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“Give us more money, or your Granny gets it!”

The Democrats’ battle cry, in a nutshell.They are pushers–drug dealers–and the drug they push is dependency on government. They hook people on the drug. Then they can control them. They have no interest in making people better–making people able to live their own lives.  All of their activities are focused on depriving people of the ability to live their own lives and instead making them dependent on “people who know better” to “take care of them.”
That’s what they do–that’s who they are.  All the bluster and blather in the world from Obama and his enablers in the media won’t change who they are. Their “fairness” is the fairness of the feedlot.

“Tax The Rich” Continued

Via TigerHawk[*1] this graph from American Thinker[*2] :

The top 1% of taxpayers pay more income taxes than the bottom 95% of taxpayers. This, to some people is not fair. To those people, the 1% should actually pay more taxes. Um . . . uh . . . yeah . . . right . . . (questions regarding the color of the sky in the world of those people begin to come to one’s lips . . .)

So, tell me again how the rich are getting richer on the backs of the poor, and not paying their fair share . . .

And tell me why you keep lying to me, everyone else you say that to, and most of all to yourself?

Whip, July 7, 2011

Yesterday’s Whip brought back fond memories. Let’s do it again.

TODAY’S FEATURE ARTICLE

The Essential Rules Of Liberty [*1] “PROGRESSIVES” AND OTHER ANTI-LIBERALS

‘That’s Racist’: The accusation becomes a punch line. [*2]

Ruthless People–Libs to Ginsburg: Drop dead. [*3]

Extortion, the Left, and the Make-Work Fallacy [*4]

SPORT

Obscure balk rule under the microscope after Royals’ defeat[*5]

NEWS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE

Apartment-Dwellers Can Still Get In On July 4th Smores Fun [*6]

California Dreamin’ of Secession [*7] — That’s secession of southern California from the rest of the disaster area which is the “Golden State”

Power To the People [*8] — the “smart grid” is coming, and you may not be completely happy with the result . . .

Driest place on Earth: Atacama desert in Chile buried under feet of snow [*9]

Should Schools Still Teach Cursive? [*10]

Quote of the week – CRU is now a candidate for publication in the Journal of Irreproducible Results [*11] — Wherein we consider the difference between “science” and “literature” . . .

DEEP, MAN, REALLY, REALLY DEEP

Why Hayek should have been an anarchist [*12]

SWAMP PEOPLE (THE SWAMP ON THE POTOMAC RIVER, THAT IS)

I’m Willing to Go Along with President Obama’s “Balanced Approach” to Deficit Reduction, but Only if We Use Honest Math [*13]

Your complete guide to the history of financial crisis [*14]

Reasons to Support City Rail Plan: 1) Let’s Get Moving 2) It’s Time 3) This Is a Legitimate Plan [*15] — Actually, this comprehensively summarizes in minute detail the intricate intellectual foundations underlying most governmental programs . . .

Obama Tuesday: “Leave Political Rhetoric At The Door” . . . Obama Wednesday: “The GOP Should Not Use Debt Ceiling Fight used as a gun against the heads of the American people” [*16] — Why does any honest person think that somebody who acts like this can be negotiated with?

Want new sources of revenue? [*17] — An Instapundit modest proposal . . .

Cantor: GOP willing to talk about closing tax loopholes in debt negotiations [*18]

WOLF: ‘No drama’ Obama losing his cool–White House shows early signs of re-election panic [*19] — Obama’s cousin, a Kansas doctor, is not a fan . . .

Did Obama lie about White House salaries in Twitter town hall? [*20] — When exactly does Obama not lie?

Dozens of law professors: PROTECT IP Act is unconstitutional [*21] — If you’re on the Internet, you care about this issue, even if you don’t know about it, yet.

‘Fast & Furious’ gets hotter for Holder [*22]

Fact Check: Obama wrong on tax rates [*23]

Thinking Outside the Box: Let’s Lower the Debt Ceiling [*24]

Do we really have a revenue problem? [*25] — Short answer: no.

Deal? Boehner Says 50-50 For Debt Increase Deal By Saturday [*26]

“I cannot guarantee that those checks go out”

Said by President Obama on this CBS News[*1] video clip (click the link to view–the actual video’s embed code seems to be horked).

Well, Mr. President, you were hired to manage the resources of the American people which were diverted into the Federal Government. Your statement says one of two things about you (and these are the only two possibilities–you don’t get a margin for error when you sit in the Oval Office, you know):

1: You do not think that sending out Veteran’s checks, Social Security checks, and disability checks are high-priority tasks of the Federal Government, and that all other activities that continue functioning after the Federal Government hits the “debt ceiling” are more important than sending out those benefit checks, or:

2: If you do in fact think that disbursing those benefit checks are important, then you have failed to manage the Federal Government to ensure that sufficient resources were available to these important programs–if necessary giving them budgetary preference to other, less important programs. This is what executives do, Mr. President. They make decisions, given limited resources. But you wouldn’t know that, would you, having never actually held an executive position before in your life. The budget you actually did submit to Congress was resoundingly rejected–it did not receive a single assenting vote even in a Senate held by your own political party. In essence, you were told to go back, do it over, and get it right this time. You have failed to do so. You have failed to faithfully discharge the duties of your office. You have violated your Oath of Office.

If 1: is true, and you should follow through on your threat to withhold Social Security, veterans, or disability checks to qualified individuals, then you have no standing in the future to suggest that you care about the recipients of those checks in any shape, manner, or form, because you have manifestly demonstrated with your actions that you have no regard for them whatsoever. They will judge your job performance on that basis in November, 2012, or

If 2: is true, then it is a frank admission that you are unable to competently execute (the verb root of “executive”) the powers of the Office of the President of the United States. Thank you for your belated clarity regarding your competency for the position you now hold.

The Oval Office is no place for on-the-job training.

On behalf of the American people, I hereby request and demand your immediate resignation.

Personally, I believe that you actually hold both positions 1 and 2. I don’t think you actually give a tinker’s damn about the people who receive government benefit checks, except so far as you think you can buy or cajole their votes by the carrot or the stick. I don’t think you are at all competent to be President of the United States. I do not think you possess the proper set of skills and temperament to be successful in that office. I do not think you have the capability to acquire those skills and temperament.

I believe the your tenure in the office up until now has demonstrated that you are a cynical, craven individual seized with power-lust who would do, and has done, anything to gain and to hold onto power.

Pease Porridge Hot . . .

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

(from Wikipedia[*1] )

The Obama Doctrine becomes clearer and clearer every day:

1) Hate the Rich;
2) Hate those who build aircraft (commercial, military, or private) in the United States (and, by the way, if you are not a dues-paying union member, you are not a Real American);
3) Hate peas, those who grow them, and those who eat them;
4) Hate the simple laws of economics and finance;
5) Use “compromise” as an exact synonym for “agree with me in every detail and aspect”;
6) Act as if it is in the national interest of the United States to give guns to Mexican drug gangs on the border (which of course is to be blamed on American citizens who keep and bear arms);
7) Assert that it is in the national interest of the United States to build high speed rail (presumably to speed the delivery of guns to Mexican drug gangs on the border);
8) Fearmonger and demonize political opponents as regularly as a metronome beats;
9) When in doubt, ruthlessly demagogue, exaggerate, and lie, using Obama’s daughters as political weapons when necessary.
10) “There are those who object to my setting up of ludicrous straw-man arguments to advance my mindless, thoughless, misguided feel-good disastrous agenda of nanny-state (inter)national socialism. Let me be clear to those transparent straw-men: I Won!”

Whip July 8, 2011

I remember why I quit doing these. They take a while to assemble.

CLASSICAL LIBERALISM

Libertarianism & Power [*1] — A fundamental tenet of classical liberalism is that concentrations of power are generally unwise. The most unwise and dangerous of which are concentrations of governmental power, and concentrations of outlaws, brigands, thugs, thieves, and the like–for the identical reason: because throughout history, the remedies for such concentrations usually involve killing people–or at least, the aggressive use of overwhelming force. Remedies for concentrations of power in other spheres of human activity generally require less drastic remedies.

Andrew Breitbart on The Undefeated [*2]

“PROGRESSIVES” AND OTHER ANTI-LIBERALS

Wisconsin isn’t over [*3]

Yes, I’m Questioning Your Patriotism [*4]

How the Titanic sank radio freedom [*5]

Postrel: Public Works Built on Rosy Scenarios [*6]

Wisconsin schools buck union to cut health costs [*7]

New Hampshire Judge Caught On Video Ordering False Arrest: Incident sparks court order banning cameras in courtroom [*8] — I think I know someone who needs to be reminded in no uncertain terms that judges are not kings . . . SPORT

Royals Demote Danny Duffy to AAA Omaha, But For Nice Reasons [*9]

Royals’ uniform blunder sends wrong message to fans [*10]

Texas Rangers fan dies, fell reaching for ball [*11]

SDSU finalizes women’s basketball schedule [*12] — That’s South Dakota State, if you’re new around here . . .

NEWS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE

Record highs? – NOAA staffers are beginning to doubt the accuracy of the measurement system [*13]

Topic of the Week: Allegiant’s 757s In the Air Soon [*14]

Neighbor vs. neighbor as homeowner fights get ugly: As more are unable to pay homeowners’ fees, associations pit neighbor against neighbor [*15]

SCIENCE FICTION–READIN’, WRITIN’, WATCHIN’

How the ‘Harbrace Handbook of English’ Changed the Way Americans Learn About Writing: The University of Tennessee’s John C. Hodges Created the Best-Selling Textbook of All Time [*16] — Well, it’s writin’ anyway . . .

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction to be reborn as a website [*17]

What’s the Most Beautiful Word in the English Language? [*18]

M.G. Harris on Using Philosophy and Emotion to Extend the Adventure of Young-Adult Fiction [*19]

NEWS OF THE WORLD

China’s Boom [*20]

Oil and gasoline prices on the rise again [*21]

For America’s ’99ers,’ Jobs Crisis Is Hard to Escape [*22]

Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery [*23]

DEEP, MAN, REALLY, REALLY DEEP

Beyond The Big City Blues [*24]

SWAMP PEOPLE (THE SWAMP ON THE POTOMAC RIVER, THAT IS)

The new Y2K problem? [*25]

Why Pensions are Underfunded[*26] — Generously put, it is a “knowledge problem” . . .

Social Security Cuts Weighed by Lawmakers Under Change in Inflation Gauge [*27] — Using inflation as a tool of public policy is beyond deceitful. It is despicable. It can charitably be called “evil.” It steals from those who can least afford to lose what they have.

SCOTUS to POTUS: You’re Not Very Good At This Whole Law Thing, Are You? [*28]

Go Figure: Jet Industry Furious at Obama [*29]

$10 Million of Your “Stimulus” Money Went to… Arming Mexican Gangsters Via Project Gunrunner? [*30]

Rubio: Let’s stop talking about new taxes and start talking about new taxpayers [*31] — Well, yes. You can take all of the money and wealth “the rich” have, and it still would not pay off the Federal debt. We need to make more rich people. The way to do that is not to tax and regulate more. It is to do the exact opposite.

Say No To the Dems’ July Surprise [*32]

A Letter to Patty Murray, from the Koch Companies Public Sector [*33]

DOJ Inspector General Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Gunwalker: Will Barack Obama dare to appoint an independent prosecutor? [*34]

Dozens of ‘Fast & Furious’ guns were confiscated from illegal aliens in Phoenix[*35]

So, is this the hope, or the change? Unemployment rises to 9.2 pct. in June, employers add only 18,000 jobs. [*36]

Top Obama adviser says unemployment won’t be key in 2012 [*37] — Or: “Whistling past the graveyard.”

“TSA Agent Caught With Passenger’s iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say” [*38]

And if Government Had Just Hired 14 Million People, There Wouldn’t Be Any Unemployment at All! [*39]

Jobs and the Punting of Responsibility [*40]

Ho. Lee. Crap. (“Gunwalker” Scandal)

If you are not familiar with the term “Gunwalker,” you will be.

It is entirely possible that it will enter the American and world political lexicon in the same category as “Watergate.” Except, of course, that people actually died as a result of “Operation Fast and Furious.”

Gunwalker: The ATF’s Kenneth Melson Blows the Whistle on the Justice Department[*1]

What did the Attorney General know, and when did he know it.

How high did this go?

What did the President know, and when did he know it?