Sunday, January 24, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Defeat From Above
Airborne! Our congratulations to fellow Army Reserve Officer Scott Brown on his upset victory over Martha Coakley and the Democratic machine in yesterday's senate election in Massachusetts.
Lessons Learned:
It may take a few days, but Attorney General Coakley should come to the realization that turning a blind eye to an assault in her presence is the wrong choice.
Ignoring a sexual assualt against a 23-month old doesn't help one's political aspirations either.
And why did Obama go to Massachusetts to campaign for Coakley? This was a strategic error on his part, as his visit acknowledged the link between the election and his commie health care plans. The day-after "Coakley screwed up" mantra is falling flat because of Obama's visit.
Another strategic error was to hold his $1 trillion 'stimulus' to buy votes in the Fall elections and not spend some of it this past month in Massachusetts. The GOP, like gun and ammo manufacturers, is experiencing unprecedented enthusiasm with no end in sight. This was an opportunity to slap us down and remind us that envy takes precedence over liberty.
A special Ushanka Tip to Michelle Malkin for keeping tabs on voter fraud yesterday. These single elections give us the ability to shine a very bright light on the ACORN and SEIU shenanigans. Michelle - lets find a way to do the same across all elections this Fall!
Random Thoughts and Predictions:
Why does our president say Health Care Reform legislation is desired by us proletarians when it will supposedly pass with a 60% majority in the senate, but not a 59% majority?
Will the Massachusetts 'independents' lib-out before the November elections? Their track record is grossly lacking. We're grateful for our victory yesterday, but sustaining pro-constitution and pro-limited government enthusiasm isn't a voter trait in that state.
Same question at the national level: Will our fellow tea-partiers hang up their ushankas and consider their job done? This isn't a hypothetical - we've noticed a severe drop in the activities of our local tea-party group.
Same question at the individual level: Will Brown lib-out? We have too many scars caused by the principled-turned-unprincipled. We quote the LT in Starship Troopers to express our feelings toward Brown, Palin and the others that excite us today: "You're it until you're dead, or we find someone better."
Biotech and Pharmaceutical stocks trended upward yesterday on the logical conclusion that their businesses will be better off with Brown in the Senate. Yet, according to Mona Charen, "...Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, AstraZeneca ... Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth and UnitedHealth all were sipping white wine with Coakley" a week ago at a fund raiser for the Democrat. We list these confused companies on purpose. One is a former employer.
Prediction: Obama will sign a health care reform bill. He still has significant majorities and theliberal progressive communist inspirations are too great for all the Democrats lucky enough to still hold office. Agree?
UPDATE 9:40am:
Too sweet!
U/T: Instapundit
We continue to ponder: After the 2006 election, Rumsfeld was out the next day. Bush heard the voters and held Secretary Rumsfeld accountable for the loss of focus in Iraq. Will Obama make any leadership or policy changes after yesterday's senate race, a race that he himself nationalized? Or will the only change be even less transparency?
Lessons Learned:
It may take a few days, but Attorney General Coakley should come to the realization that turning a blind eye to an assault in her presence is the wrong choice.
Ignoring a sexual assualt against a 23-month old doesn't help one's political aspirations either.
And why did Obama go to Massachusetts to campaign for Coakley? This was a strategic error on his part, as his visit acknowledged the link between the election and his commie health care plans. The day-after "Coakley screwed up" mantra is falling flat because of Obama's visit.
Another strategic error was to hold his $1 trillion 'stimulus' to buy votes in the Fall elections and not spend some of it this past month in Massachusetts. The GOP, like gun and ammo manufacturers, is experiencing unprecedented enthusiasm with no end in sight. This was an opportunity to slap us down and remind us that envy takes precedence over liberty.
A special Ushanka Tip to Michelle Malkin for keeping tabs on voter fraud yesterday. These single elections give us the ability to shine a very bright light on the ACORN and SEIU shenanigans. Michelle - lets find a way to do the same across all elections this Fall!
Random Thoughts and Predictions:
Why does our president say Health Care Reform legislation is desired by us proletarians when it will supposedly pass with a 60% majority in the senate, but not a 59% majority?
Will the Massachusetts 'independents' lib-out before the November elections? Their track record is grossly lacking. We're grateful for our victory yesterday, but sustaining pro-constitution and pro-limited government enthusiasm isn't a voter trait in that state.
Same question at the national level: Will our fellow tea-partiers hang up their ushankas and consider their job done? This isn't a hypothetical - we've noticed a severe drop in the activities of our local tea-party group.
Same question at the individual level: Will Brown lib-out? We have too many scars caused by the principled-turned-unprincipled. We quote the LT in Starship Troopers to express our feelings toward Brown, Palin and the others that excite us today: "You're it until you're dead, or we find someone better."
Biotech and Pharmaceutical stocks trended upward yesterday on the logical conclusion that their businesses will be better off with Brown in the Senate. Yet, according to Mona Charen, "...Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novartis, AstraZeneca ... Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, HealthSouth and UnitedHealth all were sipping white wine with Coakley" a week ago at a fund raiser for the Democrat. We list these confused companies on purpose. One is a former employer.
Prediction: Obama will sign a health care reform bill. He still has significant majorities and the
UPDATE 9:40am:
Too sweet!
U/T: Instapundit
We continue to ponder: After the 2006 election, Rumsfeld was out the next day. Bush heard the voters and held Secretary Rumsfeld accountable for the loss of focus in Iraq. Will Obama make any leadership or policy changes after yesterday's senate race, a race that he himself nationalized? Or will the only change be even less transparency?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Massachusetts
So we were ignoring the brohaha in Massachusetts. Just another off-cycle election in the most liberal of states. Then Charles Schumer hits us like a dagger to the heart: Scott Brown is a tea-partier! Well, that changes everything!
At risk of looking foolish 48 hours from now after either Coakley wins, or after Coakely's goons steal the election, here are a couple related videos for your enjoyment.
This one sets the standard. We wish we made it:
U/T: iOwnTheWorld
And two from our friends at The Nose On Your Face:
Found at Michelle Malkin:
It appears from this picture that Scott Brown is someone who can reach across the aisle. Just what America, and Massachusetts, needs in these times of peril.
At risk of looking foolish 48 hours from now after either Coakley wins, or after Coakely's goons steal the election, here are a couple related videos for your enjoyment.
This one sets the standard. We wish we made it:
U/T: iOwnTheWorld
And two from our friends at The Nose On Your Face:
Found at Michelle Malkin:
It appears from this picture that Scott Brown is someone who can reach across the aisle. Just what America, and Massachusetts, needs in these times of peril.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
A Communist in the White House
A gathering of the Pasadena Patriots/Altadena Tea Partiers, probably on orders from some FOX News executive or Dick Armey:
U/T: All Tea Partiers - stay strong and keep the faith!
U/T: All Tea Partiers - stay strong and keep the faith!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Surprised?
Can any frequent Ushanka.us reader honestly say they are shocked when liberals progressives communists lie?
U/T: Naked Emperer News
Now this is a useful app!
UPDATE 1.9:
U/T: Instapundit
U/T: Naked Emperer News
Now this is a useful app!
UPDATE 1.9:
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Stealth Care Reform | ||||
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U/T: Instapundit
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Shock on Christmas Day
Some were shocked that the threat of terrorism man-made disaster still exists, and that they would choose a religious holiday to attack.
The rest of us were shocked to learn people still want to fly to Detroit.
Shoe/ankle bombers are 0 for 2 now. Is there anyone in our national security agencies that think our luck may be running out? Or, are they too busy tracking all those right-wing extremists?
Stewart Baker from blog Skating on Stilts - his first of ten points:
Jules Crittenden:
Comments from President Obama:
Not available. On vacation in Hawaii.
Check out Steven Crowder's recent visit to Detroit:
UPDATE 1.8:
UPDATE 1.9:
U/T: DougM at SondraK
UPDATE 1.10:
The rest of us were shocked to learn people still want to fly to Detroit.
Shoe/ankle bombers are 0 for 2 now. Is there anyone in our national security agencies that think our luck may be running out? Or, are they too busy tracking all those right-wing extremists?
Stewart Baker from blog Skating on Stilts - his first of ten points:
1. According to early reports, the suspect is 23-year-old Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, and his name "appears to be included in the government's records of terrorist suspects, according to a preliminary review." The first question, then, is how he managed to get a visa to come to the United States.
Jules Crittenden:
If Al Qaeda is an idea in the hearts of jihadis everywhere, and he thinks he’s a part of it, why not grant him the full rights and privileges? Off to Guantanamo, give him a dunking, some AC/DC and Barney, you know, a little of the old “I love you, you love me,” and a military tribunal … oh yeah, never mind. Bungled attack by a wannabe in the post-post-9/11 era? Sounds like a suspended sentence, a couple years of probation, community service and maybe some counseling.
Comments from President Obama:
Not available. On vacation in Hawaii.
Check out Steven Crowder's recent visit to Detroit:
UPDATE 1.8:
UPDATE 1.9:
U/T: DougM at SondraK
UPDATE 1.10:
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Central Planning Preview
We are just days away from free healthcare.
The site, English Russia, has a post on the horrors of Moscow traffic.
Only closed-minded conservatives will connect these dots.
Those who chose this path will have to figure it out somewhere along that 6-month wait for an MRI...
Welcome to the new America. Welcome to Obama's America.
The site, English Russia, has a post on the horrors of Moscow traffic.
Only closed-minded conservatives will connect these dots.
Those who chose this path will have to figure it out somewhere along that 6-month wait for an MRI...
Welcome to the new America. Welcome to Obama's America.
Guns, and Liberal Logic
This bulletin board posting was photographed at Fort Benning - home to the Army's Infantry and our alma mater, The Benning School for Boys.
Of course, this is in response to the Fort Hood shooting.
If you're not a lib, let us explain: The US military is more interested in diversity than the safety of their personnel.
First, bases are designated 'gun-free' zones where only criminals may possess firearms. Only criminals may defend themselves. Besides, who's going to trust America's fighting soldier with a gun?!
Second, despite fighting a war started by religious fanatics, that same religion is embraced within our military. Those that find this a problem are clearly intolerant and don't belong in our multicultural military.
And now, because a muslim fanatic and criminal who was allowed to co-exist with America's best decided to shoot them, the law-abiding soldiers must now register their firearms. You see, this would have stopped the Fort Hood shooting and will identify those who have similar plans.
Now do you get it?
Pic from gun blogger Curtis Lowe.
Of course, this is in response to the Fort Hood shooting.
If you're not a lib, let us explain: The US military is more interested in diversity than the safety of their personnel.
First, bases are designated 'gun-free' zones where only criminals may possess firearms. Only criminals may defend themselves. Besides, who's going to trust America's fighting soldier with a gun?!
Second, despite fighting a war started by religious fanatics, that same religion is embraced within our military. Those that find this a problem are clearly intolerant and don't belong in our multicultural military.
And now, because a muslim fanatic and criminal who was allowed to co-exist with America's best decided to shoot them, the law-abiding soldiers must now register their firearms. You see, this would have stopped the Fort Hood shooting and will identify those who have similar plans.
Now do you get it?
Pic from gun blogger Curtis Lowe.