Alan Caruba: Only if the Wind is Blowing

Warning Signs

So, you're telling me that people who hate the sight of oil rigs

 on the ocean think this is a beautiful thing?

"The Sierra Club ...wages war on all forms of energy production and use. They urged me to join others “at a beach near you" for a kite-flying rally and celebration of New Jersey’s offshore wind potential.
...."Europe which led the charge to build wind and solar power projects as the result of its obsession with carbon dioxide emissions has since discovered that neither can compete with fossil fuel and nuclear power. France is the exception, getting most of its power from nuclear facilities. In England, its citizens are increasingly suffering from “fuel poverty” as the cost of electricity continues to soar thanks to its reliance on wind and solar projects."


From Ice Age Now: Flat and declining temperature trend since 1998.

Via Warning Signs

If Catholics Come Together To Make More Ads Like This, Results May come

Ricochet  The poster, Joe Escalante Writes:   " I missed this some (been out since March) how but it's pretty bold.  Watch it in big screen Hi Def."

HOW TO PRAISE YOUR PREDECESSOR WITH CLASS

Power Line

"I wrote here about President Obama’s remarks during the ceremony in which portraits of George W. and Laura Bush were unveiled at the White House. Unfortunately, Obama found it difficult to offer any praise of Bush that did not refer, usually self-servingly, to himself. And, I wrote, to the very limited extent that Obama managed to offer such praise, “there wasn’t much warmth or charity in it – it fell well short of what Bush was able to say in praise of Bill Clinton under similar circumstances.” "

"At Ricochet, former Bush speechwriter Bill McGurn has performed the service of holding Obama’s remarks about Bush next to Bush’s remarks about Clinton (which McGurn did not write). The contrast is even more striking than I had supposed.
"Here is what Obama said about his immediate predecessor:"....
....
"Never once does Bush crash this party; there’s nary a self-reference. Moreover, Bush’s praise for Clinton is full of warmth. And, though Bush doesn’t praise any of Clinton’s specific policies, he emphasizes that, as a general matter, Clinton worked diligently to bring about a better day for America."  
Tell me again: what was that I read about Obama's "likeability"?

http://www.worldmag.com/editorialcartoons/

Who has been playing the Race Card lately? "Victicrats", says Larry Elder

Rick Moran: Ex-Sports loudmouth says we're closet racists for not supporting Obama  
"Mike Lupica should have stuck with sports. At least then, his opinionated rants would have been about meaninglerss drivel instead of issues of consequence.

"There is nothing new to ascribing racist attitudes in opposing the president. But how about opining that even his supporters are a bunch of "scummy bigots." "

WND: THE OBAMA RACE CARD  "To liberals in 2008, it was indeed time for a particular black president, and while Obama might not be the most qualified man to ever run for the office, he was qualified because of his agenda. “He’s one of us. He’s a progressive.”

"Many Americans were not only open to the idea, they were enthusiastic about it. Polling data showed that Obama’s race was a huge positive, not a negative."

http://www.tobytoons.com/td/node?page=1

Victor Davis Hanson: The Trayvon Martin Case and the Growing Racial Divide  "The problem with the race establishment is not its acrimony per se, but (a) that the acrimony is frozen in amber around 1960, with no acknowledgment of some 50 years of federal action and three new generations of Americans, and (b) the inordinate time invested in blaming “them” rather than spent on introspection on how to achieve parity with a majority culture in the manner of other minorities’ successes. Or at least that is how I perceive the growing anger at the Sharpton/Jackson/Black Caucus nexus."

Larry Elder: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee -- And the Race Card  " Here's the thing. Obama could easily pick up the phone and tell Democratic Party leaders to drop the victicrat* race card crap. Knock it off. Sadly, he chooses not to do so. After all, the first black president, with his approval ratings in the low 40s, was equally black when his numbers stood at 70 percent.

"Snap out of it, Congresswoman Lee. It isn't the color of his skin -- it is the complete and total rejection of his policies."

*"Victicrat".Great word, Mr. Elder!

Liberal Logic 101

Thomas Sowell: Holder's Chutzpah "Since millions of black Americans -- like millions of white Americans -- are confronted with demands for photo identification at airports, banks and innumerable other institutions, it is a little much to claim that requiring the same thing to vote is denying the right to vote. But Holder's chutzpah is up to the task.
"Attorney General Holder claims that the states' requirement of photo identification for voting, in order to prevent voter fraud, is just a pretext for discriminating against blacks and other minorities. He apparently sees no voter fraud, hears no voter fraud and speaks no voter fraud."
As does Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in her official site.  She calls it "voter purge".

Conservative Black Chick: Tolerant” Dems Think It’s OK to Insult Black Republican Women Because They Aren’t Black like Dems Want Them to Be  "Not a day goes that I’m not bombarded by an arsenal of crude names on twitter or via email because I’m a black Republican and don’t worship Barack Obama or think his being elected the first black president of America is the greatest thing he should be expected to achieve as president. Some of the names include “whore, u wanna be white ass kissing black republicans, and wanna be white oreo.” "

Russell Dweeb said in 2008 if you don't vote for Obama, you're a racist

Election Law Center: Tampa Bay Times and Hyperbole  

noun Rhetoric .

1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.

2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait aneternity.” 

The Tampa Bay Times has an editorial today about Governor Rick Scott of Florida.  It outlandishly compares him to George Wallace, complete with a photo of Wallace at the school house door.  Desperate tactics by desperate folks are unfortunately predictable.  The law of diminishing returns makes charges of racism incrementally less effective, especially when the underlying dispute involves illegally registered voters.  
Accusing someone of being a racist who isn't is the worst sort of false witness.  The Tampa Bay Times should be ashamed.

More here on applying the word "purges" to voter ID requirements

Obama’s data advantage; far beyond the politics we have seen in the past!

Politico  Via Drudge  "On the sixth floor of a sleek office building here, more than 150 techies are quietly peeling back the layers of your life. They know what you read and where you shop, what kind of work you do and who you count as friends. They also know who your mother voted for in the last election.

This is what Big Brother looks like. Notice the Obama stickers 

"The depth and breadth of the Obama campaign’s 2012 digital operation — from data mining to online organizing — reaches so far beyond anything politics has ever seen, experts maintain, that it could impact the outcome of a close presidential election. It makes the president’s much-heralded 2008 social media juggernaut — which raised half billion dollars and revolutionized politics — look like cavemen with stone tablets."

Obama, the Democrats and Hollywood (Mark Steyn update)

Mark Steyn: Our Celebrity President  "This is all he does now. But hey, unlike those inbred monarchies with their dukes and marquesses and whatnot, at least he gets out among the masses. Why, in a typical week, you’ll find him at a fundraiser at George Clooney’s home in Los Angeles with Barbra Streisand and Salma Hayek. These are people who are in touch with the needs of ordinary Americans because they have played ordinary Americans in several of their movies. And then only four days later the president was in New York for a fundraiser hosted by Ricky Martin, the only man on the planet whose evolution on gayness took longer than Obama’s. It’s true that moneyed celebrities in, say, Pocatello or Tuscaloosa have not been able to tempt the president to hold a lavish fundraiser in Idaho or Alabama, but he does fly over them once in a while. Why, only a week ago, he was on Air Force One accompanied by Jon Bon Jovi en route to a fundraiser called ."Barack on Broadway" (excerpted here):

Still, it becomes increasingly difficult for the Obama campaign to insist that the president is fighting for the little guy against the evil rich when no one is so rich as the company he himself keeps. It's also difficult to criticize one's opponent for running a company that made its investors rich while greasing one's own pockets with filthy lucre similarly acquired. Bumper sticker: "My billionaire's better than your billionaire." 

Young Hollywood's Secret Breakfast with Obama  "While in Los Angeles in June, President Barack Obama met privately at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with 25 of Hollywood’s hottest young stars, including Jeremy Renner, Dianna Agron and Zachary Quinto."

20 Biggest Political Players in Hollywood  "Like the entertainment industry itself, political Hollywood always is in flux. But if you want to raise money for a candidate this time around, these are the names you need on speed dial."

Obama's $500,000 Power Couple  "Ted Sarandos and Nicole Avant just made the top tier of Obama "bundlers," raising more than half a million dollars in one night. A second term for the president is just one of their goals."
Speaking of the value placed on being in Obama's presence:  Somali insurgents offer 10 camels to locate Obama, 10 roosters for Clinton

But I digress. So, this is the way it is: if you want a career and a social life in Hollywood, you better espouse liberal causes or keep your mouth shut (assuming it is socially acceptable to get by with that). Remember the "blacklist" of the 50's that Hollywood hated?  This one is more entrenched in the Hollywood culture than that ever was.  TD
There are a few Hollywood conservatives with the courage to "come out of the closet"
"Following is a partial list of confirmed Hollywood conservatives who deserve recognition for their unwavering committiment to the conservative cause (click on their names to see one of the three credible sources I used to determine whether they were, in fact, conservatives worthy of inclusion on the list):"...


Ron Silver's Blacklist in Hollywood is Sign that Political Blackballing Has to Stop
"...Hollywood still turned this actor away with an eerie adamancy reminiscent of the 1950's HUAC that the movie industry has long openly condemned."

Schultz as "Mad Murdock"

Remember Dwight Schultz (Murdock, on the "A Team") "   Schultz recalls attending the auditions for the role of Fiscus in "St. Elsewhere": "...as I headed toward that designated area I passed a small narrow side room in which Bruce Paltrow was seated on a desk chair with wheels; he turned to me, rolled a little in my direction and said, “Dwight! What are you doing here?” This is not a question an actor wants to hear before an audition; not from the show’s producer. I told him I was called in to read for Fiscus and his response was soft and monotonic, “…There’s not going to be a Reagan a--h--- on this show!”"   (Emphasis added)

CONSERVATIVE PRODUCER ON BEING CENSORED - 'IT WILL WAKE PEOPLE UP' "Oscar-winning producer Gerald Molen  hasn’t heard back from the principal at Ronan High School in Montana since the official told Molen his conservative views made him unfit to give the school's commencement address."
...".Molen’s latest film project tackles politics directly. “2016: Obama’s America*,” set to debut next month, looks back at the president’s early years to better understand his current governing style and philosophies".  *See the movie trailer here.

Bing Images

Disney's Cynical Pro-Obama Ploy  "...If the first lady is correct that cereal and chewing gum commercials are so powerful that "whatever is on TV is what our kids are going to want," what about the TV that's on in between the commercials? In other words, would someone ask Michelle Obama how she thinks her daughters would enjoy ABC's sitcom "Don't Trust the B—— in Apartment 23"? Is that healthy for young minds? How about the pro-homosexual lifestyle pushed by her husband's financial supporters from "Glee"?"

Fast and Furious still biting DOJ where it hurts

Fast and Furious: Eric Holder’s bizarre House Judiciary testimony  " "How about those wiretap applications, smuggled out of Justice by a whistleblower, which prove beyond question that Holder’s inner circle was well aware of “gun walking” tactics, long before Agent Terry’s death?  Well, according to the Attorney General, that’s all George Bush’s fault." "

Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don’t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious  Oh...all right then.

Holder said "that email referred to Wide Receiver, it did not refer to Fast and Furious. That has to be noted for the record.”

"Chaffetz, after a long pause, said, "No, it doesn't. It says Fast and Furious. 'Do you think we should have Lanny participate in press when Fast and Furious and Laura’s Tucson case [Wide Receiver] are unsealed?' It's specific to Fast and Furious. That is not true, Mr. Attorney General. I'm happy to share it with you." "

Holder Caught in More Lies About Fast and Furious     During a House Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday Attorney General Eric Holder stuck to his guns on Operation Fast and Furious. He lied, denied and acted smug while his posse, Reps. Waters, Lee and Conyers held the race line.

NY Daily News Columnist: Racist Nation Prepares To Reject Obama Because He Is Black

Mediaite  "New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupicawent a little overboard in his analysis of the political landscape in a column on Friday. Lupica could not even mask his spite and resentment for the American people when he determined that the nation, still simmering with latent racism, is ready to let their most ignoble instincts take over in the fall and unseat the President. Lupica calls Barack Obama’s race “the silent issue that could doom” his election chances and says being black makes Obama the underdog ahead of November." 

Thanks for the help, Willy,er...Mr. President

The Slick Genius of Slick Willie  "It’s no secret that Clinton isn’t exactly a big fan of President Obama’s. Clinton might be the master of making other people mad, but he himself was red-faced pissed off after Team Obama accused him of racism during the 2008 primary fight. And for good reason, too. My personal take is, that was the moment the Race Card lost its trump. Playing it on Clinton, our “first black president”? Dumb move, Barack.

"And now comes the payback."   Stephen Green

Defending Bloggers from Attacks, Intimidation, and Frivolous Lawsuits

David French "There have been a series of new and particularly pernicious attacks on bloggers’ free speech. For those who haven’t been following the story, roughly three weeks ago a number of conservative bloggers (both independent and affiliated with larger publications) began investigating the story of Brett Kimberlin, a radical domestic terrorist who’s been funded by several prominent leftist donors. As the investigation gained momentum, Red State’s  Erick Erickson  was subjected to a “SWAT” attack, where a fake call is made to local police reporting a shooting at the blogger’s home. Erick is not the first blogger to experience a SWAT-ing."
...."Today at the American Center for Law and Justice, we announced that we’re representing Ali and the National Bloggers Club. We intend to aggressively respond to any and all attacks on bloggers’ free-speech rights. The truth is a defense to frivolous libel claims, and the law exists to protect free speech, not enable its attackers. It is appalling and inexcusable that major leftist organizations fund a convicted domestic terrorist. It is even more appalling that the price of reporting these facts is a campaign of threats and legal intimidation."
David French is a Senior Counsel for the ACLJ. A Kentucky native, David is a 1994 graduate (cum laude) of Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a 1991 graduate (summa cum laude, valedictorian) of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.


GOP Senator Calls On DOJ To Investigate ‘SWAT-ting’ Attacks Targeting Conservative Bloggers

Megyn Kelly Airs Audio From ‘Swatting’ 911 Phone Call Targeting Conservative Bloggers    "Gallagher said that police responded to the call with helicopters and drawn weapons, waking up Frey’s family in the middle of the night. Gallagher also says that conservative bloggers are being targeted by a tactic known as “Google bombing” in which large amounts of erroneous and personal data is released – including false arrest records – to embarrass those targeted conservative bloggers."

Porta-Potties to Antiques: The Curious Journey of Obama’s ‘Green Jobs’

PJ Media;  Lawmakers accuse the Labor Department of using some broad definitions to give the president toutable green-jobs statistics.
"Galvin also answered “yes” to a string of occupations listed by Issa that the administration considers green jobs.

These include school bus driver, the guy who gases up the school bus, and a clerk at a bicycle repair job.
"And it also includes someone who works at an antique dealer, someone who sells rare books and manuscripts, or someone who works at the Salvation Army thrift shop or a consignment store. Those jobs are now considered “recycling.”
 “Do garbagemen have green jobs?” Issa asked.
 “Yes,” Galvin responded.
“How significant is it when they claim 3.1 million jobs and it seems like these are not significant at all?” Issa said, noting that “porta-potty emptying” is now considered a green job. “You weren’t training for ‘magical new jobs,’ you were training for jobs that existed.”    Bridget Johnson

 

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/environment/ig/Environment-Cartoons/Green-Jobs.htm

Rick Moran: 'Green jobs' that aren't, but counted as such  
"Obama has claimed that "clean energy industries created 2.7 million jobs and were 'expanding rapidly.'" Maybe if you include housepainters who use green paint, you might get close to that number. Otherwise, just another epic failure of the Obama administration to deliver what he promised."

Why MSNBC is our first choice for excellent journalism

Hat tip to NewportMac on TEA Party Patriots
RealClearPolitics: Jon Stewart has fun with the media coverage of the Wisconsin recall:
Video here.