Proud to be Seditious

After all, we were born of rebels:

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, speaking at a law school forum, said that GOP opposition to the Obama program “is almost at the level of sedition.”

Patrick later said the phrase was a mere “rhetorical flourish,” but this isn’t the first — or the fifth — time a prominent liberal politico has accused conservatives of approaching sedition in opposing Obama administration policies. See, the “almost” part is key, because then it isn’t offensive, right?

And the thing is, we’re not like the liberals who call themselves rebellious. No, not like that at all – liberals are slaves who, doing their master’s bidding, think they a “speaking truth to power” or whatever catch phrase of the day it is. We, on our side, are like this:

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. – Patrick Henry

We refuse to give up that force and we won’t be cowed by hacks like Deval Patrick. Call us seditious and we’ll wear that badge with pride – we do, indeed, seek the overthrow of the liberalism being imposed upon us. There will be no let up on our part until liberalism is consigned to the ash heap of history.

Poll: 63% Favor Repeal of ObamaCare

From Rasmussen:

Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama in March.

No one wants it. Its a lousy law. It doesn’t do what its supposed to do. It costs too much money. It gives too much power to the government.

Yeah, we should run on repeal – its a winner for us.

What Is Happening With the Global Economy?

Answered:

Mass Layoffs Increasing

The sad news:

The number of mass layoffs by U.S. employers rose in April led by manufacturers who shed workers…

The Labor Department said the number of mass layoff events — defined as job cuts involving at least 50 people from a single employer — increased by 228 to 1,856 as employers shed 200,870 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The number of mass layoffs in the manufacturing sector totaled 448 resulting in 63,616 initial jobless benefit claims, the department said. That was more than 24,000 higher than the previous month…

Its an MSM report, so if you read it you’ll see they’re still spinning this as good news – its not as bad as it was in 2009! But its still worse than it was a few months ago – and that tells the tale.

Sharp economic observers were pointing out that the allegedly good numbers in the last part of 2009 and first part of 2010 were really just a matter of climbing out of the basement for a moment. Things had gotten so low by the end of the third quarter of 2009 that there was no way but up – for a while.

That while is now over and economic decline is resuming. If, of course, it ever stopped. Personally, I think that later, comprehensive studies of this time – not possible for some years until all the data are known – will show that in spite of some “up” GDP numbers, the economy never ceased to contract all through 2009 and in to 2010.

We still have too much debt chasing too little wealth – and, in fact, thanks to Obamunism, we have far more debt than we otherwise would have. At the end of the day, Obama has put us in a worse situation – in return for a few quarters of so-called growth, we’re mortgaged a great deal of the future. Now, before we can really rise, we’ll have to absorb this Obama debt, in addition to all the other debt we already had.

Stories are starting to abound about how the second half of 2010 will be brutal. We’ll have to see – mostly it depends right now on whether or not the Euro-zone can plug the gap and keep not Greece from defaulting, but keep Spain, Italy and other countries from following Greece down the economic abyss. I’m doubtful they’ll be able to – but when government threw over gold and gave itself a printing press, it gained massive ability to manipulate financial systems.

But, come what may, we are in for a bad time. It can’t be sustained – the debt cannot be repaid and default will have to happen to clear the economic decks. The longer we hold it off by means of increasing debt, the worse it will be when it finally does happen.

The Great Reneger

Our President – trust him?

The Gaza Gulag

For all the liberal talk about what Israel is doing to Gaza, the truth is how hideous Palestinians are making it:

…An iron curtain of a strict theocracy is slowly descending on Gaza, but many human rights proponents still prefer to depict it as the embattled bastion of freedom fighters.

“Immoderately” dressed women are frowned upon in today’s Gaza. Strolling with a man or even riding a motorcycle with one’s husband can invite questioning. “Modesty patrols”inspect cars to catch unmarried women with men who aren’t relatives.

Male hairstylists are banned from beauty parlors. Women lawyers have, on occasion, been required to don headscarves. The hijab and loose robes are mandatory in secondary schools. Men aren’t allowed to swim in the sea shirtless.

The degree of devotion and prayer habits by mosque worshipers are strictly monitored by appointed commissars. Internet cafes and Christian institutions are particularly popular targets…

Throw in rampant corruption and summary executions, and you’ve got yourself the nauseating mix which is Gaza – and none of it done with an Israeli anywhere to be seen. This is Palestinians eating their own – and the liberals of the west, who will toss a condemnation at Israel at the drop of a hat, remain silent.

Why? Well, part of it is rank fear – cross an Islamist, and you could get killed. So, better not to cross them. The other part of it is the fact that hating Israel has become a matter of ideology on the left, and ideology always trumps in leftist circles.

The best thing which could happen to Gaza right now is the re-imposition of Israeli rule. The Israelis at their most obtuse and oppressive were never as bad as the Palestinians have proved – and, yes, the Israelis did wrong things…but there’s a difference between the wrong done by a boneheaded politician or an over-reacting soldier and the wrong done as a matter of policy. The Palestinian leadership’s evil is not a bug, its a feature.

Its a sad state of affairs and we’ll sadly watch a lot more people die – mostly off camera and thus out of mind – and no change can be made until there is a change in American government…a change away from a policy of considering the Palestinian leadership a responsible partner for peace.

Obama's Glaring Failure in the Gulf Oil Spill

Sarah Palin took on Big Oil – what has Obama done?

(Highly respected former Alaska Governor) Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of leading a lax response to the Gulf of Mexico spill because he is too close to the big oil companies…

…More than 3.5 million dollars has been given to candidates by BP over the last 20 years, with the largest single donation, 77,051 dollars, going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

When Big Oil was trying to run roughshod over the people of Alaska, Sarah Palin brought them to heel. Obama dithered for weeks and now talks tough and sets up a commission…meanwhile, Bobby Jindal is fighting desperately to save his State’s coast line and getting precious little help from Obama:

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said the state will not waiting for federal approval to begin building sand barriers to protect the coastline from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Oil has pushed at least 12 miles into Louisiana’s marshes, with two major pelican rookeries awash in crude.

Gov. Jindal was critical of the amount of boom his state received to ward off the oil seeping toward the coastline. But his major gripe comes at the expense of the Army Corps of Engineers, who have yet to give the go-ahead for the building of sand booms to protect the Louisiana wetlands….

Perhaps this is because Louisiana is a “red” State? After all, its not like Obama has been Johnny-on-the-spot with the floods in Nashville – another “red” area of the country. So, its either that Obama just doesn’t care about people who don’t vote for him, or he miserably incompetent. Or a combination of the two.

Communist Takes Credit for Saving "Organizing for America"

No, I’m not kidding – from Gateway Pundit:

Dan Margolis, chair of the New York State Communist Party USA and 2004 coordinator for the Democratic Party, recently wrote about the Communist Party’s influence in democratic politics.

KeyWiki Blog reported:

When there were setbacks in the fight for health care, there was demoralization and frustration. Our Bronx club, which was instrumental in building an Organizing for America-based local organization, helped fight this feeling and, in the process, gained a good deal of experience. It can be said that, without the Communist Party, and solid leadership from one comrade in particular, the OFA group could have easily disbanded itself…

First off – Matt, is this guy a cousin of yours? Just curious – and if he is, don’t feel too bad. I’ve got a Marxist half-sister, after all (she’s a perpetual student/writer and I’d link to her stuff, but I’ve got a definitive impression from her that she wishes I’d drop off the face of the Earth, so we’ll leave that aside….wouldn’t want to cause her any trouble…imagine if her friends at Columbia found out her brother is a Republican! She’d have to undergo re-education, at the least).

That aside – fascinating that the commies are claiming credit for saving an Obama group. Fascinating, but not surprising. It is clear that under Obama, communism has become acceptable in the Democrat party.

That communists are, at best, fools and, at worst, beasts in human skin doesn’t seem to matter to the Democrats these days. That really does tell the tale of the Democrat party, and tells us why voting Republican in 2010 is a patriotic duty – we have to clear these people out before they wreck the nation.

The Election Year Anti-Obama Wave

The dynamics of this year’s mid-term elections is really quite interesting.

Some Democrats on the campaign trail have hit upon a winning campaign tactic: Run against President Obama and his agenda — especially the health care overhaul.

Democrat Mark Critz railed against the Obama administration’s health care reforms while campaigning in his western Pennsylvania district — and was easily elected to the House.

In West Virginia, Democratic stalwart Rep. Alan B. Mollohan, who voted against an administration-backed energy bill last year, was defeated in his primary after his challenger accused him of not having enough disdain for the measure that was wildly unpopular in his home district. He also was hammered for supporting health care reform.

Rep. Joe Sestak, in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary, challenged the White-House-endorsed five-term incumbent, Sen. Arlen Specter, and was rewarded with a cushy eight percentage-point win.

As Obama sees Democrats distancing themselves from him, he’s decided to run against neither incumbent nor candidate. He’s campaigning against Bush.

President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington.

It doesn’t matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months ago.

The White House’s mid-term election strategy is becoming clear – pit the Democrats of 2010 against the Republicans circa 2006, 2008 and 2009, including Bush.

It’s a lot to ask an angry, finicky electorate to sort out. And even if Obama can rightfully make the case that the economy took a turn for the worse under Bush’s watch, he’s already made it – in 2008 and repeatedly in 2009.

It’s not clear that voters still want to hear it.

My guess is they won’t. Obama can’t spending nearly two years in office and run against his predecessor. The fact that such a strategy is even considered proves the White House believes Obama and the Democrats don’t have much of a record to run on. And, quite frankly, that would be correct. The economy isn’t getting much better. The unemployment rate still flirts with double digits. Obama’s stimulus failed. Terror attacks in this country were foiled, not by our country’s anti-terror methods, but by mere luck and private citizen intervention. The oil spill in the Gulf gets worse with little interest from Obama. The health care bill remains unpopular.

All kind of makes sense now doesn’t it? Obama has nothing to run on, so he might as well run against Bush, a man whose legacy has only improved in the eyes of Americans since he left office.

Mahalo, Hawaii! Djou wins!

As Mark reported last night, Republican congressional candidate Charles Djou won a special election in Hawaii, filling the vacancy left by Former U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie. This historic election gives Hawaii their first REpublican representative in Congress in two decades.

This is great news, although Djou likely faces a similar probably as Joseph Cao in Louisiana, who was elected on a wave of anti-Democrat sentiment following the William Jefferson scandal. This special election is more symbolic at this point. Winning in Democrat-territory is a lot easier in an effective 3-way race  between one Republican and two Democrats. Djou can still do it, but Republicans across the country who supported him with donations can’t get all hot and bothered if he votes in line with his district more than the national GOP.