Theme from DNC day one: We belong to the Government

We “belong” to the government?  "Did you happen to see the little video they ran at the convention last night?  That video conveyed the message that while we may belong to different churches and such … we all belong to the government.  The line was “The government is the only thing we ALL belong to.” "

"It’s interesting that the Democrats are now running like hell from this video.  Everyone is trying to blame it on everyone else.  Suddenly the Democrats have seen that their concept of everyone belonging to the government doesn’t look all that good in broad daylight."  Neal Boortz

WSJ; The vanguard of ideas for the Obama White House is the Center for American Progress, which churns out proposals for government to mediate every sphere of economic life; Hope and change have given way to a grim determination.

DNC ad touches the Unholy Grail of anti-Constitutional thought  ""Belong."  This implies possession.  There is no ambiguity here. The Democratic message is that "we the people" are possessions of the government, and are beholden to see to its success as a collective machine."

Hot Air; DNC attendees: Yeah, it’s pretty awesome to belong to the government  "The Obama campaign is backing away from the video, but DNC attendees sure aren’t.
“Regardless of where you live, you’re gonna be owned by someone at some point. I think the American government so far has been a fair government and I don’t necessarily hate that I’m owned by them at this point.”

Speaking of "Empty Chair Day"

GOP questions if Obama speech moved because of problems filling seats "The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday announced that the weather is forcing them to hold Obama’s speech at the Time Warner Cable Arena — where the rest of the convention is taking place — instead of the outdoor stadium that can accommodate 70,000 people where organizers planned on Obama addressing the convention."

Gosh, and they already have it decorated with DNC logo.

Local Weather Forecaster Says Charlotte “In Good Shape” For Obama’s Speech, Chance Of Severe Weather “Minimal”…

What will the EPA do if Obama is re-elected?

Daily Caller   "One of the only hints the president has given about his plans is a now-typical response he gave recently regarding fiscal issues: “I’m going to have to look at how we can work around Congress.” This mirrors his first-term approach to environmental issues, when 

following a “shellacking” in the 2010 elections Obama turned his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) loose on environmental and climate issues despite Congress never giving him its imprimatur to do so. What would a second-term Obama EPA do? Here’s a quick look at some of the regulatory avenues the president could use to keep working around Congress." Keep reading...
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"A second-term Obama EPA agenda is hard to forecast because the president remains tightlipped about his intentions. However, considering the unprecedented overreach of Obama’s first term and the freedom from the electorate that he would have in a second term, it seems likely that a second-term Obama EPA would inflict significant damage on the American economy."

Examining Black Loyalty to Democrats

Black Quill and Ink linked to this column from American Thinker:  Bad News for Black Families  "Barack Obama has crushed the business and hiring climate.  What's left are his race-based initiatives -- the Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, the first African American policy conference, Operation Vote, the hiring of an NAACP operative to lead White House African-American outreach, and African Americans for Obama, which includes a program to engage barbershops as "opinion leaders." "

Mountain Monograms; is your town listed in here? Does it have it's initial on a nearby mountain?

MM  "Someone once asked me, "What is it with these Arizona towns*, putting huge letters on mountains?"
"My answer was, "Well, you see, it's the first initial of the name of the town nearest the mountain." This, evidently, was not the answer that was desired. What she was really asking was: WHY DO THEY DO IT?
"I do not know that answer. I would like to know it. Having grown up in a tiny desert town with a C on the mountain, I'd accepted it as normal behavior to put town initials on mountains. Can someone really smart tell me how this behavior started?" 

If this subject interests you, consider this book.

Is your town listed in here? Check to see, unless you live in Florida, in which case don't bother.

                                             Garibaldi, Oregon;  Boyhood home of the Tunnel Dweller

If this isn't photo-shopped, the court-martial will begin in three...two...one...

Our Troops Celebrate National Empty Chair Day

Lucianne

Right rallies for 'Empty Chair Day'  Clint must have struck a nerve; a Democrat speaker included an empty chair in his speech Monday, saying,

“Dirty Harry, Dirty Harry, make my day,” Saunders yelled, knocking the empty chair off of the stage

Special Report with Bret Baier features Legal Insurrection

Thoughts about some of those, like, Democrat delegates; be very afraid of this Democrat Party!

Neal Boortz; High School Delegate  "I notice that Fox and Friends interviewed a high school student who is also a delegate to the Democrat Convention this week.  I didn’t watch … couldn’t bear it.  If I had been interviewing this young know-it-all here are some of the questions I would ask:"
The questions include, among others, this significant one: 

• ....Who controlled the congress when Obama was elected in 2008?....

...."At this point the high school student would be sobbing uncontrollably and I would be the most hated man in America."....

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At least one Democratic delegate will lead the charge opposing his party's stance on same-sex 'marriage' this week at the convention   "He'll face an uphill battle: DNC schedules show a bevy of official and unofficial events promoting a gay agenda, and convention-goers were already walking the streets of Charlotte on Sunday afternoon with T-shirts declaring: "LGTB for Obama." " More on this here.

Why the Democratic Convention Plan Shows Obama Will Lose the Election  "The information released about the Democratic National Convention seems to show it is designed to prove how radical the party is and to play to the most limited possible sector of the population. There will be hatred and vicious character assassination. Of all the imams that could have been chosen, one with a radical background was picked to lead services while—from what I’ve read—Catholics were almost deliberately dissed."

People's Cube; Starring the Democrat police speaker line-up:  Here are just a few of those listed:
• Former president Jimmy “I’m no longer the worst president in history” Carter!
• Former president — and everybody’s favorite accused rapist and sexual harasser– Bill Clinton!
• Former RINO Republican Governor of Florida Charlie “Benedict Arnold!” Crist!
• U.S. Senator Dick “Turban” Durbin of Illinois!
• Chicago Mayor Rahm “30 shootings a day, and I happen to be gay” Emanuel!
• American’s Slut and Law School Graduate (wow!) Sandra “What the @#$% am I doing here?” Fluck
• Congressman Barney “Housing Crisis” Frank of Massachusetts!....

Left; Meet Anaheim And Charlotte, The Prom King And Queen Of The DNC
Left; Aneheim James, a protestor from Fullerton, California. Hey, he's a Ron Paul supporter and obviously not a Republican!
If he is a Ron Paul supporter, might we not expect a Ron Paul administration to more closely resemble the Obama regime than any Republican one?

I think we dodged a bullet here.

Are you better off than yada, yada, yada?

A Reply to the Democrats' Reply to Romney  "Democrats Say US Is Better Off Than Four Years Ago ". As I fumed, my wife glanced at it and shrugged:   "Well, better off for them!"

The significance of the 'Are you better off...' question "Voters who are unhappy are not likely to vote for the president. The question forces the voter to put aside personal feelings about Obama -- most find him likable -- and view the choice for president in a more rational light. This is good for Romney and bad for Obama when you almost entirely remove the likability quotient and make the election about something more personal to the voter -- his feelings of well being."

Maryland governor flip-flops on ‘better off’ question … in 24 hours

"One day later — and presumably, one Cory Booker-esque call from Team Obama — suddenly the world looks a lot rosier to Governor O’Malley." Via Neal Boortz

Voice of Lillpop; Four years ago, America was lured into a dangerous experiment with Marxism by Barack Obama and fellow liberals...  "Back then, it was all about style and feel-good politics, proliferated by a brutally-biased media with a despicable “Man Crush” on an unproven, non-vetted, unaccomplished community organizer with a distinct dislike for American values and traditions. "

Alan Caruba; You Know You're a Moron If...  "The sad part of this is that people who will vote for Obama still believe what he says. To them I say, you know you’re a moron if…."

...."Voters for Obama will ignore the fact that Obama is “transforming” America into the equivalent of Greece and taking the nation over a fiscal cliff. "

Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland: We’re Not Better Off Now  (Notice the brief answer followed by a quick change of subject) "Responded O’Malley: “No, but that's not the question of this election. The question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before George Bush brought us the Bush job losses, the Bush recession, the Bush deficits, the series of desert wars -- charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit card.”

"Quipped Schieffer: “George Bush is not on the ballots.”"  

This ad from the GOP nails it. It's Obama 2008 redux. We've heard it all before.

"We've heard Obama say it all before, as the GOP ad so clearly reveals. Only a fool would buy Obama's snake oil again, fools and union minions, I suppose.
"Are you better off today, in 2012, than you were in 2008?
"I'm not, not even close. Hell, I'd be happy if I were the same. But I'm worse off, by a lot.
" I'll be voting for change in 2012." 

Government Innovation

DNC Buzzword Bingo; What to Expect at the DNC

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A scholarly piece from Bruce Thornton; What to Expect at the Democrat Convention  ...."So class warfare, an idea as dead as phrenology, will fill the void. Appeals to envy and resentment of the successful go back a century, and trade on a primitive view of wealth as fixed, a pie that can be divided only so many ways. If your piece is bigger, mine must be smaller. Government power is then needed to re-cut and redistribute the slices so they’re “fair.” "

Victor Davis Hanson; Liberal Chickens  "The result is that our first green president is facing $4-a-gallon gas while he brags that what he tried to stop proved unstoppable."

First Lady Strives for Caring Image Above Partisan Fray

Mona Charen; His magic cannot obscure Obama’s record.  "That the president needs Bill Clinton now to make his case to the country must be richly satisfying to the only American whose ego can compete with Barack H. Obama’s."

Obama’s Energy Policy, All Of The Above, Oh Really?

Chris Vaca   "When it comes to his energy policy (which he really has none) he says he wants “all of the above” but when you analyze that statement what he really means is he wants to get energy only from ABOVE the earth, not from the earth. Like everything else, he told us what he wanted to do, the American people thought he meant something else, like utilizing all forms of energy that we have in this country.

"We are all aware now that he has a green agenda, which up until now has been a complete failure. The problem is that the so called lame stream media refuses to say anything about them. We are all familiar the failure of Solyndra and the Chevy Volt, but how about the rest, here is a list that the media does not report on."

DNC Day 1/ A look at ObamaCare and illegal immigration

Conservative Daily News  "We had an interesting conversation and I shared with her the truth about universal healthcare as I experienced it growing up in Canada. Patti said she felt it was a tragedy that so many people in our country lacked insurance. I explained I shared her concern, but felt putting the government in charge of anything to do with your health was a big mistake. After all, would you trust anyone at the DMV to make the right decisions regarding your cancer treatment? Obamacare basically puts DMV employees in charge of the purse strings that control your health care. Patti agreed that was disturbing, given that Rick had recently beat prostate cancer. In the end we both agreed that it is up to each of us individually to do more for our struggling neighbors instead of shirking that duty off to a bloated, corrupt bureaucracy."

“They Come to America”, a documentary on illegal immigration.  "Once I got the car I headed into Charlotte to meet up with tea party leader Earl Phillips and his group. They were screening “They Come to America”, a documentary on illegal immigration. You should see that. You’ll wish you hadn’t, but still…you should watch it.