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The New Civility Of The Left

As mentioned previously, Barky decided to use the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a backdrop for a 15-minute campaign speech on Memorial Day; decreeing that the entire area be closed to the public for some seven hours.

In a story the mainstream media has thus far ignored, it was "an insult to veterans that was insensitve to the point of being cruel," said a former U.S. Calvary Captain, when contacted. Additionally, in an exclusive interview, retired Army Lieutenant General John B. Sylvester spoke of the many previous years he's visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor his fallen comrades, while re-connecting with brothers-in-arms still living, ... before visiting the graves of his Mother, Father, Sister-in-law and Brother at Arlington National Cemetery ... another tradition the Silver Star winner was deprived up this year, thanks to Barack Obama's political ambitions.

No President has ever done such a thing.

But respect has never been a big deal for the Left; they don't believe in it.

The next day, Rep. Allen West held a townhall meeting at Mae Volen senior center in Boca Raton. Naturally, so-called "protesters" showed up at the center to harass him, and some were escorted out as they couldn't contain their spittle and foam. Apparently following the q&a period, a couple of loons moved in on West, and he referred to them as his liberal groupies.

That sent one right over the top, and a couple of WWII vets interceded - whereupon she called them "obnoxious little men" and swatted one of them, telling him to "f*** off". The local police (or as Leftists call them, "storm troopers") were forced once again to get involved.

Gotta love the old lady with the cane!

Another Headquarters Leaves "Business-Friendly" Oregon

Headed for Texas, which ranks #1 for business (darn those red-state capitalists!).

Oregon is an unfriendly state when it comes to business, according to 650 CEO’s surveyed by ChiefExecutive.net. The survey ranked Oregon No. 42, down 15 spots since 2008, the biggest drop in the survey of all U.S. states.

Respondents indicated Oregon has wasted its competitive advantage with its beauty, natural resources and great work force by replacing it with a State Government that penalizes achievement and success.

Impossible! We're so green and sustainable and hip!

There's Something In The Water On The East Coast

It's always something - and it usually involves Massachusetts. You have Senator John "Swift Boat" Kerry parking his yacht in Rhode Island or someplace in order to avoid paying taxes in Massachusetts (odd, for a guy who supports increased taxes for everybody else), and then there's Lieawatha, who also aspires to the US Senate, with (as a couple of folks have described it) a Swift Canoe loaded with Cherokee Indians ticked off over her self-described "minority status".

Now the Federal Appeals Court in Boston has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law in 1996 by President Clinton, is unconstitutional. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (does she ever just go away?) immediately jumped into the middle of it, praising the ruling. Although most Americans live in states in which homosexual marriage is not recognized, the ruling appears to conclude that federal benefits, such as Social Security spousal payments, must be afforded to both heterosexual and homosexual couples residing in states in which homosexual marriage is legal.

Meanwhile, in The City Of Brotherly Love, a disabled, retired Marine was attacked by three guys as he walked down the street. He managed to pull out a knife, and one of the attackers was fatally wounded. Although he remained at the scen and cooperated with police, the 57-year-old victim was nonetheless charged on multiple counts, despite the fact that the state's "Castle Doctrine" specifically permits use of deadly force in self defense.

The judge ruled that despite having been attacked by three men, Jonathan Lowe committed a criminal act in stabbing one of them.

Lowe, who wears a pacemaker and has survived two strokes and two heart surgeries, could face up to 12 1/2 to 25 years in prison when Lerner sentences him Aug. 16.

And of course, there's the whole Brett Kimberlin/terrorist thing in Maryland, and the Causeway Cannibal in Florida. 

There's something in the water on the east coast....

Psychohistory

In his Foundation trilogy of science-fiction novels, Isaac Asimov envisioned a set of methods for manipulating large populations of people, which he termed Psychohistory. This, as it happens is now precisely what the folks behind this government-funded study have in mind, as by their measure, the results of the study went horribly awry. What they'd expected was that knuckle-dragging climate skeptics would be demonstrated to possess inferior (if indeed any) understanding of science when compared with the more enlightened, true believers in the Religion of Man-Made Global Warming.

Much to their dismay, the results were exactly the opposite of their postulate: the enlightened true believers were less scientifically literate than the skeptics. The "researchers" had assumed that the results of their study would bolster their view that it should be possible to convince the great unwashed masses, through enhanced scientific education, of the great danger to humans - and indeed, to the very planet - and therefore of the pressing need for strict governmental control over every aspect of their lives.

Well, that's out the window, and so they've concluded that teaching people more science and providing them with more facts will likely lead to increased skepticism. Obviously, this could negatively impact their grant funding.

Thus it is, according to the assembled profs, that the US government should seek to fund a communication strategy on climate change which is not focused on sound scientific information.

Barry Big Blunders

Despite reports to the contrary, it seems clear that Barky's choom gang's still in full swing; how else to explain his moves during the past few weeks? He's been ticking off many Jews during the past couple of years with his obvious anti-Israel bias, but more recently he's blown off the Catholics. It might not seem like that big a deal to him, but his cavalier treatment of them has managed to irk even agnostics, so it's bigger than he might have imagined. He upped the ante by announcing his "evolution" on the matter of homosexual marriage, drawing swift condemnation from substantive numbers of black Americans:

The Tennessean reports that the Rev. William Owens, founder and president of the Memphis-based Coalition of African-American Pastors, takes offense at the comparisons between homosexual rights and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, “I didn’t march for same-sex marriage, not one inch, one yard, or one mile.”

Some black pastors even predict that their congregations will “stay home” rather than vote this year.

More recently, he's angered a few million Poles, brushing aside their demand for an apology for his reference to "Polish concentration camps". The little things have a way of adding up; now, two fairly prominent Democrats have left the party - how many others are waiting in the wings, weighing their options?

Even the reliably hard-left MoveOn PAC has warned that it may "pull the plug" on key campaigns to help Obama and Senate Democrats if its 7 million members don’t pony up with at least $5. This may indicate that their main benefactor, George Soros, has conceded that Democrats don't have much to work with, this time around.

Things get even more interesting today, in view of the fact that whenever he's not on the golf course, Barky's blaming Bush for all of his problems (come to think of it, he probably blames Bush for that wicked slice that messes up his game). George and Laura will be at the White House today, where Barky and MO will join them for the unveiling of their official portraits.

Made In China

Here's an idea: why don't we save some money by having the chips that go into our defense systems and other infrastructure components made in China? What could possibly go wrong? Well, now that you mention it....

Specifically, the American-designed, Chinese-made Actel/Microsemi ProASIC3 A3P250 — commonly known as the PA3 — chip was found by Cambridge researcher, Sergei Skorobogatov, to have a backdoor, or trojan, deliberately built into it. The PA3 is what’s called a Field Reprogrammable Gate Array (FRGA); an almost blank slate of a microchip that can be programmed by its owner to perform a variety of tasks. Most alarming is that the PA3 is considered to be one of the “most impenetrable” designs on the market. The chip is used in military “weapons, guidance, flight control,networking and communications” hardware while “in industry it is used in nuclear power plants, power distribution, aerospace, aviation, public transport and automotive products,” according to Skorobogatov’s report on his findings that was published last weekend.

Basically, Chinese cyber spies can gain use the chip’s built-in malware to decipher military passcodes and gain remote access to the chip and reprogram it to do their bidding; “permitting a new and disturbing possibility of a large-scale Stuxnet-type attack via a network or the Internet on the silicon itself,” reads his report.

As Astro might say, "Rutt-Roh!" The chips may have been designed in the USA, but they were re-designed in China prior to fabrication and shipping. And you can't download a security update, or a patch, because it's built into the microcircuits themselves. Hope they got a good deal.

Seeking Greener Pastures

Spain, once a world leader in subsidizing "green" technology, has essentially shut off the spigot, and "clean energy" scammers corporations are fleeing the country in search of other public troughs from which to feed.

Puttin' On His Travellin' Shoes

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can, it appears, be leaked to Sweden, according to a recent U.K. Supreme Court ruling. There, he stands accused of rape and sexual molestation. Following the festivities in that country, U.S. officials would like to have a word with him.

Heap Big Trouble For Lieawatha

Angry Cherokee Indians (the real ones) have taken to the internet with a blog and Farcebook page calling out fauxahontas Liz Warren, demanding that she cease speaking with forked tongue.

More than 150 descendants from the Cherokee Nation, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are none too happy with the Massachusetts Democrat candidate for Senate.

Warren, whose favorite band appears to be The Pretenders, claimed "minority" status for years as a means to enhance her career, and now the Cherokee nations are on the warpath. To them, her claims are harmful and offensive. Can't blame 'em.

Finally, The Birth Certificate Is Released

Um...Mitt Romney's. Them darned birthers! Interestingly, the "birther" issue was first raised by Democrats - when Mitt's father, George, launched a short-lived bid for the White House.