Twenty months?
That’s it? Seems much, much longer.
Video shamelessly lifted from Power Line.
Video: Twenty Months In Two Minutes
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Category Archives: 2010
Conservatives Need To Prepare for a Long Fight Through 2012
I saw this article from Michael Barone and it solidified something I have been thinking about over the last week or so:
So why are Democrats less enthusiastic? And why has “the progressive donor base,” as Democratic consultant Jim Jordans reports, “stopped writing checks”?
I don’t think it’s just because the economy remains sour or that President Obama failed to jam a public option in the health care bill.
I find a more convincing explanation in an offhand phrase in a subordinate clause in a brief article by Adam Serwer of the Center for American Progress on the Washington Post’s opinion pages. “There’s no question,” Serwer writes, defying anyone to disagree, “that Obama has completely reversed on his promises to roll back Bush-era national security policies.”
For it is not economics but foreign policy that has motivated the left half of the Democratic Party over the last decade.
When Howard Dean’s supporters were declaring that they wanted to “take our country back” in 2003 and 2004, they weren’t talking about repealing the Bush tax cuts. They were talking about withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and taking a more conciliatory and respectful stance to the leaders of Old Europe and revolutionary Iran.
The reason the hard left is unhappy with Obama in particular, and the Democrats in general is that they didn’t get their “hope” and “change” as quickly as expected. Now liberals are suffering from a lack of enthusiasm.
This brings me to my fear that what is happening to the D’s today, will happen to conservatives in 2012. Conservatives will have a (much needed) strong turnout this November and deliver a forceful push-back to Obama and the liberal Democrats policies thinking “well, that should do it.” Then, we go back to our lives expecting the Obama tax hike will be canceled in December and ObamaCare will be repealed by June 2011.
Democrat Pushing For Mob Rule In The Senate
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison
Mark Udall (D-CO) is pushing for ‘filibuster reform’ that significantly weaken the most effective tool the minority party has in the Senate. If implemented, this measure will enable the majority party in the Senate to ram through even more legislation.
Via The Foundry:
Rule 22 is the most powerful tool for the minority party to leverage participation in the legislative process. If Udall’s idea becomes part of the Senate’s rules, the Senate would become a smaller version of the House, where Members of the minority party have little right to do anything other than vote. Chipping away at the filibuster rule would chip away at the Senate tradition of unlimited debate and an open amendment process.
Many on the left blame the filibuster for every failure of the Obama Administration. Can’t pass tax cuts? Blame the filibuster rule. No public option in Obamacare? Blame Senators who pledged to filibuster. Want bigger government with little brakes to slow that growth? Eliminate or curtail the filibuster. President Obama and the party in power are facing devastating defeat this fall on Election Day not because of the filibuster in the Senate but because of failed leadership. The filibuster has become the straw man crutch of the left.
In reality, the filibuster protected the rights of Democrats in 2005 when they wanted to slow the confirmation of President Bush’s judicial nominees, and it proved valuable for Republicans to force extended debate on Obamacare. The filibuster grants power to the minority party and has protected the American people from overreach from Washington.
This has “bad idea” written all over it.
The Socia.list
Good friend of MCT, The Mind Numbed Robot has been burning the midnight oil compiling the Socia.list web resource.
Why do we need the Socia.list?
Because, you need to know who your friends are in government. Likewise, your foes.
These names are taken directly from the Progressive States Network website and are noted as having signed the PSN HealthCare letter supporting ObamaCare.
As such, it is my never so humble opinion that these individuals have no clue as to the limits the Constitution of the United States places on the Federal government and should either reconsider their stance on this issue or lose their office.
ObamaCare is unconstitutional, socialistic and furthers the implementation of and forces a soft tyranny on every American citizen with its overreaching federal intrusion into our lives.
Vote these people out of office. Support their Republican opponents, if available.
Be sure to check it out and see someone from your state legislature is involved with the Progressive States Network.
WaPo’s Chris Cillizza Giving Cover to The 10-2 Rally Over The Weekend
I’m sure Chris would be saying the same thing if the 10-2 rally was a smashing success.
Does crowd size even matter? In today’s Fast Fix video, Chris Cillizza argues that it’s hard to base anything on these numbers, considering what a small percentage of the population attended or even knew about either rally. After all, more people were at a Louisiana State University football game this weekend than likely went to either political event.
Sarah Palin On Mark Levin Show
Getting To Know Your Michigan Candidates: Jocelyn Benson (D) for Michigan Secretary of State
A man is known by the company he keeps.Aesop’s Fable
Former community organizer, Democrat Jocelyn Benson is running for Michigan Secretary of State. And, as the old adage reminds us “you are known by the company you keep” we can tell a lot about Mrs. Benson by her endorsements:
- The Secretary Of State Project. In case you are not familiar with the SoS project check out their ‘about page.’
- The Michigan SEIU. (An extra big tip O’ the hat to the BlogProf)
- Michigan Representative Democrat Rashida Tlaib who is active in the Progressive States Network.
- Howard Dean’s Democracy for America organization… They think the current Democrat party is not progressive enough.
- And a whole host of Michigan Democrats. The same Democrats who have lead our state to a 14% unemployment rate.
Mrs. Benson will cite the boiler plate talking points about “fair elections.” She even talks about “transparency” like another former community organizer has in the past. Remember the whole C-Span discussion.
To be honest, I can can care less about how long I stand in line for my Driver Licence and overpriced stickers for my plates. The most important responsibility of Michigan’s Secretary of State has is guaranteeing fair elections in our state.
Do we want a progressive former community organizer endorsed by the SEIU, Democracy for America and the progressive SoS Project certifying a close (or any) election in 2012?
If you want to have confidence in Michigan’s electoral process, be sure to vote for Republican Ruth Johnson.
Ultra Wealthy and Ultra Liberal James Cameron Doesn’t Want Economic Opportunity For Us
Having made the highest-grossing film in history with Avatar, James Cameron has used his return to the spotlight to fight for the rights of indigenous people around the world, and to advocate for environmental awareness. Most recently, he completed a trek to the notorious Alberta tar sands, which is the second largest deposit of oil in the world. The operation that extracts oil there has been called the most destructive project on Earth by green groups. Cameron explains the danger the operation poses in the video after the jump.
As you may know (and as is mentioned in the video), the US is currently considering, and likely to approve, a pipeline that would pump the tar sands oil to Gulf Coast refineries for US consumption. This would likely sustain the absolutely devastating project for the foreseeable future.
And he is not at all happy with the Alberta Tar Sands project:
Of course, he is against oil for us. But, when he wants to use vast amounts of energy, you know for promotional and eco-tours, that is perfectly justifiable.
According to James Cameron, us common folk need to learn to live with less:
But pay no attention to his lifestyle, or his extravagant projects with their vast energy consumption. Do not be distracted by his deeds. Listen to the man’s words. He is a prophet.
Ours “will be a dying world if we don’t make some fundamental changes about how we view ourselves and how we view wealth,” he said this year. “We’re going to have to live with less.”
The man is an artist, so he is entitled to use sophisticated techniques like irony and metaphor. So when he says “we” should live with less, he means “you” should. Cameron’s press tour to promote Avatar took him to 107 cities. Perhaps he’ll “live with less” for Avatar II, by flying to just 100 cities.
You know, set an example for the little people.
Oh, don’t make that face. What, aren’t you more grateful for his advice? Who are you to judge that a tycoon living in an 8,000-square-foot house, with an adjacent 6,000-square-foot house for staff, can’t also be an expert on modest living?
Remember what Pravda said about the global warming / green movement:
That brings us to Cap and Trade. Never in the history of humanity has a more idiotic plan been put forward and sold with bigger lies. Energy is the key stone to any and every economy, be it man power, animal power, wood or coal or nuclear. How else does one power industry that makes human life better (unless of course its making the bombs that end that human life, but that’s a different topic). Never in history, with the exception of the Japanese self imposed isolation in the 1600s, did a government actively force its people away from economic activity and industry.
Even the Soviets never created such idiocy.
Be sure to check out the entire quote…
The 2010 Election Is Only The First Step
Conservatives everywhere are getting fired up for the 2010 election coming this November. Via Dick Morris:
Thanks to the leadership of President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid, the Democratic Party is facing the biggest defeat in midterm elections in the past 110 years, perhaps surpassing the modern record of a 74-seat gain set in 1922. They will also lose control of the Senate.
Republicans are now leading in 54 Democratic House districts. In 19 more, the incumbent congressman is under 50 percent and his GOP challenger is within five points. That makes 73 seats where victory is within easy grasp for the Republican Party. The only reason the list is not longer is that there are 160 Democratic House districts that were considered so strongly blue that there is no recent polling available.
While this is great news, conservatives need to keep in mind two things. First, not one vote has been counted, so don’t get overconfident. There is still over a month to go. Every conservative needs to get out and vote.
Second, and most important, is the fact that the progressives / liberals have been working tirelessly since the turn of the last century advancing their liberal machinations. It will take many more elections (maybe decades) to return the federal government to its proper size and function.
The 2010 election is only the first step.
A Peek Inside The Mind Of An Angry Liberal Columnist
As a public service to conservatives everywhere, I have found a recent column from one of Michigan’s more cranky Liberals, Susan J. Demas (who has a serious case of Palin Derangement Syndrome) that offers a rare look inside the mind of an angry liberal.
The extreme right, led by recovering drug addict Rush Limbaugh and English-challenged Alaskan Princess Sarah Palin, are pulling out all the stops for the hopelessly unqualified O’Donnell. All polling indicates she is utterly unelectable. But they figure if they pump her up enough on Fox News and AM Radio and pour millions of dollars into her campaign, she can win in a good GOP year.
They may be right.
Especially if Democrats don’t get off their self-pitying asses and vote. If they were smart, they would turn the crazy-eyed O’Donnell into the Republican poster girl. Their message to voters should be: Don’t be fooled by the GOP act that they just want to cut spending and your taxes. This is the face of the Republican Party and it ain’t pretty.
I really don’t understand all the hatred from Ms. Demas directed at a Senate candidate from… Delaware. If O’Donnell is such an awful candidate, you would think she would be really happy with the way things shook out.
She is not:
Polls overwhelmingly show that Americans hate tax breaks for the rich, in spite of shameless cheerleading by TV media-types who clearly benefits from them. Why Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid haven’t held votes repeatedly on these George W. Bush tax cuts set to expire to humiliate Republicans is beyond me.
It’s a no-brainer.
Is it class warfare? Yes, and an extremely popular form of it. But Wall Street can breathe a sigh of relief that Democrats are too feckless to exploit it.
Nice. Class warfare…Good idea Susan.
In closing her column, Susan try’s rallying her Liberal cohorts by calling them morons. I guess it works in Liberal circles:
And, oh yeah, liberals whined about every piece of that landmark legislation — which has fundamentally altered the course of American history -- as howling failures and a capitulation to moderation.
Morons.
As a Conservative, I would remind our side to stay focused that the 2010 election. It is not in the bag…
