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Nancy is boasting that she’s got the votes.  We thought last fall that this was an empty boast, but it wasn’t.  We should, therefore, be very concerned that she makes this boast.  The Tea Party Patriots have put together an action email, telling you what you can do to help.  Here is the email in [...]

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Perhaps it really is true that Pelosi doesn’t have the votes for Obama Care.  After all, if she did, why would the Democrats be considering the “Slaughter Option” something that involves bypassing votes altogether: The Slaughter Solution is a plan by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the Democratic chair of the powerful House Rules Committee and [...]

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A new week, new submissions — and a new Watcher!  Here are this week’s posts, and you can go here to meet Soccer Dad (whom many of you already know, of course): Council Submissions Mere Rhetoric - Obama Giving Up On “Crippling” Iran Sanctions Colossus of Rhodey - More “logic” from that wisher of death upon Republicans [...]

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California should be afraid, really, really afraid.  Andy Stern has announced that, with Obama’s failure to come through, the unions are going to focus on California with a vengeance.  And just FYI, Babs Boxer is embracing the unions with open arms. Two green stories for you:  The first is a reminder that most “green” stuff [...]

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I’ve noted before that San Francisco (consistent with Democratic-run cities and states everywhere) is terribly cash-strapped.  But politics will always trump practicality.  Exactly one month ago, despite the fact that the school district is pretty much broke, the Board of Education voted, not just to cut education programs quite drastically, but also to put into [...]

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Laer has temporarily suspended blogging at Cheat-Seeking Missiles, but that doesn’t mean he’s not still commenting on the insane California scene.  If you Tweet, and you’d like to know the latest in California insanity, become a follower of Crazifornia.

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Jesus Christ spoke the words that are the caption of this post.  As I understand it, he was speaking about the transience of his time on this earth, as opposed to some of the more permanent features of life on earth, such as poverty. Even Christ, though, couldn’t have anticipated the fact that Barack Obama [...]

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The American Thinker spells it out: Richard Baehr, ace political watcher, thinks the odds are that Nancy Pelosi, through brute force, will get Obama Care through.  Once that happens, of course, it’s the law, and “reconciliation,” which is ostensibly meant to smooth away any lingering roughness, will die a’bornin’ Christopher Chantrill explains what government will [...]

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One of the things the last few elections has revealed is escalating voter fraud in America, fraud of the type that aligns us more closely with a banana republic than with a traditional Western nation.  Thus, we know that groups such as ACORN have registered thousands of non-existent people.  And because America has traditionally had [...]

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Lately, you can’t read a Tom Friedman article without gagging.  Oh, sorry.  I didn’t mean to say that.  Let me try again. I mean that you can’t read a Tom Friedman article without having him praise China to the skies as the example America should follow.  (I gather that the Saudis have fallen somewhat in [...]

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I think that even people who are fervently pro-abortion  might appreciate that pro-Life people don’t want their money used to fund abortions.  I also don’t want my money used for vanity plastic surgeries.  There are just some things your neighbors shouldn’t have to pay for.  Nevertheless, the Obama Care plan does provide for federal funding [...]

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Country of origin strikes me as a reasonable question for a census, although it’s not constitutionally mandated.  (The Constitution just allows for a head count.)  Race questions are obviously simply to satisfy the grievance mongers in America.  So I pass on this advice from The Corner: Sending a Message with the Census [Mark Krikorian] John: [...]

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On Saturday, the Novato chapter of Organizing For America (Obama’s activist group) sent an urgent email to its list members, warning them of the horrors of a conservative gathering in Mill Valley on Sunday: Subject: Fwd: Rally Mill Valey [sic] Tomorrow Hi, everyone. You may have read about this in the Marin IJ. The Tea [...]

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As those who have been paying attention (that would be all of you) know, the presidential election was the first election in which Obama actually ended up going head to head with an opponent.  In previous (i.e., state) elections, ugly information mysteriously surfaced about Obama’s opponents, forcing them to withdraw from the fray, and leaving [...]

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We were at the symphony last night, for an evening of Ravel.  I’m not particularly a fan of Ravel, so I did my best to zone out as much as possible.  I read in the program the conductor last night had won some sort of UNESCO honor.  I amused myself with thinking how wonderful it [...]

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Here’s what I see going on and, please, correct me if I’m wrong: Reconciliation is a red herring.  Right now, the House is being promised that, if it votes on the Senate bill, the Senate will fix differences between the two bills through reconciliation.  So everyone is focusing on whether the Senate will indeed have [...]

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Okay, awkward post title, but I just felt like writing something different and the options are limited.  It was a good week at the Watcher’s Council, though, with some overwhelmingly good posts in the running, with the result that some overwhelmingly good posts won: Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 2/3 points! – Wolf [...]

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Baseball Hat tip:  Sadie

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The Group-Palooza that I blogged about here is taking place in Marin today.  There are 400 attendees plus a long waiting list.  The local Organizing For America (the Obama activist organization) is getting nervous, and sent an emergency email out to its followers saying that it would be “embarrassing” if more “teabaggers” showed up in [...]

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We’re trembling on the precipice, and Nancy Pelosi, who has balls of steel and no moral compass, will push us over. UPDATE:  Quin Hillyer on the profound disrespect Obama and Co. have for Americans.

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We’ll be heading off to Vegas in a few weeks and I wondered if you, my readers, had any suggestions for: 1.  Hotels 2.  Shows 3.  Activities (Hoover Dam, Mt. Charleston, Area 51, swimming pools, etc.) 4.  Dining Keep in mind that we’ll be traveling with two children and intend to include them in our [...]

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As you might have guessed, despite his self-identification as a Democrat, his Bush-loathing and his Truther beliefs, the MSM is characterizing the Pentagon shooter as a “right-wing extremist.”  Allahpundit asks almost the right question: Is it possible to be a “left-wing extremist” anymore or do nuts who embrace some lefty ideas before launching an attack [...]

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I’m not in a blogging mood today — as you can see from my previous posts, I’m disheartened, which slows me down — but I was impressed by a few powerful posts at David Horowitz’s Newsreal blog: Marxist Andy Stern Calls For Destruction Of American Society As We Know It San Francisco: Muslims shoot gay [...]

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Health care “reform” is the beginning, not the end.  This is how it goes: 1.  Health care “reform” passes. 2.  America’s wealth collapses. 3.  America’s military, because it’s unfunded, collapses. 4.  Radical Islamists see their opening. Ladies, buy your burqas now. By the way, apropos my earlier post about the fact that reconciliation is a [...]

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I believe more and more strongly that reconciliation is a red herring, meant to induce the House to pass the Senate bill.  Once that’s done, this so called “reconciliation,” an alleged second bill that will smooth away the differences between the two chambers (especially the House’s demand that abortion, which is part of the Senate [...]

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