United Conservatives of Virginia

The Media Freak Show Over Romney's Money

2012-01-27T17:29:00.000-05:00

The Media Freak Show Over Romney's Money

Obama's Quiet War on Employers

2012-01-27T17:26:00.000-05:00

Obama's Quiet War on Employers

Obama's Failing Record: The Numbers Do Not Lie

2012-01-27T17:25:00.000-05:00

Obama's Failing Record: The Numbers Do Not Lie

EXCLUSIVE: Former Clinton Accuser Kathleen Willey Whistleblowing Foreclosure Fraud

2012-01-27T17:23:00.000-05:00

EXCLUSIVE: Former Clinton Accuser Kathleen Willey Whistleblowing Foreclosure Fraud

TYRRELL: Our Bill Clinton - Washington Times

2012-01-26T17:51:00.000-05:00

TYRRELL: Our Bill Clinton - Washington Times

How long have I been saying it? At least for 15 years, but in private I have been aware of it longer. Newt Gingrich is conservatism’s Bill Clinton, but without the charm. He has acquired wit, but he has all the charm of barbed wire.
Newt and Bill are, of course, 1960s-generation narcissists, and they share the same problems: waywardness and deviancy. Newt, like Bill, has a proclivity for girl-hopping. It is not as egregious as Bill‘s, but then Newt is not as drop-dead beautiful. His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, and there are private encounters with the fair sex that doubtless will come out. If I have heard of some, you can be sure the Democrats have heard of more. Nancy Pelosi’s intimations are timely. Newt up against the Prophet Obama would be a painful thing to watch. He might be deft with one-liners, but it would be futile. There are independent and other uncommitted voters to be cultivated in 2012 - all would be unmoved by Newt’s juggling of conservative shibboleths.
Newt and Bill, as 1960s generation self-promoters, share the same duplicity, ostentatious braininess and a propensity for endless scrapes with propriety and the law. They are tireless hustlers. Newt is hustling my fellow conservatives in this election. The last time around, he successfully hustled conservatives in the House of Representatives and then the conservatives on the House impeachment committee. He blew the impeachment and, in fact, his role as speaker. He backed out in disgrace. He now says Republicans in the House were exhausted with his great projects. Nonsense. I knew many of them, and they were exhausted with his atrocious leadership. He is not a leader. He is a huckster. Mitt Romney has 72 congressional endorsements. Newt has 11. Possibly the 11 have yet to meet him.

I've been reading this man's work since before Billy-boy.

MILLER: Tax cheats on the federal rolls - Washington Times

2012-01-26T17:42:00.000-05:00

MILLER: Tax cheats on the federal rolls - Washington Times

The tax man is required to send Congress an annual report on the number of serious delinquents working in each government agency. Figures released this week show 98,291 current civilian employees have a severe tax lien against them. When retirees and military personnel are included, the debt figure goes up to an astounding $3.4 billion. Without some kind of accountability, the number will grow larger.
The ironies abound. The Office of Government Ethics has one of the highest delinquency rates at 6.5 percent. You might think the U.S. Tax Court would pay its taxes, but its staff owes Uncle Sam $62,508. The Government Accountability Office has 65 employees not being held accountable. The Board of Governors for the Federal Reserves has 91 staffers who have reserved $1,265,152 in their own pockets.
The National Labor Relations Board doesn’t seem to mind the 47 on staff who are laboring only for themselves. The Office of Personnel Management isn’t doing a very good job managing its personnel, who owe the IRS $1,917,149. The Securities and Exchange Commission may be policing Wall Street, but it’s turning a blind eye to $1,146,843 in back taxes

"Before removing the mote...., attend to the beam...."

Is Neut A Closet Liberal?

2012-01-26T10:57:00.006-05:00

He sure sounds like a liberal elite when he denigrates wealth creation, all the while taking his Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae checks to the bank. When he uses Cayman Island and Swiss bank references to bolster his creds, he sounds a little jealous of the wealth Romney has accumulated over the years. Accumulated legally, I should add.

Shut up about the money Noot. Romney earned it the way you're supposed to. He worked for it.

The Definition of Asinine

2012-01-24T17:13:00.002-05:00

Our government (aka Dear Leader) giving defense jobs to foreign countries while we have able-bodied, well-trained Americans ready to pack a lunch, fill a thermos and go to work.

Breitbart.tv » US Air Force Gives Big Contract To Brazil

2012-01-24T15:52:00.001-05:00

MR CANTOR, DEFUND THIS CONTRACT!!!!!!

Breitbart.tv » US Air Force Gives Big Contract To Brazil

and denies the American company that did the original research, the opportunity to bid on the contract. So the opportunity to create even more jobs is passed on to a foreign country with no incentive to perform above expectations

Mr Cantor, I hereby demand that you exert all the pressure Congress is able and defund this contract until American companies are given the opportunity to bid this contract. Foreign companies should not be building American ordanance.

Maybe Now We Can Move On

2012-01-23T13:51:00.001-05:00

Plea Ends Haditha War Crimes Trial
Press Release, Aexandria VA January 23, 2012/12:45PM:

“No one denies that the consequences of November 19, 2005 were tragic, least of all SSgt Frank Wuterich. But the fact of the matter is that he has now been totally exonerated of the homicide charges brought against him by the government and the media. For six years, he’s had his name dragged through the mud. Today, we hope, is the beginning of his redemption. He has always publicly taken responsibility for the lawful actions of his squad that day, as portrayed in his interview with CBS 60 Minutes. Today’s agreement is completely consistent with everything he has always said. Which is that the decisions he made that day led to an outcome that was tragic and regrettable and he takes responsibility for them, but they were not criminal.”

Please see Mark Walker’s Article here.

Breitbart.tv » DNC Chair Left Speechless In Tough Interview With ‘Fox & Friends’

2012-01-21T18:57:00.000-05:00

Breitbart.tv » DNC Chair Left Speechless In Tough Interview With ‘Fox & Friends’

The DFC from the DNC tries to stay with the party line and loses it. Damn I love this.

Fortune.Com Fact-Checks Gingrich Film's Anti-Bain Assertions

2012-01-21T18:54:00.000-05:00

Fortune.Com Fact-Checks Gingrich Film's Anti-Bain Assertions

Charles C. Johnson recently discussed the facts behind the union boss who led to workers at the Ampad plant in Marion, Indiana losing their jobs. He blamed Randy Johnson, the DNC/MSNBC poster boy, for the layoffs, not Bain Capital and certainly not Mitt Romney, who was on leave from Bain when the strike began.

Making money is not evil. Investing capital is not evil. Profit drives the free-market. Anyone who alludes to or implies the opposite, or otherwise denigrates free trade and market forces, is not a conservative. They may claim to be a Republican, but they are not conservative.

Newt vs the press

2012-01-19T23:23:00.002-05:00

Love him, hate him, don't care....

THIS is just..... beautiful....

From tonight's debate.

Generic Campaign Song

2012-01-19T23:12:00.002-05:00

Am I right? Does it matter who is running?

And the cool thing....Alice Cooper is a Republican.

What's a good Obama campaign song?

2012-01-19T22:39:00.003-05:00

In answer to Concrete Bob's question....how about this one?

or this one:

Now THIS song should be OUR song about King Obama

NewsBusted: What's a Good Obama Campaign Theme Song?

2012-01-18T01:03:00.000-05:00

NewsBusted: What's a Good Obama Campaign Theme Song?

Well hell, I can't let this go unanswered.

My pick is Steve Earle's "Snakeoil"

Perhaps its time to demilitarize the police

2012-01-17T14:33:00.003-05:00

Cop or Soldier? » online quizzes

Harder than it looks. Go try it.

Progressives Push Debunked Romney "Shoe Shine" Story

2012-01-16T20:41:00.000-05:00

Progressives Push Debunked Romney "Shoe Shine" Story

If you want to see a perfect example of how the left-wing media plans to smear and destroy Mitt Romney should he win the GOP nomination, no better example can be found than the hoax over a photo that lefties every where are trying to sell as evidence of Romney’s “privileged” life. Lefties say the photo in question shows Romney “getting his shoes shined” before getting on a private jet during his campaign travel. That is not what the photo shows, of course, but let’s not let the truth get in the way of a good left-wing mudslinging, OK?

Breitbart.tv » MSNBC Panel: Romney’s Cash Gift ‘Plays Into… Patronizing Stereotype Of Black People’

2012-01-16T20:35:00.000-05:00

Breitbart.tv » MSNBC Panel: Romney’s Cash Gift ‘Plays Into… Patronizing Stereotype Of Black People’

If you don't know the whole story, you need to get caught up.
"Divine Intervention"

From the "If Its Not There We'll Invent It" File

2012-01-16T20:14:00.002-05:00

A white Democrat in South Carolina is bemoaning the fact that none of the Republicans vying for the nomination bothered to acknowledge Dr King's birthday by attending an event and even resorted to terrorist tactics by scheduling their debate on the night of Dr King's birthday. Surely there must white hoods and burning crosses somewhere. (I know, I know, don't call me Shirley)

Meanwhile, most thinking, reasonable, logical citizens will see this for what it is: the left injecting race into a political process in an attempt to once again brand conservatives as racists. However, had any of the candidates actually appeared at a Dr King event, the white Democrat would have the decried the exploitation of Dr Kings memory for political gain by pandering racist Republicans.

Congressman Cantor Does the Right Thing

2012-01-16T13:51:00.004-05:00

"In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill.", writes Josh Wretlind, Examiner.com.

Congressman Cantor, while he has been criticized about many of his decisions and statements, has redeemed himself once again, by doing the right thing, preventing internet censorship and government interference.

However, he now needs to rally the House to defeat, PIPA, the Senate's bill.

Open Letter to Joan Peterson of Common Gunsense

2012-01-14T23:13:00.010-05:00

Edit: To those coming from Weer'ds, A Girl and Her Gun, and Jennifer's- Welcome! Pull up a chair and look around. ConcreteBob and I love visitors. And leave a comment! Say Hi!

January 8th was the anniversary of the Tuscon shooting. Anti-2nd Amendment gun control activists used that date to hold candle light vigils for the victims of "gun violence." Of course, we all know that there are victims of MANY forms of violence.

We decided, guided by Weer'd Beard, of Weer'd World, to hold our own vigils, showing candles AND firearms or other weapons of defense, in honor of victims of ALL violence. We did this to honor the victims and to show that one does NOT have to be defenseless.

Joan, of Common Gunsense, is appalled by the reaction of the 2nd Amendment supporters to the vigil. She states,

"Here is a message to the pro gun extremists who have mocked the candlelight vigils. Have you no shame?"

Her list of comments taken from pro-2nd Amendment blogs and comments are supposed to demonstrate our horribleness.

Go. Take a look. I'll wait.

There....that wasn't so bad. The first two mention self defense and honor victims. The third is short and sweet:

"Sorry Joan, we show respect for the victims, you dance in their blood."

A little harsh. But what do you say about activists that want to disarm people, make them defenseless, and then use their victimhood as propaganda to push a political agenda? Remember, the vigils were ONLY about the victims of GUN VIOLENCE. All other violence need not apply. Self defense was ignored, even derided as "more shootings."

Then she posted the supposed mean commenters. They said mean things about HER and the activists. But mainly her. I mean....Joan's blog IS about political activism. Its right there on her side bar: "My blog is intended to change public opinion about the gun debate"

What else are we to make of her intended vigils except as a political stunt? She even intoned the name of Representative Giffords, injured in Tuscon. Rep. Giffords is a gun owner and apparent 2nd Amendment supporter.

Jennifer, of In Jennifer's Head, wrote a wonderful blog post. In it, she asks Joan, "Where's the Candle for Lydia?"

Joan's hypocritical reply on her blog (emphasis mine):

"So Jennifer thinks no one would light a candle for Lydia? Who says? Why didn't Jennifer come to one of our vigils and light a candle for Lydia? Because she would rather attack the vigils which were in honor and memory of shooting victims. So, Jennifer-sorry you missed our vigils. We would welcome you.

Except for one small detail. Who says? JOAN SAID. No one DID light a candle for Lydia at the victim vigils by your activists because they were only concerned about the politically correct victims of "gun violence. See.....Lydia was not attacked by someone with a gun. And Lydia, not having a gun, was horrible injured. Of course, gun control activists feel that not having a gun is for the better.

Furthermore, Joan continually states that we gun-rights people attacked the victims and have threatened her. Her posts show no such thing. But let's take a look at the evidence.

First there's my post: Light A Candle to Hold Back the Darkness
My comment with pic:

Tonight, many gun control groups are holding candle lit vigils to honor the victims of "gun violence."
As those of us in the reality based world know, one needs more than a candle for protection. And we refuse to become defenseless.

And so, we gun bloggers are also lighting candles...in honor of those damaged by violence, ANY VIOLENCE. "Gun violence" is a political canard. Guns protect innocent lives.

Carry yours.

Then there is Weer'd's: Do More Than Just Light a Candle

Other than links and pics, there are NO political statements attacking ANYONE on this page.

Let's examine the links, as described by Weer'd, to avoid confusion:

1) Jay (aka MArooned) He posted other pics and links, no attacks. I love the candle.
2) North Not even harsh comments....
3) Erin who links to other respectful blogs, most especially Miguel (also linked on Weer'd's post.) at GunFreeZone, who liit a candle for more victims ignored by the gun control activists. Brigid, too, deserves special mention for wonderful writing. Still....no attacks.
4) Jeffersonian is short and sweet in his post. There's no room for attacks.
5) McThag has three posts up. The only harsh words are for the Navy's choice in attack aircraft in unrelated posts.
6) Bryan Strawser should be thanked by Joan for spreading news about her blog and her vigils.
7) Jack Nope. Very respectful.
8) Knitebane Same.
9) Shy Wolf Patriotic and respectful. Even applauds the vigils against "gun violence."
10) Lokidude delivers. Yet, unsurprisingly, also respectfully.
11) Then there is A Girl and Her Gun. Joan's anti-thesis. A victim that demands a gun. Joan points out comments by her that are supposed to be "harsh." Apparently she's the wrong kind of victim. And yet....at the blog....everything is STILL respectful and Gabby Gifford's neighbor, HER NEIGHBOR, comments positively about buying a firearm.
12) ThotPD Irreverent! Oh no!....oh, wait. He's making fun of Weer'd. Never mind.
13) MaddMedic Emphatic. But polite.

Wow. All that posting. Not a single attack against victims or gun control activists. Not even a harsh word. Or snark. Which, if you are familiar with gun bloggers is a freaking miracle.

Let's see.....Maybe its hidden in Weer'd comments...

Nope. Just more links to more memorials. And links to the CSGV on Facebook to show the reactions of the gun control fanatics. THE OVERWHELMING CONSISTENT THREAD IS THE TOTAL LACK OF ANY MENTION OF YOU. You appear to be upset because we ignored you, mostly, and joined "your" vigil, and did it our way.

Joan Peterson...without proof, without evidence, you slander good people. And yet you call us shameless? You have the outright, shameless, unmitigated, GALL to insult people that actually JOINED you in honoring victims of violence BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO IT IN YOUR APPROVED MANNER?

Apparently, the vigils were all about..... you.

Lt Col Allen West USA Retired Weighs In On Marines

2012-01-14T08:59:00.002-05:00

From one who is more than qualified to comment on behavior while downrange, Lt Col Allen West, in an email to The Weekly Standard says:

'Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell'
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), a former Army lieutenant colonel, sends THE WEEKLY STANDARD an email commenting on the Marines' video, and has given us permission to publish it.

“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.

“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?

“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.

“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”

Dana Loesch at Big Journalism has the cajones to say what needs to be said.

This Site May be Monitored by Homeland Security

2012-01-13T13:55:00.000-05:00

This Site May be Monitored by Homeland Security

H/T Godfather Politics

Will You PLEASE Stop Documenting This Stuff!!!

2012-01-12T17:30:00.004-05:00

Guys, with all the respect you are due and have earned, will you PLEASE, for the love of mike, stop documenting these events??

Please understand that I, personally, could care less what you do downrange to improve morale. From what I've seen, it certainly doesn't meet the level of crudeness and cruelty exhibited by these goat-humping towel-heads when they, oh, lets say, mutilate a girl to make her unattractive to men.

Photgraphs and videos are not memories, they are evidence.

This is Why Some Republicans are Stupid

2012-01-12T15:15:00.000-05:00

This is Why Some Republicans are Stupid

Democrats attack conservatives who make a lot of money and oppose higher taxes. Republicans usually support people who have made a lot of money because people with money create jobs, and spend, invest, and save their money. All of these actions lead to higher employment, capitalization of new businesses, and the availability of risk capital for innovative companies that have a good chance of success. If an investor loses his money in a venture, it’s his money, not mine. If I decide to invest with him, it’s my money, not yours.
Democrats believe that their politicians are better equipped to spend our money. But since it’s not their money, they are less discriminating. The use of $500 million to fund Solyndra is a perfect example of why governments should not be involved in business capitalization. There is no risk aversion when using someone else’s money.
Newt Gingrich and other Republicans are attacking Mitt Romney by describing him as “more ruthless than Wall Street. A film bankrolled by Gingrich supporters shows a laughing Romney saying “make a profit. That’s what it’s all about.” Yes, that’s what it is all about. A company that does not make a profit will go out of business. It’s simple math. What business stays in business when it doesn’t make a profit? Only government-subsidized businesses

Kid Pan Alley Confesses and Apologizes

2012-01-11T17:33:00.002-05:00

Remember the third grade class in Charlottesville who sang the Occupy Song? Weeeellll
seems Kid Pan Alley has finally fessed up.

H/T to my bud Pat Dollard for this one.

Citizen Journalist Doing The Hard Work

2012-01-11T17:26:00.002-05:00

The intrepid video journalist, James O'Keefe is up to his old tricks again. You think voter fraud isn't happening, think again.

H/T to Ma Perlson for sending this out.

The Fannie-Freddie Feeding Frenzy

2012-01-10T14:57:00.000-05:00

The Fannie-Freddie Feeding Frenzy

At Real Clear Politics, Big Government contributor Charles C. Johnson has a piece examining all of the Washington insiders, Newt Gingrich included, that are feeding at the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac trough:

Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear Obama Reelection

2012-01-10T14:53:00.000-05:00

Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear Obama Reelection

One thing is certain, if Dear Leader is re-elected, we'll know how to act and what to do to prepare for what will come. The same things we've been doing for the last three years: stockpiling ammo, food and water and preparing for an insurrection. What scares me the most is the mandate Dear Leader's re-election will establish within the extremist anarchist/occupy assclown cabal. They'll see it as their last best hope to destroy America and establish a totalitarian society and will take the initiative to create as much chaos and disorder as possible to effect that goal. Anyone who votes to re-elect this poser may as well put a gun to their head and pull the trigger. It will save time later.

A Closer Look at Rick Santorum's Tax Plan

2012-01-10T14:41:00.000-05:00

A Closer Look at Rick Santorum's Tax Plan

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Ben Domenech is joined by Ryan Ellis and Scott Lincicome to discuss the details of Rick Santorum’s tax plan, how manufacturing plays a key role, and whether or not we need to simplify the US tax code.

We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at coffee[at]newledger.com. We hope you enjoy the show.

Occupier Alleges Leaders of Occupy Wall Street Housing Group Abused Rape Victims

2012-01-10T14:29:00.000-05:00

Occupier Alleges Leaders of Occupy Wall Street Housing Group Abused Rape Victims

Even though the #Occupy movement has been kicked out of parks across the nation, apparently the sexual assaults continue. An online petition and other discussions reveal accusations of people within the #Occupy movement allegedly ignoring and abusing rape victims and contains shocking details about how assailants continue to be let back into Occupy, a trend that Brandon Darby and I discovered during an interview at Zuccotti Park in early November.

The online petition posted at iPetitions.com was posted by Strong Women Rule, the group formed by Nan Terrie. Big Government recently revealed that Ma. Terrie has been attacked by other Occupy leaders as a “disruptor” for trying to expose assault, theft and alleged financial malfeasance at Occupy Wall Street. Apparently, Ms. Terrie is disrupting the Occupy illusion again.

Here’s the text of the online petition: (more…)

Basically what this means is, the victims were raped TWICE!!!
Bottom line in my world would be castration, and I don't mean chemical.
These leftist anarchist assclowns have the same respect for women as the mooslim extremists.

Light a candle to hold back the darkness

2012-01-08T18:38:00.004-05:00

Tonight, many gun control groups are holding candle lit vigils to honor the victims of "gun violence."
As those of us in the reality based world know, one needs more than a candle for protection. And we refuse to become defenseless.

And so, we gun bloggers are also lighting candles...in honor of those damaged by violence, ANY VIOLENCE. "Gun violence" is a political canard. Guns protect innocent lives.

Carry yours.

Thanks to Weer'd for having such a great idea.
Go there to see more great links in his posts and comments.

Perry: "I would send troops back into Iraq"

2012-01-08T11:25:00.001-05:00

Rick Perry said he would send U.S. troops back to Iraq at a Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire on Saturday.
"The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take over that country, with all of the treasures, both in blood and money, that we have spent in Iraq- because this president wants to kowtow to his liberal leftist base, and move out those men and women. He could have renegotiated that time frame. I think it is a huge error for us,"

Then you're a bigger idiot than Dear Leader, and that's a high bar for idiocy.

Hey, remember this guy? - NYPOST.com

2012-01-08T11:22:00.000-05:00

Hey, remember this guy? - NYPOST.com

With all eyes on the Republicans and their presidential-nomination donnybrook, behind the scenes President Obama is still busy with the “fundamental transformation” of the US that he promised during the 2008 campaign.
While analysts have been chewing over Rick Santorum’s surprise near-victory over front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses last week, the real action has been going on under the media radar in Washington, where:
* A rogue Senate, under the feckless majority leader, Harry Reid, has not passed a budget resolution since April 29, 2009 — nearly a thousand days. Since then, the government has been funded under a series of continuing resolutions and other gimmicks. The Senate adamantly blocked consideration of Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” budget, which passed the Republican-controlled House back in April 2011.

Read more

Dear Leader is counting on the distractions of the Republican nominating process to enable his minions to effect drastic changes in America.
Watch the left hand.

Credit Where It's Due: Boston Herald Columnist Defends Santorum

2012-01-08T09:33:00.000-05:00

Credit Where It's Due: Boston Herald Columnist Defends Santorum

The left has no boundaries when it involves denigrating a conservative. Alinsky 101

Iranian president to tour US foes in Latin America

2012-01-08T09:15:00.000-05:00

Iranian president to tour US foes in Latin America

TRE?

The Media Blasts Republicans While Obama Destroys Nation

2012-01-08T08:58:00.000-05:00

The Media Blasts Republicans While Obama Destroys Nation

Cutting our military, destroying the incentive to work and creating a population of parasites sucking at the government teat.

Rubio in letter to Obama: You are turning America into a 'deadbeat nation' - HUMAN EVENTS

2012-01-06T22:31:00.000-05:00

Rubio in letter to Obama: You are turning America into a 'deadbeat nation' - HUMAN EVENTS

Sounds about right.

Red Star Award: Scott Horsley of NPR for Coverage of Obama's Unconstitutional 'Recess' Appointment

2012-01-06T21:10:00.001-05:00

Red Star Award: Scott Horsley of NPR for Coverage of Obama's Unconstitutional 'Recess' Appointment

Red Star Award..Ya gotta love these guys.

Every once in a while, there is a story in the mainstream media that goes so far beyond ordinary liberal bias that it deserves special recognition. To highlight such extraordinarily egregious propaganda masquerading as news, we at Big Journalism are creating the Red Star Award–named for the symbol that the Soviet Union elevated to a global emblem of communism.The inaugural recipient of the Red Star is Scott Horsley of NPR, for his story on today’s Morning Edition: “Obama: Recess Appointment Was An ‘Obligation’”

CNN: Santorum's a Racist, Papist, Homophobe

2012-01-06T21:03:00.000-05:00

CNN: Santorum's a Racist, Papist, Homophobe

Depends upon your point of view, of course.

Media Matters Pushes Old, Big Lies to Attack Fox on SC Voter ID

2012-01-06T21:00:00.000-05:00

Media Matters Pushes Old, Big Lies to Attack Fox on SC Voter ID

NBC News Contributor Eugene Robinson Mocks Rick Santorum Over Dead Child

2012-01-06T20:57:00.000-05:00

NBC News Contributor Eugene Robinson Mocks Rick Santorum Over Dead Child

Classy.

When the left-wing snark site Wonkette went after Governor Sarah Palin’s youngest child Trig in the worst way you could imagine, I was pretty sure the left had finally hit bottom. How do you get any lower than the ridiculing of an innocent Down Syndrome child? Well, shame on me for underestimating the left’s capacity for depravity. First Alan Colmes did it (though he later apologized), and now NBC News contributor Eugene Robinson has done it on MSNBC:
Video here

Did Santorum Really Equate Homosexuality to Bestiality? Actually, NO.

2012-01-06T20:52:00.000-05:00

Did Santorum Really Equate Homosexuality to Bestiality? Actually, NO.

Just in case anyone cares.
The VLWM will not miss an opportunity.
Santorum will be "Cained" at every turn.

DOJ Steers Countrywide Settlement Cash to Leftist Groups With Dem Ties

2012-01-06T20:28:00.000-05:00

DOJ Steers Countrywide Settlement Cash to Leftist Groups With Dem Ties

Is anyone really surprised?

The untold story of the Obama Administration’s widely reported, $335 million discrimination settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation is that, under a secret Justice Department program, a chunk of the money won’t go to the “victims” but rather leftist groups not connected to the lawsuit.

I, Too, Am The Gun Lobby

2012-01-04T20:36:00.003-05:00

To all of those “reporters” and pundits at ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, the New York Times and all the other Times, the Boston Globe, the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arizona Republic, all of the Tribunes, Stars, and Ledgers;

Let me make something perfectly clear: The NRA is not the Gun Lobby. Neither is the NSSF, nor the GOA, nor even The Firearms Coalition, nor the hundreds of grassroots and activist organizations or the thousands of local gun clubs. I am the Gun Lobby. Whenever you talk about the Gun Lobby, you are talking about me. All those groups and entities work for me, but they are not me, and they do not necessarily speak for me. My power does not derive from my personal wealth nor financial support from the industry that serves me. My power comes from the fact that I am one of tens of millions who understand that individuals have the right and the obligation to protect themselves from criminal assault, and that no one — not the government, not the media nor anyone else, has the right to decide what, when, where, or how I responsibly exercise that right and obligation. We – each of us – are the Gun Lobby, and we’re not going away, We’re not backing down, and we’re not giving in – not one little bit.

It infuriates me when I hear “reporting” and editorializing about “the powerful Gun Lobby” and “the intransigent Gun Lobby” and sometimes even “the evil Gun Lobby,” as if we were a handful of rich fat cats in safari shirts sitting in a mahogany-lined room full of leather, stuffed animals, and cigar smoke plotting how to increase our profits by increasing crime. We are the people! We are the 80 to 90 million people in this country who own guns and the tens of millions more who do not own guns, but fully support our right to do so.

Unlike the anti-rights groups like the Violence Policy Center and the Brady Campaign, we do not get the bulk of our money from wealthy do-gooder endowments like the Joyce Foundation or wealthy individuals like Mike Bloomberg. I am the Gun Lobby and I get my money by working for it in factories, on construction sites, in small businesses, stores, shops, farms and ranches. I pull the money I use to support or oppose candidates and to pay my professional advocates, not from tax dollars or union dues, but from my own back pocket.

Unlike my opponents, I do not derive my power from friends in the media or from minions in state and federal offices. I derive my power from the volunteers I can muster and the votes I can deliver. I want little from politicians — mostly to be left in peace. If a politician disturbs my peace, I will do my best to fire them and hire someone else to do the job. That’s not bullying, or threatening, or undue influence, that’s the American ideal as expressed in the First Amendment — Americans expressing their will and support for the Constitution with our individual votes.

Unlike the Bradys and Bloombergs who advocate for regulation, limits, bans, and government controls over law-abiding citizens, I do not advocate government making any decision for any responsible individual. I do not advocate the arming of teachers or the arming of students, or the arming of anyone. Instead I oppose their being forcibly disarmed, and defend the right of all responsible people to make their own choices. I do not assume that thoughtful, responsible people will become heartless killers or mindless idiots because a gun is present. I reject the notion that “the trigger pulls the finger,” as some of my opponents have suggested. I trust responsible adult citizens to be responsible adults, and that trust has been proven consistently everywhere it has been given. I reject the idea that a sign on a wall or a policy in an employee handbook can, will, or ever has stopped someone intent on murder and mayhem from carrying out their criminal acts. To the contrary, I believe that such acts can and have been prevented and curtailed by responsible citizens who had the means and were willing to place themselves in harm’s way for the sake of others. I believe that it is wrong to disarm such people based on their job or where they happen to be.

I am the Gun Lobby. I am deeply rooted in the ideals and principles of this great nation. I am a true American and a true grass roots movement, not like the externally funded, AstroTurf organizations that oppose me. Certainly there are honorable and committed individuals who truly believe that guns are the problem, that guns cause crime and that giving the State a monopoly on violence is the key to establishing a peaceful and safe society. I know that those people are wrong.

I am many, diverse, and have varying levels of knowledge and understanding, but I am unified by a single individual truth: that no one has the right to make me helpless in the face of violence to myself, my family, my community, or my country.

Permission to reprint or post this article in its entirety is hereby granted provided this credit and link is included. Text is available at www.FirearmsCoalition.org. To receive The Firearms Coalition’s bi-monthly newsletter, The Knox Hard Corps Report, write to PO Box 1761, Buckeye, AZ 85326.

What he said.

Obama’s War on U.S. Energy

2012-01-03T16:01:00.000-05:00

Obama’s War on U.S. Energy

From the Keystone Pipeline to offshore drilling, the Bambi administration is crushing the ability of ordinary Americans to do extraordinary things. If we don't evict the present occupier of the White House and turn the energy crisis in our favor, we will become a third-world nation with third-world issues.

The citizens as subjects and leftist politicians as proletariat.

If you still need a reason to defeat Obama in 2012 consider his administration’s intense effort to deprive America of the energy it needs to function and compete in the world.
If a foreign nation had launched an attack on America to destroy its coal-fired plants, to shut down its coal mines, and to thwart its ability to drill for oil and natural gas, we would be at war with it.
Obama is at war with America. Between the waste of billions squandered on “Green” energy and the attacks on all aspects of the energy industries in America, the one reason to defeat Obama is your ability to turn on the lights, turn on your computer, and ensure that American business and industry has the energy necessary to exist and compete.
Just try to imagine what your life would be without adequate, reliable electricity.
As a Wall Street Journal editorial recently warned, “Last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission convened a conference on the wave of Environmental Protection Agency rules that are designed to force dozens of coal-fired power plants to shut down…despite warnings from expert after expert, including some of its own, the FERC Commissioners refuse to do anything about this looming threat to electric reliability.”
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warned that “Environmental regulations are shown to be the number one risk to reliability over the next one to five years.” (emphasis added)

SOPA - Government kowtowing to Hollywood

2012-01-02T14:37:00.004-05:00

HEY CONGRESSMAN GOODLATTE!

WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING BEING A SPONSOR OF SOPA!

This is why the GOP is known as the STUPID PARTY!

You're supposed to be part of the SMALLER GOVERNMENT party.

Freaking idiot!

In Smith and Wesson We Trust (and It Looks Like Santa Does Too)

2012-01-02T14:23:00.000-05:00

In Smith and Wesson We Trust (and It Looks Like Santa Does Too)

Some good news.

As a matter of fact, judging from sales receipts and FBI reports regarding sales for December 2011, it seems that Santa delivered at least 1.5 million firearms for Christmas.
Not only is this news in light of the fact that it required the FBI to do a record setting number of background checks in a month – 1.5 million in December alone – but also because it continues to highlight what has been a growing trend among people of all walks of life: namely, folks are less and less trustful of government’s ability to keep them safe.

Read the rest after the jump

Holder Math: How the Obama DOJ & the Media Tricked South Carolina And Protected Voter Fraud

2012-01-02T14:08:00.001-05:00

Holder Math: How the Obama DOJ & the Media Tricked South Carolina And Protected Voter Fraud

This entire scam – there’s no better word for it – is based an interesting but totally irrelevant math quirk; when numbers are small, the difference between them is larger.
An Easy Math Trick
To understand the math behind this, let’s start simply and look at two very small numbers – 1 and 2.
If you had one dollar and I had two dollars, I have one dollar more than you. However, if I wanted to try to impress someone, just telling them that I was a dollar wealthier probably wouldn’t work. In an effort to sound more impressive, I could find a way to pump myself up by claiming that I had twice as much money as you. It’s true, of course – 2 is twice as much as 1 — but just knowing that I had twice as much money as someone else doesn’t really paint the whole picture.
If I want to get extra-fancy, I could also say “I have 100% more money than that person.” This is saying the same (misleading) thing as “I have twice as much” in a slightly different way. There’s a simple equation for determining this percentage difference for any two numbers.
(X / Y) – 1

So in this case, ( 2 / 1 ) – 1 = 1.

To get the ‘percent’ we just move the decimal point to the right two times and we get 100%.

Here’s the quirky part — as numbers get bigger, this difference decreases. Now imagine that you have $100 and I have $101. I still only have one dollar more than you but because the numbers are larger, I can’t pull my ‘twice as much money’ claim trick. In fact, I only have 1% more money than you.

(101 / 100 ) – 1 = .01.

Move the decimal and you’ll see that 101 is 1% more than 100. And of course, saying ‘I have 1% more money‘ doesn’t sound that impressive.

In both cases, I only had one more dollar but the lower the numbers, the more impressive I can make the difference sound.

Now, in both of these examples, the simpler way to express our financial differences is to say “I have a dollar more than you” or by spelling it all out, such as “I have two dollars and you have one dollar.” The whole bit about ‘twice as much money’ or ‘100% more’ is just a way to obfuscate the truth that I only have one more dollar and it works only when the numbers are low.

Thus ends the math lesson.

This intentional obfuscation is exactly what the Federal Government and the Holder Justice Department did to the people of South Carolina. They used this same mathematical quirk to hide the truth about the actual statistics and the media dutifully repeated the ‘Holder Math’. Unfortunately, the state of South Carolina was also bamboozeled by this simple math game and failed to expose what the Obama DOJ was up to.

Now that you’re armed with the knowledge that the difference between low numbers is exaggerated, let’s set the record straight.

Occupy Movement Comes to Elementary Schools

2012-01-02T10:23:00.001-05:00

Occupy Movement Comes to Elementary Schools

in Virginia. Lisa Molinaro--Remember that name.
Instead of allowing our children to become independent critical thinkers, they teach them to hate the wealth makers. Instead of teaching them how to be good responsible citizens, they bring in a bunch of marxists to instill class hatred.

Keeping politics out of government run schools requires constant vigilance. In recent years, political ideology has been brazenly imposed on students across the country. Woodbrook Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia, provides the latest example of a government school imposing left wing ideology, this time with the Marxist rhetoric of the Occupy movement.
Woodbrook Elementary, (principal Lisa Molinaro), allowed leftist activists into the school to train third graders in writing songs which were performed at an assembly organized by an outside group – Kid Pan Alley – in October of this year. The tune the 3rd graders “wrote” and performed could have come from the soundtrack at Zuccotti park, minus the drug overdoses and rapes.

Some people have it all,
but they don’t think that they have enough
They want more money
A faster ride
They’re not content
Never satisfied
Yes- they are the 1 percent
I used to be one of the 1 percent
I worked all the time
Never saw my family
Couldn’t make life rhyme
Then the bubble burst
It really, really hurt
I lost my money
Lost my pride
Lost my home
Now I’m part of the 99
I used to be sad now I’m satisfied
Cause I really have enough
Though I lost my yacht and plane
Didn’t need that extra stuff
Could have been much worse
You don’t need to be first
Cause I’ve got my friends
Here by my side
Don’t need it all
I’m happy to be part of the 99.

Washington Examiner: Tea Party's 2012 Rallying Cry Should Be Combatting Insider Trading

2012-01-02T10:12:00.000-05:00

Washington Examiner: Tea Party's 2012 Rallying Cry Should Be Combatting Insider Trading

and we can start right here in VA-08 by giving Jim Moron his walking papers. Lt Col Patrick Murray is once again setting his sights on Moron's seat.

Jim has consistently put his own financial well-being in front of his constitutional responsibilities; the recent stunning revelations of his using privileged information from private briefings from the Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman of the Federal Reserve to fatten his own bank account is but another example of this career politician's "me-first" attitude. It is no wonder that the net wealth of many Members of Congress has exploded while the rest of us suffer under a struggling economy!

Santorum Schools Yet Another MSM Journalism on Obama's Appeasement - This Time, NBC’s David Gregory

2012-01-01T15:57:00.000-05:00

Santorum Schools Yet Another MSM Journalism on Obama's Appeasement - This Time, NBC's David Gregory

Media Ignore Obama Hawaii Golfing Buddy Who Was Arrested in Prostitution Sting | NewsBusters.org

2012-01-01T15:54:00.000-05:00

Media Ignore Obama Hawaii Golfing Buddy Who Was Arrested in Prostitution Sting NewsBusters.org

Money doesn't buy happiness, but you can rent it on an hourly basis.

Classy: OccupyCharlotte Protesters Burn American Flags

2012-01-01T13:20:00.001-05:00

Classy: OccupyCharlotte Protesters Burn American Flags

Burn all the flags you want, asshats. Thats the way to win freinds and influence people.
You can also wrap the flag around your neck before lighting it, too.

VA Attorney General Intervenes in Ballot Access Dispute

2012-01-01T13:09:00.001-05:00

VA Attorney General Intervenes in Ballot Access Dispute

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in his state’s presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned.

H/T Big Government

Happy New Year!!!!!

2011-12-31T19:19:00.003-05:00

A little birdie told me there's something coming after midnight over at my BFF SKK's blog.

Should be good cause my BFF says so.

The History of Predator Drones: From One Man's Basement to the War on Terror

2011-12-29T10:04:00.000-05:00

The History of Predator Drones: From One Man's Basement to the War on Terror

In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement of his tolerant wife, began to build an aircraft.
The work eventually spilled into the guest room, and when Karem finished more than a year later, he wheeled into his driveway an odd, cigar-shaped craft that was destined to change the way the United States wages war.
The Albatross, as it was called, was transported to the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, where it demonstrated the ability to stay aloft safely for up to 56 hours — a very, very long time in what was then the crash-prone world of drones.

This is what happens when Americans have disposable income and free time. We play with tools and materials. We think outside the box. We build a different box and think outside that one. We produce things that make life better or safer. Americans are innovators and inventors. Socialist engineering and marxist thinking destroys that edge.

Oprah Winfrey Network - Clueless

2011-12-28T23:43:00.004-05:00

Ever since Oprah went off the air, her popularity is plummeting. Her network is in the tank.

And I've figured out why......

Seen on the TV guide menu while surfing the channels:

OWN
The Rosie Show
Tribute to Jane Fonda

Uh......um...Oprah? Get a clue. If you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

The Colorado Model: The Left's Stratagem for Turning Red States to Blue

2011-12-28T20:55:00.001-05:00

The Colorado Model: The Left's Stratagem for Turning Red States to Blue

Although it’s being deployed in several states like Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and others, there are still many who have never heard of the Colorado Model. What’s worse, despite all the Left’s bemoaning of the “vast right wing conspiracy,” Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, or whatever enemy they can dream up, there is still nothing like the Colorado Model on the Right.

In sum, the Colorado Model is one of the Left’s most effective stratagems that was “built” to turn “red states” into “blue states” over a very short period of time (with the exception, perhaps, of the 2010 election cycle). When combined with the tactics of Saul Alinsky and his disciples, the Colorado Model is akin to a Soviet platoon armed with AK-47s mowing down a militia armed with slingshots.

Democrats Waging War Against Laws that "Target" Illegal Immigrants

2011-12-28T20:49:00.000-05:00

Democrats Waging War Against Laws that "Target" Illegal Immigrants

Any law that makes non-whites have to do what us white folks have always done is a racist law and targets minorities. Having said that, confiscating the vehicle just because you don't have a valid driver's license seems a tad harsh.

No insurance, illegal tags, poor mechanical (i.e unsafe) condition or illegal activity involving the vehicle, yes; but for not having a valid license?? Even Virginia doesn't do that. They will have it removed at your expense, but you get to keep it, unless you were doing something really stupid with it or in it.

Perry blasts Obama for not hosting parade for returning US troops | Vision to America

2011-12-28T20:23:00.000-05:00

Perry blasts Obama for not hosting parade for returning US troops Vision to America

Bless him for noticing, but most soldiers and Marines I speak with are willing to wait until we leave Afghanistan before holding a parade.

Progressives Attempt To Hijack Story Of Christmas

2011-12-27T10:38:00.000-05:00

Progressives Attempt To Hijack Story Of Christmas

The American Spectator does a nice job of deconstructing this ridiculous piece from a progressive blogger over at the Progressive Christian Alliance. The gist of the piece is this: Jesus was an illegal immigrant baby, thus if you are against illegal immigration, you are against Jesus and the entire story of the nativity is one big political story.

Here is what I was taught and learned over the course of time: Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem to pay taxes along with everyone else. That's how it was done back then. Joseph was a self-employed (my assumption) carpenter. Thats why Jesus is often portrayed as a carpenter. Mary was pregnant and there were no rooms available because of the influx of other citizens also paying their taxes. They were not homeless, indigent or illegitimate.

Trust me, God does not have a sense of humor regarding this event. It was planned and executed for one reason. Let the progressives tell it any way they want. They'll be corrected in due time.

The Media And Low Self-Esteem: A Recipe For Electoral Disaster

2011-12-27T10:01:00.000-05:00

The Media And Low Self-Esteem: A Recipe For Electoral Disaster

The battle for conservatives isn’t the general (have you seen Obama’s approval ratings?), it’s the primary. The first and best blow that The One can deliver to the GOP is by nudging the establishment to nominate a candidate that cancels out his own faults. Nominate a guy who drafted the blueprint for nationalized health care and you remove health care ammunition from your stores in the general. Nominate a guy weak on immigration and you remove that weapon from your arsenal. There isn’t a bogeyman against which the DNC can pit Obama; aside from congress–whose own approval rating is tanking so it’s useless–their second best choice is to make unnoticeable the difference between Obama and the GOP nominee

VA GOP Changed Ballot Access Rules Last Month

2011-12-27T09:28:00.001-05:00

Basically, the rules for the Virginia’s primary ballot access are more complicated than those of Whack Bat: (H/T Dana Loesch)

VA GOP Changed Ballot Access Rules "Last Month"

Notice it DOES NOT say Virginia State Board of Elections. It says Virginia GOP.
IOW, RPV. That would be the Republican Party of Virginia.

The party elites made sure the upstarts wouldn't make it on the ballot for the primary, only the RINO and the wacko, with his nutjob truther supporters. (That would be Paul, in case you need a refresher) Some choice, huh?

The party elites have shut-out candidates for Senate as well. Jamie Radtke is a candidate for the Republican Senate nomination. I think she would make a great Senator. She was shut-out of the Seante debate earlier this month. The VAGOP was responsible. They could have insisted that all viable candidates be included in the debate. Instead, they folded and let the AP decide who was going to run. Bunch of _ussies.

NOTE:If you pay attention, you will notice that this blog is titled United CONSERVATIVES of Virginia, NOT United Republicans, or United Libertarians. We hold people accountable for their actions.

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul in 2009:‘I Wouldn't Risk American Lives' to End the Holocaust

2011-12-27T09:14:00.000-05:00

EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul in 2009:‘I Wouldn't Risk American Lives' to End the Holocaust

So we know how he feels about Jews. Wonder if he feels the same about Americans?

While President Obama Arrives in Hawaii Amidst Security and Fanfare, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly into Big Island Resort

2011-12-27T09:09:00.000-05:00

While President Obama Arrives in Hawaii Amidst Security and Fanfare, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly into Big Island Resort

At 10K a night, she needed to sneak in. 10,000 dollars a night; for a hotel. Must be nice to be able to just jet off to tropical climes anytime you want. The Princess of Pineapples is checking her crops, I'm sure. You know how touchy those pineapples can be if you don't visit them occasionally. Wonder if she took any of those OWS folks with her. Seems like the decent thing to do, given her support of the trodden-down and walked-upon patriots who gave up everything to come to New York and protest the dirtyevilrich capitalistpig robber-barons. Oh wait, Princess Pineapple IS a dirtyevilrich capitalist-pig robber-baron. Only a dirtyevilrich capitalist-pig robber baron could afford a $10K a night hotel room in paradise.

Americans Deserve the Best: Top Ten Republican Candidates for President in a Brokered Convention

2011-12-27T08:54:00.000-05:00

Our own Eric Cantor made the list, along with Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, Jim DeMint and a couple of head-scratchers. (WTFWTT)
I'm still wating for the un-politician, i.e. Herman Cain, to come riding up and save us all.

Americans Deserve the Best: Top Ten Republican Candidates for President in a Brokered Convention

Romney doesn’t seem to get it: the 2012 election is about the size and cost of government.
We already have a “smart” president with ambitious plans who thinks he knows better. That hasn’t worked for our economy, and has damaged trust in our democracy.
Romney says “America doesn’t need a manager,” but his plans reflect what the Journal euphemistically calls “positive technocratic thinking.”
Though Romney may be more “sober” than his rival Newt Gingrich (or, less charitably, more timid than the former Speaker), he evidently shares with Gingrich an enthusiasm for what the federal government could do, if only he were put in control.
Given that Ron Paul’s radical foreign policy is a non-starter, and that several other candidates–however well-meaning–could not manage the mundane task of qualifying for the Virginia ballot, or withstand the media scrutiny of a long campaign, Republicans are feeling new doubts about the current field.

The World Is Officially A Better Place

2011-12-26T12:50:00.002-05:00

It happened today, Monday 26 December at 0823. That's when the newest member of Clan Miller arrived in the world. Her name is Finley Avery Miller; she weighs 6 lbs 13 and one half ounces and she is absolutely the best looking so far and she is my grand daughter.

Welcome to the world little one. Your life will be filled with love and devotion, I garontee.

Since Romney Is Willing to Consider a VAT, Should Libertarians and Conservatives Be Willing to Consider Him?

2011-12-25T15:30:00.000-05:00

Since Romney Is Willing to Consider a VAT, Should Libertarians and Conservatives Be Willing to Consider Him?

He has never been a consideration for me, so its really moot; but I know some of you out there like him.

So is the RPV endorsing a VAT? You know what a VAT would do to the American economy? You have any idea how destructive that system is to the free market and small businesses?

#Occupycalypse Now, Part II: What If OWS Comes to Ruling Power?

2011-12-25T15:24:00.000-05:00

I keep hearing The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" playing faintly in the background.

#Occupycalypse Now, Part II: What If OWS Comes to Ruling Power?

As unlikely as it is for OWS to gain power, what would it mean for our nation, and our society, if they did? Michael Bane provided a frank answer. Bane has several decades of experience in the coverage and study of riots and social cavitations worldwide as a journalist. He is also the host of “Best Defense Survival” on the Outdoor Channel.

Bane discussed Occupy’s anarchist collaboration: “If anyone succeeds in bringing down the United States government or creating a social dislocation that breaks this fragile, amazing machine the Founders created, what comes after is not pleasant. What comes is what was before the Dream of America… That was simply survival of the most vicious.”

Bane continues, “What the toy anarchists in the Occupy movement don’t understand is that the best organized people in the country are the criminal enterprises. They’re very good at it. MS-13? Biker gangs? Mexican cartels? These guys are good at anarchy… because they are without conscience or any sense of moderation… That is what anarchy looks like. Anarchy looks like someone’s head on a bed.”

The communist and socialist elements within the Occupy movement believe the elimination of our current system, or at least the collapse of it, will bring about a favorable revolution. What the Occupiers fail to understand is the historical, if not psychological, context behind a revolution. These movements are regularly co-opted by more insidious ideologies. Those who instigated the French Revolution ultimately found their way to the guillotines just as many of the antagonists who toppled the Russian Empire found their way into the gulags of Soviet Russia

BO/HICA 2012

2011-12-24T14:40:00.003-05:00

We will nominate SCREWED/AGAIN 2012.

Gingrich, for all his big talk about defeating Obama, couldn't manage to get on the ballot.

Perry, for all his big talk about executive ability, could not get on the ballot.

Virginians will be limited to a choice between Rock and Hard Place for our primary.

A primary for the REPUBLICAN candidate which is open to any liberal democrat wanting to, yet again, screw with the numbers.

So, here we go. Behind door number one is Mitt Romney. Behind door number 2 is Ron Paul.

I, for one, will NOT be voting for either one.

The GOP is snatching defeat, once more, from the jaws of victory and living up to its nickname AGAIN.

And some people wonder why I call the Republican Party...the STUPID party.

Operation Babywatch Is Now In Effect

2011-12-24T10:53:00.003-05:00

We are officially on babywatch here at the compound. My grand-daughter is due any day now and everyone is in high spirits. I'll update as events warrant.

Merry Christmas from all of us here at United Conservatives. May you have a safe and wonderful Christmas.

God Bless our troops downrange and all over the world.

Congressman Scott Rigell VA-02 Christmas Message

2011-12-22T15:31:00.002-05:00

Where's the Literary Fund?

2011-12-19T16:36:00.002-05:00

To all who are bitchin' about my Governor's budgetary tactics: Where's the money from the Literary Fund? We approved the lottery based on assurances profits from gambling would be directed to the schools through the Literary Fund. Surely they're making a profit by now.

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead

2011-12-19T15:40:00.004-05:00

Kim Il Jong is dead, apparently of natural causes. Of course... one naturally dies when shot multiple times... so we can hope. But any way is a good way for him.

Sic Semper Tyrannis

I wish good luck to the North Koreans.

A witness to welfare fraud (OneNewsNow.com)

2011-12-19T15:21:00.000-05:00

A witness to welfare fraud (OneNewsNow.com)

A companion piece to the one below. When I see reports like this, my faith in this country's future is restored.

Twenty-year-old Christine Rousselle of Maine recently wrote a column about her experiences with welfare recipients while working as a Walmart cashier (see earlier story). While she says she saw many people using the welfare system as it was intended, she was "really upset" by those who abused the privilege and did things incorrectly

Nation Reporter: "Deep Racism" at the Heart of Food Stamp Reform

2011-12-19T15:12:00.000-05:00

Nation Reporter: "Deep Racism" at the Heart of Food Stamp Reform

With a record 46 million Americans now receiving food stamps and rampant abuse resulting in what the Wall Street Journal calls a “food stamp crime wave,” Nation reporter Lizzie Ratner believes that “deep racism” is “at the heart of conservative food stamp critiques”:

WikiLeaks Suspect Makes First Court Appearance

2011-12-18T11:12:00.000-05:00

WikiLeaks Suspect Makes First Court Appearance

And there was no Free Manning outside the courthouse. You just can't rely on people anymore.

Jim Jones bucks Obama on Keystone XL pipeline | The Cable

2011-12-17T19:04:00.000-05:00

Jim Jones bucks Obama on Keystone XL pipeline The Cable

Baucus, Tester support Keystone XL, but not GOP bill | KTVQ.com | Q2 | Billings, Montana

2011-12-17T19:00:00.000-05:00

Baucus, Tester support Keystone XL, but not GOP bill KTVQ.com Q2 Billings, Montana

Senate Approves 2-Month Payroll Tax Cut, Keystone Pipeline

2011-12-17T18:51:00.000-05:00

Senate Approves 2-Month Payroll Tax Cut, Keystone Pipeline

All of the candidates suck. Pick one.

2011-12-16T16:02:00.007-05:00

So…..do they suck WORSE than Obama?

All of the candidates are politicians. ALL of them think that government has answers….YES, even Ron Paul. THAT’S WHY THEY ARE IN POLITICS.

Let’s see….

Romney is a front runner because he’s electable….except when he’s not. He’s conservative….except when he’s not. He’s a businessman….except when he’s not. He’s been running for office since the Last election. Desire for public office like this raises the hackles of many Americans. He’s a liberal Republican. Either we vote for him or Obama is elected and runs the nation into the ground like a meteor hitting the earth.

Gingrich is a front runner because he’s fighting back. He’s not electable….except he seems to have A LOT of support in many states. Is he a conservative? Depends on how you define conservative and to whom you compare it to……like the 1994 Democrats. Does he think government has the answers? Yep. If elected….he will use government power to enact “conservative” ideas, by HIS definition. This isn’t a secret and was, until recently, a point of attraction to many Republicans. Is he an insider? Yep. Is he a former philanderer? Yep. All of his scandals are common knowledge. Is that a point in favor or against his nomination? No one knows. Either we vote for him or Obama is elected and runs the nation into the ground like a meteor hitting the earth.

Perry is a front runner…or was. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to do well in the format that was chosen for this primary Charlie Foxtrot. His ideas, when presented, are huge applause lines. He’s consistent on message about downsizing the federal government. He’s pro-defense, pro-border enforcement, has executive experience, and has a record of improving business climates. According to some, he too, has grown government and his former “Democratness” is a liability, as his immigration stance. Either we vote for him or Obama is elected and runs the nation into the ground like a meteor hitting the earth.

Paul…..what can you say about Paul that hasn’t been said, refuted, argued about, refuted again, and repeated. His message about limited government is music to the Tea Party. His foreign policy, when more closely examined, is horrible. And his belief that America is the cause of all of our problems, his white washing of the fact that SOME governments across the world ARE evil…..is just the deal killer. Except he’s still better than another four years of Obama. Either we vote for him or Obama is elected and runs the nation into the ground like a meteor hitting the earth.

Bachmann should be the front runner. Face it…she would be historical….the first woman president. Of course we all know that’s only valid for liberal women. She’s the ideal of the Tea Party, seeking smaller government with libertarian overtones. She’s pro-defense and pro-border defense. She’s socially conservative. So…what’s holding her back? In my experience, something about her personality on TV grates on me. I’m sure that she is a wonderful person, but her TV personality seems shrill. And tactically, I think she’s weak. She continually emphasizes attacks on small points of her opponents, as “gotcha moments.” People are tired of “gotcha.” Either we vote for him or Obama ….you get the idea.

Huntsman should never have entered the race. What made him think that he could gain any traction?

Santorum has tried. Tried mightily to gain traction. And failed. If he gets any delegates, I’ll applaud. His conservative bonafides seem valid. But he does not connect with the voters.

So, since having a perfect candidate is completely ludicrous….do we stay home? Would McCain really have been worse that Obama? I don’t know. But is Obama BETTER THAN ANY OF THE ABOVE?

Some libertarians think so. Some are planning on voting for him as the lesser of two evils. They are hoping that a GOP dominated Congress will gridlock a President Obama that would not be checked by the need to get reelected. Or that Obama will get the blame for the upcoming disaster. Really? When has the GOP EVER stood up to the Democrat media and political machine? But I repeat myself. And Obama and the Democrats aren’t getting the blame NOW! The GOP ALWAYS gets the blame.

So, who of the above, if you plan to vote for a Republican candidate, will be able to withstand the liberal press and Obama?

Picture a President Obama without the need to get reelected and an establishment GOP in Congress. You didn’t think that the GOP is going to give the Tea Party any authority yet, did you?

Because it seems that we’ve already decided that our candidate will beat Obama. And we’re terrified what the assorted candidates might do. Or that we might get the blame if things go south. Have you thought that we might deserve the blame if we don’t even try and stay home?

Remember that old saying….”Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” First we have to beat Obama and its NOT going to be easy.

So go pick a freaking candidate. Don’t stay home. And then vote for the nominee.

You go to war with the army that you have. And this IS war.

Edit: cross posted and put on the Front Page at RedState!

Friday Free-for-All: Tea Party Edition

2011-12-16T11:11:00.000-05:00

Friday Free-for-All: Tea Party Edition

And the rest, as they say, is history.
I wonder if we could do this with Congresscritters? Just walk in to their office, grab 'em by the sruff and scrotum and throw 'em out the door.

BigFraud: Eric Holder Is in Denial

2011-12-16T10:58:00.000-05:00

BigFraud: Eric Holder Is in Denial

and he can be Mark Anthony to Queen DFC Wassamatterman Schultz's Cleopatra on the barge, floating down De Nile. Both of these mentally deficient asshats think if they keep saying something long enough, it will be true.

Attorney General Eric Holder gave a speech this week declaring that vote fraud is “uncommon.” He also said in an interview to The Washington Post, “You constantly hear about voter fraud … but you don’t see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.” Eric Holder, along with others on the left, is worried that the truth will get out. Vote fraud denial is a project of the radical left to associate voter ID and other electoral reforms with racism of the past like Jim Crow, poll taxes, the KKK. Even comparisons to torturing and killing children have been made.

Rick Perry's New Campaign Ad If I Was Running the Show

2011-12-15T10:18:00.002-05:00

HI! Ah’m Rick Perry.

You know my two competitors? Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich?

Yeeaaahhhh ……(smiles and drawls)

Ah’m not either of those two guys.

Vote for the real conservative.

Bless their hearts.

Have a nice day.

Ah’m Rick Perry and Ah approve this message.

Congressional Reform Act - Why not?

2011-12-14T11:41:00.003-05:00

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the
best quotes about the debt ceiling:
"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a
law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP,
all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took
only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it.
That was in 1971...before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or
less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a
minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of
those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have
the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011

1. No Tenure / No Pension.
A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.
It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as allAmericans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.

The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should
serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person sends to a minimum of twenty people, then it will only
take three days for most people (in U.S.A. ) to receive the message. It
is time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS ………If you agree with the above, pass it
on. If not, just delete. You are one of my 20+..

The governement is lying....

2011-12-14T09:30:00.003-05:00

I can tell that you're shocked by this accusation.

Schocked right down to your core.

What's the real unemployment rate......not the one that measures partial employment, etc, but the real actual rate of people not employed or looking for work

Over 12%.....

Yep. How's that stimulus package working out?

h/t Shots Across the Bow

Retailer chided for pulling ads from Muslim show (OneNewsNow.com)

2011-12-13T15:47:00.000-05:00

Retailer chided for pulling ads from Muslim show (OneNewsNow.com)

I support the free market system and freedom of speech, because frankly, one can't exist without the other. I applaud Lowe's for listening to the majority of their customers who think the minimalization of Islamic beliefs through media is simply a back-door to the acceptance of Islam as a legitimate religion, when we all know it's a cult of terrror and cannot exist in its pure form in a democratic republic like America.

Lowes has always gotten my business. They will continue to get it.

The Difference Is Day and Night

2011-12-12T12:09:00.005-05:00

By Dr. Thomas Sowell

The current occupy wall street movement is the best illustration to date of what barack hussein obama's America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule. It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.

Farewell and thanks

2011-12-11T12:43:00.003-05:00

Breda. geek. gunchick.
Librarian.
Pig Candy popularizer. (Yes, I invented a word to describe a librarian.)

Successful 2nd Amendment Rights activist.

Every woman in my life now either has or is considering a gun for self-defense. Many of them have gone on to get their CCW, including my mom.

I'm satisfied.

She has decided that it's time and so, has departed quietly. Her work here is done. She is not returning, according to an email. The Breda Fallacy has ended.

Thank you, Breda, for all of the free ice cream. Your posts will be missed by all of us. Good luck with your future endeavors. You did good work. Congratulations.

Whats The Matter With A Cain/Palin Ticket?

2011-12-05T17:19:00.005-05:00

I know it works for me. It will certainly make things interesting. Bet the turnout on Election Day will be record-breaking. Put Sarah-barracuda up against Joe BFD Biden in a debate again.

Let Mr. Cain bust Bambi's chops for the lousy job he's done as President. Let the successful businessman mop the floor with the academic elitist. Cain will have Bambi walking down the road kicking cans and talking to himself by the time its over.

Write-in time. Screw politcs. This is about the future of America. You can choose Occupy Wall Street with the freeloaders and greedy slobs or Occupy Your Street with responsibilities and a paycheck. Time to choose.

The Enemedia Wins Another One

2011-12-03T13:43:00.003-05:00

It's too damn bad. They've proven what I've always known; they are capable of anything to destroy anyone they fear.

Herman Cain caused the testicles of the men and women in left-wing politics and media (and some conservatives) to shrink and bladders to lose control. A successful conservative black American who has never held elected office cannot be allowed to demonstrate the outcomes attainable when one works hard and plays by the rules.

So to the enemedia, the VLWM, the LSM, enjoy your victory today. But just remember to be careful what you wish for, because you might get it.

T. J. Holmes To LAPD: Did You Want To Join Occupy Protests?

2011-12-03T12:05:00.000-05:00

T. J. Holmes To LAPD: Did You Want To Join Occupy Protests?

On November 30, CNN’s T. J. Holmes gave us a great example of how the Old Media is soft peddling the law-breaking going on at the Occupy events in order to make these events seem far less dangerous and illicit than they are. Like many in the Old Media, Holmes seems desperate to give lawbreaking Occupiers as much cover as possible — a benefit they never offered the tea partiers.

Because the TEA Party rallies NEVER NEEDED THE COVER.

In fairness, I must admit to having knowledge of, but not direct involvement with, an arrest that was made in DC on 12 September 2009 during the first TEA Party Rally. An attendee was enjoying dinner at a DC resturant and made the mistake of re-arranging a picture of Dear Leader which was encroaching on her space. The resturant manager, one of those indispensable individuals we here refer to as "an officious little prick" filed a complaint with DC Metro citing property damage.

Now we have our own gang of "officious little pricks" right here in River City RVA ready to give lawbreakers carte blanche at Kanahwa Plaza while threatening our Richmond TEA Party with an audit of their business taxes. Double-standard? There's no double-standard here, move along, nothing to see.

Bozell Column: Let's Kill Cain's Campaign | NewsBusters.org

2011-12-01T16:46:00.001-05:00

Bozell Column: Let's Kill Cain's Campaign NewsBusters.org

I'm still not ready to believe a word of the accuser's story,
and Mr Cain needs to account for every minute this woman claims he spent with her.

As Paul R Hollrah said in the comments section:

Paul R. Hollrah // Nov 30, 2011 at 7:33 pm

Nor is his name Herman Clinton.

I suppose it is Neal Boortz’s, Sean Hannity’s, and Rush Limbaugh’s newness to the conservative cause that makes them ignorant of the full significance of the effort to destroy Herman Cain. They seem not to understand that the one thing liberals and Democrats cannot have is for young blacks to see what can happen to a black child who goes to school, studies, and works hard.

If they did, and if blacks then voted for Republicans and Democrats in roughly the same percentages as the rest of the population, the balance of power in the US Senate today would be 59 Republicans, 39 Democrats, and 2 Independents. I have studied every Senate race in the 2006, 2008, and 2010 Senate campaigns and that’s what the study shows.

Given what is at stake, the stories about Herman cannot be believed unless there is positive proof. Democrats will do literally anything… including murder… to see to it that he does not succeed.

Our Governor ROCKS THE HOUSE!!!!

2011-11-30T15:05:00.004-05:00

Governor McDonnell Elected Chairman of
Republican Governors Association for 2012

ORLANDO- Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was elected Chairman of the Republican Governors Association today at the group's quarterly meetings in Orlando, Florida. With today's vote the Governor will continue his service as head of the organization. Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey was elected to continue serving as RGA Vice-Chairman. Joining McDonnell and Christie on the RGA Executive Committee will be: Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico, Governor Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina, and Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin. Additionally, Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana was elected to serve as RGA Policy Chairman to lead the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.

A portend of things to come, I believe.

UPDATE Rifles and Pistols and Ammo, OH MY!!!

2011-11-28T20:23:00.000-05:00

Well, I can't sell my BBQ Sauce outside the Showplace and there are literally no tables left and there's a waiting list. No problem. I'll pay the admission fee; walk around the hall; enjoy the day. I have plenty of CwtT brochures and pins.

Next weekend, 3-4 December, at the Showplace on Mechanicsville Turnpike, is the Gun Show.

I'll be there supporting the effort to get Herman Cain on the ballot for the primary. Come on out,

You Didn't Really Think They Were Going To Play Fair Did You?

2011-11-28T13:56:00.005-05:00

Outrage!… After Demanding Refund From City, Richmond Tea Party Gets Letter – “You’re Being Audited”

In late October the Richmond Tea Party sent a letter to city officials demanding a refund for the $10,000 the group spent on permits, portable toilets, police presence and emergency personnel for three rallies held at same plaza where the Occupy Richmond squatters set up their camp. Now the tea party is being audited.
Right Side News reported:

"Two weeks after the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones for costs incurred for previous rallies; we received a letter from the City of Richmond formally stating that the city is auditing our Tea Party.

Coincidence? This audit is an obvious attempt to intimidate and harass us for standing up against the unfair treatment and discrimination against our Tea Party.
As reported on the front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Richmond Tea Party delivered an invoice for charges incurred in our previous three Tax Day rallies at Kanawha Plaza because Mayor Jones chose to allow Occupy Richmond protesters to convene in the same park for two weeks.

The Mayor not only allowed the Occupiers to break the law, but he visited them in the city-owned park. “Jones said that as a ‘child of civil rights’ and protests, he had allowed the group to remain in the park but understands his mayoral responsibility to uphold laws of the city,” reported the Richmond Times Dispatch"

Read the rest at Gateway Pundit and if you look at the right side of that image, about half-way up, that would be your humble servant, Moi.

The First Amendment DOES NOT Protect #OccupyWallStreet

2011-11-27T12:21:00.000-05:00

The First Amendment DOES NOT Protect #OccupyWallStreet

By their own admission their goal is to occupy publicly owned companies and “hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits.”

What these little Marxists don’t understand is that a “publicly owned” company is a publicly traded one. Which means stocks of said company are owned by average, run of the mill moms and pops across the U.S. (either as individual stocks or in a mutual fund or in a 401K, etc.). So what these Obama-ites are really doing is not hurting Wal-Mart or AT&T as much as hurting the very hardworking Americans #OccupyWallStreet claims to represent.

The real problem is, these selfish, lazy, filthy, useful idiots don't care about anyone or anything but themselves.

Occupying Seven Deadly Sins

2011-11-27T11:36:00.001-05:00

Occupying Seven Deadly Sins

I know I'd listen to anyone brave enough to wear THAT outfit in public; and whats'up with the Red Star? Tinkerbelle? Texaco?