Insurrection titles his essay: "To say that Republicans in Congress folded like a cheap suit is an insult to cheap suits."
There's another little gem in that essay having to do with lawyers. Read it.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
McConnell: The Engineer of US Bankruptcy
Mirengoff has the rundown:
Let’s step back and consider the impact of McConnell’s deals on the valiant effort of House Republicans in 2011 to use the debt-ceiling to attack the debt. So far, the results are as follows: (1) the debt ceiling was raised, (2) the debt continued to soar, (3) the latest McConnell-brokered deal will increase, rather than decrease, the debt, and (4) taxes are about to go up.
There are extenuating circumstances, to be sure — most notably the 2012 election. But they are insufficient to explain how the Democrats have thus far been able to turn the debt-ceiling battle of 2011 so decisively to their advantage.
It’s a tribute to McConnell’s skill that John Boehner seems to be taking most of the heat over the latest deal.
Well--that last point is true, but then Boehner doesn't know "conservative" from zits, either.
DeMint and Erickson are right. McConnell and his ilk is the fifth column in this country.
Let’s step back and consider the impact of McConnell’s deals on the valiant effort of House Republicans in 2011 to use the debt-ceiling to attack the debt. So far, the results are as follows: (1) the debt ceiling was raised, (2) the debt continued to soar, (3) the latest McConnell-brokered deal will increase, rather than decrease, the debt, and (4) taxes are about to go up.
There are extenuating circumstances, to be sure — most notably the 2012 election. But they are insufficient to explain how the Democrats have thus far been able to turn the debt-ceiling battle of 2011 so decisively to their advantage.
It’s a tribute to McConnell’s skill that John Boehner seems to be taking most of the heat over the latest deal.
Well--that last point is true, but then Boehner doesn't know "conservative" from zits, either.
DeMint and Erickson are right. McConnell and his ilk is the fifth column in this country.
SCOTUS, Here We Come!
Bingo!
An Oklahoma district denied an injunction to Hobby Lobby.
A Michigan district did the opposite:
A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt on the Obama administration’s birth-control coverage policy for Tom Monaghan, the Catholic billionaire who founded Domino’s Pizza.
Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff issued the decision Sunday, less than two days before the policy would have taken effect and exposed Monaghan to fines for non-compliance.
“Plaintiff has shown that abiding by the mandate will substantially burden his exercise of religion,” Zatkoff wrote.
“The government has failed to satisfy its burden of showing that its actions were narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. … This factor weighs in favor of granting Plaintiffs’ motion.” --HotAir quoting The Hill
Maybe the US Bishops will join Monaghan's action.
An Oklahoma district denied an injunction to Hobby Lobby.
A Michigan district did the opposite:
A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt on the Obama administration’s birth-control coverage policy for Tom Monaghan, the Catholic billionaire who founded Domino’s Pizza.
Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff issued the decision Sunday, less than two days before the policy would have taken effect and exposed Monaghan to fines for non-compliance.
“Plaintiff has shown that abiding by the mandate will substantially burden his exercise of religion,” Zatkoff wrote.
“The government has failed to satisfy its burden of showing that its actions were narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. … This factor weighs in favor of granting Plaintiffs’ motion.” --HotAir quoting The Hill
Maybe the US Bishops will join Monaghan's action.
Intel to Blow Up Cable Companies
Well, somebody's looking out for Americans.
Clay [Forbes reporter] says Intel is planning to deliver cable content to any device with an Internet connection. And instead of having to pay $80 a month for two hundred channels you don't want, you'll be able to subscribe to specific channels of your choosing.
That means that ATT, Charter, Time-Warner (et al) will be spending several $Ka-Zillion on lobbying over the next several months--which you will pay for, assuming you continue their "service."
And that spending will be at the State level, not just the Federal level. Watch your friendly local legislators closely, folks.
Clay [Forbes reporter] says Intel is planning to deliver cable content to any device with an Internet connection. And instead of having to pay $80 a month for two hundred channels you don't want, you'll be able to subscribe to specific channels of your choosing.
That means that ATT, Charter, Time-Warner (et al) will be spending several $Ka-Zillion on lobbying over the next several months--which you will pay for, assuming you continue their "service."
And that spending will be at the State level, not just the Federal level. Watch your friendly local legislators closely, folks.
Obozo to UNILATERALLY Raise Debt Ceiling
Didn't take long for this little bomb to fall:
Speaking Jan. 1 at the White House at 11:20 p.m., less than an hour after the House voted 257 to 167 to approve new tax hikes, President Barack Obama announced that he will assert the authority to raise the debt ceiling for spending approved by Congress....
...Obama framed his assumption of the authority to borrow funds, regardless of a statutory debt ceiling, in the context of the upcoming fight to raise it—a fight Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R.-S.C.) called “Round 2” becuase the senator said Republicans had been beaten in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” or “Round 1.”
The president was direct. Either Congress raises the debt ceiling or he will go ahead and borrow the money to pay the bills on his own in order to avoid damage to the U.S. and world economies.
Obviously, the GOP "leadership" thought of this when they caved in.
Right?
Speaking Jan. 1 at the White House at 11:20 p.m., less than an hour after the House voted 257 to 167 to approve new tax hikes, President Barack Obama announced that he will assert the authority to raise the debt ceiling for spending approved by Congress....
...Obama framed his assumption of the authority to borrow funds, regardless of a statutory debt ceiling, in the context of the upcoming fight to raise it—a fight Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R.-S.C.) called “Round 2” becuase the senator said Republicans had been beaten in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” or “Round 1.”
The president was direct. Either Congress raises the debt ceiling or he will go ahead and borrow the money to pay the bills on his own in order to avoid damage to the U.S. and world economies.
Obviously, the GOP "leadership" thought of this when they caved in.
Right?
Lights Out!
Here's a fine opportunity for an entrepreneurial smuggler.
Beginning today, the 75-watt incandescent lightbulb has been banned from production and importation in the United States.
It's good as practice-running; in one year, the 60- and 40- watt bulbs will be illegal, too.
Beginning today, the 75-watt incandescent lightbulb has been banned from production and importation in the United States.
It's good as practice-running; in one year, the 60- and 40- watt bulbs will be illegal, too.
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Samuel Whittemore
Don't know the name, eh?
Owens provides a bit of history.
Whittemore was one of [t]hose too young, too old, and too female to be part of the organized militia of their day. These were the “alarm listers.”
...The oldest man to fight that fateful day was an alarm-lister named Samuel Whittemore, a 78-year-old veteran of three American wars in the King’s service.
While Lord Percy’s relief column attempted to link up with Regular forces under attack by colonial militias, Whittemore set up behind a low stone wall near his home and attacked the 47th Regiment of Foot by himself.
Whittemore’s aimed fire did enough damage to the column that an assault was ordered upon his position.
Whittemore is documented to have killed one man from this assaulting force with his musket, then killed one and severely wounded another with horse pistols he’d removed from the body of French officer he’d dispatched decades before. Whittemore was in the act of drawing his ornate French Calvary sabre—again, taken from another French officer who “died suddenly” according to Whittemore, more than 20 years before—when half his face was shot away at point-blank range. Whittemore’s horrified relatives watched from a distance as the nearly 80-year old patriarch of their clan was bayoneted thirteen times by the Redcoats, and left for dead in a pool of his own blood.
He survived, by the way, for 18 years.
Oh, there's more.
The proximate, immediate cause of the first American Revolutionary War was an attempt to capture powder and shot, cannon, and community food stores...
That's the part to remember. Taxation was part of it, but not 'proximate.' Quartering was part and proximate, but not immediate.
The gun-takeaway? That was the spark that lit the fire.
Owens provides a bit of history.
Whittemore was one of [t]hose too young, too old, and too female to be part of the organized militia of their day. These were the “alarm listers.”
...The oldest man to fight that fateful day was an alarm-lister named Samuel Whittemore, a 78-year-old veteran of three American wars in the King’s service.
While Lord Percy’s relief column attempted to link up with Regular forces under attack by colonial militias, Whittemore set up behind a low stone wall near his home and attacked the 47th Regiment of Foot by himself.
Whittemore’s aimed fire did enough damage to the column that an assault was ordered upon his position.
Whittemore is documented to have killed one man from this assaulting force with his musket, then killed one and severely wounded another with horse pistols he’d removed from the body of French officer he’d dispatched decades before. Whittemore was in the act of drawing his ornate French Calvary sabre—again, taken from another French officer who “died suddenly” according to Whittemore, more than 20 years before—when half his face was shot away at point-blank range. Whittemore’s horrified relatives watched from a distance as the nearly 80-year old patriarch of their clan was bayoneted thirteen times by the Redcoats, and left for dead in a pool of his own blood.
He survived, by the way, for 18 years.
Oh, there's more.
The proximate, immediate cause of the first American Revolutionary War was an attempt to capture powder and shot, cannon, and community food stores...
That's the part to remember. Taxation was part of it, but not 'proximate.' Quartering was part and proximate, but not immediate.
The gun-takeaway? That was the spark that lit the fire.
RoJo's Short on Explanations
RoJo, the green-eyeshade, voted for McConnell's Gummint-First cheese, and said 'well, it's not very good.'
But he voted for it anyway.
...The Senate deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” will add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit when compared to current law, according to new numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). . . .
The CBO says the budget agreement will lead to an overall increase in spending of about $330 billion over 10 years. . . .--quoted at Real McCain.
'It's not very good.'
That's the best you can do, RoJo?
Oh, by the way, here's what RoJo says. Compare to his "yea" vote.
“It’s an alternate universe. No, this — this place is a joke. I mean, bottom line, this is an absurd process,” Johnson said on CNBC. “It certainly proves the genius of our founding fathers that government should be limited. I mean, the fact that we have this place having such an enormous effect on our economy, on people’s livelihood, is wrong. It’s simply wrong.”...
...“We’re here at the end of the year, a couple of elected officials with their unelected staffs, are doing these deals behind closed doors,” he said. “I don’t know what’s happening behind there. Am I all of a sudden going to get a product sometime in the middle of the day and say, ‘you’ve got to vote on it right away’? I mean, that is an absurd process.”...
Well, yes, Ron. Vote right away. And vote the way McConnell tells you, Ron. Thankyouverymuch.
But he voted for it anyway.
...The Senate deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” will add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit when compared to current law, according to new numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). . . .
The CBO says the budget agreement will lead to an overall increase in spending of about $330 billion over 10 years. . . .--quoted at Real McCain.
'It's not very good.'
That's the best you can do, RoJo?
Oh, by the way, here's what RoJo says. Compare to his "yea" vote.
“It’s an alternate universe. No, this — this place is a joke. I mean, bottom line, this is an absurd process,” Johnson said on CNBC. “It certainly proves the genius of our founding fathers that government should be limited. I mean, the fact that we have this place having such an enormous effect on our economy, on people’s livelihood, is wrong. It’s simply wrong.”...
...“We’re here at the end of the year, a couple of elected officials with their unelected staffs, are doing these deals behind closed doors,” he said. “I don’t know what’s happening behind there. Am I all of a sudden going to get a product sometime in the middle of the day and say, ‘you’ve got to vote on it right away’? I mean, that is an absurd process.”...
Well, yes, Ron. Vote right away. And vote the way McConnell tells you, Ron. Thankyouverymuch.
They're Gone
Bob Owens reports:
...The cases of ammunition that typically lined the far wall were picked to pieces. There was a 100-round case of .50 BMG, and cases of European shotshells suitable for small game. The .223 Remington, 5.56 NATO, 7.62×39, 7.62 NATO, and 7.62x54R had sold out long ago, along with the bulk 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. A few pump shotguns remained along with a smattering of deer rifles, single-shots, and longer double-barreled shotguns suitable only for trap or skeet. Even the semi-automatic .22LR rifles like Ruger 10/22s were gone, along with all but one BX-25 magazine
... They didn’t know when they’d be getting anything back in stock, from magazines to rifles to pistols. Manufacturers were running full-bore, but couldn’t come close to keeping up with market demand.It wasn’t just the AR-15s, the AK-pattern rifles, the M1As, and the FALs that were sold out. It really hit me when I realized that the World War-era M1 Garands , M1 carbines, and Enfield .303s were gone, along with every last shell. Ubiquitous Mosin-Nagants—of which every gun store always seems to have 10-20—were gone. So was their ammo. Only a dust free space marked their passing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Every weapon of military utility designed within the past 100+ years was gone...
Well. That's a sign of something.
...The cases of ammunition that typically lined the far wall were picked to pieces. There was a 100-round case of .50 BMG, and cases of European shotshells suitable for small game. The .223 Remington, 5.56 NATO, 7.62×39, 7.62 NATO, and 7.62x54R had sold out long ago, along with the bulk 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. A few pump shotguns remained along with a smattering of deer rifles, single-shots, and longer double-barreled shotguns suitable only for trap or skeet. Even the semi-automatic .22LR rifles like Ruger 10/22s were gone, along with all but one BX-25 magazine
... They didn’t know when they’d be getting anything back in stock, from magazines to rifles to pistols. Manufacturers were running full-bore, but couldn’t come close to keeping up with market demand.It wasn’t just the AR-15s, the AK-pattern rifles, the M1As, and the FALs that were sold out. It really hit me when I realized that the World War-era M1 Garands , M1 carbines, and Enfield .303s were gone, along with every last shell. Ubiquitous Mosin-Nagants—of which every gun store always seems to have 10-20—were gone. So was their ammo. Only a dust free space marked their passing. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Every weapon of military utility designed within the past 100+ years was gone...
Well. That's a sign of something.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Reid: 'I Can't Get the Votes the Obozo Plan'
If you were paying attention during the National Handwringing, you'd notice what the MFM has not. (It's only the size of a 6,000 lb. elephant, after all....)
...This morning, we have been trying to come up with some counteroffer to my friend’s [Mitch McConnell] proposal. We have been unable to do that. I have had a number of conversations with the president, and at this stage we’re not able to make a counteroffer....
Reid has been on the sidelines because his party is NOT entirely composed of Marxists. He cannot get them behind the SCOAMF's plan, and he cannot let them vote on a common-sense plan because it will look a lot like the House's original position.
HT: Zippers
...This morning, we have been trying to come up with some counteroffer to my friend’s [Mitch McConnell] proposal. We have been unable to do that. I have had a number of conversations with the president, and at this stage we’re not able to make a counteroffer....
Reid has been on the sidelines because his party is NOT entirely composed of Marxists. He cannot get them behind the SCOAMF's plan, and he cannot let them vote on a common-sense plan because it will look a lot like the House's original position.
HT: Zippers
Who's Afraid of the Fiscal Cliff?
Really--it's not that big a deal, outside of the AMT and Medicare.
(Did you ever wonder why Congress NEVER 'fixes' the AMT with a permanent inflation-indexing law? Think "Campaign Contributions." The scumbags are consistent, anyway....)
Medicare is an easy one-target fix, too.
As to DOD cuts: even after they are fully implemented---which they won't be---DoD spending will still be greater as a percentage of GDP than they were just after VietNam.
(Did you ever wonder why Congress NEVER 'fixes' the AMT with a permanent inflation-indexing law? Think "Campaign Contributions." The scumbags are consistent, anyway....)
Medicare is an easy one-target fix, too.
As to DOD cuts: even after they are fully implemented---which they won't be---DoD spending will still be greater as a percentage of GDP than they were just after VietNam.
Those Damn Facts....
The NYPD released info on murders (2011 stats.)
...Blacks were 23% of the NYC population but 68% of the homicide victims; 38% of all victims were black males aged 16-37; 86% of black male victims aged 16-21 were shot.
On the other side, 59% of suspects were black. 83% of black suspects had a black victim.
Among all suspects, 34% were aged 16-21; 41% were aged 22-37.
And a stat I would like to know more about: 42% of suspects and 38% of victims had prior arrests for drug sales or possession. ...--quoted by JustOneMinute
Well, THAT is foundation for removing guns from middle-aged Americans whose drug-use is .......ahhh.....aspirin and Viagara, no?
...Blacks were 23% of the NYC population but 68% of the homicide victims; 38% of all victims were black males aged 16-37; 86% of black male victims aged 16-21 were shot.
On the other side, 59% of suspects were black. 83% of black suspects had a black victim.
Among all suspects, 34% were aged 16-21; 41% were aged 22-37.
And a stat I would like to know more about: 42% of suspects and 38% of victims had prior arrests for drug sales or possession. ...--quoted by JustOneMinute
Well, THAT is foundation for removing guns from middle-aged Americans whose drug-use is .......ahhh.....aspirin and Viagara, no?
The Behind-Leader
Obozo's not going heavy on gun control.
...In an interview with David Gregory on “Meet the Press,” Obama said he would await the recommendations of his gun control task force and present a package of gun control proposals. But he said, “We’re not going to get this done unless the American people decide it’s important and so this is not something that’s going to be a matter of me spending political capital.”...
That tells you that the polls are against "control". And it reminds you that Obozo has about zero testosterone.
Remember, Obozo did not "lead" on ObozoCare, either. That was strictly a Nancy-and-Harry deal, although Obozo was very happy to snatch the credit in the end.
...In an interview with David Gregory on “Meet the Press,” Obama said he would await the recommendations of his gun control task force and present a package of gun control proposals. But he said, “We’re not going to get this done unless the American people decide it’s important and so this is not something that’s going to be a matter of me spending political capital.”...
That tells you that the polls are against "control". And it reminds you that Obozo has about zero testosterone.
Remember, Obozo did not "lead" on ObozoCare, either. That was strictly a Nancy-and-Harry deal, although Obozo was very happy to snatch the credit in the end.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Spot 'Em the First Quarter....
Yah, well. When you give almost ANY pro football team the first 15 minutes, y'all are in trouble.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Eat the Rich, Yah Hey!!
Where does all that charity funding come from?
Nevadans with a net worth of more than $1 million make up only 0.2 percent of the state’s population but account for more than 27 percent of its reported charitable contributions, according to a report from The Private Bank by Nevada State Bank. --Fox News quoted at Badger
Good thing that Obozo's plan will limit charitable deductions, eh? That way those charities will have to hit everybody else for a change.
Nevadans with a net worth of more than $1 million make up only 0.2 percent of the state’s population but account for more than 27 percent of its reported charitable contributions, according to a report from The Private Bank by Nevada State Bank. --Fox News quoted at Badger
Good thing that Obozo's plan will limit charitable deductions, eh? That way those charities will have to hit everybody else for a change.
Scary Magazine (High Clip) Theory
Since a number of radiomouths of the 'conservative' bent have been squishy about "scary magazines", this short sentence might help their cogitative faculties:
Magazine size is irrelevant, since the shooter was unimpeded (which is the core problem anyway).
Then again, it may not help them. But it ought to help you.
HT: The Captain
Magazine size is irrelevant, since the shooter was unimpeded (which is the core problem anyway).
Then again, it may not help them. But it ought to help you.
HT: The Captain
Friday, December 28, 2012
Think This Is Possible?
The first really big contingency is this one:
...Let us imagine for a moment that sweeping a sweeping gun control bill similar to the one currently suggested is passed by the House and Senate, and signed into law by a contemptuous President....
That would be Feinstein's Folly. There is no question in my mind: it will not pass--not in its current form, and not even if highly watered down.
But if it does....
...Tens of millions of Americans will refuse to comply with an order that is clearly a violation of the explicit intent of the Second Amendment. Among the most ardent opposing these measures will be military veterans, active duty servicepersons, and local law enforcement officers. Many of these individuals will refuse to carry out what they view as Constitutionally illegal orders....
...After a number of carefully-planned, highly-publicized, and successful raids by the government, one or more will invariably end “badly.” Whether innocents are gunned down, a city block burned to ash, or especially fierce resistance leads to a disastrously failed raid doesn’t particularly matter. What matters is that when illusion of the government’s invincibility and infallibility is broken, the hunters will become the hunted...
No matter how it ends, it ends badly.
...Let us imagine for a moment that sweeping a sweeping gun control bill similar to the one currently suggested is passed by the House and Senate, and signed into law by a contemptuous President....
That would be Feinstein's Folly. There is no question in my mind: it will not pass--not in its current form, and not even if highly watered down.
But if it does....
...Tens of millions of Americans will refuse to comply with an order that is clearly a violation of the explicit intent of the Second Amendment. Among the most ardent opposing these measures will be military veterans, active duty servicepersons, and local law enforcement officers. Many of these individuals will refuse to carry out what they view as Constitutionally illegal orders....
...After a number of carefully-planned, highly-publicized, and successful raids by the government, one or more will invariably end “badly.” Whether innocents are gunned down, a city block burned to ash, or especially fierce resistance leads to a disastrously failed raid doesn’t particularly matter. What matters is that when illusion of the government’s invincibility and infallibility is broken, the hunters will become the hunted...
No matter how it ends, it ends badly.
Huh! Imagine That!!
People have not only read my blog. They actually took my advice.
Ammunition Stock levels have fallen by more than 90% from the pre-Election Day levels. Less than 10% remains available. --Insurrection quoting Traction Control
Now for the Evil Capitalist trick: selling dear what I bought cheap.
HAH!!
Ammunition Stock levels have fallen by more than 90% from the pre-Election Day levels. Less than 10% remains available. --Insurrection quoting Traction Control
Now for the Evil Capitalist trick: selling dear what I bought cheap.
HAH!!
Here's a Remedy!! Gun-Free Zones!!
We all KNOW that gun-free zones make everyone inside them safer, right?
Of course. Herbie Kohl thinks so, just like the majority of Congress who passed the law. So it must be true.
Gun Free Zones are supposed to protect our children, and some politicians wish to strip us of our right to keep and bear arms. Those same politicians and their families are currently under the protection of armed Secret Service agents. If Gun Free Zones are sufficient protection for our children, then Gun Free Zones should be good enough for politicians. --MoonBattery quoting a W H petition
Works for me!
Of course. Herbie Kohl thinks so, just like the majority of Congress who passed the law. So it must be true.
Gun Free Zones are supposed to protect our children, and some politicians wish to strip us of our right to keep and bear arms. Those same politicians and their families are currently under the protection of armed Secret Service agents. If Gun Free Zones are sufficient protection for our children, then Gun Free Zones should be good enough for politicians. --MoonBattery quoting a W H petition
Works for me!
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