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Skip Kim’s post on Jeb! making the decision to cut his staffers’ salaries brought a thought to my fingers:
Shot:
Jeb!: We’re making campaign staffing cuts, but it’s from a “position of strength”
Chaser:
Obama: President tells CBS’s Steve Kroft in interview previewed on-air Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s moves into Syria are out of weakness, not strength
IAM confused – what is
duck, it’s a duck: You can argue theology all day long, but if they’re shooting at you, take them at their word and JUST SHOOT THEM! But always be ware that there are more ways to wage war than just with gunpowder and bullets. Unfortunately, our “Leaders” can’t seem to figure out that Political Correctness … Read more
With the advent of the US House Republicans caving into Paul Ryan’s demands in order to just get a new Speaker to replace John Boehner
Sidenote: why is it that Republicans hate to fight ANYone for principles?
Sidenote: except, of course, when it is Establishment fight TEA Party folks – then it seems the fight is more determined than against Democrats
this may be a bit passe, but still bears note. What if a renegade left-of-center Republican (or just Establishment trying to deny conservatives a seat at the table?) did exact that – a “compromise” with those that hate limited government, self-responsibility principles? (Emphasis mine, reformatted):
If Republicans struggle in the coming weeks to unite around a candidate to become the next speaker of the House, some GOP lawmakers are warning that Democrats may be required to elect the winner. Though many Republicans would consider that to be a nightmare scenario, some centrists view it as a political necessity if a group of conservatives choose to reject the majority’s choice for speaker.
Yep, National Debt Ceiling time again and we’ve seen this movie already. Kelly Ayotte has a new bill (2/15) and Kim had a post on it here; US Senate sponsors are: “Mr. Portman (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Toomey)”. By setting up “automatic” appropriations to take effect if Congress can’t get its second act and responsibility together and actually passing legislation, it kicks in to save their collective butts for a job poorly done (i.e., setting the nation’s priorities via a budget) – it lapses their responsibilities (yes, again) and puts the government onto autopilot.
Tell me again – WHY then do we need Congress? You have TWO jobs – protect Citizens from attack (and yes, I would say that includes a slow rolling invasion via open borders that you continue to allow) and figure out what to spend on and how to pay for it.
Yet, Kelly Ayotte is all cheerful like in absolutely miserable radio ad being run by CommittmentsKeptNH (an org on which I wrote about here) and its funding PAC, ESAFund (formerly Ending Spending Action Fund, info here, here, here, here, here, and here). I first saw this on TV – can’t track down the video but the radio ad transcript after the jump.
NOTICE THAT THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, EUROPE IS FLOODED WITH INVADING MIGRANTS, WE’VE LOST IN IRAQ, LIBYA, SYRIA, AND ARE LOSING IN AFGHANISTAN, and the press is talking about George W. Bush and September 11. Yes, our Mainstream Press is always on top of the issue of the day. That’s why I read British newspapers … Read more
This snippet on Jim Webb’s departure from the Democrat Party nomination for President race: …This presidential campaign for Jim Webb has been all about trying to restore what he views as the traditional Democratic Party, so that’s rural voters in the South, in Appalachia, especially white voters, who have really abandoned the Democratic Party in … Read more
Ugh…this post about Romney, divisiveness, Democrats, media, and Paul Ryan is wrong on so many levels….but that’s why I pay myself the big cents to wade through this slosh. Emphasis mine, reformatted:
Failed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney lamented that the demise of traditional media is empowering Republican “insurgents” and preventing establishment Republicans from compromising more with Democrats.
Gak! First thought – it was BECAUSE the traditional media that the Left didn’t appear to be all that Left in the first place. Why? There was no contrarian and competing media to present other views. Homogenous was all you get – and all of the news anchors of the Big Three Networks were very much Liberals as well as the powerhouse print media. It really wasn’t until Rush went and took talk radio over (from around 125 stations at the time to over 1500 today) that stalwart conservative views were heard on a wide basis.
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Disquiet rooted in a persistently weak economy, a chaotic foreign policy, growing national-security concerns and domestic social turmoil is aggravated by the sense that dissent — or even questioning conventional wisdom as defined by America’s condescending elites — is not only improper, but also immoral. Resentment? You betcha. And that’s a pony Trump seems determined … Read more
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101) “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” – Barack Hussein Obama (P 261 -“Audacity of Hope.”)
It’s Hunger Games from DC. After all, don’t they know what is BEST for us all – even if the lunch programs are losing money, food is just thrown away, and kids opt out by brown bagging it, scampering out to the closes fast food joint, or go into a homegrown “food black market”. We’ve documented all this for years (re: “Thanks Michelle”).
So Londonderry, NH decided to opt out like a rising number of districts who, by the way, almost immediately see participation rates go back up, happier kids, and programs no longer losing money. So, in the face of this rebellion from our Betters, what happened (emphasis mine, reformatted)?
So Frank, whatcha gonna do? Vote for the anointed that seems to think more highly of immigrants than native born, or this time, vote to protect your constituents?
At the meeting, Paul Ryan told a predominantly Hispanic audience that the job of a U.S. lawmaker is to put oneself in the shoes of foreign nationals who want to come to the United States, then work to discover solutions to make their lives better.
Funny, I thought it was for those he represented in his actual district. I find this very disturbing -a Republican, Paul Ryan (R-WI) who would basically erase the borders of the USA to anyone that could get here, would ascend to the Speakership AND be a scofflaw minded person towards American sovereignty?
We hear this from Obama’s Secretary of State about Israeli citizens arming themselves against the Palestinians that are attacking them in what is being called “the third intifatah” (emphasis mine, reformatted)
Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters today that Israel has a right to defend itself, but discouraged against “self-help” responses to random stabbing attacks from Palestinians. Israeli authorities have encouraged citizens with gun permits to carry when they’re out and about, as they can possibly stop an attacker before police can get on the scene.
Of COURSE he did – American Liberals, of which Kerry is a Prime case, hate the idea that Force should be shared – FORCE should be the purview and monopoly of The State. Firearms should only be owned and used by agents of the State (note to Kerry – the reason why older Americans carry guns is that we can no longer carry cops on our backs). However, the Israelis seem to know better. After all, they are THERE (versus their “Better” deigning from thousands of miles away) where the knives, guns, and cars are being used to injure, maim, and kill Jews. They’ve already been through this – I hope they tell this blowhard to go pound sand (or rather, go wander around Gaza for a while – without his armed bodyguards):
Or at least, part of their “human rights” policies. Gets dope slapped real quick. Shot: China – not exactly seen as a model when it comes to human rights – provides 14 weeks of paid maternity leave. The US provides zero. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 19, 2015 Chaser: China has notoriously killed female infants … Read more
That would be THIS post: So, will Frank Guinta (R-NH) vote for “open borders” Paul Ryan for US Speaker of the House?
I got a call from Guinta’s Chief of Staff, Jay. I did think it a little bit amusing that he said “you could have called me” to which my rejoinder was “Not at around midnight, which is when that post went up”. To make this a short post, let’s just say that that Frank is supposed to sit with Paul Ryan next week to “discuss issues”. I asked a simple question: without the spaghgetti code of an omnibus type bill (re: a “Continuing Resolution” or CR, which may be coming up because the Republican majorities in the House AND Senate couldn’t get the job done of “regular order” appropriation / spending bills done) and simply on Principle, would Frank vote against Paul Ryan (R-WI) for Speaker of the US House (and third in line in the Presidency) for his open borders stance, given just the “overwhelming success” of the open borders we’ve had the last decade?
The national debt ceiling is maxed out and the vote is coming up on whether to increase it. I’ve already heard / read that a bill may be getting ready that duplicates the Iran Nuke bill but for the debt – again, the Congress may totally toss out its power and responsibilities and hand Obama total control over increased spending and that Congress would have to have a 2/3rds vote NO to stop him (instead of CONGRESS determining what the spending should be and must decide YES with a majority). Why bother having a Congress at all if all they are going to do is emasculate themselves simply to “have consensus and be able to govern” (note to idiots – that ain’t “governing”)? Especially in light of what came out of the Dems’ Prez debate the other night for spending that would make Obama look like a piker?
Anyways, how will our NH Federal Delegation vote?
Heh! (H/T: Powerline)
Yep, she’ll say what she has to in order to get elected, apparently…then and now. Is she really related to John Kerry? (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
From Matt Ridley via Café Hayek:
In the mid-1970s it was briefly fashionable for journalists to write scare stories about the recent cooling of the globe, which was presented as undiluted bad news. Now it is fashionable for them to write scare stories about the recent warming of the globe, which is presented as undiluted bad news.
Like I’ve said before, I’ve been listening to both sets of dribble (“It’s gonna get cold!”, “It’s gonna get hot!” and swinging back to “cool?”) for 40 years. Everything is a crisis and only a few know how to “fix” whatever the latest crisis is being waddled around as IMMEDIATE!!! And in those 40 years, three things have been crystal clear:
…he should know. And if he knows, and is willing to let on, how much further Left has the Dems NOT been willing to admit to?
Remember, before becoming a “journalist” (ok, talking head), he was a long term Democrat Party operative. And here he is, telling everyone how far Left the Democrat Party has gone.
Pretty much, I think the question is not what is the difference is between the Democrats and Socialists, but would there be much difference between their future for the United States and what is happening in the self-proclaimed Socialist State of Venezuela (hope you stashed some T.P. away) or Cuba.