DIGITAL BROWNSHIRTS: UC Law Prof Retires From Blogging After Tax Post Spawns ‘Electronic Lynch Mob,’ Threatening His Family.

These are Obama’s supporters.

and here: http://www.nationalreview.com/battle10/247666/nevada-senate-forum-turns-raucous-ends-fist-fight-elizabeth-crum

and here:

On September 23, 2010, at a speech by Gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber, a citizen was violently assaulted.

Approximately 10 minutes into the speech the moderator informs the public not to film. The citizen continues to film, stating it is his First Amendment Right. The camera is smashed into his face. This is clearly seen on the video.

from the Mises Institute ...

Declaration of Independence (1776): “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…”

A Pledge to America (GOP, 2010): “Whenever the agenda of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to institute a new governing agenda and set a different course.”

Remember when Obama said it was wrong for corporations to send people to Vegas? Investigation: 140 Census Bosses Took Vegas Trip. “The trip cost an estimated $100,000 in airfare, meals and hotel costs and is coming under withering criticism from a Colorado congressman.” Spending restraint, like taxes, is for the little people.

A year or so ago i did a "meme" about the change of seasons .... that it's not just the moon and it's not just a date on the calendar.  It's a feeling.  A sense memory.  And James Lileks understands this.

The smell is gone but we’d know it in a second if it wafted through the neighborhood again. We might think: das ist verboten! And then we would drink it in, deep, and let it all come back: apples, red-plaid-jacket-with-the-elastic-around-the-wrists, gonna be Spiderman for Halloween, wet leaves plastering the lawn, the strange feeling you get on the walk home from school and you see the name of the concrete contractor with the ancient date of 1957, the minor chord in your piano lesson this week, the feelings you get when you walk past the first-grade class on your way out of 6th grade and you feel old – it’s good, it’s sad – and all the other wraiths that assemble on a fall day and pat you on the back. It’s not a reassurance, you realize eventually – it’s just a hand that guides you gently towards the vault of winter.

 You'll wanna read him all the time ... http://lileks.com/bleat/

from Powerline

Another Democrat's Shameful Racism

Democrats are generally high-minded--can't we all just get along?--until they are in danger of losing. Then the truth comes out. Loretta Sanchez is a liberal California Democrat who poses as a moderate. This year, she faces a strong challenge from Republican Van Tran. Sanchez's polling must be turning negative, because she has launched--in Spanish--a racist attack against Van Tran and his supporters.

Prepare to be disgusted as you see this liberal Democrat fire up her Spanish-speaking base by telling them that "the Vietnamese and the Republicans are trying to take away this seat."

It will be interesting to see whether a single prominent Democrat will denounce, or even distance himself from, Sanchez's racism. My guess is that the number of Democrats who do so will be zero. If that is the case, what can we conclude about the Democratic Party, historically the party of slavery and Jim Crow?

You can follow the link above to contribute to Van Tran's campaign.

UPDATE: This story is starting to trickle out, as the Orange County Register covered it, and now the Associated Press has taken notice.

"Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land," President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.

The United States of America declared its independence in 1776.

I generally frown on these "are you better off now" doodads but of course I can't help but smile when I see one I LIKE!

Donks currently running for office  seem to be taking the "we approach the midterm elections is that Americans have to vote for Democrats in November so the nation doesn't go back to the way things were when Republicans ran everything" tack.  Good idea?  Let's take a look.

The Dems took cotrol of the House and Senate in 2007.  

• In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it's 9.6 percent.
• In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million.
• In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it's $179,300.
• In January 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 12,500; today it's at 10,840.
• In January 2007 the gross federal debt was $9 trillion; today it's $13.5 trillion.
• The poverty rate in 2006 was 12.3 percent; now it's 14.3 percent
• In the final budget created by a GOP-controlled Congress, the deficit was $160 billion; now it's $1.6 trillion.