Shout First, Ask Questions Later: 2011-02-20

Friday, February 25, 2011

Best. Proposal. Ever!

Except for mine (of course).

Fox 8 Cameras Roll During Surprise Proposal

Daily Round-Up 02-25

THE GOOD NEWS IS...

The Old Order Is Breaking Down

Groups officially begin recall process for seven lawmakers

Sweet: Illinois Republican wants fugitive Wisconsin Dems to pay state income tax

The Libertarian Origins of the Republican Party

GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR

Pigford Files: What Is the John Boyd Institute?

Liberals Make a Bad Investment of Time

Kids for Cash judge Ciavarella called scumbag by grieving mom

Why liberals are reactionaries – part 4006

It's not the 1990s, shut it down and see if we miss you much at all. Federal shutdown: Social Security checks won’t stop

Why the GOP shouldn't fear a government shutdown AND Why a U.S. government shutdown is worth it

Smash the ROTC ‘Roadblock.’

AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...

No Retreat, No Surrender

The Untold Story of Scott Walker’s Long History with Labor

National bloggers’ group intervenes in copyright lawsuit campaign

Conservative All-Star Team: Meet the 47 Congressmen Who Voted for Every Spending Cut

BAD POLITICIAN BAD

President Obama Job Approval

The Non-Defense of DOMA

Liberals: If you think declining to defend DOMA is the right decision, how will you feel when a Republican administration declines to defend in a school prayer case? Or an abortion case? Or on Obamacare itself?

There are two very, very distinct issues here. One concerns gays and lesbians. The other concerns the proper relationship among the three branches of the federal government. One is about policy; the other is about procedure. Deciding a procedural question based on what it means for a one-time policy outcome is just bad governance. The questions we should be asking are -- How much power would this really give the president? Is this a particularly new power? (Arguably it's not.) And in any case, are we comfortable with the president having it, even if he or she has radically different views about policy?

Read the whole thing.

The Non-Defender in Chief

Throwing in the Towel on the Constitution

O's marriage move: All about the votes

Presidents and Constitutionality: Thinking Through the DOMA Decision

On Presidents and Constitutionality

Groups officially begin recall process for seven lawmakers

I guess this means Mitt doesn't plan on running for president, ever. Mitt Romney: Proud of Massachusetts health care law

Union Power for Thee, But Not for Me If the president is so upset with Wisconsin's labor law reforms, why won't he allow federal workers to bargain collectively?

Hey guys, thanks to computers and the internet, the "memory hole" is getting shallower every year. Keep up. Hey, What Happened To That Maxine Waters Ethics Trial? The Ethics Committee is in disarray, with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans represented and the Democrats having internecine battles.

The Internet Helps Us Get Serious Rhetoric's renaissance may lead us out of the current crisis.

Homeland Security Reneges on Promise to Court to Release Illegal Alien Memo

What is the Obama Doctrine?

IN ECONOMIC WOES

U.S. Consumers Feel the Pinch of Surging Oil Prices

Obama pushes multibillion-dollar mortgage pact: report. One guess as to who pays for it.

And you guess it, they've got their hands out for more taxpayer money too. Freddie Mac posts $1.7B loss for Q4 AND Fannie, Freddie narrow losses but seek more aid

The Impact of Spending Cuts on the Economy

Cash deals raise January sales of existing homes, report says
Moms Know What Ben Bernanke Doesn't: Inflation Is Here

Has MERS Captured the Government?

One Chart that Tells You Everything You Need to Know about State and Local Government Pay

How Can We Know What Public-Sector Wages Should Be?

CNN: GM's Sweetheart Tax Deal

New residential sales sink 12.6% from December, 18.6% from previous January

Private Business Net Investment Remains in a Deep Ditch

GOP Leaders: Don’t Blame Us If Gov’t Shuts Down

OBAMACARE

JUNK SCIENCE

Bill Clinton's Corn Sense The former President connects ethanol to rising food prices.

New Soros investment fund, profiting off Obama's 'green energy' push, hires top Obama energy aide

Drilling for an Oil Crisis

MEDIA BIAS

The Badger Herald writes about last night's teach-in on the Wisconsin budget bill and completely misrepresents what Prof. Donald Downs said. Video proof here.

Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic Rage of the Left It is not the tea partiers who lack civility.

Networks Skip Democratic Congressman's Call for Union Protesters to 'Get a Little Bloody'

Harsanyi: Paul Krugman's Third World fantasy

Left-wing legal group snookers Ezra Klein on Voter ID

Left-wing front group doesn't like public employee study

No Word From Eric Lipton

How the "media" covers recent events

Wisconsin Unions vs. The Tea Party: A Classic Double Standard

Useful Idiots, Then and Now

BIG UNION/LEFTIE GROUPS

Why Public-Employee-Bargaining Laws Must Be Reformed

Tabitha Hale talks about being assaulted by a hostile union goon

Government Unions Play Key Role in Shutdown Fight

FLASHBACK: Teachers Union Bigshot – Not About Kids, It’s About Power

Union Power for Thee, But Not for Me If the president is so upset with Wisconsin's labor law reforms, why won't he allow federal workers to bargain collectively?

Left-wing front group doesn't like public employee study

'Take 'Em Down' Would Saul Alinsky approve of the SEIU's new anthem?.

One Chart that Tells You Everything You Need to Know about State and Local Government Pay

How Can We Know What Public-Sector Wages Should Be?

Labor brute force rules

Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic Rage of the Left It is not the tea partiers who lack civility.

Isn't he backpedaling from the unions now that he's seen the poll numbers? Obama: ‘I’ll Join Union Picket Lines’

MORE UNION THUGGERY: GOP Candidate Marty Lamb Knocked to Ground by Union Thugs

AFSCME Thinly-Veiled Threat Against Scott Walker? Look around the 2:00 mark

"And if Scott Walker gets in our way, we're gonna roll right over him," yells a protester in the Wisconsin Capitol on Thursday.

What Collective Bargaining Gets You

Change.org aims to stir liberal rage against The Washington Post’s Kaplan University

PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL

New York Deserves Better

The CDC’s Abortion Numbers Are Out

Are You Kidding Me?

Rick Santorum, Mad White Man?

FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS

Big mistake. Huge. Semper Vigilans: GOP Speaker Picks a Fight with the Tea Party

Racism and Incivility Aimed at Tea Party in Denver

Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic Rage of the Left It is not the tea partiers who lack civility.

I have two responses to this: 1) Big deal, it worked so well with the "coffee party". And 2) Bring it. And we'll bring the video cameras to catch your thuggery on tape. Enjoy. Liberals to stage Tea Party-like revolts against Republican spending cuts

In Wisconsin's long shadow, unions and tea partyers face off across US. Police have separated union activists and tea party supporters in Atlanta, Denver, Des Moines, and Columbus, as tensions rise over a Wisconsin push to curtail collective bargaining.

Providence School Board Approves Plan To Send Layoff Notices To All Teachers

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Daily Round-Up 02-24

In Last 24 Hours Dem Protesters Have Assaulted a Young Woman, Tortured a Camel, Called Opponents “Bad Jews” & Attacked Gay Black Tea Partier… They Must Be Very Proud

THE GOOD NEWS IS...

U.S. Leads in Nobels, Trails in Alleyway Sex

Video of US Ambassador Jon Huntsman at "Jasmine Revolution" protests in Beijing hits the Chinese interwebs

Arizona Bill Would Void Foreclosures Without Full Title History

Indiana Education Reformers Take Action

Republicans prepared to 'pull the plug' on Obama housing relief

More Than 60 Arrested in Nationwide Mexican Drug Gang Sweep

Wisconsin Assembly Charges Toward Vote on Budget Bill, Senate Remains Stuck

Wisconsin Gov. Walker is winning

Ring Allegedly Sold Fake IDs to Illegal Immigrants in 11 States

PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL

Planned Parenthood Poised to Take a Very Hard Fall -- And It Should

The Pro-Life Movement Is Effective

FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS

He says that like its a bad thing - So this is the Tea Party's endgame. No government Actually, it's yet another leftie willfully "misunderstanding" the TEA Party's goals.

Sadly - Egyptian Protest Is No Tea Party

Saudi man charged with plotting terrorist attack. In the US, in Texas, on President Bush.

Gaddafi: Barakeh Obama is friend. Libyan leader praises US president: 'He is of Muslim descent, his policy should be supported, as he now leans towards peace'

So the man who is bombing his own people and ordering mercenaries to fire upon peaceful protesters has a seet at the UNs HR group?!? No Threat Seen to Libya’s Seat on Top U.N. Human Rights Body

Whatever Happened to 'Responsibility to Protect'?

Useless U.N.: Another joke

Wow! China's Secret Weakness

As the leaders see it, a plague of human rats in the capital

Judges need to be more assertive in defending our freedoms

The Left's Endless Culture War

The Left's War on the Kochs

Twitter Users Wish Walker Dead.

Frank Bailey’s Betrayal of Sarah Palin

Democrats, GOP dig in their heels as march to shutdown continues

In Last 24 Hours Dem Protesters Have Assaulted a Young Woman, Tortured a Camel, Called Opponents “Bad Jews” & Attacked Gay Black Tea Partier… They Must Be Very Proud

An Ethics Lesson for Wisconsin Doctors Writing Fake Sick Notes

And The Good Guys Are.... 02-24

End 'last in, first out' teacher layoffs

House GOP could end copyright lawsuit abuse

Christie v. Malloy But then there's this opinion - Christie falling behind US reform wave

Wis. Republicans press forward on anti-union bill

Indiana Education Reformers Take Action

Gov. Walker’s Strategy

Indiana lawmakers pass immigration curbs like Arizona

Obamacare 02-24

States: Judge clearly meant to halt work on the healthcare law

Unequal Protection to Believe In

Judge Wants End to Work on Obamacare

Leftist Law Professors Flop Sweat on Obamacare

All Your Thoughts Are Belong To U.S. Never, ever, did I imagine that any branch of the US government would equate what we think with what we do. This is terrifying.

Glimpse of our healthcare future? Canadian Family in Life Support Battle Denied Request for Hospital Transfer AND Giving Little Joseph Maraachli a Fighting Chance

D.C. District Court Upholds Obamacare (Update: Full Analysis)

A necessary musical interlude

And A Subsequent Administration Can Decline To Defend ObamaCare

Huckabee: Romney should apologize for health plan So should every member of Congress who voted for Obamacare.

Junk Science 02-24

Clinton: Too much ethanol could lead to food riots

New Hampshire poised to pull out of regional cap and trade system

I had no idea that whitewash was so environmentally-friendly - 'Climategate' report clears scientists

New York City uses Recovery Act funds to poll residents on soda tax

I'd rather rescind than let California piss the money away on solar panels and granola farms. Let's face it, California has tons of off-shore drilling possiblities and all sorts of other means of attaining energy but chooses not to because of their useless and stifling regulations and "green" policies. Why should the rest of America's taxpayers be forced to fund California's lunacy? - Robbing California of energy. The House's decision to rescind about $2 billion in Recovery Act funds and loan authority has jeopardized some $40 billion of private industry investment in clean energy.

In a survey of which regulations most impede the ability to do business, environmental regulation was the greatest concern.

Nearly one-quarter of biologists say they have been affected by animal activists. A Nature poll looks at the impact And let's be clear, by "affected" many mean violently attacked.

The EPA's Latest Unscientific Power Grab

This is good news - Genetic engineering brings cloned crops closer

House Dems call for climate science hearings amid GOP efforts to block EPA climate rules

Government wants admissions from tobacco companies

Panel: Green jobs company endorsed by Obama and Biden squandered $535 million in stimulus money

While some are using this to encourage American drilling,it's mostly the Left that is trading blood for oil - Energy interests use Libyan unrest to push their agendas

DOMA And NObama

The seriousness of this politically-motivated decision can not be overstated. This BigGovernment.com article below lays it out so clearly, I am copying it in full below.
Defense of Marriage Out, Phony Constitutional Concern In

Wednesday afternoon, Barack Obama trotted out his favorite “document of negative rights,” The U.S. Constitution, and used it to chart a course that will do away with the Defense of Marriage Act. According to the President, the act signed by Bill Clinton is unconstitutional, and he’s ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to stop defending it in court cases. Holder has agreed and will cease defense of the law, which states marriage is between a man and a woman.

There’s so much wrong with this, it’s hard to know where to start.

First and foremost, the President has no right to declare something unconstitutional. You don’t have to be a “community organizer” turned “constitutional scholar” to know this. Heck, anyone who’s seen even five minutes of Schoolhouse Rock is probably aware of the three branches of government. The Judiciary branch is responsible for determining constitutionality, not the Executive. Pronouncing the law unconstitutional, without due process, is a gross overextension of Presidential authority.

Second, both the President and the Attorney General have sworn an oath to uphold the nation’s laws. It’s not their place to determine which ones they view as being worthy of defense of implementation. If the Legislative branch chooses to pass a law doing away with the Defense of Marriage act, that’s their prerogative. The President can sign it as he sees fit. Otherwise, Holder is there to enforce and support the laws as they exist, not as his boss wishes they did. In refusing to defend the law as written, both Obama and Holder are willfully derelict in their duties.

Finally, since when is Obama so concerned with Constitutionality?

His signature health care law has been ruled unconstitutional by two separate federal judges, yet he’s proceeding with its implementation. If, as Obama seems to believe, the government should stop the defense of unconstitutional laws, why isn’t he abandoning his dream of an Obamacare utopia?

Again and again, Obama has stated his view that marriage is between a man and a woman. For a year during his campaign, and for two years of his presidency, he’s done absolutely nothing to suggest that his opinion has changed. Despite constant complaint from gay rights advocacy groups, he has staunchly stuck to his belief that gay marriage was wrong. So what’s changed?

The obvious answer is 2012.

Over the course of the last two years, the President has seen the voting block that elected him in 2008 dwindle. His support among independents has all but vanished, and the good will he enjoyed during the campaign has evaporated completely. As chaos erupts throughout the Middle East, Obama has been weak, confused, and ineffective. As gas prices skyrocket, his approval numbers fall. According to Rasmussen, Only 26% of likely voters believe the United States is on the right track.

Now, all across the country, public sector unions are on their heels. Big labor has finally come under the public microscope, and to chagrin of high level Dems, it looks like they may actually lose their battle. This means the deepest of the deep left wing pockets are in jeopardy. Should the unions finally be broken, Democrats will face an epic financial implosion.

So, in true Obama form, he’s decided to pander. When your allies and re-election hopes are fading away, it’s time to find a new source of votes. If that means throwing away an obvious core belief, so be it.

Obama desperately wants a second term and it’s becoming clear the administration fears it may not get one. His decision to support a group to which he he’s traditionally turned a cold shoulder should serve as proof of how politically bad things really are for the President.

Media Bias 02-24

The News Hounds that didn’t bark Apparently this is because the union thugs who beat up the girl were members of the Communications Workers of America who support the co-thug teacher's union.

I thought she lied to all her viewers - Rachel Maddow Lies to Leno About Republican Campaign Contributions

Minorities are Looking Up, So the Media are Looking Away

Matthews Gives "Free Advertising" To Union Leader: It's "Great" He's An Old SDS Guy

JAMES TARANTO: What They Mean by ‘Civility’: The New York Times raises no objection to murderous, racist rhetoric at a Common Cause rally.

‘Never Again for Anyone’: the Latest Anti-Semitic Campaign. Fueled by propaganda, the campus push is pernicious, contagious, and wrong.

Democrats, Media Keep ‘Birther’ Story Alive

Networks Stand with Wisconsin Unions, Ignore $1-3 Trillion Pension Deficit for Five Days

From Hero to Less Than Zero: New York Times Turns Whistleblowing Patriot Into a Terrorism Booster

Mouthpiece for an inscrutable White House

Google Penalizes Overstock for Search Tactics

Big Union/Leftie Groups 02-24

Follow the Money Who benefits from public-employee unions?

Why Haven’t Public-Sector Unions Swarmed the White House?

UFT spends millions on dinners, parties, parking, coffee as thousands of teachers face layoffs

Public Unions Force Taxpayers to Fund Dems

Who Benefits From Government Unions?

In Last 24 Hours Dem Protesters Have Assaulted a Young Woman, Tortured a Camel, Called Opponents “Bad Jews” & Attacked Gay Black Tea Partier… They Must Be Very Proud

Student protests fizzle at UWSP today

Ummmm - Union Thug: ‘I’ll F#*k You in the Ass, You Faggot’ Gets violent at 7:38 mark

Van Jones Calls for Union Marches on All 50 State Capitols

Update on Union Battles in Wisconsin, and Mitch Daniels’ Bad Example

Government’s Broken Promises

Will TSA Unionization Jeopardize Air Safety? From FDR to Reagan, history suggests the answer is yes

The Real Way to Express Solidarity with Union Workers in Wisconsin – Let Them Choose

Ochlocracy And The Menace Of Government Unions

Lessons From Wisconsin: No Wonder the Founding Fathers Equated Democracy with Mob Rule

Madison on Wisconsin: What Would the Founder Think? James Madison would shudder at the goings-on in his namesake town.

Public Employee Union Uses Tax Payer Resources to Organize a Political Rally.

Tax Scofflaw, Pro-Union WI Ed. Assoc. (WEAC) Corrupt?

Capuano ‘bloody’ comment becomes flashpoint in union flap

GETTING “A LITTLE BLOODY:” Video: CWA union thug strikes young female FreedomWorks activist. The activist is Tabitha Hale, whom Helen interviewed at SmartGirlPolitics a couple of years ago. And you’d think someone from the Communications Workers’ union would know better than to strike someone with a camera. But take a look at the video and you’ll see the angry, yet impotent face of today’s labor movement — right before the punch.

Video is below and at links.
Union thug assaults Tabitha Hale AND ‘Get a Little Bloody’: Freedom Works Employee Assaulted by Union Thug AND Union Thug Attacks FreedomWorks’ Tabitha Hale

More Hate From Union Thug Protesters: ‘You’re a Bad Jew’

Government vs. Private Employee Compensations

Bursting The Lower Education Bubble. What is going on in Wisconsin is the bursting of the lower education bubble. You heard it here first. To understand what Ms. Althouse means, go here.

Look for the Union Fable

Obama Sits Out State Fights

Wisconsin Capitol Converted Into Hippie/Socialist Commune

Wisconsin’s teachers required to teach kids labor union and collective bargaining history

How Public Employees and Taxpayers Got Scammed

Union Unrest in Idaho

The Public Worker Gravy Train Many government employees are paid up to 30% more than those in the private sector.

The Left's War on the Kochs

Bad Politician Bad 02-24

President Obama Job Approval

Obama's Poll Numbers Plunge as Revolt Against Unions Spreads

The Imperial Presidency

Abusing the Voting Rights Act Thanks to the Obama Justice Department, redistricting may touch off contentious court battles over the rule of law.

Base Jumping

Obama's WTF Tour: Cleveland is Home to "industries of tomorrow"!

Defense of Marriage Out, Phony Constitutional Concern In

Obama Bows Out on the Defense of Marriage Act

More on DOMA

AND here's to hoping - And A Subsequent Administration Can Decline To Defend ObamaCare

Chicago’s One-Party Dictatorship Chooses New Leader. Rahm Emanuel was elevated to the position of Chicago's 46th mayor. Calling the process an "election" is an insult to republican principles.

House Republicans to Offer Short-term CR, $4 Billion in Cuts

Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring responds: “I’m not sure how Senator Reid rejected spending cuts that he hasn’t seen yet, but it certainly reinforces the notion that he is willing to shutdown the government rather than cut one penny in federal spending.”

It's nice to see Obama is taking the nation's finacial crisis seriously -
White House to celebrate Motown with tribute concert

A Democratic congressman urges government employees to take violent action.

Newspapers, GOP call for congressman to resign

The former Bell city manager was in court for a preliminary hearing when paramedics responded. I'm not crying, he was getting nearly $800,000 a year off of lower-middle-class tax-paying workers.

Democrats just don't understand the new populism

A Price on Our Heads