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A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Section One: The Big Stories:
1.1: The Day After: A Republican wins a Senate seat in deep-blue Democratic Massachusetts:
Inside the mind of a key Coakley supporter
Thinking about the unthinkable, Part Four
Massachusetts Election Refutes Weak Tea Conservatism
Slowing Brown Down (If He Wins) -- The firecracker has been lit. Are the Democrats smart enough to let go of it, or will they try to hold on even tighter and hope the fuse will go out?
Why Is This Woman Handing Out Absentee Ballots?-- Democrats cheat and steal elections--at least they try to. Repeatedly. Consistently. All over the country. The Brown tidal wave hit them before their vote fraud machinery could be properly set up.
A Raw Deal in Massachusetts
RNC: 100% as Evil But Only 50% as Stupid -- GOP Shifted Money Into Massachusett[e]s Quietly To GOTV While Not Painting a Red Target on Brown's Back
More Democrat Voter Fraud Tactics Exposed
Oh, My: Frank Luntz Having Trouble Filling His Post-Election Focus-Groups With Coakley Voters: ">I never dreamed I’d see Democrats in Massachusetts embarrassed to admit they’re Democrats"
Blue Dog Barks: Even Bayh Warns Dem’s of Catastrophe If Today’s Lessons Ignored
Dead can dance
Busted. Dem Coakley Alleges Voter Fraud in Press Release… Prepared on Monday -- No wonder she lost. She couldn't even cheat right.
The 2nd Boston Tea Party Rocks The US: Scott Brown wins!
COAKLEY CONCEDES -- "And there was much rejoicing." "Yay."
Where do they go from here?
Mr. Brown Goes to Washington... In a Pick-up Truck, No Less! -- The 'Cuda weighs in . . .
The House Is Very Much In Play
Liberty 1, Tyranny 0 After Brown’s Big Win
After Brown….A Call to Arms!
Dems Assemble Circular Firing Squad Over Coakley Loss; Freedom Left Intact – For Now
Happy Anniversary Mr. President!
And, this here is, for the moment, the last word: NEXT.

This message goes out to every vulnerable Democratic Congressman representing a Republican or even centrist district – and after tonight, who among you is not vulnerable? It is a simple message: we can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way. The easy way is, you suddenly decide that you have a burning desire to spend more time with your families. So you don’t run for re-election, you walk off stage technically undefeated, and you go join a lobbying firm. The hard way is, you do run for re-election, and we pry you out of your seats.

We want to do this the hard way. We will enjoy doing it.

That’s your only warning. And remember: nobody is going to be able to save you. If the President, the DSCC, the DCCC, the DNC, the SEIU, ACORN, and the netroots couldn’t manage a win in Massachusetts… what do you think that they can do for you?

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.

A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Section One: The Big Stories:
1.1: The Massachusetts Senate Race--(With BONUS correct spelling of the state in question!):
Wow… Martha Coakley Holds Rally at MLK Breakfast With Scott Brown Sitting In the Room — Brown Responds -- Nothing is "non-political" to the Democrats . . . Everything is an "opportunity" to "educate their fellow citizens" . . . although "educate" should be replaced with "indoctrinate" for the most part . . .
Wow: Insider Advantage poll for Politico shows Brown by nine
ARG Has Brown Up By 7; Insider Advantage Has Brown Up By 9; Brown Up By Double Digits in FOX Poll
Polls, Robocalls, Snow, and Other Distractions in Massachusetts
John Kerry: “Revved Up Tea-Baggers Hijacking Health Care” -- Since we're name-calling, Johnny boy, better to be a Teabagger than a Fudgepacker like you . . . (dedicated and committed to screwing the taxpayer up the wazzoo, don't you know . . . )
MSNBC Hacks Suffer Meltdown After Tingles Shares the Sad News “It Looks Like Brown” (Video) -- Nice, but when exactly do the MSNBC hacks NOT suffer meltdowns?
Question for John Kerry: Why Isn’t Martha Coakley Speaking Up And Getting Massachusetts Democrats Under Control? -- Ah. Yesterday, speaking as a Palinista, I worried about the absence of the 'Cuda in the Rogue's list cited by J. F'ing Kerry as Threats To The Party or whatever. I'm mollified that the Arctic Fox did indeed draw his ire . . .
Democratic internal poll: Coakley by 1 -- On the one hand . . . PANIC!!! On the other hand, Democrats lie. And cheat. Most pollsters neglect to include the Expired-American vote which tends to be very heavy in Democrat-leaning areas like Massachusetts.
I don’t know what Rally Carl Cameron was at…
Brown: If I win, I’ll be in D.C. on Friday
Perfect Storm
Disgusting… Phony Pro-Lifers Are Making Anti-Scott Brown Calls in Massachusetts -- Democrats lie. It's what they do.
To Amuse Conservatives, Olbermann Throws Kitchen Sink at Scott Brown
Should Libertarian Candidate Make Way For Scott Brown? -- I'm not sure, today, it's going to make a difference one way or another. People are pissed off and can't wait to express their anger.
Remember the truck!

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

The idea that there is no limit to the power of the legislator is in part a result of popular sovereignty and democratic government. It has been strengthened by the belief that, so long as all actions of the state are duly authorized by legislation, the Rule of Law will be preserved. But this is completely to misconceive the meaning of the Rule of Law.

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.

I first saw this at Classical Values.

I think it pretty well sums up the mood of the country right now. The Democrats have badly, BADLY misread that mood. They will pay dearly for that mistake.

Oh, and a warning to Republicans: Do you really want to be next in line for the tar and feathers, or do you want to pull your collective heads out of your collective asses?

Special afternoon edition.

A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Section One: The Big Stories:
1.1: The Massachusetts Senate Race--(With BONUS correct spelling of the state in question!):
The race in Massachusetts...
In Massachusetts, voters' discontent threatens Democrats -- Your turn . . .
Obama Heckled at Coakley Rally in Boston… At a University? (Video)
Smear, and parry -- "Scott Brown believes in evolution but in the case of Bob Kerrey he's willing to make an exception." -- Nicely played, Mr. Brown . . .
Massachusetts Is the Game Changer
Snow Is Falling in Massachusetts
"The whole nation is watching"
AWESOME… Scott Brown Responds to Elitist Obama’s Attack on Truck Owners
The uniter: Scott Brown’s center-right-indie coalition
Martha Coakley: A Democratic Canary in a Coalmine?
Latest polling has Brown pulling away from Coakley
Still Blaming Bush -- In the words of the Eagles: Get Over It . . .
Coakley volunteers energize Brown voters
Barack Obama Slams Scott Brown and His Truck… It’s a GM Truck
Thinking about the unthinkable, Part Three
Former Quincy Mayor & Lifelong Dem Endorses Scott Brown
John F. Kerry at Coakley Rally: The Only Things Republicans Say Yes to Are Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Tea Parties & FOX News! (Video) -- As a Rogue Palinista, I am offended by the omission of Sarah's name by John F'ing Kerry . . .
Massachusetts Democrats for Brown? -- And that's not just Democrats, that's "elected Democratic officials" . . . well, at least one . . .
Even if Brown Loses -- "the message to the Democrats should be deafening" . . .
Shovel Ready. Martha Coakley’s Phone Bank Is Empty – Needs Workers (Video)
Suffolk’s bellwether areas showing double-digit lead for Brown on final day
Video: David Shuster wonders whether Massachusetts voters have lost their minds -- Which, I guess, is fair, since I've been wondering for a long time if David Shuster has lost his mind . . .

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

The Rule of Law was consciously evolved only during the (classical) liberal age and is one of its greatest achievements, not only as a safeguard but as the legal embodiment of freedom. . . . "Man is free if he needs to obey no person but solely the laws."

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.

A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Section One: The Big Stories:
1.1: The Massachusetts Senate Race--(With BONUS correct spelling of the state in question!):
Oh my: Brown by three — in Coakley’s internal poll
Time out from "Stalinism" -- Oh Noes! A liberal Massachusetts Republican is not a Bible-belt Conservative! Shocking, it is!
Scott Brown is a more liberal Republican than Dede Scozzafava -- From the horse's mouth: "the conservative base in the United States, far from dragging their party moblike into an unelectable extreme, has made the decentralized decision to support the realistically best candidate they can relative to the context in which he’s being elected" . . .
The Incredible Incompetence of Martha Coakley -- She certainly fits the primary qualification for leadership in major American political parties: Blithering Idiotry . . .
No. Freaking. Way. Coackley Calls Curt Schilling "Another Yankee Fan" -- See? Blithering idiotry. But then, Massachusetts voters kept sending Chappaquidick Ted back to the Senate, so . . .
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is dumber than a box of rocks
Just a gal sitting in our living room in our virtual pajamas -- Behold, the New Media . . . being called as a source by the Old Media . . . me, I'm in the basement--Not That There's Anything Wrong With That . . .
Are Democrats Planning to Steal the Massacusetts Election for Coakley? -- Of course they are. They're Democrats. It's what they do. It's like asking "do fish swim in water?" The only defense is for enough people to vote against them that their usual election-stealing tricks (ballot-stuffing, dead-people-voting, blatant voter intimidation and coercion, and as a last resort, cynical if not downright frivolous litigation which is all too often taken seriously by (usually Democratic) judges) are overwhelmed by real votes by real voters.
WOW! SEIU Purple People Beaters Rally For Scott Brown -- "Purple people beaters" . . . heh.
WAKE THE DEAD! MARTHA COAKLEY NEEDS MORE VOTES!
BREAKING: Scott Brown Holding Press Conference– Will Press Charges Against Democrats–Updated -- The best defense is a good offense . . .
Ed Schultz on Brown: “I’d cheat to keep these bastards out” -- They really can't help it. It's what they do. It's who they are.
Breaking: Joe Lieberman May Endorse Scott Brown

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

The question of whether the state should or should not "act" or "interfere" poses an altogether false alternative, and the term "lassez faire" is a highly ambiguous and misleading description of the principles on which a liberal policy is based . . . The important question is whether the individual can foresee the action of the state and make use of this knowledge as a datum in forming his own plans, with the result that the state cannot control the use made of its machinery and that the individual knows precisely how far he will be protected against interference from others, or whether the state is in a position to frustrate individual efforts.

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From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

The conflict between formal justice and formal equality before the law, on the one hand, and the attempts to realize various ideals of substantive justice and equality, on the other, also accounts for the widespread confusion about the concept of "privilege" and its consequent abuse. . . It would indeed be privilege if, for example, . . . landed property were reserved to members of the nobility. And it is privilege if . . . the right to produce or sell particular things is reserved to particular people designated by authority. But to call private property as such, which all can acquire under the same rules, a privilege, because only some succeed in acquiring it, is depriving the word "privilege" of its meaning.

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.