Is This How a President Should Act?

Reason Magazine  "The president's political machine worked in close coordination Thursday with state and national union officials to mobilize thousands of protesters to gather in Madison and to plan similar demonstrations in other state capitals."

The Tea Party: Chris Rock vs. Lloyd Marcus

Lloyd Marcus  "Obviously, Rock does not have a clue what the Tea Party Movement is about. The movement has nothing to do with race and everything to do with principles, values, liberty and freedom.
"Rock's ignorant comments confirm the importance of spreading our message to the black community. Kudos to the Black Tea Party."

The predatory left: they're coming after Rep. Darrell Issa

Liberals launch anti-Darrell Issa crusade  "Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he’s built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.

"But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including a former Hillary Clinton hand — are taking their anti-Issa passion to a whole new level, launching a nonprofit group, a website and even paid media advertisements aimed at undermining and investigating the rabble-rousing chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Does anyone else besides me see a link between what is happening with Rep. Issa and what is transpiring in Wisconsin?  We must all support and encourage courageous conservatives who must know the price they will pay to keep this nation solvent.

The American People Can’t Afford to Lose Wisconsin Union Showdown

Heritage  "President Barack Obama has federalized the issue, throwing the full weight of the White House, the Democratic National Committee, and his own Organizing for America operation behind government unions, with the assistance of the SEIU and AFSCME unions. This is a major new test for the new governor, Scott Walker. If conservatives lose in Wisconsin, reform might be stifled elsewhere. If they can win, progressivism is in real trouble." ....
"On Thursday, the President told a Wisconsin television station, “I haven’t followed exactly whats happening with the Wisconsin budget … some of what I’ve heard coming out of Wisconsin, where you’re just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally seems like more of an assault on unions.""

Entitlements

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Union Hate Rally in Wisconsin: Protests Rife With Hitler, Gun Targets, Death Threats

Fox News  Video and sound. Very compelling.

Matthews Interviews Common Cause On Justice Thomas, Doesn’t Mention Lynch Threats

Big Journalism  "Chris Matthews interviews the Soros-funded Common Cause group about their perceptions of impartiality concerning Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It should be noted that the group is not on record opposing Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s involvement as a member of La Raza."

Wisconsin’s Governor Walker Takes on Public-Sector Unions

National Review Online  "Governor Walker could have raised taxes or fired 6,000 state employees. Instead, like Governor Christie, he decided to actually fix the problems that brought Wisconsin to this point. His budget limits government collective bargaining to just wages, taking benefits and work rules off the bargaining table. He would also require voters to approve any raises above inflation. Walker would prevent government unions from forcing taxpayers to cough up for their gold-plated benefits."
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Nir Rosen’s Politics

Nir Rosen

National Review  "Rosen has a profound hatred for Israel: Its existence is a “blight unto the nations,” and he hopes to “speed its demise.” Though he manages a calm tone in anti-Israel polemics in major publications, his Facebook posts about Israel are more in this style: “i have always opposed israel and supported anybody who is opposed to israel. just as anybody concerned with justice and freedom must” and, “israel's existence is an abomination,” and, most poetically, “[f***] Israel.” He has even welcomed the prospect of a “third intifada.”"

Nir Rosen and the American Foreign Policy Establishment  "Nir Rosen, as it turns out, had pro-Taliban inclinations for quite some time. And so it should not really come as a surprise that a person who’d be willing to defend the terrorist organization might mock a woman—in this case, CBS’s Lara Logan—for being sexually assaulted in Cairo."

In sharp reversal, U.S. agrees to rebuke Israel in Security Council

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foreignpolicy.com  "The U.S. concession comes as the Middle East is facing a massive wave of popular demonstrations that have brought down the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt and are posing a challenge to governments in Algeria, Bahrain, and Iran."

Watching Wisconsin

Thomas Lifson  "As the nation watches, Wisconsin teachers and other government workers discredit themselves and indirectly make the case for GOP spending cuts at the national level. Coming in the wake of the left's civility tantrum following Tucson, demonstrations by teachers calling in sick and closing down the Madison schools do not go over well. The Wisconsin GOP produced a video that rakes the teachers and Democrats over the coals:"

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Wisconsin protestors show their respect for state capitol grounds  " (I attended the Tea Party rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol last year on April 15th, and I did not see a scrap of litter left behind. Participants not only took care to leave no trash of their own, they looked around and made sure no one else did.)"

The line is drawn : OBAMA BACKS UNIONS OVER FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY  ""Some of what I’ve heard coming out of Wisconsin, where you’re just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally, seems like more of an assault on unions,” President Obama told TMJ4 in Milwaukee."

Have teacher unions nuked the fridge?  "Furthermore, taking the kids out of classes to march with them underscores another significant concern of the public regarding education.  Most of the students marching with their teachers had no idea of the finer points of Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to bring teacher pension contributions in line with the private sector, a position the union called “slavery” just a couple of months before conceding the point. "

‘We’re Trying to Stop Whatever This Dude is Doing’   "In Wisconsin, where unions are lashing out at Gov. Scott Walker’s push to eliminate most collective bargaining, nearly 800 Madison East High School students protested at the state capitol yesterday. Turns out some of them may have been a little foggy on just what exactly they were trying to achieve. Check out this video:"

Double Minded Justice; Sgt Larry Hutchins Ordered Back to Prison

Sgt Larry Hutchins

Big Peace  Quoting the LA TimesBlog : "Seven enlisted Marines and one Navy corpsman were convicted in the Hamandiya killing. As the squad leader, Hutchins received the longest sentence. All of the others are now freed; none served more than 18 months.

"The plan to kill an Iraqi was developed as a warning to other Iraqis not to attack Marines with sniper shots or buried roadside bombs. In the months after the killing, attacks on Marines in the region dropped.""