Tancredo: “And so it begins.”

There's no question former Congressman and Presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo has been fed up with the Republican Party (I know how he feels; I'm no fan of the leadership at all levels right now myself).  The most recent example of his discontent lies with the Republican primary in the race for Governor of his home state of Colorado, where he regards the two candidates in the running as not being able to defeat the Democrat contender, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.

So, Mr. Tancredo has now taken the first step: throwing his hat into the ring, as a minor party candidate.  In a statement published yesterday, Mr. Tancredo announced he will be seeking the nomination of the Constitution Party in his bid to become the next Governor of Colorado.

Needless to say, this will be a hard battle for the former Congressman.  Traditionally, in races like this, the minor party nominees usually succeed in ensuring one of the major party nominees get elected (at best).  And with Tom Tancredo's possible entrance into the race, the likelihood will be that votes are going to be siphoned off the Republican nominee, whoever that will be.

However, with the two candidates in the running for the Republican nod, Scott McInnis and Dan Maes, already in hot water over separate scandals, I wouldn't expect their chances against Hickenlooper to not be negatively affected as a result.  Also, there's the support Mr. Tancredo has in his home state to consider, especially in comparison to Messrs. McInnis & Maes (and not only the Republican Party; another candidate for the Constitution Party's nomination has withdrawn from contention after Mr. Tancredo's entry).  What does it all add up to?  Frankly, I'm not sure; this is still quite speculative, as the primary elections aren't taking place until August 10th, and the general election is a little over three months away.

In addition, Mr. Tancredo has only announced he is seeking the Constitution Party's nomination.  It's still up to the Party to decide who they will nominate.

As for myself, although I don't live in Colorado, I support Tom Tancredo's bid for Governor.  He's giving the people of Colorado a better choice in 2010.  I hope he wins.

Now isn't that interesting, chapter 33

For a long time, the Right has been noting the bias of the mainstream media.  At first, it was no doubt seen as ravings until Bernard Goldberg's book Bias hit bookstores, but some in the same mainstream media continued with the myth of objectivity.  Of course this past week, with what has recently been revealed, I wonder how they will continue foisting the myth.

The website The Daily Caller, over the course of this week, has published three articles exposing the efforts of those in the media (members of a now infamous Google Group known as Journolist) in trying to kill stories about then-Senator Barack Obama's hate-spewing pastor, Jeremiah Wright, in contemplating the shut down of Fox News, and in how to best attack Sarah Palin when she became the Republican nominee for Vice President in 2008.

The fact Left-wing members of the media were gathered together and contemplating such things shouldn't be a surprise to me, but all this rather naked discussion of spreading propaganda and condoning censorship of fellow colleagues actually surprises me.

Speaking of censorship, another Left-wing publication, the website The Daily Beast, was apparently behind the deleting of a Facebook post by Sarah Palin, in which she addressed the recent absurd actions of the NAACP.  Now isn't that interesting.

For these individuals to call themselves objective while discussing (and participating in) the censorship of those with opposing views and also sitting on stories that could hurt their ideological bosom buddies makes them liars in my book. 

The password is REFUDIATE

As always, the Left is ever ready to pounce on Sarah Palin, no matter how silly it gets.  Charles Johnson, the infamous blogger at the equally infamous Little Green Footballs, was among those pouncers yesterday, with this post on Governor Palin's recent tweets calling for Muslims to oppose the building of the Ground Zero mosque.  What makes the pounce silly is Johnson's follow up post on Sarah's tweets, in which he highlights her use of the word refudiate.

Johnson says it's a made-up word, and Sarah certainly showed her sense of humor with her latest tweet, but according to Josh Painter at Texas for Sarah Palin, it is an actual word.  Well, at least I haven't wasted my day today (as Charlie Chaplin warned).  I'd wait to see Johnson's response (if he hasn't responded yet), but I show no interest in checking his comments

Silliness aside, the serious part of this latest pounce is the attempt to make Sarah sound like she's calling for Muslims to oppose their religion (the title of Johnson's post being Sarah Palin Calls on 'Peaceful Muslims' to 'Refudiate' Their Own Religion; defamatory, to say the least).  In addition to insulting Sarah's intelligence (noting she "probably" wrote her own tweets since she used the same "non-word" already), Johnson attempts to categorize the idea of the Ground Zero mosque as a “ridiculous paranoid fantasy”, noting a mosque is not the only thing being constructed as part of what he calls a “community center”.  Sure sounds tame, doesn't it?

Johnson concludes his post by asking how far away this “community center” could be from Ground Zero for construction to be okay, and “If you want a special exception to America’s religious tolerance, where are you going to draw the line?”

Too bad nobody's told him the point of the opposition to the construction is not because of its location per se, but it's close proximity to the very place where radical Muslims flew planes into what had been once a shining symbol of a metropolis, or the fact the Islamic cleric behind this construction, Feisel Abdul Rauf, is himself a radical with connections to CAIR (with its own connection to terrorist groups), or the fact the majority of New York City voters oppose the construction of this mosque.

There's also the fact of what building this “community center” really means.

Bravo to Sarah Palin for expressing opposition to this “community center”, and nice try to Charles Johnson on his latest pouncing.  Good luck with the “non-words”.

The NAACP has terribly wasted its mind

The resolutions discussed over and decided upon by the NAACP this past Tuesday at their national convention has led me to a simple conclusion:  the NAACP's usefulness as a civil rights organization is completely gone.

While it had been a good organization with a noble purpose in the 1960's, with its current silence over the blatant racism (as well as outright hate-spewing and violence-inciting) of the New Black Panther Party, and its effort to falsely brand the Tea Parties as being racist, the NAACP has proven to be nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Left.

It was actually worse than that, if you followed Michelle Malkin's tweets during her coverage of Tuesday's convention, which included resolutions on banning use of sugar-sweetened drinks and opposing offshore drilling for the sake of “environmental justice”; it would've been better if the NAACP discussed changing their name to something more politically correct (after all, the term colored people just isn't fashionable anymore).

Needless to say, attempting to brand the Tea Parties as racist has always been absolutely absurd, especially if you're familiar with Emery McClendon, the man who organized the Fort Wayne Tea Party last year, and who penned a condemnation of the NAACP's recent actions at Andrew Breitbart's blog Big Government (where multiple blog posts condemning the NAACP, many by blacks, have also been posted).

And so ends this latest episode in the chronicles of the NAACP, wasted mind and all; a terrible thing, as well as ironic.

Congrats, Wayne Allyn Root!

Wayne Allyn Root, the Libertarian nominee for Vice President in 2008 and author of the superb book The Conscience Of A Libertarian, was recently elected to head up the Libertarian National Congressional Committee (LNCC), the fundraising organization responsible for helping to elect Libertarian candidates to federal office.

Although I don't expect to join the ranks of the Libertarian Party in the near future, I am glad to hear of the election.  Everything about Wayne Allyn Root screams energetic go-getter, and I see a future where, under his leadership at the LNCC, the Libertarian Party will be sending individuals to Washington as members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

All the best to Mr. Root, and I urge you to check out his website, and especially get a copy of his book (very much worth the read).

In case anyone's wondering...

I admit it, I haven't blogged much at all in the last several weeks.  It's primarily because I've been busy working on other projects, but there have been times when I could've written about recent events and such.  Unfortunately, I've been rather lazy about it; I frankly have no one to blame but myself for that.

I'll have a post up later today, and hopefully in the near future, I'll have more posts at both of my review blogs; we'll see what happens.

Ohhhhh Brother No. 27: Secession? Bingo!

The author of this opinion piece sums up a stupid solution to a serious situation in Alabama in his first two sentences:

They're talking secession in Greene County.  Over bingo.

John Archibald, writing for The Birmingham News, opined this past Friday about a State Representative named Mary Moore who claims to be seriously considering the option of seceding from the State of Alabama over a potential closing of a gambling park in Greene County.  To add to the silliness of the idea, Representative Moore, a black Democrat, didn't hesitate to demonize Alabama Governor Bob Riley as everything from a racist and a liar to a terrorist and a criminal.

The seriousness of the issue, as Mr. Archibald notes, lies with the status of the gambling park, named Greenetrack, “Because Greenetrack is pretty much all there is in Greene County”.  Mr. Archibald further notes the contributions Greenetrack gives to that part of Alabama, as well as the efforts by the Riley administration to enforce the law in regards to gambling.

An unpleasant situation, to say the least, but one which has been made almost ridiculous by a state legislator who's willing to consider the possibility of forming a new state over this situation.  I have only two words: Ohhhhh brother!

July 4th: Remembering 56 brave men

I received an e-mail last night which mentioned a few things about the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence.  Who originally wrote it, I don't know, but it's something I felt I should post here (especially since today is July 4th).  So here's the e-mail sent to me:

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men
who signed the Declaration of Independence?