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1. #1
   On March 29th, 2009 at 11:47 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   Sundry project on Sunday? After Church I have laundry project-perhaps we are related? Right now I am recovering from all the lights I left on last night.

2. #2
   On March 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am, see-dubya said:

   “Every Room In Your House”, Part infinity:

   The liberals are banning dishwasher detergent.

   As I said back here:
   

   …you libertarian types might not like social conservatives minding what you do in your bedroom or what you grow in your basement. But the mandate for the Left’s police state extends to every room in your house, and everywhere outside it.

3. #3
   On March 29th, 2009 at 11:51 am, txvet2 said:

   Here’s Obama’s Easter present for smokers. This part is just precious:

   Philip Morris USA, the largest tobacco company and maker of Marlboro, is forecasting a drop, but spokesman Bill Phelps said he cannot predict how big. Philip Morris raised Marlboro prices by 71 cents a pack early this month, and prices on smaller brands by 81 cents a pack. Other major companies followed suit.

   The pricing moves raised eyebrows. “That’s nothing more than greed,” said Kevin Altman, an industry consultant who advises small tobacco companies. “They weren’t required to charge that until April 1. They are just putting that into their pockets.”

   Get it? Government raises the tax from $.35 to $1.01, and it’s a public health benefit and savings in medical costs. Philip Morris boosts prices and it’s “greed”.

4. #4
   On March 29th, 2009 at 11:57 am, babbledabble said:

   The Gobment can’t figure out which side of their mouth to talk out of. They want to ban smoking, but they need the tax money for other things, so if they tax too much, people will stop and then…. Oh I give up. Who can follow their logic anyway. Logic? They don’t need no stinkin’ logic.

   I’m just glad my husband, after 30+ years of smoking, gave it up last year.

5. #5
   On March 29th, 2009 at 11:58 am, rktkr said:

   well… this didn’t take long

   here’s another take

6. #6
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, tarpon said:

   Anybody else get a staff infection from watching Hardball today. There was sure a lot of spraying going on.

   I was looing through he Constitution and couldn’t find where government could arbitrarily decide how many people can assemble. Anyone have it?

7. #7
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:06 pm, hunter said:

   Has zero or any of the idiot obomabots that voted for him bothered to pay their tab to Chicago for the big circle jerk they held on election night yet?

8. #8
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm, William Amos said:

   For my fellow Malkinites

   Keith Ellison and CAIR. “Obama needs to place Muslims in high places of authority

   Anchorage News reporter. “I took photos of pregnant Sarah Palin so stop all the lies about Trig Palin

   Tim Geithner. “The problem isnt that government is doing too much but that its doing too little

9. #9
   On March 29th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, William Amos said:

   Has zero or any of the idiot obomabots that voted for him bothered to pay their tab to Chicago for the big circle jerk they held on election night yet?

   Yes the DNC payed the bill finally

10. #10
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, Mookie said:

    The Associated Press isn’t the only one politicizing last week’s plane crash in Montana.

    Christian Newswire

11. #11
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, beenthere said:

    For some reason I was thinking about a song that was popular about 40 years ago. I started to play with the lyrics and I think it scans for the most part. Anyway, this was the result. I hope it doesn’t offend, but if it does, deal with it.

    Adolf, Stalin, and Mao

    Has anybody here seen my old friend Adolf?
    Can you tell me what he’s done?
    He killed millions of people,
    Rich, poor, old, and young.
    Just a few years and they’re gone.

    Anybody here seen my old friend Stalin?
    Can you tell me what he’s done?
    He killed millions of people,
    Rich, poor, old, and young.
    Just a few years and they’re gone.

    Anybody here seen my old friend Mao?
    Can you tell me what he’s done?
    He killed millions of people,
    Rich, poor, old, and young.
    Just a few years and they’re gone.

    Anybody here seen my old friend Barack?
    Can you tell me where he’s now?
    I heard he was headin’ down that road
    of Adolf, Stalin, and Mao.

12. #12
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, zorro said:

    FNC is promoting Michelle’s appearance on Cavuto’s Monday program.

13. #13
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, rightisright said:

    Is not the cancellation of the Tea Party unconstitutional? Definite 1st amendment violation, they should have party anyway, piss on these democrapic dolts. You can bet if Acorn or Laraza was having a demonstration there would be no problem getting permits.
    These kind of restrictions by some low life municipal “leader” are exactly the type of action that will push law a bidding citizens closer to the 2nd American Revolution

14. #14
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, purealchemy said:

    Was there a thread here on the global currency topic?

15. #15
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:58 am, rktkr said:
    well… this didn’t take long

    here’s another take

    Do the moonbat gatherings recieve the same rules? Do they have to purchase insurance? Are they liable for damage to property, etc.? This stinks! It is unconstitutional…and the leader of the Tea Party just GAVE UP! I’m sure there would be many people willing to purchase the insurance, if it came to that! However, I do think it smacks of some kind of Chicago-style extortion. We have to be tougher than this!!

16. #16
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm, chapoutier said:

    Is not the cancellation of the Tea Party unconstitutional? Definite 1st amendment violation

    You think requiring a permit for gatherings over a certain size as well as insurance requirements are unconstitutional?

    Uhhhh…no.

17. #17
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, William Amos said:

    Well the outrage is bigger than the government.

    Lets do this in front of the White House while Michelle Obama is gardening. We can throw the tea bags over the White House Fence and she can drink it while the children labor on her White House garden without the benefit of wages.

18. #18
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Whether a gathering has the necessary permitting does not stop people from assembling. There is a social phenomena in San Francisco where people assemble without planning at a designated site to stage pillow fights. The city is stymied as to what to do about it because no one is in charge of these events.

    Also, MLK didn’t have permits in Selma or other venues either. A little civil disobedience could go a long way with the numbers behind the Tea Party movement. It is assembling for the purpose of peaceful protest, not to topple the government.

19. #19
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, FireBlogger said:

    Michelle, why are the major news outlets and even major blogs (hint) keeping clear of the Ashley Biden alleged cocaine use tape?

    If this was the daughter of Dick Cheney every outlet on the planet would have drowned all channels with the “news”.

    My take on it, if true is the war on drugs is OVER, stop the debate.
    If a VP’s daughter is a regular casual user of cocaine then the war on drugs is surely lost.

    Why would the drug lords stop the shipments as long as our liberal establishment’s offspring is soaking up all they can ship?

    Madness, madness.

20. #20
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, Mookie said:

    I don’t want to turn this tragic event into some creepy spiritual ‘I told you so’ moment, but I think of the time spent outside of Feldkamp’s – Pam Feldkamp laughing at the fetal development signs, Bud Feldkamp trying not to make eye contact as he got into his car with a small child in tow – and I think of the haunting words, ‘Think of your children.’ I wonder if those words were haunting Feldkamp as well as he stood in the snow among the remains of loved ones, just feet from the ‘Tomb of the Unborn’?

21. #21
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, chapoutier said:

    Also, MLK didn’t have permits in Selma or other venues either. A little civil disobedience could go a long way with the numbers behind the Tea Party movement. It is assembling for the purpose of peaceful protest, not to topple the government.

    Go for it. It is always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. But an event organizer canceling because she doesn’t want to comply with content-neutral permit requirements is hardly a stifling of free speech. Or, at least it is constitutionally acceptable stifling of free speech.

22. #22
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:49 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:49 am, see-dubya said: “Every Room In Your House”, Part infinity:
    The liberals are banning dishwasher detergent.As I said back here:

    …you libertarian types might not like social conservatives minding what you do in your bedroom or what you grow in your basement. But the mandate for the Left’s police state extends to every room in your house, and everywhere outside it.

    Seedub, I am not sure why you’re attacking the libertarians here – they are against these nonsensical regulations as much as they’re against the right’s attack on liberty. But the biggest issue these days, for me, is too much federal government. If the locals want to ban phosphates or light bulbs, then let them. But when the feds do it, we lose the right to vote with our feet.

    When the city annexed my old house, it meant I would need to replace my septic tank and hook up to the city sewer. It also meant my well was automatically condemned and I had to hook up to city water….all at a cost of $35,000 or so.

    I just sold the house and moved farther out? But what could I do when the Feds decided that my toilet could no longer flush right and that I have to install light bulbs with mercury in them?

23. #23
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Fireblogger, I see the Biden incident as the perfect example to cite in proving Hillary’s comment in Mexico yesterday about drug demand in America being a major cause of Mexico’s problems.

    The leftist establishment is trying to use her comments to argue for tighter gun control laws because gun owners are law abiding citizens. Ashley Biden’s casual recreational drug use provides us with the perfect counter-argument that our drug culture protects insidiously destructive criminal behavior behind “coolness”.

    We could pretty much eradicate problem this by collectively creating a new ethos of “coolness” that treats drug-users as the blood-sucking cancers that they are. We all know lots of people like that. Let’s kick them out of “polite” society. We need to be judgmental on this issue.

24. #24
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:42 pm, FireBlogger said:
    Michelle, why are the major news outlets and even major blogs (hint) keeping clear of the Ashley Biden alleged cocaine use tape?

    How much ranting did we hear when the Bush twins shuck into a bar and had a beer? Divide that by 1000 and you’ll see how much media play the Democrats transgressions get.

    Rush is an entertainer, and he gets blasted for doing drugs. Obama is the head of the free world, and nary a peep about him doing lines.

25. #25
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, rightisright said:

    Chap, restricting by size of 500 is only an excuse to stop the Tea Party and you know it, a straw man argument.

26. #26
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, bjc said:

    *P-BO and his minions are going to make the grave mistake of throwing more of our money at GM and Chrysler tomorrow, making it seem more acceptable with increased pressure on the bond holders and the UAW; They need to go Chapter 11 now; Chrysler needs to go away, salvaging Jeep and their minivans under Fiat ownership, and GM needs to resurrect itself as Chevrolet/Cadillac; Neither has any long term viability aligning themselves with Ron Middlefinger and the UAW; Follow the Toyota/Honda model boys if you plan to have jobs down the road.

27. #27
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Marco Polo: We are missing the opportunity if we use it as a partisan issue. Let’s be conservatives, not Republicans. The GOP kicked us out of the “big tent” remember? The needed the additional space to play polo.

28. #28
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:55 pm, nbarry said:

    With respect to the Chicago election night circle jerk, here is a version on Peru’s “El Especial del Humor”, with a wonderful comedian, Carlos Alvarez, as a bilingual Obama. You won’t see anything like it in English on any American comedy show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJE1XFWSEWM

    “Oh wad the power the giftie gie us
    To see ourselves as others see us.”
    - Robert Burns

29. #29
    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:56 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, chapoutier said:
    it is constitutionally acceptable stifling of free speech.

    That’s an oxymoron. We are born with inalieable rights – they are not permissions from the government. No court, SCOTUS included, has any legitimate constitutional authority to suspend them or make them conditional.

30. #30
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    Marco Polo: We are missing the opportunity if we use it as a partisan issue. Let’s be conservatives, not Republicans. The GOP kicked us out of the “big tent” remember? The needed the additional space to play polo.

    That would explain all the statements andpolicies that appear to have come from a horses rear end.

31. #31
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, tpitman said:

    The liberals are banning dishwasher detergent.

    This is hilarious. I wonder what happens to the “users” who are getting “the good stuff” from outside? Maybe the nitwits in Washington state can appeal to Madam Secretary to put the National Guard on the state line to prevent illegal detergent from being imported. She can establish a “War on Electrosol”. Maybe the Dems will scare up some stimulus money for “detergent prevention and rehabilitation” for the “clean-dish addicts” overrunning the state.
    Anyone wondering why the Chinese, the Russians, the North Koreans, the Venezuelans, and the Iranians are laughing their a$$es off at us? This kind of crap is what we worry about?

32. #32
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, JT said:

    chap,

    I don’t seem to recall protests being canceled for the knuckle draggers of ACORN, Code Pink, etc., because of lack of permits or insurance. They’d be too cheap tp pay for it anyway.

    All I see is my tax dollars being spent on police and security because these lefties vandalize and throw fecal matter.

    I’ll just be carrying the Betsy Ross flag with Gadsen flag underneath it. I’m such an anarchist.

33. #33
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, see-dubya said:

    MarcoPolo, that wasn’t an attack on libertarians. I just know they get frustrated with social conservatives sometimes. Stories like this show that the totalitarian left is a much greater threat to the libertarian ideal.

34. #34
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I think this “permits” issue is only as important as we make it. If we show up, what are they going to do, shoot us? Hose us down? Club us with sticks? No. They will see the men, women and children for what they are: peaceful but angry voters.

    What we really have to look out for are enemy agitators infiltrating the crowd to create “incidents”. The A.N.S.W.E.R., ACORN and LaRaza types are easy to spot: they wear balaclavas and don’t speak English.

35. #35
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, JT said:

    Hopefully the lady is just not taking responsibility in order to not be liable, and people show up anyway.

36. #36
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:13 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Go for it. It is always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. But an event organizer canceling because she doesn’t want to comply with content-neutral permit requirements is hardly a stifling of free speech. Or, at least it is constitutionally acceptable stifling of free speech.

    If the requirements are legal and apply to the leftists groups too, then I say, take up a collection, get the permit and the insurance, and have the Tea Party! I think the leader folded way too soon. We need to be made of tougher stuff than that or we are screwed.

37. #37
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, scituate_tgr said:

    Is the earth saved?

    Am I allowed to turn my lights back on?

38. #38
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, rightisright said:

    Possibly she withdrew her request in order divert anymore unwanted attention, no doubt she has plenty of contacts, and is going to alert all to meet and have a T.P. regardless of the dimwit city official, it will be nothing more than unorganized peaceful assembly.

    GO TEA PARTIES!

39. #39
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:22 pm, Mookie said:

    So…politicization for me but not for thee?

40. #40
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, jjmurphy said:

    So what happens if assorted individuals, acting on their own, just happen to show up at certain locations at certain times, purely by coincidence? You happen to have a sign with you as your strolling along looking at the scenery.

41. #41
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Is there a legal distinction between these “spontaneous” pillow fights in San Francisco and Tea Parties? They make look organized, but by all conventional definitions, they are spontaneous. Who gets the bill for the cleanup for instance?

    The new media is a wonderful innovation if used correctly.

42. #42
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, rightisright said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:14 pm, scituate_tgr said:
    Is the earth saved?
    Am I allowed to turn my lights back on?

    Good question, Africa is still in the dark for the most part, guess it’s not over yet. Oh, wait 3rd world countries, they don’t have electricity, plenty of “rubbers” they don’t know how to use, but no lights.

43. #43
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, jjmurphy said:

    Since this is an open thread, did anyone else see the article on the Sec. of Defense on our non-action regarding any North Korean missile launch?
    
    Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch

    “Appearing on “FOX News Sunday,” Gates said North Korea “probably will” fire the missile, prompting host Chris Wallace to ask: “And there’s nothing we can do about it?”

    “No,” Gates answered, adding, “I would say we’re not prepared to do anything about it.”

44. #44
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, cicerokid said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm, chapoutier said:
    Is not the cancellation of the Tea Party unconstitutional? Definite 1st amendment violation
    You think requiring a permit for gatherings over a certain size as well as insurance requirements are unconstitutional?

    “Uhhhh…no.”

    Million man march, Chap? how “safe” was that? If a 90% tax can be placed on a very certai segmant of society, what makes you think an exclusively prohibited parade fee could not be placed on, let’s say, patriots?

45. #45
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I am reminded of a statement by my philosophy course professor once made in class. “All men are free to do whatever they choose at all times and in all places. The only differences among us are the consequences imposed by our various societies.”

    Let’s not be stumped by flimsy local permitting barriers. This isn’t Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

46. #46
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    BTW, I looked it up. Samuel Adams did not have the required permits to stage the original Tea Party. I’m pretty sure Mr. Parker didn’t have his permits in order either for that little bit of unpleasantness at Lexington Green either.

    I’m checking into the Concord bridge incident.

47. #47
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, TXGator said:

    Sometimes a conservative’s belief in the rule of law needs to be recalibrated.

    Where’s that ‘reset’ button Hillary used in one of her recent foreign screwups?

48. #48
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, happyscrapper said:

    We need to be judgmental on this issue.

    Yes! One of the big liberal mantras is that we conservatives are “judgmental”. A great ploy that has, in the past, shut us up. I have a neighbor like that. At every gathering, she manages to dominate the conversation and turn it into a very annoying liberal rant. We try hard to change the subject and even her husband tells her to “shut up”, to no avail. She is always ragging on me when I express conservative values. Last time, I was ready for her. She mentioned that they were going on a trip to San Francisco. So I said, kiddingly and tongue-in-cheek…”Be sure to take in one of the famous parades while you’re there”. She just blew up and told me I was one of the most judgmental people she knew. So I replied, “If being against gays and lesbiens parading down a public street, simulating gay sex acts in front of children is “judgmental”, then I am PROUD TO BE JUDGMENTAL!” A couple others in the group expressed approval of my statement and it shut the moonbat up (for a while). By the way, recently, it has become the neighborhood consensus that the moonbat will no longer be invited to our gatherings. They will be much more enjoyable in the future and I just wonder what took them so long!

49. #49
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm, rightisright said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:33 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Good one, a little humor helps in these trying times. I doubt the organizers of the Boston Tea Party would have to called it off due to lack of a permit. Seriously doubt it would have mattered, after all they were fighting for their rights. One of items they were fighting for is what we have, so far, Free Speech.

50. #50
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, jjmurphy said:
    Since this is an open thread, did anyone else see the article on the Sec. of Defense on our non-action regarding any North Korean missile launch?

    Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch

    “Appearing on “FOX News Sunday,” Gates said North Korea “probably will” fire the missile, prompting host Chris Wallace to ask: “And there’s nothing we can do about it?”

    “No,” Gates answered, adding, “I would say we’re not prepared to do anything about it.”

    O.M.G.!!

51. #51
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, MacEamonn said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 11:58 am, rktkr said:
    well… this didn’t take long

    here’s another take

    Cape Coral is in a heavily Republican part of Florida. Hopefully the local media will rip them a new one (but I wouldn’t hold my breath!)

52. #52
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:43 pm, ajmontana said:

    Happy, that makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy doesn’t it…..
    Odopey would probably be under his desk anyway.

53. #53
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    happyscrapper: that is exactly how we could rid most casual drug use out of our neighborhoods. Take it out of the big tent and back into the creepy sideshow tents. There will always be creeps but we shouldn’t allow their behavior to be acceptable in polite society. Bring back that sense of personal shame. Shame requires no law enforcement or bureaucracy.

54. #54
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, graysonret said:

    Is not the cancellation of the Tea Party unconstitutional?

    These days, it is whatever the federal courts, Scotus, and congress says, that’s Constitutional or not. We have gone from a federal Constitution, to a national one, to an “animal farm” one, over the past 200 years.

55. #55
    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    happyscrapper: that is exactly how we could rid most casual drug use out of our neighborhoods. Take it out of the big tent and back into the creepy sideshow tents. There will always be creeps but we shouldn’t allow their behavior to be acceptable in polite society. Bring back that sense of personal shame. Shame requires no law enforcement or bureaucracy.

    Right on! We have been too polite for too long. We must speak up now while we still can! By the way, the reason we tolerated that nasty neighbor for so long was that one of the neighbor couples kept going on trips with them and we all thought they were good friends, so we didn’t want to hurt their feelings. When people started expressing their anger at the moonbats, the other neighbor said she never really liked them either, but didn’t know how to end the “friendship” without hurting their feelings. See, we are too dang nice for our own good! I think those morons will get the message now!

56. #56
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    happyscrapper:
    We haven’t done anything about any of North Korea’s long list of provocations previously, this is not a change in policy. Last time they launched a missile, we did…… nothing.

57. #57
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:12 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:10 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    happyscrapper:
    We haven’t done anything about any of North Korea’s long list of provocations previously, this is not a change in policy. Last time they launched a missile, we did…… nothing.

    Didn’t I hear that they have the capability to reach Alaska with their missles? WTF??

58. #58
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, happyscrapper said:

    By the way, is North Korea of ANY USE WHATSOEVER to the rest of the world? Enough said.

59. #59
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, bjc said:

    *Conservatives and Libertarians unite to defeat the Liberal minority; Start with the Fair Tax; It will be a stampede of regular folks, and the herd of RINO’s will finally be silenced; They are the poison in the well, starting with Spector, Snowe, Collins, Alexander, Grahamnesty, McCain, and too many more to mention.
    *Viva la Fair Tax.

60. #60
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Pasadena Phil:
    You’ve hit on why our society is circling the drain. We have lost all shame. There used to be things “that just weren’t done”. Now it is anything goes. We have muzzled ourselves with PC to the point of societal suicide.

61. #61
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm, TXGator said:

    Alaska is a red state…

62. #62
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, see-dubya said: MarcoPolo, that wasn’t an attack on libertarians. I just know they get frustrated with social conservatives sometimes. Stories like this show that the totalitarian left is a much greater threat to the libertarian ideal.

    Of course they do, and rightfully so. But I disagree that the totalitarian left is any greater threat. Any infringement on the individual rights of Americans should be viewed as a threat, no matter which party it comes from.

63. #63
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, reshas1 said:

    Government Red Tape, Bureaucracy, Tea Parties
    Florida Gov’t Cancels Tea Party Fearing ‘Too Many Attendees’
    By Warner Todd Huston Sunday, March 29, 2009
    Remember this report from our nation’s history?

    CNN (Continental News Network) Boston, 1773: The city of Boston canceled a proposed protest over tea taxes today, citing the fear that too many people dressed as Indians would be gathered near the wharves.

    Organizers expressed sadness over the cancellation, but meekly returned to their homes fearful of upsetting the officers of the Crown. Taxmen breathed a sigh of relief as the tar and feathers were put away not to be used this day.

    You don’t remember that pre-revolutionary history? I should say you shouldn’t, because it didn’t happen. But flash forward a few hundred years and you’ll find it is happening today in Cape Coral, Florida where city officials canceled a tax day tea party gathering because they “feel too many people could show-up.”

    That’s right, folks, the God-given, long-held American right to assemble and protest the actions of our government has been canceled due to too much popularity of the protest.

    And what does it come down to? Money. You see, the city officials want an insurance policy taken out so that organizers can cover any loss that might occur as a result of the rally. And those insurance policies cost hundreds of dollars.

    The tea party organizers of Cape Coral, though, aren’t the only ones to find this restriction of their free speech and rights to assemble. Tea party organizers all across the country have begun to find out just how difficult, if not impossible, it is to be “allowed” to exercise their God-given right to speak their minds against government excess and criminality. City governments all across the country are charging fees for “permits,” forcing organizers to pay out huge sums for “insurance policies,” and binding tea party organizers in all sorts of government red tape.

    In many instances, organizers are being told that they aren’t “allowed” to hold rallies on government property. Imagine that? We, the taxpayers of the city/state/federal government aren’t “allowed” to gather on property that our own taxes paid for.

    And then there are the “permits” required to reserve the day, arrange the police protection, and clean up afterward. Often those “permits” can only be applied for at certain times a year, precluding any spontaneous assembly. Also, these “permits” can be denied with no reason stated quashing at birth any plan to exercise the right of assembly.

    Here one might wonder how it is that we so often see those lefties appearing on our TV sets engaging in their manyorganized protests? Don’t the flotsam and jetsam of the far left seem to have large protests all the time? One might be drawn to imagine that the government is involved in some sort of grand conspiracy to allow those with anti-American sentiment, the moonbats of the left, to march with impunity. But, hold the tinfoil hats, won’t you? Because the wackjobs of anti-war ilk and the shrill, circus acts of the Code Pinkos are expected to cut through the same red tape the tea party organizers have been confronted with. The lefties are just better at it.

    You see, contrary to popular conception, the far left has some deep-pocketed backers (your George Soros types, unions and even government funds) and a raft of organizations that do “protests” as a full time job. Their protest marches and rallies are far from spontaneously organized. These groups are thoroughly knowledgeable about the red tape and governmental hoops through which they must jump to carry off a successful protest assembly. After all, the hatemongers of the left are intimately intertwined with city governments all across the country. They understand what needs to be done because, by and large, city officials used to belong to, or belong still to the sorts of groups that plan lefty protests. Your new president is one of them. Being part of government, these leftie protest marchers help write the rules, being intimately associated with government they are quite well informed about what is required and how to get around or satisfy those rules.

    But the obstacles are coming as a shock to the average citizens that love this country. For their whole lives peace-loving, work-a-day Americans have taken for granted that there exists the freedom to assemble completely unaware that those rights have been eliminated by stealth regulation by governments all across the land.

    And now the folks in Cape Coral, Florida have learned their lesson.

    Americans do not have the rights they always thought they did. There is no right to protest government. There is no right to assemble. The people have no rights at all to voice their displeasure. Shut up people. Go home. Nothing to see here. Go quietly back to your IPods and DVDs. Big daddy government will take care of you. The Obemmessiah will decide what’s best for you. Don’t worry your little heads. Oh, and thank you for your payments on April 15th.

    Put away the tar and feathers, won’t you? There’s a nice fella.

64. #64
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    My wife and I saw our younger godchild take a step today. After he did, he clapped.

    We couldn’t be happier.

65. #65
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm, purplepeep said:

    FireBlogger said:
    Michelle, why are the major news outlets and even major blogs (hint) keeping clear of the Ashley Biden alleged cocaine use tape?

    Well, FireB, we’re not even sure the tape is legit yet so I expect folks don’t want to off half-cocked. Also, if true, I imagine people might want to avoid going wild with it to start with – schadenfreund can be fun but it doesn’t do very much in the real world.

66. #66
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Oh, yeah.

    On our way home, I noticed an ad on a billboard:

    http://www.prayforgaza.org/

    Guess which president is on the page of this site?

67. #67
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:22 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    happyscrapper:
    I agree that everyone, especially the North Koreans would be better off if someone took out the regime, however, we won’t.

    The latest I heard they can reach Hawaii.

    Nothing to worry about…………

    China, (thanks to Clinton) can reach any city in the U.S. Prior to the huge technology transfers that Bill arranged, the Chinese couldn’t get anything off the lauchpad.

68. #68
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:24 pm, chapoutier said:

    Million man march, Chap? how “safe” was that?If a 90% tax can be placed on a very certai segmant of society, what makes you think an exclusively prohibited parade fee could not be placed on, let’s say, patriots?

    I barely get what you are saying, but in any case:
    1: The Million Man March did get the necessary permits from DC for their march/protest
    2: I have no idea if DC also imposes insurance requirements, but that is that city’s choice and irrelevant to what any other municipality that can impose.
    3: The 90% tax was never imposed and never survived a constitutional challenge, so that it a bit of a red herring.
    4: A fee on “patriot parades” whatever that means, if not imposed on every other type of parade, would be clearly unconstitutional, and in any case is another red herring because here we are talking about permits and insurance requirements that apply to ANY gathering over a certain number of people.

69. #69
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:24 pm, DagneyT said:

    Between Txvet, and See-dubya, this thread is getting depressing!

    Liberals in charge and running amok! I figured they’d be full of themselves, and overstep, but not to the extent we lose all our freedoms!

70. #70
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Bring back that sense of personal shame. Shame requires no law enforcement or bureaucracy.

    That’s a very astute observation. It’s not PC to be “judgmental” these days, but social judgment is a far more effective tool in defining and enforcing the expectations of society than legislation will ever be.

    I think the “crying Indian” is an incredible example of that power, if you’re old enough to know what I’m talking about.

71. #71
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:26 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, madmonkphotog said:
    My wife and I saw our younger godchild take a step today. After he did, he clapped.

    We couldn’t be happier.

    God bless you and that child!

72. #72
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:27 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    March 29th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    Let’s not be stumped by flimsy local permitting barriers. This isn’t Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

    Yes it is.

73. #73
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, cicerokid said:

    Chap in 68 said:”…ANY gathering over a certain number of people.”

    The gathering after the Rodney King verdict?

74. #74
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, JT said:

    Why is it the liberals can say whatever they want?

    I’m done putting up with the insufferable azzholes in my personal life. I have to deal with them at work.

    The next jackass that even speaks of war crimes of Bush or Cheney. Or any other crap, is going to get their azz verbally kicked.

    Time to get moonbat liberals out of my life. I never benefited from hanging around them anyway. And I don’t care who they are married to. The spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend is still welcome, but leave the moonbat at home.

75. #75
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm, chapoutier said:

    from see-dub’s article:

    Many people were shocked to find that products like Seventh Generation, Ecover and Trader Joe’s left their dishes encrusted with food, smeared with grease and too gross to use without rewashing them by hand. The culprit was hard water, which is mineral-rich and resistant to soap.

    I have to say that the notion of banning common types of dish detergent is stupid, but I did use Seventh Generation once, (sold at Whole Foods, because I was too lazy to drive to the larger supermarket to buy regular stuff) and I was actually surprised at how well it worked.

76. #76
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:33 pm, vinny said:

    Michelle, could you write a few words about the tea party event being suppressed by the city of Cape Coral, Florida. It should take place on April 1st but the organizer appears to be intimidated by city, and cancelled the event

77. #77
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:33 pm, bjc said:

    *Now if this Ashley Biden was doing coke in between hits on Michael Phelps “bong”, then the MSM would be all over it don’t ya think?
    *As Phil Valentine would say, “Political correctness is the liberal version of fascism”

78. #78
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:38 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Time to get moonbat liberals out of my life. I never benefited from hanging around them anyway. And I don’t care who they are married to. The spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend is still welcome, but leave the moonbat at home.

    Those kinds of people are toxic waste!! Seriously, any so-called friends like that, you do not need in your life. Time to clean out the poison.

79. #79
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    Surprise – E-Voting machines aren’t secure.

    http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7021

    Or reliable.

    http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6995

80. #80
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:41 pm, chapoutier said:

    The gathering after the Rodney King verdict?

    Huh? I am sure there were many gatherings, but that is really irrelevant to THIS town’s requirements.

    Put another way, do you have any proof whatsoever that this town is rub by libs and setting a different standard for a gathering of conservatives?

81. #81
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, ajmontana said:

    This should be interesting. NOT.
    HuffandStuff

82. #82
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:45 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, ajmontana said:
    This should be interesting. NOT.
    HuffandStuff

    Investigative journalists?? Yeah, right. The only journalists I know who actually investigate are NOT on the left!

83. #83
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:45 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, chapoutier said:
    it is constitutionally acceptable stifling of free speech.

    .

    Another thought: this is an example of judicial activism that was discussed in another topic’s comment section.

    Again, the law clearly states these rights are inalienable, yet the courts have repeatedly decided that “inalinable” somehow is defined as conditional.

84. #84
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm, rightisright said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    My wife and I saw our younger godchild take a step today. After he did, he clapped.

    We couldn’t be happier.

    Has to make you proud, can’t hardly blame you. Enjoy the moment.

85. #85
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, JT said:

    happy,

    It happens when good people marry moonbats. That f*cks up everything. It would be like a regular MM poster’s daughter marrying lgm.

86. #86
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm, fluffy said:

    I made a simplified version of this, just the bacon weave, rolled up with cheddar in the middle.

    I’ll have to practice to perfect my recipe.

87. #87
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, cicerokid said:

    Cape Coral “cancelled” the tea party because “there might be too many people there”.

    The 2007 Harney Point Kiwanis Club kids festival drew 8000 at Jaycee Park.

    Fees and Insurace to use park grounds paid for with tax money is unconstitutional. The city already carries insurance paid for with taxes.

    I guess there’s a reason the indigents have never held a rally…

88. #88
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    George Will: Is The Stimulus Package Unconstitutional?

    http://tinyurl.com/d745b6

89. #89
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, chapoutier said:

    Another thought: this is an example of judicial activism that was discussed in another topic’s comment section.

    Again, the law clearly states these rights are inalienable, yet the courts have repeatedly decided that “inalinable” somehow is defined as conditional.

    If you think that reasonable time and place and manner restrictions are “judicial activism” then you are in a very radical minority. Do you think a law stating that someone can’t stand outside your house, on the street, at 3 in the morning blasting his “Dreams of My Fathers” book on tape at 200 decibels is unconstitutional?

90. #90
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm, chapoutier said:

    Cape Coral “cancelled” the tea party because “there might be too many people there”.

    Cape Coral didn’t cancel anything. the organizer did when Cape Coral said she would need to comply with the law.

    Therefore Rosko needed to get a permit and insurance for the event. Rosko says she’s not willing to get insurance and accept liability for something that a stranger could do. Rosko told WINK News, “I have rescinded any organizing or supervision or what ever you want to call it over this tea party on April 1st.”

    WINK News spoke to the director of parks for Cape Coral. He says that even now if Rosko is willing to get insurance for the event he’ll likely re-authorize it.

91. #91
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:55 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    Hey that looks great! Sliced up on a sanwich with extra mayo, (and some lettuce and tomato for color of course…)

92. #92
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    happyscrapper: I heard Gen. Gates this morning stating that unless there is a clear sign that the NK missile will endanger US targets, they will not shoot it down. Even Japan will not act unless the missile misfires and is on a trajectory to hit Japan. Otherwise, they will not shoot it down even if it violates their air space.

    Gates said flatly that there is nothing that we can (are willing) to do. He also stated that that missile simply cannot reach even Hawaii never mind reaching Alaska. Apparently, we don’t have the political will to do anything.

93. #93
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    Do you think a law stating that someone can’t stand outside your house, on the street, at 3 in the morning blasting his “Dreams of My Fathers” book on tape at 200 decibels is unconstitutional?

    Actually, yes I do. Because I believe that the constitution doesn’t provide the mechanism to circumvent the rights that we’re born with.

    We have an unalienable right to peaceably assemble on public property.

    It’s only complicated if you let it be.

94. #94
    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    “Yes, I am a smuggler,” she said. “I’m taking my chances because dirty dishes I cannot live with.”

    They will come for you and give your dishwasher to a Gitmo-ite who is being relocated into your neighborhood.

95. #95
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:00 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, JT said:

    happy,

    It happens when good people marry moonbats. That f*cks up everything. It would be like a regular MM poster’s daughter marrying lgm.

    That’s why the preacher sometimes pronounces the groom to be married to “his awfully wedded wife.”

96. #96
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Apparently, we don’t have the political will to do anything.

    Sadly they do – they have the will to give terrorists food stamps and a place to live here on your dime.

97. #97
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:03 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    If you think that reasonable time and place and manner restrictions are “judicial activism” then you are in a very radical minority.

    ANd I’m not sure how radical I am, but I certainly believe that if people weren’t complacent enough to allow “reasonable” infringements we would have never lost the rights that have been stolen.

    If the constitution needs changed, then fine – there’s a mechanism for that. But “reason” isn’t mentioned in the process.

98. #98
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On March 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, cicerokid said:

    Cape Coral “cancelled” the tea party because “there might be too many people there”.

    So what? Show up anyway? Isn’t it better for the town to simply accept the fact that their own townspeople are going to be there? It’s not good politics for one thing and it is a very bad way to minimize the threat of violence.

    Whoever made that decision in Cape Coral should be recalled by the very citizens who are being denied their civil rights to their own public facilities. Town squares are only available unless people use them?

99. #99
    On March 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, cicerokid said:

    I wonder if activist protesting outside the funeral of our enlisted men and women would be considered “reasonable”? Do they have permits and insurance?

100. #100
     On March 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

     “Flat Earther” Back in Galileo’s time the scientific consensus was that the earth was flat. The reliance these global warming econazis have on their so called ‘consensus’ makes THEM the ‘flat earthers’ – not those of us who trust scientific reality.