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HALF-FULL REPORT 04/30/10 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 30 April 2010

We've a lot of ground to cover for this week's HFR, but first let's ask - who knew Connie Mack (R-FL) has gone senile at 42 years old?  Of course the Fascist Democrats of the Anti-American Left are hysterically demagoguing Arizona's anti-illegal alien law.  But Connie?  What kind of bizarre mental dysfunction caused him to compare Arizona to Nazi Germany?

You'd expect RINOs like Karl Rove, Jeb Bush, and Lindsey Graham to wimp out.  And now we can see that for Lincoln Diaz-Barlart (R-FL), his Hispanic blood is thicker than patriotism.  But again, Connie?  Maybe the open-borders/cheap-labor-for-business folks at the Wall Street Journal got to him. 

Whatever.  Let's now go back to the HFR of January 23, 2009, which said:
What could be more appropriate, on the eve of the TTP Carefree Rendezvous, than to hoist a pint of Four Peaks Ale brewed here in Arizona to an inspiring woman Republican governor who drives liberals out of their minds because she is a pro-family, pro-life, pro-Christian, anti-tax, anti-government spending, anti-illegal immigration Reagan conservative. 

Nope, we're not talking about Sarah Palin - however much the HFR is happy to hoist a glass in admiration of her at any time.  We're talking about another fine lady who, in addition to all the great qualities above, has the greatest name for drinking to one could ever ask:  Jan Drinkwine Brewer...
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THE BARBERS OF DUSSELDORF Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Thursday, 29 April 2010

One of Margaret Thatcher's more trenchant observations is:  "The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money."

The purpose in life for most politicians anywhere in the world is to, by whatever sleight-of-hand shell game they think they can get away with, make that run-out-of-other-people's-money moment forever later.

The world's spotlight is currently on politicians in Europe who are frantically, hysterically, desperately engaging in this shell game.  The question of the immediate moment is:  will the barbers of Dusseldorf let them get away it - or at last and for once, put an end to it?

For if they opt for the latter, they could precipitate an end to Washington's shell game here in America.

First, the background, starting with the Greek Limbo Dance. 
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OUR #1 NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT IS MEXICO Print E-mail
Written by Ralph Peters   
Thursday, 29 April 2010

South of the border, down Mexico way, a new and savage revolution rages just beyond our inspection lanes. After less than five years of fighting, estimates of the dead have reached 22,000.

The rate of killing accelerates each month. And Washington covers its eyes like a kid at a scary movie. Well, the Mexican narco-insurgency, in which well-armed guerrilla forces confront the authority and presence of the state, is our No. 1 security challenge.

The chaos in northern Mexico has far deeper implications for our country than Islamist terror or even an Iranian nuclear capability (as grim as those threats are).

The rule of law has collapsed from Tijuana (across from San Diego, California) on the Pacific's edge to Matamoros (across from Brownsville, Texas) on the Gulf of Mexico. Major cities are now "ungoverned spaces," as our diplomats refer tidily to distant trouble spots.

And Arizona's "discriminatory" new state law empowering police to pursue criminal aliens? Should Phoenix let the rule of law collapse because Washington prefers political correctness to public safety? In DC, it's about politics. In Arizona, it's about survival.
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AVOIDING A PYRRHIC NOVEMBER Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Wednesday, 28 April 2010

The backlash against President Barack Obama's radical policies has grown so large even the New York Times has noticed.

"The fight for the midterm elections is not confined to traditional battlegrounds," wrote Jeff Zeleny and Adam Nagourney in a lengthy analysis Monday (4/26).  "Republicans have expanded their sights to places where political challenges seldom develop."

If nothing much changes between now and November, Republicans are likely to have their greatest victory since 1994, when they won 54 seats in the House to take control of that body for the first time since 1952, and 8 seats in the Senate, to win control there for the first time since 1986.

Republicans could have their best midterm elections since 1946, when they gained 55 seats in the House and 13 in the Senate.

I write this column not to belabor the giddy Republican prospects in 2010, but to point out that the GOP landslides in 1994 and 1946 were followed by Democratic victories in the presidential races two years later.  In 1948, Democrats also retook control of the House and Senate.

If a 2010 victory isn't to be Pyrrhic, Republicans had better figure out what went wrong in 1948 and 1996.  Especially 1996.
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CALIFORNIA'S CROOKED CORRUPT COURTS Print E-mail
Written by Alex Alexiev   
Friday, 30 April 2010

A distinguished 70-year-old attorney in poor health has been sitting in solitary confinement in "coercive incarceration" in the notorious Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail without being charged, tried, or convicted of anything since March 4, 2009.  

In effect, he was thrown in jail for an indefinite period with no bail or hearing set for blowing the whistle on judicial corruption in California.

The chain of events that led to his incarceration was set in motion in 2000, when Richard Fine became aware that L.A. superior court judges were receiving illegal "judicial benefits" payments from Los Angeles County, despite the fact that lawsuits against that county were often adjudicated by these same judges, thus creating clear conflict of interest problems.

In other words, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, with taxpayer funds, was bribing superior court judges to decide cases in favor of the county.  This is "the greatest judicial scandal in American history," as Mr. Fine says, and he has become an American political prisoner because of it.
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FINANCIAL FASCISM Print E-mail
Written by Richard Rahn   
Wednesday, 28 April 2010

The "Dodd financial reform" bill being considered by the Senate will make it illegal for 99.6 percent of the population to invest in needed new and promising start-up companies.  At the same time, the bill ensures that the 33 largest banks, which control 92 percent of all bank assets, will be required to purchase more federal government debt before giving loans to businesses and individuals.

Quite simply, the government is continuing to practice financial fascism.

The new financial reform bill will make it illegal to invest in a new venture or start-up company for anyone who does not have a liquid net worth of $2.2 million or an annual income of roughly $450,000 if single or $675,000 if married - which rules out all but fewer than 1 percent of the population.

If this passes and is signed into law, Congress and the president will be saying to the American people, "Ninety-nine-plus percent of you are too stupid to know how to invest your own money." They think the rest of us are as irresponsible as they are.

What right do the financial fascists in Washington, who created the world's biggest financial Ponzi schemes (i.e., Social Security and Medicare) and the largest unsustainable debt in history, have to tell more than 99 percent of the rest of us what we can and cannot invest in?
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HEROIC DEFIANCE AND GOOD MANNERS Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Joel Wade   
Friday, 30 April 2010

"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." --Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow Call in "Lonesome Dove"

These words were said after Call had pounded a cavalry scout to a bloody pulp for beating his son.

Anyone familiar with this scene (one of my personal favorites) knows that Call's behavior, violent though it was, was appropriate to the time and the situation. He knew who he was, who the other people were, and what his role needed to be in that moment.

There is some confusion these days between good manners and blind obedience; and between bad behavior and heroic defiance. I thought it would be useful to clarify it a bit.  Especially because these distinctions are what distinguishes TeaPartyers from the vulgar, violent protests of the Left.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH Print E-mail
Written by To The Point News   
Friday, 30 April 2010

The difference between the North and the South clearly explained....at last

The North has Bloomingdale's; 
the South has Dollar General . 

The North has coffee houses; 
the South has Waffle Houses . 

The North has dating services; 
the South has family reunions. 

The North has switchblade knives; 
the South has .45's 

The North has the Rust Belt;
the South has the Bible Belt .
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HALF-FULL REPORT 04/23/10 Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Friday, 23 April 2010

Jack Kelly asked this week:  Are there no limits to Democrat corruption?  The corollary question is:  Is there no end to Democrat fascism?  Day by day, the evidence mounts:  the answers are:  no limits, no end.

Prominent political analyst Michael Barone's term for fascism is Gangster Government, and accuses Zero and the Democrats of instituting it.  The Dodd Bailout Bill of "financial reform" is a perfect example.  He notes:

"Republicans have been accurately attacking the Dodd bill for authorizing bailouts of big Wall Street firms and giving them unfair advantages over small competitors. They might want to add that it authorizes Gangster Government -- the channeling of vast sums from the politically unprotected to the politically connected."

The extent of this can be seen in this five page list of exemptions or "carve-outs" in the 1,400 page Bailout Bill.

As TTPer "Rockymount" observes on the Forum, the Bailout Bill will place "the President and his Czars in complete control of this nation's financial system."  Can't get a lot more fascist than that.  The Dems, though, disagree.  They think they're  just getting started.
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THE MUSEUM OF BARBARISM IN THE ISLAND OF LOVE Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler   
Thursday, 22 April 2010

Paphos, Cyprus.  There are 45 countries in Europe -- and when I got the chance to take a look at the only one I hadn't yet been to, I couldn't pass it up.  So here I am in Cyprus.

Let's begin our story with Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, who was born here.  Then we'll talk about Audrey Hepburn, Lazarus, Richard the Lion-Heart, Snow White, and Othello before we get to the Museum of Barbarism. 

We'll wrap it up with what I would recommend regarding Cyprus to President Palin.
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COULD AMERICA BECOME ARGENTINA? Print E-mail
Written by Richard Rahn   
Friday, 23 April 2010

A century ago, if you had told typical citizens of Argentina (which at that time was enjoying the fourth-highest per capita income in the world) that it would decline to become just the 76th richest nation on a per capita basis in 2010, they probably would not have found it believable.

They might have responded, "This could not happen; we are a nation rich in natural resources, with a great climate for agriculture. Our people are well educated and largely descended from European stock. We have property rights, the rule of law and an open free-market economy."

But the fact is, Argentina has been going downhill for eight decades, and it now has one of worst sovereign credit ratings in the entire world - on a par with Pakistan and lower than Bangladesh. Argentina, despite its natural resources and human capital, has managed to throw it all away.

Argentina did not become relatively poor because of having been involved in destructive conflicts. It became poor because it has had a series of both democratically elected leaders and non-elected dictators who never missed an opportunity to make the wrong economic decisions.
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ARE THERE NO LIMITS TO DEMOCRAT CORRUPTION? Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Think of it as Obamacare for banks.

Like Obamacare, the massive financial "reform" bill introduced by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT, addresses a serious problem... but would, at great expense, make a bad situation much worse.

Most of us are painfully aware the subprime mortgage crisis nearly destroyed our economy.

At the heart of the crisis was fraud.  Money was lent to poor credit risks who couldn't pay it back.  For instance, a strawberry picker in Bakersfield, California, with an income of $14,000 a year was lent $724,000.

How could firms such as Countrywide Mortgage and Long Beach Savings which were making such loans expect to make money on them?  By being protected by the most corrupt senator on Capitol Hill -- Chris Dodd.  And now Mr. Dodd wants a Bailout Bill that makes that protection permanent and endlessly taxpayer-funded.
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THE SMEAR OF SEDITION Print E-mail
Written by Jack Kelly   
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

What a difference an election can make!

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism," we were told by leading pundits and Democrat politicians from Jan. 20, 2001 to Jan. 19, 2009.

And, according to these same worthies, there were few more noble ways to express dissent than protest demonstrations, which were frequent during the Bush administration.  For some, this was true even if the demonstrations turned violent.

"Rioting is the voice of the unheard," Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, told the Los Angeles Times after the Rodney King riots in 1992. 

Their attitudes have changed since Jan. 20, 2009.  Today, criticism of the president is "borderline sedition," said Time columnist Joe Klein.  It could lead to another Oklahoma City bombing, warned former President Bill Clinton.
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DON'T WORRY AMERICA – ISRAEL IS BEHIND YOU Print E-mail
Written by Caroline Glick   
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Israel's status as the US's most vital ally in the Middle East has been so widely recognized for so long that over the years, Israeli and American leaders alike have felt it unnecessary to explain what it is about the alliance that makes it so important for the US.

This week - April 19 - we celebrate Israel's 62nd Independence Day.  As the Obama administration is openly distancing the US from Israel while giving the impression that Israel is a strategic impediment to the administration's attempts to strengthen its relations with the Arab world, recalling why Israel is the US's most important ally in the Middle East has become a matter of some urgency.

Much is made of the fact that Israel is a democracy. But we seldom consider why the fact that Israel is a representative democracy matters. The fact that Israel is a democracy means that its alliance with America reflects the will of the Israeli people. As such, it remains constant regardless of who is power in Jerusalem.

All of the US's other alliances in the Middle East are with authoritarian regimes whose people do not share the pro-American views of their leaders. The death of leaders or other political developments are liable to bring about rapid and dramatic changes in their relations with the US.
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CONSERVATIVE DYNAMISM AND LIBERAL BONDAGE Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Joel Wade   
Friday, 23 April 2010

There is a fundamental difference between liberals and conservatives in terms of what they want for their fellow man. One is an open vision of expansion and unpredictable possibilities, the other is a limited vision with a pre-determined endpoint that can never be reached, but only more and more closely approached.

To conserve is to hold constant, to preserve, to save. What we as modern conservatives in America are trying to conserve are the founding principles of our country, which have allowed the greatest expansion of human possibility in the history of mankind.  This is conservative dynamism.

The liberal position is built on a fundamental rejection of human nature, and seeks to equalize what cannot really ever be equalized. But in pursuit of this hypothetical equality, they are willing to unleash the full power of all levels of government to force people to do all kinds of limiting behaviors.  This is liberal bondage.
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