Tunicated Tuesday Turmoil, from Florida flows flagitious flummery

Does anyone care which primary is next after Florida? I'm sure there is one. But I have GOP candidate fatigue and can't bear to look it up.

Every time I open Facebook now I'm bombarded by zealots. Ron Paul!, or you're not a Real Conservative! No, Rick Santorum!, because Ron Paul is a Raaaaacist! Wait, Newt!, because Sarah Palin loves him and Mitt hates puppies! No, Mitt is our man because…, well just because, that's why. And Newt really invented Obamacare anyway.

I think I liked FB better when everyone was just nagging me to play Farmville.

Smitty calls for a truce.

Then again, his blogging partner seems to be blaming Perry supporters for Santorum's anemic poll numbers.

Just ask yourselves, Perrybots, what might have been possible if some other candidate — any other candidate, perhaps one who could remember how to count to three — had an extra $20 million to spend here in Florida. But no, you spent months telling the rest of us that Rick Perry was The Only Conservative Who Could Beat Romney, an argument you didn't hesitate to repeat as late as December, long after it was apparent that he wasn't ready for prime time. And you still refuse to admit that you were misled, and helped mislead others, into jumping aboard that hopeless Bandwagon to Loserville.

Hey, Stacy McCain is a kick-ass gonzo journalist and all. He Knows Things. I'm just a random Polack from New Jersey. But it occurs to me that Rick Perry, a guy who's actually won elections and governed from conservative principles, might have gotten more traction if a certain gonzo journalist hadn't taken a flyer on the likes of Herman Cain, and in the process misled a whole lotta other folks into buying a one-way ticket on the 9-9-9 Restraining Order Express. Cain wanted to be president alright, just not President of the United States. More like president of Hooters, if you get my drift. Certainly beats that web site idea, right?

Anyway, what's done is done, and we're left to pick up the pieces, and maybe remember that we're all here to do one thing, and one thing only. Defeat Obama. Oh, and retain control of the House. And maybe pick up a Senate majority too. A pretty tall order on a good day.

Alas, today is not a good day. Today is Florida primary day. And no matter who wins tonight the long knives are going to grow longer. The True Believers are dug in for the long haul now, and whatever bloody corpse emerges from Tampa as our nominee will most certaily find a rejuvenated Obama ready to regurgitate every negative ad and soundbite ever uttered by those he left behind.

Is that what we really want?

UPDATE 01 Feb 2012 10:55:
Other "Perrybots" chime in…

Gator Doug links, and notes the sadly mistaken emphasis on style over substance evidenced by Perry's downfall.

Pat in Shreveport calls Stacy's comments "dead wrong." She quotes me!

And Lance Burri explains the inherent logical fallacy in Stacy's argument; to whit, that $20 million was for Rick Perry, not random cash which other candidates could have vacuumed up at will.

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Listen numbnuts, don't mess with Chris Christie

When Chris Christie is on his game he is On His Game.

And when a back-bencher state Assemblyman crosses a line, he gets swatted like a bug.

Responding to Christie's call for a statewide referendum on gay "marriage" Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) said:

"Govs. Lester Maddox and George Wallace would have found allies in Chris Christie over efforts by the Justice Department to end segregation in the South."

The race card. What a surprise. With the Democrats it's always the race card.

But Christie was having none of it. Watch the video.

And the money quote:

You have numbnuts like Reed Gusciora who put out a statement comparing me to George Wallace and Lester Maddox. Now you know, c'mon guys, at some point you've got be able to call BS on those kind of press releases.

The media is calling BS alright, on Christie, because he dared to call an openly gay Assemblyman "numbnuts." The Star-Ledger is aghast. Apparently it's a slur.

As if. It's a Jersey thing. Everybody says it. (Although after laughing perhaps a little too raucously I did have to come up with an explanation for the term "numbnuts" suitable for a ten year old. You just know she's gonna use the word in school tomorrow. Cue the phone call from the Principal in 3... 2... 1...)

Nothing will stop the perpetually aggrieved from being, well, aggrieved though. After all, it's what they do.

Here's Christie again:

There are any number of you in this room who may have a quarrel with my politics. George Wallace and Lester Maddox? You know, I don't think they were advocating for urban education. I think we've got a pretty good distinction there. And I think that those who say things like that like Assemblyman Gusciora should be ashamed of themselves. That they're that desperate to try to change the topic on this issue that they would actually raise those folks, reprehensible people in America's history.

Well yeah. Raaaaacism! is the last desperate cry of those who have no cogent argument. It's an empty epithet now. Devoid of force. A caricature of battles long since past, and won.

So here's the thing numbnuts. When you're thinking we don't like you because you're Black or Gay (or whatever…) consider this. Maybe we don't like you because you're an asshole.

Yeah, really.

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Donald Trump wants a fairway to heaven

When it comes to your country club membership, Donald Trump says you can take it with you. Or rather, you can be laid into eternal rest alongside the Trump National Fairway to Heaven.

You can count on a hole in one at the end of your final round.

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The Heretical Gospel According to Pope Barack Hussein Obama The First

Via Pundette comes the latest Obamacare tyranny — Pope Barack Hussein Obama The First overrules 20 centuries of Catholic doctrine.

Undeterred, and menacingly on the cusp of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Department of Health and Human Services has issued an "interim final rule" which requires all private health plans, including those of Catholic hospitals and schools, to include coverage of prescription contraceptives, female sterilization procedures, and abortion counseling.

Thereby replacing "Thou Shalt Not Kill" with a new heresy — The Gospel According to Obama.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan:

"Never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience," said Dolan. "This shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the Bill of Rights."

Disobey our consciences and our faith, or disengage completely from providing health care services. He's "graciously" given us a year to decide. Archbishop Dolan again:

"In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences."

Which is of course no time at all. Except there's an election coming up. No Catholic can in good conscience vote for Barack Obama. Not after this. To re-elect Obama is to put him above God, to disavow a core tenet of our Catholic faith, to turn your back on everything that Christ taught.

And to be complicit in mortal sin. We still believe in mortal sin, don't we? Us Catholics, I mean. The secular world has long since decided to look the other way. Can we? Can we turn our backs and accede to government-sanctioned infanticide? Will we pay our blood money and call it "health care?"

I hope not.

Is it hyperbole to posit that Barack Hussein Obama is the Antichrist? He will destroy Holy Mother Church. He has said as much, and his actions cannot possibly be interpreted differently. The Church is already out of the adoption business, forced by Obama to surrender our doctrinal authority to the vagaries of homosexual dystopianism.

Now he'll prevent us from providing health care. No Catholic hospital can operate under this requirement. They'll be sold, at fire sale prices, probably to Obama cronies like George Soros and Warren Buffett. And no Catholic school will be able to offer health insurance to their employees. "Look at the heartless Catholics," his sycophantic media will say. "The public schools give their employees the best health insurance available!"

He will not stop until the Catholic Church is scrubbed from the public square. Banished, like lepers, to the fringes of Obama's New World Order. Crushed under the secular jackboot labeled "tolerance."

And then what is left? Who will the people turn to? Government!

His message is seductively simple, a siren song, music to the ears of a fickle and easily distracted populace. Obama is our shepherd, we shall not want. It is the eternal seduction of the evil one, played out in the United States of America in the Year of Our Lord 2012.

In November Barack Obama must be defeated. Or he will destroy us.

UPDATE 29 Jan 2012 22:35:
Apparently a letter on this topic from the bishops was read in most parishes today.

In thousands of parishes this weekend, Catholic priests read a version of the following letter to their congregation denouncing this decision as an attack on their religious freedom. Each bishop personally sent the letter out, and so there were some local variations.

Nothing in my parish though. Perhaps Father Flannery may have sadly thought his homily was more important.

Which troubles me greatly, because Archbishop Myers wrote a scathing letter in opposition to Obama's mandate. In it he advocated civil disobedience, urging all the Catholics in his care not to comply with the health insurance requirement in so far as contraception, sterilization and abortion inducing drugs are concerned.

We cannot—we will not—comply with this unjust law. People of faith cannot be made second-class citizens. We are already joined by our brothers and sisters of all faiths and many others of good will in this important effort to regain our religious freedom. Our parents and grandparents did not come to these shores to help build America's cities and towns, its infrastructure and institutions, its enterprise and culture, only to have their posterity stripped of their God given rights. In generations past, the Church has always been able to count on the faithful to stand up and protect her sacred rights and duties. I hope and trust she can count on this generation of Catholics to do the same. Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less.

Bravo! We will not comply.

UPDATE 29 Jan 2012 22:58:
Bishop O'Connell of Trenton agrees with Archbishop Myers. He wrote a very similar letter.

And Bishop Zubik of Pittsburgh goes even further, lambasting the president — Obama said "To Hell with Catholics!"

It is really hard to believe that it happened. It comes like a slap in the face. The Obama administration has just told the Catholics of the United States, "To Hell with you!" There is no other way to put it.

I like his style.

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Obamanomics Sets New Records edition

In case you're keeping score at home, the price of gas went up by another 3 cents last week. And Obama's EPA shuttered 6 more power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Hey, what's another 529 Americans put out of work by Lisa Jackson's eco-fascists, right?

Mother Gaia is pleased as punch! Our wallets? No so much.

Meanwhile the green energy boondoggle continues to waste taxpayer dollars at a record clip. Yup, yet another recipient of DOE subsidies has gone bankrupt.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that all these taxpayer "investments" wind up circling the drain. You know, if Dick Cheney had spent half this much money on something useful that was made by Halliburton the lamentations would still be reverberating across the front page of The New York Times.

But Barry's misguided attempts to prop up unproven pie-in-the-sky foolishness always gets a pass.

Now people keep telling me that Obama "inherited" an economic crisis. Perhaps he did. But it's been three years since he promised to fix things, and every single action he's taken has made the problem worse.

Earlier this week, after Barry gave his State Of The Re-election speech, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels summed up the Obamanomics record in one utterly damning chart.

The Wall Street Journal sums up Barry's inability to inspire economic confidence.

Many business leaders say they are also being held back by policy-related uncertainty, everything from the threat of new regulations and higher taxes to the fear that political gridlock could hamper the government's ability to respond to a new crisis. Recent economic research has given some weight to those complaints. A study by a trio of academic economists found that policy uncertainty has risen in recent years, and that periods of uncertainty have in the past corresponded with rising unemployment and slowing growth.

Contrast Barry's sub-3% GDP growth numbers with the Reagan boom.

The first nine quarters of the Reagan Recovery, by contrast, looked like this: 5.1 percent, 9.3 percent, 8.1 percent, 8.5 percent, 8.0 percent, 7.1 percent, 3.9 percent, 3.3 percent, 3.8, percent, 3.4 percent. In fact, the Reagan Boom went from the first quarter of 1983 until the second quarter of 1986 without notching a sub-3 percent GDP quarter.

The only economic statistic Barry's keeping above 8% is the unemployment rate. You'll recall that Porkulus was guaranteed to keep it under 8%. Paul Krugman said so!

So of course when last year's GDP came in at an anemic 1.7% it must somehow still be George Bush's fault. Because Obama killed Bin Laden! So he's obviously the better president.

You know what else must not be Barry's fault? New home sales for 2011 were the worst on record.

Liberal media spin? Obama Recovery Sets New Records!

Well, sure.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Pipeline Dreams Busted By Green Schemes edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Downgrade Fever is Catchy edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Short Term Gain For Long Term Pain edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Year End Wrapup Unhappy New Year Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reality Check edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report: the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Incredibly Shrinking Labor Force edition

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Friday Fratricide, the GOP Debate Circular Firing Squad edition

I sure hope the Obama campaign pays Wolf Blitzer a bonus. His performance on their behalf last night was well orchestrated and brilliantly executed. He walked those four jimokes down the garden path and they turned on each other like rabid dogs.

Best line from the night? "I'm Mitt Romney and I approve this message that I haven't actually seen." Sheesh, what a putz.

Pundette has Newt fatigue. I imagine there's going to be a lot of that going around, egged on by the GOP Establishment.

Stacy McCain says Santorum "kicked butt." I'm not so sure. He comes across to me as angry, petty, and mean-spirited. Plus there's that whole "lost his last election by 22 points" thing. Not exactly a ringing endorsement from his home state, eh?

Somewhere David Axelrod is smiling.

The rest of us? Not so much.

That had to be the most pathetic "debate" yet. More like a circular firing squad. Hell, after watching Newt complain about Mitt's wealth, Mitt mock Newt's consulting fees, Santorum whine peevishly, and Paul answer every question with "gold standard!", I'm thinking of taking a second look at that Obama fellow. At least he acts presidential. Those four turkeys belong back in kindergarten.

Is it too much to ask for the GOP to put forth a Real Candidate? Are these four bozos our A Team?

Shudder.

Meanwhile down in Georgia, a backwoods country judge breathed new life into the Birther sideshow yesterday. Because that's just what we need, more irrelevant posturing that can only reflect badly on Obama's opponents.

Now Barry gets to again paint the Republicans as total nutjobs by building up whackos like Jerome Corsi and Orly Taitz into convenient strawmen, who he'll then whack into the next county.

The American public believes he's already answered the question. Right now that's what matters, and we have bigger fish to fry. Give it up.

There's a video making the rounds of Joe Biden faking an Indian accent during a campaign event in New Hampshire. He starts out mocking credit card call center employees, then catches himself. So I click on over to YouTube to see what the fuss is about, and the first thing that comes up is this comment:

I don't see the issue here. He impersonates a vice president every waking second and no one gives a shit.

I spewed coffee all over my monitor!

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Michelle Obama's War On Pizza

Pizza is no longer one of the four food groups? Michelle Obama, taking a page out of the Nurse Bloomberg playbook, has decided she's The First Lunch Lady, and pizza is being replaced. With vegetables.

All our children are belong to the nanny state.

The government knows best! Your kids will eat whatever Michelle Obama tells them to eat. So, out with pizza and in with turkey tacos!

After the announcement, [they] went through the line with students and ate turkey tacos with brown rice, black bean and corn salad and fruit with the children in the Parklawn Elementary lunchroom.

Trust me, I'm sure the kids were just being polite. Sophie's school jumped on the "healthy choices" menu bandwagon last year. Take a guess how much food is wasted each day.

Go ahead, guess.

Most of it. Especially on turkey hot dog day. Those things are vile. Jesus, coming in from the desert after 40 days and 40 nights, would sooner order a pizza than eat one. If the army served them at Gitmo Amnesty International would call it torture. And they'd be right.

So this line from the story struck me as particularly funny:

Mrs. Obama said youngsters will learn better if they don't have growling stomachs at school.

In that regard, I'd have to say the food kids actually eat is way better than any fru-fru stuff they'll just chuck into the garbage, isn't it? Give 'em a slice of pizza and they'll be well fed. Give 'em turkey tacos with brown rice, black beans, and corn salad and they'll be begging mom to stop for pizza on the way home. Not to mention that whole "growling stomachs" thing at school.

And as it turns out, Mrs. Obama is barking up the wrong tree anyway. From no less of a right-wing rag than The New York Times comes this:

Imagine that. No correlation between school lunch choices and childhood obesity.

None. It's a non-sequitor.

Ah, we know what's really going on here. Childhood obesity is the excuse. Control is the goal. Control over every aspect of our children's lives. It's what the Obamas and their nanny state counterparts have always been after. They want to dictate how we live our lives. For our own good, of course!

People who grow up to make their own choices might choose poorly. Why, they might even choose to vote for a Republican! We can't have that, better enact a few more regulations while nobody's looking.

Seriously. When it comes to government deciding what we can do with our bodies, the liberal bogeyman of pro-life Republicans wanting to invade the womb is nothing compared to even one day of heavy-handed nanny-state regulatory diktats.

When I was a kid there were no such things as bike helmets or seat belts or 5-point-restraint infant seats. No booster seats or airbags on tricycles either. Nonetheless, we survived. We did! Now the police run roadblock checkpoints and hand out whopping tickets for an unbuckled back seat teenager. I think if they find a mother with a baby on her lap they impound the car and turn the kid over to DYFS.

We can't be trusted to choose our own light bulbs, but the liberals will insist a 13 year old girl is fully qualified to condemn her unborn child to death, without any parental input. She's entitled to privacy. But adults aren't entitled to decent illumination?

And on the day before her 21st birthday, that same girl can walk into Planned Parenthood to get another abortion, no questions asked.. But if afterwards she goes into a bar and orders a beer, it's a felony.

Yeah, I know I'm way off on a tangent. But this shit really burns my shorts.

Michelle Obama can go pound sand up her ass. I decide what my kid eats. Not some bureaucrat. And certainly not an unelected holier-than-thou busybody who's deluded herself into believing people actually care what she thinks.

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Wednesday's Worrisome Wickedness, the SOTU War on Wealth edition

Of all the class warriors in the universe, Barack Obama is the class-warfarest. Or should that be "war-fair-est?" Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the class-warfairest of all? OK, I'll stop now.

No I won't. Barry laid it on thick last night. The rich have what he wants. And he's gonna take it. Because he killed Bin Laden with his bare hands! And he got a flag. Which he looks at every day.

Other than that Barry can't run on his record. So we get a new war, a War on Wealth. Remember, Warren Buffet pays less taxes than his secretary! It's an outrage! It's ruining the State Of Our Union. Or at least the state of Barry's re-election campaign.

I am so sick and tired of hearing about Warren Buffett and his secretary, especially since she's been promoted to the role of arm candy for Moochelle. For starters, I don't want to see Mitt Romney's tax returns; I want to see Warren Buffett's tax returns. And his hob-nobbing secretary's too.

Why? Because we might learn a few things. Like that ole Warren makes his money the old-fashioned way, via dividends. Which were already taxed once as corporate profits before landing in his bank account to be taxed again. And his secretary is paid a salary, which Warren gets to take as a pre-tax deduction against his profits.

Anybody wanna bet the effective (corporate + personal) tax rate on Warren's dividends exceeds his secretary's tax rate?

Nah, I didn't think so. Too bad you can't fit that into a sound bite though.

Let's see, what else was "unfair?" Mortgages! That evil guy Barney Frank made Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac give unaffordable mortgages to unsuspecting middle-class homeowners who never thought their government would lie to them.

Hah! Just kidding! Malicious bankers manipulated borrowers into robo-signing incomprehensible legal documents, then stole their houses and gave them to #Occupy Wall Street. Or something. But Barry's gonna fix everything!

He'll tax the banks some more! And let everybody refinance for free! With an extra $3,000 check thrown in for good measure! Because that's fair! And I'm running out of exclamation points…!

But you get the idea. Free money for deadbeats, because rich people have too much and the UAW blew through all that taxpayer cash we gave them faster than shit through a goose so it's time for another humongous bailout.

Has anyone seen personal responsibility lately? I think it's locked up inside Richard Cordray's desk.

Bottom line? All 57 states in our union are strong. Except Illinois, and probably California. Better re-elect Barry just in case though. He killed Bin Laden! Who gave him a nice flag.

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John Galt vs Barry's class warfare tax plan - everybody stop working at $999,999

Of all the dumb ideas in Barry's campaign kickoff State Of The Union speech none was dumber than his "at some point you've made enough money" 30% minimum tax rate on incomes over $1,000,000 per year.

Here's my idea. Every entrepreneur in America stops working at $999,999. Don't earn $1 more. Because if you do, you'll have to write a check for 300 Grand to Saul Alinsky's wealth redistribution fund.

And what if your employees lose out? Maybe because you've closed your office until January 1st, and you certainly won't be paying them for not working to increase your taxes?

Fuck 'em. They're probably voting for President Golf Pants anyway. So they're his problem.

Barry says his demagoguery isn't "class warfare."

Of course it is.

So let's declare war on him.

I'm betting the productive class is more powerful than the parasite class.

We'll show them what happens when they run out of other people's money.

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Chris Christie's judicial nominations make me wonder if he really isn't a Democratic Party plant

Well I guess the good news is Chris Christie didn't elevate his good buddy, Sharia-compliant, terrorist-sympathizing Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed to one of the two vacancies on the NJ State Supreme Court.

But the bad news is he just picked two guys with no judicial experience whatsoever, and touted their diversity as their major qualification.

So that's what qualifies you to be a Supreme Court Justice? "Diversity" and "perspectives?" Hey, it's all they've got. No paper trail. No previous experience as a lower court judge (not even traffic court!). No legal scholarship or opinions they've authored which might hint at their judicial philosophy.

Just a blatant sop to Identity Politics. Well that, along with Christie's hunch they'll do the right thing.

He said he did not ask Kwan and Harris about specific cases but "my expectation is I've nominated two justices who understand the appropriate role of the courts in our system of government."

And Chris Christie calls himself a Conservative? Bwhahahaha! Conservatives pick judges like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Conservatives don't need to seek out a diverse perspective, we look for adherence to original intent. Conservatives aren't focused on demographic profiles, intellectual rigor is more our speed.

Democrats and RINOs play quota games. So deep down, which one is Chris Christie?

Now get this, check out the guy who's most excited about these appointments. He's the chief activist pushing gay "marriage" in New Jersey.

Steve Goldstein, the chief executive of Garden State Equality, a gay rights organization, said he was stunned when Christie informed him of [Harris'] nomination. "As I told the governor right then and there, you could have picked me up off the floor," he said.

Why do you suppose Chris Christie felt the need to explain his Supreme Court choices to a gay rights activist?

Allow me to spell it out for you.

Our state legislature has made enacting gay "marriage" their #1 priority this year.

Chris Christie claims he's opposed to gay "marriage," and said he'll veto the bill if it reaches his desk.

But wink, wink, nudge, nudge he's just historically appointed two new members of the NJ State Supreme Court — an openly gay man and the attorney currently overseeing State Police compliance with a "no racial profiling" consent decree. It's the very same court where a challenge to New Jersey's Civil Unions law is currently headed. With Steve Goldstein leading the charge. And Chris Christie whispering in his ear about diversity, giving Steve the vapors.

Hmmm.

If by some unexpected chance that court then goes and finds a Constitutional Right to gay "marriage?" Don't blame Chris Christie! It's the gosh-darned activist judiciary messing things up again! He's opposed to it. He said so!

Believe that, and I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you can have, cheap.

Because The Fix Is In.

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NJ Supreme Court: Towns can ban Free Speech because it's available in New York

NIMBY just became NIMS — Not In My State.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long established that nude dancing is a form of Free Speech, protected by the First Amendment. Reasonable zoning restrictions can be enacted so long as they are not exclusionary in nature.

Apparently the NJ Supreme Court has adopted a very elastic view of "exclusionary."

Which in my mind is actually good! Because it sure seems like a reversal of their own idiotic rulings in the various Mount Laurel "affordable housing" lawsuits. Those rulings said essentially "zoning be damned!" Every town in New Jersey is required to provide a quota of "affordable housing" within its borders, even if it means bulldozing perfectly good single family homes to do it.

The availability of surplus "affordable housing" in a neighboring town (nevermind a neighboring state!) was expressly dismissed by the courts as insufficient. The "affordable housing" must be located within the borders of each and every town.

Alas, the made-up right to "affordable housing" is not enshrined in the Constitution; Freedom of Speech is. Yet in the topsy-turvy world of NJ land use litigation towns can now exclude activities specifically protected by the First Amendment but they must accept a trailer park on every block?

Yeah, that makes sense.

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Pipeline Dreams Busted By Green Schemes edition

When Barry took office gas was $1.81 a gallon. This week it hit $3.31 here in New Jersey, only 7 cents below the national average of $3.38.

Wouldn't it be great if there was a plentiful source of crude oil, maybe only a few miles north of us, and a reliable way to get that oil to our refineries?

It's almost like Obama's energy policy is "no energy," isn't it? I mean when he claims that three years isn't enough time to study the Keystone XL pipeline proposal (and like Newt said, we won World War II in less than three years!), and then he goes and puts essentially all of our uranium producing lands off-limits to mining, what other conclusion can I make?

Remember kids, solar panels are awesome, except when the sun goes down. But hey, who needs light at night?

You gotta wonder where Barry's priorities are at when even his own people are chanting Drill, Baby, Drill.

We're "all-in" alright, all-in deep shit. No coal. No oil. No nuclear. But look, windmills! Which, of course, kill bald eagles by the truckload. Because killing the symbol of America is right up there on his priority list with killing the spirit of America too.

The Obama energy policy — Freeze In The Dark.

OK, so Jillian's back this week, and she reminds me that this is supposed to be a jobs report. Well we need energy to create jobs, don't we? But yeah, she's right, let's see what Barry's been up to on the jobs front.

And wouldn't you know it, but he's declared another laser-like focus on jobs!

Well, if by "laser-like focus" you actually mean the same sorry-ass plan he's been humping, the one which props up some more public employee unions with another $447 Billion of borrowed money, then yeah, he's definitely focused like a laser on "jobs."

Is Obama still pushing that diarrhea of a plan, which includes the same measures that failed in the Stimulus, and only save jobs in the public sector, along with helping out union jobs, mostly in the public sector? Giving people education, particularly college education, doesn't actually create jobs, and creates depression among those who get their sheepskin in social studies and realize that they are only qualified to work as a burger flipper, if there are any burger flipper jobs around.

It's the "unionistas, please vote for Obama" jobs package, and it's got no chance of actually passing the House, so it's all for show, and we know it.

Elsewhere this week, MetLife quit the mortgage business, putting another 4,000 Americans out on the street.

Perhaps that's because no one is taking out mortgages in this economy. Besides, why worry about getting a mortgage when Obama-endorsed #Occupy will steal your house?

Occupy Wall Street protesters announced with great fanfare last month that they moved a homeless family into a "foreclosed" Brooklyn home — even though they knew the house belonged to a struggling single father desperately trying to renegotiate his mortgage.

Re-elect Obama — from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs — and he'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Downgrade Fever is Catchy edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Short Term Gain For Long Term Pain edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Year End Wrapup Unhappy New Year Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reality Check edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report: the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Incredibly Shrinking Labor Force edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, Our Dickensian Future Edition

UPDATE 22 Jan 2012 10:54:
Linked by The Laughing Conservative. Thanks!

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On Sunday 1/22, ask them what they mean by "choice"

Game on people. Sunday is the 39th anniversary of the odious Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision. Thirty nine years of legal infanticide. Untold millions consigned to brutal, painful death with the stroke of a pen.

To commemorate the occasion the NARAL death cult is springing into action. They're encouraging supporters to take to the social media airwaves on Sunday and talk up the benefits of "choice."

Pro-life nurse Jill Stanek is appalled (as am I) and she wants to do something to counter them.

Her plan is simple. Ask them what they mean by "choice." Rain on their parade.

On January 22, any time you read pro-aborts spouting obscure "choice" rhetoric on a blog, website, Facebook, or Twitter, call them out on it. Ask them to explain what the "choice" euphemism means. Tweeters plan to use their #Tweet4Choice hashtag.

Get specifics.

Because we know what "choice" means. It means "dead babies."

I'll be there. Will you join me in standing up for innocent life?

She wouldn't drown a puppy. Why can she legally suck the life from the beating heart of her unborn child?

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Thursday Throwdown, Newt Gingrich bitch-slaps CNN toady, and other debate reax

OK, so Sophie said I had to watch this debate. Because her class is studying the Constitution. In fourth grade. And she wanted to ask me questions.

The CNN lead-in was telling. Their dream team salivated at the prospect of Newt Gringrich addressing his ex-wife's allegations. The excitement was palpable, and Wolf Blitzer seemed like he was about to erupt in his pants.

I wonder how Wolfie felt after Newt bitch-slapped John King. Donald Douglas has the video.

That there was a thing of beauty. Oh, and shrinkage!

Newt's always been keen to run against the media, and by golly he got to do it tonight. If there's anyone left at ABC with a shred of decency, he'd hang his head in shame. Sadly, there's no chance of that.

The obvious money shot — I'll let Barack Obama bring a Teleprompter to a battle of wits — was sadly overshadowed by CNN"s miserable attempt at entrapment.

Newt floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee…

As for the rest, I'll let Sophie recap.

Alas, answers, I do not have. But that's OK, because the voters are about to send both of those guys back to the showers.

The media has made this election about debating skills. It's bogus, but it's also the reason Rick Perry is at home on the couch. OK then, Newt Gingrich will run rhetorical rings around Captain Teleprompter. Which is why they're so keen to destroy him.

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Rick Perry drops out, endorses Newt. WyBlog 0 for 2 in the presidential picker dept.

Sigh. Now I'm 0 for 2. Those of you who were around in 2008 will undoubtedly recall my unbridled enthusiasm for Fred Thompson's candidacy. Look how well that worked out.

So, no sooner had I put the Rick Perry for President banner up there on the top left when the wheels started coming off his campaign. It's the WyBlog curse, because Rick Perry is calling it quits.

Hey, if I endorse Romney next do you think he'll falter too?

Perry's gonna line up behind Newt, mostly because Newt isn't Mittens and Santorum and Saint Ron are unelectable.

But ABC (the All Barack Channel!) is already locked and loaded with both barrels aimed at Newt. The media which can't be bothered to interview a single one of Obama's ex-boyfriends is salivating at the prospect of airing every scrap of dirty laundry Newt's ex-wife is willing to dish out.

So Wife Number Two's bombshell is, Newt cheated on her with Wife Number Three! Forgetting, conveniently, that he also cheated with her on (dying) Wife Number One. Listen toots, it's not like you didn't know what kind of man you were fooling around with. Both before, and yes after you married him.

Anyway, Tammy's been on Newt's bandwagon for a while now. Ayup, electoral discord in the WyHouse! But not anymore. If Rick Perry's getting behind Newt, then I guess I am too.

It feels kinda like rooting for the Giants though. My heart's not in it, if you know what I mean. (Dude, go with it, it's the Syphilitic Camel Rule! -- Ed.)

Still, Sarah Palin's a Newt fan, that's gotta count for something, right?

More importantly though, he's a Sarah Palin fan. Can we hope for a Gingrich - Palin ticket? Or am I tempting fate again with another jolt of the WyCurse?

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Obama kills Keystone XL, Chris Christie greenlights Marcellus Shale gas pipeline in NJ

It's a tale of two pipelines. Both adamantly opposed by the usual rabid bunch of econuts. Both key to establishing American energy independence.

And it's a tale of two leaders. One desperately seeking to appease every radical constituency by tearing down two centuries of industrial achievement. The other pragmatic and decisive, cognizant of risk, yet unwilling to let opportunity pass us by.

In the end, Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline project was as predictable as it was anticlimactic. He promised to tilt at windmills while sending gasoline and electricity prices through the roof, and he continues to deliver.

But lost in yesterday's recriminations was Chris Christie's decision to forge ahead with an ambitious natural gas pipeline, one that is also slated to traverse "sensitive" environmental areas. In response to boilerplate Sierra Club doomsaying one of his Highlands Commissioners put it thusly:

"An adequate supply of natural gas is equal to the need for drinking water."

Indeed. And so a pipeline, stretching from the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania, traversing the Highlands watershed, and terminating in Mahwah will soon be a reality. With it comes a 55% increase in the quantity of natural gas available to New Jerseyans. And of course, jobs. Good paying, sorely needed jobs. Clean, reliable energy too.

That's a win for New Jersey, and a win for America. And it's one more reason why Barack Obama must be defeated in November. Yes, even if that means we have to get used to saying "President Romney."

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Weary Wednesday Wanderers, Barry's goin' to Disney World!

It's time for another of Barry's "working vacations," this time at the Magic Kingdom!

President Barack Obama will visit Walt Disney World during a planned trip to Orlando on Thursday, according to a White House aide. There, he will "unveil a strategy that will significantly help boost tourism and travel," the aide added.

Aw geez, not another strategy.

Must resist making Mickey Mouse White House jokes.

Barry's gonna be a little lonely though. Any Democrat who's anybody is coincidentally leaving town.

It doesn't appear, however, that he'll get much love from local politicians. Aides to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said the Florida Democrat was unlikely to attend because the office "got word too late" of the visit and had meetings planned in other parts of the state. And Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is scheduled to be in Washington that day for a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Park guests won't be allowed within a mile of Dear Leader, probably because the use of foul language is frowned upon at Disney World. Or maybe they were afraid folks wouldn't even part with an "A" ticket for the chance to see him.

So today's the day the internet goes dark, or something. I just clicked on a Wikipedia link and got some kind of Black Screen of Doom. Yes, the libtard poseurs that censor anyone who doesn't toe the far-left line when it comes to homosexual "rights" or Palestinian statehood are cheesed off because Congress might outlaw stealing digital music and movies. Anonymous twits who unilaterally get to decide if you're "noteworthy" enough to warrant an entry in their Self-Important Book Of All Knowledge are actually complaining because an unelected bureaucrat might find a particular website to be of no redeeming value whatsoever.

I'd direct you to their page for "irony," but it's offline today.

Coming next week, hospitals lock their doors to protest Obamacare!

We all knew that health care costs were going up, but this is ridiculous.

I guess he didn't get an Obamacare waiver.

Turns out the company that prepares the bills had mistakenly put the invoice number in the space where the invoice amount should go.

Pfew! But the fact he thought the bill might be legit? Wasn't Obamacare supposed to cut costs?

How's this for putting a whole new spin on McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" ad campaign?

Next week at Burger King she'll demonstrate how it takes two hands to handle a Whopper.

Finally, in a sop to SOPA stoppers, I snarfed this from a friend on Facebook, because it's too good not to pass along:

Celebrating this day by pirating Fr. Richard K McFadden's status. He writes, "You know the LAST time the government tried to censor the internet resulted in a little thing called the War of 1812, when the Challenger blew up over the Alamo." Without Wikipedia, how will kids learn things like this? "Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it" ~ Apollo Creed, Third President of the United States.

It's not illegal to steal someone else's Facebook status, is it? Why are those guys in dark suits talking into their earbuds and staring at me?

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Chris Christie proposes a 10% across-the-board income tax cut for New Jersey

Bold Leadership. Fiscal Sanity. Lower Taxes. Chris Christie delivers:

Gov. Chris Christie today proposed a 10 percent reduction in state income taxes regardless of income -- phased in over three years -- and restoration of the earned-income tax credit that would benefit the state's poorest citizens.

As he put it, "Everyone made the sacrifice. Everyone will share in the benefit."

"Understand what this means," Christie said in his State of the State message, the second one he has delivered since becoming governor in January 2010,. "Every New Jerseyan will get a cut in taxes. The working poor. The struggling middle class. The new college graduates getting their first job. The senior citizens who have already retired. The single mom. The job creators. The parents trying to afford to send their son or daughter to college."

It's the antithesis of class warfare. So naturally the Democrats have a plan of their own. Raise taxes.

I don't think that Sheila Oliver can spell "tax cut."

Here's the video.

Hey Mitch McConnell and John Boehner. Are you paying attention?

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Free us from the South Carolina Five

I didn't watch last night's debate. Stacy McCain live-blogged on-site, The Daley Gator caught Ron Paul in another lie, and Professor Jacobson sums up my impression of the trainwreck that is Mitt Romney's impending nomination.

We are on a path to nominate someone who campaigned against Reagan, campaigned against the Contract with America, campaigned against those who are pro-Life, campaigned against 2d Amendment rights, campaigned against conservatism, and designed and enacted the precursor to Obamacare from which he will not back away.

Meanwhile the only guy who's never actually lost an election on the merits can't get any traction, because ostensible "conservatives" are enamored by Rick Santorum's sweater vests and Newt Gingrich's adverbial allegories.

And way off in Right Field, the Ron Paul sideshow pretty much guarantees Romney will get the nod.

Many of my conservative friends are so busy denouncing Ron Paul and his supporters that they can't be bothered to ask themselves, "Why don't we have that kind of wild-eyed fanaticism among our supporters?"

Yes, what I look for in a candidate is the wild-eyed fanaticism of his supporters. Substitute "bat-shit insanity" for "wild-eyed fanaticism" and you'll understand what I mean. Or just go observe wild-eyed fanaticism in its natural habitat of North Korea. Because if that's what it takes to be a Ron Paul supporter, you can count me out.

Do we want wild-eyed fanatical 9/11 Truthers driving the GOP bus?

Are we ready for a wild-eyed fanatic to burn our banking system to the ground in order to purge it of The International Jewish Conspiracy?

Will you let your kids go play outside when wild-eyed fanatical meth addicts move in next door because Ron Paul legalized drugs?

Can Americans sleep soundly at night knowing that the wild-eyed fanatical Iranians are mass-producing Ron-Paul-approved nuclear bombs?

Ron Paul's popularity does not necessarily imply the soundness of Ron Paul's message.

Ron Paul's cult followers are gathering converts because the remaining GOP presidential field is weak, and fractured. Some of us have perhaps been contributing to the problem by proclaiming "anyone but Mitt Romney."

The electorate has seen "anyone," and is sending us a different message — Romney, because he's not Ron Paul, and you turkeys can't make up your minds about any of those other guys.

You know what? They just might be on to something.

UPDATE 17 Jan 2012 21:06:
Linked by Gator Doug, who observes:

Perry has a record the others cannot touch, yet too many of us are obsessing over a big government guy, in a sweater vest no less, who wants the government in our bedrooms, has issues with "unrestrained individualism" and wants to use the tax code to favor some businesses over others? Good freaking grief!

It's Republican Bizarro-World.

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Motley Monday Modulation, or The Eyes Of DHS Are Upon Us, now with InstaDregs!

The Laughing Conservative claims to have found a super-secret White House memo, written by Barack Obama himself!, which spills the beans on the targets of Janet Incompetano's DHS blogger surveillance program. There's mention of "that Wysocki guy in NJ."

Uh, oh. I think I'm in trouble.

You guys'll come visit me in prison, won't you?

And just when I'm on the verge of being almost famous, too. Trog is getting some InstaSeconds (via Smitty), which seems to be his speciality these days. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride! Anyway, his sidebar link to me is attracting attention from the click-throughers. So I'm benefiting from what I guess could be called Trog's InstaDregs.

Uh, thanks!

So let's see, what sort of Right Wing mischief can we get into today? Hmmm. Oh, I know! Long before anyone had heard of Steven Colbert or Jon Stewart there was Tom Lehrer, back when satire was funny. Here's a song he did which seems appropriate for Martin Luther King Day.

Incidentally, MLK was a Republican. Yes, really. You could look it up.

I'm always reluctant to put too much credence into "what 'X' would have said" unless, you know, 'X' actually said it. But MLK's niece, Dr. Alveda King, makes a compelling case for her famous uncle's pro-life bonafides. It's certainly something to think about, probably more so than pushing back your tee time to paint slogans on a wall.

My wife and daughter are both obsessed with the game Angry Birds. They play it All The Time. And they're constantly trying to suck me into playing too. Feh.

What I really want to create is a game called "Angry Nerds."

In my game, you have to solve a partial differential equation before the phone zaps you with a jolt of electricity and a blinding flash of light.

The higher levels test your knowledge of Star Trek trivia.

I think it'd be a hit, don't you?

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Jon Huntsman drops out, hopes Mitt Romney remembers who he is and sends him back to Red China

Jon Huntsman's 15 minutes are up. The man Stacy McCain nicknamed Governor Asterisk intends to reassert his footnote-to-history status by ending his presidential campaign.

A man who generated so little excitement that members of his of own campaign sometimes misspelled his name, Huntsman leaves the race with a whimper and not a bang.

But he's got A Plan. He'll endorse the "unelectable" Mitt Romney. Because if you've already been Barack Obama's Ambassador to Red China, why not try to wangle the same gig from Obama's ideological successor?

They deserve each other. You can nominate Mitt Romney and (maybe) send Jon Huntsman back to Red China, or you can get behind a Real Conservative to defeat Barack Obama. What's it gonna be America?

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The obnoxious little turd that is Mike Bloomberg

I have friends who insist Mike Bloomberg is the ideal presidential candidate. Their hero worhip of NYC's Head Nurse is at best misplaced, and those who should know better ought to be ashamed of themselves. Because hizzoner is a scoundrel, with no regard whatsoever for the Constitution.

On his radio show this week, Derb discusses the case of Meredith Graves, the Tennessee nurse who, upon visiting the 9/11 memorial in New York and seeing the signs forbidding firearms, asked the staff if she could check her pistol (lawful and licensed in home state). She was handcuffed, arrested, and now faces three and a half years in jail for firearms possession — for the crime of being unaware that the Second Amendment does not apply in New York City.

This is the Mike Bloomberg "law and order" machine in full regalia. He plays fast and loose with the law at every turn. And he's never one to ascribe reasonable doubt:

And because it suits his objectives. He needs middle-class white female felons to offset the parade of low-income minority lowlifes his police department is usually forced to arrest, seeing as how there isn't anyone else spreading mayhem within a mile of his ivory tower.

You can be confident that Meredith Graves will be locked up, because it is far easier to lock up law-abiding types such as Meredith Graves than it is to police the criminals who actually do the murders and muggings.

Rudy Guiliani he ain't. Mayor Mike is the quintessential pandering politician, broadcasting bland bromides in lieu of countering the contagions which cripple his once magnificent metropolis. Trans-fats are his enemy, while drug dealers run rampant. He proclaims that secondhand smoke threatens the foundations of civilization, but it's bedbugs whose proliferation actually undermines the fabric of our society.

In Bloomberg's paradise he'll close all the liquor stores, but free needles for junkies are a Constitutional Right.

People who find his hegemony alluring are no more than sheep, trading independent thought for the illusion of nanny state security. When their city inevitably succumbs to the rot which permeates its core they'll shake their heads wistfully and wonder which unimplemented utopian scheme would have precluded their fall from grace.

Mike Bloomberg is a nasty little man, and I hope Mrs. Graves sues the pants off his arrogant ass. As for his acolytes, I can only assume that their willful myopia conceals a deep-seated hatred of freedom and liberty. His presidential timbre is decidedly off-key.

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Downgrade Fever is Catchy edition

Live by the Euro, die by the Euro. On Friday S&P downgraded nine Eurozone countries including former Blue Chips France and Austria.

Remember when Junk Bonds were cool? Mister we could use a man like Michael Milken again.

(By popular demand, Chloe is back for an encore this week. I think she's on the phone with her broker…)

And what did I tell you, the unemployment figures were indeed revised upward, and then spiked this week to 399K.

That's two big jumps in a row. Can Barry make it three? You know he can!

Oh, and by the way, December retail sales were "weak," the worse they've been in seven months. Santa kept his wallet in his pocket, unless he spied some really deep discounts. Alas, low margins do not a recovery make.

In response, CIT Group is cutting off supplier loans to Sears.

The company had a disastrous holiday shopping season, with revenue at stores open at least a year falling 5.2 percent during the eight weeks ended that ended Christmas Day. The figure is a key indicator of a retailer's health because it excludes results from stores recently opened or closed.

There's a Sears Hardware in West Caldwell. It never has anything I need.

I think that's a metaphor for the Obama Administration.

Moochelle's demonization of snack foods claimed another victim. Hostess filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The legendary maker of Twinkies, HoHos, and DingDongs is a casualty of the anti-obesity zealots.

"Twinkies is a well-known brand, but did you ever hear somebody talk about Twinkies in a positive light?" asked Ted Gavin, head of the bankruptcy practice at NHB Advisors, a turnaround consulting firm in Philadelphia.

Hostess makes Wonder Bread too. Another staple of our childhood, about to be sacrificed, and for what? 550 people will probably lose their jobs, because regardless of what the First Lady might tell you, kids don't want to eat carrot sticks and multi-grain cardboard masquerading as "bread."

Speaking of bread, and circuses: Barry and TurboTax Timmy plan to borrow another $1.2 trillion dollars, and "invest" it in round 3 of Quantitative Easing.

San Francisco Fed President John Williams said that sustained high levels of unemployment, as forecast by many Fed members, "does make an argument that we should have more stimulus."

The death throes of the Keynesian spendaholics are not going to be pretty.

Is there more bad news? You betcha.

November's trade deficit rose to 10.4% as U.S. exports cratered. Again.

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $225.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.8 billion, up from $43.3 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.5 billion less than October exports of $179.4 billion. November imports were $2.9 billion more than October imports of $222.6 billion.

China makes, America takes.

I think it's time to say "screw it all" and hit the beach. Because Chloe is definitely an argument for "more stimulus."

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Short Term Gain For Long Term Pain edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Year End Wrapup Unhappy New Year Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reality Check edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report: the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Incredibly Shrinking Labor Force edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, Our Dickensian Future Edition

UPDATE 11 Feb 2012 10:49:
Pics removed due to DMCA takedown notice. Sorry.

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Packaging inspector fired for telling co-workers to inspect her package

A Pennsylvania woman contemplating "gender reassignment" claims she was fired from her job as a Packaging Inspector when she wore a prosthetic penis to work. So naturally she's suing.

Pauline Davis says she wore the prosthetic to work as a line inspector, informing some co-workers who passed the information along to management. According to the suit Davis was fired even though the device didn't interfere with her work.

I think it's the "informing some co-workers" part that got her in trouble.

Inspecting her package probably isn't in their job description.

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Thursday Thunderbolts, the Modern Toddler F-Bomb edition

Remember when Ozzie and Harriet slept in separate beds? And you didn't get funny looks when asking if your neighbor saw "Beaver" last night? Yeah, well forget the golden age of television, it's long gone. In its place? Toddlers dropping the F-bomb.

That would be her two male, homosexual parents. Because this is definitely not The Brady Bunch.

Levitan said the envelope-pushing moment is an important life lesson.

Oh it's a lesson alright. A lesson in what not to watch on television. Because this dreck is absolutely not welcome in my house.

Apparently some Marines peed on a dead Taliban scumbag. The perpetually aggrieved are, well, aggrieved. Political hack SecDef Leon Panetta is demanding an investigation. Yeah, I want an investigation too. Which of you morons thought it was a good idea to videotape the baptism?

Amtrak wants high-speed rail here in New Jersey. Between Trenton and New Brunswick they'll upgrade the Northeast Corridor from 135 mph to 160 mph. Net time savings? About a minute and half. That is, until you get stuck at the 100 year old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River. Any plans to upgrade that? Nope!

Does our Dear Leader have a Great Successor secretly waiting in the wings? WaPo may have let the cat out of the bag:

Oh man, as Johnny Carson would have said, the jokes just write themselves.

Now we know where Michelle Obama's "angry black woman" thing came from!

Do his sons have birth certificates?

Perhaps he was speaking metaphorically. Because in Ameritopia we are all "sons" of The Chosen One.

I'm thinking if some kid shows up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue looking for "Daddy," we're gonna hear a whole lotta F-bombs…

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SCOTUS rules 9-0 for religious liberty

Common sense, not to mention the First Amendment, would dictate that a church could fire (or refuse to hire) a person who violated its religious doctrine. Eric Holder's Justice Department argued otherwise, and yesterday the Supreme Court unequivocally ruled in favor of religious liberty. 9 to 0.

In what may be its most significant religious liberty decision in two decades, the Supreme Court on Wednesday for the first time recognized a "ministerial exception" to employment discrimination laws, saying that churches and other religious groups must be free to choose and dismiss their leaders without government interference.

Now can we please see the same common sense applied to "public accommodation" laws?

Abortion violates Catholic doctrine, but the Obama administration forces Catholic hospitals to perform abortions.

It also violates Catholic doctrine to recognize same-sex "marriage," yet states force Catholic Charities to provide adoption and other social services to homosexual couples. Or, as is always the case, Catholic Charities stops facilitating adoptions for everyone.

Maybe we can even get the Methodists in Ocean Grove, NJ back into the wedding business, without fear that two lesbians with an ax to grind will demand to use the church's boardwalk pavillion for their sham "marriage."

Because exercising your liberty shouldn't mean that I lose mine.

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Mercedes Benz is now courting the communist mass-murderer luxury vehicle market

Up to now, if a communist party commissar wanted to travel in luxury, he bought a Zil. Apparently seeing an untapped market (driven perhaps by the popularity of Obamunism?), Mercedes Benz is now hawking their cars under the rubric of Che Guevara.

Yes, that Che Guevara, the one who murdered his way to infamy.

According to company Chairman Dieter Zetsche good old Che was also a big proponent of ride sharing.

Let's all carpool to the gulag!

Really, I think I'm gonna be sick.

Mercedes wouldn't dare delve into their own questionable corporate past by slapping their logo onto Heinrich Himmler's Waffen SS uniform. So why on earth is it even remotely tolerable that they're invoking an equivalently loathsome image of communist atrocities?

I'll tell you why. Communism gets a pass among the hoi polloi; it's fashionable to be a revolutionary, even when you're selling soap or cars. Nobody wants to talk about the victims of communism; they want to romanticize Marx and Lenin's egalitarian facade without having to worry too much about where the bodies are buried.

Allow me to rain on their parade.

Che Guevara, not to put too fine a point on it, was a psychopath whose sadistic lust for blood was not easily quenched. He killed for pleasure.

And he was a most efficient executioner at a time when Fidel Castro needed to rapidly exterminate his "enemies." He was also a virulent racist; Che's bloodlust was equaled only by his hatred for Black people, whom he labeled "indolent and lazy."

But hey, I'm not a marketing genius, so maybe this is really what sells cars in the year 2012. Mass murderer chic is sexy? I guess we'll know for sure when we see ads for Chevy Trucks starring Timothy McVeigh.

UPDATE 12 Jan 2012 10:48:
Steve Burri nails the perfect pun: Oh, Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Merchedes-Benz....

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Wednesday's Walking Wounded, the Ron Paul Feels His Cheerios edition

Hot off the heels of his 15 point loss to Mitt Romney in the New Hampshire GOP primary, Ron Paul has a message for the other Republican presidential candidates — go home.

Rep. Ron Paul's campaign called on the rest of the Republican field to drop out of the race and unite behind him in order to defeat Mitt Romney.

No, this is not from The Onion. I wish it was.

Also not from The Onion, Paulestinians team up with Occupods to go full-Alinsky on Rick Santorum's family.

Hey, if you can't beat 'em at the polls, just beat 'em senseless. Unless you're talking about Islamic terrorists; because Ron Paul doesn't believe in attacking our actual enemies, even if they attack us first.

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney finally said something that I happen to agree with: "I like being able to fire people." Well, good! That's what we need in a president, someone who can take a chainsaw to the federal bureacracy. And yes, that involves slashing headcount, downsizing, reductions in force, whatever euphemism you wish.

You know who else has been saying that? Rick Perry. Welcome to the party Mittens.

Speaking of firing people who provide bad service, Brian Schottenheimer's reign of mediocrity as Jets Offensive Coordinator is finally over. Officially he "resigned." Uh huh. Sure. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

For some reason former Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano is in line for the job. Maybe because his name sounds like Tony Soprano, and their new motivational strategy is any players who fail to perform will go for a ride in the Pine Barrens with Paulie Walnuts.

You know who else needs a trip to the woodshed? The eco-geniuses at the EPA. Their latest reason-defying pronouncement has companies being fined millions of dollars for not using a biofuel which hasn't been invented yet.

But hey, when has Reality ever stopped an eco-warrior? They want renewable energy sources, and they want them now! Yes, even if you have to turn to science fiction in order to find them.

The quota goes up this year, as do the fines. But still there is no cellulosic biofuel to be had. Anywhere. At any price. It's almost as if their goal is to simply punish fossil fuel suppliers and not to promote viable alternatives.

Here in New Jersey it looks like sanity has prevailed, and Democrat Gabriela Mosquera won't be allowed to occupy a seat in our State Assembly after all. Yesterday I reported that a judge had ignored her violation of our state election law's residency requirements, claiming that she has now lived in the district for one year and she "had a good enough chance of winning" a special election if he ordered one.

NJ State Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner did a WTF on that one, and barred Mosquera from being sworn in. Yup, there's gonna be a special election. She'll run again, but she won't be an Assemblywoman unless she wins fair and square.

The Daley Gator put out their annual list of "must read" blogs. What is this WyBlog which they list? Have you heard of it?

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the vote of confidence!

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Tuesday Trepidation, the Granite Gadflies Ghastly Glower edition

Why are all these primaries and caucuses and debates scheduled during football season? Didn't they used to wait until February, when the sports nobody cares about like basketball and hockey are the only other thing on TV? Not that last night's BCS Championship Game was exciting or anything, but c'mon man, I'd rather watch ten games like that than endure one more Jon Huntsman Mandarin monologue.

As goes Dixville Notch, so goes… Nobody! It's a tie — two for Romney and two for Huntsman. Gingrich and Paul received one vote each. Perry, Santorum, and the rest got nothin'. They may as well quit now. Snicker.

Speaking of football, in case you haven't heard the latest Tim Tebow joke yet.

The last time there was this much attention focused on a white Bronco, OJ was driving.

Tebow's favorite bible verse is John 3:16. He passed for 316 yards in Sunday's game. Ten completions mean an average of 31.6 yards per catch. And the TV ratings show a 31.6 share. Coincidence? Maybe. But if I was Tom Brady I'd be on the lookout for Al Pacino saying "call me Dad."

More new moms are grousing over hip-hop ho Beyoncé's arrogant takeover of Lenox Hill Hospital. They're talking lawsuit, because Her Divaness's security detail keeps them from breastfeeding their own newborns just so she won't have to mingle with the common folk.

Flipping the channels last night I caught a glimpse of Oprah gushing over this twit's new baby. I think I threw up in my mouth a little. Oprah's got billions; maybe she should build Hip Hop Hospital for Better-Than-Us Bimbos so there's no danger of anyone ordinary getting inside. Nah, the place would probably collapse under the weight of all their egos.

Election laws don't apply to Democrats. Not in New Jersey, anyway. The law says that in order to run for State Assembly you have to live in the district for one year. Gabriela Mosquera only lived in her district for 10 months when she ran last November. She won, and her Republican challenger went to court to contest the election.

Today an Appeals Court ruled that she should be sworn in regardless. Why? Because if they ordered a new election she would now meet the one year residency requirement and "she had a good enough chance of winning" a rematch.

Voters, who needs 'em?

Sure would make this whole GOP primary mess a lot more tidy though. Just find a judge who's a Rick Perry fan and …

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Monday Moonshine, the Chris Christie Schools an Occupod edition

If Governor Awesome wasn't campaigning for Mittens I'd be even more impressed.

The deluded Occupod yelled "Christie kills jobs!"

Substitute "Rick Perry" for "Mitt Romney" and you and me are on the same page there Governor. 'Cause I'd ask you, of the two, which one has actual experience creating jobs? Here's a hint, it ain't Mittens.

On a slow day, Rick Perry's Texas creates 60,000 private sector jobs before breakfast.

So I showed this picture of the newly commissioned USS Barack Obama to a liberal friend. And she promptly got all huffy saying, "George W Bush played way more golf than President Obama."

Bzzzt! Wrong-o my misinformed defender of the leisure class. A quick Google search reveals that GWB golfed a total of 24 times in 8 years. Barry just completed his 90th round.

What is it that President Reagan said about his liberal friends?

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so."

Reading The New York Times tends to do that to a girl.

There's a cure for that though. Me! Read WyBlog each day to keep the moonbattery at bay!

I'll take "Self-important hip-hop bimbos" for $1.3 million please Alex.

Listen bub, Beyoncé is important and her new baby is The Shiznit. Keep your twin proles away from the royalty and there won't be any more trouble.

Lenox Hill staffers, speaking anonymously, told the Daily News that Beyoncé and Jay-Z paid $1.3 million to seal off and redecorate a wing at the upper East Side hospital, in a super-strict effort to protect their privacy.

And people look up to this bitch? I wouldn't give you a plugged nickel for Beyoncé or Jay-Z. Yet just last month Gator Doug made Beyoncé his Babe of the Day, calling her "one of the most beautiful women," and gushing about her iminent motherhood. Blech. She's just another low-class low-life ghetto girl rapper with pretensions of grandeur. Her "beauty" is superficial, not even skin-deep, and it's easily trumped by the ugliness of her pompous snobbery.

A pox on Lenox Hill hospital for kowtowing to her. I hope Mr. Coulon sues 'em all, and wins.

Elsewhere in the news, the new Microsoft GPS app is racist!

When you're in an unfamiliar city this app could be a lifesaver. So naturally there's an Outraged Liberal calling it racist. From Lauren Weinstein's Obama re-election Privacy Forum email newsletter:

Highways or Scenic Route?
Shortest or Fastest Route?
Avoid Routes with Substantial Minority Populations?
Thank you for choosing Microsoft/Nokia GPS!

Look for Eric Holder to sue Microsoft for civil rights violations any day now.

You know what I really want? (Besides an "avoid Beyoncé" feature?) A GPS that uses census data to help me skirt neighborhoods where there are high concentrations of liberals. There's nothing worse than getting stuck behind a clueless Hopium addict in his electric smug-mobile. Am I right? Is the Pope Catholic?

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The Ronulans want a dynasty!

From an actual Rah-Rah Ron Paul post at Left Coast Rebel:

Pick your son Rand as your VP. Do it soon. People want continuity when they sign on to a vision. They have their antenna up for what they perceive as cynical choices for geographic electoral advantage. You are 76, they want to know that they will still be free if you cannot continue. So pick Rand. It's bold and it will work. (He's going to be President someday anyway, might as well get him started now.)

Wow. Just wow.

Rand Paul has 3 sons. So Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of Defense are covered too, right?

Kim Jong Un was unavailable for comment.

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With all the problems facing New Jersey, our Democrat Legislature's first order of business is...

Unemployment? Nope.

Crime? Nah.

The economy? Wrong again.

Property taxes? Teacher tenure? Sick-pay reform? Nope, nope, and still nope.

For their first order of business in 2012, taking precedence over all other matters, the Democrats in our State Legislature plan to tackle the pressing issue of...

...gay marriage. Again.

Sigh. It already went down in flames last year. And the year before that. But this time they're going for a dramatic move, fully choreographed with 5 part harmony and accents in just the right shade of mauve. It's sure to be a YouTube hit!

And a colossal waste of time. Chris Christie will almost certainly veto it, and the Democrats don't have the 3/4 majorities necessary to override that. So yes, it's all about grandstanding, and pandering, and probably some sort of symbolic yet ultimately futile gesture intended to embarrass the Republican presidential nominee.

Come to New Jersey, talk about gay marriage! Because that's what's important.

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I'm a winner! I'm a winner!

Trog may have his 5,000 posts, but I'm a 2011 Zilla Award Winner for Awesomeness in the Dextrosphere!

Best New Jersey Blog: WyBlog

Thanks Zilla!

I never win anything. Unless you count when I play Monopoly and I get a "You have won second prize in a beauty contest, collect $10" card.

This is way better than that!

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That's 5,000 for Trog, 2,192 for me

5,000 posts in less than two years? The Trog, he is obsessed with blogging.

Me, I prefer quality over quantity. Because I can't match his prodigious publishing prowess. And I have a life.

But, friend that I am, I did manage to dig up some 5,000 year old Rule 5 goodness, with a face only a caveman could love.

Get it? Dig up?

Ah, whadda you know from funny?

And, although I can't be sure it's authentic, this is an archaeologist friend's best rendering of what la bonne cavewoman might have looked like, back in the day.

Here's to 5,000 more dude.

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Forget voting rights, Illinois makes you show photo ID to buy drain cleaner

Eric Holder will swear on a stack of Jeremiah Wright's sermons that it's a violation of your civil rights if you have to show photo ID in order to vote.

But his cronies in Illinois just made it mandatory to show photo ID if you want to buy drain cleaner.

Nope, not an intrusion on our privacy, not one bit!

The law was passed by the Illinois legislature in response to a brutal attack in 2010 during which drain cleaner was dumped on two Chicago women, badly injuring them.

We're all potential criminals now. Assumed guilty, and they don't care if you're proven innocent.

Memo to the Illinois legislature: Drain cleaner is sold in Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana too. You gonna set up checkpoints on the border?

UPDATE 07 Jan 2012 10:53:
Linked by Theo Spark. Thanks!

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Short Term Gain For Long Term Pain edition

Anybody else think that Dear Leader's Labor Department is manipulating the unemployment numbers to enhance his re-election chances? Show of hands? Yeah, just like I thought, it's unanimous.

So the official unemployment rate has dipped to 8.5%. Unofficially, it's more like 10.9%, if you count all the people who gave up on looking for jobs.

Don't buy into today's BS unemployment rate drop, the size of the U.S. workforce is at a 27-year low and the bulk of the jobs added were "courier services" related to Christmas.

Millions of Americans aren't counted, because they haven't looked for a job in more than 4 weeks. An honest assessment would add in 7.5 million of the folks "marginally attached" to the labor force and the real picture emerges.

Yet the unemployment rate trickery still continues, with labor force participation (prior revised), now at a 27 year low of 64%, and the labor force itself declined by 50K from 153,937 to 153,887. In fact, persons not in the labor force have increased by 7.5 million since January 2007! Bottom line — dropping out of labor statistics is the new killing it.

And all this is, of course, before the half a million military job cuts Barry just announced hit the streets.

Whaddaya think that's gonna do to the unemployment numbers and his re-election chances? So naturally, the drawdown isn't going to start until November.

Short term gain, long term pain. It's the Chicago way!

Let's see, what other rosy economic news can we dredge up today? Oh yeah, the Euro continues to circle the drain. There is absolutely no good news coming out of Europe right now. Greece isn't the half of it. Spain, and probably Italy too will almost certainly go tits up by the end of the year.

It's a crapshoot whether or not Germany can hold on.

It's time for me to stock up on ammo and canned goods.

Or, I could hit the beach with Chloe.

Ahhh. Where was I? Oh, yeah…

Even the cheerleaders over at MSDNC aren't buying this "recovery" crap. 61% say they don't see any encouraging signs.

Barry's Beltway Bubble is about to burst. Must be time for another round of golf!

Closer to home, the defense cuts Barry announced are already being felt. Boeing will shutter its plant in Wichita Kansas, where 2,160 pink slips are set to go out. Oh but Kansas is a Red State, and only has 6 electoral votes anyway. Who cares if they're out of work! Certainly not David Axelrod, that's for sure.

Kodak is on the brink of bankruptcy. A filing could come as soon as next month. And with it, more layoffs. 19,000 people work there, for how much longer is anybody's guess. Then again, Kodak is headquartered in Rochester, NY, and New York is most assuredly not a Red State. Do I smell a bailout?

I wouldn't put it past him. Would you?

Hey, this sounds like a bright spot — a Rutgers University undergraduate job fair attracted more potential employers than last year. 170 companies participated, an increase of 25%. Sounds great, right? Well sure, until you realize that Rutgers graduates more than 12,000 students each year. 70 kids per employer, who are probably at best offering one or two positions each. Yeah, those are great odds.

That's all for this week. Check back next week for the revised unemployment figures, guaranteed to be unexpectedly worse than the Obamabots anticipated.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Year End Wrapup Unhappy New Year Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Reality Check edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report: the Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Incredibly Shrinking Labor Force edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, Our Dickensian Future Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Thanksgiving dinner is gonna cost you 13% more than last year edition

UPDATE 11 Feb 2012 10:46:
Pics removed due to DMCA takedown notice. Sorry.

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What's a dead baby worth? $1,479.31 in taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood

According to Planned Parenthood's latest annual report they received federal subsidies totalling $487.4 million dollars last year. And they murdered 329,445 unborn babies with it.

Pardon me while I take a moment to pray for their souls. The babies, I mean.

Abortionists have no soul.

Now here's where I don't get liberal logic. I'm told, repeatedly, that the electric power industry in this country must spend hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade aging coal power plants because cleaner air will save something like 17,000 lives per year.

So, why can't we save all that money, and 20 times as many lives, by banning abortion?

I'm thinking the eco-outrage is just a tad insincere.

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Thwarted Thursday Thrills, or who's got a blind spot for Jon Huntsman?

So in that Patch.com article where I'm quoted they're running a "who would you vote for" poll. 74 people have voted so far, 19 of whom have selected Jon Huntsman. C'mon man! That's more votes than he got in all of Iowa, and probably more votes than he'll get in New Hampshire too.

"This is not a scientific poll," sayeth the Fine Print. Gee, ya think?

Wait, belay that headline! I'm not supposed to say "blind spot" anymore, because that makes me an "Ableist." The new Politically Correct term in "blank spot." Write it down, because you know you're going to forget, you insensitive bunch of Ableists.

And I just know, that having seen the thickness of my glasses, Lance is gonna get a whole lotta mileage out of this. Somehow. Ableist!

How's this for another Obamacare "victory?" 2011 saw record shortages of prescription drugs.

The number of new prescription drug shortages in 2011 shot up to 267, well above the prior record and about four times the number of medication shortages in the middle of the last decade.

Hmmm. I wonder why that could be…

Notice this critical fact: Drug shortages are most common for the most highly government-regulated drugs. We don't see shortages of most neighborhood pharmacy drugs where you pay your bill and therefore everyone in the supply chain expects to profit. Instead the shortages are typically in hospital-based drugs like chemotherapy and IV antibiotics. The difference is that the end-consumer doesn't see those bills, at least not directly, which allows the government to institute more price controls and other regulations -- supposedly to help you -- which drives out the profit.

But the folks at the FDA want you to know that they care! They really do! Dear Leader signed an Executive Order forcing those evil pharmaceutical companies to warn them in advance if they expect any drug shortages. Then when your life-saving medication is unavailable, some FDA bureaucrats will be ready to recommend suitable alternatives. Note to America: this group of bureaucrats is not a Death Panel. Honest.

January is National Soup Month! How do I know this? Because Sophie came home and told me. She learned about it in "Language Arts" class, where they had to write a paragraph describing their favorite soup. She wrote about my world famous split pea soup, an excellent choice if I do say so myself.

Coincidentally we're having some for dinner tonight! I made a big pot with the leftover ham from Christmas.

Tangentially, didn't we use to call Language Arts "English?" I suppose the high-falutin' name means the school can charge more for tuition. It's Sophie's favorite class so they're undoubtedly doing something right.

Keith Olbermann is still on TV? Who knew?

His viewer was unavailable for comment.

I stole this poster from Shane at The Bitter Americans.

Hits ya right there, doesn't it?

Find a liberal. Show this picture to her. Watch her squirm.

UPDATE 07 Jan 2012 10:40:
See, what did I tell you? Lance brings Teh Funny.

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Keeping our eye on the prize: Two more reasons Obama must be defeated in November

We can bicker all we want over who will run against Dear Leader. But we can't lose sight of the ultimate goal — Obama must go, because four more years of a dictator in the White House will destroy America.

Reason 1: The unprecedented and unconstitutional recess appointment of rabid communist Richard Cordray as Commissar at Barney Frank's noxious Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. You know, the newest federal agency ostensibly designed to protect us from guys like … Barney Frank.

Reason 2: The further emasculation of American industry via packing the National Labor Relations Board with three more socialist pro-union flacks. The NLRB is of course famous for telling Boeing they can't build airplanes in South Carolina because the Machinists Union's feelings would be hurt by Right To Work laws.

The GOP candidates should promise to rescind every regulation promulgated by his newest unaccountable czar, and then disolve the CFPB by executive order. And abolish the NLRB too, because bureaucrats shouldn't be empowered to prevent companies from doing business wherever they please.

Can our Republic survive four more years of Comrade Obama and Her Excellency, Moochelle The First? I don't think so. Let's not forget that as we go about selecting our presidential candidate.

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My political opinions get quoted in The Patch, because I'm cool like that

A local Patch.com editor needed a go-to guy for insightful analysis of last night's Iowa caucuses. She emailed me.

And now I'm (even more) famous: Local Reaction to the GOP Caucus Results.

A few other folks chime in, and then the wrap-up is from me:

Fox News, are you listening? Sure, I'm less telegenic than Mary Katharine Ham or Steve Green, but do they get quoted in The Patch?

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Wednesday Winnowing, why do we let Iowa pick our losers?

So really, 120,000 methanol addicts get to decide who won't be our next president? What's up with that?

It's the Wednesday after the Iowa caucuses, let the Republican presidential field winnowing begin!

First out, Michele Bachmann.

Soon to be joining her, in all likelyhood, Rick Perry. He's back home in Texas "reassessing" his campaign. Beats me why though. Soldier on!

If I were Perry, I'd wake up tomorrow, say I refuse to surrender the Republican Party into the hands of big government conservatives after all the gains the tea party has made, and then announce I'm firing all my political staffers and communications staffers and ask South Carolina to help me reboot to victory. Make it an Alamo stand and, if like at the Alamo Perry goes down, perhaps there'll at least be a rallying cry for small government conservatism left over.

Yes, now is not the time to quit, not when the alternatives are three Big Government statists and a loon ostrich.

Here's where we stand.

Mitt Romney "won," if by winning you mean going all-in to garner fewer votes than he got in 2008 while almost getting beat by someone who spent essentially no money. Yeah, Rick Santorum came this close to scoring an upset victory over the guy he endorsed 4 years ago. And that's only because he's the last man standing who's not named Mitt Romney. Apparently not even Iowans are nuts enough to pin their hopes on Jon Huntsman.

Look out for when Santorum gets hit with the withering fire which already blasted Perry, Gingrich, Bachmann, and Cain off the frontrunner perch. It's coming, and it's not gonna be pretty. A homosexual dirtbag named Dan Savage has already seen to that. Add in Santorum's backstabbing endorsement of Benedict Arlen Specter over actual conservative Pat Toomey and you have an unelectable RINO hiding behind that big smile and goofy sweaters.

Our other "not Romney" contestant is Newt Gingrich. Blech. Newtie is for gun control, Cap and Tax, and an expanded role for federal education bureaucrats. That's not any brand of "conservative" that I'd subscribe to. And let's just say that his marital foibles won't ever endear him to the evangelical set.

Remember, the big takeaway from last night is this, 75% of Iowa Republicans don't want Mitt Romney to be president. This race is a marathon, not a sprint. Rick Perry is the only conservative candidate with executive experience and the will to make Washington "as inconsequential to our lives as possible." It's time to unite behind a real conservative.

Onward to South Carolina!

UPDATE 04 Jan 2012 14:57:
Donald Douglas says it's official: Perry is staying in.

Perry The President.

I like the sound of that!

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Obama's gift to the Taliban: A Gitmo Get Out Of Jail Free Card

How's this for a winning strategy in Afghanistan — give all our captured terrorists back to the Taliban!

Do you know how bizarre this is? It's like the Allies releasing Rudolph Hess in exchange for Germany promising to open a Bund office in Argentina.

On the other hand, it's one way for Barry to close Guantanamo Bay — just free all the terrorists. Hey, it'll please his uber-liberal base, and the Ronulans probably aren't unhappy either.

He said he was a uniter…!

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Tuesday Trepidation, what if Ron Paul wins Iowa?

The Classic Liberal makes the case for Ron Paul.

Professor Jacobson makes the case that Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are effectively stalking horses for Mitt Romney. I agree, Iowa is being played like a fiddle.

No. It's because the Iowa caucuses do not pick winners as much as they eliminate losers. And the Iowa caucuses Tuesday are likely to eliminate from serious contention the only two men who might have blocked Romney's path to victory: Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.

There is much to like about Ron Paul. TheCL covered it nicely. Paul's economic prescriptions are spot-on, if only the Congress could be cajoled into seeing things his way. And keeping the government out of my business is right out of Founding Fathers 101.

But alas much of what TheCL views as positive is in actuality more than sufficient to fear a Ron Paul candidacy.

As for the Paul candidacy: irrespective of anyone's personal opinion of the newsletter utterances, you have to know, with total clarity, that the MSM would utterly, endlessly pillory Paul over that issue, while simultaneously touting an unexpected new hip-hop release by Jeremiah Wright as some sort of cultural achievement, just for the recreational hypocrisy of it all. Also, Ron's foreign policies are unworkable, and would cause a big fat war, into which we'd be dragged.

It's Paul's foreign policy pronouncements which really terrify me. That, and the 9/11 conspirary nuttiness. Look, when you come out and say you wouldn't have intervened to stop the Holocaust you're on the wrong side of what's right and decent. And if you're on record agreeing with Iran's quest for a nuclear bomb? Well let's just say you're effectively on record signing Israel's death warrant.

But that's the capital "L" Libertarian philosophy — fuck 'em if they're not Americans. Often gussied up as, leave 'em alone and they'll leave us alone. It may have been a workable worldview in the Age of Sail, but in the 21st Century it's just plain dangerous. Power abhors a vacuum and if we don't project power someone else will. Are you ready for Team China, World Police? Because I'm not.

And not for nothing, but the Barbary Pirates were hardly motivated by our imposition of economic sanctions on Iran, nor were they particulary aggrieved by our (lack of) military bases in Saudi Arabia. But I suppose Ron Paul wouldn't have sent Stephen Decatur to Tripoli either. Because that would be provocative.

I think the best we can hope for tonight is that nobody drops out after the smoke clears. Because if my choice becomes Ron Paul or Mitt Romney (or gaaack! Barack Obama) then America As We Know It is doomed.

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The Jets #Fail: an inglorious end to an inglorious season

OK Giants fans, you can stop texting me now. I get it. Your team won. You've got playoff tickets. I've got a front-row seat on the couch next to my remote control. Now call me when you beat a team that isn't dysfunctional or quarterbacked by a cripple.

Yeah, that was a cheap shot. So sue me.

As for the Jets? It's said there's no "I" in Team. There ain't no Santonio Holmes neither.

That's always been the Jets' problem. Prima donnas. They attract 'em like white on rice, and let 'em run wild. For all his bravado, if Rex Ryan can't control his own locker room, how in the hell can he expect to reach the Super Bowl?

Oh well, there's always next season.

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Meet the new year, same as the old year

2012. It's here. Pardon me if I'm not particularly excited. If you're looking for rah-rah and siss-boom-bah you're in the wrong place.

Hot off of his historic surrender in Iraq (now with civil war and Iranian resurgence) President Golfpants plans to give Afghanistan back to the Taliban.

The surrender is complete now. The Hindu reports that the Obama administration has turned to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood's leading jurist, to mediate secret negotiations between the United States and the Taliban.

Ah yes, the Muslim Brotherhood, recently ensconced in Egypt. And Iran, our newest, bestest friends in the Middle East. Partners in appeasement.

Can we call him President Quisling now? Because not even Neville Chamberlain was this duplicious.

Oh, but he toe-tagged Bin Laden so of course Obama is a foreign policy genius.

Let's see if I can extrapolate a little. Just a little thought experiment, stuff that might happen by 1/1/2013.

With the entire Middle East (save for Israel, bless her soul) firmly under Islamist control, Iran makes good on their threat to close the Straits of Hormuz. Normal U.S. policy would send the Fifth Fleet to reopen that vital waterway. But suppose Iran invited China's new aircraft carrier to visit, and perhaps Hu Jintao offered to help negotiate a peaceful settlement, which could take months. Oh, and by the way, he'll be handling any no-fly zones, so please keep those U.S. fighters parked, thanks.

Would we fire on the Chinese? President Quisling wouldn't dare. He'll pull back, and you know it. And then along with another humiliating defeat, we'll have $10/galllon gas, something he's wanted all along anyhow.

But remember, he toe-tagged Bin Laden! Personally!

Let's see, what else could go wrong? Mitt Romney gets elected president. Or Barry ditches Plugs Biden for Hillary and ekes out a victory. Doesn't really matter, the GOP keeps the House and edges its way to a 51-49 Senate majority regardless.

And… Nothing changes. Big Government Republicans are just as antithetical to Freedom and Liberty as Bigger Government Socialst Democrats. The Nanny State marches on.

Meet the new year, same as the old year. If we're lucky.

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