LEGISLATING TESTICLES: “It’s one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia. State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers.” - Associated Press, 1/15/08
“Mitt Romney finally won the ‘gold’ yesterday, as he so effusively puts it, and the result is a Republican Presidential battle that is more muddled than ever. The most important story out of Michigan is that Republicans are still looking for a standard bearer.”
- Wall Street Journal editorial, 1/16/08
APPLE CART CRASH
“Mitt Romney’s resounding victory in Michigan last night has thrown the Blathering Class deep to their Pinot Noirs and Grigios looking for truth and guidance. The firm convictions and strong hunches which were held by the National Punditry as recently as New Year’s Eve are now scattered like a child’s box of crayons on the playroom floor.”
- Columnist Rich Galen
WHAT DOES ROMNEY’S VICTORY SAY
“What does it say about the Republican Party when the leading fusionist conservative in the field - Mitt Romney, darling of National Review and erstwhile heir to Ronald Reagan - runs and wins a campaign arguing that the federal government is responsible for all of the ills facing the U.S. auto industry, that the taxpayer should pony up the corporate welfare checks going to Detroit and increase them by a factor of five, that the federal government can and should move heaven and earth to save ‘every job’ at risk in this economy, and that economic recovery is best achieved by a sit-down involving auto industry CEOs, labor bosses, and government agents armed with Harvard MBAs to produce a well-coordinated strategic economic plan?”
- Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute
IS THERE A MAN IN THE GOP HOUSE?
“I need a man. A man who can say ‘No.’ A man who rejects Big Nanny government. A man who thinks being president doesn’t mean playing Santa Claus. A man who won’t panic in the face of economic pain. A man who won’t succumb to media-driven sob stories. A man who can look voters, the media and the Chicken Littles in Congress in the eye and say the three words no one wants to hear in Washington: Suck. It. Up.”
- Columnist Michelle Malkin
THANKS AGAIN, JOHN MCCAIN
“A conservative group must abide by campaign finance laws if it wants to run ads promoting its anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton movie, a federal court ruled Tuesday. Citizens United had hoped to run the television advertisements in key election states during peak primary season. The court ruling means the group must either keep its ads off the air or attach a disclaimer and disclose its donors. . . . Campaign regulations prohibit corporations and unions from paying for ads that run close to elections and identify candidates.”
- Associated Press, 1/16/08
PERHAPS WE NEED A QUARANTINE
“Hillary Clinton’s controversial comments about Martin Luther King exposed one of the worst aspects of contemporary liberalism: its preference for governmental remedies for every imaginable human problem, and taxpayer support for every worthwhile national endeavor. Though she has been charged with racism, her perspective actually reveals an even more dangerous and poisonous prejudice: we can call it ‘governmentism.’”
- Columnist Michael Medved
WHAT GOES AROUND
“I confess that, at a petty and vindictive level, it is vastly amusing to watch Hillary and Bill Clinton fight with Barack Obama about whether they are racist or not. Exploiting identity politics has been one of the cornerstones of Clintonian politics for two decades now.”
- Columnist Tony Blankley
THE CLINTON BLAME GAME
“If history has taught us anything, it is that being a Clinton means it is never your fault. Not surprisingly, Hillary’s presidential campaign continues the Clinton tradition of blaming others for your problems. Lost in Hillary’s surprise win in New Hampshire was the desperate flailing of Bill and Hillary when they were expecting defeat. They sought to lay the blame for her poor performance on anyone but the candidate herself.”
- Columnist Richard Collins
THE POLITICS OF HOPE
“However poorly the Clintons or their subalterns may have chosen their words, does anyone seriously believe the Clintons are racists? Anyone? Anyone? Of course not. And this points to the real reason Obama’s candidacy is a fairy tale, and it has nothing to do with being black or opposing the war. It’s because he’s selling a dream, not reality.
“Obama’s whole campaign is based on some of the most noble and inspiring sentiments in political life: hope, togetherness, bipartisanship. . . . Not only does he talk about hope - a lot - he talks about the importance of talking about hope. He talks about how he hopes to talk more about talking about the importance of talking about hope. Hopefully.”
- Columnist Jonah Goldberg
IN PRAISE OF FREE MARKETS
“Markets provide miracles that we take for granted. Clean, well-lighted supermarkets sell 30,000 products. Starvation has largely vanished from countries where private property and economic freedom are permitted. Free markets have rescued more people from poverty than government ever has.”
- Columnist John Stossel
FIRST, THEY CAME FOR YOUR LIGHTBULBS
“The California Energy Commission has recently proposed amendments to its standards for energy efficiency. These standards include a requirement that any new or modified heating or air conditioning system must include a programmable communicating thermostat (PCT) whose settings can be remotely controlled by government authorities. A thermostat czar, sitting in Sacramento, would be empowered to remotely reduce the heating or cooling of your house during what he deems as an ‘emergency event.’
“…There’s no end to what the energy czar could do, particularly if he enlists the aid of California’s Department of Health Services. Getting six to eight hours sleep each night is healthy; good health lowers health costs. So why not make it possible for the energy czar to turn the lights off at a certain hour?
“California’s Department of Education knows children should do their homework after school rather than sit playing video games or watching television. The energy czar could improve education outcomes simply by turning off the television, or at least turning off all non-educational programs. Of course, there could be a generous provision whereby if an adult is present, he could use a password to operate the television.”
- Columnist Walter Williams
Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National
Chuck, you missed a BIG one!
Our republican/Bush DOJ and the brief they filed in the D.C. vs Heller Second Amendment case now before SCOTUS.
Here is a link to John Lott’s short look at this, http://article.nationalreview.com/?…DE4N2QzN2U2YzM=
This is NOT what we need just before our caucus!
It only reinforces the notion that there is no difference in the parties when it comes to sincerely defending our constitutional rights from further infringement.
The Bush DOJ say’s that the 2nd IS an individual right, BUT, the government should have unfettered discretion to infringe that right in regards to any type if firearm they feel is ‘more dangerous’ than whatever they happen to feel like still allowing us to keep at that moment.
In other words, they support the Second Amendment as an individual right, so long as that RIGHT does not interfere in any way with Gov. Org.’s ability to retain all existing “law” restricting our right to choose what arms we may own and use.
DOJ is regurgitating the old “Reasonable Restrictions” argument, just like Hitlery, Boxer, Fienstein, Schumer, McCain, Guiliani, HCI, and the other feculent liberals!
As the saying goes, “With friends like these……….”
So far as I have been able to determine only Fred Thompson has made any comment on this betrayal, saying DOJ is “Over-lawyering” the issue.
I suggest that true conservatives need to contact our members of congress and the white house, tell them to demand that “Our” DOJ retract this brief.
We have to start demonstrating some actual conservatism, NOW, if we are to regain any Republican conservative credibility before the general election.
You are right, Richard, this ‘friend of the court’ brief is a pity! This is THE case that we have waited for since United States v Miller (1939). This was/is a chance to look at the second amendment in a new light and hopefully overturn United State v. Cruikshank (1876) and Presser v. Illinois (1886). Unfortunately, this case concerns gun control in Washington D.C., and not a states right case.
In ruling on Heller, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Roberts and Kennedy will finally tell all of America, that the Second Amendment means what it says, ‘the right of the people to keep and bear arms”! Finally, after 233 years!
Teddy, you are correct on Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. The great unknown is Kennedy, he has agreed with Ginsburg, Souter, Stevens and Breyer too many times. There were four great mistakes Ronnie made as President. They were amnesty for illegal aliens in 87, Bush 1 as VP, Schultz as Secretary of State and Kennedy as a supreme.