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April 13, 2009
April 11, 2009
April 10, 2009
April 8, 2009
MORE(LEGAL)GUNS, LESS CRIME: IS THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SEEING THE LIGHT?
12 straight years of more guns, less crime -- According to the FBI
Click on title to see Gallup survey
LIBERAL DELUSION: "JUST WORDS"
This piece by Joe Conason is so blatantly typical of the liberal lefts' worldview; the utopian view and mass emotionalism trumps what actual realities are occurring on the ground. He goes on here about how it is essentially more important(as a global leader) to be popular, instead of being right.
I post this link mostly for the excellent comments to Conasons piece, be sure to read it all.
Click on title to read piece.
April 7, 2009
NATIONAL TARTAN DAY (officially the 6th) ODE TO PLAID ; )
"Freeeeedooooooooom" !!!!!
- Mel Gibson, Braveheart
(Click on title for piece)
THE SAGE
A great man; whom I hope to one day meet and shake hands.
April 07, 2009
Random Thoughts
By Thomas SowellRandom thoughts on the passing scene:
I am so old that I can remember when music was musical.
Now that the federal government says that it will stand behind the warranties on General Motors' automobiles, does that make you more likely or less likely to buy a car from GM? If you were a rising young executive with a promising future, would you be more likely or less likely to go to work for a company where politicians can fire you?
We have become such suckers for words that politicians can spend our tax money like a drunken sailor, provided they call it "investment." At least the drunken sailor is spending his own money but people look down on him because he doesn't call it "investment."
Barack Obama seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s, at home and abroad. He has already repeated Herbert Hoover's policy of raising taxes on high income earners, FDR's policy of trying to micro-manage the economy and Neville Chamberlain's policy of seeking dialogues with hostile nations while downplaying the dangers they represent.
We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society where no one is responsible for what he himself did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did, either in the present or in the past.
The famous editorial cartoonist Herblock could write as well as draw. In one of his books, he said something like: "You too can have the soothing feeling of nature's own baby-soft wool being pulled gently over your resting eyes." I think of that every time I see Barack Obama talking.
It has long been said that uncertainty is the hardest thing for a market to adjust to. No one can generate uncertainty as much as the government, which can change the rules in midstream or come out with some new bright idea at any time, as the current administration has already demonstrated.
We have now reached the truly dangerous point where we cannot even be warned about the lethal, fanatical and suicidal hatred of our society by Islamic extremists, because to do so would be politically incorrect and, in some European countries, would be a violation of the law against inciting hostility to groups.
Perhaps the scariest aspect of our times is how many people think in talking points, rather than in terms of real world consequences.
Barack Obama's favorable reception during his tour in Europe may be the most enthusiastic international acclaim for a democratic government leader since Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich in 1938, proclaiming "peace in our time."
How a man who holds the entire population of a country as his prisoners, and punishes the families of those who escape, can be admired by people who call themselves liberals is one of the many wonders of the human mind's ability to rationalize. Yet such is the case with Fidel Castro.
What does "economic justice" mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?
Perhaps the way President Obama will reduce the deficit is by making more presidential appointments of people who will pay the back taxes they owe, in order to get confirmed by the Senate.
Liberals seem to think that they are doing lagging groups a favor by making excuses for counterproductive and self-destructive behavior. The poor do not need press agents. They need the truth. No one ever said, "Press agents will make you free."
If I were Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, I would not sign any long-term lease on a home in Washington.
Socialists believe in government ownership of the means of production. Fascists believed in government control of privately owned businesses, which is much more the style of this government. That way, politicians can intervene whenever they feel like it and then, when their interventions turn out badly, summon executives from the private sector before Congress and denounce them on nationwide television.
April 5, 2009
NEWT GINGRICH FOR PRESIDENT 2012
I'm saying it right here, right now; if Newt is a candidate in 2012 he is my man.
President Obama and his mantra of "soft power" with regard to foreign policy, I contend, will prove frightful and destructive - morally and practically for our great country.
Newt Gingrich is a proven, solid leader who understands that real power and leadership is drawn from strength. "soft" is not a term that Newt would ever hang his hat on-which is what Obama has done. In terms of power and strength, "measured" is an excellent description of style of his leadership!
Click on title for a piece on Newt and his reaction to North Korea's irresponsible launch of a missle yesterday (Via Politico)
WATCHING GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS SWEAT - LITERALLY
Click on title for an excellent piece via American Thinker!
In this piece are links to a 2 part video debate - almost surreal to watch - two bright men...one from MIT that is utterly incapable of accepting simple logic(much less established scientific evidence) over his fervent angst against an evil, right-wing, perpetrator. Laugh along...
April 3, 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA BOWS DOWN TO ISLAMIST MONARCH
A gesture such as this was not even thinkable to former President Bush - whom he and his family are even close personal friends with the Saudi family.
This, for sure, is CHANGE. Buyers remorse anyone?
Via Hotair (Click on title for video)
April 2, 2009
March 31, 2009
OBAMA BREAKING ALL KINDS OF RECORDS
If President Obama supported a 500% tax on laundry soap, you would no doubt start hoarding laundry soap, right ??! Well then, you could understand what gun owners are doing right now.
(Click on title to read piece)
March 25, 2009
ALARMING: THIS IS WHY IT IS CALLED MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING...
This piece clearly demonstrates the fraud involved in the alarmist AGW world. It's as funny as it is sad and pathetic.
Via Wattsupwiththat.com (Click on title)
"WE ARE LIVING ATLAS SHRUGGED"
My hat is off to our Minnesota Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann. Like her or don't like her, she works hard for the citizen. On a personal note - one that is hardly ever publicly noted because of the partisan rancor; is that the Bachmann's have 5 children of their own, in addition, have adopted 23 other kids into their home. Bachmann is a quintisential, selfless, public servant. I for one, thank her heartily for her brave, tireless work.
Via rossputin.com (Click on title for piece)
Via rossputin.com (Click on title for piece)
March 23, 2009
March 22, 2009
SO, JAKE SAYS TO ME....
..."Uncle Matt, I checked out your Blog, I kept scrolling down, and when I saw that it is all politics - I got a little bored"
Okay, Jake. I'll work on that. Once in a while, I'll post some stuff that is not related at all to politics. I'll start with this post; and from now on I'll title the post: TURKEY LIPS
Thanks for voicing your opinion, Jake! That is exactly what I wanted from those visiting my Blog... You got it! ;)
March 21, 2009
March 20, 2009
BOOK PLUG: LIBERTY AND TYRANNY
Mark Levin : Conservative pitbull ;)(Click on title for review on book via David Limbaugh)
March 19, 2009
NEWS FLASH ! OBSCENE PROFITS ... HaAaAaAaAaAaAaAa !!!!!
Standing tall and slowly convincing wincing, smug-faced, elitists everyday.
(Click on title to read piece)
Via Cafe Hayek
YOU ARE EITHER FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, OR YOU'RE AGAINST PEACE AND FREEDOM
Why is it, or does it have to be any more complicated than that?
(Click on title for Rupert Murdoch piece)
AT EVERYONE'S PERIL...
...the liberal left that are at the helm, potentially leave every American vulnerable to more terrorist attacks in our homeland. What exists now in this new administration are leaders who see no difference in theory or practice between what are criminals and what are terrorists.
It is this philosophical and practical ignorance/tone deafness that brought about the 9-11 tragedy to our shores in the passive and weak-kneed Clinton administration; and now, for many to believe this ignorance will bring it(terror) back.
Ed at Hotair has put it well (Click on title for piece)
“The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer”
- Teddy Roosevelt
Hail Teddy!
March 18, 2009
WHY ECONOMICS INTERESTS ME
Because economics isn't just about numbers and money; but is the hub of a multitude of spokes... who, what, why, when, where, how, etc...Via Greg Mankiw Blog (Click on title to read item)
"JUST WORDS"
Good Lord in heaven.
Oddly enough, people are realizing that President Bush didn't have this problem with/without the teleprompter like Obama is. So it is as I've said; and will continue to say - Obama is a lightweight...I like him, but he does not belong as POTUS.
It's officially bad when Maureen Dowd starts dissing the teleprompterer-in chief.
(Click on title to read piece)
March 17, 2009
IF THIS IS SHOCKING TO YOU; YOU'RE A LIBERAL
Electric hybrid car sales are in the tank. Huh, whadda ya know, not sexy enough or efficient enough?
(Click on title for article)
March 16, 2009
REMEMBER THE DEFEATOCRATS FAVORITE WORD?: "QUAGMIRE"
11- 22- 08Why a people are so adverse to claim "victory" as opposed to so easily claiming "quagmire" is hopefully going to be a social studies lesson for the ages, as it concerns Iraq.
(Click on title to read excellent piece a Powerline)
March 14, 2009
March 13, 2009
S.O.B. - I REALLY WONDER WHO'S WORSE, GOVERNMENT OR THE MOLESTER?
"He is extremely dangerous"
This is the quote from the Federal Marshal that is on the manhunt for this S.O.B.'n molester >?#%&(#$% !! One needs to ask, if he's so dangerous, why do you parole him????
It boggles the mind.
The states need to start killing off these predators in a firing line...old school.
(Click on title to read article)
LIBERAL GUILT: MATT LAUER SAYS HE'S STAYING HOME
Paaalease! Matt Lauer says he's staying home because of the bad economy- last year they whined about being GREEN- despite the fact they flew every which way around the whole globe --with great guilt, of course... what a joke. This is exhibit A of what liberal guilt(feigned and not) is all about; A man wealthy beyond most peoples dreams, dares to sit there and tell the world he somehow feels their pain, and he's going to be an example somehow...spare us Lauer. Fact is, there is "two America's" - as John Edwards would speak of ....it's reality!! It's just that liberals feel the need to pretend that reality does not, nor should not exist!!! This is part and parcel to this farcical ideology.
The reality is that Lauer is rich...he should continue being rich...I want to him to become even richer...this is me, the Friedmanite talking, of course. Lauer, sadly is laden with guilt that he is rich. In my view he should be hopping the globe showing us lowly working stiffs that the world and its possibilities are endless and so is anyone's potential wealth - and he should be proud of it.
One of my favorite axioms which I believe stands true: High tides float all boats.
(Click on title to read piece)
March 12, 2009
> LIGHTWEIGHT ALERT x2 < THIS IS RICH!!!!
Once in a blue moon Jon Stewart will get it right...he really did here!(Click on title for article/video)
THE BEST I'VE SEEN YET
LETTER FROM THEBOSS.....
As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact
that Barrack Obama is our President, and that our taxes, and government fees
will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our prices
would have to increase by about 10%.
Since we cannot increase our prices right now due to the dismal state
of the economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead.
This has really been bothering me, since I believe we are family here and I
didn't know how to choose who would have to go.
So, this is what I did. I walked through our parking lot and found six
'Obama' bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks
will be the ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach
this problem. They voted for change; I gave it to them.
I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.
-Email, unknown
CLIMATE CLAMORERS
It's become seriously entertaining listening to the lonely echo of the global warming alarmist...watching them climb their proverbial snowy, slippery, uphill battle is one day going to culminate in a documentary of epic proportions...aaah, can't wait. David Mamet, are you listening?!?...
(Click on title to read excellent piece)
"OBAMA,DEMS WRONG TO KILL VOUCHERS" ...
...says Obamafollower, Roland S. Martin
..."Obama and his party have never been fans of vouchers. Why? They contend that vouchers would hurt the public school system. Vouchers allow parents who can't afford private school to remove their children from public schools in order to get a better education. Well, isn't that what the president and those in his party do themselves by sending their children to private school? Only they don't need the government's help."
Lets have one loud cheer for Roland!
(Click on title to read full piece)
March 11, 2009
EXCELLENT EXCHANGE ON BUSH LEGACY
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Ari Fleischer owns Chris Matthews
March 10, 2009
PUNKED! : AS GOOD AS IT GETS
(Click on title to read article/play video)My hat is off to reporter, Jason Mattera! Frankly, I would kill to have his job!
Via Hotair
March 9, 2009
LAKE SUPERIOR FREEZES OVER??!! - YES, NOW GET A GRIP
Exceptions and norms. A little intellectual honesty goes a long way.
Via Look True North
March 7, 2009
> LIGHTWEIGHT ALERT <
(Click on title for article-via Hotair)To think that Democrats used to interpret George W. Bush's "hubris" as embarrassing and shameful to the rest of the world - is laughable ! The Obama administration can only dream for a smidge of hubris at this point. And it's early, really early.
March 6, 2009
BECAUSE I WANT IT ON THE RECORD HERE: OBAMANOMICS
Trickle up poverty.
Given President Obama stays the course of his agenda...the phrase will go down in infamy.
Via WSJ
THIS ONE'S FOR THE SEAT BELT LAW NAZI'S
GOTCHA !
(Click on title to read article)
With this data, it's glaringly obvious that one can make the case that government has a problem perpetually creating new laws impeding the average American's freedom in their day to day. Laws of course have their place! - Excessive, unuseful, encroaching laws do not! I've long believed that the primary seat belt law does not belong on the books; this item goes as far as it needs to prove this.
March 5, 2009
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS: EVEN CHRIS MATTHEWS IS BEGINNING TO LOSE THE THRILL
(Click on title for video/commentary)When Chris Matthews begins to make the case for John McCain, heads should(will) turn. Unfortunatley, the two shills he's speaking with, will give no quarter to John McCain --irking even Matthews. Folks...this is saying something!
Via Hotair. Other relevant links.
March 4, 2009
CREEPY!
(Click on title for story)For the record, here at Plaid Pundit, we hate cats. There is no real dog on earth that is even capable of looking this ugly.
Apparently, the cats name is Ugly Bat Boy. Seems like a great name because the first thing I think of when I see it - someone really should take a bat to it and put it out of its misery.
HAIL THE BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS!
For those not familiar with the term; a blue dog democrat is historically a more conservative Democrat, often voting with Republicans on more traditional issues. America needs them! Particularly with the issue in this post - gun rights.(Click on title to read piece)
Via Hotair
March 3, 2009
59% - SO, THERE IS HOPE
Despite the results of the election this last November; there seems to be a majority that do not agree with Obama's current economic philosophy.
(Click on title to read article)
March 2, 2009
SNOW JOB: GLOBAL WARMING PROTEST - GOTTA LOVE IT!
Can you say bad karma?Good piece from Powerline (click title to read)
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