They Never Learn

Actual AP headline today:

House Dems look at taxing the rich for health care

Headline you'll never see after the above happens:

"Rich" close businesses and fire 14.8 million employees

Instead, the dinosaur media will call for more "stimulus" to save the few remaining non-government jobs.

Like a Dog On a Bone

In mid-June we referred to an extraordinary moment-- the head of the CIA slandering a former VP of the US. Now Pelosi, through her loyal lackeys who want to hang on to their committee chairs, has been able to make progress on her dopey "the CIA lied to me" claim from wayback when.

If SanFranNan pursued freedom & liberty the way she fights her grudge battles the world would be a nicer place.

Meanwhile, Panetta is a chump.

Oops

At least it wasn't Gorge Blush's White House.

Rasmussen Reports

Obama's approval is at its lowest. His approval index has fallen 35 points since January 22nd and is now -5.

Rasmussen's findings are here.

Wrong Way

While Lord Obama has addressed the economic downturn with enormous spending programs and demands for dramatically higher taxes, in Germany Angela Merkel took another path. Merkel eschewed massive spending of money that had to be borrowed or printed. She has proposed the course of action that Ronald Reagan used to launch America out of our post-Carter tougher times: lower marginal tax rates.

So what? Well, while we're seeing that the fabled "green shoots" have been hit by a dose of Round-Up, Germany is seeing something different:

German factory orders jump
May orders rose 4.4% from April,
the 3rd straight gain and the biggest
since June ’07, the gov’t said. Domestic
orders rose 3.9%, while orders
from abroad rose by 5.2%. The
data raised hopes that Europe’s No.
1 economy could soon emerge from
its deepest recession sinceWWII.

Many people pretend that Obama is in waters where no ship-of-state has ever ventured. They applaud his efforts at navigating without a map. Hogwash. (Or, as Governor Palin said yesterday, "Bull crap!")

The stock market correction of 1929 was turned into a world wide depression that lasted a decade by FDR's government programs. Confronting a mess created by Nixon/Ford/Carter President Reagan slowed spending and cut tax rates leading to a 25 year boom. If he had employed the FDR model we would have had a depression. The boom years that GWB ushered in in October 2003 didn't stop until the markets saw the inevitability of an Obama presidency about a year ago.

It isn't that Lord O is in uncharted waters. The problem is that he's Capt. Wrongway Peachfuzz.

On To Washington

There were around 1,500 "Tea Party" protests on July 4th. Most Americans are probably unaware that this happened and that upwards of a million people took to the streets all across the country-- just as they did on April 15th. They'd be aware, perhaps, if there wasn't an ongoing celebration of a child molester taking place on TV "news". (I just found out that the small Ohio town where I was raised, population 17,000, had over a thousand attend their "Tea Party" Saturday! I'm so proud of that little 'burg!)

Those of you who have attended one of these events are aware that the Republican Party takes nearly as much grief as the Obama Party does from the speakers and the assembled masses.

This will likely be the case on September 12th when the National Taxpayer Protest movement goes to Washington DC. A million people at 1,000 to 1,500 rallies across the country can be ignored, I guess. What about a like amount coming to Washington, DC?

Something is going on in America. A significant number of citizens are beyond fed-up with DC's tax, borrow, and spend domestic governance and sickened by the spectacle of our leaders dancing with dictators on the international stage. And, many people who vote for Republicans are tired of a Party that says, "Me too, but slower and cheaper." Instead of "Hell, no!"

September 12th. Washington, DC. The National Taxpayer Protest. Could it be that April 15th and July 4th were just a warm-up?

Anatomy of a Downdraft

Most folks don't watch stock market futures or the second-by-second tick of the tape as part of their normal day. I do. It goes with the job. Let me describe an interesting thing I saw today.

The futures were up this AM indicating a slight uptick would be coming at the 9:30 AM EDT opening. This was a positive development for anyone long equities because the indexes are fighting to stay above support at the 50 day moving average (NASDAQ) and the 200 day moving average generally.

At about 8:01AM I noticed that the futures had reversed and were now indicating a lower open.

"What data was released at 8AM that spooked the markets?" I asked an associate. Query was met with shrug.

We couldn't figure it out... until I noticed that a wire report had moved around that time that showed an Obama economic adviser urging A SECOND PORKULUS PLAN! Then, late in the morning's trade a report ran that stated that Obama his own self hasn't ruled out A SECOND PORKULUS PLAN! The indexes sold off harder and broke under support levels.

At some point traders will realize that there is no appetite among Democrats on Capitol Hill for a suicide pact with Lord Obama. Maybe. But, on first blush, the White House damaged the markets on a very sensitive trading day-- just a day before earnings reports start coming out.

Elections Have Consequences

In case you haven't noticed... our country has sided fully against the people of Honduras and backs the president they ousted-- a Chavez, Castro clone.

The US media, including FNC, insists on pretending this was a military coup. Clearly the United States is no longer the beacon of freedom and liberty in the world.

Pictured above, L-R: Castro, Zelaya, Chavez. Missing from the team picture, Ortega & Obama.

Terror Under The Peach

In Cherokee County, our neighbor to the west, a serial killer is at-large. Five are dead. The description of the suspected murderer and his vehicle are very clear. We hope this ends well-- and quickly.

Story here.

UPDATE: Police in North Carolina have returned fire at the serial killer and killed him. The murders took place a short drive to our west in Cherokee County, SC and the murderer was killed around 3AM last night a few miles to our north in Gaston County, NC. People in our area are breathing easier now and thanking an alert citizen and law enforcement officers.

July 4th Salvo

One of the things that drove supporters crazy about George W. Bush was his reluctance to fight back against all sorts of lunatic rhetoric directed at him. He saw the Presidency as a position from which one does not descend to engage in fisticuffs with critics.

As Governor Palin exits her state job in Alaska she shows that her nature is, um, somewhat different. In the 24 hours after her announcement a great deal of unresearched speculation went out over the air and Internet. Her attorney has told an Alaskan left wing blogger, The NYTimes, MSNBC, The WashPost and Puffington Host that they are on notice and will be subject to legal action for defamation. The four page letter is here.

Some people called her a "quitter."

Amusing.

Imagine for a moment that you knew you could make in one night, giving a 45 minute speech in Houston, what you made in an entire year as governor. Now imagine that, when your children are attacked by pundits and comedians you can make such speech actionable as a private citizen. You might not win any lawsuits, but then the lefties who have filed more than a dozen harassing suits against you in the past year haven't won either. The payback might be too sweet and way too lucrative to pass up.

Is she running for president? Probably. Some day. But first it's time for fun and profit. Lots of profit. There are opinion-shapers in America who make many millions a year through radio, books, TV, and speeches. None of them would take the pay cut to run for public office. Sarah Palin found herself on the other side of that equation: working for chump change when there are tens of millions of dollars on the table.

No Lame Duck For Her

We went looking for freedom this Independence Day weekend and this afternoon Liberty appeared.

I'm surprised that some people on TV this afternoon don't think she just started her 2012 campaign.

Now back to the national celebration of a child molester.

A Puzzled Nation

Have a great Independence Day. Look for liberty this weekend. It seems to be missing.

Crowds No Show For Slow Joe

Eventually even the best comedy acts go stale and the crowds turn away. It looks like The Slow Joe Show has passed the point of no return.

Wednesday Ol' Hair Plugs took his jocularity to Erie, PA and fewer than 100 souls showed up to sample the hilarity. When an entertainment starved community like Erie yawns it must be time for the hapless 2nd banana to work out some fresh, new material.

Here's Slow Joe doing his famous ambidextrous proctologist bit.

It used to kill.

Now?

Not so much.

Ramirez Sez...

Editorial cartoon great, Michael Ramirez, gets it exactly right.

Ramirez is found on the pages of Investors Business Daily. IBD editorials are found here, for non-subscribers.

UPDATE: The Canada Free Press on why most Americans are in the dark about what's happening in Honduras.

Washington Chavismo

Certain folks get upset when you point out that our president is a Marxist. They howl when he is called a Socialist. But is there any doubt anywhere in the world today that Lord Obama is chavista?

Even Hillary is having a hard time getting on board this train to hell.




UPDATE: Mona Charen puts the coup on the other foot here.

No Liberty Required

By now you've probably seen Klavan's advice to college grads.
But, if you haven't-- it's right here. Well worth your 5 minutes.

Doctor? Doctor?

Reason asks, "What if government ran health care?"

Let's watch.

Noo Yawk Times Has Advice

New York Times editorial page tells Governor Sanford to resign.

South Carolinians to the New York Times, "Y'all sure do have a lot of advice to share, bless your hearts."

Translation into Yankee-speak available on request.

The Notorious Capntr8tors

Michelle Malkin has the WANTED Poster.

Warmists Nervous

I guess it was pretty easy for Democrats to rant and rave about global warming (AKA: climate change) when they knew they wouldn't have to vote for an enormous tax to combat it.

But now, as San Fran Nan rushes a 1,200+ page (unread) bill to the floor that taxes the beejeebers out of Americans to battle an imagined problem, many D's are getting cold feet.

In fact, the cold feet are so numerous they might even be partially responsible for the decade or so of global cooling that we've been experiencing.

Why do some, like the guy pictured here, still cling to the hoax? Follow the money.

Look! Up In That Tree

Sometimes one takes a week away from work and goes off in an attempt to find a place where Liberty and Freedom still exist. Then, while in Zambia an unfortunate incident occurs.

Excerpt:

LUSAKA - A monkey urinated on Zambian President Rupiah Banda as he spoke to journalists at a news conference on Wednesday.
Banda softly shouted: "You (dart throwing monkey) have urinated on my jacket," and paused as he looked up to see the animal playing in a tree just above his chair.
"Perhaps these are blessings."

As it turns out, yesterday was full of just such activity. For my part in it, I apologize to President Banda. I was trying to hit the journalists.