LEE RODGERSSANTORUM'S SINKING SPELL ...
"UNPRECEDENTED" BACKLASH ...
THE FUSE IS BURNING ON IRAN ATTACK
"UNPRECEDENTED" BACKLASH ...
THE FUSE IS BURNING ON IRAN ATTACK
Exit polls show that 11% of voters in Wisconsin's Republican primary were self-admitted Democrats who voted for Santorum almost two-to-one, with the obvious goal of keeping Santorum's campaign attacks alive. That, in effect, means free "commercials" for Obama.
With polls showing Romney gaining on Santorum -- one says he's already pulled ahead -- in the latter's home state of Pennsyvlania, Santorum now risks the humiliation of losing the primary there. On top of his smashing defeat when he ran for re-election to the Senate, such a loss would finish him politically.
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Essential analysis by Peter Friedman ...
"In the past three years of Obama’s presidency he has bypassed the balance of powers between the Legislative and Executive Branches of government by exacting pseudo-legislation through Presidential fiat, Executive Orders, when Congress refused to ratify his requests.
"Now, Obama, has directly threatened the Supreme Court of the United States, chastising it as potentially 'activist' should the Court reject the Health Care Mandate as un-Constitutional. This threat flies directly in the face of the doctrine of Constitutional 'Judicial Review', a doctrine well-precedented since it was decided in the seminal case of Marbury v. Madison.
"It is the Supreme Court which decides the constitutionality of Congressional legislation. Obama’s statement that the Court of 'un-elected persons' should have no authority over legislation passed by a 'Democratically-elected' Congress is a giant step toward dictatorship."
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Invention needed. Every time I see Obama's press spokesparrot, Jay Carney, trying to muddle through some specious explanation of an Obama faux pas, I long for the utilization of some sort of device that connects a lie detector ... to a device that delivers a jolting electrical shock ... every time some government stooge tells a whopper.
If such a device were constructed and attached, poor Jay would look even more panic-stricken.
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Survey says ...
Most (51 percent) Hispanics do not like to be categorized as “Hispanics” or “Latinos,” saying they like to be identified from their family’s country of origin; Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, etc.
Make of this what you will: Only 21 percent of those polled identified themselves as “Americans.” (Source--Pew Research)
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The headline says it all: "Shelby Steele: The Exploitation of Trayvon Martin -- The absurdity of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton is that they want to make a movement out of an anomaly. Black teenagers today are afraid of other black teenagers, not whites." -- The Wall Street Journal.
If you aren't familiar with the name Shelby Steele, a quick internet search is advisable.
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Victor Davis Hanson (National Review Online): No downside for Iran's nuclear ambitions ...
"Iran, if not stopped, will join the nuclear club, probably within two or three years. It may be stupid to try to preempt Iran; it may be even stupider not to try. But the stupidest assumption of all is that either Iran is not enriching uranium in order to obtain a weapon, or it might through negotiations or sanctions be persuaded to give up trying.
"Why? In Iran’s way of thinking, nuclear-weapons capability has no downside.
"Who would be able to deter a bellicose nuclear Iran?
"Once a rogue regime has the bomb, it seems immune from foreign decapitation.
"For all the global sermons about nonproliferation, no one tried to stop either North Korea or Pakistan — an American ally — from going nuclear. India laughed when critics deplored the fact that such an impoverished country had diverted a large portion of its limited funds to detonate a bomb in 1974. China earned new international respect when it went nuclear, even as its citizens starved."
Does anyone seriously believe our Main Muslim Massager would do anything to stop Iran's development of nukes, even in the face of repeated threats from the tyrants of Tehran?
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Stockton, California, is just one example of a medium-sized city facing imminent bankruptcy. There will be others, probably many others, some likely larger. What has driven these towns and cities into a corner, financially? The formula is the same virtually everywhere.
Democrat politicians, who find nothing so much fun as spending other people's money, have spent decades buying support from government union with outlandish salaries and exorbitant pension plans.
In return, a portion of those taxpayer dollars are returned as campaign contributions, along with assistance in turning out a liberal vote, along with rabble-rousing demonstrations, protests, etc.
The same thing has gone on, of course, at the level of national politics with the same result. By any rational measure, the nation is already bankrupt. In great part because there are far too many people on the government payroll being paid far more than private-enterprise workers are paid for doing essentially the same work. It's irrational and a major factor in our national slide toward repeating the Greek debacle on a far larger scale.
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Before anyone panics over word that MIT researchers predict ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030 due to resource consumption, reader Bill reminds us of some history of such predictions from Mark Steyn's book "America Alone" ...
"In 1968 in his bestselling book The Population Bomb', scientist Paul Ehrlich declared: 'In the 1970s the world will undergo famines - hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death.'
"In 1972, in their landmark study The Limits to Growth, the Club of Rome announced that the world would run out of gold by 1981, of mercury by 1985, tin by 1987, zinc by 1990, petroleum by 1992, and copper, lead and gas by 1993.
"In 1976 Lowell Ponte published a huge bestseller called 'The Cooling: Has the New Ice Age Already Begun? Can We Survive?'
"In 1997, Jimmy Carter, president of the United States (incredible as it may seem), confidently predicted that 'we could use up all of the proven reserves of oil in the entire world by the end of the next decade.'"
As Mark reminds us, none of these self-important clowns turned out to be nearly as smart as they thought. The frightening thing is, there are still people who take these dopes seriously.
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Len, the haiku master, has further reflections on that town in Wales with the world's longest name ...
I went to Wales once.
Went to many pubs and clubs.
Bbunncchh of bblloddyy ddrrunnkss.
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A reader adds this to the above ...
I was in a pub on Saturday night. Had a few. I noticed two large women by the bar.
They both had strong accents so I asked, "Hey, are you two ladies from Scotland?"
One of them chirped: "It's WALES you idiot!"
So, I immediately apologized and said..., "Sorry, are you two whales from Scotland ?"
That's the last thing I remember..........
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Roseville Phil has the label for the new generation ...
People born before 1946 were called The Silent and powerful generation.
People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers.
People born between 1965 and 1979 are called Generation X, .
... And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y ,
Why do we call the last group Generation Y?
Y should I get a job?
Y should I leave home and find my own place?
Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours?
Y should I clean my room?
Y should I wash and iron my own clothes?
Y should I buy any food?
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Conan O'Brien --
"Newt Gingrich said that Mitt Romney has no principles. In other words, he has given Romney his official endorsement."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."