Just as promised, Obama is coming for the guns.
And if his record is any indication, this is just the beginning.
unFairness Doctrine Update
Senator Jim DeMint proposed an amendment to the D.C. Voting Rights bill banning the revival of the unFairness Doctrine.
DeMint posted this on Twitter, “Our ban on Fairness Doctrine passes 87-11. But fight not over, Dems have attacked from back door on media ownership, localism.”
Michelle Malkin has more here.
Waiting to see if Wisconsin’s Kohl and Feingold were among the 11 opposed.
Update: Wisconsin Senators both voted yes. Thank you.
Founders vs. Feelings- Update
It took 116 days for dozens of men to discuss, write, and revise the Constitution of the United States. Much longer, if you count the time of debating and theorizing that took place before the Constitutional Convention was even called on May 25, 1787.
There was a reason they designated Washington D.C. as the capital city, and a reason it holds no power as a state.
The citizens of D.C. can vote almost like any other American. They have a Representative in Congress (always a Democrat since the position was restored in 1971) who votes, but the vote does not count. This seems like a ridiculous exercise in itself.
Upset about this? THEN AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. A system is in place to do such a thing, but it is being circumvented, trampled on, and considered unimportant. All because some FEEL like making this Democrat vote count is the right thing to do. (The “deal” also includes giving conservative Utah an EXTRA Representative as a bribe to the GOP to go along. And many are!)
Get the details here.
Update: The Senate passes the D.C. Voting Rights Act, adding 2 members to the House of Representatives, and disregarding the Constitution. The legislation will face a House vote and conference before heading to the President.
“Put Away Childish Things” is Right
Holman Jenkins Jr. with a must-read Op-Ed in today’s Wall St. Journal.
Cradle to College-Updates
President Obama’s Address to Congress gave me an opportunity to work on posters for Friday’s Chicago Tea Party to protest nearly everything Obama said Tuesday night.
The stench is still lingering in the air, from the markers and from the President’s homily to government dependence.
Some lowlights:
“…we still managed to spend more money and pile up more debt, both as individuals and through our government, than ever before.
In other words, we have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity, where we failed to look beyond the next payment, the next quarter, or the next election.”
You mean, like bulleting through a $787 billion “stimulus” bill that no one has even read, that will pass on burgeoning debt for generations yet unborn?
“…a plan of this scale comes enormous responsibility to get it right.
That is why I have asked Vice President Biden to lead a tough, unprecedented oversight effort – because nobody messes with Joe.”
Huh? Nobody messes with Joe? Well, I suppose he’s right. If the media had messed with Joe and called him out on all the stupid things he’s said, he wouldn’t be sitting in the VP chair right now. Update: Like this. He must not have been listening.
“Still, this plan will require significant resources from the federal government- and yes, probably more than we’ve already set aside. But while the cost of action will be great, I can assure you that the cost of inaction will be far greater, for it could result in an economy that sputters along for not months or years, but perhaps a decade…I refuse to let that happen.”
Warning: he’s coming for more. From you.
“The only way this century will be another American century is if we confront at last the price of our dependence on oil and the high cost of health care, the schools that aren’t preparing our children and the mountain of debt they stand to inherit.”
Because of his “stimulus.“
Moving on…
“The budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future: energy, health care, and education.”
Someone please tell me- again- how giving every American “free” health care helps our economic future.
“I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.”
Business-busting cap-and-trade in a fragile economy. These people really are clueless.
“So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait and it will not wait another year.”
Get ready. Here it comes.
“…it will be the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive education- from the day they are born to the day they begin a career.”
Yes, he said it. Education from birth. And, I guess for as long as you want to go to school and put off starting a career.
“I know that the price of tuition is higher than ever, which is why if you are willing to volunteer in your neighborhood or give back to your community or serve your country, we will make sure that you can afford a higher education.”
Does monitoring a polling place for the Black Panthers count as community service?
He ended with some talk about pulling out of Iraq, boosting troop numbers in Afghanistan, emptying Guantanamo, “we don’t torture, yadayada, ” and wrapped it in a nice bow with a sob story about a girl whose school in South Carolina has to pause lessons while the train goes by 6 times a day.
Big deal! I hear the train coming out my window, too!
Oh, and “God Bless America.”
Please.
Update: Here’s a link to some fact-checks of Obama’s speech.
Immigration THE Losing Issue?
Someone has to do it, and it might as well be me.
Hey Richard Nadler, the Republicans didn’t lose in November because of the immigration issue!
Did anyone even hear the I-word offered up in a single interview or debate? Perhaps mentioned as the deliberately vague “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” and then only when asked about it first. Or when McCain and Obama both visited the Council on La Raza.
Apparently it had nothing to do with war-fatigue, George W. Bush-fatigue, or the ECONOMY (stupid).
Maybe Nadler forgot that McCain (the face of the Republicans as the GOP’s presidential candidate) led the way on “bipartisan” Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2006.
If immigration was a losing issue for the GOP in the last election, it was the conservatives they lost. Not the other way around.
Obama’s $410 Billion Mardis Gras
It’s Fat Tuesday and terribly fitting that President Obama should roll out his $410 billion,big, fat, pork-laden spending plans for you, America!
Including these items, found by Sen. Jim DeMint staffer Tom Jones:
*Tattoo removal program
*Money for Maine lobsters
*Promotion of astronomy in Hawaii
*Money to combat bullying
*Totally Teen Zone (Wii and Xbox, DJ, and snack booth)
*Money to study seals
Play “Find the Pork” yourself here.
Tonight we’ll see, if given ANOTHER chance, Obama will be able to conjure up any of his campaign-style messages of HOPE for the American economy.
You know, like:
“We start 2009 in the midst of a crisis unlike any we have seen in our lifetime…”- Barack Obama (1/8/09)
“…this recession could linger for years. The unemployment rate could reach double digits. Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity.” -Barack Obama (1/8/09)
“…a bad situation could become dramatically worse.” -Barack Obama (1/8/09)
“…only government can provide the short-term boost necessary to lift us from a recession this deep and severe.” -Barack Obama (1/8/09)
Or, my personal favorite:
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” -Rahm Emanuel (11/9/08 )
You know, like socialize, er, CHANGE, America…
By the way, is Nancy Pelosi done writing that speech yet?
Barack the Vote
Those tuning in tonight to see Round 2 of the American Idol finalists will be delighted to find, not Ryan Seacrest, but their own Idol of the Moment, President Barack Obama.
While there’s certain to be some irate fans (I worked in two newsrooms and people will call to complain if Judge Judy gets interrupted!), it’s largely of their own doing. According to the Pew Research Center, 66% of voters 18-29 voted for Obama in 2008, the same demographic that watches American Idol in large numbers.
Think they’ll keep the set on for The One’s Economic Address to Congress?
About the same chance as Norman Gentle has of being the next American Idol.
Tell Me How You Really Feel…
President Obama and his new “stimulus czar,” Vice President Joe Biden, want to know what you think about the $787 billion Generational Theft Act. Really?
No. But they can pretend to care. And it’s Monday, take out your frustrations here.
And share your story about how you didn’t take out an $800k mortgage (on a bus driver’s salary!) and you don’t want to pay for those who did!
