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Quote of the Day (11/30/10): El Rushbo on Dems Not Extending Bush Tax Cuts

... This is all about power for themselves, because if they really cared about raising revenue they'd lower taxes, the same thing here on the Bush era tax rates. If raising revenue here to reduce the deficit were really what this were all about they would be advocating cutting taxes particularly on the people that create jobs, the rich.

But it's not even about raising revenue; it's not even about closing the deficit or lowering it or any of that. It's not about that at all. It's about class envy. It's about class warfare politics, about getting votes, about pitting one group of Americans against another which is what liberalism does.

So it's a waste of time to go talk to Obama about this, as it was a waste of time to go talk to Obama about health care. You could beat him upside the head with nothing but pure logic and total sense, it still isn't gonna matter. It's not gonna penetrate. Total waste of time.

-- El Rushbo, Nov. 30, 2010

Another Mysteriously Motivated Attack

From Mona Charen at JWR:

When a Christian says "Praise G0d," people nod politely or in agreement. When a Muslim shouts "Allahu Akbar," everybody ducks.

Ain't it the truth.

On Sunday morning I read the news story about the would-be Portland, Ore. bomber Muhamud on the front page of the NY Times. Infuriatingly, but not surprisingly, the word Muslim or Islam did not appear once.

Even more infuriatingly, not only did the (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger's article also not contain a single instance of the word Muslim or Islam, but the article itself was on page A-10! The front page didn't even present a tease regarding arguably the most important news story of the day.

Neither article mentioned that this was the eighth attempted terrorist attack on U.S. soil on Obama's watch -- or that those attempts were all perpetrated by Muslim males.

To which Charen writes:

Why is it so hard to tell the truth? The truth is that while the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and law-abiding, there is a powerful strain within the religion that encourages murder and mayhem. Muslims, sooner or later, must deal with this, along with the rest of the world. But to suggest that acknowledging Muslim extremism amounts to bigotry, as this administration seems to, is both dishonest and cowardly.

But rest assured, many octogenarian nuns and little blonde girls carrying Strawberry Shortcake dolls were thoroughly frisked at the nation's airport this weekend.

Don't you feel safer?

Related reading: Even in Oregon by Robert Spencer at Front Page.

WikiLeaks: Was the Obama WH Involved?

A skeptical reader writes to Pam Geller at Atlas Shrugs:

... Now, we have the 2nd set of Wikileaks  (involving literally hundreds of thousands of documents), which this Government has known was coming for some time now.  I DID read most of these documents this time, and I can tell you this one thing and that is his:  Mr. Julian Assange (along with some 22-year-old Private in the US Army) did not do this alone.  I realize that computer hackers are good at what they do: Mr.  Assange DID NOT get his hands on literally 100's of thousands of Documents from the U S State Department, etc., without someone in upper levels of Government (with Obama's WH), and Holder's Justice Department, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear.  It simply cannot be done.  You will not see any serious investigations by Holder's (traitor to his core)  I consider Obama, as well as Holder guilty of Treason of the highest order. Of course, I consider B. Hussein Mohamed Obama to be America's number one enemy.

Basically, this would have NEVER happened under a Reagan Administration.

We all know that Obama's goal is to fundamentally change America, and bring it to its knees.  We also know that George Soros' number one goal is to destroy our Republic.  If I am not mistaken  Mr. Soros is a member of The Open Society Organization as is Mr. Assange.  I believe the WikiLeaks (parts 1 and 2) were orchestrated by GS.  How would Julian Assange manage to release all these Top Secret Documents, which basically spills the beans on what America thinks about everyone of our enemies and our Allies wiout the help of someone with very deep pockets, if you get my drift. How does  Assange stay alive, where does he get hismoney. Who pays for his lawyer.   Some guy from Australia, aided by a private in the USARMY does this.  Simply cannot be none.   Obama (with GS's help)  allowed this to happen. ...

Whoa. Those are pretty serious allegations.

Think we'll ever find out if they're true?

Senate Continues to Steal Your Liberty, and Your Money

Two big votes happened in Congress today. First, the proposal from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to put a temporary ban on congressional earmarks failed. From J. Taylor Rushing at The Hill's On The Money.

In a 39-56 vote, members defeated a temporary ban on the appropriations procedure. The moratorium was offered as an amendment to a food-safety bill that is scheduled for a final vote Tuesday morning.

Senate Republicans have already passed a voluntary ban on earmarks in their caucus, but several GOP senators have objected to it. Democrats have so far declined to ban earmarks from their members.

The legislation would have established an earmark moratorium for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and also would have covered the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1. Congress has yet to pass an appropriations bill for the current fiscal year, and in the lame-duck session lawmakers are likely to approve either an omnibus spending bill or a continuing resolution to keep the government operating. ...

Naturally, most Republicans voted for the ban, while most Dems voted against. Here are the "mavericks":

Democrats voting for the measure were Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), amendment cosponsor Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), amendment cosponsor Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)

Republicans voting against the amendment were Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Sen. James Inhoffe (R-Okla.) [really???], Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio).

I think it was El Rushbo who noted that the amount of money saved by banning earmarks was insignificant compared to other fiscal spending. But still, the fact that the vote happened and the way each party primarily voted is significant.

Also, James Antle at the AmSpec blog notes:

... an interesting pattern emerged: six of the eight Republicans who voted against the ban were on the Appropriations Committee; all of the Democrats who voted for it are from swing states, many of whom will face the voters in the next two elections. The latter group also included Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, who was defeated for reelection, and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who declined to run again.

And while the Senate was busy making sure the money gravy train kept chugging along for them, guess what they also did? Allow the food fascists to start wreaking havoc on your gastronomical freedom. From Michelle Malkin:

Today, I’m disappointed to tell you, the regulatory expansion bill masquerading as a “safety” measure passed by a large margin — with stomach-turning Republican support.

Here’s the roll call vote.

The 15 power-grabby Republicans who voted for it:

Alexander (R-TN)
Brown (R-MA)
Burr (R-NC)
Collins (R-ME)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kirk (R-IL)
LeMieux (R-FL)
Lugar (R-IN)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Snowe (R-ME)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)

The Senate bill must be reconciled with a version that passed the House of Representatives in 2009 before Congress adjourns for the year.

There's a reason why Mark Levin often says, "Every time Congress meets, you lose a little bit more of your freedom."

Welcome to the future, suckers!

 

 

 

 

WikiLeaked: John Kerry calls for Israel to cede Golan Heights and East Jerusalem

Our friends the Democrats. By Josh Rogin at The Cable.

High Hispanic Turnout For GOP In 2010

From the WaPo (!) via Greg blogging at Rhymes With Right.

The morality of gay adoption

From Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at The Jerusalem Post.

Progressive Thanksgiving Prayer: Blessing of the Taxes : The Current Truth

From your friends at The People's Cube.

Let me, Dear God, shift the paradigm on this Thanksgiving and blissfully give thanks for the gift of government, and thank the government for the gift of taxes. Bless my taxes, O God! Give me peace of mind as I rejoice in filling out forms and returning money to its rightful owner, the government. Keep me joyous, I pray, as I write out those checks. Yea, Lord, we know that there is little reason to be joyous with this Administration's imperialism and impending rape of the Iranian peaceful energy program, but the thought of a new tax year still brings to us a swelling tear of joy. And whisper to me, Lord, all the good reasons that I send my money to my government every year. ...

Obama and Holder and Their Massive Failure to Think

From Kyle-Anne Shiver at American Thinker.

... A former Gitmo detainee, brought to NYC to be tried as a civilian with all the rights of a genuine American citizen, was found guilty on a single picayune count from a list of 280-plus murder charges. ...

Never mind the hundreds murdered by means of the TNT bought by this enemy combatant, obeying the orders of his own commander in chief, Osama bin Laden. Due to constitutional protections gratuitously bestowed on him by President Barack Obama and the Department of Injustice, Ahmed Ghailani will soon be sentenced to serve a couple of decades in an American prison (minus time served, for sure), where he likely will sue the people of the United States of America over and over again with some trumped-up "cruel and unusual punishment" claim.

Wherever he is, Osama bin Laden is having one heck of a great laugh right this minute as he watches Western civilization shoot itself again, again, again, and again in the foot. ...

Video of the Day (11/20/10): N.J. Gov. Christie Rocks!

Here's (sniffle sniffle) my governor retelling a teacher union smackdown to an audience at the Goldwater Institute [h/t Right Scoop]:

Liberal Anti-Semitism: Some "Cartoonist" 's Idea of Humor

Some friend of a Facebook friend posted this and thought it was funny - and true. So did many other people who commented on it. Too bad I couldn't comment (since it wasn't a direct friend.)

Oh, how do I know this cartoon (whose drawer's initials I admittedly can't make out) is from a left-winger?

Believe me. I know.

Listen & Learn: Mark Levin on the Federal Gov't Incessant Overreach and Overtaxation (11/17/10)

On Wednesday's first hour, Mark was on a roll, discussing Obama and the lame duck Congress's last ditch effort to pull out all the stops - and czars and agencies - and push as much regulation and taxation down our throats until it's filling up our intestines and coming out our tuchases: Tax increases, cap and tax, tax increases, amnesty (oh excuse me, path to citizenship) for illegals so they can vote for you-know-who in the 2012 election, and tax increases.

Did I mention tax increases "For what?" Mark asks. To satisfy the federal government's insatiable appetite for spending your money and grabbing more unconstitutional power for themselves.

For that reason, at the end of the second clip Mark makes a bold suggestion to the incoming Republican House: To propose an amendment to limit government spending to a fixed percentage of the GDP. Sounds good by me.

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Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Idiot

And Larry Elder can prove it:

Hey, Michael Moore! Clinton, Gore And Kerry Lost 'White Vote' Too.

'White America does not like having a black president."

Thus pronounced Michael Moore in an appearance on "Real Time With Bill Maher." And Maher agreed, "That is the truth."

"The statistics don't lie," Moore plowed ahead. "I'm not talking about polls. I'm talking about that the young people in '08 was the only — do you know this? — it's the only demographic — white demographic — that Obama won, 18- to 29-year-olds. Every other demographic, over 29, Obama lost the white vote. Every single one."

Crime solved. Case closed. Book 'em, Danno. Except for one minor detail:

No Democratic presidential candidate has won the "white vote" since 1964.

Add Obama's name to a long list of white Democrats who lost that demographic: Humphrey in 1968, McGovern in 1972, Carter in 1976 and 1980, Mondale in 1984, Dukakis in 1988, Clinton in 1992 and 1996, Gore in 2000. ...

If "white America" dislikes having a black president, why does "white America" — in the South, no less — tolerate a black congressperson?

Allen West, a black Republican former lieutenant colonel, won Florida's 22nd Congressional District. Its racial demographics are 82.3% white, 3.8% black, 1.7% Asian, 10.7% Hispanic, 0.1% American Indian and 0.2% other.

Tim Scott, a black Republican candidate, won South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. Its racial demographics are 74.8% white, 21.1% black, 1.3% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic, 0.4% American Indian and 0.2% other. ...

Duh!!!

Moore is a moron. And Maher even more so for giving this loser an iota of legimitization. 

I wonder if speech suppressor Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) would be interested in shutting HBO down. 

Mental in America

At CNBC [h/t Drudge] it reads in bold letters: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009

Yeah, they're called Democrats. (Ba-dum-bum!)

Alternate punchline: In Washington, D.C. only, the ratio becomes 1 in 2. (Ba-dum-bum!)

Ways the Left Has Screwed Up My Country Today: Embassy Terrorist Walks. Thanks, Eric Holder

From IBD: 

Fire Eric Holder

War On Terror: The acquittal of a Gitmo detainee of the murder of 224 people shows the stupidity of civilian trials for those at war with us and the blind incompetence of an administration that believes in them. ...

Firing would be too good for him. Holder needs to be brought up on some sort of criminal charges. Maybe aiding and abetting. I'd bet money that Holder and the rest of Obama's hate-America cabal wanted this terrorist to get off.

While subbing Thursday for El Rushbo Mark Steyn discussed this infuriating story, saying:

Ladies and gentlemen, the terrorists have won. The government of the United States cannot get confessed jihadist murderer Ahmed Ghailani convicted on any of the 224 murders he was charged with because they decided to shower him with all the protections of the civilian justice system. But the very same government has decried that your private parts and those of your children, grandmother, and all 300 million sets of American genitalia are up for grabs without any probable cause.

Yup. These people, from Holder to Napolitano, need to go. 

Make no mistake. Democrat-enforced political correctness will be killing thousands of Americans very soon. How could it not? This rot-infested government of ours is digging our graves for us.

Obama, the Inattentive Student of Gandhi

From Ed Kaitz at American Thinker.

Citizen or slave: Your choice is clear

From Erik Rush at WND.

Religion of Peace on a Rampage Against Christians in Baghdad

While the left continues to prattle on about rampant Islamophobia and the supposed intolerance against Muslims by the American people (read: white Christians who are afraid of "people who don't look like them"), Baghdad's Christians have suffered three deadly attacks by Muslims since October 31. 

So where's the outrage, liberals? Where's the cry to end religious intolerance? Where's the mainstream media to cover these bloodbaths?

Oh, sorry. Wrong template. The victims aren't part of your official victims list, and the perpetrators are always excused in your dangerously twisted world.

House ethics panel convicts Rep. Rangel on 11 of 13 counts UPDATED

Breaking. I wonder how long it will take for Rangel to explain away the verdict as motivated by raaaaacism?

UPDATE: Looks like I'm not the only one [h/t Mike at Political Commentator]!

Let's See Who's Getting Exempted from the Guvmint's Fabulous New "Health" "Care" System

You just can't make this stuff up.

As of Sunday (the 14th), the number of companies that Big Guvmint has granted waivers from the purportedly wonderful, spectacular, fantastic, and historic new "health" "care" bill has claimed to 111. Who has been getting these exemptions? Oh, labor unions and firms friendly to President Hope&Change and the Democrat Party, for one.

But Jazz Shaw at Hot Air noticed two other interesting things from the list (published over the weekend by Michelle Malkin):

... There are large numbers of small to medium businesses on there, many with less than 25 employees. Weren’t these precisely the types of businesses that Obamacare was supposed to rescue from the evil health insurance system?

Yup, they sure were. So much for truth in advertising. And a thumbs up to the sycophantic Democrat-loving media for exposing this jaw-dropping fact. (Not!)

But the most interesting escapee from government-run "health" "care" is ... a health policy institute in New England that has worked tirelessly since its founding in 2002 to bring about government-run "health" "care"!

... Let’s dig into their mission statement a bit and see what they’re all about, shall we?

Founded in 2002, the New England Healthcare Institute – known as NEHI – is a nonprofit, independent health policy institute dedicated to transforming health care for the benefit of patients and their families.

So an institute dedicated to finding ways to reform the health care system had to apply for an exemption from the administration’s reforms to the health care system? ...

Yes, again. Like I said, you just can't make this stuff up.

You wanted Hope and Change, my friends? You got it!

Welcome to the future, suckers.