…Forum”. Byron York: Texas Gov. Rick Perry surprised the organizers of today’s Palmetto Freedom Forum by withdrawing from the event just hours before it is scheduled to begin. Put together by Sen. Jim DeMint, who is widely acknowledged as a kingmaker in the Republican race in South Carolina, the event, set for 3 p.m. today, will feature candidates Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich in

“Pay federal workers not to do their jobs.” One addendum I’d make to the plan: create a special “federal workers paid not to work” tax set at, say, 50% at the top rate — call it a “paying our fair share tax” — with that revenue sequestered and earmarked for constitutionally required functions of the federal government, be it military preparedness, or a really really really bitchin’ next census, with

Sarah Palin’s complete Iowa speech; a constitutionalist sets out her vision for the US going forward — “fundamental restoration”: protein wisdom’s response: run run sarah save christmas save save christmas. ****** update: Rove the concern troll: how will Sarah Palin handle scrutiny, with her enormous thin skin? If only she had the gravitas of, say, a Jon Huntsman…

Remember: when the going gets tough, honey badger don’t care, honey badger don’t give a shit.

Jesus. For a King, Obama sure has a lot of relatives floating around on the fringes of polite society, doesn’t he? CNS News: President Barack Obama’s uncle, facing deportation for being in the country illegally, will not be treated differently than anyone else under U.S. laws, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told CNSNews.com on Thursday. “I would refer you to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and DHS [Department of

Ruling class vs the rest of us, made flesh. I mean, Christ: Huntsman has spent the entirety of his campaign attacking conservatives — and there has been no grassroots demand for a Huntsman candidacy from anywhere on the right, save with those who early on placed Obama’s former Ambassador among the “top tier candidates,” along with Romney, Daniels, and Pawlenty. It’s time to face facts. Many of the most prominent

Unexpected! But don’t let the latest jobs report — zero jobs created for the first time since 1945, by the way (see? Obama really is just like Roosevelt!) — concern you: it’s really nothing some good televised optics and a promise to spend oodles more non-existent money can’t readily fix. Call it investment. Now, if only the obstructionists (who in a very very extremely racist way have prevented Obama from

Uh oh. UNPRECEDENTED! (thanks to geoffB)

Charles Jacobs, “The Times Still Suffers From Crown Heights Syndrome”: Two weeks ago [Ari] Goldman, formerly a religion writer for The New York Times, publicly confessed to having remained silent for 20 years about his paper’s distorted coverage of the Crown Heights riots. For Goldman, it was up close and personal. He was on the phone, right there in Brooklyn, calling in reports from the streets where black mobs were

Just read it. Because this here is fascinating, particularly when paired, mentally, with Stanley Kurtz’s work on Obama’s past, and with the bits and pieces of information coming in from the loons concerning Obama’s transcripts or birth certificate, etc. A bit: Intellectually, Obama has always been a consumer, having left no record of formulating new ideas or of penetrating old ones. Politically, he is a follower and figurehead: having grown