Monday Afternoon Cigar

Emergency cigar inventory alarms rang as our Santa Damiana stash was reduced, again, by one.

Google vs. Anti-Obama Blogs

Well, it appears it isn't Google, but a Flag feature Google offers in its Blogger blogs. It seems Obama supporters are flagging blogs that do not tow the line. The Google Blogger system disables blogs with X number of flags. The rumor is blogs are re-instated after review, although how long the review takes and the true objectivity of the reviewer is unknown.

We use Blogger and love it. Will Blogger accounts that FTP to another site be impacted by these Flags? We're confident these same Obama supporters will put down their white flags long enough to flag the ultimate anti-Obama blog - Ushanka.us!

Karl's Weekend Reading

Garry Kasparov writes in the WSJ of the new documentary of Anna Paolitkovskaya, one of the 13+ murdered Russian journalists during Putin's presidency. The title of the film is "Letter to Anna". He also expands on the political climate in Russia. Specifically the "soft censorship" that exists to keep political opponents from becoming a threat to the Putin-Medvedev reign. Article title: How Putin Muzzled Russia's Press.

John fund of the WSJ reminds us that "only one Democrat since FDR has won more than 50.1% of the popular vote". Article: No, McCain Isn't Doomed.

There is evidence that fall campaigns, which tend to focus voters on big-picture issues, usually help Republicans. In 1976, Gerald Ford was seen as a goner during the summer but rallied to finish only two points behind Jimmy Carter. A dozen years later, Michael Dukakis led George H.W. Bush in June and July. He lost by eight points in the fall. In 1992, Bill Clinton had a 10-point lead around Labor Day. He won by only five and a half points. Even Bob Dole closed a 12-point Labor Day gap to only eight points by November 1996. If that history is a guide, a focused McCain campaign that clearly contrasts conservative and liberal approaches to the issues should have a good chance of winning.

After all, it isn't easy for Democrats to win in a two-person race for president. Since FDR's last victory in 1944, only one Democrat – Lyndon Johnson in 1964 – has won 50.1% or more of the popular vote. Both of Bill Clinton's victories were aided by Ross Perot's presence on the ballot.

Michelle Malkin recommends we "bone up" on ACORN, the lefty group that gets 40% of its annual budget from the taxpayers and spends some of that $$ on political activism. This is the group Obama worked for as a 'Community Organizer'. (We'd like to see the improvements to that community that can be attributed to Obama... Do ACORN community organizers file fraudulent voter registrations, or is that another part of ACORN?) Two paragraphs selected below. See her full Townhall article, The ACORN Obama Knows.

Last July, ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State. Seven ACORN workers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter registration forms. According to case records, they flipped through phone books for names to use on the forms, including "Leon Spinks," "Frekkie Magoal" and "Fruto Boy Crispila." Three ACORN election hoaxers pleaded guilty in October. A King County prosecutor called ACORN's criminal sabotage "an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls."
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As the Consumer Rights League points out in its new expose, the ACORN Housing Corporation has worked to obtain mortgages for illegal aliens in partnership with Citibank. It relies on undocumented income, "under the table" money, which may not be reported to the Internal Revenue Service. Moreover, the group's "financial justice" operations attack lenders for "exotic" loans, while recommending 10-year interest-only loans (which deny equity to the buyer) and risky reverse mortgages. Whistleblower documents reveal internal discussions among the group that blur the lines between its tax-exempt housing work and its aggressive electioneering activities. The group appears to shake down corporate interests with relentless PR attacks, and then enters "no lobby" agreements with targeted corporations after receiving payment.

Thursday Night Cigar

The most expensive Davidoff in our humidor burned in honor of the SCOTUS decision validating our individual right to use firearms for self defense. Of course, we don't own any firearms... so the opposite decision would not have impacted us in any way... If you believe that, you must be smoking a Davidoff too, and inhaling!

U/T for Obamunism graphic: Jawa Report

"Too Controversial"

Pajamas Media has declined to help us advertise the Commie Obama line of fashionable headwear and the high-end Leninade beverage because the products, the site, and the concepts are "too controversial".

They manage advertising for some of the best blogs out there, including Little Green Footballs, HotAir and the Jawa Report. Sites that have been know to post controversial content... on occasion. Content, by the way, without the humor our Commie Obama campaign is known for.

While we're often hard on the MSM, we have been treated fairly in interviews by CNN, Fox News, and the Washington Post. Pajamas Media, clearly biased in our favor, cowers at the site of our hat. Some stand by a group that claims to target bias in the old media...

We know where our first order will originate if we ever expand our product line to include testicles.

Obama's Presidential Seal

Jon Stewart pokes fun at Obama's pseudo-presidential seal at Comedy Central:

U/T: HotAir

Karl Rove opines in the WSJ on June 26, "It's All About Obama":

Many candidates have measured the Oval Office drapes prematurely. But Barack Obama is the first to redesign the presidential seal before the election.

His seal featured an eagle emblazoned with his logo, and included a Latin version of his campaign slogan. This was an attempt by Sen. Obama to make himself appear more presidential. But most people saw in the seal something else – chutzpah – and he's stopped using it. Such arrogance – even self-centeredness – have featured often in the Obama campaign.

Some right-wingers have made their own modifications of the seal. Here is ours:

Obama, The Religion

A great piece by Ivan Betinov at ThePeoplesCube:

"He will lead the people out of the bondage of Capitalism and into the Pure Light of a new consciousness, where all things are held in common, where all sickness will be cured by caring doctors and compassionate public health service nurses. The Wealthy shall give to the poor, until there is no wealth. The artificial borders that separate the peoples of the Earth will be nullified, and the Earth herself will begin to heal. The waters shall recede, the sun shall smile on a green and fertile land."

"We look with favor upon the nomination," pronounced Hans Bedlamite, leader of the Goreman delegation. "We feel that it in fact is more of an anointing than a nomination, that the divine hand of Mother Gaia is at work here. He has promised that He will consult with the Goremans on all ecological policies, and with that we are wonderfully pleased."

Obama Plays the Race Card

Once the momentum builds, we may not remember who started talking about race, and when. If Obama is saying he has to defend against racial attacks, that must mean McCain, or his loony hat-wearing right-wingers must be attacking his race. Obama wouldn't bring up the need to defend against racism if there wasn't any racism. Right?

Here are three headlines from today. It appears that the MSM is just as anxious as Obama to defend against all this racism...

CNN: Obama, McCain gear up for race-based attacks

RGJ.com: Obama braces for race-based ads as GOP vows fair but tough campaign

Reuters: Obama's race a campaign issue: poll, interviews

If Obama and the MSM continue to distract and to steer the election dialogue to race, and away from wealth redistribution, gun control, socialized medicine or any other commie inspiration... Obama might win the election.

You heard it here first.

UPDATE 6.24: Or, maybe you heard it here first! Check out Cass' post at Villainous Company. We added her to our blogroll, and copied the image below from her post. U/T: Cass!

Liberal Newspapers in Decline

Why would biased bourgeois newspapers care about profits? There are more important things than revenue, profit margins and other capitalist endeavours, such as maintaining the combined Obama-distraction and Bush-bashing campaigns long enough to fool 51% of the electorate in November. So we doubt today's news means anything to them...

However, the news today that ad revenues are down 8% in the past year for the nation's newspapers, and that commie cornerstone The San Francisco Chronicle is losing over a million dollars a week, warms our Proletarian heart.

NYT's 5-year chart:

No Hats in Pubs

The loss of freedoms in the UK continues with the hat ban in pubs.  It seems the elaborate surveillance camera system (1 camera for every 14 citizens) isn't effective against scoundrels with hats.

This will be our first use of the new label: Slippery Slope.  We'll go back and update our other posts accordingly.