Who Are They Afraid Of?

Kuddos to my friend Dan for linking this article to me. I find it interesting that elite Republicans can't stand her. Perhaps that should tell us something. For years the "ruling class" has royally screwed up this economy, appointed unconstitutional power to one person to rule the economy, Timothy Geitner, spent Trillions of dollars we don't have, refuse to put the country on a path that will get Americans back to work with lower taxes, built an educational system that robs its citizens of any self-dependence, paved the way to Single-Payer "health care" and destroyed any vestige of an energy policy that would create more freedom, have attacked private companies in every conceivable manner, attacked private citizens while minding their own busniess (think Joe the plumber), taken over the student loan program, want cetralized banking and on and on and on. And we are worried about Palin?

For Joe Scarborough to compare Obama to Winston Churchill when standing next to Sarah Palin is to flex and contort the mind into positions it was never designed.

HSD and the Internet...It's Not What You Think

Another reason why bureacracies are bad news. Homeland Security has decided to save us from copyright infringers. But hey! Since we tolerate getting felt up at airports, why not expand their powers to enforce the ridiculous. According to The Hill:

The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

As one comment said, "yah like THIS will really help reduce unemployment…" At least one American gets it.

Tax Evaders

So the Daily Beast among others are reporting that Wesley Snipes gets to spend a little time behind bars for not paying taxes. Fair enough I guess. I mean why shouldn't he go to prison? Just because Democrat after Democrat is stealing money from the government doesn't mean he can.

According to the Tax Girl, Charlie Rangel has been found guilty of 11 charges. However, Rangel claimed he did not understand the tax law. As he is quoted as saying, "he didn’t understand the tax consequences because of language and cultural barriers."

Well isn't that fascinating. He didn't understand because of the language barrier. Have you ever read the tax code? I can barely understand the Tax Act and H & R block software that asks me yes and no questions. But it gets even better when the House tells us what the punishment will be as reported by the Tax Girl:

The matter now moves to the full ethics committee which will recommend a punishment for Rangel. The committee could recommend the harshest sentence, expulsion from the House, but likely won’t. Considering the language from the subcommittee, who was careful to phrase Rangel’s conduct as less than willful, a reprimand is expected.

OOOOOhhhh, wouldn't that be a shame that he might get expulsion but probably won't? So far, the only defense I have heard from Rangel is that he shouldn't get punished due to his 40 years of service. But as anyone who knows anything about ethics, Rangel should be punished more severely than the average citizen. Why? Exactly because he has served and gained the trust of the American people for 40 years. He used a position of authority in a way that holds him even more culpable than the average American.

But it doesn't stop there. We have the most brilliant man ever, the only man who could save the American economy, the now Treasurer Secretary to admit he didn't understand how to fill out his taxes, Timothy Geithner. What was his punishment?

Republicans and Democrats have indicated that the information about back taxes (which were eventually paid) would not necessary block the nomination. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has said he had “no problem” with Geithner while Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) called the information “serious, and whether or not it’s disqualifying is to be determined.” With all of the buzz, it looks like it will definitely not be smooth sailing for Geithner at his confirmation hearing.

Apparently, nothing, unless becoming the Treasurer Secretary is punishment enough.

So my solution for Wesley Snipes is simple. Run for office as a Democrat. Apparently, not paying taxes while commanding everyone else to do so is a resume enhancement. Perhaps Snipes will have plenty of time to think up some new tax evasion tactics behind those bars while Rangel cries some more tears in his foreign home in the Dominican Republic.

Man Shoots TV Over Bristol Palin

So a guy decides to shoot his TV after Bristol Palin is voted to continue to the finals on Dancing With the Stars (read here). I am just waiting to find out if this guy is a Democrat and if the Media will ask him what he would do if Sarah Palin becomes President. I won't hold my breath though. And my Liberal friends can't understand why we on the Conservative side see Media bias. Can you imagine if he was a Tea Partier?

SNL: Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

I realize that some would say that although it is wrong to spend more money than you earn or possess, it strikes me odd that certain economic theories stand for the idea that government may build an economic system where the government may spend more than it takes in. This is seen as brilliant in the minds of the elite. Yet it is simply foolishness (as can be seen around the world). I think the main reason Democrats lost 60 something seats in the House is simple. Americans have come to a point that they recognize that spending trillions of dollars and committing generational theft in order to maintain the appearance of stability is morally reprehensible.

Perhaps the Progressives and the Left of this nation should watch and learn from this simple economic lesson. In fact, we all need to learn this lesson.

Quote of the Day

This has to be the quote of the day. Ann Coulter gives a different look to what Republican leadership may see.

Republican landslides are apparently inevitable whenever Democrats try to turn our health care over to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Revolution: Broden vs Jefferson

It has always fascinated me how the Media never seems to go after Leftists that have used violence to start a "revolution" within this country, but any time a person on the "Right" shows up for an interview, you can bet the Media will ask those simple questions to make a person look radical. The Drudge Report has linked to a Dallas News story that did just that. Here is the story.

Now in this story "congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership." But notice what was actually said according to the story,

"We have a constitutional remedy," Broden said then. "And the Framers say if that don't work, revolution."

Watson asked if his definition of revolution included violent overthrow of the government. In a prolonged back-and-forth, Broden at first declined to explicitly address insurrection, saying the first way to deal with a repressive government is to "alter it or abolish it."

"If the government is not producing the results or has become destructive to the ends of our liberties, we have a right to get rid of that government and to get rid of it by any means necessary," Broden said, adding the nation was founded on a violent revolt against Britain's King George III.

Now notice the silly question in the middle paragraph. It is obvious that Broden is being set up. Obviously the Media wants to paint Broden as a radical looney tune. Yet isn't what Broden saying something that should sound familiar to us all? Let me offer you this quote from Thomas Jefferson. Yes, the same Thomas Jefferson the Left loves to quote in other areas.

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

But perhaps you have read this in a more famous document.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

Of course, that which follows are the obvious charges against Liberty that the King of England was guilty.

Now I doubt Broden would really be advocating violent revolution. He is simply making an obvious connection and observation about a despotic government. I wonder if Brad Watson would be shocked at Jefferson's answer?