The latest from Sarah: American Heroes Ready and Willing to Serve in Congress

Sarah Palin, in her latest Facebook post, writes of some heroes running for political office:

American Heroes Ready and Willing to Serve in Congress

America, if you love your freedom, thank a vet! And if you’re looking for leaders who believe in integrity, service, and country first, look to our veterans.

Last week I campaigned for a true American hero, John McCain, and this week I’d ask you to join me in supporting a new generation of heroes who are heeding their country’s call for leadership in Washington.

There are a number of great veteran candidates running for office this year, and there are some excellent organizations dedicated to helping them, including: Iraq Vets for Congress and Combat Veterans for Congress (please click on the links to visit their websites).

There are three veterans in particular I’ll be supporting this week.

The Continual Objectifying Of Sarah Palin

Six months ago, a blogger known as Robin of Berkeley wrote a piece at American Thinker on what she described as the wilding of Sarah Palin by the Left:

Just like a perpetuator, they dehumanize her by objectifying her body. They undress her with their eyes.

They turn her into a piece of ass.

Now, an artist in Britain intends to continue that very wilding.  The Telegraph has a snippet about this artist, Jonathan Yeo, and his intention of painting a portrait of Governor Palin, with the help of “cuttings from hardcore pornographic magazines”.  There was a quote in that snippet which I found very telling:

"I think she's fair game because it's the Republicans who are, basically, responsible for ------- up the world," he claimed at a party in Belgravia, London.

Let me see if I get this straight: Republicans have botched things up in the world, so this guy's “reasoning” dictates that Sarah Palin is “fair game” for a hardcore pornographic portrait of sorts.  I really don't want to know what is going on in that idiot's mind.

This latest example of the wilding of Sarah is expected to appear as part of an exhibit in Los Angeles this summer, where it'll no doubt be received by an audience of snickering and leering leftists.  Fortunately, Sarah is far too strong to be defeated by this sexual dehumanizing, no matter how much and how often the Left will go to destroy her.  They're trying everything they can think of, but they will fail.

Disclaimer (Mar. 29th, 8:26 AM EST): This artist, Jonathan Yeo, intends to use clippings from hardcore pornographic magazines to create a portrait of Sarah Palin, but she won't appear nude in the portrait.  I also may have been a little harsh in describing this artist as scum, so I've changed the description to idiot, which fits him better, in my opinion.

The latest from Sarah: Warning: Subject to New Politically Correct Language Police Censorship

Here's the latest from Sarah Palin on Facebook:

Warning: Subject to New Politically Correct Language Police Censorship

March Madness battles rage! My family and I join millions of Americans enjoying college basketball’s finest through March Madness. Underdogs always get my vote as we watch intense competition bring out the best in these accomplished teams.

The Final Four is an intense, contested series (kind of like a heated, competitive primary election), so best of luck to all teams, and watch for this principle lived out: the team that wins is the team that wants it more.

To the teams that desire making it this far next year: Gear up! In the battle, set yoursights on next season’s targets! From the shot across the bow – the first second’s tip-off – your leaders will be in the enemy’s crosshairs, so you must execute strong defensive tactics. You won’t win only playing defense, so get on offense! The crossfire is intense, so penetrate through enemy territory by bombing through the press, and use your strong weapons – your Big Guns – to drive to the hole. Shoot with accuracy; aim high and remember it takes blood, sweat and tears to win. 

Focus on the goal and fight for it. If the gate is closed, go over the fence. If the fence is too high, pole vault in. If that doesn’t work, parachute in. If the other side tries to push back, your attitude should be “go for it.” Get in their faces and argue with them.(Sound familiar?!) Every possession is a battle; you’ll only win the war if you’ve picked your battles wisely. No matter how tough it gets, never retreat, instead RELOAD!

- Sarah Palin 

That's what I intend to do.  Speaking of March Madness, I'm glad to hear one such underdog, the Butler Bulldogs, are in the Final Four.  Congrats to Butler, and good luck in the Final Four.

The Huntington Debate

This past Friday night in Huntington, Indiana, there was a major multi-election debate sponsored by the Huntington Tea Party.  Candidates for both the United States Senate and for Congress in the state's 5th district were expected to appear.  Unfortunately, while on I-69 going south, I realized I had forgotten to bring a camera!  I'm usually reliable when it comes to forgetting something as I get ready for a big trip, and I had to forget to bring a camera for an event like this!  Good grief!

Anyway, after forgetting to bring a camera (as well as missing two turns I needed to take and driving by the location of the debate twice!), I finally arrived for the debate almost two hours early.  I was there as a volunteer once again for Marlin Stutzman's Senate campaign and helped by passing out campaign literature and stickers.  At about 7:20 in the evening, the debate began, with Emery McClendon of ARMAD as the moderator.

The candidates for Congress appeared first; six of the seven Republicans and one of the two Democrats in the race appeared.  Although I live in the 3rd district (and know who I'm voting for in May), I listened to the debate like an undecided voter, and I must say of the six Republicans, only half stood out in any way: Andy Lyons (who came across like a firebrand candidate if ever I heard one), Dr. John McGoff (who previously ran in the 2008 primary against the incumbent Congressman Dan Burton), and Brose McVey.  Dr. Nasser Hanna, the one Democrat at the debate, was also the one candidate who voiced his support for ObamaCare.  The man certainly has chutzpah, I'll give him that.  The Congressional debate ended after four questions and final remarks.

All five of the Republicans running for the U.S. Senate appeared.  Richard Behney did well at the debate, as did Marlin Stutzman (is it that shocking to you?).  Dan Coats did fine, although what he had to say about his votes on a temporary ban on AK-47's left me concerned.  As for Don Bates, Jr. and John Hostettler, I had no complaints.  More questions were asked of the Senate candidates than the candidates for Congress; I think about five more questions, in fact.  The debate ended as expected, at about 9:30 in the evening.

Yesterday saw the results of a straw poll conducted by the Huntington Tea Party.  For the Congressional race, out of 277 votes cast, Andy Lyons came in first with 125 votes (can't say I'm surprised).  Brose McVey finished in third with 37 votes, and Dr. McGoff in sixth with 11 (two votes, in fact, behind the absent Congressman Burton).

For the Senate race, Marlin Stutzman, like he did in Warsaw, won the straw poll with 99 votes out of 296 cast.  Also as in Warsaw, Richard Behney finished in second with 68 votes, while Dan Coats came in third this time with 54, Don Bates, Jr. in fourth with 45, and John Hostettler dead last with 30 votes.  Two things of note here: 1) If you look at how just the residents of Huntington County voted, it's interesting to note that Marlin Stutzman received the most votes in that category as well  2) With the results of these two straw polls, my confidence that Marlin Stutzman is not only a frontrunner in this election, but will also win the Republican nomination, continues to grow.

A court-martial for Frank Wuterich

Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, the last of the Haditha Marines, is expected to go through a court-martial.  According to Tony Perry at The Los Angeles Times, the judge hearing the case ruled there was no “undue commanding influence” on the two Marine generals who brought charges against S.Sgt. Wuterich.

Considering the details behind what actually happened in Haditha in 2005, this outrage should never have gotten this far, especially when also considering the other Marines wrongly accused and branded as murderers have either been acquitted or have had the charges against them dropped.  However, S.Sgt. Wuterich and his lawyers look forward to the trial and are confident the truth will come out.  I certainly hope so.

Keep on fighting, S.Sgt. Wuterich.

P.S. Here's a support site for S.Sgt. Wuterich.

Grassroots News Minute (March 26th)

The latest from Sarah: Don’t Get Demoralized! Get Organized! Take Back the 20!

Posted yesterday, Sarah Palin's latest Facebook note features efforts through SarahPAC in targeting 20 seats held by House Democrats:

Don’t Get Demoralized! Get Organized! Take Back the 20!

With the president signing this unwanted and “transformative” government takeover of our health care system today with promises impossible to keep, let’s not get discouraged. Don’t get demoralized. Get organized!

We’re going to reclaim the power of the people from those who disregarded the will of the people. We’re going to fire them and send them back to the private sector, which has been shrinking thanks to their destructive government-growing policies. Maybe when they join the millions of unemployed, they’ll understand why Americans wanted them to focus on job creation and an invigorated private sector. Come November, we’re going to print pink slips for members of Congress as fast as they’ve been printing money.

We’re paying particular attention to those House members who voted in favor of Obamacare and represent districts that Senator John McCain and I carried during the 2008 election. Three of these House members are retiring – from Arkansas’s 2nd district, Indiana’s 8th district, and Tennessee’s 6th district – but we’ll be working to make sure that those who replace them are Commonsense Conservatives. The others are running for re-election, and we’re going to hold them accountable for this disastrous Obamacare vote. They are: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1), Harry E. Mitchell (AZ-5), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), John Salazar (CO-3), Betsy Markey (CO-4). Allen Boyd (FL-2), Suzanne M. Kosmas (FL-24), Baron P. Hill (IN-9), Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL), Charlie Wilson (OH-6), John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-3), Christopher Carney (PA-10), John M. Spratt, Jr. (SC-5), Tom Perriello (VA-5), Alan B. Mollohan (WV-1), and Nick J. Rahall II (WV-3). 

We’ll aim for these races and many others. This is just the first salvo in a fight to elect people across the nation who will bring common sense to Washington. Please go to sarahpac.com and join me in the fight.

Stand tall, America. Real change is coming!

- Sarah Palin  

I'm glad to see two of the targeted seats are held by Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill of my home state of Indiana.  Here's the list from SarahPAC (and where their districts are on the map):

From Sarah: Out-of-touch Congress Sounds Our Clarion Call to Take a Stand

In her Facebook note from Monday, Sarah Palin wrote up a motivating call to action against the Democrats who're shoving ObamaCare down our throats:

Out-of-touch Congress Sounds Our Clarion Call to Take a Stand

We’ve been reminded many times that elections have consequences. Yesterday we saw the consequence of voting for those who believe in “fundamentally transforming” America whether we want it or not. Yesterday they voted. In November, we get to vote. We won’t forget what we saw yesterday. Congress passed a bill while Americans said “no,” and thousands of everyday citizens even surrounded the Capitol Building to beg them not to do it. Has there ever been a more obvious exhibition of a detached and imperious government?

In the weeks to come, we can expect them to try to change the subject, but we won’t forget. Don't let them move on to further “transformational” steps while forgetting what Congress just did against the will of the people. Though Obamacare will inflictbillions in new taxes on individuals and employers, at least it creates some jobs: theIRS might have to hire as many as 16,000 new employees to enforce all the new taxes and penalties the bill calls for! And that doesn’t include all the other government jobs from the 159 new agencies, panels, commissions and departments this bill will create. As the private sector shrinks, we can count on government to keep growing along with the deficits needed to keep it all afloat. (Is this the kind of “change” Americans asked for?)

In the end, this unsustainable bill jeopardizes the very thing it was supposed to fix – our health care system. Somewhere along the way we forgot that health care reform is about doctors and patients, not the IRS and politicians. Instead of helping doctors with tort reform, this bill has made primary care physicians think about getting out of medicine. It was supposed to make health care more affordable, but our premiums will continue to go up. It was supposed to help more people get coverage, but there will still be 23 million uninsured people by 2019.

Though they’d like us to forget, we will remember the corrupt deals, the corrupt process, the lack of transparency, the deceptive gimmicks to game the CBO score, and the utter disregard for the will of the American people. Elections have consequences, and we won’t forget those who promised to hold firm against government funding of abortion, but caved at the last minute in exchange for a non-binding executive order promised by the most pro-abortion president to ever occupy the White House.

All along we’ve said that we want real health care reform, but this isn’t it. We mustn’t be discouraged now. We must look to November when our goal will be to rebuke big government’s power grab, reject this unwanted “transformation” of America, and repeal dangerous portions of Obamacare that will bury us under more Big Government control.

This is just the beginning of our efforts to take back our country. Consider yesterday’s vote a clarion call and a spur to action. We will not let America sink into further debt without a fight. We will not abandon the American dream to government dependency, fewer freedoms and less opportunity. Change is made at the ballot box. If we work together, we can renew our optimistic pioneering spirit, revive our economy, and restore constitutional limits.

Stand tall, America. November is coming!

- Sarah Palin 

November Is Coming

Some people on the Right, for obvious reasons, have been discouraged by the passing of ObamaCare this past Sunday.  Support for the passage of this bill has been continually at its all-time low, as is also support for both the Congress and President Obama, and yet 219 members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of passing ObamaCare.

I, for one, am not discouraged by this; I'm just pissed off.

Pissed off that Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan agreed to vote YES when offered an executive order from the President, an executive order Planned Parenthood regards as harmless, pissed off that I'm seeing a Congress that's not listening to what We the people have been screaming to the top of our lungs, pissed off that a President and the same Congress is trying to take my freedom away from me bit by bit, and pissed off that I have been complacent for so many years prior to Barack Obama being elected President, and thus allowing all this to happen in the first place.

If I wasn't fired up beforehand, I'm sure as hell fired up now!

I am now more determined than ever before to help defeat the Democrats in Congress who are shoving this monstrosity (and many more) down our throats, and to seeing Barack Obama not only defeated in 2012, but to see what he has staked his administration on repealed and consigned to the ash heaps of history, where it belongs (along with the man who coined the term, Leon Trotsky).

To Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Bart Stupak, Ben Nelson, Brad Ellsworth, Baron Hill and the rest of you ObamaCare proponents: Your days are numbered.  You all have been marked for electoral defeat.  November is coming!

Welcome, The Conservative Pup, Me 2|4 Palin & NY Palin Power

Three more blogs have joined the Blogs 4 Palin blogroll, Luanne at The Conservative Pup, Johanna at Me 2|4 Palin, and Dawn at NY Palin Power.  Welcome aboard, ladies, to our good fight for Sarah Palin, and my apologies for not welcoming you earlier.

Sarah Palin's latest health care “lie” debunked

With the passing of ObamaCare last night, the focus for the Right is on repealing this monstrosity.  Meanwhile, the Left, while celebrating their victory, also decided to target Sarah Palin once again.

The former Alaska Governor posted on Twitter two entries conveying her concerns about how the passage of ObamaCare will affect the health care plans of our troops and veterans.  Geoffrey Dunn, writing a nice little hit piece on Sarah at The Huffington Post, cited the unanimous passage of legislation that would protect the military and our veterans from any changes ObamaCare would've brought as proof of the Governor being “duplicitous” as well as “disingenuous”.  In fact, he goes to say:

Palin -- who her former aides in Alaska say was often "clueless" about the legislative process -- was apparently unaware that the House was in the midst of passing legislation yesterday (by a bipartisan vote of 403 to 0) that specifically protected all members of the military from any requirements mandated by the health-care legislation. (emphasis mine)

Mr. Dunn also includes quotes from John Rowan, President of the Vietnam Veterans of America, and retired Army General Eric Shinseki to try and corroborate his assertions.  There is, however, one little problem.

When Sarah tweeted her concerns about the health care of our troops and veterans, both tweets were posted, respectively, at 3:51 and 3:55 p.m., on March 20th.  The legislation in question was passed on March 21st.  In other words, roughly twenty-four hours (if not more or less) after Sarah tweeted about the military's health care plan, legislation was passed to protect the military from ObamaCare.

The way Mr. Dunn wrote his hit piece, it sounded like an implication that Sarah tweeted her entries yesterday, and not the day before.  He did imply that Sarah was apparently “unaware that the House was in the midst of passing legislation yesterday (note the emphasis here)..that specifically protected all members of the military from any requirements mandated by the health-care legislation”, which sounds like he was further implying the tweets must have been posted the same day the aforementioned legislation was passed.

Some “lie” this guy has uncovered.  The interesting thing I found out about Geoffrey Dunn, an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and historian (who the hell has even heard of this guy anyway?), is he has a book coming soon titled The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power.  If his upcoming book is anything like his “expose” on her “latest lie”, what odds do you think I'd put on his book being reliably factual?

Nice try, Mr. Dunn, in your failed attempt to smear Sarah Palin as clueless and as a liar.  You and The Huffington Post are made for each other.

The luck of the Irish? I wouldn't say that

With tensions high over that monstrosity known as ObamaCare, I think a little lightheartedness is in order.  Now with this video, featuring three of the Muppets, singing one of the most famous songs to ever come out of Ireland, I can only say this - I wish I found this on St. Patrick's Day!  Anyway, here's the video:

Grassroots News Minute (March 19th)

It's YouTube's fault I haven't seen the videos as soon as they're uploaded.  Anyway, on with the latest from the NRA-ILA:

The second story is just that: an outrage.

The latest from Sarah: America – Be Heard or Brace for “Transformation”

When it comes to Sarah Palin's notes on Facebook, there is at least one conclusion I have reached:  She is not only a more articulate speaker on the issues than I ever could be, but sometimes she takes the words right out of my mouth.  Her latest Facebook note from today testifies as much:

America – Be Heard or Brace for “Transformation”

Please stay involved throughout the weekend on the Obamacare debate. There will be another very important rally in D.C. at noon on Saturday. If you are anywhere near the Beltway or can travel there this weekend, I urge you to participate. Jon Voight and Rep. Michele Bachmann and many others will be there. 

Click here for details. (Michelle Malkin has a link here to grassroots organizers setting up transportation to D.C.). 

If you can’t attend the rally, you can still make your voices heard by calling andwriting your Representative. Sign the petition here to remind Congress that “November Is Coming.” As Rep. Boehner said today, “Republicans can’t beat this bill, but the American people can.” Stand strong together! 

The implications of Obamacare will reach into every aspect of our lives, from the value of our paycheck, to the quality of our health care, to the opportunities that will be stripped from Americans as we’re shoved under the enormous burden of more government growth and control. We must stop this now. “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.”

- Sarah Palin 

I won't be able to attend the rally in D.C. tomorrow, but I certainly intend to call a few Congressmen.

The edge of the abyss

We're getting real close to seeing a possible health care takeover by the federal government, and with what is in the legislation the President and the Democrat leadership in Congress are bribing, strong-arming, lying about, I worry the darkness we the people have been dragged into for more than a year will get darker.  Why, you may wonder?  Well, for starters, there's six reasons (as presented by The Freedom Project):

1. Health care will be more expensive
2. Jobs will be destroyed
3. Taxes will be raised
4. This will lead to government-run health care
5. Abortions will be funded by taxpayers
6. Kickbacks (“Louisiana Purchase”, etc.) will remain

There's also the matter of the cost.  Proponents have cited the price tag of $940 billion over 10 years, as if that's supposed to be a good thing.  As Jeffrey Anderson of The Weekly Standard describes it, it's like the introductory price offered by cell phone providers.  The actual cost, according to the Congressional Budget Office (the source cited by the proponents), is estimated to be over $2 trillion.  

The most disturbing thing about the health care bill is the increased role the IRS would have in our lives.  The Republican members of the House Ways And Means Committee issued a report disclosing what the IRS would be doing if the bill becomes law, including:

1. A likely increase of tax audits
2. Tax refunds can be confiscated
3. The IRS verifies you have “acceptable” health coverage
4. The IRS can fine you for failure to prove you bought “minimum essential coverage”

As for that fourth reason I cited, the dollar amount the IRS could fine you would be up to $2,250 or 2% of your income, whichever is higher.  Do you understand why I worry now?

That's why the efforts being done now to contact undecided House Democrats and tell them to vote NO, such as by Code Red, is so vitally important.  This monstrosity known as ObamaCare is extremely unpopular (with the reasons noted above, it isn't hard to understand), and yet the President and the current leadership in Congress continue on, any way they can.  Please call these undecided votes and tell them to vote NO on this bill.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Finding out last year that 1/8th of my heritage is actually Irish, this St. Patrick's Day holds a little something special for me (it'll also be special because I'll be celebrating today with some Guinness; brilliant!).  Anyway, I thought I should extend a greeting to everybody with a nice e-card, courtesy of one of my favorite comedians, Jeff Dunham, and his friend, Bubba J:

Enjoy being Irish today, everybody!

The latest from Sarah: Reset with Israel

When it comes to Israel, the Obama administration has done nothing but pressure one of our important allies, letting the Palestinians just sit back and wait for the concessions.  Unfortunately, this behavior towards Israel is nothing new when considering how the administration has handled itself with nations like Iran, Venezuela and others, as Sarah Palin noted yesterday on Facebook:

Needed: A Reset with Israel

The Obama Administration reaches out to some of the world’s worst regimes in the name of their engagement policy. America and our allies watch as sanctions are eased on Cuba. Letters are written to Iran’s mullahs only to see that regime start killing protestors in the streets of Tehran. Envoys are sent to North Korea as they continue to defy the world’s demand to give up their nuclear weapons. The Burmese military junta’s representative is allowed to travel to our nation’s capital. The President’s envoy for Sudan talks about giving that genocidal regime “gold stars,” while the President shakes hands with Venezuela’s tyrannical leader. In the midst of all this embracing of enemies, where does the Obama Administration choose to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation? With Iran, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma? No. With our treasured ally, Israel.

Last October, Secretary of State Clinton recognized Israel’s desire for peace in the Middle East and praised Israel’s “unprecedented” concessions for agreeing to halt settlement construction in the West Bank, a concession that did NOT include halting construction of apartments for Jews in Jerusalem. Even last week after planned construction was announced, Vice President Biden still expressed “appreciation” for the “significant” steps taken by the Israeli government to address this minor issue. Now, however, we see the Obama Administration has decided to escalate, make unilateral demands of Israel, and threaten the very foundation of the US-Israel relationship. This is quickly leading to the worst crisis in US-Israel relations in decades, and yet this did not have to happen. More importantly, it needs to stop before it spirals out of control. Vice President Biden should rein in the overheated Obama Administration rhetoric and chill the political spin masters’ fire as they visit the Sunday media shows to criticize Israel. 

Once again, the Obama Administration is missing the boat on a very, very important issue. They need to go back to the basics and acknowledge Palestinian leaders have not progressed any peace process since President Obama was elected. As Israel makes concessions (and is still criticized by the Obama Administration), Arab leaders are just sitting back waiting for the White House to further pressure Israel. The Obama Administration needs to open its eyes and recognize that it is only Iran and her terrorist allies that benefit from this manufactured Israeli controversy. Vice President Biden was actually right when he said last week, before the construction announcement, that “one necessary precondition for progress is that the rest of the world knows...there is absolutely no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to security.” Right now, thanks to the Obama Administration, there is a chasm. It’s time for President Obama to push the reset button on our relations with our ally Israel. 

- Sarah Palin 

The latest from Sarah: Nonstop D.C. Nonsense

Yesterday, Sarah Palin posted this on Facebook:

Nonstop D.C. Nonsense: Drilling Down on Energy Doublespeak

It may be tempting to feel worn down as we take one step after another towards the “fundamental transformation of America” that Barack Obama promised. But we mustn’t let our energy be sapped, even in the face of the mind-boggling leap the Obama Administration just took that fundamentally shifts us towards more reliance on foreign energy sources. Hang on to your hat and take a look at this.

Months ago I discussed Washington’s decision to allow U.S. dollars to flow to Brazilfor that nation’s off-shore oil drilling projects, while D.C.’s attitude towards America’s own offshore developments appeared less-than-enthusiastic. We gained hope though when our President promised in his State of the Union address that he’d be “making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.” Most of us optimistically assumed that “making tough decisions” meant allowing at least some offshore drilling. In fact, on national television that night I said that the President deserved kudos for acknowledging our need for domestic energy development in his speech.

Turns out that was just more drilling doublespeak: America has been snookered again.

Grassroots News Minute (March 5th & 12th)

Either the NRA-ILA is getting lax in uploading its weekly grassroots news videos or YouTube is getting lax in letting me know about these videos (or maybe I'm getting lax again; who knows?).  Anyway, here's the video from March 5th:

And now, the latest video, from March 12th:

The latest from Sarah: With a Stiff Spine America Must Stand Against Obamacare

Here's the latest from Sarah Palin on the pending “vote” on ObamaCare:

With a Stiff Spine America Must Stand Against Obamacare

If Senator Reid, Speaker Pelosi, and President Obama get their way, soon our country will be changed forever. Using every partisan parliamentary trick in the book (including some they invented just last week), Washington’s Left intends to ram through their takeover of our health care system regardless of the consequences.

The latest twists and turns in the Obamacare drama seem almost surreal. One minute the Democrat leadership is trying to amend a bill before the president has even signed it into law, and the next minute they’re trying to draft a new rule that will allow the House to “deem” a bill passed without actually voting on it! They’re determined to use the Senate reconciliation process as a parliamentary trick to bypass the regular voting procedure (and by the way, to add insult to injury, they’re now going to ram through federalization of America’s student loan industry with this same reconciliation vote). Is there any other wildly unpopular legislation they’d also like to sneak in? Perhaps the anti-energy-independence policy “Cap and Tax” (aka Cap and Trade) is next?

And make no mistake, the Obamacare bill is wildly unpopular. The Democrats’ own pollsters warn of an “unmitigated disaster” for them in November if they don’t abandon their plan and start over with real incremental health care reform. Incredibly, at this point, they don’t seem to care. Speaker Pelosi thinks Congress must pass the bill so that the American people can then “find out what’s in it.” We know what’s in it. We don’t want it. The Democrats will take short-term electoral losses in exchange for long-term radical change of the United States of America. They assume we’ll come to accept this new intrusion of government once we’re stuck with it. That’s why we can’t concede this battle. Americans must stiffen our spines and stand against this action that violates the will of the people with centralized government mandates and crippling costs. 

If Tea Partiers had their way,

 America would be much better off.  Of course, for those who think the Tea Parties are nothing more than mouthpieces for the Republican Party, the Tea Partiers are seen as radical.

A blogger, Patrick Britton, in a piece he wrote for his blog at the beginning of this month, makes one of the most absurd arguments against the Tea Parties I've ever heard in my life.  He starts off by claiming they fall into the hands of the Republican Party no matter what they do (who is he trying to kid?).  Then he goes into claiming the Tea Partiers support “health care for the privileged”, claiming “they would rather see 47 million die because of a lack of insurance than tax the highest income earners”.  Gee, I didn't know I needed health insurance to live!  Wow, after almost a decade, I've been a walking dead man!

The next section of this guy's piece focuses on the Birthers.  He uses the now tired weapon of guilt by association to paint Tea Partiers as being Birthers (in other words, fringe kooks).  The fact no irrefutable proof has been provided to prove either side is right on this issue, nor the fact his side does nothing but dismiss and defame some people who have genuine concerns about the President's past doesn't stop this guy from implying the Tea Partiers are filled with nutcases.  

More absurd crap follows about “lunatics” carrying guns to Tea Parties and making the Left fear for the President's safety (good grief!) and Tea Partiers wanting free markets to be in charge (as if that's a bad thing?), thereby helping the corrupt corporate fat cats (oh brother!).  The conclusion in his piece is that the Tea Partiers advocate more radical ideas than the Left has, and that the Tea Partiers are nothing but a mob unhappy with a black President not being a conservative.  I get the distinct impression by mentioning “black President”, Mr. Britton is hinting at some kind of racist accusation (what do you think?).  

Of course, the idea that the Tea Partiers (and also the 9/12'ers and like-minded individuals) are advocating more radical ideas than the Left is has to be the most absurd thing I've read in this already absurd blog post.  Coming from a guy who thinks Sarah Palin “and company” hijacked the Tea Party movement, his remarks are not that surprising; I've come to expect that kind of idiocy (and much worse) from Palin critics.

Anyway, I don't come across tripe like this often, and that's what this is: pure absurd tripe.

The Warsaw Debate

This past Saturday morning, I went to Warsaw, Indiana to see a senatorial debate hosted by Kosciusko Silent No More.  I came as a volunteer for Marlin Stutzman's campaign and arrived a few minutes past eight.

The Ron Paul sign certainly caught my attention, too, especially since the 2008 election was decided.  There was already a pretty sizable crowd when I arrived, and the debate wasn't set to begin for another two hours.  The doors to the building, in fact, weren't set to open for another hour.

I thought the sign conveyed the message well...

“I like the sound of the word.”

These days, the word republic holds more value than in previous times and for obvious reasons.  With the importance of this particular day, I was quickly reminded of a beautiful monologue on the meaning and true value of the word republic, given by none other than John Wayne:

I thank God I have had the opportunity to appreciate the meaning and value of that word, I thank God for John Wayne and a film I not only regard as his best film ever, but also definitely my personal favorite, and I thank God for the generations before me who fought for and (in some cases) gave their lives for the very thing we now have: a republic.  That is a good sounding word.

The latest from Sarah: Stand Up For SEALs Standing Up For Us

Sarah Palin has written her latest Facebook note on the outrage that is the pending court-martial of three Navy SEALs for punching a terrorist:

Stand Up for SEALs Standing Up for Us

First the Obama Administration opened up the possibility of prosecuting CIA interrogators doing their jobs seeking information from terrorists. Then they tried to go after the Bush Administration lawyers who acted in good faith to protect us in the months after 9/11. Now some of the military brass are court-martialing three brave Navy SEALs for allegedly throwing a single punch at Iraqi terrorist leader Ahmed Hashim Abed. This is wrong. The Washington Times got it right: Save the SEALs.

These brave warriors belong in combat, not in the courthouse. They captured the most wanted terrorist in Iraq. We may never know how many other heroic missions they undertook on behalf of our country. The charges should be dropped, and they should be returned to their unit – with our gratitude for their service.

Stand up for the SEALs who are standing up for us!

- Sarah Palin 

This Iraqi terrorist leader isn't just a terrorist leader, but someone who organized the horrible murders of four American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq six years ago, and yet it's the SEALs who captured the piece of filth that have been charged.  It's an absolute outrage.

The same garbage

When it comes to Sarah Palin, the Left can always use her beauty as a reason for the success and popularity she experiences.  The most recent example was last night on Fox News.

Speaking on the program Hannity, Juan Williams used the following descriptions of Governor Palin when talking to Sean Hannity:

“clearly, she's a warm, attractive and I know that you think extremely attractive human being”

“I think she is a superstar centerfold for conservative men”

“your libido is getting in the way of your thinking”

“You're not going to be self-righteous and tell me that you don't know that one of the reasons that she is so successful is she is a very attractive woman”

I've seen Kathleen Parker write the same thing about Sarah Palin; it was garbage.  I've seen Steve Chapman write the same thing; it was garbage.  What Juan Williams said last night was no different; it was the same garbage.  When he was taken to task for it (his centerfold comment being called rank sexism, in fact), Mr. Williams responded:

The President's “Gesture”

Some of the most recent news about ObamaCare deals with President Obama being willing to accept a few Republican proposals (four, actually).  The cynical guy in me sees this “gesture” as an excuse to claim he's being bipartisan in his efforts to get this monstrosity of an overhaul of our health care system passed through the houses of Congress.  Needless to say, I'm not the only one who sees this.

Michael F. Cannon, in a blog post at the Cato Institute's blog, notes that “Dropping a few Republican ideas into a government takeover of health care is like sterilizing a needle before a lethal injection: a nice thought, but the ultimate outcome is the same”.

As noted at the end of the blog post, this “gesture” of bipartisanship is being made as the Democrats are about to try and get the ObamaCare package on the President's desk through the most partisan method: reconciliation.

Here's my warning: Don't be fooled by this “gesture”.  The only good alternative to this overhaul of health care in America can be described in three simple words: SCRAP THE BILL!