If this story is true, this is more bad news for terrorists and their enablers. While we have been absorbed in politics, our warfighters continue to battle our enemies overseas. From the link, go to the main page and see it all.
How Sarah Palin Makes the Left Look Bad
Victor David Hanson on a roll today
I have been a fan of Victor David Hanson for quite some time. Few others can illuminate reality like he can. On the subject of Gov. Palin today, he skewers the media:
First, there turns out to be no standard of objectivity in contemporary journalism. Palin’s career as a city councilwoman, mayor, and governor of Alaska was never seen as comparable to, or — indeed, in terms of executive experience — more extensive than, Barack Obama’s own legislative background in Illinois and Washington. Somehow we forgot that a mother of five taking on the Alaskan oil industry and the entrenched male hierarchy was somewhat more challenging than Barack Obama navigating the sympathetic left-wing identity politics of Chicago.
Maintenance of the Republic [Updated]
Where’s the Owner’s Manual?
“The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
-Abraham Lincoln (17 September 1859, speech in Cincinnati, OH)“It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”
-United States Supreme Court in American Communications Association v. Douds
The abandonment of first principles, established by the nation’s founders, is apparent with the stark choices before us this election season. Few times in U.S. history has such a wide chasm separated the factions contending for primacy at this level of enmity.
One Democrat I Support
It was hard, but no Republican was in the race
If you are in TN district 22 (or know someone who is), please use the write-in procedure to support Rosalind Kurita and pass the word. Oddly enough, by supporting this Democrat you will help our current Republican Lt. Gov. to keep his position and maintain the tenuous lead in the TN Senate. The details of this situation can be found here. Now go early vote - it will make your day.
The 2nd Amendment Protects the 1st
I think Rush said that. What protects the 2nd?
One of the days I look forward to each month is the day the latest issue of American Rifleman Magazine arrives. Yesterday I received the November issue, with the election emphasis naturally prominent. There was comprehensive information regarding the record of Obama & Biden on 2nd Amendment issues. I had to feel somewhat ashamed that I was unaware or had forgotten the scope of anti-gun legislation these two were responsible for.
Check it out, but take your blood-pressure meds first. Oh, the answer to my question in the subtitle is: “We do”. Let’s see to it.
This Racist Campaign
The One-Drop Rule in Modern Times
Back when I was more idealistic than I am now; I would often say there ought to be a law mandating marriage to someone of a different race than your own, so that over time we would eliminate that difference in our society. Human nature being what it is, though, we would just find something else to fuel our differences and prejudices. Perhaps you remember the old Star Trek episode where the two guys, black skin on one half of their bodies and white on the other, were in mortal conflict? Captain Kirk was puzzled over the source of their racial enmity, since their race was apparently the same. They quickly pointed out to Kirk, that no, they weren’t the same race. One was black on the left; the other was black on the right. Exactly our problem, eh?
Obama & National Defense
I don't want him to be eligible for a test
As I said in an earlier post, although I realize the economy is the number one issue in the public eye at the moment, in light of Biden’s statement I think Obama’s positions on National Defense Policy are worthy of discourse right now.
Simply put, Obama is wrong
on national defense.
He says we have unproven
missile
systems. I think
not.
National Defense is a Republican Strength
So let's not forget to play to our strength
Yes, I know “it’s the economy, stupid”, and Joe the Plumber is still popular right now. We’re all having a lot of fun “punching the hippies” that are close at hand, and I would hate to distract you all from that pleasant diversion. Let us not forget that one of our other important tasks is to “kill the terrorists”, and in general protect our country from foreign enemies. SEN Biden’s recent gaffe puts national defense back in the forefront of discussion.
This clip has been posted over at Blackfive recently. It uses Obama’s own message in one of his early campaign adds, juxtaposed with current events, to illustrate the danger of an Obama commander-in-chief. That early campaign ad, by the way, is a rich source of material to hammer him on over a variety of subjects - but particularly on defense issues.
This would be interesting to watch…
except its happening to us
This is probably old hat to you regulars, but for the benefit of the drive-bys and lurkers, please bear with me. I think it useful to explore the origins of Barack Hussein Obama’s strategies and mode of operation. Foremost is the influence of [Saul Alinsky] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Alinsky), the prototype of the ‘community organizer’ in this country. Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals, is the playbook used by the Left to gain control over the majority. Alinsky said, “Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future.”
Small Business Defined
It’s a lot more than $250K
After visiting this site almost daily for months now, I have finally joined. This is my first entry, and I hope not to come across too amateurish. Like many of you, I often hear commentary and interviews on the news that have incomplete or misleading information which leaves me waiting for someone to clarify or correct it. The more a particular issue gets discussed without clarity or correction, frustration ensues. With that in mind, my contribution towards the definition of a ‘small business’ follows.
With the current prominence of Joe the Plumber and Obama’s arbitrary wealth-sharing threshold of $250 Thousand in the discussion, it seems to me that the perception in the public eye of what constitutes a ‘small business’ is too subjective. Definitions are important, particularly when dealing with government regulations. The Department of Labor is the proponent which has established the criteria for what constitutes a small business, based on either annual receipts or number of employees. The criteria vary according to type of industry and can be found here
The full Small Business Administration description of a small business and associated references can be found here
