Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Republicans Suggest That RINOs Are a Problem

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rhinoThe Republicans have come out with a “purity” resolution regarding the vetting and support of candidates who don’t back the party.  Basically, they suggest that the local leaderships do a better job of vetting the candidates and not support those that don’t have any party loyalty or principles.  You can read the text for yourself at Politico.

Short version summary:  “We acknowledge some of our recent candidates knifed us in the back.  However, we’re only going to pay it some tough-sounding lip service and otherwise do nothing.”

Sounds great.  So whereas the Republicans haven’t gotten serious about not being the Other Democrats, it is resolved that we should keep donating money and support directly to candidates we like and let the rest broil.  The Republican national middlemen are still playing games and aren’t worth our time.

Osama Bin Watermelon?

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tanningThe global warming movement has gained its first new advocate after the Climategate scandal.  I suppose they would be happy about it too, if it hadn’t been Osama Bin Laden.  Read more about it at Hot Air.

Now, while I know al Qaeda has echoed liberal talking points before, this is just surreal.  Osama bin Laden talking about global warming from his hidden cave in Nowhere-land?  This is something along the lines of Hugo Chavez getting on Venezuelan media and screaming “REMEMBER TO HAVE YOUR PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED!”  I honestly couldn’t make something like this up, and I’m off the wall.

Maybe we can get this latest environmental watermelon to do a protest somewhere public.  We could let our military know where in advance.  I’m sure they’d be happy to give him a warm welcome and all the lead he could eat.

A Rant About Hamletude

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crystalballEveryone remembers Hamlet, right?  If not, here’s the short version.  He’s the unlucky fellow in the Shakespearian play named after him that pretty much dies and takes the entire royal family of Denmark with him.  The reason?  Indecision.

Well, a few modern day political candidates have the same problem.  The trouble is that they play them out in the media and apparently get a kick out of stringing everyone along because it gets them repeated exposure.  This qualifies as conspicuous and possibly calculated indecision, or as I’m going to call it from here on out, Hamletude.

I have no time for it, and I suspect I’m not the only one.

Let me sum up 2010 for all you political types that still think nothing has changed.  The Republicans can’t help you get elected as much as they could in the past.  We conservatives have bypassed the Republican party with our money and efforts to get people elected now, and it worked with Scott Brown.  There’s no point in ever going back to the way it was, seeing as how the Republican national leadership keeps insisting on never-ending idiocy and preferential treatment of RINOs.  That means the current arrangement will probably be permanent.

We have actual candidates worth supporting who’ve been declared and trying to get nominations or offices for months.  Lots of them.  In fact, grass-roots sorts like me will probably be spread thin here soon.  So to reiterate, I have absolutely no time or patience for Hamletude.

2010 will be a once-in-a-generation opportunity for anyone who opposes the statist view.  By the time Obama is done with his party, all Democrats may well be vincible.  So either you’re in, or you’re out.  If you string me along I will throw you overboard, and you can spare me your Hamletude.

The State of the Union Spin is Tonight

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speechI could call it the State of the Union Speech, but I don’t think that’s going to cut it.  Obama is going to spin like a top.  And he’s going to bring his teleprompter.

A lot of people are making predictions, so I’ll put on my proverbial Amateur Pundit Hat and make a few of my own.

  1. Everything bad is Bush’s fault.
  2. Everything good is Obama’s doing, even if it’s imaginary.
  3. The “Obama’s not a deficit hawk, but he plays one on TV” spending freeze plan will be touted heavily, though it won’t actually accomplish anything even if it passes.
  4. If he addresses the health care bill at all, it will either be to rehash the old arguments and fear-mongering, or to back away and call it a “pause” while he and his party consider their next move on it.
  5. “Despite everything, the good news is…I’m awesome.”
  6. It would be against all sense, but I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that he will mention immigration reform.  If he does, it’s a political move designed to infuriate conservatives when/if the Republicans decide to cooperate with him on it.

I’ve even seen a few drinking games suggested for the State of the Union, but I suspect you’ll have the desire to drink heavily without them after hearing it.