Michael Huttner: Raging Hypocrite

by Joss Armstrong | 4:39 pm, February 19, 2009

Dear Mr. Huttner: Since Tuesday’s rally you’ve been all over the media coverage’s comments sections pointing out a protester carrying a sign bearing a swastika.   You’re outraged–OUTRAGED (“Please click the link to my website to see how outraged I am!”)–that anyone sink to the depths of using a swastika to describe your beloved Obama. Now [...]

Ari Armstrong – 2, Tim Gill Hack Organization – 0

by Jon Caldara | 3:45 pm, February 19, 2009

Tim Gill’s play thing, Michael Huttner and crew, have seemingly found themselves in the same quandary they were in awhile back when I said “bitch-slap” on air. Check out this press release from the “genuinely upset” and “mortified” Huttner and friends.  Has Huttner never heard the old adage, “history repeats itself?”  Thanks to Ari Armstrong [...]

Chicago Tea Party in July!

by zombiehunter | 12:17 pm, February 19, 2009

Rick Stantelli from CNBC is right.  We need more people who want to carry the water and less people who want to drink the water.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to have to pay for my neighbor’s mortgage just because they bought a house they can’t afford.

So, Who IS the Swastika-Obama Sign Guy?

by T.L. James | 10:00 am, February 19, 2009

Given the hornet’s nest of faux outrage he’s stirred up with his inappropriate sign, it’s surprising that nobody is asking the obvious question: Who exactly is this guy? Surely somebody knows his name.

Obama “Stimulus” Overreaches, But Republicans Still Have Much to Prove

by Ben DeGrow | 8:20 am, February 19, 2009

A candid word from liberal Mickey Kaus about a major effect of the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Generational Theft Act:

But the reference to liberalism isn’t irrelevant, because the now-undermined welfare reform was the key to rebuilding confidence in (liberal) affirmative government. As Bill Clinton recognized, voters may well have been willing to let government spend, but they didn’t [...]

Better Late Than Never: A Few More Photos of Denver’s Anti-”Stimulus” Rally

by Ben DeGrow | 11:13 pm, February 18, 2009

Everybody else has posted their pictures from yesterday’s anti-”stimulus” rally at the Colorado State Capitol:

Michelle Malkin
Slapstick Politics (photos)
Slapstick Politics (complete video)
Peoples Press Collective
Face The State
Ari Armstrong, Free Colorado
Rocky Mountain Right
Rossputin
El Marco, Looking at the Left
Roger Fraley

As for me, better late than never. Here are my photographic contributions, trying to avoid too much redundancy with the [...]

Voice of Warriors Exposes CBS Anti-US Propaganda

by Mr. Bob | 2:24 pm, February 18, 2009

#tcot I’ve said for years that since the 1960′s our enemies have fought us from within our own borders using the media, and until the Internet and the rise of Talk Radio they won without a fight. Now we can expose them.

If you watch the video below, you will see what looks like a story about our enemies getting a hold of our equipment and using it on us….it is bogus.

Hat tip to CDR Salamander,…… read THIS to see how bogus these claims are.

Rally For Personal Freedom: March 1

by elpresidente | 10:28 am, February 18, 2009

Rally details:

THE GADSDEN SOCIETY of Colorado announces

A CELEBRATION
OF LIBERTY FOR ALL!

A RALLY FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM

Sunday, March 1, 2009
2:00 p.m.
On the West Steps of the State Capitol

Face the State interviewed the Gadsden Society:

The Gadsden Society is named after Sons of Liberty member Christopher Gadsden, the original designer of the yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag that become a symbol of liberty during the revolutionary era. The society was founded by Dave Williams, legislative director for the Libertarian Party of Colorado, political activist and blogger Lenina Close, and Wesley Dickinson of the People’s Press Collective. They are hoping to fill an existing void for a pro-liberty voice at the Capitol and provide testimony on bills moving through the legislature.

“The Gadsden Society is going to focus on trying to change policy on the state level,” Williams told Face the State. “A lot of the statewide organizations like the Independence Institute are prohibited from lobbying because of tax rules. We are filling that void as a non-partisan, non-profit, public advocacy group.”

The rally will be held Sunday, March 1 at 2 p.m. and will feature Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, CU Regent Tom Lucero, and political activist Ross Kaminsky as keynote speakers. Williams’ hope for the rally is to “let people who still believe in smaller government and liberty know that they aren’t alone.”

Yet More Lefty Hypocrisy

by randomridge | 8:28 am, February 18, 2009

I personally don’t condone the use of the swastika in such frivolous contexts as protest signs – it trivializes the symbol of a truly monstrous evil.  I’ve condemned this before, most recently in my photoessays of the pro-Hamas counterprotests last month. But that said, it’s hard not to laugh at the outrage from the nutroots [...]

Turning Pork into Bacon

by Constructively Reasonable | 12:50 am, February 18, 2009

It is official: the Anointed One and his tax and spend buddies just put America in a massive amount of debt. The “stimulus plan” gives us a lot of tasty pork. Even assuming that Keynesian economic theory works (it does not), most of the spending will not kick in for twelve to twenty-four months, and who knows what the economic situation will look like then. Really, the voters placed their trust in those who promise free money and give the siren call that regulation will solve problems. This is a dark time for freedom.

However, good can come from this.

Let each person use his $13 dollars per week to educate himself. Some suggestions to start your reading list:

• Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell (admittedly, you would have to save your stimulus for two weeks, but it will be worth it).
• How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas Dilorenzo.
• Free to Choose: A Personal Statement by Milton Friedman
• FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression by Jim Powell.
• Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
• The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom by Robert A. Levy and William Mellor
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (again, it will be about two weeks of stimulus, but well worth it).

By reading these books, each citizen will recognize the lies of the collectivists. Perhaps then, and only then, we will resist future calls for free money and government solutions.

Denver Anti-Stimulus Rally: Videos

by elpresidente | 10:34 pm, February 17, 2009

**Update: All videos locked and loaded (rally in 4 parts, chronologically ordered)

**Welcome Michelle Malkin readers! Thanks Hot Air! Scroll for videos . . .

Featuring Michelle Malkin, Jon Caldara, Jim Pfaff, Tom Tancredo, Dick Wadhams and many others . . .

Here’s SP’s photo essay of today’s anti-stimulus pig roast, along with Peoples Press Collective, and the illustrious Michelle Malkin.

Denver Anti-Stimulus Rally: Photo Essay

by elpresidente | 10:31 pm, February 17, 2009

**Update 2: Instalanche! Thanks Glenn! Hot Air too–thanks AP!

**Update: Videos are live (more on the way)

“No More Pork!”

Can’t put lipstick on a pig . . .

An unexpected guest of honor!

Approximately 500-750 people showed up to the state capitol in Denver to say: “No More Pork!”

More from Michelle Malkin, the great El Marco, and wall-to-wall coverage from Peoples Press Collective. Face the State has a recap and slideshow, and Free Colorado has even more photos and audio/transcript of the rally.

While the videos are uploaded to YouTube (video of every speaker will be available shortly), here are scenes from the raucous anti-stimulus rally:

Change we aren’t too sure about.

Independence Institute President and featured speaker, Jon Caldara

The roasted pig waiting to be unveiled

Mortgaging our children’s future, another popular theme.

You can say that again.

Before long, they’ll want that too!

The signs were varied, but unlike lefty protests, they actually made sense.

We’ll our children will just pay it later . . .

We agree.

Michael Huttner of ProgressNow Colorado (you can Google the link) couldn’t pass up the free publicity.

The most popular speaker of the day–blogress extraordinaire Michelle Malkin of MichelleMalkin.com and HotAir.com

The roasted pig unveiled!

Former Rep. Tom Tancredo

Dumb and Dumber–Reid and Pelosi

Nathan the pig, about to bring the house down.

State Sen. Kevin Lundberg

State Sen. Josh Penry

Colorado GOP Chair Dick Wadhams–the long road back begins now.

Jon Caldara leads the crowd in chants of “No More Pork!”–the obvious theme of the day.

Here, here!

Fascism/Communism–same state control, same awful results

“Come and get it!”

Michelle Malkin serves the masses.

Not good change, that’s for sure!

To the tune of at least $787 billion

Just say no to the Fairness Doctrine–raging against government control of the airwaves

More to come . . .

Oink – The Denver Pork Roast for Obama’s Stimulus Package

by zombiehunter | 9:30 pm, February 17, 2009

**Update 2: Instalanche! Thanks Glenn! **Update: Welcome Michelle Malkin readers! Well, it was a pretty good turnout especially since the people who showed at the Denver Pork Roast actually had day jobs…  the curse of being a producer.  Here’s what I saw: Portion of the crowd. Obama’s Pork Chop.  Jon Caldara said Pork Chop was captured [...]

RMA 2.0: Rocky Mtn Blogs Radio Show #14

by elpresidente | 9:19 pm, February 17, 2009

**NOTE: New time and extended format–Every Tuesday–next show February 17, 8:30 pm.

The Blog Talk Radio version of the Rocky Mountain Alliance. A weekly discussion about politics–national, state, and local–featuring RMA members bloggers led by featured host and producer Joshua Sharf, with rotating co-host duties from Ben DeGrow of Mount Virtus, Randy Ketner of Night Twister, and Michael Alcorn of Best Destiny.

February 17 lineup–Denver-based political activist Chris Maj, also an affiliate of Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty and a look back to today’s anti-stimulus/pig roast rally at the state capitol.

Last week (all shows archived): February 10 lineup–State Rep. Cory Gardner (R-63), probable candidate in the CD-4 GOP primary, and Leondray Gholston, Republican activist and candidate for state GOP vice-chair.

February 3 lineup–Daveed Gartenstein-Ross from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Mike Saccone of the Grand Junction Sentinel.

Next week–Evan Coyne Maloney of Indoctrinate U.

January 27–Guests included elections expert Jan Tyler and State Sen. Greg Brophy.

January 20–Guests included Todd Shepherd, Independence Institute and Mark Hillman, Colorado Republican National Committeeman.

January 13–State Rep. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango (HD 59) and State Senator Mike Kopp, SD 21, R-Littleton.

January 6–CU Regent Tom Lucero, chairman of the successful Amendment 54 campaign and a candidate for CD 4 in 2010.

December 30–RMA took a look back at a dismal year in their 2008 year-in-review.

December 23–Joshua and fellow commentators (including yours truly) hosted Jim Pfaff of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and Opinion Times. Pfaff discussed the AFP Colorado report “Keeping Colorado Competitive” and bridging the Christian/libertarian gap.

On December 16 we hosted State Rep. Kevin Lundberg (District 49), and discussed the Salazar appointment as the Secretary of the Interior in the Obama cabinet.

The December 12 edition featured Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier.

**Bookmark the new RMA Radio home page, with embedded player and calendar of upcoming shows and featured guests.

Stream the show live, or play/download the podcast at your convenience.

I’ll update co-host and guest info for each episode as it becomes available. Stay tuned . . .

RMA’s shows are archived–if you missed any of them, be sure to check out the archive page to stream or download, or scroll down this page a bit, for the embedded archive player.

From the “you must be $@*&! kidding” files: GM may need $30 billion in taxpayer money

by Rossputin | 7:20 pm, February 17, 2009

According to a new story, “GM said it could need up to $30 billion from the Treasury Department, up from a previous estimate of $18 billion. That includes $13.4 billion previously allocated and $9.1 billion in new loans. The world’s largest automaker said it could run out of money by March without new funds.”

And trying to threaten the government and the public, they added this: “The auto maker said a traditional bankruptcy could cost as much as $100 billion.”

My guess is that the Dems in Congress will pretend to throw a little “tough love” at the automakers, but then give them most of what they want. Why? 1) If they don’t and the first $15 billion or $20 billion goes down the drain, they look like idiots and they know it will cost them in the next election, 2) They are doing everything they can to strengthen the power of unions in America…just at the time when America can least afford a non-competitive workforce, and 3) Who really cares about another $12 billion when you’ve just spent $3.7 trillion (the real cost of the “stimulus”)?

Furthermore, I predict that the unions will hold out on an agreement until most of the money is in, and then refuse to give in on almost anything, knowing the Dems in Congress will try to force the carmakers’ hands.

All in all, it’s a financial disaster of what would be epic proportions except for the numbness many of us feel from the tragedy of today’s “stimulus” bill signing.

Oh, “GM said all of its major U.S. vehicle launches from 2009 to 2014 would be high-mileage cars and crossovers.” You know what that means? It means the price of oil is going to stay very low for the next five years and everybody will want to buy larger, more solid cars, which in an amusing turnabout the Japanese will certainly be willing to provide (not to mention the Germans.)

Does anyone know how much it might cost to start a new car company? Seriously. If the government wants to be in the car business (like Lada and Trabant), they could probably start their own for much less money and hire the unemployed GM workers. The problem is that they’d encourage it to be an all-union workforce and they’d just keep losing out to companies with workers who have incentive to give a damn.

Photos from the anti-stimulus rally in Denver

by RMR | 6:40 pm, February 17, 2009

Slash Taxes- Starve a feeding bureaucrat

A decent sized crowd

"Pork Chop"

Sen. Josh Penry

Sen. Shawn Mitchell

Obama kicks Winston Churchill out of the Oval Office

by Mr. Bob | 4:29 pm, February 17, 2009

#tcot The bronze by Sir Jacob Epstein, worth hundreds of thousands of pounds if it were ever sold on the open market, enjoyed pride of place in the Oval Office during President Bush’s tenure.

But when British officials offered to let Mr Obama to hang onto the bust for a further four years, the White House said: “Thanks, but no thanks.” Read the rest at the UK Telegraph.

Hat tip to Hugh Hewitt and Duane Patterson.

Obama signs Generational Theft Act

by Rossputin | 4:16 pm, February 17, 2009

It’s a sad day for America, as The Chosen One flew to Denver (what a repulsive statement about our formerly excellent state) to sign one of the most ill-conceived pieces of legislation in American history.

If anyone tries to defend it to you in the next 48 hours, please ask him (or her) what percentage of the bill he has read or believes he understands.

One point that must be made: The media is talking about this bill as if it’s $787 billion…already an astoundingly irresponsible number.

But at the request of Congressman Paul Ryan, the Congressional Budget office did an analysis of the 10-year cost of the new law including assuming the extension of the newly-created or expanded programs that the measure cynically assumes will just go away or be returned to their original size after two years.

As Ryan noted, Reagan told us that there’s nothing so permanent as a temporary government program.

The CBO’s answer:

Extending the programs as they likely will be will increase the budget deficit and our national debt by another $1.7 trillion.

Interest on all this spending, which is not included in the media-reported cost will be another $745 billion.

Therefore, the total cost of this bill over 10 year is $3.27 TRILLION

Yes, the angry cries from fiscal conservatives about the government’s waste of $800 billion of taxpayer money was aimed at a travesty only 1/4 the actual size of what President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Arlen Specter, and friends just did to us, our children, and future generations.

Keeping an eye on Malkin for Stimulus Protest Coverage

by Mr. Bob | 1:27 pm, February 17, 2009

Good pics, links and coverage there already. More to come.

Best Post of the Day so far on Why the Stimulus Package only Stimulates Government

by Mr. Bob | 1:10 pm, February 17, 2009

#redco #stimulus #tcot
From Steven Nielson….The theory is simple – the government injects “stimulus money” into the economy – a series of infrastructure jobs and pet projects – such as an $8 Billion high-speed rail line between LA and Las Vegas (home to Sen. Reid – pet project anyone?), or a bridge to nowhere… Jobs are created for these “shovel ready” jobs… but the money must be taken out of other sectors of the economy – through higher taxation of other individuals – or in our case, ANOTHER DAMNED LOAN FROM CHINA.

The cause of the economic crisis is NOT because government didn’t do enough… it is because government over-regulated, made impossible demands on banks and other sectors, and then waiting for the implosion – so they could swoop in and clean up the mess with “the only solution left – Nationalization”…

Friends, family, and readers alike – I echo the words of Jack Cafferty: “Why am I not surprised? Congress lying to the American people has become part of their job description. They can’t be trusted on anything anymore.” READ THE REST at the New Conservative

RMA Radio live radio from Pork Roast NOW

by Mr. Bob | 12:01 pm, February 17, 2009

#tcot #redco #stimulus The RMA’s Blog Talk Radio will be hosting a live remote from the Independence Institute & Republican Party’s Pork Roast at the state Capitol this afternoon.Tune in here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Rocky-Mtn-Blogs

7 News Live Feed of Obama Visit

by Mr. Bob | 11:25 am, February 17, 2009

In defense of platitudes

by David K. Williams, Jr. | 11:01 am, February 17, 2009

Platitude:  a banal, trite, or stale remark.

Why We Protest Obama And The Stimulus

by elpresidente | 10:23 am, February 17, 2009

Some of the Colorado MSM finally notices a protest afoot:

“We’re having a rally because we want to point out that there’s another side to this issue, and we want to give some voice to that opposition,” Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Committee, said.

Critics of the bill plan to voice their opinions at noon on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol building. The critics, which include Wadhams and a group called Americans for Prosperity, plan to deliver the message to Barack Obama, “You don’t know stimulus.”

“The bottom line…is that this thing is just a massive spending bill, saddling generations with future debt,” Wadhams said. “It does nothing to create jobs in the immediate short term and it’s merely expanding the scope, reach and cost of the federal government.”

Aside from exercising obvious First Amendment rights–we believe that significant opposition to this bill extends beyond partisanship.

We don’t agree with expensive economic boondoggles–a “generational theft act” of dubious long-term benefit.

We don’t agree with the manner in which these measures are forced upon us–mostly through fearmongering and demagoguing.

Oh, and dissent is patriotic, right?

Liberty on the Rocks Responds to Obama’s Final Stimulus Package

by Ben DeGrow | 10:22 am, February 17, 2009

Tired of all the government bailouts? Then watch the great new video from my friends at Liberty on the Rocks:

Should Amanda’s fame continue to grow as a result of this video, it’s going to become difficult to avoid the inevitable comparisons with this comic legend.

You don’t know Stimulus

by Mr. Bob | 10:10 am, February 17, 2009

Check out the latest on todays’ Denver Protest, HERE

Final Stimulus Package – Making Omelets

by T.L. James | 7:51 am, February 17, 2009

Amanda from Liberty on the Rocks breaks a few eggs in explaining the dangers of the economic stimulus package:

 

Rocky Mtn Alliance Blog Talk Radio at 8:30: Obama in Denver, Chris Maj

by Ben DeGrow | 7:14 am, February 17, 2009

Tune in starting at 8:30 PM local Mountain Time this evening for the 14th edition of Rocky Mountain Alliance Blog Talk Radio. The show will feature an extended review of President Obama’s visit to Denver to sign the Porkulus bill (aka Generational Theft Act) and the organized response at the State Capitol (please join us [...]

Some numbers on The Stimulus Package

by Brett Moore | 1:27 am, February 17, 2009

Barack Obama is about to sign a $787 Billion stimulus package. Thats $787,000,000,000. You notice how you never see this number in the mainstream media? Hmmm. Anyway $787 billion. Much more antiseptic and easier to manage that way, right?
Obama is set to lay up this gross burden on the American people and our futures in [...]

Final Stimulus Bill: Your Nest Egg

by elpresidente | 1:04 am, February 17, 2009

Just in time for Barack Obama’s stimulus bill signing–and the Pig Roast protest planned for noon on the west steps of the State Capitol:

Lesson? Don’t put all your economic eggs in one basket, or things could get messy!

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