes (9/21/09)

Matthew Vadum at American Spectator continues his yeoman’s work in covering the ACORN scandal:

ACORN’S Useful Idiots
9.21.09

… ACORN does not have “a history of honorable service to the dispossessed and impoverished.”

This is a common misconception on the left where the group is viewed as having roughly the same moral rectitude as the late Mother Teresa. It is thought of as unassailable because it is believed to be doing good. The fact that it is so regularly attacked by conservatives and Republicans causes the left to cheer even louder for ACORN.

But the evidence shows that ACORN does not mean well, and that any good the group may happen to do for people is purely incidental.

Next, former Asst. Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey has this American Thinker piece on the current administration’s un-American engagement in dissent suppression:

September 21, 2009
Suppressing Dissent is Un-American

The major outlets for both information and dissent today are talk radio and the internet. Mark Lloyd, the Federal Communications Commission’s new “Diversity Czar” is a disciple of “Rules for Radicals” Saul Alinski and an admirer of Hugo Chavez. Lloyd describes freedom of speech and the press as a “distraction”. He proposes whipping private radio companies into line by threats to their license renewal or by taxing them so heavily that they would be driven out of existence.

If that doesn’t worry you, consider Senate Bill 773 which would permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector non-governmental computer networks during a so-called cyber security emergency, however that may be defined.

Dissent is not un-American, but trying to intimidate and, squelch free speech is. As the editor of the Morning Journal wrote in an August 9 column, “You had better keep a close eye on this White House. Because the Obama White House apparently has its eyes and ears out on the streets watching, listening and ready to ‘flag’ anyone who doesn’t sing their tune.”

Next, Evan Coyne Maloney at Big Government analyzes the rules defining Obama’s “post-racial” America:

ACORN, Kanye West and the Hierarchy of Multiculturalism

To understand the mindset of the politically correct, there are a few rules of racial relations that you need to know. These rules establish the Hierarchy of Multiculturalism:

1. If a person is a member of a group guilty of past racial oppression, that person has no moral standing in relation to anyone in any group that’s ever been a victim of that oppression.
2. A member of an oppressor group is always assumed to be guilty in relation to a member of a victim group.
3. An oppressor can only avoid presumed guilt by making a display of his or her sympathy for the oppressed.
4. Members of victim groups can lose their moral standing by expressing a preference for individual rights as opposed to group rights.
5. Advocating on behalf of a victim makes one almost as unassailable as being that victim.
6. Coming to the defense of an oppressor is even more repugnant than being that oppressor.

This thinking is so common these days that many prominent liberals–from New York Times columniststo former presidents–believe that criticism of President Obama can only be motivated by racial bigotry.

Finally, in a half-joking, half-serious piece, Brian Darling at Human Events thanks President Obama:

Thank You, President Obama
09/21/2009

I love President Barack Obama. No kidding. I love the guy. Barack Obama is the best community organizer of conservatives since Ronald Reagan.

Not even conservative icon Sarah Palin, had she been elected Vice President, could have put together hundreds of town hall meetings with conservatives turning out and decrying the socialist aspects of the liberal health care bills.

Have a blessed day.

The Democrat War on Science: Earth Approaching Sunspot Records

Aw, darn. And right when this global warming alarmist movie is about to come out. Don't you just hate it when reality kicks the pants out of your left-wing agenda?

Listen & Learn: Mark Levin's Racist Right-Wing Guest (9/17/09)

Oh, wait a minute. Mark's guest last Thursday was ESPN commentator and African-American Stephen A. Smith.

I was going to present this in my regular sound clip form, but Bookworm Room beat me to it with this YouTube clip:

This is around the time the liberal brain starts to implode from the cognitive dissonance. So where's the racism being fomented by those hateful white right-wingers? There isn't any. Stop being mind-numbed robots and think for yourselves for a change!

More Americans, black and white, need to listen to sound-thinking individuals like Smith. 

Then again, knowing the race-baiting Democrat Party, I'd recommend Smith get himself some extra bodyguards. This guy could very well become their worst enemy.

Liberal Media Bias: Newsweek Jumps on the Racism Bandwagon

Newsweek has evidently followed the path of intellectual titans like NY Times’ Maureen Dowd and played the race card against Obama critics. Some noname by the name of Raina Kelley, in an article inartfully titled “Play the Race Card,” writes [h/t Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters]:

Let me say this clearly so there are no misunderstandings: some of the protests against President Obama are howls of rage at the fact that we have an African-American head of state. I’m sick of all the code words used when this subject comes up, so be assured that I am saying exactly what I mean.

Ms. Whoeveryouare: Let me say this clearly so there are no misunderstandings: You are a mental midget. Your depth of thinking and reasoned analysis is so shallow that an ant can’t even drown in it. Your educational and professional background is of no consequence. You’re a mindless liberal robot who lives in a liberal bubble. You have been successfully programmed not to use an ounce of intellect to debate an issue, but simply to shout names like “racist” at your ideological opponents. Sorry, toots. That might work at your pathetic excuse for a magazine, but not in the real world where real ideas translate to real actions and result in real consequences.

You are a disgrace, and the magazine that hired you (no doubt to fill some affirmative action spot) is an even bigger disgrace. But keep writing. You are no doubt a hero on the left for writing something so baseless and unsubstantive.

So be assured that I am saying exactly what I mean.

Next week's issue: Is your average Newsweek reader a f**king idiot?

Liberal Media Bias: Ouch! New FNC Ad Takes Other Channels to Schoool--But Gets Schooled Itself

It's awn:

Now, in CNN’s defense, the Fox News ad is not entirely accurate. CNN anchor Rick Sanchez clarified today that his channel did cover the 9/12 Tea Party, citing FNC’s Bill O’Reilly as proof. Indeed, earlier this week O’Reilly mentioned a CNN reporter who was on the scene and was drowned out by the attendees behind her. Fair enough.

But then Sanchez guilts the lily himself, claiming [emphasis mine]:

SANCHEZ: Here’s the fact: we did cover the event. What we didn’t do is promote the event. Just like when thousands marched on Washington to protest the war in Iraq, we covered it as well, probably less than we covered this event. But we didn’t promote it. Bottom line is we do cover the news, and we did extensively cover this event. We didn’t promote the event; that’s not what real news organizations are supposed to do. We covered the event. I would invite you to look into that distinction between those two words—promote and cover. Cover is kind of like a fair and balanced way of doing things, you get it? You might want to look into that. It’s about letting Americans make up their own minds.

Not so fast, Mr. Sanchez. As Matthew Balan at NewsBusters explains:

Actually, in February 2003, during the lead-up to the Iraq war, CNN aired a two-hour special report, “Voices of Dissent,” which was devoted to an anti-war protest organized by International ANSWER, a radical left-wing organization. The following month on March 22, 2003 CNN broadcast 38 separate reports on another anti-Iraq war demonstration. On the other hand, CNN personalities recently labeled anti-Obama protesters ‘insane.’ There’s no way that Sanchez’s claim, that CNN “covered it as well, probably less than we covered” the Tea Party, can be accurate.

But the media leftocracy was not done. In today’s Washington Post Howard Kurtz went to bat for the other stations, citing examples of when each station covered the Tea Party. And true, Kurtz is right. Every other station did report on the 9-12 Tea Party at least once. But the reporting was at best shoddy and sparse. Most of the reports were dismissive and critical, and certainly not as extensive and celebratory as these channels treated the anti-war protests during the Bush years. There is ample evidence to support that claim.

OK, so the bottom line is this: Fox News wrongly used the word “missed” in their ad. They should have used a more accurate term. But CNN’s Sanchez is way wrong when he claims his channel (1) covered the Tea Party more than anti-Iraq war protests and (2) merely covered and did not promote those protests.

Liberal Media Bias: People Buy Time Magazine to Learn ... What?

On Sept. 12, a large crowd gathered in Washington to protest ... what?

That was the opening sentence of the cover story in the forthcoming issue of Time magazine. The article, by one David von Drehle, is titled "Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?"

Gee, I wonder what Mr. von Drehle's conclusion is! 

The cover of this issue, incidentally, is simply a picture of Glenn Beck sticking his tongue out. (Considering what they've done to Ann Coulter and other conservatives, I guess Time could've done worse.)

What an embarrassing pathetic week it has been for the mainstream Obama-worshiping media. 

First, except for CNN, MSNBC, and of course Fox News, the mainstream media virtually ignored the resignation of President Hope&Change's ultra-leftist "green jobs" czar Van Jones. It was primarily Beck who did reveal Jones' radical background to the American people. This must be why he's "bad for America." 

Then, at ABC News soon-retiring Charles Gibson claimed ignorance about ACORN's many indescretions. In fact, the mainstream media was so complicit in ignoring the ACORN scandals that even lib comedian Jon Stewart asked, "Where the hell were you?" Which is why conservative commentators like Glenn Beck, who did inform the American people about ACORN, are "bad for America," presumably.

Just a few days ago, anti-abortion activist James Pouillon was shot dead specifically for his beliefs, yet if you follow the MSM that gave wall-to-wall coverage and commentary on the murdering of late-term abortionist George Tiller, you wouldn't even know the crime took place. 

The same MSM who yawned at—and even cheerled for—the hateful, vitriolic protests against Bush administration policies for eight years has either ignored or ridiculed the 9-12 Tea Party in Washington, D.C.

The same MSM who yawned at—and even cheerled for—the uncivil attacks against George W. Bush by Democrat politicians have become literally unhinged by the absolutely correct accusation of "You lie!" by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) to President Hope&Change. First prize for idiocy in this category goes to the New York Times' Maureen Dowd.

The same MSM who gave the pathetically unpopular liberal hate radio station Air America tons of free publicity reported nothing on Rush Limbaugh's booming August gains, even in deep blue enclaves like San Francisco and New York City.

The same MSM who gave free publicity to every author whose new book ripped George W. Bush to shreds has yet to give any coverage to Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny, even though it spent weeks at #1 on the bestseller lists and just this week reached 1 million copies sold.

But the question on Time magazine's mind is whether Glenn Beck is bad for America. Yeah, O.K.

Glenn Beck is just the next conservative who has the dubious honor of being in the crosshairs of a bitter, jealous, and vindictive liberal media. El Rushbo's been there. So's Ann Coulter. Time magazine's petty and unprofessional article will most likely increase Beck's ratings, not damage them. Good for him.

For those of you who read Time magazine, let me save you $3.95 (or however much it costs) and answer David von Drehle's question: No, Glenn Beck is not bad for America; he's quite beneficial. On the contrary, Glenn Beck is bad for the Democrat Party and for the morally and intellectually bankrupt ideology of liberalism. 

And that's what Time magazine the mainstream media is really worried about.

The real question is: Is the mainstream Obama-worshiping media, Time magazine included, bad for America.

You can guess what my answer is.

Propaganda, Part 1: What’s Good for the Goose-Step is Good Propaganda

[Here is the first of a five-part series from new contributor “benjaminTheDonkey.” Let us know how you like it. -ETR]

Is propaganda just a quaint artifact of the past, or are art, design, and other communications being used now to exert a subtle but powerful influence in the political arena? And—are taxpayer dollars being used to fund it? (Make sure you read through to the end for the answer to that one) In the commercial arena, US businesses spent over $400 billion on marketing in 2008, down from much higher numbers in years previous. Business is driven by the bottom line, so all that spending must be reaping big rewards. What happens when the tools of marketing influence are turned toward political ends?

As a marketing communications and branding professional, I have been watching the way Barack Obama presents himself to the public with great interest. Here is someone who is clearly very savvy—he understands the power of communications, and uses it very deftly. He has shown himself to be quite shrewd—every move being executed with care and forethought. Because of this, his choices are eyebrow-raising—since we know they are not made in ignorance.

Certain people have already made note of the creepy similarities between the branding used by Obama and that of various totalitarian regimes. This post notes the visual similarity between the new Obama healthcare logo and the eagle/swastika emblem of the German National Socialist party. It has also been noted how the now famous Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster turns Obama into an icon employing a style reminiscent of Russian Constructivist design—the look used to great effect in Soviet propaganda. Of course, visual similarity does not mean an equivalency in substance. Merely looking like something doesn’t make it that thing. However, noting how aware and articulate the administration is when it comes to media, I am left wondering because the choices are not arbitrary.

Good design is always rooted in a basic understanding of human psychology. It uses color, line, form, composition, careful word choice, and other tools to influence and convey meaning—emphasizing particular aspects of a message (or even manufacturing them) by dressing it up in the appropriate trappings. A designer knows both a) that much of what is conveyed happens at a non-verbal level, and b) that meaning is powerfully conveyed through association. Visual style is used to give messages a feeling of being comfortable and informal, dramatic and powerful, or any other desired vibe (or “positioning” to use a marketing term) by carefully selecting how to put the various elements together. Additionally, since nothing is new under the sun, and everything we create is within the context of our collective human experience, a skilled designer crafts things to make use of similarities with other things in order to hook into those associations and help create the proper “resonance” for the communication being crafted. Designers are visually literate and keenly aware of the things that are in the public “mindspace”, and carefully steer their creations—shaping and reshaping, harmonizing with the associations they want, and tuning out the things that are not part of the positioning they’re going for.

The Total Brand 20th Century Totalitarianism made much use of the tools of design and propaganda to sway the masses. While brute force can be used to bring about a desired end, a compliant people is much easier to deal with than one that requires the cattle prod. Saul Alinsky puts it quite nicely in his Rules for Radicals:

To know these [rules for radicals] is basic to a pragmatic attack on the system. These rules make the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one who uses the tired old words and slogans, calls the police “pig” or “white fascist racist” or “motherf---er” and has so stereotyped himself that others react by saying, “Oh, he’s one of those,” and then promptly turn off.

This failure of many of our younger activists to understand the art of communication has been disastrous …

Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people…

To assume that a political revolution can survive without the supporting base of a popular reformation is to ask for the impossible in politics.

People must be persuaded that a new system is necessary, that the existing one is unfixable and needs to be discarded, while the change being proffered is an opportunity to sow the seeds of Utopia. Why does totalitarianism like its slickly designed communications? Because it is so acutely aware of its need to take ownership of hearts and minds. Statist regimes tend to love ladling on visual branding and propaganda. Democratic republics have their icons to be sure, but they are not such self-consciously managed brands as are those of the Soviets, Mussolini, Mao and the National Socialists. (For a fascinating look into the guts of the role design played in National Socialism, I recommend the documentary The Architecture of Doom – description here, watchable here)

In any endeavor, strong design and well-crafted communications convey great weight and import to the things they express. They create an idealized image that is so “together” in its presentation, that the strength, power and cohesion of the communications are conferred in the mind to the message they carry—the ideas, movement, and people. That is, the vehicle is so well put together, that many don’t examine the payload very carefully because they see it all as cut from a whole cloth.

Next Up … Part 2: Back to Old-School— How to Wow Like Mao

The Propaganda Series

1. What’s Good for the Goose-Step is Good Propaganda
2. Back to Old-School
3. Enter the Great and Powerful Obamessiah of Oz
4. The People’s Revolution
5. Hope & Change in All Its Taxpayer-Funded Glory

With Talent—And Ratings—On Loan from Gaaaawwww-duh!

A couple days ago, VM congratulated “The Great One” Mark Levin for reaching the 1 million sold mark on the indispensible Liberty and Tyranny. Which, not surprisingly, happened despite virtually no reviews in the mainstream press.

Now, guess what else happened with nary a peep from the mainstream press? A certain radio host despised by the leftocracy gained tons of new listeners coast to coast during the month of August. Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer has the numbers:

In Los Angeles, The Rush Limbaugh Show gained a full share point overall, from 5.9 to 6.9 to take first place with a weekly cume of 635,700 listeners. With men 35-64, the jump was from 4.7 to 5.6. In the 11am hour, Rush pulled in a mammoth 6.3.

In San Francisco, it was another big gain on KSFO, from 4.9 to 5.6 and a second-place ranking overall and 332,400 total listeners. In Nancy Pelosi’s backyard, that’s quite an achievement.

In New York City, Limbaugh’s audience share grew from 4.7 to 5.4, ranking fourth overall and with 653,500 listeners.

Taking second overall in Chicago on WLS, the program moves from 5.0 to 5.3 to rank second with 319,700 tuning in. With men 35-64, it’s a 5.7 to 6.0 gain.

Houston delivers huge numbers for Limbaugh, with a 7.2 to 7.4 share gain and 337,300 listeners. With men 35-64, it’s a staggering 9.8, up from 9.4 in July.

In St Louis, it’s an even bigger victory, with first place and a 10.8 share, up from 9.1 last month, logging 204,400 weekly listeners.

Once again, Rush is number one in Detroit with 7.1 share overall, up from 6.2, 245,600 is the head count.

In Seattle, Rush is number one in his time slot with a whopping 10.1 share on KTTH versus 9.3 in July. Audience is 159,500 in the Puget Sound Area.

Phoenix outdoes even Seattle’s tally with an 11.0 share, up from 10.5, good for first place. Head count: 245,600.

San Diego provides another first place finish with a 7.7 share and 134,000 total audience.

As frustration with Obama’s policies reached a boiling point during August, Americans clearly turned to Rush for help. Apparently, the state-run media has yet to take notice.

Yup. As Rush said yesterday, the left is scared. And you know they’re scared because all they have left to offer in the marketplace of ideas is to shout, “Racist!”

Scared. Desparate. And utterly pathetic.

Can this be a sign that Americans are waking up? We’ll find out in 2010.

[Related reading: CNS News]

Around the Web in 80 Minutes (9/16/09)

It’s one week after S.C. Congressman Joe Wilson shouted “You lie!” during President Hope&Change’s health (s)care pitch. David Limbaugh at NewsMax doesn’t buy the Dems’ outrage for a second and calls them on their own well-documented hypocrisy:

Memo to Dems: Spare Us the Phony ‘Lie’ Outrage
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

While Democratic leaders are wagging their fingers at the Republican Party’s alleged descent into incivility over Wilson’s unplanned, indignant outburst, they have a very short memory about their own party-wide monopoly on incivility, as they savaged Bush throughout his presidency. I researched and wrote a 400-plus-page book documenting the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of these hypocritical scolds in 2006, in case you need a refresher course.

Unlike Wilson, these offending Democrats have never apologized for their outrages. Did Rep. John Murtha apologize for prejudging and slandering our battlefield Marines who were later vindicated? Did Sen. Harry Reid ever apologize for calling Bush a liar? Al Gore? John Kerry? Has suspected tax evader Rep. Charles Rangel apologized for his conduct while devising new ways to confiscate even higher taxes from honest, hardworking Americans who actually pay their taxes?

Did Sen. Dick Durbin retract the substance of his remarks in comparing Gitmo to the gulag? Did House leader Nancy Pelosi repent for defaming the CIA?

There’s plenty more where that came from.

Speaking of government-run health (s)care, Jerome Corsi (author of Obama Nation and Unfit for Command) has a scoop at WND about Congress’ plan to push an immigration bill that will unequivocally make illegals eligible for government-run health care:

‘Obama to make illegals eligible for health care’ 
Upcoming immigration bill seen as ‘backdoor’ to bring millions into plan

September 15, 2009

The Obama administration intends to “backdoor” illegal immigrants into its proposed health-care plan by passing an immigration reform bill that would give legal status to as many as 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S., charged Radio America talk-radio host Rodger Hedgecock today in Washington, D.C.

Calling comprehensive immigration reform the Obama administration’s “second act,” Hedgecock said illegal immigrants initially would be excluded from the healthcare plan but would have access to it once comprehensive immigration reform is passed by Congress.

On a still related note, Armstrong Williams at the Washington Times discusses the current race-baiting, which he regards as a sign of pure desparation on the part of the Dems:

The ‘race-chasers’ strike again
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It’s the oldest play in the book: Ignore the message; attack the messenger. Drop an “-ism” and watch his or her opponents scatter. What next? Is every criticism of the president now subject to a racial filter? Are we to ask every opponent of the president, “Is there hatred in your heart when you say that?”

If so, then maybe the health care debate is increasingly about race—just in a way that no one is talking about. If the rousing fact of an American black president gives Democrats license to deliberately confuse every contested issue by merely labeling and dismissing their critics as racists, then the national debate will be short-circuited—because of racism. Who could have thought that racial issues would become worse—not better—with Barack Hussein Obama as our president?

Finally, at Townhall Michael Medved outlines the many ways left and right differ and concludes that’s it all boils down to attitude toward America:

The Real Political Divide: Attitudes Toward America
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

[L]iberals and conservatives differ dramatically and profoundly. This is not to say that all liberals hate America, or that all conservatives glorify their country unreservedly. But in questions of emphasis the contrast couldnt be more clear: the left stresses Americas failures, shortcomings, hypocrisies, and embarrassments while the right trumpets the nations achievements, blessings, and distinctive advantages. Nothing enrages liberals more than the conservative tendency for jingoistic flag-waving and super-patriotism; nothing bothers conservatives more than the liberal habit of blaming America first and concentrating on historic guilt and present problems.

Have a blessed day!

Congratulations, "Great One" Mark Levin! 1M Books Sold

Despite never being reviewed in the Obama-worshiping NY Times and Washington Post, the most important book of the 2000's, Liberty and Tyranny, has just hit 1 million books sold.

Mazal tov, Great One!

Read more about Liberty and Tyranny here and here.

More Footage of Racists at 9/12 D.C. Tea Party

Oh whoops. Never mind. It's black San Diego radio host Mason Weaver [h/t Bob's Bites]:

Yet all the lib Obamatons have is "Racist! Racist! Racist!" These are the people who keep saying they want honest debate. Yeah, and I've got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

The American People: 2, ObamaCORN: 0

First Obama's favorite "community organizing" group—whom he represented as a lawyer and to whom he has siphoned millions in stimulus money—got dropped by the Census Bureau.

Now the Senate (wonder of wonders!) voted overwhelmingly to strip ACORN of federal funding from the current transportation and housing appropriations bill.

Malkin explains:

Currently, ACORN is eligible to receive millions more in taxpayer funds through mortgage counseling, Community Development Block Grants, and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program — in addition to the tens of millions ACORN Housing Corp. has already received.

And what of the 7 Senators that voted Nay? Guess they have no problem with a taxpayer funded organization aid and abet child trafficking, prostitution, and tax evasion. What swell examples of moral character.

Of the 9 Senators that did not vote, one was John the fake Republican McCain. Why? Malkin has her theory.

So, good for you, Senate. But don't pat yourselves on the back too much. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[Picture credit: Tara at Little Red Rooster]

Interviews of 9/12 Tea Partiers. Those Racists! (Especially the Black Ones)

VM reader and, starting today, guest contributor “benjaminTheDonkey” attended the D.C. Tea Party on 9/12. With video camera in hand, he got some very impressive feedback from participants of all stripes, parties, religions, and races. This is 14 minutes of really inspiring stuff.

Nice work, bTD!

Around the Web in 80 Minutes (9/14/09)

I once got flack from a liberal friend for calling Maureen Dowd “Moron Dowd.” She’s right. I take it back. If this is best and most intelligent analysis Maureen Dowd can do, then she makes a moron look like Albert freaking Einstein.

Over the weekend Ms. Dowd released a disgusting NY Times editorial accusing S.C. Congressman Joe “You lie!” Wilson of racism. (Yes, folks, this is the pinnacle of liberal intellect: just call your ideological opponent a racist. No serious analytical thought necessary.) 

In response to this piece of trash editorial by a piece of trash human being, here is a piece by Damian Thompson of the U.K. Telegraph (which apparently does the news that American mainstream media won’t do) and by Ruben Navarette at Pajamas Media. Good for them. 

Ain’t that the truth!

Next, speaking of racism, Star Parker at Townhall observes: Some Blacks Now Have Doubts About Obama

Next, Kyle Smith at Front Page covers the continuing virtual non-coverage by the mainstream media of radical resigned czar Van Jones: Van Jones: Unfit for Print

Finally, Clarice Feldman and Rosslyn Smith discuss the transformative event that was the 9-12 D.C. Tea Party.

Liberal Hypocrisy: Clean Conservatives vs. Filthy Liberals

Gateway Pundit has very telling photos of what Washington D.C. looks like following a huge gathering of conservatives (the 9-12 Tea Party) vs. liberals (Obama's inauguration):

GP quips: 

The democrats were obviously waiting for Big Government to clean up for them.

That's the rub, isn't it? That's why nothing Democrats stand for works. Not welfare, not social security, not education, etc., etc. No one does anything for themselves; they expect Daddy government to do everything, so they do nothing.

Of course, I'm not saying that all liberals are slobs. I know many conscientious liberals who wouldn't leave a mess like this. But I don't know any conservatives who would. 

It's the general mentality of the two ideologies that's the issue: Conservatives believe in personal responsibility; not liberals (and if you are a liberal who believes in personal responsibility, sorry to tell you, you're not a liberal!). And no fake speech by a president to the nation's schoolchildren should persuade you otherwise.

But just remember, folks: It's liberals who care about the environment; conservatives only want to destroy it, right?

As a poster at the 9-12 Tea Party read: Don't tea on my leg and tell me it's raining!

An Inspiring 11-Year-Old's Open Letter to Dear Leader

Facebook friend Tara, who blogs at A Little Red Rooster, posted this inspiring video at a rally in Philadelphia last week. It features an 11-year-old boy named Quentin Cody who read an open letter to President Hope&Change.

It's hard not to stand up and cheer for this young man at the end of his speech. Such an event gives one hope that our future is not yet lost.

Spread this around. And don't forget Cody's name when it's his turn to run for president in about 30 years!

[Video produced by www.NewJerseyForDummies.com]

Underage Illegal Immigrant Whores Who Evade Paying Taxes: The Hope and Change We've Been Waiting For [UPDATED 9/14: Now Brooklyn!]

Question: What do you do when you catch on tape employees of a taxpayer-funded community organization who are voluntarily becoming accessories to multiple federal, state and local crimes, including child abuse, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, tax evasion, and immigration law violations?

Answer: If you do it in the Democrat-run state of Maryland, you get threats of getting taken to court by the State Prosecutor.

There are no words to describe the level of disgust I am feeling right now. But if the videotapers of these detestable ACORN employees do get taken to court, I’ll bet the Great One Mark Levin would represent them in a second!

I’ll even help them with their defense: They were simply videotaping the ACORN scum as part of their 9/11 National Day of Service.

Oh, you had no idea that Obama’s favorite community organization group—who gets taxpayer money and even received stimulus money—knows how to run brothels for underage illegal immigrant whores and how to get them to avoid paying taxes? Well, that would be because the mainstream Obamedia has been virtually silent about it. (Guess they’re still busy looking for more library books banned by Sarah Palin.)

As of Noel Sheppard’s NewsBusters post at 12:47 PM today:

• ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC have not aired one television report concerning this matter
• The New York Times has not published one article concerning this matter
• USA Today has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Boston Globe has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Los Angeles Times has not published one article concerning this matter
• The Chicago Tribune has not published one article concerning this matter

Bucking the boycott trend were the Washington Post, the Associated Press, CNN, and Fox News. ABC’s Jake Tapper also wrote about this at his Political Punch blog (h/t Paul Chesser).

Nope, no liberal media bias here!

UPDATE 9/14: Now Brooklyn! [h/t Red State via Atlas Shrugs]

Meanwhile, Clarice Feldman at American Thinker says it's time the IRS started investigating ACORN-prepared tax filings.

Yeah, that will happen. Just as soon as the Democrat "Count every vote!" Congress investigates their engagement in voter fraud.

Hello? MSM? Is anybody there? Is this thing on? Oh, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your breathless coverage of the non-scandal known as Joe Wilson takin' President Hope&Change to school. Go back to your left-wing propaganda.

"Conservative Woodstock" Is Exactly Right

Amazing shots from Looking at the Left [h/t Atlas Shrugs]

Upwards of 2 Million Angry Mobsters Patriots Converge on D.C. [UPDATE 9/13: Or 75,000]

I was with you in spirit, guys!

The revolution is on baby. The American people are taking this country back from the Marxist-socialist president who has openly trashed the Constitution.

They are taking this country back from an individual who with every spoken word and pen stroke has expressed a white hot hatred toward its traditions and values.

The are taking this country back from an individual who has surrounded himself for decades and appointed in his own administration individuals who have verbally and physically expressed their hatred towards it and who have openly expressed their desire to change it and remake it in their own socialist image.

The are taking this country back from a president and a Congress who are so drunk with power that they overstep their constitutional limitations with punity and a sense of unchallengeable moral superiority.

The are taking this country back from a president and a Congress who are so drunk with power that they think they can piss away their citizens' hard-earned trillions of dollars in the name of "compassion" and get away with it.

Get ready. 2010 is going to be the year the American people take back what's been lost since the beginning of the 60's New Left.

It's ON.

UPDATE 9/13: They're reporting now it was only 50-75,000. Big difference!

Kudos to ABC's Good Morning America this Sunday morning. They actually showed about 7 seconds of a black man at the rally lamenting how the government is characterizing them as angry mobs and racists.

Fox News: Census Bureau Severs Ties with ACORN

Yes!