Obama's Professional Jealousy is plastered all over his forehead: Glenn Beck's Community Organizing is simply 'stirring people up'

Barack Obama seems dismissive of Glenn Beck's Community Organizing skills. But Community Organizing was certainly a good enough tactic for BHO when he 'stirred up' people to vote him into office. To 'stir people up' is the best pocket definition I've seen for community organizing. BHO is exhibiting some professional jealousy here.



Oh, BHO also spoke of his 'walking back' on the issue of the Ground Zero Mosque...

“I didn’t walk it back at all,” he said. “I was very specific with my team…"

But you did walk it back; you first said...

"I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there," Obama told reporters while visiting the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Brian Williams should have mentioned this 'walk it back' moment in a follow up question. How short are the memories of these JournoList reporters, I wonder ?

As for BHO's Birth Certificate: I've said many time I think to continue to walk back down that road will lead to a dead end, and I've feared that BHO is manipulating the birther's narratives for to be able to paint 'birthers' and 'Muslimers' as well as his more legitimate critics with the same broad brush when the time is right. Sure, 'birthers' are using BHO's own Alinsky tactics against him, but they are playing against the Master Alinskiite Hisself: they must be careful to watch their steps, and know when to fold 'em. The day after the inauguration was the day to fold 'em.

Again, I think it's a pointless exercise to demand BHO's Birth Certificate at this late juncture (although visualizing it plastered to his forehead is smile-enhancing). True, these who are demanding to see the birth certificate are causing Mr. Prezzidint Man to be 'visibly annoyed'; so, well, what's the harm in that, you ask? Simply stated, the broad brush he uses to paint all of his critics also catches more important arguments. We know how this fellow manipulates his fellow moochers and the 'professional left'. There's consequences to continuing down the birth certificate NOW! path.

“I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead,”

Still, I'm sure Saul Alinsky would smile approvingly.

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WHO IS JOHN GALT ? Why, the CEO of Intel, for one.

By now any man or woman with any sense of depth perception will realize that our stalled economic condition is not going to change for the better until the current far-left Democrats (the ones feeding the looter - moocher death spiral) are driven from power. Of course this must include the "Professional Left" Democrats, who will deny this bit of obviousness and go along with Obama and Bernanke's desire to throw more stimulus monies at the problem(s). But the Obamabots and Obama Hisself might just be beginning to realize that they don't have a clue as how to fix this crisis. We'll see what approach they will back when prezzidint TeleprO!mptO!r gives his major economic speech next week.

In the meantime, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini doesn't pull any punches...

Paul Otellini's remarks at the Technology Policy Institute's Aspen Forum amounted to a warning to Obama administration officials and Capitol Hill aides in the audience. Unless government policies are altered, he predicted, "the next big thing will not be invented here. Jobs will not be created here."

The U.S. legal environment has become so hostile to business, Otellini said, that there is likely to be an "inevitable erosion and shift of wealth, much like we're seeing today in Europe--this is the bitter truth."

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Otellini singled out the political state of affairs in Democrat-dominated Washington, saying: "I think this group does not understand what it takes to create jobs. And I think they're flummoxed by their experiment in Keynesian economics not working."

Keynesian economic theory is proven a failure...unless, as believed by the likes of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, that we just didn't throw enough money out there the first time, and we need to mass produce and borrow more!

Can you believe this crazy loon? To create more money that doesn't exist to pump into an economy already stifled by debt and ever-increasing social programs (designed to lure stupid voters to vote for Democrats: the looter - moocher death spiral mentioned above) and the dead housing market, killed by Democrat's failed 'social justice and equality of outcomes' Community Reinvestment Act.

The next economy-killing shoe to drop? Let's see, President Bush's tax cuts are slated to expire January 1, 2011. If that goes down, prepare to see all hell break loose.

How much longer will we be able to sustain a viable national economy with Social Democrats in power? Will November get here soon enough ?

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American Power: President Barack Obama Claims Credit on Iraq War (oh, and I've invented a new word !)

American Power: President Barack Obama Claims Credit on Iraq War

(Screenshot of the above-linked White House weekly address video, where BHO falsely claims he personally guided the Iraq conflict to a successful close. Take absolutely nothing from the capture of the three words seen in the closed captioning field "and suicide prevention." because I'm absolutely positive BHO didn't mean for those words to appear at the same time he was appearing so seemingly...sincere...

But whatever. Liberals won't care how mendaciously he speaks; as long as he's speaking in a soft and soothing baritone, he could be pronouncing the end of cheeseburgers and french fries and they'd still be as gullible and still all tingly and fainting.

Long live the Queen of France!     )

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Overwhelmingly White

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WASHINGTON (AP) - If Democrats had doubts about the voter unrest that threatens to rob them of their majority in Congress, they needed only look from the Capitol this weekend to the opposite end of the National Mall.

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Friday Photo(s): Feets and Field

Did I ever mention that preseason games, even played on Monday nights, are for the most part dull and boring affairs? A nice night out, for some abused toenails. I didn't ask.

For hilarity, read of MTSU's Professor of Guitar and (Skin F)Lute William Yelverton, who crossed into airspace where there are no easy buttons. Without strings, he's a dull fellow, really. MTSU, you gave him early tenure. For Shame!

What were you thinking?

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Obama: "C'mon, I'm just trying to eat my waffle...er, buy my shrimps."

"We're buying shrimp, guys,” he said, smiling. “Come on."

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Really looks like they're having fun, eh? M'chelle, this little getaway in America doesn't compare to your dream European Vacation, now does it? (Is that an apron she's wearing? )

We should've realized before we voted for him, that he wasn't so much a serious prezzidint.

Oh, wait. WE DID realize, didn't we ?

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Image gleened from SondraK, where the post is titled "Moo Moo" (why is that I wonder ? )

Q: Why does Barack Obama go on so many extended vacations ?

A: Because he and his pathetic party are both better off when he keeps his fool mouth shut and stays out of Washington.

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Pshop concept proposed by Ric Locke, who will use this in other, more profound ways, I'm sure of it.

A no-time-to-post Full Brazilian post

...because I attended the Titans preseason waste of time game last night (still can't understand why we have to pay full ticket price for meaningless preseason games?) and there's no time for anything in depth.

This little animation's images courtesy SondraK (finish your assignment!), Troglopundit and RS McCain. Thanks, guys, for helping me waste a couple spare minutes.




No, there's no eye bleach station here. Sorry!

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Weekend's End Video: Hey, SPIKE! Whaddayou LIKE ?

From Tom Petty's underappreciated "Southern Accents" album, this audio file is a live version of "Spike", with the story of elfie Spike, a lost boy with little walking-around sense ('splains the dog collar he wears), and the rough bar he accidentally entered in Gainesville, Florida. A bar called The Cypress Lounge, obviously beyond his ken and grasp.

Lyrics...

Oh, we got another one, just like the other ones
Another bad ass, another trouble-maker
I'm scared, ain't you boys scared?
I wonder if he's gonna show us what bad is?
Boys, we got a man with a dog collar on
You think we oughta throw ol' Spike a bone?

Hey, Spike, what do you like?
Say, Spike, what do you like?

Here's another misfit, another Jimmy Dean
Bet he's got a motorbike,
What'a y'all think?
Bet if we be good we'll get a ride on it
If he ain't too mad about the future!
Maybe we oughta help him see
The future ain't what it used to be

Hey Spike, you're scarin' my wife
Hey Spike what do you like?
Please Spike, tell me 'bout life?

Well, can you tell me 'bout life? Spike?
I might get me a dog collar too, boys!

Does this video have a point, you might ask?

Why, yes it does as a matter of fact!

I-65 rather than I-75, but the result's the same.

Good riddance.

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Affairs, and Wolf Spiders

When that 'Your place or mine ?' question comes up, ALWAYS choose your place. Trust me on this.

The foreboding source image for my motivator I spotted at "Sex, Cigars and Booze". No, seriously!

David Thompson posted this pretty little fuzzy one.

If I had a choice, I'd rather tangle with an extry-large version of that hunter-killer spider than with that cutting-edge-wielding husband pictured at the top. At least the spider would be dispassionate about his task.

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Dirty Hippies begat Dirty Socialists

Read the article in it's entirety, it's worth your time.

A reflective article by Will Hutton looks at the reasons we are economically and morally failing: because of the 'cult of the individual', and the  ever-left-leaning liberalism that was mostly born in the 'baby boomer' generation...

There is no longer any discrimination in our embrace of cultural liberalism; it stretches into every nook and cranny of our lives – from the financial markets to sex – and sometimes with consequences none of us like. It was Howard Davies, when he ran the Financial Services Authority, who compared financiers to consenting adults; the inference was that he had no more business inquiring into their private business affairs than he would into what went on in their bedrooms. His liberalism has been proved wrong. The story of the past six decades is in many ways the story of how we threw off our shackles only to discover that we do need some constraints, even in the City. And in the bedroom? Our extreme liberal stance has seen us deluged under a tidal wave of pornography. The debate in the years ahead will not be about how to continue with our baby boomer liberalism, but over how and where we need restraint around some shared principles and rules.

I never liked Dirty Hippies, except for their music. I value personal responsibility over social largess.

And I can't stand Dirty Socialists and far-left Democrats, because they embody the 'free love-money-morality' elasticity of the Dirty Hippies.

But you already knew that...

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Disgusting POS Code Pink founder Jodie Evans...

...gives us her mail-to address, for to send polite regards.

Jodie Evans
757 Palms Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

Now, I said nice cards and letters.

Mike, of Cold Fury, thinks differently...

It would suit me just fine if these subhuman vermin were savagely beaten every time they dared to pull one of their heinous, disgusting stunts. They have forfeited any expectation of tolerance or forbearance. They are, quite simply, filth — miserable, slimy, crawly things; oxygen thieves; parasites with no redeeming qualities at all, a stain, a blight on the face of the planet.

They should be given no more quarter or consideration than the terrorists they lend aid and comfort to. A lifetime in prison would be too good for them; exiling them to Saudi Arabia or Iran to live out the rest of their pestilential existences under the iron rule of the monstrous system they support would be only the first step toward real justice for them. To swipe Levin’s line, there — I said it.

Heh. Mike is a Good Man.

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UPDATE: Jodie Evans: “Your son deserved to die in Iraq if he was stupid enough to go over there.”

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

...shot in Georgia. He rattled first; 12 gauge answers.

Dude is 6'1".

Look at the size of the head on that thing!

Bonus question: what's in the can ?

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Republican Women: "She's a Lady"

Tom Jones "She's a Lady", to our beautiful Republican women.

After 2:55, the song changes to "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!" and we see Democrat women.

Click here to watch this video full-screen in a popup. Only watch the first 2:55 full-screen, of course, unless you've the eye bleach handy. )

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Hey, Hey, Mr. Dead Taliban

(Caption: A man touches the body of a man who US Army soldiers said fired at them with an AK-47, after he was shot and killed near the village of Samir Kalacheh in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar on July 28, 2010. Though soldiers said they saw three men shooting at them and returned fire, killing one man and injuring another, local people were protesting that the dead man was a farmer from Samir Kalacha village.)

The lefties over at my favorite lefty photo-blog are crying and bemoaning this photo of a dead Taliban, saying this is why we are failing in Afghanistan, because "We see a dead Taliban. They see a dead farmer." One commenter, Meghan...

This picture made me so sad I had to go away and come back before I could comment. The Afghanis are present to this death, gathered around, very human and aware. The solder? Has his back to it and is transfixed by some militaristic gadgetry. Worse, the man in the beige robes has checked to see what the solder is doing, and noted the disrespect.

I could weep.

How's about being happy an American soldier did his job and is still alive, bitch?

My comment on the photo is as follows.

I'm sure Mr. Dead Taliban's parents didn't raise him for the sole purpose of dying because he was stupid enough to fire on American soldiers, thus bringing on a mostly self-inflicted death.

What this photo speaks to me is, firstly, I hope to hell this guy was the right guy that fired on our troops, that they nailed the right guy and not some innocent civilian; and secondly, if they got the right guy, then the object lesson to the rest of the Taliban is that they shouldn't fire on our boys; instead, they should tend to the crops they have planted in the fields.

That is all.

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Defining the PROFESSIONAL LEFT

I'm always fascinated when a new word or term emerges and fits it's subject so well that there's no question as to it's long-term viability. The term "Professional Left", coined by Robert Gibbs, fits that description.

Oleg Atbashian helps with a definition...

The Professional Left vs. the Amateur Right
A class of radicals who live off charitable donations and devote their lives to spreading ideology has expanded its reach all the way to the White House.

The term “professional left” denotes a growing industry that specializes in converting other people’s money into an ideological product, while making a good living out of it in the process.

Or, more succinctly, the “Professional Left” takes other people’s money, funneling some to far-left ideologies, and living well parasitically.

Oleg knows his 'Professional Left': leftist bloggers such as the split personality Gleen(s) Greenwald); opinionated 'newsers' who spout nonsense, e.g. Keith Olbermann, Frank Rich, Rachel Maddow (to name just very few). Their fundings can come from above-board 'charitable trusts' (the NPR funding groups "the Ford, Gates, Kellogg, or Rockefeller Foundations, the Pew Charitable Trust") - and, lurking beneath the surface, George Soros and his ideological exacts, who own the Democrat party.

Our current President Obama? Shepard of the flock of the 'Professional Left'...

Obama’s entire career has been about organizing, sustaining, and advancing the professional left and their operations. One such undertaking involved the processing of $50 million given by the conservative Annenberg Foundation to reform Chicago public schools from 1995 to 2001. In this Obama was assisted by Bill Ayers, the former Marxist terrorist turned professor, who develops and teaches the methodology of advancing leftist dogmas in the classroom. If you think Obama and Ayers designed a reform to improve test scores, think again: the academic performance remained as poor as it ever was. But guess what? The ideological indoctrination of students skyrocketed, along with the numbers of public school teachers turned into professional left operatives. Mission accomplished — conservative money was successfully converted into leftist ideology.

Barack Hussein Obama, a gifted orator, a community organizer par excellence, well-paid by the looters who recruited and molded his radical ideology, is at his very best when effectively collecting votes from the masses of swooning moochers to keep the "Professional Left" looters in power, with his promise made of securing and giving more and more Other People's Money to the moochers to win their bought-and-paid-for votes. Thus weakening the Republic, as Ben Franklin warned.

This video nails the difference between us, Conservatives, and the them that are the Professional Left and their operatives and subjects (yes, subjects, because the lowest-level moocher is enthralled to the 'free money' drug).

Let's keep pressure on these 'Professional Left'ards. Remember in November.

And never forget: TANSTAAFL, bitches.

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Encroaching Unemployment: Not a Pretty Picture

Want to watch a cancer spread across the nation? Watch this little video that plots the unemployment rate since January 2007. Based on real Department of Labor statistics.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 31 million people currently unemployed -- that's including those involuntarily working parttime and those who want a job, but have given up on trying to find one. In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid representation of just how much. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- approximately one year before the start of the recession -- to the most recent unemployment data available today. Original link: www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html. For more information, email latoya.egwuekwe@yahoo.com

If you still have a job, good for you! There's a good chance you won't have a job in a year or two.

This will not turn around until we can wrest this nation's politics away from the dirtiest socialists. Whilst BHO is still in office, don't expect a turnaround.

Even when schools get monies to hire new teachers, they aren't. Like many corporations, there's a wait-and-see-and-hope plan. Money is being squirreled away. Hiring is non-existent amongst those who have the ability to hire. Only Government jobs are created.

What to do? Stay focused on November. Cogent commentary...

The monster State is finished. We can take it apart now, or be crushed beneath its weight when it collapses. I think those shocking generic-candidate polls, and the vast shift in the electorate they describe, are due to the growing awareness of those alternatives.

The gathering thunder of a revolution is always a little scary. We will not falter.

The “hope and change” promised last time was a lie. There was no “change,” just a heavy foot on the gas pedal of a very old machine that was already coming apart at the seams. Now that all its tires are blown, and we’re headed for a cliff… surprise! The very same people instruct us that the correct attitude is hopelessness. Well, “hope” is a prayer for rescue, offered by the powerless. Only faith in ourselves can give us the courage to welcome an uncontrolled future, as the canvas where we will paint our achievements. It also provides armor against distraction, and intimidation, which is why the Left is wasting its time by trying to rewrite the story of November 2010 in advance.

So, hang in there if you can. Good luck, really. Remember in November.

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That's Right! This is America DAMMIT!

Shakespearan thespian Keith Olbermann, IDIOT!.

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h/t rightscoop

Feeding 9 Billion Humans: Increased CO2 levels are going to come in handy

By 2050, the world's population is expected to top 9 billion souls (7 billion by 2012). Our current supply and output of foodstuffs is mostly adequate; meaning that only 1 of 7 people today aren't adequately fed; by 2050, fears are that there may be many more hungry persons. Unless we prepare now.

As luck would have it, we've these enhanced levels of CO2 (AKA plant food) in our atmosphere (amazing coinkydink, wouldn't you say?).

The Royal Society has released some 21 papers (reported in the Guardian.co.uk) in an ongoing study of global population and the feeding and sustainability of same. From the Guardian...

A team of scientists at Rothamsted, the UK's largest agricultural research centre, suggests that extra carbon dioxide in the air from global warming, along with better fertilisers and chemicals to protect arable crops, could hugely increase yields and reduce water consumption.

"Plant breeders will probably be able to increase yields considerably in the CO2 enriched environments of the future … There is a large gap between achievable yields and those delivered ... but if this is closed then there is good prospect that crop production will increase by about 50% or more by 2050 without extra land", says the paper by Dr Keith Jaggard et al.

Just a minute here. Al 'Freakinout' Gore has gloomed and doomed for decades now that increased CO2 level would doooooooom! the planet. Now we hear that increased CO2 levels might in fact help feed people and save lives?

Unintended consequences, or intelligently designed for our convenience? How many barrels of oil are left? Oh, and good thing they were there in the first place, I'd say...

Dunno about eating meat grown in a vat, though...

Instead, says Dr Philip Thornton, a scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, two "wild cards" could transform global meat and milk production. "One is artificial meat, which is made in a giant vat, and the other is nanotechnology, which is expected to become more important as a vehicle for delivering medication to livestock."

Thank God there's no mention of other, less palatable foodstuffs, as some '70's creative thinkers imagined.

Most Transparent Administration EVAH! torpedoed, proven again as just another Obama Lie.

"The Fix"...

Podesta cast the new ethics rules as a leading indicator of what he termed "the most open and transparent transition in history." Podesta added that members of the transition team will sign an ethics code laying out the specific principles announced today.

Transparency, out the window...

Obama closes curtain on transparency

President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to transparency and shunted those duties into the portfolio of a partisan ex-lobbyist who is openly antagonistic to the notion of disclosure by government and politicians.

Partisan lawyers don't count as serious stewards of your promise, Mr. Prezzidint.

FAIL, items 1, 2, 3 and 5.

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The Rising Sun Will Set Forever: Victory over Japan Day, August 14, 1945

V-J Day. The beginning of America's ascension to greatness; given to us who came later by a generation of men and women we can't really even hold candles to.

They did what we, given our current politically correct demeanor and social squalor, could never repeat. We.Could.Never.Win.WWII.Again. Period. There's not enough of the requisite same national backbone and moral fiber, top down, to do the necessary deeds.

Thanks!, to those who lived then and did have that fortitude.

A car festooned with signs drags a homemade Japanese flag. The sign on the back reads “The Rising Sun Will Set Forever”.

65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right? I was able to find an outfit (mymovietransfer.com) to do a much superior scan of this footage to what I had previously posted, so I re-did this film and replaced the older version There are more still images from this amazing day, in color, at www.discoveringhawaii.com

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Video seen at Iowahawk's.

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Barack Hussein Obama backs 9/11 Mosque: Who Knew ?

Numbers 1, 4 and 10.

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Top 10 reasons Barack Obama is a Stunning Failure

British newspapers are now the best chance Americans have of getting the truth about protected American political figures, especially our Chosen O!ne, The Barack Hussein Obama. 'Protected' by our own media, by the established 'progressive' news outlets. Thankfully most of those took major hits from the JournoList scandal; thinking Americans in the know can point at the New York Times, the LA Times &c., and laugh. I frequently do.

This morning, we found the Alvin Greene story on Guardian.co.uk; this, from Telegraph.co.uk...

The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown

by Nile Gardiner

Only ten? There's plenty more than that, but you've made a nice start.

Here's the ten points. You'll have to visit the site to get the details.

• 1. The Obama presidency is out of touch with the American people
• 2. Most Americans don’t have confidence in the president’s leadership
• 3. Obama fails to inspire
• 4. The United States is drowning in debt
• 5. Obama’s Big Government message is falling flat
• 6. Obama’s support for socialised health care is a huge political mistake
• 7. Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill has been weak-kneed and indecisive
• 8. US foreign policy is an embarrassing mess under the Obama administration
• 9. President Obama is muddled and confused on national security
• 10. Obama doesn’t believe in American greatness

All of these points we've made time and time again, even on this humble blog.

Barack Obama is a stunning failure, no questions asked. It's just a matter of time before all but the hardened "Professional Left" realize that.

How long can you go before you come around?

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Alvin Green, Democrat nominee running for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, indicted on PORN CHARGES

Alvin Greene charged over pornographic pictures

Democratic nominee for South Carolina's upcoming senate election indicted on criminal charges of showing pornographic pictures to a teenage college student

Way to work them young thangs, you sly dog you.

Better'n a hair on a coke can, isn't it ?

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How to clean a (Keynesian) Squirrel

It's been a few years since I picked off a mess of these critters.

This guy uses scissors, pliers and a cleaver - knife combination act. I make do with a large hunting knife with a heavy blade. Old boy here only brings back one squirrel from his hunt; I'll want at least 6 or so to make a decent stew.

Shot him in the head, he did, likely with a scoped .22 rifle. I'd rather use a .22 pistol, but if I was getting hungry, I might even 'cheat' and use a shotgun. Or set a game trap.

But only if I was getting hungry.

"Why in the hell are you posting a video about cleaning a thrice-damned mangy-assed squirrel", you ask? Well, glad you did!

Check out this link.

Oh, here's the reason I don't like using a shotgun: the damned shot is difficult to remove. And, it's so much like cheating. If you can't hit a squirrel with a .22 pistol, you need to practice your technique a bit more.

Recipe for Squirrel Dumplings...

Squirrel Dumplings

~ 3 squirrels, cut up (All hair and shot removed.)
~ 1 egg
~ 2 cups plain flour
~ 3/4 cup broth
~ 1 teaspoon salt
~ salt and pepper

Boil squirrels in four quarts of water until tender. Remove squirrels from broth, let cool, then remove meat from bones. Set aside.

In large bowl, mix flour, egg and one teaspoon of salt with 3/4 cup of broth and roll into ball.

Strain the broth to remove any stray shot then resume boil. Return meat to boiling broth.

On a floured cutting board, use rolling pin to roll the dough ball to a thickness of 1/16 inch. Cut into 1-inch wide strips and drop strips one at a time into the boiling broth. Gently shake pot after last dumpling is added to prevent sticking.

Cook approximately 10-15 minutes until dumplings are tender. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve and Enjoy!

Meh. I prefer a squirrely stew; a big 3-quart iron pot, boil then simmered with whatever vegetables you have fresh or canned. Big chunks of squirrel and tomato and potato; green beans and corn if it's available.

Get you some!

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Cheetos-eating basement dwellers who make up the drug-addled "Professional Left" breathe fire at Robert Gibbs, then sulk and suck each other's thumbs, to make it all better.

The "Professional Left": You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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Robert Gibbs' insightful commentary on the farthest-left Obama supporters, his 'moment of sanity' where he rightly pointed out the obvious fact that the 'Professional Left' is collectively on some heavy mind-altering drugs and should be tested (flea-ravaged hippies that they are, of course these leftards are on dangerous drugs: OPiuM) caused a massive collective butt-hurt amongst those mangy scoundrelly nirvanists.

There was an Outcry! heard around the 'sphere. Diapers, loaded, need a CHANGE!

We heard lumpster Michael Moore, on Olberdouche's unwatchable MSNBC show, saying that Robert Gibbs' drugs are far better than anything Moore can get nowadays, this side of Cuba. 'Gibbs probably found some of Bill and Al's stash from deep in the bowels of the White House, and the sonofabitche sure ain't sharing!'

From the link, we hear from John Amato of Crooks and Liars ('Whaddya mean "Professional Left"? I thought we were the Cheetos-eating basement dwellers?'); from little John Aravosis of AmericaBlog ('I gave up my firstborn unaborted child to Obama, and he does us this way? Get a rope!'; from Jim White at FireDogLake 'This isn't funny at all! All I wanted was my free gas and free apartment, and we're all suffering and butt-hurting out here! TAX THE RICH AND GIVE ME MY FREE SHIT FOR LIFE!'.

Gleen(s) Greenwald, he of Brazilian houseboy sockpuppetry fame, screeches

"...So, to recap: (1) The Professional Left are totally irrelevant losers who speak for absolutely nobody, and certainly nobody in Real America who matters; but (2) they're ruining everything for the White House!!! And: if you criticize the President, it's only because you're such a rabid extremist that you harbor a secret desire to eliminate the Pentagon -- that's how anti-American you are! You're such a Far Left extremist that Dennis Kucinich isn't far enough Left for you, you subversive, drug-using hippies! You're so far to the Left that you want to turn the U.S. into Canada."

His exact words, there. and he nails it. Yes, yes, and yes, Gleen(s). You are of little use and value to Obama, now that he's in power. Sit back, watch the show, and, oh, SHUT UP.

Yes, the "Professional Left" is the biggest group of losers in America today. Just ask 'em, they'll tell you so. They supported this profound fake Community Organizer Chicago street king for to become Prezzidint; they expected the immediate immanentization of the eschaton, but of course they are disappointed. Reality, it bites. Gibbs told 'em the truth.

Robert Gibbs, lying crapweasel that he is, gets one right. So, there's lefty hell to pay.

But I'm enjoying this show immensely. Got popcorn ?

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Friday Photo: Seen Yesterday on a Nashville Freeway

...brings a smile to my stone face, yes it does.

"Friday Photo" today because I won't be around tomorrow until very, very late. Some people have to work.

Oh, speaking of work, and that work ethic thinger...one more; this pic spotted at SondraK's place. This looks like a writhing bed of snakes, doesn't it?

Obama Voters

Sigh.

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Ramirez on M'Chelle Antoinette

Haughty. Not found at your average fish fry. Or shrimp cookout. And never in bottommost America.

See also, Michelle Antoinette.

I think she'll keep this one.

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Nice approval index you have there, Mr. Prezzidint

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HEY HEY HISPANICS!

Harry Reid OWNS YOU...




...after all, we've bought and paid for your votes, haven't we? By offering you whatever you want, regardless of our laws!

So get out there and do as we say, forever more.

YOU UNWASHED MASSES OF UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS YOU!!!!11!1!1!!

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h/t Dan Collins

Federal worker pay tops private sector pay. Few public-sector workers are employable in the private sectors, for good reason.

This ain't right.

At a time when worker pay and benefits have stagnated, federal employees' average compensation has grown to more than double what private-sector workers make, a USA Today analysis finds.

Federal workers have been awarded bigger average pay and benefit increases than private employees for nine years in a row. The compensation gap between federal and private workers has doubled in the past decade.

Federal civil servants received average pay and benefits of $123,049 in 2009 while private workers made $61,051 in total compensation, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data are the latest available.

The federal compensation advantage has grown from $30,415 in 2000 to $61,998 last year.

Overpaid workers, bloated salaries and benefits; most of 'em represented by Service Unions. Many of these employees are likely easily expendable, and wouldn't be missed.

Can you say Federal, State and City employee wage and benefit freezes, with rollbacks for every department? And no new hiring, until we get our economy fixed. There's no need to create so many new Federal jobs, Mr. Obama, just to make employment numbers look a bit better.

While we're looking at Federal employees, I'll bet every State has plenty of overpaid and underzealous sorts who could be carefully examined, for to prove their true use and value to The Company. Oh, that's right, Federal, State and Local governments are not 'Companies'; they are public sector non-profits who live off of our taxes and don't really have to concern themselves overmuch about tightening the budgets to a point that actually...hurts. As most private companies must.

What I could do as Personnel Director for government! Evaluations, screenings, monitoring work output and throughput to drive maximum efficiencies. And the firings!, departmental cutbacks for to trim bloated budgets, wage and salary freezes and wage rollbacks for those determined to be...not of any use or value. The crying, it would be loud, but would we actually lose anyone of value? No, because valuable resources would stand out as valuable resources, and, as cream, rise to the top. We'd give valuable resources raises funded by rollbacks from the sluggards.

Case in point: Driver's License Renewals, State of Tennessee. Never have I witnessed a more poorly-run 'office'. Employees are to a person seemingly disdainful, distant and morose, unhelpful and uncaring. Without the motivation needed to rise up and excel, such people are dead-enders walking. And sitting, mostly. Sure, you have a steady stream of some of the lowest sorts of humanity, but you also have Daddy with his Daughter who's getting her first driver's test. What a nice experience; let down by dealing with lackluster, hate-their-job peoples who, in a 'real' company, would find themselves on their fat asses just outside the front door, told to get lost. Severance this, bitch.

I suspect most Government jobs attract the same sorts. These would-be private sector failures.

Exceptions? Of course! Medical, Fire, Police, those who are hands-on and truly helpful to society. I speak with disdain mostly of the paper-pushers and others who have jobs they hate and, well, it shows.

But they can't do any better. And the pay is good, so they just do enough to get by, flow baby flow. Dead-enders on the dole.

I'll bet you know a few, if you know any Civil Servants employed at any level of government.

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"America Goes Dark": Paul Krugman realizes now that Atlas is Shrugging.

Today's New York Times (savor this headline, if you would)...

America Goes Dark

The lights are going out all over America — literally. Colorado Springs has made headlines with its desperate attempt to save money by turning off a third of its streetlights, but similar things are either happening or being contemplated across the nation, from Philadelphia to Fresno.

Meanwhile, a country that once amazed the world with its visionary investments in transportation, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System, is now in the process of unpaving itself: in a number of states, local governments are breaking up roads they can no longer afford to maintain, and returning them to gravel.

And a nation that once prized education — that was among the first to provide basic schooling to all its children — is now cutting back. Teachers are being laid off; programs are being canceled; in Hawaii, the school year itself is being drastically shortened. And all signs point to even more cuts ahead.

Yes, this is all truth. Yes, it's going to get very, very much worse, before it gets better.

Yes, Leftism as a moral disease and an economic system must fail for things to improve.

Krugman is in Lefty Denial! He writes "...federal government...isn’t cash-strapped at all." Really? Sell more Federal bonds, he says, to give to States who are going broke. Who would buy these bonds of which you speak, Krugman, and who will pay the interest on these bonds? The unborn generations?

Oh, and Krugman repeats more of the failing Liberal Mantra: "Raise Taxes". You've some thin gruel, Krugman. Raising taxes is exactly the wrong thing to do, as you will see soon enough, if the so-called "Bush tax cuts" expire on January 1.

And, this unbelievable bit of Krugman: "...if you look at government spending as a whole you see hardly any stimulus at all." Forget your hero economist Keynes, then! He's likely rolling over in his grave right now, seeing how badly his ideas have failed! That economic tool, Keynesian economics, was proven disastrous prior to WWII, and can't be fixed. Keynesian economics is failed economics, by your own admission, Krugman. What more proof do you need?

Unless you want to admit that much of the $3.27 Trillion in stimulus costs were misdirected; those funds being largely funneled to Democrat special interests; which means Democrats have acted like 'kids in a candy store' with this 'spread the wealth to our VOTERS!' spending spree once Democrats assumed power? Stimulus monies that are still set aside to assure that 'hand-me' moochers will continue to vote for their favorite Democrat looters?

Atlas is shrugging, Krugman. Your far-leftist dreams of nirvana are failing. You've managed to kill the productive spirit of the true producers of this Nation; who are NOT going to hire or spend until Obama and Democrats are completely out of power.


So get used to the dark, then, all of you Leftists. You will finally learn the hard way just what a disease Leftist Liberal Fascism really is.

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Maxine Waters: "Why so many black elected officials getting caught up with this new OCE organization...?"

This video is the best outtake 'skit' The Daily Show has ever cut, AFAIC. Jon Stewart and Larry Wilmore discuss Maxine Waters' use of the "RACE CARD"...



"THE RACE CARD'S MAXED OUT!!11!!1ELEVENTY!!1!"

Wow. Nice to see the skewer used against some of the Left's pet oxen for a change.

Oh, and to answer Maxine Waters, BECAUSE YOUR CROOKED ASS IS DUMB ENOUGH TO GET CAUGHT! Sheesh. Get away with corruption you think you can?

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From pw

Brett Favre did WHAT? Sent photos of himself MASTURBATING to a young reporterette ? Say it ain't so, Brett! (It probably isn't.)

RS McCain offers advice to aspiring writers, whilst aiding in dropping a bombshell on Minnesota Vikings ironman quarterback Brett Favre.

Supposedly, young Playboy poseur turned reporter Jenn Sterger received several unwanted cell phone photos from Brett Favre, photos depicting himself engaged in masturbatory acts of desperation. Yes, Favre is a married man, an old grandfatherly married man, who at 40 is still wondering if he's enough left in the tank to start another season of pro football. And leaving football fans wondering if we can stomach another season of Favre wall-to-wall nonstop media coverage, with angles causing even RS McCain to wince.

This sexting bruhaha won't help matters so much, even if it's true (well, it MIGHT! gives the old man another hook to the limelight, something he's never tried to avoid).

That's a big IF.

According to Bleacher Report dot com, the 'source' for this story, Deadspin, is not even worthy of even a link...

The story: Jenn Sterger, a model/actress/sleazy journalist, was in contact (at least to a certain degree) with a rumor spinner, and told him that Favre sent her text and picture messages of his, er, "little Favre" while a member of the New York Jets in 2008.

Sterger apparently went on to say how she received "creepy" messages and texts from Favre, and that she wanted nothing to do with him because he was old and married.

Well, high five for standing up for what you believed in, Sterger. I mean, at least you stopped at simply playing a hand in tearing down a guy's reputation.

...

This story broke on Deadspin, perennial rumor mill and Favre-hating site. (Sorry, Deadspin, no link for you.)

This site not only ran a "story" with little credibility or evidence during a time that was so blatantly obviously taking advantage of Favre (as he was tops in the news), but they also never even received full consent from Sterger to go ahead with the story.

So, Sterger kept quiet, and I'm sure she got helped out in Deadspin's own way of rewarding people who are sources (but aren't sources? hmm).

In any case, she at least got a nice dose of that elusive fame she's been chasing for, well, what seems like forever, now.

Deadspin isn't on my radar. But Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk dot com, is; and has been since 1999 or so.

He hasn't touched this story, which to me puts it dead in the water.

Worst case scenario: Brett Favre loses some family love for this. In which case a certain little reporterette might be facing a libel suit.

Unless she saved the pictures.

I can see the court testimony now..."Yer honor, that's not mine!" "Prove it Mr. Favre." ... More sensational than a certain unwashed blue dress. I'll let someone else run those photos.

Not that I won't take advantage of this whilst it lasts! I've photos of Brett (slappy-ass) Favre, taken by me on one of his last visits to Tennessee whilst arrayed as a cheesehead (August 2007), and this ass-slappy shot of Jen Sterger, ready for that nice (bit of) smack.

Oh, what the hell. I'll just combine the two.

I always wondered what went through the minds of the ass-slapping pro athletes just before the moment of contact.

This helps finish that picutre, I think.

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UPDATE

Mike Florio DID have this story, way back on August 4th (I didn't check back that far, sorry!)...

Bizarre allegations against Favre could complicate his decision

Posted by Mike Florio on August 4, 2010 2:27 PM ET

In this case, Favre will surely deny texting improper pictures to a former coworker, just as he has denied texting his intentions to retire to current coworkers. Heck, there's a chance that no one in the media will be able to muster the nerve to even ask him about these new claims.

But there's someone who will ask Brett a question or two about it. She may ask him many questions or two about it. Favre's wife will want to know chapter-and-verse details about what he did or didn't say and what he texted or didn't text and who in the hell else he may have been involved with in this or other ways.

There's even a chance that Mrs. Favre will contact Ms. Sterger and request the opportunity to personally peruse the pictures, which Sterger has not yet provided to Deadspin.

The extent to which Favre withstands that barrage could go a long way toward determining whether the Favre family will decide that another season of football is in their best interests. It's possible that Favre in the end will decide that he needs to spend the next five months, and maybe longer, out of the spotlight.

Florio, a lawyer, gets into the 'what-if' issues without the bomb-throwing.

Sorry I doubted you, Florio. I should've checked back a bit farther in the links.

But, well, I'm looking for mostly Titans stories, you see, and Favre just isn't of that much interest to me.

Thanks for the follow-up to Twitterer Lars Riemann.

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Lady Gaga or Marilyn Monroe ?

I know, rhetorical question. Marilyn Monroe is the iconic sweetheart, yesterday's forever darling. Witness this photo; Marilyn Monroe in sand sculpture in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Original caption: "A girl poses for a photo near a statue of Marilyn Monroe at a sand sculpture festival in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)"

That's carrying power.

Versus our newest "superstar" (by someone's definition, not mine): Lady Gaga on stage yesterday in Chicago.

Original caption: "Lady Gaga performs as part of Lollapalooza 2010 at Grant Park on August 6, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Can you foresee anyone sand sculpting the Lady Gaga some 48 years after her death? Or even remembering her 10 years from now?

Marilyn Monroe wins the "Classy Babe Forever" contest, dress down. Even '80's Madonna could not keep up with Marilyn Monroe.

Surely there's some better offerings in today's lineup of female "superstars"? Who?

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Photos The Daily Edit

UPDATE Welcome! RS McCain's Rule 5 Sunday Linkfest visitors

This is really a treat; I don't have an entry every weekend. My bad. I'll try to do better!

Your political leaders say, Here! Have an Unemployment Check, on us! For to stave off the inevitable "Hell breaks loose because Americans are at risk of BOILING OVER!" moment

Unemployment is a JOB CREATOR!

Another Marie Antoinette moment from our out-of-touch Ruling Class.

Here's Peggy Noonan's take on America's current state of discontent...

America Is at Risk of Boiling Over

And out-of-touch leaders don't see the need to cool things off.

Optimists think that if we manage to turn a few things around, their kids may have it...almost as good. The country they inherit may be...almost as good. And it's kind of a shock to think like this; pessimism isn't in our DNA. But it isn't pessimism, really, it's a kind of tough knowingness, combined, in most cases, with a daily, personal commitment to keep plugging.

But do our political leaders have any sense of what people are feeling deep down? They don't act as if they do. I think their detachment from how normal people think is more dangerous and disturbing than it has been in the past. I started noticing in the 1980s the growing gulf between the country's thought leaders, as they're called—the political and media class, the universities—and those living what for lack of a better word we'll call normal lives on the ground in America. The two groups were agitated by different things, concerned about different things, had different focuses, different world views.

But I've never seen the gap wider than it is now. I think it is a chasm. In Washington they don't seem to be looking around and thinking, Hmmm, this nation is in trouble, it needs help. They're thinking something else. I'm not sure they understand the American Dream itself needs a boost, needs encouragement and protection. They don't seem to know or have a sense of the mood of the country.

And so they make their moves, manipulate this issue and that, and keep things at a high boil. And this at a time when people are already in about as much hot water as they can take.

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When the adults of a great nation feel long-term pessimism, it only makes matters worse when those in authority take actions that reveal their detachment from the concerns—even from the essential nature—of their fellow citizens. And it makes those citizens feel powerless.

Inner pessimism and powerlessness: That is a dangerous combination.

Peggy, you're a sweetheart; but you don't see how deeply this division runs. There's a definite political destination we're being directed to; that direction is unspoken except for unclear and amorphous promises of "CHANGE". That direction ends when the middle class of America is no better off than the average World Citizen in, say, Paraguay or Cuba or Venezuela or China or Kenya.

We are being forced to flatten our lifestyles. America is no longer acceptable to our elite ruling class as an exceptional nation. There must be this take-down, to force all of us to accept lower standards than we've enjoyed (obviously at the expense of others, you evil AMRERICANS!). It's time to believe Barack Hussein Obama (who grew up in Indonesia, was raised by a communist mother and father, was forever influenced by far-left professors and radical associations throughout his formative years) when he tells us that we must share the wealth. That we are no better than any other nation on the planet.

Peggy sees from her perch some quick movements in the forest; some swaying of the trees as the storm builds. At ground level, just below the surface, there's some real CHANGE brewing.

We, really, are not amused.

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Photographer catches Barack Obama in correct form ~!

Official Regime photo caption...

"U.S. President Barack Obama highlights his administration's job creation initiatives during his visit to Gelberg Signs in Washington, August 6, 2010."

My 'fix', you will note, is much, much closer to reality than the obviously slanted official Regime photographer would ever be allowed to provide.

He should thank me.

(How damned many teleprompters does this moron need to finish a single speech? Sheesh!)

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Decadence. Of the "Let them eat cake" sort.

This scrawny little snot-nosed girl-child wears, by my calculations, some $31,137.00 in clothes and jewelry. That's not so bad, really; I know this girl; she would much rather have a handful of 'ludes and a few lines of blow than that Atelier Swarovski crystal hexagon bracelet by Philip Crangi. But, each to her own.

Which can't compare to this Vacheron Constantin Tour de I'lle timepiece, at $2,570,000.00 US. My sort of everyday wristwatch, let me tell you.

Our esteemed Royal First Lady, Michelle (Marie Antoinette) Obama, on her fifth vacation this summer, has managed to blow quite a large sum of American tax dollars. The final cost is still pending calculations, since she's still 'over there' on our dime.

Oh, M'chelle, I've one more thing to say to you...

That is all.

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Conservative 100: Top Sites

...as amassed by DBKP


CONSERVATIVE 100
July 26, 2010

Rank	Last	SITE NAME	Alexa Rank
1	1	Fox News	206
2	2	WSJ Opinion Journal	269
3	3	Drudge Report	428
4	6	NewsMax	2260
5	5	World Net Daily/Michael Savage	2378
6	4	Big Hollywood/Breitbart	2579
7	7	Hot Air	3691
8	8	Free Republic	4339
9	9	Washington Times	4495
10	13	Breitbart TV	4888
11	11	National Review Online	5199
12	10	Rush Limbaugh	6578
13	12	Town Hall	6608
14	20	Washington Examiner	6624
15	15	Instapundit/Pajamas Media	7019
16	14	NewsBusters	7780
17	21	Glenn Beck	7897
18	18	American Thinker	9365
19	25	Human Events	10010
20	17	Big Government	10021
21	16	Michelle Malkin	10303
22	38	Daily Caller	10509
23	22	Red State	10588
24	23	Reason	11165
25	19	*Ace of Spades HQ/My Pet Jawa/CYankee*	11459
26	24	Fox Nation	11950
27	32	CNS News	12422
28	27	Right Pundits	13160
29	28	American Spectator	14194
30	31	Lucianne.com	16560
31	26	Weekly Standard	17049
32	33	PowerLine	17248
33	29	First Things**	17522
34	37	Canada Free Press	19476
35	30	Heritage Foundation	19915
36	35	Big Journalism	21035
37	41	Jihad Watch	25190
38	40	Atlas Shrugs	27148
39	36	EarthFrisk	28920
40	39	Neal Boortz	29061
41	43	NewsReal Blog	30399
42	34	2011:Obama’s Coup Fails	32997
43	48	Volokh Conspiracy	33547
44	42	Don Surber	36173
45	57	Mark Levin	38959
46	65	Debbie Schlussel	39589
47	50	Sean Hannity	40314
48	47	Cato Institute	40822
49	45	Front Page Magazine	43826
50	59	DBKP – Death by 1000 Papercuts	46141
51	47	Ann Coulter	46905
52	54	Bill O’Reilly	50006
53	56	Right Wing News	50262
54	49	Althouse	51310
55	51	The American	52066
56	58	Daniel Pipes	52412
57	46	Commentary	53018
58	57	Dick Morris	53606
59	86	Washington’s Blog	54588
60	62	Life News	56076
61	70	Linkiest	57279
62	–	Pat Dollard	58761
63	53	Moonbattery	61580
64	82	Blogger News Network	69370
65	55	Riehl World View	69415
66	63	Weasel Zippers	70014
67	68	WhizBang	70288
68	–	Freedom Works	70294
69	76	Red County	73695
70	73	Laura Ingraham	74062
71	44	Say Anything	76986
72	81	Outside the Beltway	77170
73	61	VDare	78756
74	79	Jammie Wearing Fool	82597
75	66	Army Times	83391
76	64	The People’s Cube	83573
77	83	Double Plus Undead	84296
78	78	The Next Right	84693
79	69	Freedom’s Phoenix	90687
80	90	Conservatives for Palin	91924
81	67	Hugh Hewitt	95054
82	74	Day by Day	96220
83	96	Zombie Time	99223
84	–	The Other McCain.com	100364
85	87	Doug Ross@Journal	104547
86	91	I Own the World	105945
87	72	Legal Insurrection	110844
88	71	Flopping Aces	114035
89	77	Media Research Center	121545
90	80	Patterico	121650
91	75	Deceiver	122205
92	84	American Conservative	123083
93	92	Black Five	126676
94	–	Scared Monkeys	127181
95	89	Michael Yon	127270
96	100	Dr. Helen	135478
97	–	Jill Stanek	136329
98	99	Protein Wisdom	143137
99	–	Cafe Hayek	143350
100	88	Steyn Online	153220

Some I visit on occasion; some I've heard of but you can't visit all of 'em.

Protein Wisdom is of course my favorite.

Some I question: why are they on there? If a small child were to call for her dog, named Blackie (because of course the dog is black), across a field and in hearing range of a grumpy old black man who's now found a reason to cry "RAAAAACIST!", would a certain LA DDA rush out and denounce the child as a) RAAAACIST! once, for speaking code words when she should've known better; b) RAAAAACIST! twice, for calling for her dog AND for naming her dog inappropriately; c) RAAAAACIST! three times, for both the above AND for being born white; or d) None of the above, but does admonish the child to look out for moneygrubbing Jews who might just filch from her piggy bank ?

READER POLL!

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