Threats to Our National Sovereignty

This link will take you to a transcript of my husband's speech at CPAC 2009 titled, "Threats To Our National Sovereignty".

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll send his think tank money.

Here's his opening...

Ladies and gentlemen, I am a refugee from socialism. I left Britain soon after Tony Blair's election and have watched my native country decline from afar as managerial socialism and the regulatory state took hold.

But I am also a refugee from transnationalism. A good part of my native country's decline has been due not just to the disastrous Obama-like policies of Tony Blair and his hapless successor Gordon Brown, but to the gradual, almost invisible cession of sovereignty from the once-proud United Kingdom to the vainglorious European Union. In the few minutes I have to address you today, I would like to describe how this happened and how it can happen to the United States, constitution and all, if we are not vigilant.

Add Another Tax Cheat To The List

Introducing Ronald Kirk as the latest crony/tax fraud to join the Obama administration.

Come on down and tell us how you plan to damage this fine country.

Apology Accepted

The first step to recover is admitting you were wrong.

Apology accepted.

Now I am waiting for you Mr. Buckley to 'fess up.

Apparently We Elected "Blame First"

"Hope and Change" has transformed into "Blame First" - we could have had "America First".

That's all in the past, just like Obama's current solutions for the economy which are deeply rooted in the failed socialist solutions of FDR. Yes, I said failed. Look it up.

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article talking about how Obama has been attempting to blame Bush for the economy but now must face the reality of it being HIS fault.

The dismaying message here is that President Obama's policies have become part of the economy's problem.

Americans have welcomed the Obama era in the same spirit of hope the President campaigned on. But after five weeks in office, it's become clear that Mr. Obama's policies are slowing, if not stopping, what would otherwise be the normal process of economic recovery. From punishing business to squandering scarce national public resources, Team Obama is creating more uncertainty and less confidence -- and thus a longer period of recession or subpar growth.

The Democrats who now run Washington don't want to hear this, because they benefit from blaming all bad economic news on President Bush. And Mr. Obama has inherited an unusual recession deepened by credit problems, both of which will take time to climb out of. But it's also true that the economy has fallen far enough, and long enough, that much of the excess that led to recession is being worked off. Already 15 months old, the current recession will soon match the average length -- and average job loss -- of the last three postwar downturns. What goes down will come up -- unless destructive policies interfere with the sources of potential recovery.

Read the whole thing and weep.

More Inexperience and Distemper

Why is it coming to any surprise that Obama is attacking private citizens who disagree with him like Rush Limbaugh.

Look what Obama did to Joe-the-Plumber! Unfortunately, Obama's paper thin skin and temper is backfiring on him again. He attacked Joe-the-Plumber and now the man is a media star over at PajamaTV. He attacks Limbaugh and now I want to listen to the man's radio show for the first time in my life.

Obama is so inexperienced, he doesn't even want to recognize how his behavior is lowering the gravitas of the Presidency and delivering boosts to those who criticize him.

And by the way, Limbaugh doesn't want the presidency to fail because he wants Americans to hurt. He wants Obama to realize the failure of his ideas and change course so Americans DO NOT get hurt.

For the record, so do I. How likely do you think that will be?

Your Inexperience Is Showing, Obama

What kind of fool alienates his nation's friends in order to gain a position of supplication before his nation's enemies?

Obama apparently.

Nice job snubbing the United States of America's oldest and most reliable friend - Great Britain. Nice job throwing our new allies in Eastern Europe under the bus by offering to give up missile defense systems in order to be bestest buddies with Russia. Nice job siding with cronies who defend Hamas - a terrorist group which wants to destroy our only true ally in the Middle East, Isreal.

Hope and Change my fat white butt.

Can It Fail Now?

If AIG was "too big to fail" but has now gone through 4 bailouts totaling $150 billion since September, and just announced a loss of $62 billion, then can it fail now?

Seriously, this company is no longer worth the sum of its parts. Break it up and sell it so that instead of ever being "too big to fail" again, AIG can be competitive and nimble.

Rescuing these big companies via bankruptcy may just the only hope and change worth pursuing.

UPDATE: Jim Rogers over at CNBC agrees with me! I love being validated.

Looks Like I'm Going to Netflicks

This lovely tribute to John Ford is sending me over to Netflicks to get StageCoach.

I've never seen it but now I must.

Supporting The 10th Amendment

According to this AP report...

Lawmakers in at least 15 states are sponsoring similar resolutions. They say they're fighting back against decades of federal overreach, culminating in the stimulus package.

Let's hope more states jump on this bandwagon and fight to preserve their rights and fight the so-called Stimulus Act.

What surprises me is the Pew Research Center polling that only 34% of those surveyed disapproved of the so-called Stimulus Act. I know I'm a flawed human being but I simply can't believe for a second that 66% of Americans approve of this monstrosity.

What He Said

Here is a link to my husband's article today in the DC Examiner titled "A Tax To Weaken America". Enjoy.

Rush Limbaugh's CPAC Speech

Some, like influential blogger Andrew Breitbart, loved Rush Limbaugh's CPAC speech. Others, like RNC Chairman Michael Steele, dismissed the speech because Rush is an "entertainer". (I suspect Mr. Steele is upset that Limbaugh is providing better leadership than he is of the conservative movement.)

At any rate, I read the speech in full here. I liked it but Mr. Limbaugh's speech was less a speech than a live radio show. But then again, reading a speech is always a very different experience from hearing it.

That said, Mr. Limbaugh effectively said what I've been saying about conservative elitism and the direction the conservative movement should take. So I would be a hypocrite if I disagreed with him.

Here is a meaty excerpt:

And that we needed to adapt our appeal, because, after all, what's important in politics is winning elections. And so we have to understand that the American people, they want Big Government. We just have to find a way to tell them we're no longer opposed to that. We will come up with our own version of it that is wiser and smarter, but we've got to go get the Walmart voter, and we've got to get the Hispanic voter, and we've got to get the recalcitrant independent women. And I'm listening to this and I am just apoplectic: The era of Reagan is over? When the hell do you hear a Democrat say the era of FDR is over? You never hear it. Not only that, the President of the United States today thinks he's FDR, thinks he's Abraham Lincoln, and sometimes, Tuesday night, thinks he's Ronald Reagan. Our own movement has members trying to throw Reagan out while the Democrats know they can't accomplish what they want unless they appeal to Reagan voters. We have got to stamp this out within this movement, because it will tear us apart. It will guarantee we lose elections. [Applause]

We have to. You see, to me it's a no-brainer. It's not even something to me: How do you get rid of Reagan from conservatism? The blueprint -- the blueprint for landslide conservative victory is right there. Why in the hell do the smartest people in our room want to chuck it? I know why. I know exactly why. It's because they're embarrassed of some of the people who call themselves conservatives. These people in New York and Washington, cocktail elitists, they get made fun of when the next NASCAR race is on TV and their cocktail buds come up to them, those people are in your party? How do you put up with this? It would be easy to throw them overboard, so as to maintain these cocktail party/Beltway/New York City/inside-the-Beltway media relationships. But I tell you: This notion that Reaganism is dead, conservatism needs to be refined, let's take a look at this. We've got to go get the Walmart voter. I opened my remarks tonight by telling the people watching on Fox who we conservatives are. When I look out at you in this audience, I don't see a Walmart voter. And I don't see a black, and I don't see a woman, and I don't see a Hispanic. I see human beings who happen to be fortunate enough to be the luckiest people on Earth since you are Americans. [Applause]

Conservatism -- for us to make the decision that we've got to figure out policies, to get the Walmart voter -- psst, we've got most of them already, is the bottom line. Conservatism is a universal set of core principles. You don't check principles at the door. This is a battle that we're going to have. And there are egos involved here, too. When the situation like ours exists, there are people who want to lead it. They want to redefine it. Their egos are such that they want to be the next X, whoever it is. So there will be different factions lining up to try to define what conservatism is. And beware of those different factions who seek as part of their attempt to redefine conservatism, as making sure the liberals like us, making sure that the media likes us. They never will, as long as we remain conservatives. They can't possibly like us; they're our enemy. In a political arena of ideas, they're our enemy. They think we need to be defeated. Why do you think -- you all in this room know this. For those of you watching at home, my first address to the nation -- [Laughter] -- I'm sure you paid close enough attention, that you knew at one time Senator McCain was the favorite Republican of all the cable news networks and the Sunday shows. And they would just -- I mean their tongues would be on the floor. The media people (panting) when they knew McCain was coming. And they would treat McCain as the greatest guy in the world. Did you wonder why? You were told he was moderate. He was not strict. He was not an authoritarian, he was able to walk to the other side of the aisle, able to get along with the enemy. And everybody wants love and bipartisanship.

In short, Go Limbaugh Go!!

Protest in Favor of Affordable Energy

My husband's posts on The Corner over at NRO

I should have mentioned below that there's a rally in favor of affordable energy planned for 1-3pm also near the Capitol Power Plant. More details here. If you're able to make your way there and would like a picket sign, may I suggest "TODAY — A GOOD DAY FOR COAL!"

It's Snowing in DC, So There Must Be a Global Warming Protest
And indeed there is. A group of obviously obsessive activists are planning to protest the Capitol's coal-fired power plant this afternoon. Certain of the usual suspects, including public employees like NASA's Jim Hansen, have expressed a desire to get arrested, thereby creating some climate martyrs. The fact that their arrests, if captured on camera, will forever be depicted as in deep snow doesn't appear to have curtailed their enthusiasm. In any event, these people forget that their alarmism has consequences. There is a short ton of studies out there which show that cutting access to the affordable energy that coal provides has severe consequences in terms of income, employment, and health. I outline some of the research here. Getting rid of coal makes people poorer, destroys jobs, and kills people.

An Oppressor By Any Other Name

Is The Onion offering us a glimpse of our future?


By which I mean sometimes a vote for change based on superficials ends up being no change at all.

All Hail The Onion

Power Line Takes NYT to task over deficit

The New York Times gets spanked by Power Line for their shoddy reporting.

No argument here.

More Corrupt Obama Picks

The ridiculous "Urban Czar" position Obama created is being filled with yet another corrupt crony. This time it is Adolpho Carrion who has either a great deal of lucky timing or has been taking bribes.

As the New York Post says...

"The man who is President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers' money, a Daily News probe found.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion often received contributions just before or after he sponsored money for projects or approved important zoning changes, records show.

Most donations were organized and well-timed."

Got to love the careful phrasing of "well-timed" and ask yourself, "For whom?".

Oh and by the way, the new guy who's taken over the whole vetting process, Greg Craig, has a wife who may have done some illegal things like running a business out of her home without a permit.

It hasn't even been two months yet.

GayPatriot on Gay Marriage

Actually it is GayPatriot's comments on a debate between Jonathan Rauch and David Blankenhorn. As always, GayPatriot is thoughtful and thought-provoking.

Shaking England's Lapels

Popehat has a great post about Great Britain and how she is tottering on the edge of surveillance insanity. Scary and possibly a glimpse of America's future?

Free-Loader Market

Columnist Charles Hurt of the inestimable New York Post has a terrific piece up about Obama's "Exploding Debt" and how we will all be taxed into oblivon.

I love this line, "This isn't the free market. This is the freeloader market."

Obama's Speech Via Fact Checker

FactChecking.org gives Obama's Speech a run through the truth mill.

Of all the facts they checked, Obama only got two right and nine wrong.

Don't Hold Back Larry, Tell Us What You Really Think

Larry Kudlow rips into Obama's Economic Plan like a fat man into a ham sandwich.

Let me be very clear on the economics of President Obama’s address to Congress and budget. He is declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds. That is the meaning of his anti-growth tax-hike proposals, which make absolutely no sense at all — either for this recession or from the standpoint of expanding our economy’s long-run potential to grow. ...

Study after study over the past several decades has shown how countries that spend more produce less, while nations that tax less produce more. (italics mine) Obama is doing it wrong on both counts. ...

And as far as middle-class tax cuts are concerned, Obama’s cap-and-trade program will be a huge tax increase on all blue-collar workers, including unionized workers. ...

... a great many Obama supporters ... are becoming disillusioned with the performances of Obama and Treasury man Geithner. There is a growing sense of buyer’s remorse. Well then, do conservatives dare say: We told you so?

Rich Lowry isn't being shy either - "Obama is a talented, but a wily and dishonest, salesman."

Is calling someone "dishonest" the same as saying, "liar, liar, pants on fire"? I think it is.

Elitism in GOP Must End

I think this piece on Joe-the-Plumber hits the nail on the head. (Read it all the way through.)

I am fed up with the Conservative intellectual class panning Gov. Palin, Gov. Jindal, Joe-the-Plumber and their like because they are not William F. Buckley.

WFB was a great, great man and intellect but he had humility too. He didn't think you were an idiot if you were not as polysyllabic as he was.

Worse, Ronald Reagan is held up even higher than WFB and he was the Great Communicator not for his florid speech but for the very opposite - his folksy honesty. President Reagan's short sentence "There you go again" was more devastating than any paragraph ever spoken.

Like Reagan, Gov. Palin and Gov. Jindal's less-that-stellar eloquence is not only an attraction but, when backed by their solid conservative governance, an example to us all.

Conservatives Elites should be thrilled that smart, charismatic folks, from the VERY MIDDLE CLASS we need, are rising to the challenges of Conservative governance. Our Elites should be supporting these men and women in every way they can.

We are surrounded with politicians who like to spend their fifty cent words like drunken sailors. I would much rather have a politician who used five cent words for political coin and had the same Conservative tendencies with my tax dollars as well.

I believe that our Conservative Elites are falling victim to the "Cocktail Party Syndrome" of believing that if you can't sit at the Algonquin Table then you are not worthy of much at all. Those Elites should be careful or they will find themselves drifting Left until they are unfit for any table.

Conservative Elites must stop admiring the posturing of intellect and start appreciating the intelligent positions of our rising populist stars. Failing to do so only gives the Left talking points and sabotages our cause. Disagree with the substance, not the style.

Gov. Palin, Gov. Jindal, and Joe-the-Plumber are popular for a reason. Our Conservative Elites should be figuring out why and using those reasons to rebuild our movement. This populism represents the bedrock Conservative values the Conservative middle class is crying out for and not getting from our Elites.

And if they continue to trash folks like Gov. Palin, Gov. Jindal and Joe-the-Plumber, then our Conservative Elites run the risk of being left behind on the dust heaps of history themselves.

Missed The Tea Party

I am, dear readers, an idiot.

I missed the DC Tea Party because I didn't read the facebook link carefully enough. I dragged a camera and a five year old to L'Enfant Plaza instead of Lafayette Plaza.

My only hope at redemption is continued support and a second chance at a second Tea Party. Here's to real hope for real change!

UPDATE: The wonderful Michelle Malkin was there and she posted some pictures on her website. So sorry I missed it!

A Foul Violation of Ethics!

The Obama administration is moving to rescind a federal rule that reinforced protections for medical providers who refuse to perform abortions or other procedures on moral grounds, an official said Friday.

So now if you are, say, a Catholic physician who profoundly believes that performing an abortion is committing a murder, you would be breaking the law if you refused to perform one.

But a conscientious objector can refuse military service?

This was a good rule that clarified federal law. I see it as the first step of Obama's attempt to ram the disgusting FOCA act down American's throats.

Foul! Foul! Foul!

They'll Never Stop The Simpsons

The greatest television show is now going to be the longest running prime time TV show in America.

WooHoo!

God Bless Matt Groening for creating a TV show that gives us a funny line about every aspect of modern life possible.

If you don't watch The Simpsons, then stop wasting your life and start watching now!