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California Nightmarin'

7.6.09 @ 6:01AM

Left coast cars take a step backwards. One more comedian in Congress. Defending the barracuda. Plus more.

LAWS MADE TO BE BROKEN
Re: Eric Peters's Magical Thinking in California:

Agriculture + Semiconductors + Software + Movies + Television + Aerospace + Biotech + Nanotech + Universities + Tourism + Democrats = Bankruptcy.
-- David Govett
Davis, California

"Magical Thinking In California" is a bulls-eye. In its July issue, Car & Driver ran a three-way comparison test: '09 Honda Insight vs. '10 Toyota Prius vs. '99 Chevrolet Metro. The 10 year-old Metro managed better average fuel mileage (42 mpg) than the new Insight and tied the Prius. Plus, the rear suspension of the Metro was rated as being "more sophisticated" than either of its hybrid competitors. The Metro's price when new was about $9900, vs. nearly $24,000 for the Insight and nearly $32,000 for the Prius. To leftist elites this may represent progress, but in the real world going back to the future would be a good idea.
-- Mark Nahmias
San Tan Valley, Arizona

As Ayn Rand noted long ago, laws such as these aren't meant to be obeyed. They are composed precisely so that NOT breaking them is impossible .

The proponents then cash in. It's a protection racket. To survive, the ordinary person or business has to buy
indulgences from the new orthodoxy- a waiver here, a regulation change there, "and by the way, I'm having a fundraiser next week..."

Still waiting for the "Sopranos" movie? It's already playing at a legislature near you.
-- Martin Owens
Sacramento, California

AWARDED, NOT WON
Re: George H. Wittman's An Enlisted Man's Point of View:

Corrections on Bob Kerrey if you do not mind? He did not "win" the Medal of Honor, but was awarded it, and he is a recipient of it. As an ex-PFC, am sure you know that no combat medal is ever "won." Second item is the name of the award as the word congressional has never been a part of its official name. It is the Medal of Honor presented in the name of congress (I refuse to capitalize it any more!).
-- David Menard
Dayton, Ohio

SHORT JOKE
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Al Franken's Blue Ball:

I hope Franken enjoys his single term as U.S. Senator...
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

Yes, increasingly, the Democratic Party is the party of personalities and Al Frankton is not a consistent thinker. I suspect you would conclude that emotion unconstrained by reason is a formula for ill-advised decisions, whereas emotion effectively controlled by reason is a formula for successful achievement.

Fabricated addresses and pop singers' names are indeed indelicate, but the most effective defense against such tactics would be landslide victories. Democrats often have an advantage in winning voters' sympathy, so Republicans will ordinarily lose if they don’t dominate the battle of ideas -- and win if they do.

That imperative, I suspect, accounts for last November's outcome. It also, I believe, accounts for your victory in your little skirmish with Frankton.
-- William Best

Tell it to your Ben Stein. Along with him, how many of your contributors gave the max to Frankenfraud's campaign.
-- Alfred Stanbury
Stanbury Law Firm P.A.

FRIGHTENED BY A HOCKEY MOM
Re: Philip Klein's What Happened to Sarah Barracuda?

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Old Texican| 7.6.09 @ 1:24PM

Hi guys
I pasted this here to hang my arse out further.
(grin)

Robert Stacey,Very thoughtful article. Thank you.

Guys
some splendid thoughts here.
As one of you mentioned, we were having a very serious discussion on one the blogs. It is a shame those discussions can't stay around here longer.

If our country has reached the point where an honest decent elected official such as Sarah Palin can be hounded out of office by smut, then my slogan henceforward will be...
REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL !

I truly believe "conserving" is no longer a viable option. I believe our country needs desperately to be put in "retrograde motion"...ie: reverse.

There is no question in my mind that if cap and trade and/or nationalized medical are passed, then REPEAL of both will be the only ...ONLY... salvation of our country as a free society in anything but name.

I notice that many of us keep trying to dip into history to get a perspective. It is my contention that there is NO historical happening in 232 years that even comes close to our present day situation.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is my belief that for the very FIRST time, a true revolution has been declared upon we free sovereign citizens. I do not exagerate here. War has been declared upon us, just as surely as a war was declared when Islamic terrorists knocked down the Trade Towers, and hammered the Pentagon.

I have read and heard SO many inadequate terms to describe our politicos in DC..."thugs, Chicago thugs, utopians, idiots, incompetents, narcisists, etc.

THEY ARE NOTHING OF THE KIND!

First of all...they are "OATH-BREAKERS"!
They swore to preserve, protect, and defend our constitution. They have since stated very clearly in words and actions that they have no intent to preserve protect and defend our constitution.

To them, our constitution is nothing more than something that limits their efforts. They talk about a "living constitution". They are liars.

We do have a living constitution...but the way it is supposed "grow and mature" is through:

1. Constitutional conventions of the several States to perfect that constitution if needs be.

2. Ammending that constitution again by concert of the several States.

They have chosen an unconstitutional method, called.........."force" ie war!

Every single one of us have heard Obama's own words about building a national internal "police force", (or words to that effect), that is equal in size and strength to our present armed forces.

Why? Please ask yourself............. why?

My thought is that it is his back-up plan B if he can't win the stealth war that is quietly destroying the legs of the table...one by one... that holds all of our labor fruit...and all of our future hopes.

For the very first time in our history, our federal government has declared war on it's own tax-paying, law-abiding citizens. Their "war goals"
are pretty simple, and as old as time. (theft, writ large)

Their weapons and tactics are pretty novel in some cases, but their "war aims" are to reduce us to submission or incarceration...or death if incarceration becomes too expensive because there are too many of us.

I take Sarah's "re-quote" by Douglass McArthur very seriously. God bless her, she is trying to "advance in another direction".

I don't know "which" direction we should go...but we Americans still remember how to sit on our ass and produce no taxable income.

Think about it a moment. If tax revenues dropped even 80% in a given month from we in the middle class...oops?

Thoughts?

Richard Baker| 7.7.09 @ 8:45AM

And liberals wonder why California has long been called "The Land of the Fruits and Nuts"? Golden State? The founders of the Bear Republic would kill these idiots as tyrants.