The most bang-on political assessment I’ve read coming out of the mainstream conservative opinion sites in quite some time. Michael Walsh, NRO:
Is anyone surprised that a local judge has issued a temporary restraining order against . . . well, against Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican party of Wisconsin? Yes, a mighty jurist in Dane County with the Dickensian name of Maryann Sumi has halted publication of the new law restricting collective-bargaining privileges for the state’s public-sector unions until she can rule on its merits.
Welcome to Election 2012, the preview edition.
As I’ve been saying, Wisconsin is a test-case battleground for the special forces and new weapons that each side will bring to bear next year. Okay, make that one side, since the Republicans continue to play by the old rules — you know, contesting and winning elections, passing laws, stuff like that — while the Democrats deploy their fleets of teachers, cops, firemen, and lawyers like Panzer divisions. For the Party of Alinksy — the unholy offspring of ’30s machine-politics gangsters and ’60s Marxist radicals — there is no tactic too thuggish, no argument too ridiculous, and no thing they will not attack, including the very legitimacy of the system that gave them their law degrees.
You better wise up, Janet Weiss: Until the Stupid Party figures out that not only have the rules changed but the game itself has undergone, shall we say, fundamental transformation, this adamant refusal to accept defeat on the part of the Left will continue, undermining the very foundations of our country’s legal and political system.
Right now, Republicans should be worrying less about who their standard-bearer will be next year — my short list is down to two, who will make swell running mates — and start hunting for field commanders with a firm grasp of tactics, a sense of audacity, a healthy respect for their opponents’ capabilities, and an absolute contempt for their ethos.
Here, allow me to audition: Obama isn’t a Good Man; what we are witnessing is the installation of a soft tyranny and a radical restructuring of our societal foundations away from individual liberty and the preeminence of the individual and towards the power of the identity group and the collective; and if the rule of law is effectively politicized to the point where the rulings of left-wing judges start with the desired outcome and then reason back from there — using an interpretive methodology that is no longer required to concern itself with legislative intent — we no longer have a rule of law, only the outward trappings of one: leaving us to choose between being subjects of the liberal fascist state or anarchists who, should we not be able to save our republic through conventional means, are compelled to revolt.
For more, I point you to nearly everything I’ve written over the last decade.
Call me!
(thanks to geoffB; more here)
NRO slipped up and put a true Conservative in their stable!
Somebody shoud get fired for that.
It all comes down to an engaged citizenry.
Yes, OFA was able to make trouble in Wisconsin, because it was one state. Also, Wisconsin only recently turned Red.
OFA, more than likely, does not have the resources to cover multiple states.
:::sigh:::
I really wanted to avoid it, but it looks like I’m going have to put on my hipwaders, steel myself not to debate any points, and start attending the local OFA meetings. I keep deleting the invites, but I’m thinking me and my trusty VADO need to see what the local Barrybots are up to.
I’d phone, but I’m afraid you’d actually pick up.
I’ve been told you can get people right through the wires.
OFA, more than likely, does not have the resources to cover multiple states.
You forget, OfA = MSM, so resources aren’t a problem.
Through all the stupid stuff that Obama has pulled off, to think that he thinks if he pushes a button and launches a few hundred missiles will get him reelected, is scary. To think that it might be true, scarier. To not call Obama the pusscake that he is, is irresponsible and dangerous. And the only reason to watch the MSM is to find out what not to buy.
[did somebody say button?}
joan baez fell out of her treehouse
so she don’t need no rules
a test-case battleground for the special forces and new weapons that each side will bring to bear next year … the Democrats deploy their fleets of teachers, cops, firemen, and lawyers like Panzer divisions. For the Party of Alinksy — the unholy offspring of ’30s machine-politics gangsters and ’60s Marxist radicals — there is no tactic too thuggish, no argument too ridiculous, and no thing they will not attack, including the very legitimacy of the system
Uncivil alert! Violent rhetoric!
That almost sounds like the beginnings of a new civil (so-far) civil war.
ot herman cain is on cspan tonight at 6:30 edt
Keith Richards didn’t bother with the treehouse. He just fell out of the tree.
Well, yeah.
at least it was a coconut tree…
what’s a rule?
righty /tighty-lefty loosey
don’t mix ammonia and bleach
always say please and thank you
never eat anything bigger than ur head
we are not old men
we are not concerned with petty morals
children should be seen
and not heard [or smelly smelly smelt]
don’t stare at the sun
never speak when u can nod..
never nod when u can wink..
never wink when u can post..
get a [ if ur a guy] military hair-cut
cuz cops won’t [or-less likely]
to pull ya over
do unto others..
etc..
everyday crinkle life, when someone cuts u off..
in the shopping market they
cut u off!/
that’s when the rush of cartoon vengeance rears
it’s ugly head…
but my rule is[lately] to let
that person go in front of me/ all smiles and shit
and then,
i follow them to the parking lot and
A-beat the shit out of them if they are frail and have walikers
B- take their liscence plates down and
burn a cross..
either on their lawn or on somebodies elses lawn
and blame it on the line cutters..
can u count? this is the 12 itemsd or less aisle
got to have rule
Operation Undoing Freedom.
kids are cruel
kiddie games..
one,two three redlight!
the ruler [the kid saying 1 2 3 is in
control..basically setting up the other kids to..
advance in some hope that they will “win”
some “prize”- but they are all controlled by the “master” if u will- the voice,podium.call..
and still u lil lepers wait.. for the pause/ to run..
1 2 3 redlight!
and/ is this another kids game? {i don’t have kids
except the one in the trunk][}
the game where they [powercentral] says
lil jonny may take 3 giant steps..
lil lilly may take 2 medium steps, and a tiny step..
lil bjork may take one tiny step..
i forget the game/ but i remember it..
never liked the arbitrary nature..as a kid..
some things just taste wrong
bobby orr- 4
PD? welcome back. I still hate your shit, but welcome back anyway.
Now the assault on the law
The judges son is with AFL-CIO and SEIU.
Battle lines and sides chosen.
Thanks Mr B. I’m adding those links to the body of the post.
Yeah.
I’ve been wanting to say this for a long time.
Obama is ther smartest half-wit I have ever seen.
pdbuttons posted on 3/20 @ 2:12 pm
bobby orr- 4
Is that a picture of you? If so, I love you (well, at least part of you), if not…
Holy bazongas! “If these were only brains”….(from a T-shirt I saw at paul’s Ice House in Houston)
Are you sure it’s not 2 AM?
I’m sitting here, waiting, the gun still warm.
Slart, if you’re in Arizona, it probably is 2:00 a.m.
pd buttons pic
yeah-0i- thats me
u can have me me with
a dylan lyric
yeah-0i- thats me
and by “that(s)” you mean that guy way in the background, right?
No, pdbuttons is the CN tower. And with that view I would be too.
dylan lyric
OI!
if ur going..
to the north country faire..
and the winds..
oi
1
oi oi oi oi [ grumble}
please see she wears
a cat- coat so
warm..
to keep her from..
the howling winds !
oi! oi! oi1 yeah/ u gets it
0
Eternal fate is a fickle bitch, ain’t it?
if you have a chance catch herman cain on cspan @9:30 edt. it is a really good interview.
although she could uaez
a proper pitch pipe
Jeff, thanks. You know where to find both me and the Amanuensis.
u got a lotta nerve
to say u are my friend
even if i added,
“what a drag it’s not
to see uaez?”
theres a man in the funny papers
who lived way back a long time ago…
he don’t eat nothing but a bear cat stew..
well, this cat’s named-alley oop
alimentary,
my dear canal.
when ur outta gas
u’ll suck on anything
Fleshing out the judges conflict
Big Gov notes that the Wall Street Journal picked up the story.
They dare you to stand against them.