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Barack Obama At Loyola In 1998: ‘I Actually Believe In Redistribution’

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Via Director Blue, Fox News has a bombshell:

Few points:

  • Barack sounds only a little left of center here. Either he was couching his rhetoric more carefully, or he was simple less of an ideologue 14 years ago. Probably the former.
  • His point could nearly be tolerable if “giving everybody a fair shot” really meant “equality of opportunity”. Alas, redistribution means “equality of condition”. Every time.
  • His point could nearly be tolerable if it was a purely federalist one. If Massachusetts wants to tax itself into an economic crater, that is the prerogative of the voters there. Da Tech Guy’s and Belvedere’s screams, while tragic, are just another brick in the wall.
  • His point could nearly be tolerable if subsequent history hadn’t proven him, personally, the left breast of the Venus de Milo: a stone cold boob.

Update: more at Publius Forum. And Ace notes: “Romney Now Apparently Answering Every Question About “47%” By Noting He Doesn’t Believe In Redistribution of Wealth”

Update II: American Glob, fresh from passing a million hits, links.

Category: Barack Obama

A Note on Bill Kristol’s
Arrogant and Stupid Blog Post

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 32 Comments

In general, the whooping and hollering over a GOP presidential candidate’s gaffe is done by Democrats.

Also David Brooks and David Frum.

So it was rather shocking to see Bill Kristol come out with a blog post using the phrase “stupid and arrogant” to describe Romney’s remarks.

I like Bill Kristol.

Perhaps more importantly, my wife likes Bill Kristol. So why he would put the words “stupid and arrogant” next to Romney’s name, I don’t know, but now at least he knows how it feels.

Don’t do that again, please, sir.

Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

On the Romney Video: ‘The Q&A Didn’t Turn Out as Well as He Had Hoped’

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 18 Comments

Let’s begin by nominating Jimmie Bise Jr. for the Pulitzer Prize for Humorous Understatement. That there’s funny, I don’t care who you are.

Meanwhile, in the Real 1% — the pro-Obama media — the latest furor is over a second clip from the same secret (and possibly illegally recorded) video in which Romney criticizes talk of Mideast peace based on the “two-state solution.” Ed Morrissey explains that Romney is right:

What Romney actually says is that peace isn’t possible because the Palestinians won’t accept a two-state plan as a permanent solution … a point that has been obvious ever since Yasser Arafat walked away from a carefully-crafted deal at the end of the Clinton administration and called for another intifada.  With Hamas now in the mix and their parent group Muslim Brotherhood taking control of Egypt, the Palestinians have even less incentive to accept a permanent state of Israel.

Nick Gillespie has the headline of the day:

Secret Romney Tape Means
We Can Finally Stop Talking About
Obama’s Failed Foreign & Domestic Policy! 

It’s important not to be distracted by the media’s narrative framing of events. It takes a strong mind to be able to resist their propaganda.

That’s why I Watch MSNBC So You Don’t Have To:

 

 





 


Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Hyperbole Help For The Telegraph: ‘Romney Singularity Threatens Space-Time Continuum’

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 33 Comments

by Smitty

The spectacular implosion of Mitt Romney means a no-choice US election, emphasis mine:

It is impossible to imagine Ronald Reagan saying, or thinking, that 47 per cent of Americans should be written off. He would have wanted to try and persuade those overly reliant on the state that they could be liberated, and the lives of their families improved, if they voted for him. His creed was essentially positive and aspirational.
The tragedy is that America and the Western world needed this year’s election to be a proper contest. Obama has been a deep disappointment as President and the country’s finances are in a mess. Britain and the world need a strong American recovery, but Obama seems to have no idea how to help create the climate in which it might happen. In contrast, Mr Romney does have an understanding of business growth and free-markets, although he was far from being the perfect candidate.
Now, with Romney having ruined himself, it becomes a no-choice election. This is quite extraordinary when one considers the tumultuous nature of events since the financial crisis and the need for solutions to be implemented which go beyond the centrist corporatism which dominates the landscape.

Oh for crying out loud in the dark: Romney made a realpolitik appraisal. What’s really occurred here is that the press has soiled itself. Again. At least the press are consistent infantile whiners. Like the non-income taxed portion of the electorate whose attitude Romney appraised.

What promises to be interesting is whether Mitt can make (and deliver) tax reform. There is nothing wrong with the IRS code that could not be fixed with pliers and a blowtorch. If not likely to deliver tax reform, #OccupyResoluteDesk can point to Romney and say “Mitt’s just playing the game, like me.”

Category: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

DOJ + MMFA: Ministry of Truth

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

Matthew Boyle uncovers an Orwellian scandal:

Internal Department of Justice emails obtained by The Daily Caller show Attorney General Eric Holder’s communications staff has collaborated with the left-wing advocacy group Media Matters for America in an attempt to quell news stories about scandals plaguing Holder and America’s top law enforcement agency.
Dozens of pages of emails between DOJ Office of Public Affairs Director Tracy Schmaler and Media Matters staffers show Schmaler, Holder’s top press defender, working with Media Matters to attack reporters covering DOJ scandals. TheDC obtained the emails through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. . . .
Emails sent in September and November 2010 show Schmaler working with Media Matters staffer Jeremy Holden on attacking news coverage of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation scandal.
Holden attacked former DOJ Civil Rights Division attorneys J. Christian Adams and Hans von Spakovsky on Sept. 20, 2010 for what he called an attempt “to reignite the phony New Black Panther Party scandal.”
Before Holden posted his article at 7:52 p.m., Schmaler sent him several emails with information helping him attack both former DOJ officials. . . .

Read the whole scary thing. You may ask, “Who is Tracy Schmaler?” Former communications director for the Senate Judiciary Committee under Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy.

UPDATE: Some more helpful background on Schmaler from last November, courtesy of J. Christian Adams at PJ Media:

Holder is spending five days in the Dominican Republic, Barbados, and Trinidad. I have learned from sources with direct knowledge of Tracy Schmaler’s goings-on that the spin-mistress of the Justice Department Office of Public Affairs is accompanying Holder on this tropical jaunt. . . .
Tracy Schmaler is a name which may grow into a household one as the lies surrounding Fast and Furious unravel faster. . . .
She is the witchy federal employee who screams and cusses at reporters for NBC, the Washington Times, CBS and the American Spectator, yet doesn’t get fired because thug is so in style in this administration.

Read the rest of that story. A press release about Schmalter’s promotion at DOJ mentioned that she was once . . . a reporter?

Neutral objectivity!

UPDATE II: J. Christian Adams has some interesting information on Media Matters “flying monkey” Matt Gertz, an obedient henchman of the DOJ’s chief propagandist Schmaler:

Gertz also provided quick reports to Schmaler about his attacks on PJ Media’s Andy McCarthy, Town Hall’s Katie Pavlich, Breitbart’s Joel Pollack, and Megyn Kelly of Fox News.

This exposes MMFA as the brownshirt operation it really is.

UPDATE III: Informed by J. Christian Adams on Twitter that Schmaler’s gig as a reporter was at the Rutland (Vt.) Herald before joining Senator Leahy’s staff. Another trip through the media-Democrat revolving door for a left-wing reporter. Republicans, by contrast, would never let an actual journalist within a half-mile of their media-relations office, because all GOP campaign staffers think of themselves as media experts, which explains their vicious hostility toward the press. Keep it up, guys — one of these days, that strategy might start working.

UPDATE IV: Linked by Walla Walla Tea Party Patriots, Darth Chipmunk and the Lonely Conservative — thanks!

Category: Corruption, Eric Holder, Media Bias

VIDEO: ‘A Prairie Fire of Debt’

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

“A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across the nation. And every day we fail to act, that fire gets closer to the homes and the children we love. And rather than putting out the spending fire, President Obama has been feeding it. He has spent more and borrowed more. The time has come for a president who will lead out of this debt and spending inferno.”
— Mitt Romney

Category: Election 2012, Mitt Romney

Walker v. Kimberlin Case Moves Forward

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

“Kimberlin is an inveterate and shameless liar, who was convicted of perjury before he graduated high school and who has been called a ‘top-flight con man.’ It is an injustice and a disgrace that an infamous criminal like Kimberlin should be permitted to continue harassing such an innocent and honorable citizen of Virginia as Aaron Walker.”
— Robert Stacy McCain, “Speaking of Terrorists,” Sept. 11

When last we left the story a week ago, Aaron Walker’s attorney had filed a “Motion to Compel Discovery” in the lawsuit against convicted terrorist bomber Brett Kimberlin. And as I said:

I’m not generally a legal-document fanboy, but [Walker’s attorney Dan] Backer really rips Kimberlin apart in this one.

Remember that Walker is himself an attorney, yet in this case wisely has retained the services of Backer, while Kimberlin — who has filed more than 100 court actions as a “jailhouse lawyer” — has chosen to represent himself, with predictably unfortunate results:

Last Friday, two motions were heard in the Circuit Court in Prince William County (VA). The first was Mr. Kimberlin’s Motion for Continuance that we examined a few days ago. Denied! The second was Mr. Walker’s Motion to Compel Discovery which was, of course, granted. . . .
I haven’t seen a copy of the order yet, but if the judge was generous and allowed him the normal 21-day response time again, Brett Kimberlin now owes answers by 5 October. Under oath.

William J. Hoge’s emphasis on the phrase under oath represents the biggest danger to Kimberlin, a man seemingly incapable of telling the truth. And as Walker himself points out, Kimberlin has actually indicated he’ll plead the Fifth Amendment — in a civil suit?

If you visit Walker’s site — and you should — please be sure to contribute to his legal defense fund. Sometimes the best defense . . .

Category: Aaron Worthing, Crime, The Kimberlin Files

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 09.18.12

Posted on | September 18, 2012 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Obama Throws Red China Under The Bus

Obama brags about WTO suit to Ohio voters

Meanwhile, Romney tries to reassure easily-panicked Republicans; press all jumping on “victims” remark

War Anniversary Fuels Anti-Japan Protests In PRC
Many Japanese businesses shuttered

Joe Biden Mocks Mitt Romney For Using Democrats’ Definition Of “Middle Class”
Chalk another one up for ol’ Joe



POLITICS
More Than 100 Arrested In NYC #Occupy Protests

Occupooper busted by NYPD

Lots of protest actions announced, little word on turnout…hmmmm.

Ex-Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) Now Working For Pro-Business NFIB

Crazy Cousin John: Elizabeth Warren Indian Claims “Bizarre”

Media Whines About Newsweek’s “Islamic Rage” Cover

Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s Family Calls For “Accountability” On Fast & Furious

Biden, Ryan Swap Attacks In Battleground Iowa

Chicago Court Delays Emanuel’s Bid To Force Teachers Back To Work

Former EPA Administrator, Conservationist Russell Train Dies

Political Fears May Factor Into Administration’s Version Of Libya Events, Analysts Say



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Rapid Plunge In Oil Prices Leaves Traders Guessing: NYMEX $96.62, Brent $113.79
Fed Launches Open-Ended QE3, Wall Street Goes Wild
Hesitant Spain Puts Euro, Share Rally Into Reverse
Stocks Snap Four-Day Rally
Customer Complaints Jump Again For United
AMD Investors Spooked By CFO Exit
Treasury Resists GM Call To Sell Stake
Waste Company Bets $1.3 Million On Fracturing Cleanup
Clearwire Shares Fall As Time Warner Cable Bails
iRobot’s Roomba Turns 10
Zynga Buys A Bit LuckyTo Roll Out More Complex Games
Flame Espionage Software Linked To More Mystery Malware
LG Launches New Flagship Smartphone
German Federal Office Of Information Security Warns Of Internet Explorer Security Problem
Kickstarter Vaporware Of The Day, Lifx Edition
“Fallout” Creators Obsidian Unveil “Project Eternity”



SPORTS
Peyton Manning Rusty After All

Broncos QB Peyton Manning

Three interceptions open door for Falcons 27-21 win

Giants Edge Rockies, 2-1; Extend NL West Lead

NFL Officiating Sinks To New Lows

White Sox Top Tigers 5-4, Add To AL  Central Lead

Phillies Deny Dickey 19th Win, Beat Mets 3-1


Orioles Thrash Mariners 10-4, Gain Ground On Yankees

No Progress In Day 2 Of NHL Lockout

Ellsbury, BoSox Beat Sinking Rays 5-2

AHL Ready To Reap Benefits Of Lockout If NHL Doesn’t Settle



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Usher, Shakira To Replace Cee-Lo Green, Christina Aguilera On “The Voice”

Usher & Shakira

Aguilera going to use now-copious free time to go on tour for new album

Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Take A Mini-Honeymoon In Virginia

Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White Busted For Public Drunkenness, Trashing Hotel Room

Reese Witherspoon Lists Ojai Estate For $10 Million


Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey Already At Each Others’ Throats

Taylor Swift, Conor Kennedy Out On The Weekend

John Ingle Of “General Hospital” Dies At 84

Fans Score At Yankees Stadium

The CW Is Looking For Another “Buffy” With “Embrace”

Poise And Passion: Keira Knightley On The Cover Of “Vogue”



FOREIGNERS
Suicide Bomber Kills 12 Foreigners Near Kabul
Wang Lijun Escapes Death Sentence; Praised By PRC Court For Cooperation
Pakistan PM Ashraf Given Extension By Court
Aung San Suu Kyi to Meet SecState Clinton
French Prosecutor Opens Preliminary Criminal Investigation Into Publication of Topless Kate Pix
US, Libya Differ On Accounts Of Benghazi Attack
Sanctions Reach Only So Far In Syria
Nigerian Army Bags Two Boko Harma Jihadis At Checkpoint



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: YTDAW – Atlantic City Sets Up Electric Car Charging Stations In Flood-Prone Parking Garage
Modicum Of Insanity: Obama Aims New Campaign At College Students
NRO Corner: How Romney Should Respond
Reihan Salam: Makers, Takers, Taxpayers, Etc.
Lonely Conservative: Who Paid $50K To Record Mitt Romney At A Private Fundraiser?
Jawa Report: As Rage Erupts On Internet Against Fugitive Filmmaker, Obama Campaign Hastens To Change Subject
Legal Insurrection: About That Romney Tape
Atlas Shrugs: Meanwhile, Violent Muslim Rioting Continues
Gateway Pundit: In Lebanon, 500K Hezbollah Fanatics Chant “Death To America”
Neil Munro: Press Ignores Complete Meltdown Of Obama’s Muslim Outreach
Power Line: Obama Is On The Case
Maggie’s Notebook: Egyptian Salafist Imam Issues Fatwa Against Cast & Crew Of “Innocence Of Muslims” Film
Right Scoop: Intel Sources Conflict With Administration’s Pravda On Libya Attacks
Jihad Watch: Muslims, Media Dhimmis Enraged By Newsweek’s “Muslim Rage” Cover
Weasel Zippers: US Military Suspends Joint Patrols With Afghans
Pat Dollard: Obama To Apologize For Movie By Freeing Blind Sheik?
Da Tech Guy: Demoralized As Hell – The Poll The Media Isn’t Talking About


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