What a bad month for Obama. After working with the House to jam Cap-n-Tax down our collective throats, it looked like nothing could derail the Obama express. Already, ObamaStimulus, well under way – or not – showed signs of not working. So much so that His Highness found himself forced to invent new wording to describe his failed stimulus philosophy – jobs saved or created. Like we would fall for that one.

After ObamaCap-n-Tax, Captain America along with his first mate Nancy Pelosi, rubbed their hands together in unbridled excitement, sensing the fruition of liberal wishes all across the great land of Obamatopia. Certainly the Greek Gods smiled down upon them. Soon they would be replaced by The One. Then came the bad news. Not so fast Captain Disaster.

For some reason, liberals hate reading. They don’t read bills, they don’t read the Constitution – I am not sure they are aware of the document – and they don’t read the American people. When a Gallup poll showed America shifting towards conservatism – they wrote it off, ignored it, tried to explain it away; anything but admit it. Liberals everywhere found it inconceivable and beyond imagining that the sheeple of this country found their way of governing to be – well – distasteful and undesirable. They were “shocked” at the Tea Party protests, and “shocked” as they found themselves outnumbered at their own planned venues designed to fill our hearts will love for the social engineering of medicine. Outnumbered by conservative vermin- sometimes at a ratio of 10-to-1.

Disinformation, they protested. His Highness jumped on board – claiming the Republican’s disinformation campaign concerning his beloved health care was “destroying my presidency”. Interesting that he also admitted, along with many members of the House and Senate, that he was unaware of most of the aspects of the bill. In short, he had not read it, or even bothered to have someone read it for him. The argument of “I don’t know the facts, but I conclude the other side is distorting them”, falls flat on an American public that – surprise! – possess a great deal more smarts than the elites in the Washington liberal establishment and their fellow pirates at MoveOn, Daily Kos, and most of the media outlets give them credit for. Of course, Obama is well aware the scaffolding of the bill serves the purpose of killing private insurance and forcing everyone onto the “public plan”. The real disinformation campaign is by Obama and the liberals on the Utopian ship to Nowhere. Only a liberal could look you in the face, claim you are lying, and know who the real liar is. If not a liberal, then someone very neurotic – but then they are the same, are they not? But I digress.

Some not so liberal Democrats, their heads screwed on straight after suffering through the backlash on Cap-n-Tax from their constituents, noticed they had a backbone and were not the puppets of Madam Pelosi and His Highness. A crack in the wall appeared.

Then came the plummeting poll numbers for Obama’s policies, and the latest Rasmussen poll that has Obama’s approval index at -11. The recipe for disaster is almost complete. Martha Stuart would be proud:

• Add one measure of cap-n-tax passed by the House.
• Add an element of surprise to many representatives at their constituent’s anger for the rushed passing of the debacle that is cap-n-tax
• Add a few level headed Blue Dogs democrats to the liberal mix
• Let boil for a couple of weeks as health care is debated
• Add enough rope to the roiling stew to allow His Highness to hang himself at a presser pushing socialized health care
• Add more rope to allow His Highness to hang himself with additional controversial statements concerning a certain police officer and a teacher at Harvard. Proclamtions our Dear Leader predicated on the statement he possessed none of the facts. Sound familiar?
• Add plunging poll numbers and a missed August deadline for health reform
• Add an entire congressional recess for the public’s intelligence to be further insulted by liberal advertisements touting how well the government runs things and sound the praises for the gift that is socialized health care without actually calling it socialized health care. Watch in amazement as they keep trying to tell us that we can keep our current plan if we like it. Nothing about pushing out private insurance on an exchange where it is forced to compete with the “public option”. Nothing to see here, just move along.
• Simultaneously add in advertisements that show the truth of liberal diversion and legislative tactics concerning said socialized health care and what “the public plan” really means. Higher costs, rationing, and the death of ingenuity. Not to mention control over when you will die. Thanks a lot for the hard work grandma, but the sad fact is, your just too darn old and not worth saving, so perform your duty for the collective and just die already will you. Government as God.
• During this month, mix in an earful of complaints and outright anger directed at representatives and senators who suddenly find the fear of God a constant companion as their re-election in 2010 hangs in the balance.
• Lastly, mix in additional plunging poll numbers for His Highness, especially given that The Obama-conomy: “It’s worse than you think”

  Let it all stew and watch Obama’s liberal castle crumble around his ears. This is not to say His Most High can’t do any damage in the 3 1/2 years remaining, even with the slaughter for liberalism that will be the 2010 elections. His Highness will drag this country through the mud as often as possible, but we have weathered worse. It will take a long time to get rid of the taste of the ObamaNation.

  In closing, I had the opportunity to watch Zach Galifianakis, of “The Hangover” fame in a film titled “Visioneers”. An odd little movie to be sure, but with many poignant points. In this world of the future, dreams are considered bad. Both in the literal sense – as when sleeping – and in the figurative sense – such as possessing them. Having either or both types of dreams can lead to one exploding – in the literal sense (I told you the movie was a bit odd). I won’t give away the plot, but there is one scene in the move when the protagonist is told that in order to get rid of dreams, it is important to kill that which is most important to you. For most of us, this would be our family or a loved one. In the context of this country, that would be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or as my Naval friend says, “Life, liberty, and the happiness of pursuit”.

  Then it struck me. That is exactly what socialism is – what liberalism is. It is the overt and often covert attempt to level the playing field by making everyone as miserable as everyone else. No more excellence allowed in this utopia. If you succeed, we will punish you and take away the fruits of your labor. Anyone found possessing ambition or passion will be trampled upon, ridiculed, pilfered, and outcast. No dreams allowed, except those provided for by the state. Do not think for yourself, do not think for others; do not think, period. Mediocrity and blandness are the order of the day and we will all be equal, not under God, but under the clenching fist of Government, for Government is now your God, and that other god is no longer allowed, for there is only one true God, known as “The State”.

  For now, just call Him Obama.

  In other news and opinion:

  Jonah Goldberg hits the proverbial nail on the head: None dare say rationing:

  Let us for a moment adopt the proposition that health care is in fact a “right,” as pretty much every liberal politician has told us.

  Now let us consider how President Obama’s health-care bill would work. An official body – staffed with government doctors, actuaries, economists and other experts – will determine which treatments, procedures and remedies are cost-effective and which are not. Then it will decide which ones will get paid for, and which won’t. Democrats call this “cost-controls.” But for the patient and the doctor, it’s plain old rationing.

  Now, imagine if the government had a body of experts charged with figuring out what your free-speech rights are, or right to assemble, or worship. Mr. Jones, you can say X and Y but not Z. Ms. Smith, you can freely assemble with Aleutians, Freemasons and carpenters, but you may not meet in public with anyone from Cleveland or of Albanian descent. Mrs. Wilson, you may pray to Vishnu and Crom, but never to Allah or Buddha, and when you do pray, you cannot do so for longer than 20 minutes, unless it is one of several designated holidays. See Extended Prayer Form 10-22B.

  Michelle Malkin: “The siren call of judicial activism”. Here is to hoping that, one day, a majority of our federal legislature suddenly decides that judicial activism is grounds for impeachment. If judges are allowed to continue to invent law from the bench, then the constitution is nothing but a piece of paper. We already have a group of people to do that – Congress. Remember that strange concept called separation of powers? It is not a hurdle to be overcome – it is written in the very fabric of this land.

  Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey: New Dem strategy on ObamaCare: Ignore the evidence and just trust us!. No thanks. I would sooner trust a used car salesman or a snake oil peddler.

  Call it faith-based economics. Just forget all of those people who make a living at looking at balance sheets, cost projections, and legislative analysis — trust us! For a party that screeched about returning science to its “rightful place” in policymaking, they seem highly enamored of tarot cards and entrail-reading when it comes to their own fiscal policies.

  Glenn Reynold’s on Michelle Malkin’s Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies. Read it, buy it for a loved one, pass it on.

  Emperor Misha I eviscerates in the usual fascinating fashion, exposing Obama and his Latin American advisor. Kinds of puts things in perspective. Read Pieces Coming Together.

  The CNN political ticker reports: RNC commits nearly $1 million on health care campaign. Now that’s change put to good use. More of the same, please! See the story for a list of the Democrat targets. I don’t think CNN will allow the trackback to my story – as they have in the past. Fair and balanced? I think not. Puppets who like to have their strings pulled – you betcha. Am I surprised? Come on, take a guess…

  

Now this is getting fun. It’s like watching a good cage fight. Now The Hill is reporting that Blue Dog Democrats said they were “lied” to by their Democratic leaders (emphasis mine):

The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

“I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations.

“Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said.

Now that’s a good line for a commercial. I can hear it now….

Although those Blue Dogs were supposed to be headed back into another meeting of the Energy and Commerce Democrats, their anger was visible.

If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the only hope for passage of the bill in the House will be to go straight to the floor, an option leaders shied away from endorsing but said was an option.

But the Blue Dogs issued dire warnings to leaders contemplating that approach.

“Waxman simply does not have votes in committee and process should not be bypassed to bring the bill straight to floor,” Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the lead Blue Dog negotiator, said on Friday. “We are trying to save this bill and trying to save this party.”

Melancon said there would be 40-45 “solid no” votes from the 52-strong Blue Dogs, among other problems throughout the caucus.

“If they try to bring it to the floor, I think they’ll find out they have more problems than the Blue Dogs.”

A leadership aide said no decisions have been made on how to proceed.

Ouch.

So far I have to say I am proud of the Blue Dogs for standing on principle. The big question is whether they have the character and gumption to continue to stand together against the liberal tide and do what is right for this country.

Here is a great list from Tea Party Patriots that provides not only which committee each representative is on, but whether they are Blue Dog. Call the Energy Committee members, especially Waxman. Lend the Blue Dogs your support.

From Michelle Malkin: Waxman wants Blue Dogs to heel, signals committee bypass

Just how bad is it for the opposition? Dallas Tea Party activists outflank MoveOn at Obamacare protest

Hot Air: Waxman threatens to bypass own committee.

From the Houston Chronicle: Conservative Dems rebel on health bill:

Conservative Democrats in the House are rebelling against their party leaders and trying to put the brakes on the push to pass a health care overhaul by August.

The fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition plans to present a letter to House Democratic leaders Thursday raising concerns about costs and other issues and asking for more time, members of the group tell The Associated Press.

Democratic Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas says that if the Democrats’ liberal legislative plan came to the floor as proposed, an “overwhelming majority” of his group would oppose it. The Blue Dogs claim 52 members so that could endanger the bill.

The move comes just as House Democratic leaders are trying to finalize the proposed legislation and unveil it Friday.

In other news, Obama dreams he is captain of the Titanic and Barbara Boxer dreams that global warming is actually real. Meanwhile, the rest of us are dreaming of bringing back tar-and-feathering. Traditional solutions for the truly incompetent.

Michelle Malkin has a report from a health care counter protest.

Monica in North Carolina e-mailed me this afternoon: “Just fyi, we heard that moveon.org was promoting a “Public health option” rally today at 12 in front of Kay Hagan’s office- D, NC. We spread the word and outnumbered them more than FOUR to ONE! We had a great time and even used some logic as we sparred with the liberals, which of course, they don’t understand.

Ed Morrissey on the postponement of cap-and-trade in the senate. Sink baby, sink!

When your enemy is in the midst of making a mistake, don’t interrupt him — Napoleon Bonaparte

The House is set to vote on the Cap-and-Trade money pilfering scheme. As I indicated in a yesterday’s post, Ian Pilimer’s book, available now at Heaven And Earth: Global Warming – The Missing Science, changed the view of Australians.

In particular, the book has created a backlash against what now recognized in that country as a hoax of grand proportions, visited on us by liberals for decades. It is an industry of deceit, designed to save a planet that that does not need saving and, if it does, nothing we do will make even the smallest of differences. In the end, it is our economy that will need saving. The book exposes, in ways that cannot be disputed by intelligent scientists, that global warming in not man-made, and that it is the Sun/Earth system responsible for warming and cooling periods – just like it has been for billions of years. It is amazing that those who swear by the tenants of Darwinism could, in the same breath, ignore the fact the earth has cooled and heated multiple times throughout history and pre-history. However, stupid is as stupid does and it looks like the House has the votes – for now.

The question remains – will the Senate have the votes? This is where things get interesting. It takes 60 votes to stop a filibuster and with Robert Byrd and Ted Kennedy out, it comes down to any conversvative Democrats looking for re-election in 2010 mid-terms and how much the RNC, Republican politicians, bloggers, and radio show hosts educate the public through the median of television, radio, and the internet. Once American’s learn about what this bill has to offer in terms of pilfering money from their wallets then even a few Republican’s in the Senate with a propensity to vote with the half-wits may quickly change their mind. Already Rep. Doc Hastings over at The Hill’s Congress Blog has this to say:

On Monday, Democrat Representatives Henry Waxman and Ed Markey released an updated 1,200 page National Energy Tax bill. Unfortunately, the bill continues to contain a variety of measures that will devastate our economy and worsen the recession.

In addition to spiking Americans’ energy bills, 2.5 million Americans can expect to lose their job because of this bill, according to the National Black Chamber of Commerce. But instead of providing substantial support for jobless Americans, Democrats have actually crafted a bill that delivers more support for wildlife and trees in foreign countries. In fact, this bill provides four times as much to wildlife/natural resources/domestic adaptation, four times as much to international adaptation (i.e. – foreign aid) and clean technology transfer, and five times as much to tropical forests than they provide for Americans who lose their job because of this bill.

During a serious economic recession, do Democrats really believe that Congress should pass legislation that will send more American jobs to China and India, and more America dollars to wildlife and tropical trees in foreign countries? This is one more sign that Democratic Leaders are out of touch with the needs of struggling Americans.

Republicans believe there is a better way to help create new jobs and address our energy crisis. The American Energy Act is an all-of-the-above plan that will develop all types of American-made energy, including renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, hydropower, nuclear and biomass, while also producing more American-made oil and natural gas. Instead of moving the National Energy Tax bill, Democrat Leaders should immediately hold a vote on a comprehensive energy plan.

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The cost of this monstrosity in terms of jobs and increased energy costs is well documented. The bill is so large, those voting on it have not even read the whole thing yet. However, a silver lining does exist. If the House does pass the bill, a targeted and aggressive campaign can and should kill the bill in the Senate. This campaign should continue at regular intervals as the 2010 mid-terms approach. Combined with the cost of healthcare reform, the education of the American voter will lead to a backlash against anyone in a purple or blue state who voted for this legislation, which basically is nothing more than legalizing governmental theft.

In a way, though, the passage of this legislation by the Senate would also be a mixed blessing. The damage to an economy in recession, especially if combined with healthcare reform, will hardly go unnoticed. The subsequent bloodbath the Democrats will experience in 2010 should provide enough votes to overturn the legislation and, if necessary, kill Obama’s chance of re-election if he finds himself able to keep it alive with a veto. That is, if the Republican’s have the guts to act like leaders, and I am not talking about Colin Powell style Republicans either or cuddly-cozy Republicans too intellectually embalmed to actually do anything. They remind me of those fainting goats that seize up when frightened.

In the end, though, it is people like you and me who will make the difference. Today is the day to concentrate on the house. To that end, Michelle Malkin has an excellent call-to-arms with a link to find out who your representative is.

Make your voice heard. If we can kill this in the House, all the better. Send those emails, make those phone calls, and fax your representative. Do all of these today. That is, unless you don’t care about mortgaging your children’s future to a bunch of greedy bastards.

An old idiom states that a fool who persists in his folly becomes wise. It is obvious to this citizen the author of this statement was unable to imagine the modern politician.

More accurately, I think it is far more accurate to say there is no cure for stupid.

Glenn Reynolds on the bill:

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY ON WAXMAN-MARKEY: “The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on an anti-stimulus package that in the name of saving the earth will destroy the American economy. Smoot-Hawley will seem like a speed bump.”

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air posts: Cap and trade vote today, complete with AP spin; Update: 300-page, last-minute amendment. Will the insanity ever stop?

The Club For Growth – 15 Reasons to Oppose Climate Change

Ah, how bittersweet to hear a self-labeled independent bemoan his selection of Barack Hussein Obama to the highest office in the land. Short of temper, long on incredulity, the blank look in their eyes like the thousand yard stare of someone in complete shock as circumstances around them spiral out of control. They have learned powerful lessons – that voting sans objectivity lacks intelligence and foresight, that dangerous consequences exist for decisions made on baseless emotional grounds, and the man they helped elect is destroying the very fabric of this country.

Should you find yourself faced with a similar tortured soul, remember to practice tough love. To ensure the lesson is driven home, remind them of the opportunity this country once provided and how their vote mortgaged the dreams of generations to come, their children and grandchildren now held hostage to a system whose only mass produced commodity is mediocrity and economic slavery. Don’t flinch as their eyes widen in horror, but stare them down, for it is this lesson that must stay with them for years to come, when opportunities to fix today’s mess present themselves in voting booths across this country.

Liberalism is an affliction, its adherents suffering from delusions of adequacy, their sense of purpose derived not by encouraging independence, but by chipping away at the very dignity of what it means to be a human being. Self-reliance gives way to reliance on the state, the very foundation of liberal thinking a child of nihilism’s will-to-power. Myopic in their lack of capacity to realize the foundation of their beliefs rest on the assumption that the very ground of reality is emptiness, that only an ephemeral conception called humanity possesses the capacity to bootstrap itself and change its very nature.

Wait, you may say, Christians are liberals. To these people I point out the bipolar nature of liberal thought – that one can be a Christian, even act outwardly like a Christian, but inwardly and often unconsciously and implicitly act the nihilist. What nihilism as a movement fails to realize is its own absurdity and contradiction. If reality is meaningless at its deepest and most fundamental level, then so are our thoughts about it. Nihilism negates everything…except itself. It is not radical enough to be objective. If it were, it would be practical to the point of utility, lending itself to a sort of pragmatism that does not ignore the nature of the world and attempt to mold it into something palatable.

As such it is as much a religion as Christianity. I can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God any more than a nihilist can provide objective evidence for their belief. Adherents to the tenants of nihilism seem incapable of recognizing the self-contradiction of attempting to create meaning where none exists. Why attempt a philosophy at all if your belief is that the ground of being is meaningless? It is like one is attempting to create a meaningful meaninglessness. If the original assumption is true, then any subsequent philosophy lacks a foundation. Perhaps that is why liberals love to tear down the founding principles of society – if you lack a foundation, then by extension, so should society. The core beliefs that made a country great now become fodder for destruction, their very existence distasteful to the warped liberal mind.

The fact of this self-contradiction now spreads itself into everyday actions and beliefs. It is now possible to believe we can change human nature, such as our propensity for conflict by appealing to a despotic leader’s logic while simultaneously allowing rampant sexual behavior to go unchecked. Why one instinct and not the other? PETA protects the animals, the ACLU protects the National Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), and if we could all just gather together and talk about our grievances then everything would be okay. Go ahead, Iranian diplomats, come on over to the White House for some hot dogs and a few beers.

Liberals are like cattle heading towards a cliff, and those who value freedom and independence are currently tethered to this self-destructive herd. Their subjugation of their will to government power and insistence that an entire society self-enslave themselves to the state calls into question the ability of liberals to think about any subject critically. This is not surprising as thinking is just one of many items in a liberal’s shopping bag of things the government should do for you.

This is particularly apparent in the global warming debate, something I will touch on tomorrow. In the meantime, here are a few posts today from fellow bloggers I found particularly interesting:

Michelle Malkin on more liberal madness. It appears the EPA is hiding climate change emails not helpful to the global warming narrative. Now I wonder why that is?

Karl on why an Obamacare public plan should be an easy target.

Gateway Pundit has the latest news on Iran. Where is Obama? I can’t help but feel horrible whenever I see pictures of injured and dead students. The Neda image is seared into my mind.

High levels of testosterone and testicular fortitude abound at the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. Emperor Misha I on our Pathetic leader.