Year: 2010

All Of The Stress Of CPAC Just Paid Off

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by Smitty

Rep. Mike Pence dropped by Blogger Row at CPAC. Erick Erickson of RedState was gracious enough to officiate, and allow me to ask an informal questions of Mike Pence at Blogger’s Row, CPAC.

Mike first expressed gratitude for the service that everyone in the room provides for freedom. He asserted that freedom of the press is essential for the free flow of information to the American people. Pence noted was the first blogging member of Congress.

He then took questions.

Alex,Race4 2012
Q. Are you running 2012?
A. No plans.
1. He does intend to serve Eastern Indiana and
2. Return American Congress to American People.
Focus is a challenge. It is currently halftime in the locker room. The need is to put our heads down and fight for common sense.

Adam, Race4 2012
Q. What to say to those taking on established Congressman
A. Never bad when people become involved.

There was another question that Stacy filmed, then I come in at 1:23

Here is a link to the Rep. Paul Ryan plan to which my question referred.

The Flemish Menace stopped by directly after that to ask me about blogging, and the tone of CPAC. That was quite a bit of fun. If any of our readers in the old country find out they used the footage, let us know.

George Will: *sigh*

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by Smitty (h/t Power Line)

Paul at Power Line links George Will’s latest Real Clear Politics column, where he musters only the most grudging recognition for Sarah Palin.

Last night at the CPAC Presidential banquet, George Will was in top form attacking the Left, and the concept of making the American people dependent on the government. George commences at 17:17.

So it is with some dismay that one views Will tacitly perpetuating the problem of dependency. Will, for all of his erudition, knowledge of conservative history, and excellent rhetorical skill, seems to be in denial about the root causes of the current crisis.

He nearly manages to take conservatives to task for the decisions of the previous administration, but he seems to think that Sound Historical Conservative Perspective will win the day. Just usher in a few names that he has vetted for you, and all will be well.

Mr. Will, where is your attack on the Federal Reserve, sir? Where is your criticism of Republicans who’ve abetted the statist foe by perpetuating entitlements, sir? Where is your defense of the 10th Amendment?

One cannot tell whether the object to Governor Palin is the thin résumé, or the fact that she has not sat beneath the tutelage of the Correct People.

However, those Correct People have be the string section that fiddled away while the national debt grew.

Of course, the cynical possibility exists that Mr. Will and company (John Batchelor, Rick Moran) are calculating that the chief thing they can do to enhance Governor Palin’s popularity is to hammer her in print as often as possible.

No, Mr. Will is too genuine for such head-fakery. But if I could ask the gentleman just one question in his über-wisdom, it would be just exactly what sort of résumé he thinks would be ‘acceptable’, given the cratered nature of the American Treasury. Mr. Will: nobody is qualified to roll-back 100 years of Socialist and condescending elitist idiocy.

The Protocols of the Elders of CTHULHU XIX. Remaining Rights

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by Smitty (INTRODUCTION)

His complexion was slightly darker than olive, his eyes hinting at epicanthic folds, his slightly broad nose and generous lips seeming to mention Africa, his straight black hair from anywhere.

The Japanese at the back of the room spoke in clear tones: “When is there a break in this? People here need relief.”
The others at the table turned to look at the man, then back to the speaker. The speaker paused briefly. The Japanese man tried to get up, but his chair, which had been made of frozen snakes, was no longer quite so frozen. The arms and legs of the chair encircled his limbs, and a snake from the back wrapped his head. And squeezed.
He had his relief.

“If we do not permit any independent dabbling in the political we shall on the other hand encourage every kind of report or petition with proposals for the government to examine into all kinds of projects for the amelioration of the condition of the people; this will reveal to us the defects or else the fantasies of our subjects…”
We do understand that actual liberty is the highest goal of any.
CTHULHU’s goals are dedicated to replacing the ‘best’ not just with the ‘good enough’ compromise but rather the truly marginal product.
Among the hallmarks of our minions will be the capacity for verbal legerdemain such that the truly awful will be sold as superior. We don’t just want the victim to be swindled and then efficiently disposing of themselves; we want them to be genuinely happy about the arrangement.
This is a crucial point, and bears repetition: we are here to take what is desirable by the reasonable, and give instead twice as much dreck.
There can be loss leaders, as when an entitlement is allowed to run as mandated for a couple of decades. Our shenanigans will kick in, and that entitlement seed will always, ALLWAYS grow into a variation on the theme of the Ponzi scheme.
Ponzi was truly a great servant of ours, one who could have grown into a threat…”

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The Protocols of the Elders of CTHULHU XVIII. Defensive Measures

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A man of completely undecidable race entered, dressed in a high-collared, dark robe, and moved to the head of the room, and began to speak.

Looking around the table, the fear of passing out appeared to be losing to the fear of continuing to take in the meeting in at least a couple of cases. At least two people were engaged in prayer, offering silent entreaty, or else they were mad.
The meeting had gone on for such an uncomfortable length of time that bodily functions, which these power brokers were so rarely in a position to have even bother them slightly, were becoming paramount.
And yet the presentation continued, noting the expendability of henchmen. The audience was not used to thinking of itself as henchmen. At the back of the table, a Japanese man started to speak.

“Fear is not a sign of strength. Fear, at the head of state level, is manifest in large bodyguard contingents. We underscore our strength by having our henchmen travel with thin retinues.
Granted, this increases the replacement rate, but of human fools there is never shortage.
Our minion

…will always among the people be surrounded by a mob of apparently curious men and women, who will occupy the front ranks about him, to all appearance by chance, and will restrain the ranks of the rest out of respect as it will appear for good order. This will sow an example of restraint also in others.

The appearance of accessibility must ever be maintained. You will know, when you hear reports of a town hall meeting or press conference with planted questions, which specific projects are poorly managed and likely to see a staffing change very soon.
Remember that any not aligned with us are to be cast as failures. Some of our lesser tools have published rule books for agitators and the like. Certain wiser members of the un-enslaved are begging to understand those writings, so beware.

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A Couple of Nifty Sites

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You come to CPAC to meet people. Last night at the dinner I was seated with the guys from the GI Film festival. Getting to have movies that don’t suck is an important part of reclaiming the country from the clutches of Progressivism.

Before the dinner, at the reception, I ran into a couple of webfeet, i.e. Oregonians. This blog doesn’t often celebrate low-brow, debauched behavior (much), but the Republican Party Animals seemed a right jolly bunch.