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Todd Zywicki, blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy, nails it.

But one reason why I linked Pete duPont’s sobering WSJ column the other day is that I have slowly come to the conclusion that as bad as McCain is, Obama really is much, much worse than I realized for a long time. Maybe I’m just slower at this than others, but it really took a long for it to sink in to me exactly how far left Obama really is. On every single issue that I am aware of, he seems to be at the far left end of the Democratic Party spectrum. I mean really out there.

Perhaps most fundamentally, given the history of the world over the past 25 years I think I just had assumed that no serious politician or thinker would in this day and age hold the sorts of views that Obama seems to hold. Raising taxes in a recession, protectionism, abolition of the secret ballot for union elections, big spending increases, nationalized health care, and most appallingly (to my mind) the potential reimposition of the “Fairness Doctrine”–I mean this is pretty serious stuff. And when combined with a Democratic Congress, I think we may be talking about (to use Thomas Sowell’s recent phrase) a “point of no return.” I guess I just assumed that Obama would be sort of Bill Clintonish–”the era of big government is over” and all that stuff. That he would have absorbed the basic insights of recent decades on taxes, trade, regulation, etc.

What could we expect from McCain? Not much–but holding the status quo on some areas and perhaps a few improvements in others. Perhaps an end to the incontinent spending of the past few years. Elimination of earmarks. Free trade. No fairness doctrine (campaign finance reform is bad, but I think the Fairness Doctrine is much worse). A much better health care insurance policy. I’m not as optimistic as some of my friends that McCain’s judges will be good, but I think Obama’s judges likely would be really bad.

He is right. The far left, also known as the base of the Democratic Party, really doubled down this year. Figuring it was their year, they opted for one of them, instead of a triangulator. Of course Obama has run his campaign more toward the center, all the while giving a wink and a nod to the George Soros/MoveOn types.

They all are leftist anti-capitalists that support Barack Obama.

Tom Metzger, Director White Aryan Resistance- “The corporations are running things now, so it’s not going to make much difference who’s in there, but McCain would be much worse. He’s a warmonger. He’s a scary, scary person–more dangerous than Bush. Obama, according to his book, Dreams Of My Father, is a racist and I have no problem with black racists. I’ve got the quote right here: ‘I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s white race.’ The problem with Obama is he’s being dishonest about his racial views. I’d respect him if he’d just come out and say, ‘Yeah, I’m a black racist.’ I don’t hate black people. I just think it’s in the best interest of the races to be separated as much as possible. See, I’m a leftist. I’m not a rightist. I hate the transnational corporations far more than any black person.“

…airing out for the last time. If Obama wins, these will prolly disappear. Grab ‘em while you can. From the oldest to the newest.

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…from Jim Treacher.

Yeah, Barack Obama is a ‘constitutional scholar’. He’s studying ways to nullify it.

Obama: Constitution is a document of ‘negative liberties’. Listen, for yourself.

Obama: Constitution stained by ’sin of slavery’.

On the Obama Infomercial last night (from HotAir) AP calls bullshit…

Calvin Woodward reports that Obama misled viewers on at least five key points in his 30-minute final argument:

• Health care costs - Obama claimed his plan would lower costs by $2500 per year per family, but it doesn’t.  In fact, Obama can’t point to any particular cost reductions.  He plans to spend $50 billion over five years on modernization and chronic-disease prevention and presumes that this will lower costs in the future, but in the meantime it raises costs at least in the short run on everyone (the $50 billion doesn’t come out of thin air).
• The Pay-Go of his plans - No, he hasn’t demonstrated that he’s found the revenue for his spending, despite his claims last night.  Non-partisan analysts believe that his spending programs will add at least $428 billion to the deficit in his first term, and that’s if you accept his non-specific pledge to cut spending in other areas.
• Tax cuts for working class families - Before the commercial aired, he had already begun backing away from that idea because of the financial crisis, although Obama didn’t acknowledge it in the ad.
• The “right” to affordable health care - Obama doesn’t guarantee coverage in any of his plans, at least not for adults.
• Getting out of Iraq - Obama noted that the US spends $10 billion a month in Iraq and talked again about “bringing that war to a close” — but he’s backed away from his previous pledges to get out on a strict 16-month timetable, which is as fast as the remaining units can be properly withdrawn.

related:

Cal Thomas: Obama, Marx and trashing the Constitution
Sarah Palin: Obama would re-write the Constitution

Kyle-Anne Shiver writes an excellent essay, “The Repugnance of Socialism”, available today in American Thinker.

There also, Andrew Walden’s timely and well-written “Barack Obama: Red Diaper Baby“. That essay’s title alone should give pause to any American, to wonder how and why we’ve managed to allow this serpent to come so close to the reigns of power. Does Barack Obama’s candidacy and possible election represent the result of a necessary, but ultimately reversible, swing of the political pendulum, or is this candidate the One who will bring about the permanent destruction of our political balance?

We’ve cycled back and forth, now, for decades. During my lifetime, JFK/LBJ to Nixon/Ford to Carter to Reagan/Bush to Clinton/Clinton to Bash/Bush. During that time we’ve managed to stay pretty much a Representative Republic, with our three branches of government, none with more power than the other (although the Executive is most visible and the Legislative most strident). With the possibility of Barack Obama, and two houses of Congress, we may see a flaw, or a major breakdown of the system.

Especially with the fear-based catalyst that the economic crisis represents. If Obama assumes office and starts changing things willy-nilly, sends questionable hopey-changey bills that are immediately and without viable opposition rubber-stamped by the Legislative branch, supported by and opposition to silenced by a clingy media, then this entire nation may become unhinged and eventually unrecognizable.

I laughed when the leftys spoke that ‘Bush will seize power, take over the nation, not allow elections, and become dictator for life!’ Obviously, that didn’t happen. President Bush succeeded in keeping America safe from further attacks during his watch.

An Obaminable administration bent on injecting a social platform the likes of which we’ve never seen before will undermine the very fabric of our nation. And without any opposition, may cause unrepairable harm. A veritable attack on our nation.

Tell me that’s not frightening.

I’m out of here — there are Mexican beers to drink, and faux-dead-people to see. By the time I get back, there will be a new President Elect, and hopefully Glen and Serr8d will be all depressed.

Blog amongst yourselves. Open thread.

Is this an election or a coup?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren’t buildings as their addresses.

U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus also ruled that provisional ballots can’t be invalidated because of poll worker errors.

Monday’s ruling resolved the final two pieces of a settlement between the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

The coalition agreed to drop a constitutional challenge to Ohio’s voter identification law until after the Nov. 4 election. In return, Brunner and the coalition agreed on procedures to verify provisional ballots across all Ohio counties.

Seen at Theo’s place.

This, an exposé of media bias…by a real journalist.

The traditional media are playing a very, very dangerous game — with their readers, with the Constitution and with their own fates.

The sheer bias in the print and television coverage of this election campaign is not just bewildering, but appalling. And over the last few months I’ve found myself slowly moving from shaking my head at the obvious one-sided reporting, to actually shouting at the screen of my television and my laptop computer.

But worst of all, for the last couple weeks, I’ve begun — for the first time in my adult life — to be embarrassed to admit what I do for a living. A few days ago, when asked by a new acquaintance what I did for a living, I replied that I was “a writer,” because I couldn’t bring myself to admit to a stranger that I’m a journalist.

A real journalist…remember those?

…for all the right reasons why any intelligent, thinking person would vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

“On balance, Mr. Obama represents a radical break with laws and policies of the past 50 years. Mr. McCain has the experience and judgment to lead America through economic turmoil and to safeguard this nation from terrorists. We heartily endorse Sen. John McCain.”

I’ve snipped the editorial for fit and emboldened the significant sections I find pertinent.

At the top of the list we find…

Throughout his adult life, he [Obama] has sat at a law-professor’s desk or a committee table. Never has the mantle of responsibility weighed on his shoulders alone. He has never run a city, a business or even a government agency. As Joe Biden reminds us: “The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”

Mr. Obama has never had the kind of heartbreaking failure that steels leaders. Instead, others have cleared his path, from changing the rules for electing the president of the Harvard Law Review to wiping the names of rivals off the ballot in his first state Senate race. He has always enjoyed the hoist of a friendly press and benefited from rivals reluctant to fault him. Is he ready to lead when people or events turn against him and he alone must decide among a cacophony of advice?

By contrast, Mr. McCain’s experience is impressive. In the Navy, he commanded pilots amid the boom of enemy guns and, as a prisoner, suffered five years of torture and trial that would wreck a lesser man. As a leader, he has bucked president and party while reaching out to old enemies, like Vietnam and Sen.Ted Kennedy.

Taxes: …

[Obama] favors letting the Bush tax cuts expire - raising taxes across the board. Despite Mr. Obama’s talk, he considers every one not receiving a handout to be a target for taxation.

Mr. McCain opposes higher taxes.

Spending: …

Mr. Obama plans nearly $5 trillion in new spending, if you add all his far-flung promises. Five trillion dollars is a pillar of dollars 335,000 miles high. (By contrast, the moon is 247,000 miles away.) Boosting deficit spending will only strangle economic growth, deflate the dollar and put future generations in debt to foreign central banks that are venturesome enough to buy American treasury bills.

Mr. McCain has vowed to cut spending over the next four years - a step in the right direction.

Supreme Court: …

Mr. Obama will almost certainly nominate jurists who will sweep away the laws of elected legislatures and results of popular referenda in order to serve the interests and policy preferences of a rarefied liberal faction. And we know that Mr. McCain will not appoint such judges.

War on terror:

Only a vigorous effort can keep terrorists at bay. Mr. Obama has faulted the Bush administration and seems to favor the lawyerly approach of the Clinton years, which led to attacks on our embassies, military bases, warships and finally our skyscrapers. Mr. McCain understands that public safety is one part of the Bush legacy worth keeping.

Iraq: …

Mr. Obama talks about “ending” the war, not winning it. America has defeated insurgencies before (such as in the Moros) and is prevailing now in Iraq.
..
Withdrawal dates only embolden our enemies and risk American lives. Mr. Obama’s timetable in Iraq seems imprudent and dangerous.

Israel and Iran: 

Mr. Obama says he supports Israel while pledging to meet with Iran “without preconditions.” Yet, Iran is a nation that has sworn to “wipe Israel off the map.” Iran’s vast nuclear program sprawls over 24 sites and consumes tens of thousands of man-hours per year. The progress of its long-range missile program continues to astound intelligence officers. Mr. Obama has offered no serious plan to meet the Iranian threat. Instead, he calls for a renewed commitment to “multilateralism,” which is a continuation of a failed Bush policy. Israel is our strongest democratic ally in the Middle East. Israelis and the many American citizens who live among them - as well as approximately 300,000 American soldiers and contractors living within missile range - have real reason to fear that Mr. Obama’s inaction could lead to tragedy. That’s why the Jewish Press and other pro-Israel publications have endorsed Mr. McCain.

Gun rights: 

While Mr. Obama said he supports the Second Amendment, the National Rifle Association predicts that he will be “the most anti-gun president in American history.” In an April 2008 mailer, Sen. Hillary Clinton said largely the same thing. Mr. Obama supported the D.C. gun ban, which the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional; he favors increasing federal excise taxes on guns and ammunition by 500 percent; and, in 1996, he endorsed a complete ban on handguns in Illinois. Mr. McCain supports gun rights.

Union elections: …

Increased unionization will smother the economy, as it has in Europe. Unions, which have suffered decades of declining membership, want it [a tool for union intimidation, 'Card Check'] badly and Mr. Obama wants to give it to them. Mr. McCain is opposed.

Abortion:

“The first thing I would do as president,” Mr. Obama said, “is sign the Freedom of Choice Act,” which would sweep away all federal and state restrictions on abortion (including parental consent for minors and the partial-birth abortion ban). It is no wonder that Princeton professor Robert George, a member of the President’s Council on Bio-Ethics, concludes that “Barack Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate ever to seek the office of President of the United States.” By contrast, Mr. McCain is strongly pro-life.

From the continuing PW Pub “WILLIAM” series…

If you can give up your Bush-, Palin- and McCain-bashing long enough for some quality thought, that is. (Oh, and you’re behind on your poll watching…I wonder why we haven’t seen any of that, lately?)

Jeff G at protein wisdom links to this article…

Obama Affinity to Marxists Dates Back to College Days

Barack Obama shrugs off charges of socialism, but noted in his own memoir that he carefully chose Marxist professors as friends in college.

Barack Obama laughs off charges of socialism. Joe Biden scoffs at references to Marxism. Both men shrug off accusations of liberalism.

But Obama himself acknowledges that he was drawn to socialists and even Marxists as a college student. He continued to associate with Marxists later in life, even choosing to launch his political career in the living room of a self-described Marxist, William Ayers, in 1995, when Obama was 34.

Obama’s affinity for Marxists began when he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles.

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully,” the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in his memoir, “Dreams From My Father.” “The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.”

Obama, a skinhead full of hate, it seems, for our Capitalist economic system. Hatred for the rich; a hatred based on envy. Now, he’s ready to take charge of America and sell out his country, to CHANGE.

With his amorphous and undefined desire to CHANGE the nation’s entire economic fabric because he’s spent his entire adult life hating. Hating whites, for their capitalism. Hate he sought out and to learned in school, and hate he nurtured…in Church. I’ve emboldened as I see fit..

In his sermon that day, Wright tore into America, referring to the “United States of White America” and lacing his sermon with expletives as Obama listened. Hearing Wright’s attacks on his own country, Obama had the opportunity to walk out, but Davis said the senator sat in his pew and nodded in agreement.

Addressing the Iraq war, Wright thundered, “Young African-American men” were “dying for nothing.” The “illegal war,” he shouted, was “based on Bush’s lies” and is being “fought for oil money.”

Obama’s most famous celebrity backer, Oprah Winfrey began attending Wright’s church in 1984. Last year, Newsmax magazine reported that Winfrey abruptly stopped attending years ago, and suggested that she did so to distance herself from Wright’s inflammatory rhetoric. She soon found herself a target of Wright, who excoriated her for having broken with “traditional faith.”

The Reverend Wright’s anti-white theology that Senator Obama
expressed surprise over is evident on the church’s website. The site says the congregation subscribes to what it calls the Black Value System, which is described as a disavowal of “our racist competitive society” and the pursuit of “middle-classness.” That is defined as a way for American society to “snare” blacks rather than “killing them off directly” or “placing them in concentration camps,” just as the country structures “an economic environment that induces captive youth to fill the jails and prisons.”

“In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01,” Wright wrote in the church-affiliated magazine Trumpet four years after the attacks. “White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just ‘disappeared’ as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns.”

That’s the troublesome Black Liberation Theology. White-hating theology, is the truth of it.

Socialism as “public control of the means of production” is not the definition that we apply to Barack Obama, tgirsch. The meaning for Barack Obama’s sort of socialism is Webster’s third in line..

3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

Giving goods taken from someone who works (confiscatory taxes), and ‘redistributing the wealth’ (Obama’s own words!) to those who do not work is Obama’s definition of socialism. Allowing non-productive members of society to get a share of the fruits of another person’s labor. Undeservedly so? I think so. But then, I’m a capitalist, as would be most Americans if they would take the time to realize that Capitalism is responsible for their very way of life, responsible for the excellent health care system enjoyed by Americans, responsible for the advanced technology and devices we enjoy. Capitalism made our way of life possible. Socialism drags a society down; instead of requiring people to reach their potential by expending a bit of effort, it ‘trickles up’ the poverty. All are equally treated, when none are allowed to succeed without the punishment of unfair taxation.

But that sort of redistributive taxation just seems Wright to some.

We don’t need no stinkin’ socialism, not here in America.

(Third in line…now, that rings a bell, doesn’t it?)

hilzoy:

Look: socialism is a word that has a meaning. It means public control of the means of production. It does not mean taxing the top bracket at 39%. Likewise, “collective ownership” has a meaning, and it does not mean the situation that obtains when the government can repeal tax cuts for the top 5% of the population.

William has graciously posted some of his thoughts on the Titans’ win last night (I’m surprised he enjoys contests like this, since someone has to lose, and that’s just not fair, considering their poor little feelings might get hurt or something…I’m surprised he didn’t call for sharing the touchdown/interception wealth equally.. ).

And that Titanic reference? William, you needs re-enroll in some refresher language mastery courses or something. An antonym where a synonym was needed. Sheesh.

Anyways, to go a step further, I’ve photoblogged the thing, as usual.

Mickey, you can just stay away.

Libertarian crybaby~! ;D

I mean, with the noose and all of that…

…because there are no innocent Americans.

A concise illustration of the term “Dog Bites Man” may be seen in a recent item in the New York Times by Timothy Egan. I know, big surprise. Egan proclaims the obvious with his post on how the ten cities with the highest rate of graduates are likely to “go Democratic.”

These are vibrant, prosperous places where a knowledge economy and cool things to do after hours attract people from all over the country. Among the top 10, only two of those metro areas — Raleigh, N.C., and Lexington, Ky. — voted Republican in the 2004 presidential election. This year, all 10 are likely to go Democratic. What’s more, with Colorado, New Hampshire and Virginia now trending blue, Republicans stand to lose the nation’s 10 best-educated states as well.

And yer point, city boy?

It would be easy to say these places are not the real America, in the peculiar us-and-them parlance of Sarah Palin. It’s easy to say because Republicans have been insinuating for years now that some of the brightest, most productive communities in the United States are fake American — a tactic that dates to Newt Gingrich’s reign in the capitol.

It is easy to say because *cough* it is true. No, we haven’t been insinuating this for years now… We’ve been flat out declaring it with authority — and it predates Newt Gingrich. Ever heard of a guy named Ronald Wilson Reagan? How about Theodore Roosevelt? See, we believe in this Shining City upon a Hill. We are proud of and will defend America. The “fake” we decry are those — mostly to be found in academia — who want us to surrender our sovereignty to the world community. You know, Big Stick Diplomacy. You hurt us, We hammer you.

Riddle me this: Where are you most likely to see a t-shirt or hat announcing, “These colors NEVER run!” On a nerdy psychology geek searching for his id or on a good ole boy driving a pickup?

Whaddya mean, what colors?

Ronald Reagan was lashed by liberals for running a “Morning in America” campaign, but he knew this country, at heart, was always tomorrow-looking — and he fared very well in educated cities as well as small towns. “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone,” said Reagan, “I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears.” Barack Obama, who brings that music to the stage, leads by 30 points on the “hope and optimism” question in polls.

Oh, No You Didn’t. You lose all credibility when you try to say that the forward looking Ronald Reagan has anything in common with the Marxist “Take me back to Lenin” Barack Obama.

Reagan KNEW America was great, in fact, too great for small dreams, and he KNEW that smaller government, lower taxes, a strong defense, and PRIDE in the fact that we are the vanguard of Liberty in the world is what defines us as Americans. Reagan believed in a tomorrow where Americans spread economic opportunity through production of wealth. Reagan believed in an America that lead the fight against tyranny by being strong and active and by confronting the Evil Empire and their oppressive allies. Reagan believed in the individual Liberty of Americans as citizens of this Republic, free from the oppression of the masses to worship as we please and speak as we please.

Obama scorns America’s greatness by showing his shame of the Flag and calling the core of our citizenry “bitter” for being steadfast in their Liberty. Obama, as his wife stated, thinks America is “mean” and finds it hard to be proud of this nation. Obama believes in a tomorrow where he can take the hard earned wealth and “spread” it around to those HE thinks are worthy, not by the fruits of their work, but by His definition of entitlement. Obama stated he wants to reduce our military in both numbers and development to levels that will leave us vulnerable to the emerging threats of the new century. Obama has worked to remove the Liberty that Americans have died to attain and as spelled out in the First and Second Amendments. Obama sees Americans as subjects of the State and “international will.”

Egan either does not understand, or deliberately misstates, how “real” Americans feel about Academia, which is the true target of our scorn. This is where Egan goes astray, by ascribing to metropolitan areas the values of those leftist twinkies at the liberal indoctrination combines that are our universities. Pacifist weenies espousing the useful idiocy of the Marxists to the young impressionable mass of students create enclaves Egan calls “best educated” where the penetration of their leftist agenda results in a critical mass of left leaning voters.

We do not hold the REAL Americans living in those cities in disdain — we hold the elitist Liberals who inhabit the pacifist halls of the higher education system with contempt. You over educated, tree hugging, terrorist loving academics who have never spent a minute out of the protection of the welfare state are the ones we despise. That you have taken over various enclaves to incubate new assaults upon the economic market and political structure is no strike on those particular places, but upon you.

Do try to see the difference, ok?

Oh, and get a REAL job!

And a hair cut.

Hippie.

From Knoxville’s Channel 6 WATE blog…

3 races key to which party controls Tennessee Senate

Posted: Oct 26, 2008 10:21 AM EST

NASHVILLE (AP) - The battle between Republicans and Democrats to control the state Senate has raised the heat in three races crucial to both parties and it’s showing in campaign tactics.

Republicans and Democrats each hold 16 seats and the 33rd belongs to an independent. The two parties are trying to hang onto the seats they already have and pick up at least one more in the legislative elections on Nov. 4.

2 of the fiercest battles are for open seats. One is Senate District 26 in West Tennessee, where former longtime Democratic Senate Speaker John Wilder of Mason is retiring, and District 12 on the Cumberland Plateau, where Sen. Tommy Kilby, D-Wartburg, didn’t seek re-election.

Fundraising has been vigorous and the candidates in both races went into the final stretch with plenty of money to spend.

Ed Cromer is editor of the Tennessee Journal, a weekly newsletter on state politics. He says Democrats must win those races just to stay even, because if Republicans win even 1 of them, they have a majority.

Best, John Wilder is out of there, no matter which party grabs the seat. Much better if Dolores Gresham (R) gets it of course. Drop in and donate, if you have time.

On the Tennessee House side, well, we really must get rid of “Forever Speaker” Jimmy (Coon Suppers!) Naifeh. Could there be any more entrenched politico than this guy? He’s been in State government since 1974. Let’s flush this bird!

From Memphis’ Commercial Appeal..

Challenger calls Tennessee House Speaker Naifeh ‘out of touch’

By Sherri Drake Silence, drake@commercialappeal.com
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Covington farmer Rory Bricco considers his race against Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh a “protest to the status quo.”

“He’s a 34-year incumbent and he’s out of touch with his constituency,” said Bricco.

The Republican is challenging Naifeh, D-Covington, for his 81st District seat, which represents Haywood and Tipton counties.

Out of touch? I’d say ‘in touch with too many smoke-filled backrooms and insider political deals for far too long to allow to stay in power for a single minute longer’.

Hie thee to Rory Bricco’s online home and help out.

Remember, all politics is local, and Tennessee State politics acts closer to home. What Obonga does is hurtful, but what these Democrat clowns at the State level do is as much, if not more costly and painful legislative damage.

Let ‘em eat possum.

Country-changin’ and wealth redistributin’ was on Obama’s mind and agendized long before his inadvertent slip-up in Toledo clued us in, as this 2001 radio address on Chicago Public Radio proves. Audio link here, at protein wisdom.

Jeff’s commentary..

In Obama’s America, we’ll finally be able to break free of the “constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution” — and in so doing, achieve “social justice” through “redistributive change.”

Well, then. Fine .

But this is not the America I knew…

Well, there are those who would rather CHANGE and switch and HOPE it works than remain with the economic system what brung us. We are hurting now, but Obama’s plan will only make it worse. Trust me; there are no successful socialist countries that are worth anything more than a quick visit.

Think about it. What socialist country can you name that’s as large and successful and also first-world and as technologically advanced as the U.S. is right now? Not so many, huh?

We will not retain our position in the world nor our standard and quality of life if we are forced to adopt Obama’s economic plans for wealth redistribution.

Russia prefers Obama. Who knew?

Both US candidates took a harsh stance on Russia in a recent debate when asked if the late US president Ronald Reagan’s designation of the former Soviet Union as the ‘evil empire’ still applied to modern Russia.

McCain said ‘maybe’ while Obama, who has moved closer to his opponent’s hard-line stance since the war in Georgia, said Russia exhibited ‘evil behaviour’ in that conflict.

Nonetheless, Kosachyov said this week that McCain’s anti-Russian bias was deep-set while Obama was a more ‘comfortable’ choice.

;D

There’s two givens in this presidential election. First, we are at peril of losing the very fabric of our economic engine; Barack Obama is poised to drive a stake in the heart of capitalism. He’s feeding off the current economic crisis and the fear that’s gripping the U.S. and world economies. But this full-frontal attack on capitalism must fail, if we value our American way of life.From American Thinker…

Why the Mortgage Crisis Happened

By M. Jay Wells

Obama’s economic narrative of the mortgage crisis ignores the facts. He has put free-market capitalism at the root of the current mortgage industry debacle, denying the real history of government interference in that market.

On September 15, with banking giant Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy protection, Obama was given the opening to begin weaving his anti-capitalist storyline. And that he did. Artfully blurring the mortgage industry crisis with generalized tax policy, Obama declared,

“I certainly don’t fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It’s a philosophy we’ve had for the last eight years, one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.”

The words were carefully chosen. That day in Colorado marked his return to the teleprompter and a strictly refocused campaign message intent on surreptitiously fusing the mortgage industry woes and free-market capitalism in general. Confident the American people are primed for his socialist brand of “change,” Obama maintained his anti-capitalist theme, “What we have seen in the last few days is nothing less than the final verdict on an economic philosophy that has completely failed.” According to Obama, capitalism has been “rendered . . . a colossal failure.”

There’s an incredibly detailed timeline at the post, following the step-by-step evolution of our economic crisis, starting in 1933 and progressing to today. A valuable read, one that will give clarity and understanding as to how we’ve arrived at the brink of socialism.

The second Obama promise is as troubling as creeping socialism. Obama appeared before Caucus for Priorities in 2007, and pledged then to disarm America. From Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs…

OBAMA TO CUT MILITARY SPENDING BY 25%
WE DONT NEED NO STINKIN FANCY WEAPONS!

As global jihad bares its teeth and goes nuclear Obambi surrenders. This, of all his national suicidal plans, is the worst. I guess he’ll cut weapons programs and give them to the Muslim world when he convenes his Muslim summit.

OBAMA WILL SLASH MILITARY SPENDING BY 25% Trafalgar

In 2007, Barack Obama appeared before the far-left pacifist group, Caucus for Priorities, and promised to disarm America.

His 132-word pledge can be seen on YouTube (link below). Among his promises: “I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems.”

Watch THIS VIDEO.

Today, Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) indicated how Obama’s plans to gut the military would be translated into budgetary allocations. Frank told the editorial board of The Standard-Times that the Democrats would slash military spending by 25%, forcing American to withdraw from Iraq sooner. Rep. Frank said, “We don’t need all these fancy new weapons.”

Active-duty military, recently polled, do not support Barack Obama for president (h/t Theo Spark; click to enlarge). That poll was taken before Murtha’s comments, so I’m sure that McCain’s numbers are now much higher.

Because everyone knows the left loathes our troops!

An American businessman’s letter to Obama

This letter to Mr. Obama begs an answer. Read the letter; I know Barack Obama won’t.

The closing…

In short, Mr. Obama, your political philosophies represent everything that is wrong with our country. You represent the culture of government dependence instead of self reliance; Entitlement mentality instead of personal achievement; Penalization of the successful to reward the unmotivated; Political correctness instead of open mindedness and open debate. If you are successful, you may preside over the final transformation of America from being the greatest and most self-reliant culture on earth, to just another country of whiners and wimps, who sit around looking to the government to solve their problems. Like all of western Europe. All countries on the decline. All countries that, because of liberal socialistic mentalities, have a little less to offer mankind every year.

God help us…

Cory Miller

just a ordinary, extraordinary American, the way a lot of Americans used to be.

P.S. Yes, Mr. Obama, I am a real American… www.cmillerdrilling.com

I don’t think Mr. Obama would answer a letter like this. He got caught in a trap with Joe the Plumber; imagine the depth of discomfort Cory could auger into a shallow sort of socialist.

Well-written, Cory. And, you’re right.

God help us.