Obama Throw First Amendment Under the Bus

The right of a citizen to petition the state is fundamental, presumed to have been endowed by our creator.   More over, all members of the public have a right to attend public meetings.   Yet for reaons unknown to thinking man,

Ed Mrrrissey, Hot Air, on Scarlet Obama, “Gone With The Change:”

I’ll think about it tomorrow.  After all, tomorrow is another day.

The final couplet from Gone with the Wind offers an instructive look at the

Eric Holder has misplayed his hand and revealed BO’s inttentionns, all for naught, Mike Soraghan, Hill:

 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on the prospect of reinstating the assault weapons ban, highlighting Democrats’ reluctance to take on gun

Ed Morrisssey, Hot Air, writes:

When discussing war crimes during World War II, two events usually get thrown out as indictments of the Allies: dropping atomic weapons on the Japanese and the raid of Dresden, in which 25,000 people

Bertha Lewis, ACORN:

Housing is a right.

See the video:

Read the transcript, via Steve Gilbert, Sweetness & Light.

No Ms Lewis, housing is not a right.  Housing is a commodity, to wit a product of human endeavor. 

Is Speaker Tablecloth about to rejoin the rank and file, Ed Morrissey, Hot Air:

Congress just started the 111th Session just four weeks ago, and already some Democrats have had enough of Nancy Pelosi’s ham-handed tactics. A rebellion has

Different subject, but apt never the less, John, Powerline, sums up Barack Obama’s basic problem:

Obama is going to have to learn, and soon, that governing is very different from campaigning. Vague and contradictory promises no longer cut it

Great quotes:

Said by many after Nine-Eleven:  We are all Americans.

Said by  Dubya and  many Americans after the Soviet invasion of Georgia:   We are all Georgians.

What should be said after Charlies Rangel and Robert Reich a/k/a Shorty, write

DavidL wisely quotes Ed Morrissy, Hot Air

Because, remember: it’s selfish to think that you can distribute the wealth you earned more efficiently and intelligently than Obama and his small, elite group of policymakers. Why, look how well the

Joe the Plumber. You remember the story. Obama rolls up to his house one day. Joe plucks up his courage and asks a question of Barack Obama, the subject of which Mr. Obama would apparently rather not discuss. Result? 

Bob Herbert, New York Times, attempts to slime John McCain, only to show his true and bigoted colors:

The racial fantasy factor in this presidential campaign is out of control. It was at work in that New Yorker cover

• At some point, the rain around here has to stop. Not that we’ve had flooding of any serious amounts, but it’s rained around here about every day this summer, for at least part of the day. Today is another example.

• Headlines read: “Two charged with giving Amy Winehouse Drugs” Only two? She must be slipping.
• Sad to see this report of at least 4 dying at the Boy Scout camp last night, on two fronts; The people who were there,

Mrs. Clinton appeared on Poutdown with Keith Olberman.  So question, which one, the interviewer or the interviewee, was the sane one?   Allah Pundit, Hot Air, links to the video.   Ben Smith has a partial transcript.

The problem for

And what was Obama’s response? He compared Ayers to Senator Tom Coburn, who opposes abortion. Of course, Coburn hasn’t bombed abortion clinics, but Obama can’t tell the difference between a Senator and a terrorist. That won’t help him in Middle