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I Was Not Going To Rip Troglopundit For Being So Weak As To Allow Gov. Walker To Come Under Recall Threat

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 10 Comments

by Smitty

Via Alan Colmes, it looks like there will be an effort to #OccupyMadison next month. Apparently the Left thinks that moderates and conservatives are as mathematically challenged as the Left, and unable to add up the overall benefit of non-sucktacular government. Read more

Category: humor

Comity Of Errors

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 30 Comments

by Smitty

Trying to restore Senate comity

Democrats have one overriding objective this Congress: to create jobs and get our economy back on track. But our Republican colleagues are so dead set on preventing Democrats from passing job-creating legislation that they have been willing to abuse the rules of the Senate to grind the chamber to a halt, making it virtually impossible to pass even bills that have broad, bipartisan support.

If that held true, Senator Reid, you’d just resign. You and your party are the choke point that precludes what the country really needs, an impeachment.

May God have mercy on your soul, Harry. As for your political career, no one can top Dennis Miller’s judgement pronounced 4+ years ago:
Senator Reid, there may be some finely-parsed way in which you are not a liar. But the truth is that no one believes you. You have no credibility. Let us try to find mercy in our hearts for the Nevada voters who afflicted you upon us for another 6 years of whiskey-tango-foxtrottery.

Update: Don Surber goes for green titles!

Category: Liberals, Nevada

They Pissed Hank Williams Jr. Right Off

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 26 Comments

by Smitty

I may not be the biggest Country fan in the country, but you have to call it like you see it, and this is good:

Via AmericanLady49

Category: Music, Video

Ouch: Former ‘Americans for Rick Perry’ Iowa Operative Joins Team Santorum

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 38 Comments

When it rains, it pours, and with Rick Perry slipping into third place in the latest Gallup Poll, the deluge of pain comes pouring down. Here’s a press release that’s got to have Team Perry on suicide watch:

SANTORUM EXPANDS IOWA CAMPAIGN STAFF
Experienced operatives join Santorum campaign

Verona, PA – Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced the additions of Sheila Murphy and Kip Murphy to his Iowa campaign team to coordinate campaign operations in Southwest Iowa and to advise in the area of statewide field operations.
Prior to the Iowa Straw Poll, Kip Murphy worked as part of the “Americans for Rick Perry” organization helping to lay the groundwork for an entrance into the presidential race. However, since that time, both the Murphys have selected Rick Santorum as their choice for the GOP nomination, citing both Santorum’s substantive policy stands and his campaign style and strategies.
Sheila Murphy said, “I am excited to join the team of the hardest working candidate in the GOP field. Senator Santorum’s relentless campaign energy has set him apart. Senator Rick Santorum understands that Iowa Republicans are looking for a candidate who is conservative in both word and deed and he is working tirelessly to bring this message to all corners of Iowa. I am confident that Iowa voters will see as I do that Rick Santorum is the complete conservative- strong on every issue- solid in every way. This will resonate with Iowa voters and drive the campaign to victory at the caucuses.”
Kip Murphy said, “Senator Santorum has not taken any Iowa votes for granted. He has not just campaigned in the major media markets, but has visited the rural Iowa counties and talked to all Iowa voters. Senator Santorum appreciates the important role Iowa plays in the nominating process and has taken his conservative message straight to Iowa voters. I am looking forward to helping Senator Santorum transform this hard work into victory at the Iowa caucuses.”
Senator Santorum said, “Sheila and Kip are among the hardest working activists in western Iowa. They have proven to be super-organizers and well respected conservatives in a critical part of the First-in-the-Nation caucus state. I am looking forward to working with both Sheila and Kip as we move to victory in the Iowa caucuses.”
The brother and sister consulting team are originally from Nebraska where Kip Murphy served as Statewide Field Director for the Nebraska Republican Party and as Field Director for the Lee Terry for Congress Campaign. Sheila Murphy served as Statewide Field Director for Victory 2000 for the Nebraska Republican Party.
Sheila Murphy is currently the Republican Chairwoman of Harrison County. She previously served as campaign manager for Brenna Findley’s 2010 campaign for Iowa Attorney General and as political director for Rod Robert’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
Kip Murphy previously served as Victory director for the southwest Iowa field office of the Republican Party of Iowa, as well as field director for the Rod Robert’s gubernatorial campaign and numerous campaigns throughout Iowa and the Midwest.

These are both experienced Iowa operatives, one of whom formerly supported Perry, joining a campaign that raised about $600,000 in the third quarter. That’s what you’d call a “hint.”

Remember that Perry began his campaign with a gigantic diss to the Iowa GOP, skipping the Ames Straw Poll to make his announcement with his buddies in South Carolina. (According to the official transcript, Perry’s Aug. 13 announcement speech began, “Howdy. Thank you, Erick.”) Nobody figured dissing Iowa would really hurt Perry much, back when he was on top of the polls — leading Mitt Romney by as many as 19 points in early September — but now?

Perry’s in single digits in New Hampshire, and Santorum’s held more events in Iowa than any other candidate in the field, including Bachmann (who practically moved to Iowa this summer). What happens if former front-runner Perry finishes third, fourth or even fifth in Iowa, then goes to New Hampshire — with an aura of defeat already dogging his every step — and gets beaten silly again?

Perry’s got $17 million in the bank, so it’s probably way too soon to make some kind of “no path to victory” statement, but . . . Dude.

Anyway, it’s good news for Santorum to have Sheila Murphy, a county party chairwoman, calling him “the hardest working candidate in the GOP field.” Last Tuesday, I said Santorum was overdue for his “flavor of the week” moment. He just made a $30,000 radio ad buy in Iowa, and there’s a debate tonight in Hanover, N.H., so we’ll see if he can make something happen.

Category: Election 2012, Iowa, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum

‘The President’s Supreme Confidence in His Intellectual Abilities …’

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 9 Comments

. . . has proven sadly mistaken.”

Just kidding. That’s not how the sentence in Scott Wilson’s Washington Post column actually ends. No credentialed member of the White House press corps would ever write a sentence like that. But dishonesty as a prerequisite for membership in the White House press corps was not a subject of sufficient interest for Jonah Goldberg, who instead wondered about something else in Wilson’s column:

Obama certainly does see himself as a policy wonk, and he’s surrounded himself with people who see the president in precisely the way the president likes to be seen. Funny how that works. Also Obama is one of the most zealous members of the cult of experts we’ve had in the White House in a very long time. . . .
Where’s the proof that Obama is a master of public policy? To be sure there’s ample proof that he’s a master at talking about public policy, describing the problems, summarizing the current thinking, regurgitating all of the reigning clichés and platitudes. But where’s the evidence that he’s actually good at public policy?

Read the whole thing.

Category: Barack Obama, Jonah Goldberg

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.11.11

Posted on | October 11, 2011 | 5 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
NYPD Costs Rise As Wall Street Protests Continue

Coming soon to an Australian city near you!

Budget cuts and protest-induced overtime may block next year’s class of police cadets from entering academy





Rick Perry Has An Economic Plan
And he’d rather everyone talked about that than all the other stuff

Outrage Over Egyptian State TV’s Lies And Anti-Coptic Incitement
Critics note state television’s failure to calm public during clashes between Coptic demonstrators and Muslim allies on one hand and Army troops on the other



POLITICS
Governor Moonbeam Signs Bill Banning Open Carry In California

Jerry Brown: making California much more sucky


Insists he signed bill at urging of police

Meeting Of Mortgage Bankers Association Draws Protesters


“Joe The Plumber” Considering Run For House

Elizabeth Warren Raises $3 Million; Scott Brown War Chest At $9 Million And Growing

Former Washington Governor Rossellini Dies, 101

Obama, Advisory Council Urge Action To Create Jobs

Effort To Recall Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Begins November 15



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Netflix Kills Plan To Separate Qwikster, Streaming Services
Europe Divided On Greek Writedowns That May Top 60%
European Stocks Slip, Euro Pauses Ahead Of Slovakia Vote
Wal-Mart PRC Staff Detained In Organic Food Probe
Blink and You Missed It: Anonymous Hacks Wall Street
Goldman Sachs Collapses While Wells Fargo Thrives
Yang Eyes Yahoo Buyout With Private Equity
iPhone 4S Preorders Top 1 Million In 24 Hours
Blackberry Services Collapse
AT&T Deploys Atrix 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Three More Droids
Windows Phone Chief Dumps On Android, iPhone
XBox Getting Dashboard, Apps, TV On Black Friday
Gas Prices Fall For Fourth Consecutive Week



SPORTS
Stern Cancels First Two Weeks Of NBA Season

NBA Commissioner David Stern

“We remain very, very far apart on virtually all issues,” Stern told reporters in New York. “We just have a gulf that separates us. We are so far apart…we can’t close the gap.”

Cruz Hits Grand Slam, Rangers Take 2-0 Lead In ALCS

Bears Rocked In Detroit; Lions Now 5-0

Air Force Prepares To Leave Mountain West For Big East

Caps Beat Bolts In Shootout

Arizona Fires Coach Stoops After Fifth Consecutive Loss



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
SWAT Team Raids Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” Set

Hungary's Anti-Terrorism Unit on the scene

Fully-functional assault weapons seized at film’s warehouse

Ashton & Demi Reunite At Campfire For Counseling

“Game Of Thrones” Casts Rose Leslie As Ygritte


Ali Landry Welcomes A Boy

Roseanne Barr’s Comeback Comedy “Downwardly Mobile” Lands At NBC

“Pan Am” Takes A Dive, “Housewives” Ties Series Low

Russell Simmons, Kanye West Support Trustafarian Rabble

Bree Olson: No More Pr0n, EVER!



FOREIGNERS
Thousands March In Tahrir Square Funeral For Copt Slain By Military Police
Burma Gives Amnesty To 6300 Prisoners
Sirte Battle Flushes Out Loyalist Fighters
Judge Rules Tymoshenko Exceeded Powers
Putin Begins PRC Visit Shadowed By Gas Deal
Liberian Polls Open In Second Postwar Election
Sanctions Pose Growing Threat To Assad
Mexico’s Pacific Coast Braces For Hurricane Jova



BLOGS & STUFF
Lonely Conservative: Who Cares What Percentile You Fall Into?
Weasel Zippers: Occupiers Kicking The Class Warfare Up A Notch
Big Government: SEIU Boss Plans To Terrorize Executives With #OccupyWallStreet
Gateway Pundit: O’Keefeorama!
Jonah Goldberg: Democratic Party Going All-In On Occupy Wall Street
Moe Lane: Today’s Face Of #OWS
Fire Andrea Mitchell!: Obama Hits All-time Low For Approval Among Black Voters


SOTD: After Hours

Category: Live at Five

Rule 5 Monday: Global Exploitation Edition

Posted on | October 10, 2011 | 9 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


First out of the box this week is Valley of the Shadow, who has Tori Amos rattling the tip jat, with some Neil Gaiman content as well. Fishersville Mike notes the passing of “Playboy Club”, WyBlog celebrates National Taco Day, while Randy’s Roundtable takes a midweek break with Lauren Budd and Joanna Krupa. Eye of Polyphemus this week settles on Adrianne Curry getting her “Star Wars” geek on, and Reaganite Republican declares in favor of Mary Ann. A View From The Beach this week favors Hayden Panettiere as well as Shannon Tweed and an Eye Handy lesson on restringing your aquatic guayabera. Or something like that. Meanwhile, Jerseynut examines the obvious qualifications of the President’s newest appointment.


Soylent Green discovers he’s been shopping at the wrong store. He also takes a moment to thank Catalina Robayo for helping with his September traffic numbers, expands on the criticism of Brazil’s governmental feminists, and THEWN gets around to posting the Monday Motivationer. Then there was something about electric sheep THAT’S NO SHEEP!, Jessica & Emily for the Humpday Hawtness, after which he declares Happy Hour, Corset Friday, and Trailer Trash Friday as well. Also, a salute to Oklahoma!


The POH Diaries brings the 2012 Cheryl Tweedy calendar to our attention, while Jake Finnegan goes with Jasmine Waltz as his Burkalesque Babe for the week. Meanwhile, Three Beers Later is posting Juliana Moreira again. The Camp of the Saints has Flavia Alessandra, the Rule 5 News, and Charlotte Kemp. Dustbury does Zooeypalooza 12 and Felicity HuffmanGillian Anderson. Elsewhere, American Power goes with the Britney.


El Opinador Compulsivo serves up someone attractively sweaty, someone freckled, Celeste Cid, The Finnish Lawyers Association (actually SFW!), a sample of Theo Spark, Jo Garcia demonstrating the evolution of gaming, a 2010: Odyssey Two reference, and a nice pair of Friday posts.


Proof Positive offers Eva Herzigova, Elke Sommer, and a Victoria’s Secret video for the Sex In Advertising beat. Returning after a long absence, Maggie’s Notebook accomplishes a minor miracle by finding a selection of Paris Hilton pics that don’t look completely trashy. Postaldog finishes our roundup this week with a portfolio of vintage babes.


Thanks to everyone for their links. To be included in next week’s Rule 5 Sunday (which will actually be on Sunday next week) send your links to Rule 5 Wombat by Saturday, October 15.

Category: Rule 5

#OccupyThisPost

Posted on | October 10, 2011 | 27 Comments

by Smitty

Reading this post over at Protein Wisdom, I was struck by the thought that it sure is swell, as the country seems to be sinking into ‘anarchy’, as winked at by the POTUS, that the country has dropped bazillions of dollars into the FBI &c over the years.

As the protestors brazenly consider upping their game and going after private citizens and property, it is comforting to know that our various law enforcement and Homeland Security agencies have our backs.

Yeah, it sure is good to know that all the people who have sworn to support and defend the Constitution, in various elected and appointed offices, as well as those paid from public tax dollars to keep the home fires safe, are johnny-on-the-spot about a widespread meltdown that is being slowly, stupidly, crap-on-cruisers-ly executed by these nitwits.

And the media is going to hold everybody accountable–this we know. If the police feel like doing their job with a little too much vigor, we can expect fair, balanced, and accurate accounting for all.

One rests comfortably knowing that, when the anarchy goes down, our government will totally be there.

Update: more at The Lonely Conservative.

Category: #Occupy, Progressivism
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