Politics

The California Brain Drain continues

Californians who still care about their state suffered a hit today in the announcement that Chuck DeVore will be pulling up stakes and heading to Texas with his family; Good-bye, California, I’m going to Texas It’s hard to say “good-bye” – perhaps “au revoir” is better (till we meet again). As some of my friends [...]

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As much as many on the left wish it were so, #OccupyWallSt is NOT “Like Arab Spring”

Via El hombre original, SooperMexican; One of the more breathtakingly stupid memes of the Occupy Wall Street protest (and there are many) is the constant self-aggrandizing comparison to the “Arab Spring.” There are many reasons to be cautious in being overly celebratory of the Mideast revolutions even without comparing it to a “revolution” in America. Even the slightest [...]

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Decoding the #Occupy movement weirdness

If you’ve seen videos from the Occupy protests, you may have been wondering what the hell the crowd is going with the hand signs and whatever. Watch this, and then you’ll have a clue. Maybe. Via The Right Sphere h/t Michelle Lancaster Related articles James O’Keefe’s Trip to Occupy Wall Street: The Film [Video] (gawker.com) [...]

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Want to see a world without Capitalism? Without “Corporate Greed”? #OccupyWallSt, I give you your Utopia

You look around you at a world you think has abandoned you. You owe money for student loans you took out to pay for your Political Science major, or a Fine Arts degree and are discovering the world is a harsh place. Maybe a family elder warned you about that, maybe not, but still here [...]

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So it’s NOT just me – some of this #Occupy stuff is just…”creepy” – and possibly insidious

…and I’m talking in a creepy Invasion of the Bodysnatchers way. I first saw clip this Saturday, and I couldn’t get past the first few seconds. The whole thing was just too much like watching a pre-school teacher speak to children, which would be cute if the children weren’t 20+ years old. What brought this [...]

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Just a reminder – Obama KNEW about Fast and Furious, so did Holder, in March 2009

They can both lie, and both obfuscate, but both were at the top of the food chain in this and both culpable in the death of Agent Brian Terry. Crossposted to Unified Patriots Related articles Issa: ‘Fast and furious’ subpoenas issued soon (sfgate.com) Rep. Allen West Calls for Eric Holder’s Removal Over ‘Fast and Furious’ [...]

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