Where are the Manners??

Didn't the gang at the National Republican Congressional Committee get the McCain memo?

"Thou shall not offend the Progressives!"

You would think there are some on the Right that aren't going to go into November without a fight. Just crazy.

Golden State in Decline

A fitting post for our Slippery Slope series, the news from our temporary home state says it all:

July 25 - AP: California bans restaurants from using trans fats

California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus.

July 29 - AP: Los Angeles wants to take bite out of fast food

The City Council was poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand-in-hand with obesity.

And what did we Californians do in response? We rolled over. Again.

The John Edwards Affair

We waited on this story until we could make it 'fit' in the Ushanka.us theme. Today it did with American Thinker's piece (links below) on the scandal. Not the John Edwards mistress scandal. Not the John Edwards love-child scandal. No, the scandal of the MSM who collectively chose to ignore this story. Can't we take a day off from the hourly updates of President Obama's latest pronouncements?

American Thinker - The Edwards Scandal is Now an MSM Scandal

The major media have virtually ignored the entire story, despite what appears to be rather convincing evidence assembled by the Enquirer. Fox News was able to find a corroborating witness, but the rest of the media has 86'd the story, despite its obvious appeal to a public that can't get enough when it comes to scandal.

National Enquirer - Latest Update: $15k/month checks to mistress

National Enquirer - Original Story

Pic from Nat'l Enquirer

A personal note: we think this is just sad.

Wednesday Afternoon Cigar

We listened to three days of Rush Limbaugh podcasts today as we smoked a Santa Damiana in honor of his radio show's 20th anniversary. Rush, looking forward to 20 more years!

Practice Random Acts of Sabotage

Freedom's enemies are catching some bad breaks lately.

The latest in a string of 'accidents' in Iran involved a military convoy that was destroyed, with 15 dead. In May, another incident at a "mosque in Shiraz that had just finished staging an exhibition of Iran’s latest military hardware". And earlier still, a train derails - as it was transporting weapons to Syria.

And yesterday, a blast destroyed a Hamas training camp in Gaza.

Glad to see the gloves are coming off. This is change we can believe in!

Tuesday Afternoon Cigar

Rocky Patel Edge burned down to the fingertips.

G & A

The ripples of the Heller decision have made it to Morton Grove, Illinois. The first American town to fully ban handguns is dropping their ban.

We won't be happy until America resembles a more mature, evolved and enlightened culture. Like Israel's.

Environmentalists

Penn and Teller call them "joiners". We call them communists.

These guys do a great presentation of both sides. Too bad one side looks like a bunch of fools.

Penn and Teller - Bullshit! - Environmental Hysteria

U/T: LGF

Cult of Personality

We didn't think of mentioning this, as any Ushanka.us reader worth his salt already knows, the Obama revolution has many similarities with the Bolshevik revolution.

Good LT at The Jawa Report put these two images together for comparison and draws the same conclusion. He also offers a link to an American Thinker post from April with similar comparisons.

Sure, we are just paranoid.

More images at our Commie Obama store!

Don't Question Obama's Patriotism

A new McCain ad. Well done. Well timed.

Had Obama chosen to meet with the wounded troops, we bet he would have worn his lapel pin...

Update 7.27: Found this pic in the archives.