Ideological Bigotry Part XXII--The Lynching of Sarah Palin

In the immortal words of Clarence Thomas, what happened to Sarah Palin was nothing more than a high tech lynching. The leftist mob has claimed another scalp in their 20+ years of "Borking" innocent people.

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The only answer is political retribution. Are you listening Pelosiraptor? Your party created this Ideological Bigotry.

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Biden- A Gaffe A Minute

Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America, strikes again.

STEPHANOPOULOS: And meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made it pretty clear that he agreed with President Obama to give until the end of the year for this whole process of engagement to work. After that, he's prepared to make matters into his own hands.

Is that the right approach?

BIDEN: Look, Israel can determine for itself -- it's a sovereign nation -- what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Whether we agree or not?

BIDEN: Whether we agree or not. They're entitled to do that. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do that. But there is no pressure from any nation that's going to alter our behavior as to how to proceed.

What we believe is in the national interest of the United States, which we, coincidentally, believe is also in the interest of Israel and the whole world. And so there are separate issues.

If the Netanyahu government decides to take a course of action different than the one being pursued now, that is their sovereign right to do that. That is not our choice.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But just to be clear here, if the Israelis decide Iran is an existential threat, they have to take out the nuclear program, militarily the United States will not stand in the way?

BIDEN: Look, we cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do when they make a determination, if they make a determination that they're existentially threatened and their survival is threatened by another country.

Commentary Magazine:

Well that would be a big shift from Obama’s Cairo speech, in which he declared that no one country could determine if another could acquire nuclear weapons. Is Obama now allowing Israel to be the world’s nuclear watchdog while he assumes some grand position of neutrality, sitting above the fray and unwilling to assert American military power even if facing a nuclear-armed Iran? Perhaps. That would be quite a timid stance, a retreat from America’s historic role as leader and defender of the Free World. But if he’s not going to do it himself, it is a good thing indeed to signal that Israel can defend itself and the rest of the region.

Was Biden simply speaking out of turn or was it a green light? Is Obama playing the "neutral" one while Biden gives the go ahead and becomes the scapegoat should all hell break loose? Perhaps Biden's statements were made in such a way as to get reactions from the Democratic base.

Related: According to Times Online, the Saudi's are also giving Israel the green light:

The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites.

Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility.

The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials.

“The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source said last week.

Although the countries have no formal diplomatic relations, an Israeli defence source confirmed that Mossad maintained “working relations” with the Saudis.

John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations who recently visited the Gulf, said it was “entirely logical” for the Israelis to use Saudi airspace.

Bolton, who has talked to several Arab leaders, added: “None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn’t trumpet it as a big success.”

You won't see this comment on Wake up America often, so note it now.

Biden is right.

Israel has every right to protect itself.

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California IOU's Will Defeat 'Obamanomics'?

Kevin Hassett writes a piece for Bloomberg, a must read. Here is a little teaser:

The California morass has Democrats in Washington trembling. The reason is simple. If Obama’s health-care plan passes, then we may well end up paying for it with federal slips of paper worth less than California’s. Obama has bet everything on passing health care this year. The publicity surrounding the California debt fiasco almost assures his resounding defeat.

It takes years and years to make a mess as terrible as the California debacle, but the recipe is simple. All that you need is two political parties that are always willing to offer easy government solutions for every need of the voters, but never willing to make the tough decisions necessary to finance the government largess that results. Voters will occasionally change their allegiance from one party to the other, but the bacchanal will continue regardless of the names on the office doors.

California has engaged in an orgy of spending, but, compared with our federal government, its legislators should feel chaste. The California deficit this year is now north of $26 billion. The U.S. federal deficit will be, according to the latest numbers, almost 70 times larger.

Read the whole thing.

More on California issuing IOU's to their creditors found here.

Other states may be forced to do the same thing.

With the massive spending Obama is proposing with his "public option" not to mention how his massive spending bills with quadruple our deficit, America's IOU's won't be worth the paper they are printed on, just as California's aren't.
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Palin Bashing Is 'Helping' Palin

As has been pointed out before, the harder the left starts bashing Sarah Palin, the harder her supporters and some of her detractors start pushing back.

The Politico Playbook:

--Sarah Palin. Our sources say lucrative offers have poured in from left, right and center. So far, the skeptical coverage from the MSM (“Morning” Joe Scarborough called it “a jumble”) is HELPING her with her base. Danger: She has to be sure she doesn’t become a self-caricature. In addition to giving paid speeches and raising money for candidates, she plans to raise money and awareness for issues that include treatment of the troops, energy independence and opposition to abortion.

One specific feminist takes on the others that bash Palin, not on her politics but personally, perpetuating not the truth but lies and seems surprised that other feminists have not learned to separate the fact from fiction.

It’s a bit weird to drag all this back here to the lounge, but it’s the setup for the giant, rambling brain dump that’s about to follow. Sarah Palin’s surprise resignation has brought out the crazy again, and reading through the blogs I’m reminded of how much pure bullshit has been said and believed about her and continues to be said and believed. I’m reminded of how so many feminists seem possessed of a wholly irrational hatred for this woman.

Why?

This isn’t going to be the kind of post where I sketch out a pattern and then give you The Key To Understanding It All. This is going to be more like a stream-of-consciousness tiptoe through the violets of my reclusive thought processes. I’ve been puzzling over this stuff since last August. One reason I’ve written as many posts as I have about Palin is because I’m so baffled by the reaction to her. I can’t figure it out. It’s like quantum entanglement or dark energy: I make myself sick trying to understand it and worry that I’ll die before I get it sorted. (I know: Xanax.)

Of course, the first answer you’ll get if you ask feminists why they hate Sarah Palin is that “it’s because she ____” — and then fill in the blank with the lie of choice: made rape victims pay for their own kits, is against contraception or sex ed, believes in abstinence-only, thinks the dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago, doesn’t believe in global warming, doesn’t believe in evolution, is stupid and can’t read, etc., etc., etc., etc.

But none of those things is true. None of them.

It is a long piece but well worth the read.

I stated before, the answer is simple... fear. Those that continue to repeat the lies instead of learning the truth, can't be bothered with the truth, they are too scared to bother.

Palin scares feminists because she is one of them, but refuses to be forced into taking the stances that go against her personal beliefs.

She is a feminist who believes she can raise a family, work, do whatever she sets her mind to, but doesn't follow the "party line" and instead she determines her own personal moral code of what is right and what is wrong.

That is unacceptable to those claiming to be feminists. According to them it is not the "whole" of a person that determines them to be feminists, it is each individual issue and dare to disagree with any specific issue, like abortion, and in their eyes, you cannot be a feminists because you are not jumping on their bandwagon, you are riding your own.

So, while some on the left are asking themselves why Palin Derangement Syndrome must include lies that have been proven untrue and wonder about the iraational hatred, some on the right are also wondering about the appeal of Sarah Palin.

By no means is everyone on the right on the same page as everyone else, but there is an explanation as to what her appeal is.

She is real. Mistakes, flaws and all, she is real.

Barack Obama and his team played hard at the angle of an African American that rose above to become a senator and now president, but Palin shows that one is not always afforded the opportunities to attend an Ivy League college, that a woman does not have to choose between a career and a family, nor that said career must come to a standstill while raising said family.

Are there more people that went to whatever college they could afford, or more that had the means to attend Ivy League colleges.

Are there more children out there right this second that will eventually go to Harvard or more that will attend a community college?

The same reason that her supporters adore her is the reason the far left fears her.

While people speculate about her presidential chances, her experience and her decision to resign her governorship of Alaska, the fact is that months and months after she left the national stage as John McCain's VP nominee, she is still being talked about, bashed by those that hate her, defended by those that love her and written about in almost every major newspaper.

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RJC in Santa Monica

I hope you had an enjoyable July 4th.

Now back to politics and fun.

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Sarah Palin News Frenzy

When Sarah Palin announced (Video at that link) she had decided against running for reelection as Governor of Alaska and that she was resigning her position as to not become a lame duck Governor in her last 18 months, the media and bloggers went into a frenzy.

Liberal bloggers started speculating and simply making up stories as to why they thought she was resigning, to the point of slander.

UPDATED: Alaskan reporter Shannyn Moore offers The BRAD BLOG hints about reasons for Alaska Gov's resignation
FURTHER UPDATE: Sources say embezzlement scandal, federal indictments may soon break concerning use of Wasilla Sport Complex building materials for Palin's home...

It has gotten to the point where the FBI themselves has come out, via and agency spokesperson to state under no uncertain terms that there is no investigation.

"There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry.

Palin then went on to blast the media, as reported by The Politico:

“How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it’s about country,” Palin wrote. “And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make.”

Thomas V. Van Flein, Palin's attorney, issued a four page letter (PDF file), warning the media that they will be looking into legal action against those slandering Palin.

To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as “fact” that Governor Palin resigned because she is “under federal investigation” for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation. This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law.

The Alaska Constitution protects the right of free speech, while simultaneously holding those “responsible for the abuse of that right.” Alaska Constitution Art. I, Sec. 5. http://ltgov.state.ak.us/constitution.php?section=1. These falsehoods abuse the right to free speech; continuing to publish these falsehoods of criminal activity is reckless, done without any regard for the truth, and is actionable.

Whatever Sarah Palin's future plans are, there are some that will stand by her loyally and root for her and the more the liberal bloggers and press demonize her, the larger she seems to become in the eyes of her supporters.

I have a feeling this country has not heard the last of Sarah and as those bogus stories about her youngest child backfired against them, this just might as well.

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233 Years and Beautiful--America Remains Great in 2009

From Ray Charles to Lee Greenwood to Joey Chestnut to our fine military personnel to Hank Hill working that grill to make sure the hot dogs and hamburgers are perfect, today is a day to celebrate the nobility of God's country.

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Have a safe and sane July 4th.

America...God done shed grace on thee. Indeed he did.

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eric aka the Tygrrrr Express

Fly your flag, America!

And because this is always appropriate:



And.....a MUST READ piece over at Villainous Company:

Freedom Is Not Just An "American" Value


Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day....

Three years ago on the eve of another Independence Day, I wrote these words:
About one week from now, we will celebrate the Fourth of July. All over America, these words will be read:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

What are those words worth, today? Not much, apparently. Do we still believe them? Are they still engraved on our hearts? Do we still believe that ALL men are created equal?...

And she closes with this:

On the eve of Independence Day it is good to remember that liberty cannot survive without the will to defend our way of life. In a borderless world we can no longer huddle behind the comforting walls of outdated isolationism and chastened "pragmatism". This nation was not built by the practical but by the bold, and it will not long endure if we fear to champion the great ideas and bold ventures that took America from a few huddled colonies to a slumbering giant whose cities stretch from sea to shining sea. The past fades all too quickly before our weary eyes and unwilling memories. The future, as they say, is prologue:

What kind of world will we bequeath to our grandchildren? It may be decades before we know. But our actions today will have an incalculable effect on that far-off tomorrow. And if our policy is not firmly grounded in the spread of those long-ago words:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...

...then I wonder if we shall not be the first Americans who fail to pass the blessings of liberty on to the next generation?

Even with all their attendant uncertainty, days like yesterday give me hope that America is still, despite her faults, a great nation. A nation of doers.

A nation of believers. Faith is not foolish - it is our birthright: something we drink in with our mother's milk and pour out to an increasingly cynical world in the form of American blood and American treasure. This is nothing to be ashamed of. We owe it to those who have gone before us - to those who fought and bled so that we could enjoy the blessings of liberty.

We owe it to our children....

If you read nothing else today, or this week, or this YEAR, go HERE and read ALL of this piece. It says all that this foreigner believes about America. Yes, I DO believe.
HAPPY JULY 4th to you all; those at home and those serving the flag, wherever you are.

God bless America.

Palin Resigning- Video

Quite a bit of speculation out there as to why, but Sarah Palin has announced she is resigning her governorship within the next few weeks.

Speculation has swirled for weeks, perhaps months that Palin would not seek re-election in 2010 as she pursues a political career on the national stage. The former vice presidential candidate has long been rumored to be considering a run at the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.

Palin did not address those rumors at the press conference at her Wasilla home, during which she did not take questions from reporters.

She implied that her real decision was not to seek re-election, and that the resignation was a natural step after that in order to avoid a lame-duck final 18 months of her term.

"With this announcement that I'm not seeking re-election, I've determined it's best to transfer the authority of governor to Lieutenant Governor (Sean) Parnell," Palin said. "I'm determined to take the right path for Alaska, even though it is unconventional and is not so comfortable.

"And I am willing to do this so this administration, with its positive agenda and its accomplishments and its successful road to an incredible future for Alaska, so that it can continue without interruption and with great administrative and legislative success."

Palin said that as she percolated over her decision whether to seek re-election, she thought about how her final months would play out as a lame duck.

"I thought about, well, how much fun some governors have as lame ducks," she said. "They travel around their state, travel to other states, maybe take their overseas, international trade missions -- so many politicians do that.

"And then I thought that's what's wrong. My choice is to take a stand and affect change and not just hit our head against the wall and watch valuable state time, money -- millions of your dollars -- go down the drain in this new political environment."

More at The Fix and blog buzz is off the charts, showing that Palin is still huge news.