George Carlin on the Language of Politicians

Priceless!  RIP George.

Sheila Jackson Lee: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Here's a little history lesson from another brilliant liberal mind:

An Insult Too Far

Pat Condell really nails it - for all the hand-wringing, religion-of-peace nonsense, 9/11 was caused by Islam.  Without the "misunderstood" preaching of Jihad, those loons would never have even begun to plot the atrocity.  We ignore this at our own peril.  Pay particular attention to the significance of the "Cordoba Initiative."  This kind of wink-wink sneaky symbology needs to be called out.  Muslims are using our own freedoms against us and laughing all the way to Sharia Law.  Condell observation that if Islam were a political movement (which it is), it would have been stamped out by the west a long time ago.

Hat tip SP.

This Means That 23% of You Still Haven't Figured It Out

Poll by Rasmussen is reporting that only "23% of Americans say the U.S. Government has the consent of the governed."  This must be the same 23% that have never heard of Jeremiah Wright or that believe that Obama is gonna give them some money from "you know, his Obama stash!"

Get a grip people, there is a fundamental disconnect between the people and the ruling class in Washington.  For starters, those folks in DC - think you are stupid.  Exhibit A is Lindsey Graham (for the 23% of you, he's a "Senator" from a state called "South Carolina" ) who voted to move Elena Kagan (for the 23%, she's a nominee to a place called the "Supreme Court" ) out of committee.  Defending his decision, one of his team stated:

that the Senator is "not a demagogue". Added Quinn: "He's a thinking person's conservative. I expect him to do well among voters with IQ's in triple digits."

Sorry, 23% that obviously leaves you out.  What Quinn is actually saying is that he will do well among the voters who want to THINK they have IQ's in the triple digits.  Either way, it is typical Washington patronization.  They think you are stooopid!  They are right about 23%, let's pray they are wrong about the rest.

Required Rumbler Reading

This week's installment includes a lengthy, but important read on the dance macabre being acted out between Iran and the world, Dame Noonan going Brit and thoughts on the continuing blame game.

1. Should Israel Bomb Iran?  An in-depth analysis of the calculus facing Israel and what might happen if different scenarios play out.  Rumblergal read this in the car to me while we were driving the Rumbletruckster across Mississippi and it led to lengthy discussions - net conclusion: the Mullahs with a nuke cannot be allowed to happen.

2. Pity the Postmodern Cultural Elite - always insightful Victor Davis Hanson nails the current ruling class for the false premises that they have built their world upon.

3. The Blame Game -  close Rumbler Liberopal DN - I dare not out his real name - is exhausted by this Administration's complete unwillingness to take responsibility.  In a short teleconvo yesterday after the Rose Garden Unemployment Boo Hoo, DN snarked - "when will these idiots man up?"

4. "David Cameron Don't Follow Barrack Obama" -  dame Peggy Noonan is off-shoring her column to tell us what she really thinks about the man she once hailed as "fresh and exciting."  This actually is a good piece of advice for ANY future politician.

A better way...

5. How Obama Lost Small Business - Demographer pal, Joel Kotkin, nails the angst being felt in the heartland.  There is a fundamental disconnect in the world view of Washington and the world view from Wabash...this explains a good chunk of it.

And that, dear reader, should help round out your knowledge base for yet another week.

Important Community Service Announcement

If you didn't take care of this with the "Cash for Clunkers" program:



Hat tip GS.

Dumb Logo Department

It is painfully obvious that the Donk's have no one from the private sector in their camp.  The logo seen below would not have made it out of the intern to the marketing assistant's cubicle otherwise:

Talk about foreshadowing!  That's exactly where Wall Street is headed with the passage of this next piece of insanity.  Well, maybe they were just trying to have truth in advertising?  You be the judge.