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Jonah Goldberg On Voter ID

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 13 Comments

by Smitty

Jonah Goldberg explores among the more egregious examples of Lefty doublethink:

Republicans across the country are pushing for voter I.D. laws. They want to limit the frequency and opportunities for voter fraud. Democrats claim, reasonably perhaps, that Republicans are making a bigger deal out of voter fraud than the evidence supports. Attorney General Eric Holder, who recently blocked Texas’ voter I.D. reforms, calls the movement a “solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.”
Right or wrong, that’s a claim worth investigating and debating. But unfortunately, for whatever reason, that argument isn’t working as a political tool. So he and others ascribe racism to those who want to add voting to the long list of things that require a photo I.D. Everywhere you look or listen, you hear about the return of Jim Crow these days. Left-wing activist groups have started using the twitter hashtag #waronvoting. Al Sharpton has gotten all riled up. The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee has said that Republicans “want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.” Neo-segregation, it seems, is bursting out all over the place.
Never mind that there’s little evidence that photo I.D. requirements suppress turnout. Indeed, turnout in states has increased after requirements have been implemented (though I’m not one of those people who thinks turnout in and of itself is a good thing). In Indiana and Georgia, as the Wall Street Journal recently noted, lawsuits from the usual liberal legal chop shops were thrown out when they couldn’t produce a single person who’d actually been denied the right to vote by the I.D. rules. The upshot being that this bears no resemblance whatsoever to Jim Crow, which was about far more than just voting anyway. Oh, and don’t forget that the accusation of racism is a disgusting, gutter-level, smear designed to bully people where persuasion hasn’t even been tried.

Read the whole thing. There really isn’t much to add, except to wonder just how much of the Progressive decay of our society is already attributable to the Left tampering with elections. That’s sort of a cost-free speculation on my part, but the fundamental point is this: our elections have got to be strengthened. More people have to educate themselves and participate in politics. We cannot permit the Left to complete its demolition of our electoral system.

Update: much more at The Rio Norte Line and KatyPundit.

Category: Democrats

#OccupyResoluteDesk Conducts A War On Women?

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

I guess it’s OK, since BHO predominantly targets Good Conservative [word that rhymes with ‘riches’]:

via HotAir

Update: linked at The Lonely Conservative, who has more analysis.

Update II: also under siege: Nice Deb.

Category: Barack Obama, Democrats

I Never Heard of a ‘Fair Fight’

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 17 Comments

Have you ever been sucker-punched or kicked in the head? I have.

These are not experiences I would recommend to anyone, although such experiences can be quite valuable life lessons. When you’re in a fight that begins when somebody punches you without warning and if, during the course of such a fight your assailant then kicks you in the head, you understand that rules of “fairness” are not universally recognized.

When somebody is determined to whup your ass, without regard to any concern for what is “fair,” you must recognize that the only alternative is to whup his ass by whatever means or methods are available.

Jeff Goldstein ponders the progressive “morality” of Stanley Fish and, of course, the only morality Fish recognizes is the Triumph of Progressivism.

This is what Amy Alkon discovered when the Left tried to destroy her career: The radicalism described in Herbert Marcuse’s notorious 1965 essay “Repressive Tolerance” is now almost universally embraced by the Democratic Party and its supporters. These are not your father’s Democrats.

Anyone who thinks today’s Democrats are interested in “compromise” or “bipartisanship,” is a fool. You cannot negotiate with them. You cannot expect fairness from them. You can either defeat them, or else be subjected to their absolute authority.

Category: Democrats, Protein Wisdom

Palin Documentary Director Stephen Bannon Announced as Breitbart Chairman

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 5 Comments

Stephen K. Bannon, who directed the Sarah Palin documentary The Undefeated, has been named executive chairman of the board of Breitbart LLC, the conservative New Media company announced today. The parent company of Breitbart.com also announced that Larry Solov, an attorney and longtime friend of the late Andrew Breitbart, has been named as CEO and President.

“Andrew and I were like brothers our whole lives and have been business partners since 2007,” Solov said in a press statement (full text below). “Steve was a great friend of Andrew’s and has been there the last several years helping us build Breitbart News. Andrew possessed a very specific vision of what he wanted the company to become. Steve and I share that vision, which we will pursue relentlessly.”

Bannon praised the company’s founder for his “unique visionary leadership,” and vowed “to pick up his torch and forge ahead.” The company also made official announcements of a number of other top management positions at Breitbart.com: Joel Pollak as editor-in-chief, Alex Marlow as managing editor and Ben Shapiro as editor-at-large. Read more

Category: Andrew Breitbart

We Must Support Our Attorney General

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

This blog wholeheartedly concurs with the Attorney General. If the immature, irresponsible attitude about firearms is allowed to spiral out of control, our citizenry may be reduced to looking for rounds in all the wrong places:

I am, of course, referring to this bloviation from Eric holder:


In the finest spirit of “nutrition is not a private matter” Holder behaves as though gun violence is a problem that the government should combat through propaganda means. Existing laws don’t matter. The various weapon safety courses offered by, for example, the NRA? Why mention that?

Rolling forward 15 years, and we’re in the middle of Fast & Furious. Now, I’m confident that Holder has a signed pardon #OccupyResoluteDesk in a safe already, just to keep things simple, and give him the confidence to emit his verbal flatus into the Congressional record. However, given Holder’s record and this clip, I don’t think that there is any shred of ambiguity remaining that Holder is an enemy of the Constitution and all we hold dear.

Holder is so atrocious that I think it’s a feature that he hold on until the end. He makes a far better albatross than he would a symbol of defeat at this stage. We should support our Attorney General by continuing to point and laugh at him while he adds to the drag coefficient of the Administration.

Update: linked by That Mr. G Guy

Category: Eric Holder

LIVE AT FIVESIX – 03.19.12

Posted on | March 19, 2012 | 1 Comment

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Romney Sweeps Puerto Rico; On To Illinois, Louisiana

Mitt Romney demonstrating his learning of Donald Rumsfeld fighting technique

Picks up 20 delegates

SSG Bales’ Multiple Tours Call Attention To Strains On Military
“Lots of soldiers have four deployments, and they’re not accused of things like this.”


Fighting Erupts In Damascus
Syrian rebels attack the capital



POLITICS
#OWS Anniversary Protest Ends In Police Sweep

NYPD officers haul off an occupod

A dozen protesters arrested; NYPD looking for person who tweeted threat

New Jersey Among Leading States In Fighting Corruption

High School Graduation Rates Up

Release Of 1940 Census May Be Treasure Trove

House Pumps Up To Whack White House On Gasoline Prices

Elizabeth Warren Survives Southie Political Roast Where Scott Brown Is Native Son

California, Where The Left Deals With The Far Left And The Right Gets Left Out



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
No Relief In Sight At Gas Pump
Gold Follows Oil Higher
Apple To Announce Dividend?
Yen On The Back Foot, Hits Five-Year Low Against Euro
PRC Buys Fewer Weapons Abroad As Domestic Arms Industry Expands
Kia To Temporarily Suspend Operations At Georgia Plant
Housing Data To Take Center Stage For Investors This Week
C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb To Step Down As CEO
Locked And Dammed: Ohio River Project Decades Late, Billions Over Budget
Pew Study: 27% Of Americans Get News From Mobile Devices
Windows 8 First Impressions
CIA Chief: We’ll Spy On You Through Your Dishwasher
So Did The New iPad Sell Out Or Didn’t It?
New Internet Explorer 10 Coming In Two Flavors



SPORTS
Furman Bisher Dies, 93

Furman Bisher, 1918-2012, R.I.P.

Dean of Southern sportswriters dies of massive heart attack; only writer to interview “Shoeless Joe” Jackson

Sunday NCAA Tourney Recap: What You Missed

Sweet 16 Look Ahead

Free Agent QB Matt Flynn Joins Seahawks

Flyers Keep Crosby In Check, Beat Pens 3-2 In OT

Burks Takes Center Stage As Jazz Beat Lakers 103-99

Blackhawks Top Caps 5-2 For Third Straight Win

Keselowski Triumphs Again At Bristol

BC Leads Four Hockey East Teams Into NCAA Tournament

Nationals Option Harper To Triple-A Syracuse



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Charlize Theron Available To Work With Michael Fassbender’s Junk Any Time

Charlize Theron

Dishes on size of “Prometheus” co-star’s package

Invisible Children Co-Founder Arrested For Public Drunkenness, Wanking

Jessica Simpson Celebrates Baby Shower

“Teen Mom 1”: Fourth Season To Be Its Last


Will & Jada Caught Smooching Courtside At Sixers Game

Duchess Of Cambridge Hands Out Shamrocks To Irish Guards

Rihanna Dishes On New Album, Collaborating With Katy Perry

Johnny Depp Camps It Up In “Dark Shadows” Trailer
Doomed. 🙁



FOREIGNERS
Three Killed In Shooting At Jewish School In France
Egyptian Copts Pay Final Respects To Pope Shenouda III
Indonesian Police Kill Five In Anti-Terror Raid
Al Qaeda-Linked Yemeni Group Claims Responsibility For Murder Of American Teacher
Anti-Communist Pastor Gauck Elected President Of Germany
Tonga’s King George Tupou V Dies, 63
Indian Railway Minister Resigns
Bedouin Release Brazilian Women Kidnapped In Sinai
East Timor President Concedes Defeat
Japan Contemplates Shooting Down Nork Rocket



BLOGS & STUFF
Israel Matzav: Obama-Approved Media Continue To Insist Iran Not Developing Nukes
AmSpecBlog: NYT Calls J Street “Pro-Israel Group”
Doug Ross: Surprising Shortage Of Gullible Rubes
The POH Diaries: 1995 Eric Holder – Brainwash Against Guns Like Cigarettes
Weasel Zippers: Obama Tapes One-Minute Intro For Bullying Documentary
Jammie Wearing Fools: Former Tea Party Leader Suspected Of Rape – Oh, Wait, Not Affiliated With Tea Party After All
Clayton Cramer: I Was Tempted To title This “Democrats Gone Wild”
Protein Wisdom: Progressivism And The Authoritarian Impulse
Powerline: Behind The Failed “Grand Bargain”
Breitbart: Pelosi’s Daughter – HBO Uncomfortable With “Freeloading Welfare Queens” Video

Category: Live at Five

One Thousand Miles to Drive

Posted on | March 18, 2012 | 11 Comments

Rick Santorum will be in Mandeville, Louisiana, at 12:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday, and that’s more than a thousand miles from here.

Google Maps says it’s an 17-hour drive, so if I left Tuesday evening and drove straight through, I’d arrive in time: Exhausted beyond words, yes, but in time.

This would be completely crazy, but I’ve done crazier things.

Romney won Puerto Rico, and Illinois votes Tuesday. Certainly Santorum made news with this prediction Saturday:

Rick Santorum told crowds in Illinois’s conservative downstate that a victory Tuesday would be the key to his nomination.
“This is a pledge,” he said Saturday afternoon. “If we’re able to come out of Illinois with a huge or surprise win, I guarantee you — I guarantee that we will win this nomination. We will nominate a conservative, and we will beat Barack Obama.”

Pat Austin blogged about Santorum’s Sunday in Shreveport. I figure Louisiana’s primary on Saturday will be decisive one way or another. If Santorum wins, he’s definitely the last man standing against Romney and Gingrich is done. If Gingrich wins, he has an excuse to keep going. If Romney wins . . .

Perish the thought. But I plan to be there when the deal goes down.

 




Category: Election 2012, Illinois, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum

Guess Who Loves Him Some Cable Porn?

Posted on | March 18, 2012 | 44 Comments

James Wolcott praises “the porn that can be the only source of solace on those lonely nights away from the aggravations of home.”

Obviously, this is why Vanity Fair pays him the big bucks: To tell us what he does in his spare time. But you probably suspected this, didn’t you?

Apologies to readers disturbed by the mental image of a sweaty Wolcott in his undershorts getting his jollies watching pay-per-view cable.

Category: James Wolcott
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