The Buffoonery of the WSJournal

Now and then the WSJ Editorial Boyzzzz demonstrate that they just love Big Gummint.

(They're part of the Ruling Class, you know.)

Ticker wastes no time destroying them:

....This strange alliance has developed in response to one of Congress's rare bipartisan achievements—the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). That bill affirmed the long-standing distinction between civilian justice and the rules of war by letting the President detain terrorists (including U.S. citizens) captured anywhere and question them as long as necessary. A President can decide to try them in either military or civilian courts, and the right of habeas corpus to challenge detention in court, established by the Supreme Court's 2004 Hamdi decision, is unchanged.

...A tea party outfit called the Tenth Amendment Center calls the law "an unconstitutional and dangerous federal power grab"—though the statute merely codifies existing practice under Presidents Bush and Obama.   --Ticker quoting the Morons

Next they'll call that a "long-standing tradition" or some such bullsh*t.

You all thought that the Fourth Amendment was in force here, hey?

Dummies.

...First you arrest them, then you try them, and only after finding them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt do you execute them.

The ACLU and Tea Party, along with Libertarians, are not uninformed about the faux "war on terror." 

There is in fact no such war.

War is a declared thing.  Congress has not declared war.

Besides, Obozo's State Department has told us that the War on Terror is "over."

There's a reason the Constitution has the provisions it has regarding war, regarding habeus corups, regarding civil rights.  There's a reason we originally had 10 Amendments to the Constitution passed with it; they're an inviolate part of the whole. 

If the WSJ (or anyone else) believe that the Constitution needs to be "updated" to deal with a "more modern" warfare paradigm, then let's see an attempt to amend it.  Propose the amendment, pass it in the Congress, ratify it in the States.

Go ahead.  Make our day!

This is nothing more than Milhouse DC protecting itself from "enemies"--who happen to be more numerous every day.

Buy.  More.  Ammo.

ObozoCare Goes to the Dogs

We all know our President's song, "How Much Is That Doggie in the Oven....?"

But you prolly did NOT know that ObozoCare provides de-sexing of little Fido and Fidette.

A controversial anti-obesity “slush fund” under Obamacare was used in Nashville, Tennessee to spay dogs and cats. The reasoning: stray dogs scare people from exercising outdoors.The Nashville health department issued a press release last year that told residents in one neighborhood that they could get free pet spaying, neutering, rabies shots and other services as part of $7.5 million grant from the Communities Putting Prevention to Work, which is part of the Public Health and Prevention Fund that will soar to $2 billion in 2015 under Obamacare.

Death to grannies who've outlived their utility--and neutering for the rest, I guess.

The Cantor Pirouette

Cantor is a Joisey Boy who dances ballet, judging from his pirouette skills:  talk "conservative" but spend, spend, spend--and then (of course) spend some more on flunkies and sycophants.

"Young Guns" or just old, diseased, flaccid,........ahhh..........???

You be the judge.

Did Pius XII Demolish the Nuns?

A history of 'the problem with nuns' has some surprising elements.

...Beginning on December 8, 1950, and continuing through December 12, 1957, Superiors General of women's institutes who had generalates in Rome were repeatedly ordered by Pius XII to "update" and "adapt" to the world by not only modifying their rules, constitutions, and customs, but also by modifying their traditional habits, and doing away with "outmoded" acts of devotion or penance.

The resistance to Pius XII's aggressive program of aggiornamento came from two sources — the Italian-dominated Curia which traditionally acted as the watchdog of the Faith, and the Superiors General themselves. Tensions ran high....

...One cannot express spirit of the great St. Teresa in slacks and Woolworth crockery, because that is not how she expressed it....

The contention is that it is no longer genuine poverty to have voluminous habits and old-fashioned brown ware when modern fashions in both would be so much cheaper. We are told that we are paying large sums in order to surround ourselves with an artificial atmosphere which simply annoys postulants who come in having seen real poverty in the world....--Sr. Imelda (a Carmelite) in the 1950's.

Her comment--especially in the context of the article--immediately calls to mind the "liturgy of Vatican II" fantasies and phantasms, does it not?

HT:  BadgerCath

Solidarity AND Subsidiarity

Ryan's Subsidiarity Budget was not constructed without notice of solidarity.

...Adapting themes from John Paul II in the 2003 apostolic letter Ecclesia in Europa [The Church in Europe] and Benedict XVI in his 2011 address to the German Bundestag, Paul Ryan has carefully measured history’s verdict in Europe. The massive and increasing space that national governments and Brussels occupy in European public life has further constricted the already-sclerotic associational and philanthropic instincts of Europeans. And the decay of those instincts has helped erode the political culture that makes rational democratic decision-making possible (cf. Greece; Italy; etc.)....

The Usual Suspects at Marquette, G'town, and within the USCC are very good at proof-texting various Papal documents and semi-calumny, but not so good at applying reason and prudence

But we knew that already, right?

Of particular interest is this Objection of the Faculty:

Pell Grant funding

....which--for some obscure reason--college professors find "inadequate" in Ryan's plan.

(P.S.:  Terry has found recommended reading for the G'town folks right there in the Compendium which they recommend to Cong. Ryan.)

The REALLY BIG G'town Protest

REALLY big--against Paul Ryan's Subsidiarity Budget.

The rest of the protesters were looking for the free birth-control pills, I guess.

HT:  CMR

The Ugly: Illinois' Debt Problem

This isn't precisely "debt"--but it's a sibling.

...Rahm Emanuel recently offered a stark assessment of the threat to his state's future that is posed by mounting pension and retiree health-care bills for government workers. Unless Illinois enacts reform quickly, he said, the costs of these programs will force taxes so high that, "You won't recruit a business, you won't recruit a family to live here."

..."Companies don't want to buy shares in a phenomenal tax burden that will unfold over the decades," the Chicago Tribune observed after Mr. Emanuel issued his warning on April 4. And neither will citizens.

Hmmmm.  Wonder when Boeing's lease expires on its Chicago HQ.....

...Indiana's debt for unfunded retiree health-care benefits, for example, amounts to just $81 per person. Neighboring Illinois's accumulated obligations for the same benefit average $3,399 per person.

And of course, there's Sears/KMart/Allstate, and State Farm (a very good prospect, indeed) ...

...Business leaders are now speaking openly about Illinois' fiscal failures. Jim Farrell, the former CEO of Illinois Toolworks [sic] who is heading a budget reform effort called Illinois Is Broke, said last year that the state is squandering its inherent advantages as a business location because "all the other good stuff doesn't make up for the [fiscal] calamity that's on the way." Caterpillar, the giant Peoria-based maker of heavy construction machinery, made the same point more vividly when it declined in February to locate a new factory in Illinois, specifically citing concern about the state's "business climate and overall fiscal health."

Then there's....ummnnhhhh....Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Cat, and whatever remains in Rockford.....

....Chicago's former chief financial officer, has projected that the average city homeowner paying $3,000 in annual property taxes could see his tax bill rise within five years as much as $1,400. The reason: A 2010 Illinois law requires municipalities to raise the funding levels in their pension systems using property tax revenues but no additional contributions from government employees. The legislation prompted former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley in December to warn residents that the increases might be so high, "you won't be able to sell your house."

.....and Waste Management, Dominick's, Grainger, Tenneco, Aon, Abbott......

HT:  Althouse

"Illegal, Schmaliegel!" Obozo's Looting of the Treasury

November cannot POSSIBLY be here soon enough.

...The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified this “demonstration project” as a sham. The GAO highlights the project’s myriad “design shortcomings,” including its excessive focus on 2012, its awarding “most” of its “quality bonuses” to average-performing plans, and its lack of a control group. The GAO, not known for its bluntness, concludes that the secretary of health and human services (HHS) “should cancel” the project and perhaps, sometime in the future, consider “conducting an appropriately designed demonstration.” The GAO also notes that the demonstration “does not .  .  . conform to the principles of budget neutrality.” The administration is running up the national debt by another $8.35 billion in order to boost Obama’s reelection prospects.

The Obozo excuse?  A law which doesn't apply to the case at hand.

...a president isn’t generally thought to possess the power to reallocate Americans’ resources to shore up his political vulnerabilities. In defense of its actions, the administration is relying on a 1967 law that says the HHS secretary can spend money without specific congressional approval on “experiments” aimed at improving the execution of current law. Obama’s $8.35 billion allocation, however, isn’t aimed at improving the execution of current law. It’s aimed at delaying the execution of current law and thereby masking the effects of that law until after Obama’s reelection bid.

The list of Obozo/Holder/Sibelius/BigSis' legal, ethical, and Constitutional violations grows exponentially every month.

The next Administration should look at prosecuting and imprisoning the perps.  Forty-to-life sounds about right.

The Reality of Conservatives

Luntz is a reliable pollster, so his definitions are far more accurate than the Lefty-held stereotype.

...Luntz believes polls are beginning to show that conservatives are less concerned about "large government, small citizens" theory than about practical measures to ensure increased accountability, so that whatever is spent on government will give demonstrable bang for the buck.

 ...Liberals are confusing Wall Street with Main Street.  Conservatives are more enamored of the free market than of abstract "capitalism," and would happily see some of the miscreants in the housing market scandal strung up by their thumbs (though they may disagree about who the miscreants are).

...most conservatives want to preserve [SocSec and Medicare], but believe they'll collapse altogether without reform.  Conservatives are also much more likely to believe that reforms based on individual choice and market competition will be broadly benign in their results

More at the link (HT Grim's gang.)

Naturally, the comments following Luntz' piece at the WaPo reflect the acute intellectual prowess of the Left (read them at the link).

Big Sis' Cache

The numbers here are rather large.

ATK ATK +1.75% announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 million rounds.

Not to exceed ~112 million rounds per year?

That's one helluvalotta target practice.

"Dust Thou Art...."

The Camp found a real gem.

...At the portal of the Capuchin Church, a member of the funeral procession strikes the closed door with his staff. Behind the door a monk asks who seeks entry. The functionary replies: “Otto von Hapsburg” and proceeds to recite the latter’s long list of imperial, royal, grand ducal and other hereditary titles. From behind the door, the monk answers, “We know him not.” Again, the functionary strikes the door with his staff , this time listing Otto von Hapsburg’s many personal achievements, public positions, and honors. And, again, the monk replies, “We know him not.” For a third time, the door is struck and the monk asks who seeks entry. The answer is much shorter this time: “Otto, a poor dead sinner.” “As such,” the monk responds, “he may enter.” The door opens and the last Imperial heir is laid to rest, like his ancestors, not as one of the mighty of the earth but as a simple child of God....

I'm reminded of an old Jewish proverb:  "If you seek equality, go to a cemetery."

"WouldaCouldaShoulda" Doesn't Get the Money

The Dick Lugar collapse.

The American Action Network, a super-PAC that backs establishment Republicans, has pulled out of Indiana's Senate race, the latest bad omen for Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.).

"We've decided we're going to let this race play out," AAN spokesman Dan Conston told The Hill Friday evening.

The group had committed to spending nearly $600,000 on television attacking Lugar's Tea Party opponent, Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock (R), and has been on the air in Indianapolis for two weeks. But they have pulled their online advertising and will end their TV buy on Tuesday, a week ahead of the May 8 primary.

It ain't over yet.  But I hear the epilogue-music in the background and Fat Lady is clearing her throat.

Take 39 on AGW

Having to acknowledge that one's very own pet model doesn't work is tough.

So what to do?  What to DO??

Invent a new, more complex, and even Darker-Titled model!!

"Warming Hole Delayed Climate Change Over Eastern United States," declares the headline at Science Daily, describing the results of new studies from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).  It seems that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a regional "warming hole," a/k/a a cold patch, a/k/a a place where the global warming model was an abject failure for many decades....--Grim's Hall quoting some damn fool or other

Whatever.

The Summary of ObozoSpeech

Nicely done!

...instead of cheering the president as he stutters his way through a campaign speech offering you a binky and a cuddle...--B&S quoting R. Lucas.

Excellent image.

The (D) Machines At War in Wisconsin

Get out the popcorn, folks.

Regrettably, as well intentioned as Wisconsin for Falk no doubt is, the impact it will have on the recall election will almost certainly be to undermine, not bolster, the chances of successfully replacing Scott Walker as governor. By funneling out-of-state special interest money to support Kathleen Falk’s campaign, Wisconsin for Falk muddies what had been absolutely crystal clear waters in the recall effort. --Progressives United

That's a crying shame.

Heh.

B Hussein Milhous Obozo's "Enemies List"

The White House Slime Machine goes critical.

Obozo's not the first (see the headline reference), nor will he be the last.  Believe it or not, however, there's more than just the sliming:

...The White House even ginned up an executive order (yet to be released) to require companies to list political donations as a condition of bidding for government contracts. Companies could bid but lose out for donating to Republicans. Or they could quit donating to the GOP—Mr. Obama’s real aim....WSJ (HT:  Warrior)

But slime--no matter who throws it--is slime.  And, as Tricky Dick learned, it usually splatters back.

Skewering Sibelius

This video is fun to watch!

The Congressman very calmly destroys the Aborto-Fanatic at HHS.

ObozoCare for the Internet

A very simple explanation of "Net Neutrality".  The comparison to ObozoCare will be obvious.

Net Neutrality covers a range of regulatory proposals designed to force Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all web traffic as equal, instead of selling precious bandwidth at varying price and performance levels. The key word is “force.” Massive new regulatory powers would be needed to impose Net Neutrality on companies that currently labor under the delusion that they own the infrastructure they have created, and can therefore rent it out as they see fit.

Or you could think of it this way:  you're going to buy a car, and when you get to the dealership you find that the Escalade is priced exactly the same as the KIA, because the Socialist Statist Mob decided it will be so.

Think the Escalade is going to remain a high-end offering for long?

The Big Lie: Rachel Carlson's "Spring"

The Warrior does a public service.

In brief, Carlson was a serial liar, a propagandist, and caused enormous wasted expenses.

IOW, she was AlGore's progenitor.

The Summary on Arizona's Illegal-Alien Law

Quick and easy:

...what's wrong about the states enforcing Federal law? There is a Federal law against robbing Federal banks. Can it be made a state crime to rob those banks? I think it is...  --A. Scalia

Can you say "HolderBama loses again?"

HT:  Grim