The Democrats’ War on the West
The Democrats’ war on the west
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2010
“Why do they hate us?”
It’s a burning question on the minds of border-dwelling taxpayers, small business owners, farmers, and Rocky Mountain oil and gas industry workers suffering under punitive Democrat policies. Eighteen months into the Obama administration, the war on the American West is in full swing.
The first battlefront: Immigration. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats rejected a GOP amendment banning the use of federal funds to participate in any litigation against the new Arizona immigration enforcement law. “Our federal government should be doing its job to secure our borders rather than trying to bully and intimidate the people of Arizona,” argued Republican amendment sponsor Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina. “We should not be suing and really hassling the people of Arizona for doing what we should be doing here and that’s protecting the citizenry.”
All but five Senate Democrats (Indiana’s Evan Bayh took a pass and didn’t vote) sided with the anti-Arizona Obama administration – and against not only a majority of Arizonans, but a majority of Americans who support the state’s effort to restore order on the chaotic southern border and protect American workers facing double-digit unemployment. Several House Democrats have actively lobbied to boycott Arizona and crush its economy – most notably, southern Arizona’s own Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva, who urged civic, religious, and political groups to take their convention dollars elsewhere. “Do not do business with this state,” Grijalva told open-borders zealots bent on punishing law-abiding citizens to “send a message.”
For its part, the Obama Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has targeted Maricopa County, Az., sheriff Joe Arpaio for more than a year over his strict enforcement policies against illegal alien criminals. The hell-bent Civil Rights Division is helmed by veteran illegal immigration advocate Thomas Perez, who has lobbied for driver’s licenses, in-state tuition discounts, and blanket amnesty for millions of border-jumpers, visa overstayers, and deportation fugitives.
Arizona’s neighbor to the north, Utah, is under fire by a different set of left-wing bureaucrats. When Interior Secretary Ken Salazar isn’t busy destroying jobs through his radical offshore drilling moratorium, he’s been blocking onshore development and wreaking havoc on the Beehive State’s energy industry. Last week, Salazar defended pulling 77 oil lease contracts granted in the final days of the Bush administration. Salazar’s inspector general concluded that there was no evidence of any rush to auction off the parcels– as baselessly claimed by environmental groups and Salazar himself. In fact, the leases were granted only after seven full years of rigorous study and debate.
That makes two Salazar job-destroying bans based off bogus eco-claims. (Remember: Loathsome cowboy Salazar was behind the shameless doctoring of a scientific report to bolster the Obama administration’s devastating offshore drilling ban.) Uintah County, Ut., officials have sued the Interior Department over the rescinded leases, which have cost the state untold millions of dollars and countless jobs in a tough economy. Not to mention the court expenses, legal morass, and regulatory uncertainty.
Other Western states are reeling as a result of the Democrats’ eco-radicalism – and the rest of America is paying a high price, too. Salazar was a leading opponent of oil shale development when he served in the U.S. Senate for Colorado. There are an estimated 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil shale in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming alone – enough to potentially free us from Saudi oil dependence. Yet as Obama’s Interior Secretary, Salazar has wielded his power to halt plans to lease oil shale rights in the West. In addition, Obama’s Bureau of Land Management is dragging its feet on more than $100 million in unissued oil and gas leases in Wyoming. These resources remain untapped thanks to militant greenies who pay lip service to energy independence while blocking all practical means of achieving it.
At a partisan rally on Monday to crusade for endless unemployment insurance benefits extensions, President Obama lectured Republicans to “Stop holding workers hostage to politics.”
Speak for yourself, pal.
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Thank You Michelle.
keep up the great work.
Is there a list of the Senators who voted to fund the Lawsuit against Arizona? Are any of those Democrat Senators up for re election this November?
It would be nice to see a list of who voted yay and who voted nay.
Highlighting the Senator’s online website who voted yay.
Roll Call Vote HERE.
They really need some feedback.
Sorry wrong roll call vote last comment.
I hope and pray that November will be the turning point that we’ve waited for. The arrogance of politicians has gotten to critical mass. This administration–including some republicans like Grahamnesty–is openly working against the American people. They are so far removed from the average man on the street that it’s becoming frightening. Meanwhile, Obowmao takes another vacation, Kerry boards his yacht……need I say more.
And off topic just a bit. I watched O’Reilly last night for the first time in a while and saw a liberal lawyer say “I have Obama remorse”. I’m sick to death of hearing this from people who are supposed to be so intelligent. He is what he’s always been. A sock puppet with a teleprompter. I wish I could have reached into the television and slapped this woman senseless,.
If you read the Constitution, I don’t think you’ll find any authority for the Federal government to own large tracts of Western states.
In fact, the opposite is true. The West has a real resentment of the Feds, and with great reasons.
Every town, every state, every jurisdiction that supports AZ or Freemont, NE should pass laws similar to theirs.
We cannot starve the beast just yet, but we can be like a swarm of mosquitos. The bear can’t swat all of us if we swarm. We can get in his ears, irritate his eyes and fly up his nose.
He cannot prevent all of us from stinging him and making him miserable and distracted.
Politico,
Senate rejects attempt to kill Arizona Lawsuit.
This is what happens when you have an Administration full of lawyers, they decide instead of governing, they will practice law instead.
NAYs —55
Akaka (D-HI)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Burris (D-IL)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Goodwin (D-WV)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Specter (D-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting – 2
Bayh (D-IN)
Vitter (R-LA)
High time to repeal the 17th amendment.
Sounds like the first in a series of great articles, Michelle.
Next: The Democrats War on the South/Gulf.
…and so on…until only parts of New England and SF remain unscathed.
Excellent post.
But it’s not just the West…
The Democrats’ War on
the WestAmerica.Sometimes I think this administration wants us to remain dependent on foreign oil,and for jobs to be lost along with profits. [I am being sarcastic]
Lockstein13,
I hadn’t seen your comment when I posted mine, but we’re thinking alike… this is just one piece of a larger picture.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 10:20 am, Lindsay said:
I believe that, and I’m not being sarcastic.
Yay Democrats who voted with Repubilcans to kill the funding for the Arizona Lawsuit.
Baucus MT
Tester MT
Lincoln AR up for re election
Pryor AR
Nelson NE
ITookTheRedPill:
Yep, I believe it as well. The motto in the WH is “Fail, baby, fail.”
After the Sovient Union collapsed, how has Russia been able to recover financially?
By exporting oil.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s #1 oil exporter, but #2 is … Russia.
Yet who has the world’s largest proven oil reserves?
The U.S.A.
We have over three times the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.
There is absolutely no good reason for us to be dependent on any other country for oil. We have so much oil that we could become the world’s #1 oil exporter… if our government allowed it.
AGW is a scam intended for two purposes:
1) Massive Socialist Redistribution of Wealth
2) Restrict U.S. oil and coal production, keeping us dependent upon Communist and Islamic countries.
This is a national security issue.
And the Democrats are at war against this country.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 10:29 am, Lindsay said:
The
WhiteWeather Underground HouseDemocratic incumbents voted Nay, and up for re election in November 2010
Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
Barbara Boxer of California
Michael Bennet of Colorado
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Harry Reid of Nevada
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Chuck Schumer of New York
Ron Wyden of Oregon
Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Patty Murray of Washington
Russ Feingold of Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_Goodwin
Carte Goodwin (D) got appointed to Robert Byrd’s Senate seat after Byrd passed away.
This is all part and parcel of The Great Receding that Obama is committed to committing.
As Krauthammer observed, decline is a choice.
Blanch Lincoln should be on that last list she voted yay to not fund the Arizona Lawsuit.
Do I need some more coffee Blanch Lincoln shouldn’t be on the Nay list.
She voted for NOT funding the Arizona Lawsuit.
As someone has said, the intent is for the socialists to destroy as much of the economy as they can; foist illegal immigration on us which supplys not only Democrat votes but a whole class of people solely dependent on the government for aid; force the oil companies out of the gulf to stop drilling; destroy all forms of carbon based energy sources; control the financial industry and large portions of manufacturing; put small business out of business; and take away all vocal and written opposition to their travesties.
Why? With all of the above done, more and more people become dependent on the government for everything and easily pliable into the mold they want the victims to become. Thus, their socialist/communist utopia. A dream come true.
Where is the conservative leadership in Congress? I can’t believe they are as impotent as they profess to be. Drastic times requires drastic action.
Only because she is fighting for her political life.
Seems to me what we’re seeing is the attitude of the left on display. East Coast and California IS the country. The rest of us are red neck yahoos with gun racks in the back just waiting to don our white sheets and get to that KKK meeting. That is just as soon as we rape our wives and then demand they make us fried chicken for dinner to go with our beer.
True Dat!
The Democrats are treating this political cycle like business as usual they have no idea how pi$$ed off Americans are right now.
This article is an excellent assessment of the situation in the west. And there’s one thing that I have never quite understood. Because of the diificulty in extracting oil shale, its not cost effective to extract unless the price of oil is high. Anyone know what that price is?
Only one thing is clear in this muddled mess….there is a secret treaty between Mexico and the US. An important part of this secret treaty is that Mexicans must come to the US illegally. Any effort to allow visas, work permits…anything will be resisted with the full power of the rulers of the US and Mexico. That the rulers did not represent the interests of the US in making this secret, which is why, I guess, that they are so afraid of discovery.
I’d like to think that Bennet of Colorado is going to lose his election too, but Buck and Norton are so negative against each other in the repub primary, who knows? The repub party here is shooting itself in the foot every day lately.
Retiring Democrats who do get how Pi$$ed the American People are right now
Christopher Dodd CT
Ted Kaufman Delaware Joe Biden’s son won’t even run for Senator in his father’s own State.
Roland Burris ILL – we all know this story
Evan Bayh Indian “Didn’t Vote” keeping his powder dry to run for President in 2010? He’s pretty enough
Bryon Dorgan ND
Carte Blanch WV – Seat Warmer -Byrd’s vacant Senate seat.
The Republicans need to take back the Senate.
I need to edit better before I click.
Evan Bayh(D) Indiana – possible run at the Presidency in 2012? Didn’t vote yay or nay, to NOT fund the Arizona Lawsuit.
Carte Goodwin, West Virginia – seat warmer.
Yep. The market do.
To Collectivists, it’s kinda like magic…how well it works…
The Judge is a Democrat- U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton.
Bolton, a Democratic appointee, shot holes in the Department of Justice’s pre-emption argument immediately,
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/23/judge-scoffs-at-pre-emption-argument-in-az-lawsuit/
On July 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 am, Laree said:
Yep. Weak as water.
Watch for the ginned-up civil rights abuses next…
The Democrats who voted yay to fund this lawsuit against Arizona may end up looking really, really, dumb. how does that help re elections in November?
The Arizona Law is popular among most Americans. Governor Brewer was on Greta’s Fox News Program, on the record last night. Governor Brewer stated, that the fund to help them pay for the lawsuits being brought against them has already reached a 1 million dollars and they got donations from as far away as Puerto Rico.
This is the narrative. Obama is reaching out to Muslims. Oil rich Muslim countries benefit when supply of oil is disrupted. America produces too much oil and keeps the price of oil down.
I would be willing to bet that before Obama leaves office, he will “convert” to Islam. It’s his right, his choice. . . but your religion shouldn’t impact your politics.
Drilling moratorium, Cap and trade tax, money to ‘green jobs’ instead of jobs that are practical. It’s all his outreach to Muslim countries.
for example, we are supposed to use our space program to make Muslims feel good. Why? We landed on the moon. They still use the moon as their clock.
America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. We would still be the greatest country without DC. Americans are amazingly resilient and resourceful. If the government could recognize that, maybe they could be proud of America too.
But the can’t start those law suits until the law goes into effect, they need someone who can claim discrimination because of the law.
This is the preemption argument being brought by the DOJ, to get a stay to keep the law from going into effect on the 29th, and a Democrat appointed Judge is slicing and dicing their arguments.
Happy- I agree, it is so frustrating. The last thing we need is another “yes” man to obowma. We’re stuck with Udall until 2014. Ugh.
I notice you didn’t mention New Mexico. I understand. We didn’t need the Feds to devastate our economy. Our economy was destroyed by Governor Bill Richardson and his cronies years ago.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 11:21 am, Laree said:
The preemption suit is just designed to do two things;
1. run up a weak-asp argument, because you never know what might stick, and
2. harass the state with legal costs.
Oh,and I suppose there is the political calculation that it will win points with SOME Hispanic Americans…
As if that will save them…
The only one up for re election, who voted with the Republicans is Blanche Lincoln (D) Arkansas.
She is in a tough race, if Bill Clinton keeps campaigning for her she might pull a squeaker, and get re elected.
Bill Clinton is a lot more popular in Arkansas than Barack Obama.
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It’s not important to find the reasons for Comrade Obama (PBUH) and his ilk’s bad policies for the U.S.A. Just list the damage to our economy and country that they are responsible for.
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It’s important to remember the names of our “representatives” who usually vote against good conservative and financial sanity principles. They go “straight” for a few months before an election where they are exposed to voter’s ire–and then stab us in the back for 2 or 6 years.
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ET TU BRUTUS? Look at their track records and vote out the corrupt RINO’s and DimocRATs when they move into the kill zone in the 2010 election. A few months of BS do not make up for the years of failure to serve us as they enable corruption in our government.
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And work for good conservative candidates and support them financially. Let’s send Comrade Obama on permanent vacation in 2012.
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John Bibb
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O/T, but Michelle Malkin, please read and respond to this.
The real question is why does a state, Utah, have to get a license from the federal government to develop their OWN NATURAL resorces?
Shrinking the FED should be job #1.
And did you see how long it took her to admit that Fox News has been wronged in this Sherrod story and that she should call for others to stop it and apologize to Fox. She had such a pained expression and he had to pry it out of her with a crowbar. What a slime she is. She knew it but hated to have to admit it. She is probably being reamed by the DNC today for telling the truth.
They hate us because we are a Red state – period
One must never forget how much money the Saudi government pumps into coffers of the lobbiest. And as everyone knows, all the ex-congressmen/senators go to work for lobby firms.
Anyone who gives Clinton any credibility, after he was exposed as a serial prevaricator (among other things,) and votes for Lincoln, deserves the misrepresentation they get for their thoughtless vote.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm, T-Bone said:
And did you see how long it took her to admit that Fox News has been wronged in this Sherrod story and that she should call for others to stop it and apologize to Fox. She had such a pained expression and he had to pry it out of her with a crowbar. What a slime she is. She knew it but hated to have to admit it. She is probably being reamed by the DNC today for telling the truth.
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I, unfortunately, turned on Rachel Maddow before realizing who and what it was and changing channels. She is still on the canard that the Shirley Sharrod story and the Acorn story were both “trumped up” by Fox News. (The guy wasn’t actually wearing his ridiculous pimp outfit when he walked into their offices – that must mean the Acorn employees didn’t really say the things he caught them saying on tape!)
Please, lord, have Bill Clinton campaign in Arkansas!
Then we can have commercials recounting his pardons as his sorry asp was leaving the White House that he desecrated so miserably.
We can relive his disbarment for perjury.
We can review his rape and sexual assaultsssssss.
We can…
True ‘dat!
I suspect that she was given the ‘OK’ by Reid to vote Yea because as you say Laree, she’s in a tough race.
Re: Clinton
Politico’s website ‘poll’ (earlier this week) showed Bill Clinton less liked than Bush and Obama.
Actually, Michelle, when I first saw the title, I thought you were referring to the
Democrats’unicorns’socialists’ war on “The West”, as in Western Civilization…which I believe would be at least as true!Years ago I lived in Utah, and believe me, the federal government is not held in high esteem. This is a good reason why.
Thanks rags, sorta. Assuming the price of oil is detemined by the market and because the cost of extracting SHALE oil is quite high, when does it become profitable? Just wondering.
Please no more answers from the department of redundancy department.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 1:28 pm, happy2behere said:
But there’s more to my answer than may have met the eye.
Shale oil extraction is expensive with existing technology. The market for technology might radically change that.
So, giving a set price-point at which shale oil extraction would be profitable today would be sort of misinappropriate…to coin a Bushism….
On July 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 am, TigerLady said:
(2:16 – 2:25 in the video)
This says it all. When the President of the United States BOWS TO THE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA (yes, I’m shouting) you know he will do anything to prevent energy independence.
The last time our government attacked the people and the states in the manner Obama has the head of State was King George III.
His attitude and those of the ruling class in Parliment are quite similar IMO.
I have nothing against alternative fuels when they are viable options.
But, for the most part, they are not viable,
even after spending over 30 years trying to make them viable.
It is morally wrong to keep our country and its citizens dependent upon, and sending money to, Communists and Jihad supporters.
It is also morally wrong to turn food into fuel.
If/when there are food shortages, you can’t eat or drink crude oil. So why does anyone think it’s a good idea to use corn as fuel? I’ve also heard several stories of motors getting “gummed up” by the fuels that contain 10% ethanol. It’s a bad idea on multiple fronts.
On July 23rd, 2010 at 1:50 pm, Flyoverman said:
Indeed.
On June 24th, 2010 , I said:
and
It appears that Chris Muir is thinking the same way… on June 27th, Chris posted
Lets rename Mexico, lets call it Iran or Pakistan or North Korea.
Maybe if the foreign invaders wore green uniforms and just shot people outright instead of stealing identities, jobs, smuggling drugs or joining gangs (or their children joining gangs and perpetuating Mexican gang culture), and destroying American culture with demands that we assimilate to their way of life and we pay to support their well being while doing it.
Maybe then the loons in Washington would get a clue.
How much difference is there in the result?
Occupation by millions of nationalistic Mexicans and their violent drug cartels, or invasion by tanks, which is worse?
Gotta watch it there. Next you’ll have certain conservatives on this very site jumping all over you about that not being helpful language to use. You’ll be marginalized and only speaking to a “small crowd” with that kind of incendiary, crazy talk. I mean, come on! Comparing BHO to King George III? That’s soooo “over-the-top” and inflammatory that it can do NOTHING but hurt the “conservative cause.” /sarc off.
In case I’m misunderstood, I’m in full agreement with you.
To a democrat, all issues, problems, opportunities are political and all solutions come from the power of the state. Science, law, and economics have no bearing. There are no principles. A democrat can fanny-rub the Klan one generation and a couple of generations later, fanny-rub the NBPP. They can throw one group into internment camps one generation, and a couple of generations later, throw the borders open to the vilest human beings on earth. They care about nothing except their political power, the goal that motivates every action. As a result, nothing fazes them. They are pure, cold, calculating, hatred. If you are a “red”-neck you are or will be at their mercy, if not this generation, then most assuredly the next. If there was a red state on the west or east coast, they would hate it with the passion they reserve for any of the fly-over states.
Note: The south is a special case, of course, (because of Texas and Florida), but on the whole democrats hold it in equal contempt. If the electoral college ever goes (and many democrats are working towards that end), the south will go the way of the other red states. Even now, the fate of the southern states barely concerns them. I believe the majority of republicans and “conservatives” do not understand this. Or do not want to understand this. Or they simply do not care.
To a democrat, the Party is pure and transcendent; the nation, however, reeks of evil and is in dire need of moral cleansing. By whatever means necessary, including surrender to a foreign power, the Punitive Party will purge America of its evil and expunge its history.
Unfortunately, a large number of voters support these ideas and on the whole know exactly what they are voting for — though they get upset when the consequences bite them. Unfortunately, a larger number of voters are simply fools and will never figure it out.
This happened this week as well:
Federal judge blocks Chukchi Sea leases
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge in Anchorage has blocked federal offshore oil drilling leases in the Chukchi Sea. Oil companies may be disappointed, but some villages on the North Slope and environmental groups call Wednesday’s decision a victory.
U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline’s ruling — that the federal government failed to follow environmental law when it granted billions of dollars in leases in the Chukchi Sea — isn’t the final decision in the matter, but it could have major impacts on future drilling in the area.
The RINO’s are just as guilty of Treason when it comes to the border as the Demorats.
Vote them all out!
That’s a great summation of Obama’s plan. He wants to change the world into the EU model. One World, with America a mere cog in the wheel. That was the point behind an article I read yesterday.
And we can’t let him do that to America.
I’ve come to realize what a marvelous job Obama is really doing!
But only after joining al Qaeda, of course.
He makes Destruction of the West so easy!
We can go on vacation now, ’cause he’s doing our job for us!!!
“Allah be praised”!
If that’s all you have in your quiver or magazine then you had best stay on the porch. That’s been over reported/cooked.
If you’re not careful you’ll get Billary elected again.
More to the point on this post is the amazement and unexpected wakeup that gee-whiz, the Democrats have done something shady AGAIN!
I am really underwhelmed at the responses on these threads re: Michelle’ articles. Talk about sheep…baa, baa.
They only hate the Western states that have a bad habit of voting for Republicans. Real ones, not Schwarzenegger.
The Western states on the Pacific, Obama doesn’t hate them.
If you look at who is being punished with the offshore moratoria, you see it is the misnamed “Red States” in general being punished.
I hate the inversion, the Marxist party is color coded blue. Same kind of crap as calling an illegal alien an “undocumented worker” and someone who wants to kill babies as “pro-choice”.
Ministry of Truth propaganda.
But hey, as the Dhimmi’s would say, That’s only your wealth, and your kids/progeny will be able to pay it back under our Dhimmiplan. You were not born to be a provider or producer. You were born to be a serf that provides the gov’t and our new national religion called islam/national submission.
You nailed it, camel jockey.
Mahmoud isn’t my real name…
Coulda fooled me. No matter, I agree with your post. Camel jockey works for me. I’m one of those who do not respect the ahmanutjob kind of people. In fact, they can’t get to heaven soon enough.
Farmers in a lot of cases are just as much to blame because they vote DEMOCRAT for their subsidies.
In 1861 it was a war between the north and south.
Now it’s shaping up to be east versus west.
O/T, but worth it…
The Chicago Machine tried to keep her off the ballot, but she has won that battle…
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/good_day/cedra-crenshaw-tea-party-ballot-controversy-aj-wilhelmi-20100723
I’d love to see Michelle do a post about Cedra…
Go West!
(Lt. Colonel Allen West, that is!)
The Democrats’ War on West…
Blacklisting Lt Colonel Allen West And His Wife
I’m not a worshipper of the pedophile prophet or his bloody moon god either…
“Mahmoud isn’t my real name…”
You could still be a camel jockey however.
In 1861 it was a war between the north and south.
Now it’s shaping up to be east versus west.
Well, the West has already lost, then. California, Washington, and Oregon are in with the looney left. Colorado is falling, and Nevada is tumbling too.
The West is too easy for the left to steal. They just have to take the few large population centers, and snub their noses at the few conservatives that live in the open areas, which comprise 99% of the West.
There’s also the symbolism: the South West is where American self-determination and individualism worked to expand the nation and inspire prosperity and by yoking that spirit under the weight of big government and nanny-state direction, the Alinskyites will have scored a major victory over free markets and personal aspirations.
From other post:
““We didn’t have any incidents on the American side. It’s hard for people to understand who don’t live here,” he added. “They’re not Vikings, they’re not going to invade us,..”
My comment seems to fit here too-
Maybe we need a few VIKINGS — looks like our own Federal government is doing nothing but appease the terrorists from Mexico!!!
The Federal Government has gotten too large–the states must assert their sovereignty –esp. if one of the few powers given to the Feds is to manage the US border and it it’s not doing its job!
C-CS
“To a democrat, all issues, problems, opportunities are political and all solutions come from the power of the state.”
Amen!
The fact that we have jobs and make a living is also because the state empowers us to do so. That is why taxes are not taking from us. Their us giving back to the source of all things.
Taxes are therefore, in the mind of today’s democrat, a good thing.
That is also why those of us who believe in and live as if there is a God who created us to whom is owed our full allegiance are a threat to the state. We can not and will not serve two masters. As long as we are “religious” but don’t take it too seriously and still bow to the state, then we’re okay.
The moment we only bow to one master, the Master, then we are a threat to the state and quite possibly a terrorist threat from their point of view.
In other words, Janet Napalitano while scary, is at least consistent with her world view and view of government.
“was King George III”
The left has viewed the Office of the President as monarchy for some time.
The good news is when stuff happens like the oil spill in the Gulf the truth shreds their belief system that the President by decree has some kind of power.
Can’t recall which lib leaning pundit said words to the effect that not only can’t he walk on water, he can’t even tread water and he’s going under.
Will SB1070 tend to reduce the number of lawsuits by those falsely claiming that they were profiled? If it tends to help put trial lawyers out of work then it might help explain Obama/Holder’s otherwise seemingly idiotic aversion to it. If the fundamental reason they are against SB1070 is because of the ATLA then we’ll never hear about it on state run MSM.
I have no problem understanding the left thinks the President is king. It is quite consistent with the left. What I don’t understand is how folks on the right, some here on this forum, act like Obama is a king and what is being done currently is a decree that is unchangeable and immutable unless Obama decrees something to be undone.
Why the many on the right are letting the left define how our government works and accepting the left’s definition is hard to understand.