Knives Kill! Ban them all! Wednesday, May 20 2009 

Guns and Second Amendment , 1IDVET 17:13

Those EVIL guns are to blame! Wait, it’s really the knives…

Great News! Fewer Gun Deaths, More Knife Deaths

Kurt Hoffman finds the liberal perspective on guns just a bit bizarre.
One puzzling characteristic of citizen disarmament advocates is their bizarre apparent belief that “gun violence” is somehow “worse” than other forms of violence. One would think that being stabbed, beaten, bludgeoned, strangled, etc. to death would be just as bad as being shot to death, but apparently that’s not a universally held belief.

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Revolution… Wednesday, May 20 2009 

Politics and Truth , , 1IDVET 17:12

Is there revolution in the air? It seems that there may already be one going on right now. Here’s an interesting and poignant essay from American Thinker. I believe that we are either very close to revolution, or as Mr. Meyer states, already in one.

Revolution
By Herbert E. Meyer

During the last 30 years we Americans have been so politically divided that some of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a “culture war” or even a “second Civil War.”  These descriptions are no longer accurate.  The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution.

Because of our country’s history, we tend to think of revolutions as military conflicts, and of the revolutionaries as the good guys; the image of Minutemen fighting valiantly against the British forces at Lexington and Concord lies deep within our DNA.  But sometimes — quite often, actually — revolutions aren’t military conflicts, and the good guys are the ones trying to keep the revolution from happening.  In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by its elected president; he would spend the next two years consolidating his power with the legislative connivance of his political allies in the Reichstag.  In October 1917, Lenin and his Bolsheviks took control of Russia from Kerensky and his Social Democrats — who had overthrown the Czar earlier that year — entirely through parliamentary maneuvering in Russia’s fledgling Duma.

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Crushing Kalifornia’s Tax and Spend Liberals… Wednesday, May 20 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Economics and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People and Tax , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 17:10

And a crushing defeat for the idiots in the California Legislature and the moron governor. Now they have to go back to the old drawing board and figure out a solution. It’s rather simple, in my mind anyway. Every program that is geared towards illegal aliens should be cut. All the rest of the programs that this state has should be cut by 10% every year for the next 4 years. No new spending allowed. Cut corporate taxes and cut taxes on those that create the jobs in the first place. If you can’t get the unions to play ball, file bankruptcy, toss out all the union contracts and negotiate new contracts from a position of take it, or leave it. Problem solved.

Vote for me! I am the right guy for all the wrong reasons…

California voters kill budget measures
Only salary curbs survive in a rout of Schwarzenegger’s slate of reforms
By Eric Bailey

Reporting from Sacramento — The “big five” elected leaders — Schwarzenegger and the legislative chieftains from both houses — are slated to begin closed-door meetings today upon the governor’s return from Washington, where he spent election day after casting a last-minute absentee ballot.

On Thursday a small group of Senate and Assembly members will hold the first of what’s expected to be a slew of daily public sessions to wrangle over the details of the budget.

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Election results map: http://projects.latimes.com/elections/2009-05-19/california-propositions/results/map/

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Media Unhappy At California Results; Blame Voters

Today the voters had a temper tantrum… Angry White Men etc.

The LA Times is right about this, though:

Californians are well known for periodic voter revolts, but on Tuesday they did more than just lash out at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature over the state’s fiscal debacle.

By rejecting five budget measures, Californians also brought into stark relief the fact that they, too, share blame for the political dysfunction that has brought California to the brink of insolvency.

They do bear the blame. Because they vote for Democratic control.

The priority of the Republican Party is to not raise taxes (and cut them, if possible). The priority of the Democrat Party is to not cut government spending and public-sector employees’ salaries and numbers (and increase them, if possible).

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Is California Too Big to Fail?

So what about California?  A reader asks.  Ummm, that’s a tough one.  No, wait, it’s not:  California is completely, totally, irreparably hosed.  And not a little garden hose.  More like this.  Their outflow is bigger than their inflow.  You can blame Republicans who won’t pass a budget, or Democrats who spend every single cent of tax money that comes in during the booms, borrow some more, and then act all surprised when revenues, in a totally unprecedented, inexplicable, and unforeseeable chain of events, fall during a recession.  You can blame the initiative process, and the uneducated voters who try to vote themselves rich by picking their own pockets.  Whoever is to blame, the state was bound to go broke one day, and hey, today’s that day!

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Fire that BITCH! Wednesday, May 20 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Congress and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 17:06

Fire that bitch! I’ve been saying that for years. I was aghast when she was made Speaker of the House. “WTF are you thinking,” was running through my head. Now, it is time to fire that bitch and not just as Speaker, but as a Congressman. FIRE THAT BITCH!

I think they should all be fired and term limits should be emplaced to keep these creatures from ruining America any more than they already have. Congress should not be a career. Politicians are liars and the longer they are in Congress, the better they get at the lying. Fire them all!

Gingrich: Pelosi ‘Disqualified Herself’ From Being Speaker

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today flatly declared that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should be replaced in the wake of her allegation that the CIA lied to her about harsh interrogation techniques.

“She really disqualified herself to be speaker,” Gingrich, R-Ga., told Diane Sawyer on ABC’s “Good Morning America. “I think the Democrats should get a new speaker.”

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Freedom of Speech… Tuesday, May 19 2009 

Axis of Idiots and First Amendment and Media and Neo-Marxists and Police State and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People , , , , , , 1IDVET 16:38

Freedom of speech is what makes America great. Restricting speech because it might offend someone is akin to handing over the rest of your freedoms all in one stroke. You can’t have a Constitutional Republic without freedom of speech. It just isn’t possible. When one type of speech is banned, what other type is next? You leftards need to wake up and smell the coffee. This applies to you as well.

Outlawing Opinion
by Chuck Norris

It greatly alarms me that Americans’ constitutional right of freedom of speech is being squeezed out of our culture.

Several years ago, I watched then-”20/20″ correspondent Diane Sawyer interview Saddam Hussein, who was dictator of Iraq at the time. She respectfully confronted him for the atrocities and executions he used as punishments for people who merely spoke out against him, his rule or his politics. Surprisingly naive of America’s constitutional basis, Saddam asked, “Well, what happens to those who speak against your president?” (He clearly was expecting that such speech was also a crime in the U.S. and punishable by law.) Shocked by his sheer ignorance of the U.S. — and somewhat at a loss for words herself — Diane quipped back in answering his question, “They host television talk shows!” Saddam’s facial expression revealed that he was totally confused by her answer.

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Throwing a Bone… Tuesday, May 19 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Comarade Obama and Illegal Immigration and Politics and Stupid People , , , 1IDVET 16:37

Whoa! Is Obama doing something right? I can’t believe my eyes! I guess hell has truly frozen over. It’s a start, well, really a continuation of GWB’s policies, but hey! Better than the alternative. Gotta give him the due, if he gets one right. Now let’s see what he does with the AgJobs bill that is being worked out in the Senate. That goat screw needs to die a painful death.

Take it easy. He’s just throwing you idiots  a bone.

U.S. to Expand Immigration Checks to All Local Jails
Obama Administration’s Enforcement Push Could Lead to Sharp Increase in Deportation Cases
By Spencer S. Hsu

The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails. In four years, the measure could result in a tenfold increase in illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and identified for deportation, current and former U.S. officials said.

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Slick Barry Just Like Slick Willy… Tuesday, May 19 2009 

Axis of Idiots and Comarade Obama and Lies and Neo-Marxists and Politics and Socialism and Stupid People , , , , , , , , 1IDVET 16:34

First there was slick Willy, now we have slick Barry. Either way, it’s the same old bullshit, just a different package.

Slick Barry
By Bruce Walker

Democrats hold the White House and comfortable majorities in both houses of Congress.  Their new president comes from humble beginnings.  He grew up without the moral influence of a father.  Unlike Gore and Kerry, who were born with silver spoons in their mouths, or even Carter, Dukakis, Mondale, or Humphrey, who came from upper middle class homes, Barack Obama has little in common with presidential candidates of either political party, except for one:  Bill Clinton. Both men transcended their humble roots by receiving elite education and succeeding in electoral politics.

Watch how “Barry” behaves.  Listen to his words.  Ignore the inflection in his voice, his body language, his facial expressions, the fawning media, and all the distractions of meaning:  listen to his words.  He says nothing, just as Bill Clinton said nothing, and if you aren’t really paying attention, it sounds good.

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Gun Control Poll… Tuesday, May 19 2009 

Guns and Second Amendment 1IDVET 16:32

In case you were wondering. Americans tell the pollsters what they think about gun control. There are other polls there as well.

Gun Control

By 47 percent to 34 percent, more Americans think better enforcement of existing gun laws is more likely to decrease gun violence than passage of more laws and restrictions on obtaining guns.

Those in a household where someone owns a gun are even more in favor better enforcement — 61 percent to 24 percent.

Opinion Dynamics Corp. conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for FOX News from May 12 to May 13. The poll has a 3-point error margin.

 

Change my butt… Tuesday, May 19 2009 

Comarade Obama and Congress and Conservatism and Politics , , , , 1IDVET 16:29

It seems that things may turn around in 2010. People are actually realizing that the idiots that were occupying Congress in 1994 are the same morons in there now. Ideology does play a role, apparently.

Go figure:

Hope and change: GOP even with Dems in party affiliation for first time since 2005
by Allahpundit

They’ve been within a point or two several times but the last month Republicans were dead even with Democrats (including leaners) was June 2005. It’s a huge swing from a month ago too, from 50/39 to 45/45. What gives? I’d love to say it was the tea parties but the April poll was taken several days after the rallies, not before. Nothing major’s happened in the last few weeks that would account for a sudden shift, either. I can only assume that the scope of Obama’s budget and what it means for future deficits has finally started to sink in. And with health care coming to the floor of the House, not a moment too soon.

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Labeling Obadouchbama… Monday, May 18 2009 

Comarade Obama , 1IDVET 17:29

I recommend this, just for the last two paragraphs alone. I laughed my ass off. The topic is serious enough, but he injected humor into the piece and I liked it.

Labeling or Libeling Obama
by Burt Prelutsky

Certain conservative commentators have begun taking exception to those of us who have identified Barack Obama as a socialist, a communist or a left-wing ideologue. The worst thing some of these people are willing to say about the president is that he’s a proponent of big government and increased federal spending. But that also describes George W. Bush. What would make it so ironic is that during last year’s campaign, the Democrats kept saying that voting for John McCain was the same as electing Bush to a third term.

When I recently compared Obama’s spending spree to that of a drunken sailor, a few readers, including Larry Reznick, took umbrage, pointing out that the sailor is spending his own money, not ours. So I am taking this opportunity to offer my sincere apologies to drunken sailors everywhere.

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