The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Ryan Zinke Speaks For, Oh, At Least A Few Million Americans

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 30 Comments

by Smitty

At Breitbart, emphasis mine:

When asked whether it was inappropriate for former SEALs to speak out, as some on the left have alleged, Zinke answered, “If the veterans can’t speak out, who can?

I think it’s a duty of every veteran and every citizen to be actively involved in our political process,

especially when the president sets out to negotiate away our rights under the Constitution. There have been other veterans — TR, Eisenhower, JFK — they’ve been active in speaking out and shaping the policy and politics of our country. I’m going to stand for what I believe in, and I’m encouraging every veteran and every citizen to do the same. Our country is at a crossroads, and this election is certainly the most important in my lifetime.”

On a related note emphasis again mine:

Michael Ubaldi writes: “I saw [2016: Obama’s America] with a friend this afternoon. The theater was easily three-quarters full. We were among a handful without gray hair, but for me, the D’Souza film matters in the same way the Chick-fil-A support day did: unanticipated conservative turnout.”

Americans, unexpectedly, are failing to live down to the Left’s model of a mindless lump of meat. I, for one, blog to echo Zinke’s sentiment. I’ve been blessed by God far above anything I merit, and fighting back against the spirit of the Commie tyranny embodied in the modern Democrat party. This blog comes to you out of my strong sense of duty to the Constitution, in its pre-Progressive ante-Postmodern liberty-centric form.

The Commies are going down. Patton:

You know, by God I, I actually pity those poor bastards we’re going up against, by God, I do.

Update: linked at Daily Pundit.

Category: Andrew Breitbart, Instapundit

Health Care Expert: ObamaCare Will Kill Estimated 40,000 Seniors Every Year

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 59 Comments

TAMPA, Florida
Betsy McCaughey is the former lieutenant governor of New York. She has a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her Web site is DefendYourHealthCare.com and she is the author of The Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It.

Today at Newt Gingrich’s “Newt University” conference, Dr. McCaughey explained that the “skimpy care” that Obama’s health law would impose on Medicare hospital patients “is likely to cause an estimated 40,000 unnecessary deaths each year.” As she explained in a brief video interview with me today, this is not a political charge, but is based on evidence from extensive medical research. Here’s the video — let’s make it viral:y

UPDATE: Linked by Ace of Spades HQ — thanks!

UPDATE II: Linked by Walla Walla Tea Party Patriots — thanks!

 


Category: Barack Obama, Fear and Loathing at the Republican National Convention, Health Care

Journalism as Masochism

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 30 Comments

TAMPA, Florida
You don’t want to hear about my wasted morning — the attempt to drive downtown to the Sheraton to pick up my media credentials, the godawful gridlock caused by the lunatic security, being turned around at the barricaded intersection, forced to drive back to Ybor City, pay to park the car, call a cab to take me downtown again, then discovering that my credentials were in the possession of Jim Antle who, contrary to our previous discussion about the topic, was not downtown to meet me.

Getting a cab out of the security perimeter was obviously impossible.

You don’t want to hear about my mile-long walk back to Ybor City, in a muggy sweat-soaked heat, to retrieve the car, then drive here to this McDonald’s, logging on to get directions to where Jim Antle is staying, and discovering that it’s 10 miles south of here.

Exactly why the Republican National Convention set things up this way, with one person from each news organization designated to pick up that organization’s credentials — rather than the more obvious way of having each reporter pick up his own — defies my ability to imagine or describe.

Exactly why The American Spectator‘s designated credential obtainer, Jim Antle, having made it inside the high-security perimeter around downtown Tampa would have then left to return to his lodgings 10 miles south of downtown — this, too, defies my ability to imagine or describe.

This is probably no one’s fault in particular. There are times when it seems as if the universe is organized as a sadistic conspiracy to inflict psychological punishment on me, to make my life an endless series of hassles and humiliations, to render excruciatingly difficult my attempts to earn a living as a journalist.

Life within this sadistic universe — really, could so many things go so completely wrong by coincidence? — might be pleasant for masochists, who enjoy suffering. But I lack that perverse appetite for punishment, and so am compelled to complain about the routine abuse that I seem unable to avoid, no matter how much I try.

 





 

Category: Fear and Loathing at the Republican National Convention

‘Exponential Damage’

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 12 Comments

“You’ve got an obligation to your children and grandchildren to make sure Barack Obama goes back to Chicago … because we can’t stand four more years of this. Eight years of Obama is not twice as bad as four. There is an exponential damage that is done to our country if he gets four more years.”
— Haley Barbour, speaking Sunday at Blog Bash

Category: Uncategorized

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.27.12

Posted on | August 27, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
A Reluctant Hero Joins The Immortals

Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012, RIP

Former Navy test pilot, first man to walk on the moon.

Tropical Storm Isaac Keeps Forecasters Guessing
Could come ashore anywhere between the Florida Panhandle and southern Louisiana.

WaPo/ABC Poll Shows Romney, Obama Effectively Even Ahead Of Conventions
Much enthusiasm for Romney among GOP, not so much for Obama among Democrats as mudslinging fails to affect Romney; nobody cares about the latter’s tax returns because IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!



POLITICS
Ron Paul Rallies His Supporters On Eve Of GOP Convention

"They won't be able to keep us out of the tent, because we'll BE the tent!"

Texas congressman’s political career is ending, but his movement has just begun to fight

American Jihadi Complains Prison Group Prayer Ban Violates Religious Freedom

Pollster John Zogby Gives Obama A “D” For The Week

Ex-Governor Crist Endorses Obama
Unexpectedly!

Tea Party, GOP Now In Sync

Beard-Cutting Case Tests Limits Of Hate Crime Law



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Oil Up Thanks To Isaac, Venezuelan Refinery Fire; NYMEX $97.14, Brent $113.77
Jury Finds For Apple, Fines Samsung Over $1 Billion
Wall Street Closes Higher As Bernanke Says Still Room For JelloStimulus
PRC Premier Calls For Steps To Stabilize Exports
Hertz Buys Rival Dollar Thrifty For $2.3 Billion
Burger Boom As Fast Food Finds Fans In Baghdad
Samsung Shares Slide After Shock Verdict
Saudi Aramco Whacked By Malware Attack; 33,000 Workstations Affected
Cryptic New Video Teases Possible Windows 8 Convertible Tablet
Evernote Smart Notebook Combines High-Tech With Traditional Notes
“Grand Theft Auto V” Takes Flying Leap With Skydiving
Twitter Is Joining The Linux Foundation
Verizon, Sprint Kill The Google Nexus Experience, Stick With GSM



SPORTS
Hudson Shuts Down Giants As Braves Romp 7-1

Atlnata Braves starter Tim Hudson

Lincecum walks without rhythm, doesn’t get the worm

Gonzalez Homers In LA Debut, Dodgers Beat Fish 3-1

Inept Indians Fall To Yankees, 4-2

Danica Patrick Gets Educated At Bristol


Terrell Owens Released By Seahawks

Jets’ Offense Can’t Find Spark From Sanchez Or Tebow, Falls To Panthers 17-12

Miscues, Gaffes Add Up To Phillies Sweep Of Nationals



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Hey, Snooki, It’s A Boy!

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

Lorenzo Dominic Del Valle: six pounds, five ounces

Anna Faris Also Has A Baby Boy

Usher’s Ex-Wife Tameka Raymond To Appeal After Losing Custody fight

Truck Owned By Randy Travis Found Wrecked In Frisco

Katy Perry Rejects $20 Million Offer From “American Idol”

Lindsay Lohan Person Of Interest In Burglary



Natalie Portman To Campaign For Obama In Nevada

Megan Lochte Apologizes For Controversial Post-Beijing Interview

Alanis Morrissette: Shows Like “American Idol” Crush Singers, Songwriters

In Memoriam: Jerry Nelson
One! One tear of sadness! Two! Two tears…



FOREIGNERS
Loyalist Helicopter Shot Down In Damascus As Fighting Rages
Afghan Jihadis Behead 17 For Partying With Dancing, Music
Strong Earthquake Hits Off El Salvador
Isaac Delivers More Misery To Haiti
Venezuela Struggles With Deadly Blaze After Refinery Blast Kills 39
UK Police Hunt For Lion On The Loose In Essex
Not a Prince Harry story, sorry
BJP Says PM’s Speech Not A Statement But List Of Excuses
Attacks On Sufi Shrines Rattle Libya
Turkey Secures Release Of Lebanese Prisoner Held By Syrian Rebels
Israelis Block 100 Jerkwads From Entering West Bank
Togo Women Call For One-Week Sex Strike



BLOGS & STUFF
WyBlog: Hurricane Isaac Throws Tantrum, Monkey Wrench Into RNC Plans
American Power: Mitt Romney, A Charitable Man Of Faith
Lonely Conservative: Leftist Protestor Arrested Outside RNC Site With Machete
Scared Monkeys: Ode To A Career Politician
Gateway Pundit: Code Pink Makes Disgusting Debut At RNC
Weasel Zippers: Romney Saya Obama’s Given Up And Is Just Playing The Blame Game
USA Today: Jeb Bush Tells Obama To Lay Off His Brother
Nice Deb: Mary Matalin Says GOP To Back Write-In Candidate Against Akin, McCaskill?
Daily Pundit: The Welfare Of The Public Purse Comes First

Category: Live at Five

World’s Youngest Blogger: ‘Can We Have A Creedence Clearwater Revival Revival?’

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 9 Comments

Category: World's Youngest Blogger

Cecilia Jimenez Unleashes BHO Metaphor

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 7 Comments

by Smitty

Via Althouse, picture worth a thousand words about a topic that has exactly zilch-point-jack worth of originality to offer:

Cecilia, of course, was the little old lady who did a special makeover of Jesus. Say what you will of Jimenez’s work. Having been to the Basilica of the Annunciation, which has a full spectrum of Madonnas holding the Christ from around the world, I’ll cop to a shockingly liberal view of such efforts.

Now that “trashing” famous works in this fashion is a meme, one is reminded of #OccupyResoluteDesk. Obama’s chief trick is to take something recognizable, e.g. the Mona Lisa, turn it into crap, and sell it as Hope & Change. He’s been a smashing success smashing the pillars of Western Civilization.

Barack’s triumph of style over substance should not have been so hard to detect. Hence the fact that John McCain called Obama ‘eloquent but empty‘. And the re-election campaign has been a study in intellectual vacuum, a happy face on a George Washington portrait.

Romney wins the election by subtly forcing Barack to reveal that he is the political equivalent of Oakland, CA.

Update: Soopermexican comes at the point from a slightly different vantage. Lacking the raw sack of Neil Armstrong, Obama instinctively attempts to co-opt him. But the the attempt to attach BHO to N.A. is N/A. This is just a variation on the theme of Seal Team 6; find courage, insert self.

Update II: linked at The Rio Norte Line

Category: Ann Althouse, Barack Obama

Rule 5 Sunday: Only God Knows Why

Posted on | August 26, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Standard disclaimer: some of the following links are to photographs liable to cause unfavorable reactions from wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, fellow workers, bosses, Gender Studies majors, and other people in a position to make your life miserable or otherwise pollute your purity of essence. Discretion is advised.

We welcome Senator Blutarsky  to Rule 5 Sunday; his inaugural post concerns how even Communist airlines have surpassed ours in comfort. Laughing Conservative checks in next with Tulisa Contostavlos, and A Fool’s Game has clearly developed a heroine addiction; see also here and here. The Rio Norte Line brings the vintage goodness with Liz Hurley, Randy’s Roundtable breaks with Rachel Stevens and Jennifer Ellison, and IMNSHO seems to be adopting the practice of Corset Fridays. Reaganite Republican is staying tuned to Fox News Channel’s Jenna Lee, and First Street Journal has their own take on Rule 5 in “A Weapon And A Smile“. Fishersville Mike is ready for the new TV season.

The Camp of the Saints checked in late last week, so we held Tamara Ecclestone and Mary Elizabeth Winstead over for this week. Three Beers Later goes country this week with Hillbilly Girl, Cotton-Eyed Joe, and Fine Looking Country Girl. Also, Les Miz. Proof Positive brings Alexis Bellino, vintage babe Morgan Fairchild, another reminder that football season looms, and Marisa Miller in the Sex In Advertising segment. Dustbury offers Sheree Murphy and Sela Ward this week.

A View From The Beach has Heather Graham, cupcakes as contraceptives, “Under The Bridge”, “Debt Bomb”, They Call Him Flipper, “Land Down Under” (starring Miranda Kerr), Sixty Years Of The Uneven Bars, Chicago Prepares For Zombie Outbreak, and “Bring Me Little Water Sylvie”. Zombies but no cave girls? The Wombat is not pleased.

El Opinador Compulsivo returns from the cutting edge of science to bring us a nanoprint of Lena Soderberg, along with some larger, more enjoyable pix. Also, Gemma Massey, Olivia Munn, a B&W gallery [Old school! :)], four reasons not to drive an ultra-compact car, and the new Carl’s Jr. BBQ ad starring Sara Jean Underwood and Emily Ratajkowski. Deme dos, indeed! Also, strategic body paint and some non-Rule 5 shots from the recent Dream Theater concert in Buenos Aires.

American Power leads off with Britney Spears and follows that up  with Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Ashleigh Hughes, the aforementioned Memphis BBQ Burger ad, and Salma Hayek.

Soylent Green begins the week with this important health tip: don’t forget to floss. Monday Motivationer Rachelle follows, along with Tuesday Titillation, Humpday caliente Andrea, a link that’s actually SFW, nostalgia for Westerns, The Call of Corsetcare, a Twilight Tumblr, and something to commemorate post #2300.

The Daley Gator’s Daleybabes this week include Erina Mano, Salma Hayek, Ayaka Tomada, Leila Lopes, Naoho Ichihashi, Thais Concepcion, Kanon Hokawa, and Sivan Krispin with some hot links!

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Links for next week’s Rule 5 roundup are due to the Rule 5 Wombat mailbox by Saturday, September 1.

 

 

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