Riddle Me This, orrrrr...Go Figure

Independent Sentinel.  "Under “Obamacare”, the government mandates that every citizen show proof they are insured.  There are serious penalties if you don’t.

"However, to qualify for said “Obamacare”, you don’t have to show proof you are a citizen.

Have I got that right?

"If that’s not correct; If every citizen must show proof of citizenship in order to qualify for “Obamacare”, why can’t that same proof be shown to vote?

"No rush on your answer.  I’ll wait."

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2012/03/cartoon-things-you-need-a-photo-id-for.html

Monday is National Empty Chair Day! (Updated)

Noisy Room

"This is a special day where we can all participate! Here’s the plan: Set up your own empty chair, take a pic and send it in. Also, if possible, put an Empty Chair outside to commemorate the day. Post a link to your pic in Comments and we’ll post them in this main posting, orTweet your pic using #tbrs and the official National Empty Chair Day hashtag #EmptyChairDay and we’ll get that posted here, too. Over at Legal Insurrection, they’ve already started! Click here for examples of what their readers have started to send in! You can tell there’s all sorts of things you can do to the Empty Chair to make a statement and make it your own."

Big Government; 'Eastwooding' Inspires National Empty Chair Day on Monday

Michelle Malkin; Monday is National Empty Chair Day; Updated with photos

Time for a 2nd revised edition of the Liberal Racial Code Words Handbook: Chair!  

Twitchy has this.
And Tony Branco has this in Legal Insurrection:  Below

Update: ♪ I'm Just a Chair ♪ by Obama's Empty Chair

"The Empty Chair of the United States (ECOTUS) speaks out through song." 

CAIR: Censor or Free-Speech Champion? The group opposes a law curtailing Jew hatred.

Andrew C. McCarthy  "It is farce. CAIR has no real interest in hate speech per se. Indeed, it has no real interest in civil rights — no proponent of sharia could. Its sole actual imperative is Islamic supremacism: promoting any cause that increases Islamic influence and protesting any effort either to reduce Islamic influence or to subject Islamic-supremacist doctrine to scrutiny. Consequently, CAIR’s precious fretting over hate speech extends only so far as Islam is advanced or imperiled."

Also by Andy McCarthy; Crucifixion? Must Be the ‘Aspirations of Arab Peoples for Greater Freedom’   "To truly “be prepared for anything,” the new president would have to understand that what the “Arab Spring” has “unleashed” is Islamic supremacism. Whether we face up to it or not, that is the mainstream Islam of the Middle East."

Democrats Air Frustrations with Obama 'Cockiness'

Big Government  "President Obama's competitive, boastful nature and condescending advice rubs even loyal Democrats the wrong way, a new profile alleges."
...."Kantor's piece carries a long-running theme that Obama easily -- perhaps even uncontrollably -- rates and ranks others around him. A 2008 debate gaffe found him flippantly calling Hillary Clinton "likable enough." Of Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign, he asserted, "We're the Miami Heat, and he's Jeremy Lin." Even his own staff are subject to criticism:"....

Iowans’ Message to Obama: ‘We Did Build This’

"Greeting Air Force One as it touched down under sunny skies and sultry heat was  a hand-painted banner draped across the top of an airplane hangar that reads, “Obama Welcome to SUX – We Did Build This.” “SUX” is the airport code for Sioux City."  I kid you not.

Suppression! DNC Charlotte: Identification required, even just near convention site

Twitchy  "Oh, dear! What will Ellen Barkin, Michael Moore, Joe Biden, the NAACP, Attorney General Eric Holder and his apologists, Rep. Keith Ellison, and other unhinged leftists (redundant) say about this suppress-y turn of events? As they have told us, over and over, there is nothing more bigoted than requiring photo identification. Well, except for maybe “kitchen cabinets” and “chairs." 

It’s about the Iranian Bomb, Not Obama (Updated)

Commentary Magazine  "Earlier this year, a leftist Israeli think tank surveyed Israelis’ opinion of the left. The results were shocking: 63 percent viewed it unfavorably, 48 percent deemed it elitist, only 33 percent said it shared their values, only 31 percent deemed it capable of governing effectively, and only 28 percent thought it had good solutions for national security challenges."
...."But leftists who profess themselves bewildered by these results would also be well-advised to study the recent spate of leftist pundits (here and here, for instance) claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main, if not only, reason for weighing an attack on Iran this fall is to harm President Barack Obama’s reelection bid."  Evelyn Gordon

Israel News;  'Iran must steer clear of US interests in Gulf'  "Washington reportedly sends Tehran indirect message saying it will not back Israeli strike on nuclear facilities as long as Iran refrains from attacking American facilities in Persian Gulf." Shimon Shiffer 

Update: Jonathan S. Tobin; Obama’s Plans Won’t Soothe Israel’s Fears  "President Obama might avoid such an eventuality if he were to make firm public promises about the use of force and state that he would do so before Iran’s program got close to completion rather than afterward. But that is something he seems most reluctant to do. With reassurances like these, the Israelis are being brutally reminded that they must depend on no one but themselves."

What a difference four years makes!

150 years ago; the Battle of Chantilly and the return of Gen. McClelland

Kearney

Sept 1, 1862; Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill)  "Making a wide flank march, Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat from Bull Run. On September 1, beyond Chantilly Plantation on the Little River Turnpike near Ox Hill, Jackson sent his divisions against two Union divisions under Kearny and Stevens. Confederate attacks were stopped by fierce fighting during a severe thunderstorm. Union generals Stevens and Kearny were both killed. Recognizing that his army was still in danger at Fairfax Courthouse, Maj. Gen. Pope ordered the retreat to continue to Washington. With Pope no longer a threat, Lee turned his army west and north to invade Maryland, initiating the Maryland Campaign and the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces around Washington."

The Battle of Chantilly  "General Pope summed up the situation fairly enough, though with a certain amount of favorable coloring, in his despatch to Halleck on the evening of the battle. He says:"....

The prima donna McClelland relishes the defeat of his colleague Pope. 
Such an inconsistency from a general who purported to love his troops so much.

McClelland

Interactive battle map. As you view this map, you can easily see how little of the battlefield was preserved from development

Sept 2, 1862; Union General George B. McClellan restored to command in Virginia

With Northern armies driven out of Virginia, Lee begins the Maryland campaign.

This seat is taken!

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/09/branco-cartoon-they-built-that-chair/

The Top Ten Reasons Paul Ryan is So Despicable!

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Michael J. Fell  "Paul Ryan’s background, experience and trustworthiness demonstrate that he is a proven leader and a fine citizen who is ideally qualified to become Vice President of the United States.  America knows where he was born, that he will support small businesses and private enterprise, understands the threat posed to America’s unreformed “entitlement” programs, and will not redistribute taxpayer’s money to fringe radical self-separating hyphenated identity victim groups.
"America will not like taking some of the steps necessary to recover from a mountain of debt, but someone with Ryan’s extensive knowledge of the issues, experience in how Congress works and exceptional, American bred humility knows how to accomplish the task."  Via Conservative Daily News

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/08/branco-cartoon-clear-choice/

Obamanation- One Painting Says It All

Conservative Daily News  "Jon McNaughton is a very talented artist, and this video walks you through his painting “Obamanation”. The painting is actually interactive, so analyze it for yourself. Take the challenge at www.jonmcnaughton.com

Part of the YouTube description:

"I chose to use an undisclosed studio so I could paint privately, without interruption, to focus on the task of embedding in a single painting all the subtle, mindless, radical and dangerous atrocities of the Obama administration.                "I am just one person, a citizen of this country using my first amendment rights to speak out through my art. This is my declaration that we have never had a president do more to harm our country than Barack Obama.                                   "To those who scoff or wish to trivialize this painting, I challenge you… I DARE YOU… study the links of the various symbols and metaphors that you see. There are over 60 in the painting. No person can analyze this image and learn about these facts and still, in good conscience, vote for Obama in 2012."

 Via Conservative Daily News

Black Bishop Calls For All Christians To Leave Democrat Party

Godfather Politics   "In his plea for Christians to make an exodus from the Democratic Party, Jackson refers to the Party as cult-like and cites the following reasons for his statement and actions:

• Pro-abortion
• Rejection of biblical family model and values
• Open hostility to anyone who expresses their Christian values including Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A and Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas
• Actions taken against cities and towns for displaying crosses at memorials
• Actions taken against anyone who invokes the name of Jesus during prayers at official events

"Jackson expressed his disappointment in the way journalist Mary Elizabeth Williams with Salon.com wrote about Gabby Douglas’s tribute to God."  

....Yet after her victory, one of the first responses that truly resonated for me was from a colleague who noted, “I would like her more if she were not so, so, so into Jesus.” Which raises the question – what is Jesus going to do now for Gabby Douglas’ career?....

Bishop Jackson added, “The Democrat Party has turned its back on Christians. It is time to turn our backs on the Democrat Party.”  Hat tip to Linda Sumter, Oklahoma

The The Christian Post gives background on the motivation for Bishop Jackson's efforts: "Jackson pointed to recent statements from liberals attacking Olympic gymnast
Gabrielle Douglas, the 16-year-old sensation who won the all-around gold medal in gymnastics at the 2012 London summer Olympics.

"After her historic victory, Douglas (pictured, left) tweeted a verse from Romans 12:19: "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.'" 

"Her tweet brought both applause and criticism, but it was the source of the criticism that was the source of irritation for Jackson.

"The accomplished young lady had the nerve to give glory to God for her win," Jackson said in a written statement. "This apparently offended liberals." " 

Chris Matthews of MSNBC could not be reached for comment.

More on the Bishop from Watchwoman on the Wall  "Bishop Jackson is running for U. S. Senate in Virginia.  Please visit his web site and learn more about this honorable candidate."

ReligionToday.com reports that "Jackson also cited the Democratic party's support of organizations such as Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and even the NAACP as examples of how far the party has moved away from Christians, particularly black Christians. "What was once an historic and honorable civil rights organization is now nothing other than a left-wing apparatus of the Democratic party," 

Team USA Athletes: 10 Christian Olympic Medal Winners Glorifying God  Number one on the list is Gabby Douglas. Christian Post includes in this list Serena Williams, whom they say is a Jehovah's Witness.