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AFL-CIO Boss says, “We have enough of Democrats crap”
Normally, I would rip on something like this; but because I come from a union family and because I have a very long memory, I get it.
Via The Hill:
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka amplified his call for a politically independent labor movement Tuesday and said unions too often are holding “a canceled check” after Election Day.
Trumka rallied hundreds of nurses at a conference hosted by the National Nurses United. The nurses are in Washington this week to lobby lawmakers for a financial transactions tax that could help pay for social services.
Trumka said unions want “an independent labor movement” that doesn’t support just one political party or candidate. Labor has often been unhappy with its traditional allies in the Democratic Party, and Trumka said friends of unions in Congress have often paid little heed to workers’ needs.
“For too long, we have been left after Election Day holding a canceled check waving it about — ‘Remember us? Remember us? Remember us?’ — asking someone to pay a little attention to us. Well, I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a snootful of that s–t,” Trumka said to cheers.
Now, there are some on my far right, that would say, ” See? This proves that labor controls the Democratic Party!” Well, there is much more to this than that.
You see, I happen to remember the 1990’s and the era of the Clinton Administration. I also remember the signing of the NAFTA bill. I also remember the labor movement; especially the UAW and related unions never forgave Bill Clinton for signing that bill.
Because you see, to the labor movement, Clinton’s signing of that bill was the ultimate abdication of the progressive principles that the Democratic Party. To them, Clinton sold the unions and the members who work in the auto plants here in Detroit up the river.
So, what you are seeing here is simply “blowback” from those actions. Also too, it has been reported that the attitude of the Obama Administration is; or at least was, “f—- the big three!” That sort of attitude, does not bode very well amongst the union members or with the labor movement at all.
Now, for the realist “right of center” view of this; any attempt by the labor movement to create a new political party will be an abject flop and could be a disaster for the labor movement. My reasons for thinking this are:
1. The Democratic Party is very highly financed. Not to mention Party bosses carry a good deal weight and are known to use questionable tactics to get what they want. I predict a “Battle of the overpass” style of attack, if this plan of the AFL-CIO goes through with such a plan.
2. The second most important reason that this approach will flop is this; the labor movement simply does not have the numbers anymore
Way back in the 1940’s; before, during, and after World War 2, union membership was at its zenith and on into the 1950 and 1960’s union membership blossomed. However, those days of union growth and strength are over. They simply do not have the clout anymore in the progressive movement anymore.
Because if this; I personally believe that this idea would be a foolish move. While I greatly admire those who strongly believe in their convictions; I believe this would do more to hurt the labor movement, than it would ever help.
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To my liberal friends: is this acceptable?
File this one under, “If Rush Limbaugh had said this about Obama.”
This comes via The Daily Caller (with video, be sure and watch it, please!!!)
Sometimes there is a line that is crossed between what appropriate for comedy and what’s likely off limits. But did comic Christopher Titus cross that line?
In an appearance on Monday’s “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast, Titus may have waded into that territory. In responding to a question about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” in which Palin defended her interpretation of what happened during Paul Revere’s pre-Revolutionary War famous ride, Titus launched into a description of what he would do if Palin were elected.
“You know what man?” Titus said. “I am going to literally — if she gets elected president, I am going to hang out on the grassy knoll all the time, just loaded and ready — because you know what? It’s for my country. It’s for my country. If I got to sacrifice myself, it’s for my country.”
To my liberal Democratic Party friends: Is jokes about assinating a conservative female acceptable? Is joking about assinating ANY sort of political figure, even remotely funny?
If not, then why are not more liberals speaking out about it?
In the name of decency; we need to stop this; before something awful happens again.
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Stupid: Gardian says Thatcher will not meet with Palin “Because she’s nuts”
What a load of bunk!
Via the liberal rag, The Guardian
Sarah Palin wants to show to the Republican right that she is the true keeper of the Ronald Reagan flame by meeting the late president’s closest ally on the world stage.
A meeting with Margaret Thatcher in the centenary year of Reagan’s birth would be the perfect way of launching her bid for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election.
This is what Palin told Christina Lamb in the Sunday Times:
I am going to Sudan in July and hope to stop in England on the way. I am just hoping Mrs Thatcher is well enough to see me as I so admire her.
It appears that the former prime minister has no intention of meeting the darling of the Tea Party movement. Andy McSmith reported in the Independent this morning that Palin is likely to be “thwarted” on the grounds that Thatcher, 86, rarely makes public appearances.
It would appear that the reasons go deeper than Thatcher’s frail health. Her allies believe that Palin is a frivolous figure who is unworthy of an audience with the Iron Lady. This is what one ally tells me:
Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts.
I do not believe for one second, that Margaret Thatcher referred to Sarah Palin as “Nuts”, ever. I believe this little article to be a classic textbook example of british liberal snobbery.
I do not believe it is any sort of conspiracy; just your a-typical British elitism; for which the British are known. Also too, I believe that these writers might just be injecting their own political bias into the story as well.
Just my opinion… 🙂
Here is my politically incorrect statement of the day: maybe we should have allowed Hitler to destroy those people. After all they did try and force us back under the crown; at one time.
We did all that work and spent all that money to rebuild that Nation and this is the thanks we get? This should be proof that Nation-Building is damed pointless, because those you do it for, do not respect you nor appreciate what you do for them.
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WeinerGate Continues: TMZ reports that Weiner asked porn star to lie
Oh boy…:
From TMZ.com
Congressman Anthony Weiner instructed one of his Internet women how to lie about their relationship … and even offered PR help from his team, which could create major legal issues for him … TMZ has learned. Weiner and former porn star Ginger Lee exchanged scores of sexual emails over a long period of time. When the underwear scandal broke on May 28, Lee began receiving calls from the media, and Weiner was more than happy to help her control the situation … by lying. On June 2, Weiner emailed Lee, “Do you need to talk to a professional PR type person to give u advice? I can have someone on my team call. [Yeah, my team is doing great. Ugh].” It’s unclear if Weiner’s PR team is from his Congressional staff. If so, Weiner could run afoul of House Ethics Rules as well as the law.
Looks like Weiner might be gone by the end of the week. This stuff is building and sooner or later, he is going to have to go. Much to her credit Nancy Pelosi is ordering an investigation into whether Weiner broke any ethics laws or not. Time will tell or not whether he faces any charges or not.
Either way, this is a huge blow to the Deomcrats on the hill and in New York.
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Video: Hitler on….WeinerGate?!?!
This comes via my friend Paul Croteau:
Hitler Upset About Weinergate from FTR Radio on Vimeo.
Video: Public Apology to AllahPundit & Ed Morrissey
Now, to show you all what I am talking about; this:
Folks, I have mentioned here in the past, it has been a while; but I do need to mention it again. I am not, nor have I ever been a hyper-partisan or a partisan blogger at all —- period, end of story. Corruption exists on both sides of the aisle. There are corrupt Republicans and there are corrupt Democrats. I do not buy into that whole idea that somehow or another that Democrats are more corrupt than Republicans are. That is partisan nonsense and I simply do not play that game, at all.It is obvious to the writer of this article; that this persecution of this man is of a partisan base. Anything that Andrew Breitbart is involved in is purely of a partisan nature. I will never give Breitbart, that vulgar piece of human excrement, any more attention or bandwidth than this man really honestly deserves.
Okay, the part about this all being partisan was wrong and yes, I do have egg on my face. Now, I remembered mentioning AllahPundit and Ed over at HotAir.com and linking to something they had written at first. But I seem to have deleted that posting.
Anyhow, Guys, you were right and I was wrong and, again, I apologize.
Not that I really feel the need to do this; but for writing and public record sake. I will explain this a little. I was doing what any Conservative or “Right of Center” blogger would do — Using Restraint. I did not want to join the pile on; before I had “All of my ducks in a row,” so to speak. Because, like I wrote before, this stuff, sometimes, can blow up in your face and I did not not want to be in the “Oops, we were wrong” crowd. So, I held off and would not write about it. Anyone who wants to be taken seriously at all; by anyone outside of a target audience does that. ]
So, there you go. My explanation and offering to the Blog gods. 😉 😛 😀
Video: The Daily RANT! – Weiner fesses up!
I guess this pretty much blows my position of not blogging about it eh?
The Video:
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Fiddlin’ around here a little
I have been really giving this mobile business a serious thought. I tried another mobile theme and it looked great. But my “related posts” plug in did not like it. So, I am back go the old one.
Only thing lacking from this plug in and many others is the ability to add links to a post, without going through the hassle of manually coding a URL. What a pain in the ass!
Oh well, it’s better than nothing. Stupid people, don’t they know that bloggers link?
Apple Ipod
Video: The Daily RANT!: Terrorism, Abortionists, and Ron Paul supporting idiots
This is one of my most hardcore rants yet. Consider this your official CONTENT WARNING!
Update: Because I am an honest person, I will correct myself. It was not Jesus who called the people “a brute of vipers” it was John The Baptist. Oops. 😳
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One down, many more to go: Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US Predator strike
What having an abortion does to a woman
Living proof that Adam Kokesh/Ron Paul Supporters are unhinged leftists in disguise
One down, many more to go: Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US Predator strike
Good, just darned good!
Handsome rag-headed Devil, isn't he?
The US has killed Ilyas Kashmiri, one of al Qaeda’s most dangerous military commanders and strategists, in a Predator airstrike yesterday in South Waziristan.
Kashmiri is said to be one of nine members of the al Qaeda-linked Harkat-ul Jihad Islami, or HUJI, who were killed in yesterday’s Predator airstrike that leveled a compound in the Wana area of South Waziristan.
A Harkat-ul Jihad Islami spokesman named Abu Hanzla Kashir told Dawn that Kashmiri was killed in the attack. Kashir also threatened to attack the US to avenge Kashmiri’s death.
“We confirm that our Amir (leader) and commander in chief, Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, along with other companions, was martyred in an American drone strike on June 3, 2011, at 11:15 pm,” Kashir told the Pakistani news channel, according to The Telegraph.
via Top al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri killed in US Predator strike – The Long War Journal.
One down and a bunch more to go. I cannot wait till they ALL are dead. Then we can get on with life. Until then, we fight on….
I wonder if that fool Ron Paul will say this man’s killing was unjustified also?
What having an abortion does to a woman
Some of you do not understand why it is, that I so against Abortion, even to the point where I will do not debate it.
Well, please, go read this article here.
A sampling:
The Abortion
The doctor left the room and Steven came in. He told me that I needed to have an abortion because of the smoke damage to my lungs and the oxygen deprivation I had suffered. I said “No,” I wanted the baby. I was five-months pregnant. I could not believe he was even asking me to have an abortion at this stage. He spent over an hour pressing me to go ahead and have the abortion. He said that I was too young to have a baby and it would have brain damage because I had been in the fire and taken drugs. I became very quiet and repeated the answer “No” more than once. I said I should not be asked to make that decision while still in the hospital. He said I had to have the abortion now. He said I was too far along to wait because it would be illegal for me to get an abortion in another week.
He sat beside my hospital bed, but we did not look at each other. I said no again. Finally he gave up and said, “OK, you can go home to your mother’s and have the baby there.” I was worn out and began to feel hopeless. My mother and stepfather would not be happy to have me return home pregnant. I believed they would also want me to have an abortion. I began to feel like life was caving in on me. I had no health insurance or money and did not believe Steven intended to help provide for our baby or me. He had not been providing medical care for me up to that time. I believed he was abandoning me as my father and my mother had. I began to cry and agreed to have the abortion. Steven was relieved and happy. He reassured me that he cared for me and that after the abortion everything would be fine.
I was moved to another part of the hospital and a different doctor performed the abortion. It was a horrible nightmare I will never forget. I was traumatized by the experience. My baby had one defender in life; me, and I caved in to pressure because of fear of rejection and the unknown future. I wish I could go back and be given that chance again, to say no to the abortion one last time. I wish with all my heart I could have watched that baby live his life and grow to be a man.
The doctor did not explain what the procedure would be like. Steven watched when the doctor punctured my uterus with a large needle. Then I was taken to a room to wait for the contractions. Steven sat beside me in the hospital until it was over. When the nurse would leave the room he was snorting cocaine on the table beside my bed. He even offered some to me once, but I just turned away, sick inside. Steven, high on cocaine, was emotionally detached, witnessing the procedure but cut off from the normal reaction and feelings of horror you would expect. At the time I was shocked and hurt by his behavior.
But I know now that on an unconscious level, he must have been traumatized witnessing the death of his first-born son in such a horrific and direct way. Steven watched the baby come out and he told me later, when we were in New Hampshire, that it had been born alive and allowed to die. (I was not allowed to see the baby when it was delivered.) Steven told me later that it had been a boy and that he now felt terrible guilt and a sense of dread over what he had done. I did not know that such a thing could be legal. I could not imagine a world where a tiny baby could be born alive and tossed aside as worthless without ever seeing his mother’s face.
Nothing was ever the same between us after that day, though I did not return home for over a year. I became very quiet and withdrawn after the abortion. I was grieving the loss of my baby and I could never look at Steven again without remembering what he had done to our son and me. I had just lived through a horrific fire that nearly claimed my life, but the abortion made me feel like part of me died with my baby. I felt cheated and betrayed, and angry with myself for agreeing to something that I knew was wrong. I felt deep anger and almost hatred for the doctor who performed the abortion.
Everyone around me seemed to be moving on with life, but I was carrying a wound that would not go away. Steven was already involved with other women at that time. The fact that he was my guardian complicated things for him because he was legally responsible for me. I was young, had dropped out of high school, and did not understand my legal rights at the time. I felt completely powerless.
I left Steven in February 1977 and returned to live with my mother and stepfather. Steven called a few times after I returned home and then I never heard from him again.
Now, I very, very, highly recommend, in the strongest terms that I can convey in writing; that you go read the rest of that story.
Anyone that does not see this, and think twice about having an Abortion; does not have a damned soul. Abortion is murder and it is a sick, twisted mindset that allows that barbaric practice to continue. I will, as a Christian, and as a Conservative blogger, continue to write against, advocate against and continue to use this blog to raise awareness of the barbaric practice of abortion. It is barbarism and it must be stopped.
However, as a libertarian Conservative, I object to using the power of the Federal Government to stop the practice of abortion; however, I fully and wholeheartedly support a grassroots effort to stop the practice of abortion on the State level. This was a battle that pro-lifers, Conservatives and Christians alike fought in the 1980’s and ultimately lost; because they were, in this writers opinion fighting the battle in the wrong arena. It is my belief that Federalism should be applied across the board, in relationship to all matters and subjects. Not just on the subjects we choose to apply them.
The battle for the Soul of America, including the battle for the protection of unborn life is a noble one, it is a Christian one, it is a righteous one; and it must be fought by those with Godly wisdom and knowledge of laws and practice. We must as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves. Fighting this fight foolishly and with wrong ideas, leads to waste. In this late hour, waste is not an option.
(A special thank you of the highest order goes to a one Robert Stacy McCain for bringing light to this Story. Even thought Mr. McCain, “sold me up the river” a while back. I will be the Christian and give him credit where it is due.)
The daily rants are on hiatus
Video:
Guys, I am just going to be honest with you all. I really never was big on being a video blogger or even a video commentator. Some cats dig the spotlight; I, personally loathe it. I love to write, but I am not too big on my own personal image.
So, the rants are either going away or going to just once a week. I have not made up my mind about that yet.
That is all for now. Enjoy your weekend!
Lame: NY Congressman Anthony Weiner calls cops on local CBS reporter trying to get answers on scandal
Finally, I get around to writing about this. I know what I wrote yesterday about this whole mess. But this here is enough to make even me wonder.
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) — Congressman Anthony Weiner said Thursday he’s finished talking about the lewd photo sent from his Twitter account.
But he still wouldn’t say whether he’s the one in the picture.
So CBS 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer decided to go to his office on Capitol Hill to try to get you some answers.
You’ll never believe what happened.
Kramer tried to get an interview with the six-term New York Democrat and as a result had the cops called on her.
If Anthony Weiner thinks that calling the cops on reporters is going to help his image as a victim of a hacking; he is very highly mistaken. Even now, the left is turning on this guy and even the apologist left wing media is turning on him as well. I expect before too long, this dude is going to be resigning and leaving office with what little integrity he has left.
The memeorandum thread is here, enjoy! 😀
John Edwards Indicted
Not a big surprise at all. Although you would think it was, the way my iPod has been blowing up for the last hour!
A federal grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., today handed down a six-count indictment against former Sen. John Edwards for allegedly using more than $900,000 in campaign funds to hide his mistress during the 2008 presidential campaign.
The charges, following a two-year investigation, include conspiracy, illegal campaign contributions and making false statements. Edwards is expected to be arraigned on the charges this afternoon. Read the full indictment.
“The Edwards probe is at its core a dispute over whether funds are contributions, independent expenditures or a gift. This kind of dispute almost never generates a criminal referral much less an indictment,” former federal prosecutor and four-term Alabama congressman Artur Davis told ABC News.
An Edwards spokeswoman told the Associated Press that she wasn’t aware of the filing and declined immediate comment.
via John Edwards Indicted on Charges of Conspiracy and False Statements – ABC News.
Something tells me that ol’ “Silky Pony” is going to be doing the “Silky Pony” in a jail cell somewhere, with a big black man pretty soon. Although, I will say this; He will most likely serve his term in a “Country Club” type of Prison, like Martha Stewart served her time in. Whatever he is actually convicted on, will be appealed down to something light. You watch, rich people like Edwards never do jail time, ever. I do not have a thing against wealthy people at all; except when they use it to avoid justice.
You watch and see if I am not right.
I cannot say that he does not deserve what he is getting. What this creep did to his wife, was inexcusable. Personally, I’d like to see the fucking liberal asshole face a firing squad myself. But that, is just me.
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Why I am not blogging about Anthony Weiner
If you have come looking for any and all postings related to this idiotic so-called scandal by Anthony Weiner. Let me stop you here, there are none on here anymore —well, except for this posting here. Why you ask?
Because I pulled the posting —- really, it was nothing anyhow, just a casual mention of it. I also mentioned it one of my “Daily Rant!” videos. I stated on there, that I thought he was guilty as sin. I officially retract that statement.
Why the change all of a sudden towards this story?
Simple.
I do not wish to be one of the hoards of people in on the persecution of this man.
Folks, I have mentioned here in the past, it has been a while; but I do need to mention it again. I am not, nor have I ever been a hyper-partisan or a partisan blogger at all —- period, end of story. Corruption exists on both sides of the aisle. There are corrupt Republicans and there are corrupt Democrats. I do not buy into that whole idea that somehow or another that Democrats are more corrupt than Republicans are. That is partisan nonsense and I simply do not play that game, at all.
It is obvious to the writer of this article; that this persecution of this man is of a partisan base. Anything that Andrew Breitbart is involved in is purely of a partisan nature. I will never give Breitbart, that vulgar piece of human excrement, any more attention or bandwidth than this man really honestly deserves.
The second reason why I am not allowing myself to become involved in such idiocy is the following:
I am a former “Left of center” person and blogger, who now finds himself in a happy place between the camps of Classic Liberal/ Paleo-Conservative/ libertarian. Because I have an opinion on the Zionist Movement, and on Neo-Conservatism and its foreign policy idiocy, I have been branded by some as an Anti-Semite and by liberals as being a racist bigot and by some as a white nationalist.
Because of this, I have decided that this “scandal” is not worth my time or trouble. The way I feel about it, is this; If Anthony Weiner is even remotely as guilty as some are making him out to be, this whole thing will, as they put it, “Come out in the wash.” What I do not support is the pathetic continual hounding of the man. It is ridiculous!
Right now, our Nation is facing some serious issues. Unemployment is at an ultimate high; our Nation’s debt is also at an ultimate high. We have a President and a federal reserve bank that is literally ruining our money supply by pumping more currency into the money supply, thereby creating hyperinflation. We also have a President that is more interested in importing oil from Brazil than he is drilling here and now; which sending gas prices over four dollars a gallon. We are in the midst of all this and the best thing my fellow Conservative bloggers can do is fret and worry whether some idiot Democrat in congress tweeted a picture of his penis in a pair of men’s briefs? Are you people damned Serious?!
Do you mental giants realize that this whole thing could blow up in our faces and that Conservatives, Republican Party, Tea Party (Pick a damn name!) could be perceived by those who are just mildly paying attention as Anti-Semites who are on the hunt for a Jewish politico to mess up, so that we can go after them? Do you really what to know what the fallout from this all blowing up in your faces could be? How about four more years of Barack Obama, you damned ninnies! — Forget Sarah Palin, Forget even being taken seriously again; forget the damned Tea Party —- none of it will even matter, if this blows up and you all are proven to be wrong.
Because I will issue a hallow warning to the Republican Party and to every damned blogger who dared to cover this silly story. If you think that, the Democrats will not use this little situation against the Republican Party in the 2012 election cycle, think again. The Democrats will, they have no honor and in election cycles, perception is 90% of the rule and the socialist liberals will use their unlimited resources to drill this moron story in the sub-conscience of the Country; believe me when I tell you this.
If you want to return to the Bush-era of being perceived as downright evil, fine, do so. However, do so at your own peril and possibly not being able to take the White House until 2016 —- or later.
Photo: One mean looking dude: Clint Eastwood
Would you believe that Clint Eastwood is 81?!?!?
I hope I look that mean when I am 81 years old! Holy crap! 😯
(H/T Ace)
Busy today
Just a quick note. I will be away for most of the morning and most of the afternoon with my dad.
Posting will most likely not happen.
Be back soon!
-Pat
Chief cook and bottle washer
Living proof that Adam Kokesh/Ron Paul Supporters are unhinged leftists in disguise
As you all know, I have been writing and talking about Adam Kokesh, the moron who got arrested at the Jefferson Memorial for basically being a tool. I have also documented and written about the fact that the man is a anti-war, Ron Paul supporting loon, who was dishonorably discharged from the Military for his loony activities.
Well, it appears that I have hit a nerve with the anti-war, Ron Paul supporting loon crowd.
These are ALL of the comments that I have received over the last few days. Some are just stupid nonsense written by loons who are, for the most part, out of touch with reality. Some, on the other hand are just straight up vile. So, consider this your official content warning.
Just a word of note, I am presenting this, IP addresses and all. If you happen to spot your IP address in these; don’t e-mail me asking me to remove it. Because I will not. The way I see it, if you are big enough to come to my blog and leave stupid comments like these, then you should be big enough to deal with your IP being broadcast.
With that, let’s start shall we?
Author : Shameonyou (IP: 76.173.53.167 , cpe-76-173-53-167.socal.res.rr.com)
E-mail : Sickevilman@gop.org
URL :
Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/76.173.53.167
Comment:
Yeah! Screw the first amendment if you don’t like the person involved!
Author : Matthew Kaney (IP: 66.215.48.59 , 66-215-48-59.dhcp.snlo.ca.charter.com)
E-mail : mkaney@gmail.com
URL :
Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/66.215.48.59
Comment:
“I do not believe in a police state, I really do not.” – But you believe in the right of people to be arrested for peaceful assembly. Too bad your brain is not large enough to understand the multitude of ways you contradict yourself.Author : Curtis Jensen (IP: 207.50.146.95 , 207-50-146-95.webb-dyn.skyviewtech.com)
E-mail : mansician@yahoo.com
URL :
Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/207.50.146.95
Comment:
Read the first amendment. It’s as simple as that. How do you define dancing? What if I walked in there and stretched and yawned? What if I stretched my arms up and took two steps to the side? What if I stretched my arms up, took two steps to the side and then did a 180 degree turn followed by a crouch and a head turn to the left, then right, and then a hip pop and a swivel of the hip? At what point did I start DANCING? I was just moving. I’ve seen dancers who use their legs in such a fashion as to walk across a street or through a door. Are they dancing? What if they’re walking with style? These are all things that our government is supposed to PROTECT, and not punish.Author : Curtis Jensen (IP: 207.50.146.95 , 207-50-146-95.webb-dyn.skyviewtech.com)
E-mail : mansician@yahoo.com
URL :
Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/207.50.146.95
Comment:
Our military is doing nothing but spreading the anti-American sentiment in Iraq. There’s no terrorists there. Just innocent people defending their land. There’s no weapons of mass destruction. There’s no Bin Laden. Why the hell should we stay in an innocent country and steal their oil and blow up apartment buildings??Author : Marjorie (IP: 24.98.107.188 , c-24-98-107-188.hsd1.ga.comcast.net)
E-mail : animalgirl78@hotmail.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/24.98.107.188
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Yeah, I agree! Rights are only for people that I like! I don’t think people I don’t like should have any rights at all. And there’s no way anything could ever go wrong if everyone has that take on things.You know that old saying, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ” Well, you know who said that? A Frenchman! And I don’t like French people, so clearly that saying is stupid and it isn’t a principle we should have.
You know a group that has little sympathy with the public? People with neckbeards. So the author shouldn’t be too surprised if no one cares if he is ever beaten and thrown in prison for peaceful behavior.
Author : Matthew Kaney (IP: 66.215.48.59 , 66-215-48-59.dhcp.snlo.ca.charter.com)E-mail : mkaney@gmail.com
URL :Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/66.215.48.59
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It doesn’t MATTER if they did it with the INTENT of getting arrested. They are merely dancing in a public place. Are you freaking insane?! If you think that anyone should be arrested in a public place for dancing, whether you like them or not, or whether you “know” what they’re up to, then you don’t understand the concept of freedom. You don’t understand the reason for the bill of rights, or the basis for having a WRITTEN CONSTITUTION. Do you not understand the idea between the concept “better 10 guilty men go free than 1 innocent man suffer injustice?”
Either you believe in these rights, or you do not, PICK ONE.
Author : Matthew Kaney (IP: 66.215.48.59 , 66-215-48-59.dhcp.snlo.ca.charter.com)
E-mail : mkaney@gmail.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/66.215.48.59
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And for the record, I am no libtard. I am a proud right wing “extremist.” Unfortunately a large number of “conservative” people have forgotten what were trying to preserve. A SMALL government with MINIMAL regulations/interference and MAXIMUM individual rights.
Author : ItsCalledSarcasm (IP: 64.124.12.253 , 64.124.12.253)
E-mail : clarify@mailinator.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/64.124.12.253
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He was being sarcastic. This is wrong no matter how you feel about Kokesh. Patrick – have some principle and get some consistency
Author : JT (IP: 71.237.51.139 , c-71-237-51-139.hsd1.co.comcast.net)
E-mail : jt@SpectreWriter.com
URL : http://SpectreWriter.com
Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/71.237.51.139
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They need no permit to “protest.” A man needs no permit to kiss his girlfriend, to dance to himself, to perform any other self-expression which is not inherently harmful. This was not even inherently disruptive. I don’t care who this CITIZEN is, he’s entitled to self-expression — and one of the GUARANTEES of our Constitution is that the GOVERNMENT will not take that from him.His intent is irrelevant. WHO he may be is also irrelevant. At this point he is a citizen and the government arrested him (and others) without valid cause.
I served, and I opposed our continuing occupation of Iraq. The only “asshat” is you, there is no pipe, and I don’t smoke (or resort to inane expressions such as those.) What you don’t grasp is that the Bill of Rights isn’t just for those that you agree with, that you like, or limited by any other criteria. It’s a guarantee, a limitation that We The People placed upon our government in the very beginning, to avoid EXACTLY this sort of thing.
Take a hike, Patrick. What you’re endorsing is not Liberty, nor is it Constitutional. What you’re endorsing is not ever welcome in this nation.
Author : Zatch (IP: 108.129.58.225 , 108.129.58.225)
E-mail : zachrb87@gmail.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/108.129.58.225
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“The same damned leftist Adam Kokersh that opposed the Iraq War, and is a fiery leftist;”ROFL! Please tell me this is satire. Opposing the Iraq War doesn’t make someone a leftist. Adam Kokesh is a libertarian and a former Republican congressional candidate.
“who lies about every damned thing under the sun; including his Military career.”
Any Iraq War veteran that disagrees with the Iraq War must be either lying about his service or a traitor! Care to cite any evidence? If not this is just a baseless smear and you should be ashamed.
Now it starts getting interesting and vile:
Author : J’nene kay (IP: 98.155.178.175 , cpe-98-155-178-175.hawaii.res.rr.com)
E-mail : loudenfolts@gmail.com
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So glad Jesus died and left you in charge. You don’t like him so his rights are immaterial. Really? Puke.Author : Zach (IP: 174.44.40.214 , host-174-44-40-214.kls-mt.client.bresnan.net)
E-mail : snickersnee15@yahoo.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/174.44.40.214
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Where the hell in the Constitution does it say that dancing requires a protest permit? I agree with Shameonyou you don’t like the person so you say screw the Constitution, THAT is why you will be among the first to have their rights stripped like in Nazi Germany.Author : Zach (IP: 174.44.40.214 , host-174-44-40-214.kls-mt.client.bresnan.net)
E-mail : snickersnee15@yahoo.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/174.44.40.214
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LOL and where is it written in the ULTIMATE LAW OF THE LAND that reading a Patriotic document is illegal? Especially on the very memorial of the one who wrote it??? THAT is socialist, and the people did NOT vote for it nor approve of it.E-mail : animalgirl78@hotmail.com
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Yeah seriously. The Jefferson Memorial is a memorial to the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, one of the greatest tributes to human liberty ever.
We must protect decorum in such a sanctified place. It is not dignified for people to be dancing, or in other ways acting like liberated people. The best way to pay tribute to Jefferson is for tourists bringing their children there to see police body slamming people. That teaches our children the right lesson on liberty. You are free to behave in the way that certain people like, and if you transgress, you will be violently punished.
Liberty!
Author : Amazed (IP: 90.41.47.74 , ANice-551-1-199-74.w90-41.abo.wanadoo.fr)
E-mail : birdman1963au@hotmail.com
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If this happened in the Middle East, America would invade “to protect the unarmed civilians and to allow Democracy to flourish”.Whether or not I like your opinion matters not, for I will die to protect your right to voice it…..
Patrick, you’re losing a lot of supporters over your views on this
Author : Jeff King (IP: 174.42.156.78 , h-174-42-156-78.ip.alltel.net)
E-mail : king.robert.j@gmail.com
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It is entertaining to read this blog just based on the illiterate statements He continues to make. Say it like it is, brother!!
Author : John (IP: 71.76.29.32 , cpe-071-076-029-032.sc.res.rr.com)
E-mail : trace294@aim.com
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Gotta love how someone who claims to be a “born again christian” called somebody a fucking fascist asshole. Oh, and wants someone jailed forever for nothing more than being a public nuisance.
Author : Matthew Kaney (IP: 66.215.48.59 , 66-215-48-59.dhcp.snlo.ca.charter.com)E-mail : mkaney@gmail.com
URL :Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/66.215.48.59
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I can’t speak for the others, but I did not come here looking for a fight. I came here because your site came up my google search. If you were some socialist retard I would not have bothered even leaving a comment. But I was completely taken aback that someone who claimed to be conservative and believe in small government cannot see the hypocricy of not supporting the first amendment, regardless of the defendant. It seems to demonstrate to me, that you are in fact not interested in small government, you are just interested in government that protects YOUR interests. This would make you no different from any Democrat. And this is the reason that instead of small government, we have the welfare state^2 (squared): welfare for poor, welfare for the churches, welfare for the corporations, and welfare for the public employees (e.g. police).
Author : Bob (IP: 204.237.9.52 , 204.237.9.52)
E-mail : bob@bob.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/204.237.9.52
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Double facepalm…
Now for the very vile:
Author : Rob your mother (IP: 62.194.99.197 , h99197.upc-h.chello.nl)
E-mail : robbierichardsUCF@gmail.comYou fat piece of shit. Put down the extra long 3 musketeers and pick up a book once and a while. Freedom this freedom that, yet you are too fucking dumb to realize how vital direct action against fascist laws are.
But im sure you love fascism. You nationalist FUCK. go kill yourself dumbass
Author : Max Tau (IP: 62.194.99.197 , h99197.upc-h.chello.nl)
E-mail : max.w.tau@gmail.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/62.194.99.197
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notice how your tone changes when you get stroked off by a fellow fascist… On what grounds do you feel we should still be in Iraq anyway “asshat”?Adam Kokesh is an ardent Ron Paul supporter, not a lefty. You have your head so deep up in your own ass you dont know what way is up.
Adam has a facebook event started, with 8,000 supporters… nice try you fascist fuck.
…and the very highly annoying:
Author : John Brown (IP: 69.136.2.96 , c-69-136-2-96.hsd1.in.comcast.net)
E-mail : JohnBrown@yahoo.com
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Whois : http://whois.arin.net/rest/ip/69.136.2.96
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dancing is illegal … WTFAuthor : John Brown (IP: 69.136.2.96 , c-69-136-2-96.hsd1.in.comcast.net)
E-mail : JohnBrown@yahoo.com
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you do realize that you just agreed with the idea that the first amendment should be ignored when some one you don’t like is involved. That just isn’t American sir ….Author : John Brown (IP: 69.136.2.96 , c-69-136-2-96.hsd1.in.comcast.net)
E-mail : JohnBrown@yahoo.com
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By writing about him, you’re giving him more of what he wants, as you said, attention, you are helping his causeAuthor : John Brown (IP: 69.136.2.96 , c-69-136-2-96.hsd1.in.comcast.net)
E-mail : JohnBrown@yahoo.com
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from this comments I’ll break the logic down into simple to follow steps. 1st:Gettysburg address not allowed to be read then dancing shouldn’t be allowed either… ok I’ve got it so far…. 2nd not allowing the reading of the Address is socialist (which I’ll take from you connotation to be bad) and not american. So from your logic you think it’s anti American to arrest people for dancing at the Jefferson memorial??
I ended up blocking that loons IP address from viewing the site, because of that; leaving me four comments like that is not going to change my mind, nor is it going to endure me to your opinion.
So, there you have it; friends and supporters of Adam Kokesh and Representative Ron Paul; now, is this the sort of people that you would want in YOUR White House?
Michelle Malkin made a book about the unhinged left a while back; I think I know what happened to them all. They took up with Ron Paul.
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Video: Proof Adam Kokesh is lying, Anti-American piece of crap
Remember what I wrote and said about this Adam Kokesh guy? Here’s proof of my accusations:
For more on this piece of crap, click here and LEARN!
Video: Guest Voice: Jack Hunter Says “The Patriot Act Is Not Conservative”
Please note: While I have always respected our Military and always will; and I do believe in the Reagan mantra of “Peace through Strength.” I have always and will always questioned the legality the so-called Patriot Act. -Pat
Video:
Transcript Via The American Conservative:
If Americans needed another reminder of why the Democratic Party is absolutely worthless, they got it during last week’s Patriot Act extension debate when Senate Majority leader Harry Reid again behaved exactly like the Bush-era Republicans he once vigorously opposed. In 2005, Reid bragged to fellow Democrats, “We killed the Patriot Act.” Today, Reid says that anyone who opposes the Patriot Act might be responsible for the killing of Americans. Dick Cheney now hears an echo and Americans deserve congressional hearings—as to whether Harry Reid is a sociopath, mere liar, or both.
But while Democrats stand pat for Bush Republicanism, the GOP now debates the extent to which it will remain the party of Dubya. Tea Party favorites like Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Congressmen Ron Paul, Justin Amash, Allen West and others, all voted against the Patriot Act. To varying degrees, each of these GOP representatives questioned the act’s effectiveness and legality. But unfortunately, most Republicans still won’t ask any questions.
The “War on Terror” that defined and preoccupied Republicans during the Bush era brought with it not only massive government growth and debt, but an unprecedented expansion of extra-constitutional state power, symbolized most famously by the Patriot Act. In the name of national security, government officials could begin wiretapping phones, hacking into email accounts, prying into business records and spying on citizens—all without a warrant and at government officials’ own discretion. Defenders say the Patriot Act did what needed to be done after 9/11. Critics say it did away with the 4th amendment.
Let us say both have a point, and that for arguments sake, both Harry Reid and Dick Cheney are correct in arguing that it is sometimes necessary to surrender our liberties for increased security. Is this still true a decade after 9/11? Will it be true two decades after 9/11? How about three? Have the actions of Osama Bin Laden and his fellow terrorists forever altered our Bill of Rights?
Allegedly, the default position for conservatives is to distrust the government and defer to the Constitution. Concerning the Patriot Act, too many conservatives blindly trust the government at the expense of the Constitution. This type of thinking mirrors the logic of the Left, in which the constitutionality of a big government program like Obamacare is considered irrelevant due to the severity of the problem at hand. The liberal healthcare ends justify the unconstitutional means. This characteristic mentality of the Left is exactly how most of the Right approaches the Patriot Act—though it is an outright rejection of what most conservatives of any generation have held most dear.
Think about it. Conservatives get upset about many things on a regular basis—ACORN corruption, NPR funding, demanding that French fries be renamed “Freedom Fries.” At any given time there is always some new and outrageous rightwing distaste of the week.
But most of these controversies are a speck on a gnat’s ass compared to the damage done to the Constitution by the Patriot Act. For genuine constitutional conservatives, something like NPR funding is undoubtedly wrong but ultimately trivial and peripheral—while the protection of the Bill of Rights is crucial and integral. If George Washington or Thomas Jefferson were alive today, are we to believe that they would be more outraged that: A. The federal government helps fund public radio. B. The federal government snoops on citizens without restraint. Those who answered A. truly don’t understand the mindset of the men who founded this country.
A Republican critic of mine once asked me during a radio broadcast “Jack, can you show me where any American has been harmed due to the Patriot Act?” I replied, “Can you show me where any American has been harmed by Wikileaks?” The caller said he couldn’t, but stated that he believed private individuals shouldn’t haven’t access to private government documents. The gentleman was basically saying that whether or not Wikileaks has hurt anyone to date is irrelevant—the whistleblower outfit shouldn’t be trusted with such power to begin with. I argue the same is true of the federal government. So did the Founding Fathers. That’s why they wrote the 4th amendment.
The entire reason we have a written charter like the Constitution is to specify the enumerated powers that define the hard parameters of our federal government. Among those powers is national defense and security. But much of what we call “defense” is anything but. Similarly, a total police state could undoubtedly provide much better security, though few Americans would desire a country so void of liberty. After all, most Americans can barely tolerate the way the federal government handles air travel these days.
When Ronald Reagan said there was nothing closer to eternal life on this earth than a government program he could have easily been describing the Patriot Act. When Barry Goldwater said that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” he could have easily been describing the minority of Republicans who now at least question the Patriot Act. When James Madison wrote, “Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other,” he could have easily been describing our current state of perpetual war that now gives seemingly permanent life to the Patriot Act.
If the “War on Terror” is a perpetual war—as so many politicians readily contend—have we now permanently given up our liberties? If terrorists really do “hate us for our freedoms” is the best method of defeating them to permanently surrender our historic freedoms? And if so, who is really winning the War on Terror? Us or the terrorists?
By the very nature of their philosophy, conservatives are supposed to question their government. And given the very nature of our Constitution, this is precisely how the Founders would expect any true patriot to act.
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Jack Hunter began his punditry career in the late 1990’s when a friend and popular alternative rock disc jockey agreed to let Jack air his political views during the afternoon drive on 96 Wave (96.1 WAVF) in Charleston, South Carolina.
Creating the moniker the “Southern Avenger,” which was borrowed from popular 90’s conservative talk radio host Ken “The Black Avenger” Hamblin, Jack assumed an anonymous super hero/ pro-wrestler persona, and entertained FM rock audiences with his antics and conservative political views until his departure from 96 Wave in 2007.
In 2007, Jack began working for WTMA 1250 AM talk radio in Charleston and began writing a column for the Charleston City Paper, that city’s premiere alternative weekly. Jack also began producing his popular video podcasts around this time, and today his You Tube Channel has received over two million views. Today, you can find Jack’s videos and columns as part of “TAC TV” at The American Conservative magazine (www.amconmag.com).
Jack is a frequent guest host for The Mike Church Show on Sirius/XM’s Patriot channel and is a frequent guest on “The Savage Nation” with nationally syndicated talk radio host Michael Savage. His writing has appeared at The American Spectator, Lewrockwell.com, CampaignforLiberty.com and in Young American Revolution, the official magazine of the youth activist organization Young Americans for Liberty, to which he is also a contributing editor. Jack also assisted Sen. Rand Paul with his book The Tea Party Goes to Washington, released by Center Street in February, 2011.