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Another guest submission from Whodat!

We have all had summers to remember…
We have all had summers to forget!
But, this summer fo our First Family is
Certainly their worst ever, I bet.

Like promising the kids Disneyworld
Then delivering the back yard only,
Barack promised us the “Summer of
Recovery”. Didn’t happen. Pure baloney!
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Brian Haner wrote this to express his opinion on the Arizona anti-illegal immigration bill.

I tell you that Harry Reid is a hoot! A HOOT I tell you! He cannot understand how anyone of “Hispanic heratige can be a Republican”.

Well Mr Reid, I’d like to invite you to New Mexico. I realize that New Mexico is the no-fly zone of flyover country, but we have a lot of Hispanic people here. And although Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 here, there are Republicans and some of them are Hispanic. I know, I know, take a minute and ponder it, let it soak in.

Now that you’ve soaked it in Sen. Reid, the Republican candidate for governor Susana Martinez is of Hispanic heratige. I’m sure you’re wondering, Mr Senator, how she can even live with herself, but sir, we ask the same of you, when you continue to say things as dumb as this.

In a bit of sad news, former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has died in a plane crash.

A guest submission from the effervescent Whodat

Perhaps one of the reasons I love golf so much is because, through Boy Scouting, I became comfortable being alone out in the woods. I also learned some other things that apply to golf and, more importantly, life. Please review the Boy Scout Oath and the Law:

Scout Oath (or Promise)
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

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Herman Cain was leading a Q&A session at the Douglas County Tea Party and addressing a question by a young woman about the attacks by the Left on Judeo-Christian heritage in America. The video picks up as he answers her question, then went to the last question of the night. What follows wasn’t expected by the crowd.

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David Horowitz spoke at UCSD where a member of MSA (Muslim Students Association) asked him a question about the connection between MSA and Jihad terrorist networks. Horowitz then exposes the student to the crowd showing her hatred for Jews.

When Chris Christie defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine this year, I really didn’t think it was much more than the typical snap-back that occurs after the first year of a new president.

New Jersey is in as dire a fiscal condition as any government this side of Greecafornia, and the new governor wasted little time in trying to fix the problems. In doing so, Christie has taken an approach that virtually no politician will dare to take – instead of basing decisions on what will give him the best chance at getting reelected, he’s making difficult decisions and actually doing his job.

What a concept!
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President Obama had the most tech-savvy campaign we had ever seen at the time and now the most tech-savvy White House.  However, the GOP may have just one-upped him on their latest technology-based campaign.

Yesterday, Eric Cantor introduced YouCut.  Every week, five spending cuts are posted on the YouCut website.  Anyone who has a cell phone or access to the Internet (is there anyone who doesn’t?) can vote on a spending cut.  The following Monday, the winner will be announced and brought to the House floor that week for an up or down vote.

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Note from David: Welcome yet another newb, Robert Roodhouse!

Steven Spielberg, Michelle Pfeiffer, Terrance Howard, Dennis Quaid, Bradley Cooper, Kim Kardashian, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Ray, Seth Macfarlane, and whoever that guy is who hosts Survivor. What do they all have in common?

Apparently they are “White House Correspondents”, as they were all guests at this weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner. Chuck Todd and company must be rolling in their… what? Those guys are alive?

And we got so mad at the Salahis.

Has the news industry become so convoluted and entwined with the entertainment industry that we can’t tell one from another? Maybe the White House can’t invite every political blogger through its gates, but bloggers have a firm shot at better news analysis than the cast of Iron Man 2. No bias here, naturally…

The Great Conciliator is showing possible signs of growing a spine. Sources report that notorious financial firm Goldman Sachs and mine operator Massey Energy Company are being probed for potential criminal charges.

For far too long, Corporate America has had the privilege of paying fines to resolve the consequences arising from behavior that would be classified as criminal were it conducted by private citizens. Frequently, these fines are paid “without admitting guilt,” a technicality that permits corporations to use the fine as the basis for significant tax write-offs.
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Two questions about http://www.callaconvention.org:

1. Have you heard of it?

2. Would you support it?

From Call a Convention:

Democracy in America is stalled.

From the Right and the Left, citizens are increasingly coming to recognize that our democracy does not work as our Framers intended. Reform of any kind is stalled by a status quo that profits from blocking change—even the change of a smaller government, or simpler taxes. Neither side in the political debate benefits from this inertia.

This site will help organize the one method our Framers preserved for escaping from captured government—an Article V convention. If we can get 34 states to pass a resolution calling for a convention, then all sides will have the opportunity to argue for the changes they believe will restore our democracy. Any amendment proposed must then be ratified by 38 states to become law.

Visit http://www.callaconvention.org

As someone who works for the so-called “corporate cronies” (i.e. the banks on Wall Street), I get to see capitalism at its best and the damage (and cost) that the government can do when it gets involved in the private sector.

The financial regulatory bill floating around Capitol Hill is a disaster and it’s targeted toward the wrong crowd.  Wall Street did not steal our money or cause the economy to crash.  It was a combination of the government pushing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to loosen mortgage loan standards, Fannie and Freddie loosening those standards and individual consumers who bought houses they couldn’t they afford.  The bubble burst and it caused the economy to come crashing down… just like every other bubble burst that we’ve had.  Remember the tech bubble burst of 2001?  Luckily we had a President in power who had already decreased taxes and acted quickly to stimulate the economy, rather than focusing on other issues like health care, the environment and apologizing for America.

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After 43,248 complaints about not having a ‘Share’ button at PD, the powers-that-be finally added it. You’ll see it now on every page and every post. Please help us grow the PD funny farm by using that button as often as possible to share posts on FB, Twitter, Digg, etc. The future of the Internet, the Republic, and yes, the very Constitution depends on you.

Thomas Friedman is quickly becoming one of my favorite reads in the opinion section of the New York Times. I don’t always agree with him, but even when I don’t, his points are almost always well-reasoned and salient.

Just yesterday, he penned an incredibly interesting take on how the Republican party just does not seem to be using the momentum its gained from Barack Obama’s lackluster first year in office.

One of his arguments? The fact that two major factions of GOP seem to be headed in very different directions with one very loose tie that binds:
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There are many standards by which one can judge the state of America at any given time. Ronald Reagan once asked Americans that famous question “are you better off today than you were four years ago?”. That’s a pretty good presidential barometer, however I prefer the standard set by John Wayne when he declared that a good republic was a place where

People can live free. Talk free. Go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose.

Let’s check the state of our nation against the John Wayne Standard, shall we?

First off: Live free

Sorry, dear reader, it is no longer possible to live without charge here in the United States. Now you will incur a charge simply by continued respiration. If you continue to breathe, you will be required to purchase Obamacare regardless whether or not you desire it. When you look at the medical and environment facts of the matter, your continued respiration causes the CO2 levels in the atmosphere to increase. So, think of it as a carbon tax. Maybe you’ll feel better. I know Al Gore will.

Next up: Talk free
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It’s been a hectic couple months for this editor. Besides being in busy season for work, I’m taking two classes (including accounting for the first time in my life), and trying to be a good husband for my wife, who is dealing with the serious health issues of her father. (Oh, and for the praying folk out there, please keep him in your thoughts today, he’s undergoing double bypass surgery)

I’ve also been completely unmotivated to write about this entire health care debacle. I’m so worn out of the news cycle this mess has made, it makes me not even want to watch any type of news program.

But as the potential end to a political battle that could define a presidency seems near, I felt it was time to weigh in.
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The key question is – “do what?” That’s the critical fork in the road we face: can the currently elected cadre of leaders composed mainly of Boomers manage the affairs of state prudently, or do they tank the very country they have siphoned from over the last 60 years?

I’m on the leading edge of the Xer age. And I’ve been convinced since my early years that things will not perpetually get better and better and better in our country, especially not with choices, patterns, and lifestyles that do not reward thrift, restraint, modesty, and patience. When I examine my elder brethren, I am left wondering if their lasting legacy upon this great land will be one which will resign them to the doghouse of historical judgment.

Boomers are poised to leave a determinative mark on their country. The question is what kind.

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I know this is a few days old, but I finally have a minute to catch my breath. An astounding poll was released by Scott Rasmussen, one of the more accurate pollsters in the country. 75% are angry at Government’s Current Policies. Wait; say that again. 75% of the country is angry at the government? Can it be true that the Anointed One, often mistaken for The Messiah, is not as Divine as once believed? Wow. And we all thought he was going to save the world.

Other interesting findings:

45% are very angry.

Just 19% say that are not very or at all angry.

60% believe that neither party has a good understanding of what’s needed today.

Voters earning $60,000 to $100,000 per year are more frustrated than those in any other income group.

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We’ve heard an endless number of opinions on Obama’s performance while giving the State of the Union Address and the scrunity will go on for days, as it should given the garbage that spewed out of my hotel television.

It’s certainly no suprise that our regular PD readers are less than enthusiastic about our government’s “focus” for the coming year, but what I really want to know is how you felt about Bob McDonnell’s performance giving the GOP response.   Was he a Jindal repeat or a breath of fresh air for the GOP?

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