The Classic Liberal Nails It Again...

What's gotten into this guy lately? He's on FIRE!

You, the Tea Partiers, are not the violent racists the Establishment claims you are. They are merely reflecting their own shadows onto the movement. Ignore their abuse.

The Truth About Anti-Tea Party Propaganda

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Senator Shelby Holds Obama Nominations Hostage

Via a FB friend... and the Alabama TEA Party
Senator Shelby placed "blanket holds" on 70 nominations awaiting Senate debate and approval pending two spending programs for his home state of Alabama. While it may seem like this is holding out for pork spending, in reality it just makes sense to make use of the stimulus money to actually create jobs rather than using it for Obummers private slush fund.

We cannot confirm any previous use of a blanket hold in recent history. But it makes sense to spend federal dollars on programs (in any state) that either maintains employment or REALLY creates jobs. The idea of killing hundreds of thousands of jobs each month and then saying the “stimulus” is creating them is delusional. Americans who haven’t awakened to the reality that their tax dollars are being spent, not to create or hold jobs, but to pay off unions, ACORN and others who helped put Obama into power, need to adjust to the reality of it very quickly. Someone MUST put an end to this and the only people who can are the members of the GOP. They aren’t the party of “NO”, they are the party of NO WE WON’T GO ALONG WITH IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING any longer.

Read the rest here.

UPDATE: I'm getting a bit of schooling here from The Trog who points to interesting takes on the issue.  Attila Girl just flat out thinks he's an idiot.

Part of me likes the fact that their own (Dem's) tactics are getting used against them and from an ex Dem no less. Plus, I would like the money to go for defense spending in the US. I don't care if it's in Alabama or any other state.

On the other hand, if it is just pork spending and politics as usual, as the a fore mentioned astute bloggers have pointed out, then hopefully the people of Alabama will pay attention and get rid of their RINO when the time comes.

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Ménage à Trois Monday!

A triple threat to start the week:
A question of crimes
plus...
Some vital information...
and to complete the threesome...
A heartwarming story of a Marine in Iraq with a quasi-tearful ending.

And yes, I know the definition of Ménage à Trois. So that you aren't too disappointed, here's a picture of three random babes.

First,
Patterico's Pontifications points to a threesome - er - questions why only one out of three alleged crimes is being prosecuted. You be the judge.

Second,
I missed the webcast but thanks to Rush pointing it out today we can all benefit from Hillsdale College's archived Constitution Town Hall from January 30, 2010.
Given the current political climate, I can?t imagine a better way to invest a couple of hours of one's time.

And thirdly,

A U.S. Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist who was badly injured and unconscious.
On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.

The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent.
We saw each other and both took cover in the ditches along the road. I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein was a miserable, lowlife scum bag who got what he deserved. 

And he yelled back that Barack Obama is a lying, good-for-nothing, left wing Commie who isn't even an American. 

So I said that Osama Bin Laden dresses and acts like a frigid, mean-spirited lesbian! 

He retaliated by yelling, "Oh yeah? Well, so does Nancy Pelosi!" 

"And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands, when a truck hit us."



So ends the Monday Ménage à Trois

But wait there's more!

Bonus Baby!
It seems that all politics is local.
Instapundit found an article showing where the TEA Party is actually making headway in some communities à la a version of the Get Local Get Vocal meme I mentioned here. I'm not taking credit for it. I'm just sayin'...

Ciao

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Contract From America: A Tea-Party Fueled Attempt To Be Heard

A Houston lawyer looks to turn legislation back into a bottom-up process.
By Andrew Ian Dodge at Pajamas Media:

"Last month, a new effort to reconnect the populace with its public servants was launched: Contract From America.


This consultation exercise aims to gather ideas from the public on laws they would like to see passed or eliminated. The ideas will be boiled down to three in each policy area by a panel of tea party activists from all over the nation and then submitted to political leaders.

Considering the arrogance displayed by many members of Congress towards their constituents and their wishes, this project intends to make them aware of just how driven people are to see a change in governmental behavior.

An interview with Ryan Hecker, the head of Contract From America:

AD: What prompted you to create this project?

RH: In the past, public policy has been entirely a top-down affair. Politicians work with consultants and others to create public policy initiatives, for which the electorate either show support by re-electing the politician or reject by choosing his opponent. However, we have seen over the past decade that politicians have largely been bereft of economically conservative ideas. I created this website because I strongly believe that the citizenry has a lot of ideas to offer to politicians if given the chance to speak and make an impact. We no longer have to sit passively as politicians present their ideas to us. We can all help in creating a Contract From America that we can use to direct public policy in 2010 and beyond."
Read on here.

I like it a lot!

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