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Cutting the Fence
Leadership and herds. Climategate ambitions. Model secretaries. Soaring confidence. Plus more.
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Perhaps more states ought to try the Wisconsin model.
Wisconsin elections are overseen by nonpartisan administrators,
who are governed by a six-member board composed of retired
judges. All major decisions are made at public meetings, after
hearing comments from the public.
— Paul Malischke
spokesperson for Fair Elections Wisconsin
CHARLATANS AND FAKES
Re: Quin Hillyer’s
Beware of Overconfidence:
While I always caution against overconfidence, I think conservatives have a lot to look forward. In any battle, the best you can hope for is your enemy saves you the trouble of using your ammunition and instead shoots himself with his own gun. That is what is happening now with liberalism — I have not seen such awful confusion since the fall of the Berlin Wall and I can see it becoming far worse. First, Obamaism is rapidly turning into the biggest train wreck since the Penn Central Railroad — I am beginning to feel sorry for Obama, he is so incompetent and out of touch. Second, the Climategate scandal could well do to liberals what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans. Much of the liberal policy agenda of big government and high taxes has been specifically aligned to cope with global warming, but the Climategate scandal strongly suggests that global warming is the biggest fraud in history — the biggest scientific fraud and the biggest government policy fraud. The effects of Climategate have the potential to flow through to every nook and cranny in the body politic of liberalism and the corruption, incompetence and deceit that is being revealed is almost beyond comprehension.
I have been an environmental economist for 20 years, working on government environmental policies since global warming first become an issue. I have long had suspicions about the junk science and the phoney consensus and the stigmatising of any anybody who dared to criticise the climate change orthodoxy. Climate change scaremongering has become a cancer on the body of government, destroying everything it touches and liberals have cheered it on at every step. Now that the underlying fraud is being exposed, liberals are going to have one hell of time responding in any meaningful way — they are in this swamp up to their eyebrows and the alligators are real mean and hungry. To conservatives the only thing I want to say is the Al Jolson line, “stick around, folks, you ain’t heard nothing yet.”
I think the key message to conservatives is not about
overconfidence, it is about sticking to your guns and not trying
to court short term popularity by pretending to be moderates or
whatever other phoney label that are the flavours of the month.
It is liberalism that is being exposed as the party of shams,
charlatans and fakes — why rush to join them? Stick to your
convictions and beliefs and be honest about them and have a big
broom ready because there is going to be one hell of a mess to
clean up when the Obama circus is thrown out of town.
— Christopher H
Canberra, Australia
Sage advice indeed. Couldn’t have said it better myself. And,
don’t forget Reagan’s 11th commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill
of any fellow Republican”. Have we already forgotten NY 23?
— Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas
GENERAL MOTORED
Re: Lisa Fabrizio’s
The Lady and the Tiger:
“… the car was a custom Cadillac Escalade….”
Tiger Woods doesn’t drive a Buick?
— Dan Martin
Pittsburgh
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IMKessel| 12.7.09 @ 7:57AM
Bev isn't speaking bull here.
President Obama is laying the groundwork for a central government that is highly unconstitutional and intrusive. Also King Zero may be working on a plan to end election; while it is unprecedented here in America, it has happened in several countries that Obama admires, but we on the Right need to speak softly on the issue until we see the white of their eyes (or red of their motives). As with President Bush (43), once the discussion turned to W. terminating elections, I politely walked away from the discussion. The person/people were not to be taken seriously.
All Americans need to monitor the government closely (Jefferson's constant vigilance), but if we on the Right shout too soon, we may come looking like Chicken Little. Better to prepare for the worst case scenario quietly. At least for now.
Ret. Marine| 12.7.09 @ 8:19AM
On the first issue, I would not put it past this admin. to "create a crises", remember it was the right mouth of this admin. who declared "never let a good crises go to waste." I take issue with a martial-law declaration. It cannot be legally declared according to our Constitution. In our Constitution it is up to the militia of We the People to repel invasion, supress insurrections, and maintain the laws of this land in the event of a National Emergency. I would not put it pass this admin. to try, they have proven time after time to be "not worth their authority", they have and are continueing to risk a rebellion by We the People for their un-Constitutional legislation (s), flaunting their ideology of liberalism in our faces, statements from the House Speaker when asked "where in the Constitution do you find the authority to pass HC, the answer was, "are you serious, are you serious should show the average Patriot they have no intention of following the laws or the Constitution.
How mush longer before the rest of the We the People (that 53% who voted this fraud in) realize their agenda is contrary to our way of life, against the laws of humanity, against everything this Country has worked for in the past 233 years of it's existence. What do you suppose will happen when they sick upon We the People our own armed forces, brother against brother, sister against sister, moms against moms, etc., I dare say there are many millions of us Veterans who know better than to go their way or the highway, either way will lead everyone to the same destination, lose of our freedoms guarenteed through our Bill of Rights and the Constitution. It is freedom that all desire, and it is being threatened by the very existence of this fraud in our house. The rules of civil engagement will be called off, We the People must deliver to the Representatives our message of "don't tread on me." or they will suffer the consequences for their un-lawful actions. It seems as though the time has come for all Patriots to stand up and be counted. It is time for the liberals to understand their ideology is against our founders desire for us to remain free, it is against God himself and it will not go well for them if they attempt to suspend our liberties and way of life. Just because they won, it does not give them the authority to "fundamentaly change this Nation."
IMKessel| 12.7.09 @ 10:56AM
Ret.Marine,
First, thank you for your fine service. (I know it was a fine service; no Marine can serve twenty or more years to make retirement if the service offered is anything less than excellence itself.)
Second, Semper Fi until we die!
Lastly, you are dead tap on. The fly in the oinment of the liberal plan (if one exists) is that the military answers to a higher power than the CIC; it draws its power from and answers to the Constitution of the United States of America. Our military leaders follow the lawful orders of the President, but they will not hesitate to do what is right if/when a president acts defy the Constitution.
I, along with most Americans, hope our military never has to face the choice of doing what is constitutional and what is right.
Majito Querido| 12.7.09 @ 11:14AM
As a Nam vet I can tell you that surely hope most military will refuse to fight against US citizen civilians (read non-military)...however i do know that many will follow his orders just on the basis of race. but i for one will hold steady my sights and my finger will not tremble if someone in us military uniform attempts to attack us (read my family unit). I'm for one truly believe that i either live free or rather die defending my freedoms. I worked for the shah back in the late 70's when other simpleton twit, who happened to be democrat too, destroyed that nation and condemned those folks to 40 years of muhallic regimes. that ain't going to happen under my watch in the us...
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Wicked Dickie-Virginia| 12.7.09 @ 9:00PM
I also agree with Bev. We're in deep trouble with this Obama-ayers guy. We can only hope our forces will remember and follow their oath of office instead of the unlawful orders of this would-be President-for-Life.
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