The New Huffington Post Online Magazine Launches ........ on Obama.

Damn, Even They Get!

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Slipping One Past the Libs....SCORE!

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Proof Positive......

h/t Broadside Betty

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Political Bookends: The Left-Right Spectrum

Diogenes - 6/13 

Which of these two narratives most closely matches your political perspective? I already know the answer of most readers who come here.....but I digress.

Once upon a time people lived in societies that were unequal and oppressive, where the rich got richer and the poor got exploited. Chattel slavery, child labor, economic inequality, racism, sexism and discriminations of all types abounded until the liberal tradition of fairness, justice, care and equality brought about a free and fair society. And now conservatives want to turn back the clock in the name of greed and God.

or....... 

Once upon a time people lived in societies that embraced values and tradition, where people took personal responsibility, worked hard, enjoyed the fruits of their labor and through charity helped those in need. Marriage, family, faith, honor, loyalty, sanctity, and respect for authority and the rule of law brought about a free and fair society. But then liberals came along and destroyed everything in the name of “progress” and utopian social engineering.

 Although we may quibble over the details, political science research shows that the great majority of people fall on a left-right spectrum with these two grand narratives as bookends. And the story we tell about ourselves reflects the ancient tradition of “once upon a time things were bad, and now they're good thanks to our party” or “once upon a time things were good, but now they're bad thanks to the other party.” So consistent are we in our beliefs that if you hew to the first narrative, I predict you read the New York Times, listen to progressive talk radio, watch CNN, are pro-choice and anti-gun, adhere to separation of church and state, are in favor of universal health care, and vote for measures to redistribute wealth and tax the rich. 

If you lean toward the second narrative, I predict you read the Wall Street Journal, listen to conservative talk radio, watch Fox News, are pro-life and anti–gun control, believe America is a Christian nation that should not ban religious expressions in the public sphere, are against universal health care, and vote against measures to redistribute wealth and punish job creators.

In his remarkably enlightening book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion , University of Virginia psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that "to both liberals and conservatives produce large cooperative groups, tribes, and nations without the glue of kinship. But at the same time, our righteous minds guarantee that our cooperative groups will always be cursed by moralistic strife.” Thus, he shows, morality binds us together into cohesive groups but blinds us to the ideas and motives of those in other groups.

Our dual moral nature leads Haidt to conclude that we need both liberals and conservatives in competition to reach a livable middle ground. As philosopher John Stuart Mill noted a century and a half ago: “A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.”

But with that said, if the party in power is a destroyer of all that came before, (such as we have today) the common good is endangered and it must be soundly defeated for more sensible leadership. Need I say more........

Image via The Looking Spoon.com 
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Even Ex-Commies Know Krugman is a D**K

Taki's Magazine

Estonia to Krugman: Y’all Needs to Chill

The ex-Soviet satellite state of Estonia is home to slightly over a million people and is smaller than Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Yet in the contentious debate between “austerity” and “stimulus”—i.e., ceasing to spend far more than you have versus further indenturing your citizen-vassals for generations—it’s becoming the mouse that roared.

A few facts about the thumbnail-sized Baltic nation:

• In a 2006 State of World Liberty Index review of 159 countries based on “economic and personal freedoms,” Estonia ranked first.

• As of 2010, it boasted—by far—the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio of all countries in the eurozone.

• It’s the eurozone’s only country to report budget surpluses for two years running.

• Its economy is growing faster than any other nation in the EU.

Estonian austerity (Esterity?) programs, as well as the fact that the country has adopted a Friedmanesque flat tax since 1994, would seem to be responsible for at least a few of these glittering statistics. Yet this is highly uncomfortable for economists who make their living by urging statist intervention and deficit spending.

When it seemed as if Estonia was bouncing back from a deep recession by using policies that statist economists insist would only drive countries deeper into economic despair, Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the country the “poster child for austerity defenders” and saw fit to pee on their parade last week.

Bane of anti-globalists and a self-described “unabashed defender of the welfare state,” Krugman was critical of Obama’s initial stimulus plan only because he said it was far too small. He has likened European austerity attempts to a “medieval doctor, you're sick so he bleeds you, you get even sicker he bleeds you some more.”

Apparently unbeknownst to Krugman, the same metaphor could be used to describe extracting further tribute from already stressed taxpayers.

After Krugman pooh-poohed the recent successes of the diminutive nation known as the “Baltic Tiger,” bow tie-wearing Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (pronounced “ILL-vis”) took Krugman to task on Twitter. Ilves left the following string of posts in what some are suggesting was a drunken rage on June 6:

"Let’s write about something we know nothing about & be smug, overbearing & patronizing: after all, they’re just wogs…."

"Guess a Nobel in trade means you can pontificate on fiscal matters & declare my country a “wasteland”. Must be a Princeton vs Columbia thing."

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Ronald Reagan on Obama

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On This Day in Democrat History.....

Doug Ross

On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats' 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd "the conscience of the Senate."

Read More @Doug Ross

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Obama Circle Jerk to Lose Another Member

Dylan Ratigan, MSNBC's version of Howard Beale is leaving his post at the end of June when his current contract expires. It is said he wants to pursue new opportunities after slugging through 3 years of low ratings on The Moonbat Network. This leaves the time slot open for Martin 'Miss Information' Bashir, and Mr. Journalism himself, the Rev. Al Sharpton to team up and carry the early evening MSNBC spit bucket.

That leaves the Moonbat City lineup with an incoherent and excitable talking head who can't seem to keep his facts straight, Chris Matthews, the woman-hating, spluttering buffoon Special Ed Schultz, the effervescent Ricky Maddow and some fairly nondescript white guy named O'Donnell to carry the evening baggage.

Ratigan was an important part of the networks 'Obama Circle-Jerk',  putting up a valiant, yet failing attempt at defending Barack Obama's policies while finding a racist behind every tree; a real trooper till the end. 

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out there Dylan...... 

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A Good Monday Morning

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Elizabeth Warren, Are You Listening?

The New England Historic Genealogical Society said it could find "no proof" that Warren is Native American.

 Warren has already received some blowback from the Cherokee Indian community. “You claim to be Cherokee, the group "Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren" said on its website. "We don’t claim you!"

Read more @  Legal Insurrection

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Just Another Example of Bo Being.......

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Canada Bracing for Wisconsin Refugees

The Canadian Coast Guard preparing for what it fears could be a massive invasion of boat people from Wisconsin.

Thunder Bay -  The Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Coast Guard (RCMCG), said that satellite photos had revealed a “substantial flotilla” in the making, as Wisconsinites prepared to flee their repressive state for their neighbor to the North.

“Word has gotten around that we have policemen, firemen, as well as plenty of do-nothing government jobs. You can't blame these boat people for seeking a better life, but we are under orders to intercept them.”

In Canada, officials fear that refugees from Wisconsin will brave the treacherous journey across Lake Superior in the hopes of giving birth to so-called “anchor babies” on Canadian soil.

Coast Guard officers offered our Middle Finger News reporter a look at satellite photos showing the boat people loading their vessels with wheels of premium cheddar cheese, possibly in the hopes of bribing Canadian officials on Superior's northern shore.

“We are telling all of our men that under no circumstances should they accept offerings of cheese,” he said. ”These boat people are desperate and they will try anything. We have enough lazy over-payed crazy people here, we don't need anymore."

Reports of the looming refugee crisis coincided with the release of a new poll by the University of Wisconsin showing that Gov. Scott Walker is now the most hated man in the state, narrowly edging Brett Favre.

h/t Borwitz

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Okay, Mitt Romney...Now What?

 

 Matthew's Week End Commentary

The Lunatic's Asylum

"Imagine that you are Mitt Romney; you've just garnered enough delegates to win the GOP presidential primary, and have all but sewn up the nomination. You're about to go on the attack against The Anti-Christ...errr...President Obama. You're confident. You're in command of the facts and figures. You have found a message that resonates with at least two-thirds of republican primary voters and a mess of independents. You believe that you possess the skills necessary to transform your Vision of These Here United States into a workable program that the majority of Americans will understand, and then turn that vision into a reality.

Before you hit the ground running, Mr. Romney -- which, incidentally, is the time where most candidates stumble -- you'll need to keep a few things in perspective, and you'll have to deal with a few more issues in a more forthright manner than you have to date (although, i must admit, hitting the Obamatard on economics in front of a boarded-up Solyndra was a stroke of marketing genius).

So, unbidden, and with full confidence that no one who matters is going to listen to a thing I have to say, I would like to offer you some advice on seven subjects that I believe will be front-and-center in this election. If you follow my advice, Mr. Romney, I'm certain that not only will you coast to election, but you'll also force Modern Progressive Liberalism (three lies for the price of one) into a lengthy, decades-long retreat.

Ignore my advice at your peril.........

What Up With This, DNC ??

Hmmm, guess you're not expecting any poor people

or minorities at your convention.Eh?

h/t Stealth Magnolia

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Fishnet Friday

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