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Remember that $1.1 Trillion “omnibus” appropriation bill (necessary because the Congressional Republican Majorities did not do the One Job they are supposed to do)? Given the R Prez Follies in hard play here in NH, there is this on the most contentious issue: who is going to stop Obama or his policies? So far, not … Read more
Muslims Attack Transgender Women In Germany: WHICH SIDE WILL PROGRESSIVES TAKE? Who will they pick? Which identity group (forget this is Germany for the time being) will the Progressives break their silence over? Certainly the Left here in the US have been apoplectic over Trump proclamation that we should stop all Muslim immigration / refugees … Read more
Imagine a world where war or turmoil in oil producing nations has little to no effect on the price? Is that world today? (Emphasis mine.)
Even as the U.S. rig count has retreated like Napoleon from Russia, shale remains the key to understanding the global oil landscape. Consider that despite all of the turmoil in key oil-producing regions, namely the Middle East, oil prices have not spiked.
For in the end, they are pretty much aligned to the same end – The Bigger the Citizen, the smaller the citizen (emphasis mine):
During the Christmas holidays of 1949 I decided to spend my spare time reading Karl Marx to try to understand the appeal of communism for many people. For the first time I carefully scrutinized Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. I also read some interpretative works on the thinking of Marx and Lenin. In reading such Communist writings I drew certain conclusions that have remained with me as convictions to this day. First, I rejected their materialistic interpretation of history. Communism, avowedly secularistic and materialistic, has no place for God. This I could never accept, for as a Christian, I believe that there is a creative personal power in the universe who is the ground and essence of all reality-a power that cannot be explained in materialistic terms. History is ultimately guided by spirit, not matter. Second, I strongly disagreed with communism’s ethical relativism. Since for the Communist there is no divine government, no absolute moral order, there are no fixed, immutable principles; consequently almost anything-force, violence murder, lying-is a justifiable means to the ‘millennial’ end. This type of relativism was abhorrent to me. Constructive ends can never give absolute moral justification to destructive means, because in the final analysis the end is preexistent in the means.
There’s a new hashtag you can use to help support Jorge Mesa-Tejada. #StandWithMesa And you should stand with him. Jorge knows what he is talking about. That slick campaign to put Hampstead taxpayers on the hook for a huge ten-year bond is irresponsible and unnecessary. As proof, here is the space utilization presentation Jorge gave to … Read more
A Democrat / Progressive definition:
Loophole: – any condition whereby there are insufficient laws or regulations which do not allow government to control an issue or situation down to the molecular level (and would prefer down to individual atom control).
At 14 minutes into MTP, Chuck Todd was interviewing Bernie Sanders on gun control violence safety (those Progressives, they certainly burn through words to advance (and then screw up) their issues, don’t they?) makes the case that citizens should suffer because of the inadequacies of govt – the Charlestown “loophole”:
Another thing that’s going to come upon the issue of gun safety is the issue of a waiting period. The Clinton campaign is hitting you for supporting only a 3 day waiting period or instant background checks and not being in favor something longer like a 5 day or a 7 day window. And the reason why this is being brought up is that Dylan Roof, the man who killed those 9 folks in Charleston last year. If it had been a longer waiting period, he might have been prevented from buying a gun.
Progressives are trying to “tout” that they have discovered yet one more area where ordinary people can “take advantage” of the all-beneficent Government that only wants what’s best for us. What Todd, what Bernie, what Hillary, what any anti-gunner does not want to admit,
Boy, Marco squirms in and out of the “immigration hole” faster than the Eldest’s pet snake. We Conservatives had problems with this former TEA Party darling since he decided that he would hook up with Senator Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) who basically took him to the cleaners w/respect illegal immigration. A lot of us went “HUH?” when Schumer sent him forth to try to “convince” Conservatives “hey, this Amnesty isn’t all that bad!”.
Downhill from there and this has dogged him ever since. This is what happens when you break the Consistency rule – on such an important issue, Trust has been lost. The problem is that with Rubio’s constant straddling that line (like a football player doing foot drills, one side and then the other) with small steps first this side and then another. So who knows what his real intentions are? And today, he made it REAL problematic for himself and the primary voters on Meet The Press – it really was a head scratcher for me:
TODD: Let me ask you, by the way, quickly, on the eleven million [illegal aliens residing in the United States]. Are you still for find a way for them to stay legally in the United States?
Rubio: We are not going to be able to do anything on people who are here illegally until we first prove to people that illegal immigration is under control and America is safe.
WHAT?
I’m not allowed to say what I truly think about Trump for this Twitter post. This is a family blog after all. I will NEVER vote for this candidate. EVER. Is this the New York that Ted Cruz is talking about & demeaning? pic.twitter.com/rYGX9vazku — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
And yes, the fact that Bernie Sanders chose to spend bring his new bride to Moscow should be a definite Red flag. And while he easily calls himself a Socialist, remember that one is a Socialist on their way to becoming a Communist. And Paul Sperry in a column in the NY Post pretty much lays that out – not Socialist but a Communist (reformatted, emphasis mine):
As polls tighten and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders looks more like a serious contender than a novelty candidate for president, the liberal media elite have suddenly stopped calling him socialist. He’s now cleaned-up as a “progressive” or “pragmatist.” But he’s not even a socialist. He’s a communist. Mainstreaming Sanders requires whitewashing his radical pro-Communist past. It won’t be easy to do.
I’d be surprised if Mizzou didn’t get this idea from the Obama administration (Attack Watch, Truth Team, See something Say Something, etc.,). The University of Missouri is encouraging its students to file a report any time they hear someone make fun of another person on campus for any reason. In fact, Mizzou apparently considers campus teasing … Read more
c/o Donna Green’s blog, Apology To Hampstead Residents To the editor, I want to apologize for alarming you with the remarks I made during the January 14th Budget Committee meeting. Watch the incident here, beginning at 36:01 http://tinyurl.com/jrs82mr My intention was to highlight the fact that the children are more at risk on the playground … Read more
Kevin Kervick joined us for two segments to talk about a culture that forces people with more conservative views to remain silent – to stay, “in the closet.” He explains what he is doing to open up the debate in the classroom and to let in some light from the right, so to speak. This … Read more
“Don’t you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we’re left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.” — Woody Allen in Annie Hall A New Yorker observes: Cruz is Right About Trump’s New York Values. More at the Washington Examiner where Trump is … Read more
Guest Post by ‘175jfs’
Metzler’s Doctrine of Progressive Educators (DOPE).
Deny there’s any problem.
Only admit there’s a problem when you get caught lying about it.
Limit or exclude any public participation. Threaten with police action or investigations. Avoid RTK requests by forming “special committees.”
Stonewall any information or right-to-know requests until there’s legal action.
Moreover, physical force in a man’s hand is an instrument of such brutal character that its very nature destroys or excludes the kindlier or better qualities of human nature. The man who compels his neighbor is not the man who reasons with and convinces him, who seeks to influence him by example, who rouses him … Read more
If The Mentally Ill Shouldn’t Own Guns, Should Radical Muslims?
Except in this one, everyone loses in the end. These clowns just don’t know it yet. (H/T: Powerline)
GrokTALK! Exclusive: When a budget committee opponent of a $4.5 Million dollar construction bond poked fun at the School Districts slick-infomercial–which is using fear to claim the construction is needed to protect students from a potential sniper attack–the District used his response to get a no-trespass order against him. This is the inside story from that … Read more
On Meet The Press today, Steve Schmidt (of the failed McCain campaign) brought out that 43% of Iowa Democrats self identify as Socialists and not as capitalists. I didn’t know that but it is an eye-popping statistic lending credence that the Democrat Party has gone far more Left than the Republicans have gone Right. After all, I have put up the videos of DWS and Hillary unable to tell Chris Matthews what the difference is between those two points on the political spectrum.
And then this (Heh!): Stephanie Cutter (former deputy campaign manager for Obama):
Iowa has always had, whether they call themselves Socialists or Liberal Democrats, has always had this tremendous liberal strain in the Democrat Party. It was there in ’08 and it was there in 2012 which is why as an Obama campaign official, we never really pushed too hard back on the socialist arguments that people in your Party were making.
At least she’s honest about it. After watching the show, I ran across the post from which this stat was mentioned: