David Brooks is the epitome of his own ‘moderate Republican’ vision

David Brooks is one unhappy dude – I would be, too, if I was the New York Times token “Conservative “.  Problem is, in order to be Conservative, one has to have a solid belief system rooted in actual conservative values – something he actually doesn’t particularly like (my previous post: strong American values are leading to “incredibly backward-looking campaign”).

Or have. I guess this shows how little one actually has to be right-leaning to be considered “Conservative” when everyone around you at the NYT is a flaming Lib.  And now he’s got another strike that confirms that view in his column a couple of days ago: The Possum Republicans.  A few things struck me – this first on those in the middle on keeping their political offices:

Still, it is worth pointing out that this behavior is not entirely honorable. It’s not honorable to adjust your true nature in order to win re-election. It’s not honorable to kowtow to the extremes so you can preserve your political career.

So when Brooks, the NYT Mr. Moderate, says that, two things jump out:

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Killing Babies Should Be OK

That is the premise of an article written by some experts who believe that…

“The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of a fetus in the sense that both lack those properties that justify the attribution of a right to life to an individual.”

There are more pull-quotes from this article than I know what to do with but to simplify my argument, this is exactly why abortion is wrong.  It is not a right or a privilege, it is but one small step in the progressive states patient journey towards state sanctioned euthanasia–where the state would be free to define “suffering” as any burden upon the state and the taxpayers who are paying the price for that burden.

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In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)

Andrew BreitbartIn doing my normal surfing before going to work, I include the “Bigs” (Big Journalism, Big Government, et al).  They are all noting the unexpected passing of Andrew Breitbart – an uncompromising Conservative that saw the liberal Media for what it was – liberal and anti-conservative, and not the “objective” view that they so desperately wished us all to believe.  He was one of the first to “take it to them” and unmask them concerning this and unmask those that they protected (think former Congressman Anthony Wiener taking Twit-pics of his naked self).

We had the opportunity to interview him several times over the last few years – I will pull those together later on today.

Brash, uncompromising, smart, courageous, didn’t care what his opponents thought of him – with the proper dashes of irreverence and craziness.  While not a personal friend, I will miss what he did for us all.

One of a kind.  R.I.P., sir – you will be missed.

Updated: Some of our recordings of / interviews with Andrew Breitbart after the jump

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Every Issue is a Social Issue

The single greatest shortcoming among the secularists, the non-religious right, most of the left, the social justice “small ‘r’ religious left, and the mass of humans too confounded (or disinterested) by it all to be called anything but in the middle, is that humans are essentially selfish and immoral creatures whom–if left unchecked–will inevitably devolve into tyranny.

If given an opportunity to take advantage they do.  And more often than not, if there are obstacles, be they divine commandments or temporal statutes, people find a way to not just break them, but to justify breaking them.  We are lazy.  The lowest common denominator is not beyond a single one of us.  And not to put too fine a point on that but we currently live in a country where executing an infant at birth, simply because that child’s mother said they did not want them, is a major feature of one of the two current political parties in America, while most of the people in the other one, are afraid to bring that up.

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The Anti-Gun Cadre Levels Its Sights On Pemigewasset Valley Fish & Game Club

“When I come off I93 sometimes [sic] & see a poster advertising MACHINE GUN SHOOT TODAY – frankly I am turned off & really annoyed to see that in our area – great advertising for our corner of NH with all the other gun violence in the nation.  Is this what we want our area to be known for?” —Martha “Ma” Richards, Holderness, NH

The Pemigewasset Valley Fish & Game Club in Holderness, started in May of 1941 through the efforts of it’s founder, Rosco Whitcomb with by-laws drawn up by local sportsmen. The “Pemi” remains today, an active and vibrant local community sporting club, and like so many other Fish & Game Clubs, adheres to principles of Conservation of habitat, fish and wildlife propagation and good and ethical sportsmanship. It’s members hail from all ends of the socio-economical demographic and is truly a representative microcosm of the larger society and culture of the area.

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Abortion: The face of the Pro-Death side….

This appeared in the Feb. 24, 2012 Wall Street Journal. It is a picture of a pro-“choice” demonstrator named Martha Doyle, her face twisted in hatred and rage. Why? Because the Virginia General Assembly was considering a bill defining human life as beginning at conception. She apparently didn’t like that. It hobbles the pro-death forces. … Read more

Email Doodlings: HB437 – My take on repeal of gay marriage

On the same email thread that NH State Senator Ray White’s missive came from came this question:

Not sure why we’re wasting time and political capital on this issue, this year (an election year for God’s sake)…with an almost 100% certainty of a Lynch veto and failure to override…

At first blush, the intent behind the question was correct – the economic issues SHOULD be front forward.  I even started off with that thought….and then it hit me: why should we cede all the social issues to the Democrat / Progressives / Liberals?  To the Secular Humanists? Why should their morality become public law – why should their’s trump mine (which is far close if not, indeed, traditional American in outlook? The HHS insurance mandate now roiling America’s religious community is a great (and horrific) example of this – Progressives believing that Government has the legal right to so narrowly define what a church is that it can, out of whole cloth, strip their ministries from being “religious” ones to being secular by fiat decision.  And then force those newly re-classified secular (formerly religious) organizations to obey Governmental restrictions instead of being accountable to religious ones.

My answer (lightly edited, names redacted):

My take: I, too, would rather see more changes on the economic issues simply if not to allow Democrats to demagogue the “why aren’t you concentrating on jobs like you promised?” (even as Enterasys just moved 540 jobs into NH).

However, there is also the “walk and chew gum” at the same time argument.  Thus, I look at this from this perspective – the Republicans did not start the culture wars – the social engineering in recent years has been all Democrat based.  We need Republicans to point this out over and over and over and over again (and with better messaging than what has been done to date, I might add).

WHY would we, why SHOULD we, cede the culture war to the Progressives?  WHY should we just give up the social engineering side of the war?

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Why work when the Government pays you more to NOT work full time?

Over at Don Surber’s place, he had this post on the observation of a newspaper owner on “why aren’t people going to work?” Short answer:  Government. The observation: why aren’t people taking $10 / hour jobs and be self supportive and independent of welfare “strings attached”? Longer Answer: Due to the welfare system, it pays … Read more

Introduction to the Constitution (Part 3)

Following part one– link back here, or part two–here,  we proudly bring you part 3 of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution.

 

(An MP3 version and the Study Guide questions for part 3 are on the jump.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5ZtCRLAkc&feature=player_embedded

 

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Introduction to the Constitution (Part 4)

If you missed part one– link back here,  part two–here, or part three, of Hillsdale’s Introduction to the Constitution, link back and check them out.  For those who are caught up, here is part 4 of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution.

 

(MP3 version and Study Guide questions for part 4 on the jump.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7ioikCihaGw

 

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US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D): all too willing to use the fear of the IRS to stifle TEA Party opposition? How Orwellian of her…

Jeanne Shaheen Signature: IRS, get TEA Party“…those who cannot be co-opted are isolated and then destroyed.“

I had seen mention of the use of IRS going against TEA Parties (Richmond TEA Party, Ohio Liberty Council, it seems that others are in process) over at The TaxProf’s blog (via Instapundit, much more here at The Daily Caller on what the IRS is demanding for information), but loyal reader Steven sent this link along from Big Government.  Nice to see my US Senator Jeanne Shaheen all too willing to use the coercive force of Bigger Government (the IRS!) to silence her opposition!  This proves the phrase that I have been using: “The Bigger the Government, the smaller the citizen”.  We already have seen that Shaheen has no problem in using the force of the Federal Government:

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NH HB437 – Guest post by NH State Senator Ray White on the repeal of same-sex marriage

Guest post by NH State Senator Ray White on HB437 (the bill to repeal homosexual marriage here in NH):

My email is running 10-1 against the marriage bill. When I get those emails, here is my response, which usually gets me a very ugly, hateful reply:

“Unfortunately, I have to disagree with your email. I must state up front that I am against same-sex marriage, civil unions, or any other relationship that is not traditional marriage as it was understood for the entire history of the human race, at least until the last few years.

Marriage is a special institution that all previous generations understood to be between a man and a woman. There has never been a society, a culture, a country, or a people that defined it any differently until very recent history. Although the argument has been made that my viewpoint is a religious understanding of marriage, the fact of the matter is that even so-called “pagan” or other types of nonreligious cultures have also agreed on this definition throughout history. This is because marriage is about the fundamental building block of society, and it has always been understood as so, regardless of religious beliefs.

It has been only in recent years that the notion has been put forth that marriage needs to be redefined and broadened. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is unbelievable that after thousands and thousands of years of human history, that we think we can turn our backs on this fundamental truth and still prosper as a society. It is complete hubris to believe that we are smarter than the billions upon billions of people who have gone before us. I refuse to subscribe to this thinking. I reject the notion that this type of thinking is discriminatory. It is simply a factual clearheaded statement of right and wrong.

I believe that the breakdown of the traditional family has been a huge detriment to society, producing incredible social ills that government now finds itself unsuccessfully wrestling with to correct and mitigate. It began several decades ago with the general acceptance of divorce, and has proceeded to the general acceptance of producing children without the benefit of marriage and commitment, where fathers are now optional sperm donors, and now to the topic we find ourselves discussing in this e-mail. It is no coincidence that everything I am describing has happened simultaneously, i.e. the rethinking and redefinition of marriage and the social crumbling of society at large.

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Will Jeanne Shaheen Send The IRS After the NHCAA?

The NHCAA is the New Hampshire Citizens Alliance for Action.  They are a 501 (c)(4), and the political-action arm of the New Hampshire Citizen Alliance (NHCA). The NHCA is a 501(c)(3) and the local chapter of USA Action which, if it was in a vat and you scooped some out, it would provide you with a frothing cup of primordial progressive/socialist poison.

I point this out {the 501 (c)(4) part at least} because according to a letter signed by New Hampshire’s own Senator Shaheen, sent to the Internal Revenue Service, several Democrat Senators have expressed a concern about whether 501(c)(4) groups are engaging in any campaign activity which (according to the Senators) is expressly prohibited by their 501 (c)(4) status.

The Voting Dead

I posted the picture of the Voting Dead over on facebook, and an old friend promptly sent me this link.  It’s a classic and worth re-posting.  Thanks Tom.  

Introduction to the Constitution (Part 2)

Following on the heels of part one, link back here if you need to see part one or my text introducing it, we at the Grok proudly bring you part 2 of the Hillsdale College Introduction to the Constitution.

 

(An MP3 version of this video, and the Study Guide questions for part 2 on the jump.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eeQmtQVPbc&feature=player_detailpage

 

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