tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308782722009-12-01T19:06:00.171-10:00Cultural and political commentary from Nashville, TN, with dispatches from the world 'round. Idiots, beware! NighSeenCreeder@aol.comJoltin' Djangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15429922320420919497noreply@blogger.comBlogger1742125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30878272.post-18673137178630285302009-12-01T19:06:00.000-10:002009-12-01T19:06:00.177-10:00

It has to suck being a Democrat these days (see here and here and here). The 7 November National Review ain't gonna give Democrats much additional hope, indeed:Just when you thought things might be getting better for the GOP, Gallup delivers some bad news: Among independent voters, Republicans are leading Democrats on the generic congressional ballot by 22 percent. Only 22 percent. Could there

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"I rarely hear [President B. Hussein Obama] talk about the private sector."-- Vice President Dick CheneyWhen I was in grad school, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon did a speech-and-question-and-answer thing in one of my classes. During the "speech" portion of his appearance, ol' Bart kept talking about how "small business" was so important to the economy. One of my classmates asked ol' Bart something like

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In case you don't know, Swiss voters approved -- 57 percent to 43 percent -- a referendum to ban the construction of minarets in their French/German/Italian-speaking country. Responding to the vote, "Egypt's top cleric, Ali Gomaa, called the referendum an 'insult' to Muslims, while the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the largest international Muslim group with 57 member states, called

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It's no political secret that I supported Jim Henry for Tenn. Gov. -- against the best wishes of many o' my conservative friends -- back in 2002.I never bought into Van Hilleary 's assertion(s) that Jim Henry was Don Sundquist in disguise. Hell, truth be known, I didn't buy into many things Van Hilleary had do say back in '02. But, I digress ...Jim "Former TN House GOP Minority Leader/GOP Guv'na

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Joltin' Django's an official signatory (Are you?) ...Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about

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Want an "inside look" into life in North Korea? I highly recommend -- nay, urge -- you to read this comic:That said, bellow you'll find a story that recently appeared on the North Korean government's official Web site. For the life of me I cannot figure out what the hell it's supposed to mean. Perhaps one of my Commie readers'll enlighten me via e-mail, and reference Dreams From My Father, when

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Just so you know, the GOP leads the Dems in 10 different Senate races right now.http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/11/looking-at-2010-senate-picture.htmlHT: ConservativeGrapevine.com

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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. This is the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama.Read it all here.

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Remember the scene in The Godfather in which Don Corleone slaps Johnny Fontane and tells him to "Act like a man!"? Sometimes I think someone in the White House needs to give President Obama a slap and tell him to "Act like a President!" (Perhaps Hillary Clinton could do it. I mean, she does have the biggest pair o' balls - so I've heard - of any senior member of the Obama Administration.)The Bill

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Last week in the Nashville City Paper, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) published an op-ed entitled "The problem with the status quo." Here's the concluding paragraph:Keeping today’s sickness care non-system is not a viable option. It not only needs to be changed, it is collapsing on its own weight. Congress is having some difficulty agreeing on the most necessary improvements, but that debate

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If you didn't witness it, you need to know that the scene featuring MC Hammer and Corey Feldman rowing a boat -- in circles -- during The Surreal Life's first season is one of TV's greatest moments.Speaking o' MC Hammer 'n' Corey Feldman, check this out ...5 Times MC Hammer Changed History ...4. Marrying Corey FeldmanHow fitting that this wedding would be aired on the VH1 show The Surreal Life,

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John Nolte has a great theory to explain why much of Hollywood loves dictators like Fidel, Hugo, and ... Obama?! To wit: When you and I picture life under Obama’s vision for America, we see a dreary existence spent in breadlines, drab apartments and small jail cells with rat cages strapped to our face conditioning us to say "Herstory" instead of “History.” These Castro-lovers and

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This just leaves me speechless ...(Pics courtesy of Errol Phillips, my favorite "Independent Jewish Conservative.")

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It's a sad day when it's left to the likes of the National Enquirer (November 2, 2009 issue) to tell an important truth 'bout President B. Hussein Obama's "stimulus." To wit:Politicians are spending up to $20 million in tax-payers' money to put signs on highway improvement projects funded by the government stimulus package.Opponents say the signs are nothing but an opportunity for elected

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YeahIt's gonna kill me-- FilterBack in the 40s, during dubya-dubya two, if any serviceman had given any indication that he sympathized with America's enemies, i.e., Nazis and Tōjō's, he would've been immediately discharged, and probably put behind bars.That said, I'm beginning to think -- no, wait, I know -- that the politically-correct ethos that's now the norm in the U.S.A., and which's

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From the November 23 National Review:It is almost impossible to hand out truckloads of cash without some of it falling into the hands of swindlers, but Congress’s stimulus dollars seem to have been particularly susceptible to graft. This year, lawmakers expanded a program that gave first-time homebuyers a tax credit worth 10 percent of the purchase price, up to $8,000. (People who owed less in

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Michael Moore, Sean Penn, U.S. Rep. Diane Watson, and all the hipster doofi who wear "Che" T-shirts need to watch this ...... and feel very, very ashamed.

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Hardly a spring or summer weekend goes by when there isn't a group of individuals -- religious folk, little league sports teams, bowtied Nation of Islam dudes -- approaching cars at the busiest intersection near Hickory Hollow Mall. I've always thought such, well, begging is extremely dangerous. Furthermore, I'd like to think that a feller should be able to stop at a red light without having

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President B. Hussein Obama may not know how to stimulate job growth, one thing he does know how to do, apparently, is stimulate more and more folks to identify themselves as conservative. To wit:Ever since the election of Barack Obama, the number of self-identified conservatives has continued to skyrocket. A new Gallup poll find 40% of Americans now identify themselves as conservative, while

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I wonder if Michael Moore, Sean Penn, and U.S. Rep. Diane Watson read this:Trail-blazing Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez says she was headed to a peaceable march against violence with friends in Havana Friday when she and fellow writer Orlando Luis Pardo were confronted by three men in plainclothes presumed to be state security, forced into a car, and assaulted."No blood," she reported to El Nuevo

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I get the irony (strip courtesy of Prickly City) ...Do you?!(Click on image for better view.)

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Next time you hear some liberal spouting that public/private ObamaCare is gonna do great things for the American people, like saving money over the long run, let 'em know what great things public/private Amtrak is doin' ... like this:U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private

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In the October 29-November 4 Nashville Scene, Brantley Hargrove talks about U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's 15-year-history fightin' in the "health car wars." In his essay, Brantley says we conservatives who oppose ObamaCare are "ginning up Big Government paranoia," just like we did back in 1993.I hate to break it to Mr. Hargrove, but today's Wall Street Journal lets a big-ass cat outta a big-ass bag as

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Barney Frank is nearly 70-years-old. He's been in the U.S. Congress since 1981. He was an attorney before that. And now he expects us to believe that he don't know that a marijuana plant looks like ... 'cause he ain't "a great outdoorsman" ...?!Check this out: FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready's home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready

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After midnight We're gonna let it all hang downAfter midnight We're gonna chug-a-lug and shout-- Eric ClaptonWell ...It looks like the U.S. House of Representative's vote on SocialistCare, er, OmabaCare will take place sometime after midnight. I have to say that I'm a weeee bit surprised that Tennessee Reps John Tanner and Bart Gordon have announced they're "no" votes ...Wait, could it be that

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