Obama: Supreme Court must impose socialism

No joke. In this 2001 PBS radio interview, the Messiah chastises the very liberal Warren Supreme Court for not going far enough with civil rights in the 60's, saying imposing laws requiring the redistribution of wealth as a means to guarantee economic equality should be made a constitutional right.

OBAMA: You know, if you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the courts, I think where it succeeded was to get formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples — so that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at a lunch counter and order, and as long as I was able to pay for it I’d be OK. But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.

And to that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn’t that radical. It didn’t break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it’s been interpreted, and the Warren Court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.

It says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted. And one of the, I think, tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which to bring about redistributive change. And in some ways we still suffer from that.

Welcome to the United Socialists of America, gang. By the time Obama's presidency is done, we will make France look right wing. The American people want socialism? Well, they'll sure get a big dose of it now...Marx must be smiling ear-to-ear from his grave.

-MZ

Say NO to Socialist Bailout AND McCain

The Senate, with the voting support of John McCain and Barak Obama, today passed the great socialist, pork barrel bailout plan in which the government indefinitely continues to supply funds to promote liberal social engineering. No more will Americans need to concern themselves with buying only what they can afford, because the culture of handouts was officially ratified by the Senate today. The only obstacle left is the House, and how much longer can they hold out? We hope forever, but obviously the opposition numbers won't hold up much longer.

From now on, the United Welfare States of America will happily supply minorities and the impoverished with unqualified loans despite the fact that they have no money, no steady employment and no security. When the banks that hand out the politically correct money are subsequently stuck with the defaults they won't need to worry that they'll go under, or lose there ability to compete in the market. Nope, they'll hand the bad note over to the Treasury and tell them to print some more money and write it off.

The McCain campaign had a golden opportunity to stand for the 80% of Americans who loathe the bailout. He had a fierce opposition in the House that represented the overwhelming majority of Americans who are getting handed the bill without being given a proper voice. This was the moment for him to stand up, make the bold decision to stand against the socialist bailout and to support the American people.

He failed us.

McCain went staight into the tank with the corrupt, affirmative action left who are on the take with social activist groups like Acorn and LaRaza. He led nothing, did nothing, and followed the lead of Bush/Pelosi/Reid/Dodd/Frank/Paulson and Obama against the American people to support legislation to continue business as usual in Washington.

If McCain were really any sort of "reformer" he would have stood up on the Hill and said "NO! NOT ON YOUR LIFE WILL I SUPPORT THIS BILL!" It would have made him a hero for the average American that rightly thinks this deal is foul. It would have authenticated his claims to being a maverick who will end the waste and corruption in Washington.

He didn't, he turned his back on everything he claims to stand for, and everything that the American people who supported him believed him to be. I was disgusted with McCain before the campaign began because of his failure to stand for core conservative principles on the economy, immigration, interrogation and global warming.

I had hope again when he nominated Sarah Palin as his VP, because she stood for everything we doubted him for, and made us believe again in the conservative movement that Bush & Company had given such a bad name to over the past 8 years.

Alas, just as Palin has proved to be a mirage, so, too, has McCain's credibility as a leader of the conservative movement. We so hoped for more, we so wanted to believe in the illusion of two idealists going to Washington on their white horses to save the day, but what we got is a leader of empty promises and a sidekick with an empty head.

I look at McCain, I look at Obama, I look back again at McCain and can no longer tell one from the other. Whoever wins is irrelevant, because either way we are the real losers who will be stuck with their trillion dollar tab at the end of the day.

-MZ

The speech Sarah's banned from delivering

Excerpts from the speech that Sarah Palin was going to give had she not been blacklisted by Obama's henchmen from the anti-Iran rally.

Arutz Sheva:

"Ahmadinejad may choose his words carefully, but underneath all of the rhetoric is an agenda that threatens all who seek a safer and freer world. We gather here today to highlight the Iranian dictator's intentions and to call for action to thwart him. He must be stopped.

"The world must awake to the threat this man poses to all of us. Ahmadinejad denies that the Holocaust ever took place. He dreams of being an agent in a 'Final Solution' - the elimination of the Jewish people. He has called Israel a 'stinking corpse' that is 'on its way to annihilation.' Such talk cannot be dismissed as the ravings of a madman - not when Iran just this summer tested long-range Shahab-3 missiles capable of striking Tel Aviv, not when the Iranian nuclear program is nearing completion, and not when Iran sponsors terrorists that threaten and kill innocent people around the world.

"....So, what should we do about this growing threat? First, we must succeed in Iraq. If we fail there, it will jeopardize the democracy the Iraqis have worked so hard to build, and empower the extremists in neighboring Iran. Iran has armed and trained terrorists who have killed our soldiers in Iraq, and it is Iran that would benefit from an American defeat in Iraq.

"If we retreat without leaving a stable Iraq, Iran's nuclear ambitions will be bolstered. If Iran acquires nuclear weapons they could share them tomorrow with the terrorists they finance, arm, and train today. Iranian nuclear weapons would set off a dangerous regional nuclear arms race that would make all of us less safe.

"But Iran is not only a regional threat; it threatens the entire world. It is the number one state sponsor of terrorism. It sponsors the world's most vicious terrorist groups, Hamas and Hizbullah. Together, Iran and its terrorists are responsible for the deaths of Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s, in Saudi Arabia in the 1990s, and in Iraq today. They have murdered Iraqis, Lebanese, Palestinians and other Muslims who have resisted Iran's desire to dominate the region. They have persecuted countless people simply because they are Jewish.

"Iran is responsible for attacks not only on Israelis, but on Jews living as far away as Argentina. Anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial are part of Iran's official ideology and murder is part of its official policy.

"Not even Iranian citizens are safe from their government's threat to those who want to live, work and worship in peace. Politically-motivated abductions, torture, death by stoning, flogging, and amputations are just some of its state-sanctioned punishments. ...[The] Iranian government is both oppressive and barbaric. Under Ahmadinejad's rule, Iranian women are some of the most vulnerable citizens.

"If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed. If she walks down a public street in clothing that violates the state dress code, she could be arrested. But in the face of this harsh regime, the Iranian women have shown courage. Despite threats to their lives and their families, Iranian women have sought better treatment through the One Million Signatures Campaign Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws. The authorities have reacted with predictable barbarism. Last year, women's rights activist Delaram Ali was sentenced to 20 lashes and 10 months in prison for committing the crime of 'propaganda against the system.'

"....Earlier this year, Senator Clinton said that 'Iran is seeking nuclear weapons, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is in the forefront of that' effort. Senator Clinton argued that part of our response must include stronger sanctions, including the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. John McCain and I could not agree more.

"Senator Clinton understands the nature of this threat and what we must do to confront it. This is an issue that should unite all Americans. Iran should not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Period. And in a single voice, we must be loud enough for the whole world to hear: Stop Iran!" "This is an issue that should unite all Americans." - Gov. Palin

Gov. Palin went on to suggest concrete actions, such as pressing "for truly tough sanctions at the UN, or with our allies if Iran's allies continue to block action in the UN We must start with restrictions on Iran's refined petroleum imports. We must reduce our dependency on foreign oil to weaken Iran's economic influence. We must target the regime's assets abroad; bank accounts, investments, and trading partners. President Ahmadinejad should be held accountable for inciting genocide, a crime under international law. We must sanction Iran's Central Bank and the Revolutionary Guard Corps - which no one should doubt is a terrorist organization.

"Together, we can stop Iran's nuclear program." In her conclusion, Palin reiterated a mantra promoted before Jewish audiences by presidential candidate McCain:"Senator McCain has made a solemn commitment that I strongly endorse: Never again will we risk another Holocaust. And this is not a wish, a request, or a plea to Israel's enemies. This is a promise that the United States and Israel will honor, against any enemy who cares to test us. It is John McCain's promise and it is my promise."

For those of you unaware, Obama's operatives in New York threatened to have the 5013c non-profit status revoked from the organizations sponsoring the anti-Iran rally if they permitted Sarah Palin to speak. Meanwhile, Obama's chief campaign adviser is hosting Ahmedinijad at a special Ramadan unity dinner celebrating his visit to America.

-MZ

Bailing out the Fed

Who's going to bail out the fed?

The fed last night bailed out AIG for nearly $90 billion dollars. Before this, they bailed out Mae and Mac for an estimated $300 billion. Before that, the fed bailed our Bears & Stearns for nearly $30 billion. All told, we are up to nearly half a trillion dollars in federal bailout money and counting.

Who will pay for this bailout? WE WILL.

The two questions to ask: Why did this happen, and what should now be done?

First we look at how this happened. It's logical, and not as complicated as you may think. The Clinton administration wanted to do the politically correct thing by pressuring lending institutions to give unsecured money to unqualified minorities, and guarantee it through the secondary market of Mae and Mac - organizations quasi run by the government.

The idea was that all americans should be ENTITLED to a home, and the government would see to it that all people could get unsecured money from banks by guaranteeing loans would be good even if the recipients were grossly unqualified.

This practice expanded into a giant unsecured mortgage lending explosion, eventually providing the giant influx of lending money available to ordinary americans, and creating the housing explosion we saw in the first 5 years of the Bush administration.

Of course, we now see the fall out.

While the banks gave out money to anyone with a heart beat, the housing market began to show signs of serious failing beginning in 2006. People had seen the artificial appreciation of their properties begin to stall. Houses stopped selling because the bloated market had reached the breaking point. Bubbles began to burst and defaults started to creep in as the zero down, interest free loans came do to be paid.

Of course, collapse was inevitable. A house worth 100k that suddenly became worth 350k when money was more available than dirt could only be bought if buyers took out the big loans. The american people were in effect held hostage by the government intervention that created the artificially inflated market, forced to take out giant loans if they wanted to buy a house, and then hope that they would be in a permanently appreciating market that would provide access to unlimmited home equity cash.

Now we see the curtain has been lifted. People predictably are now stuck in homes they can never hope to sell, owing double or triple their value, and defaulting as the money dries up. The collapse of the housing market causes record unsold inventory stagnating the market. Repossession and auction becomes the norm. People declare bankrupcy left and right.

What happens to mortgage banks who have lost their cash cow? They go under. Suddenly the government controlled secondary market that floated all these bogus loans is caught with billions of dollars in unpaid, defaulted debt. The government that created this mess in the first place then steps in, bails out Bears and Stearns, then Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, AIG and who knows how many more, and the American people are handed a bill.

A very, very big bill.

What do we do from here? The dems will tell us that the way out is through more government intervention. More government control and regulation of the lending market to make sure the economy won't fall too far and too hard.

McCain, has said he wants to reform the marketplace by eliminating those artificial safety nets the government issued that got us into this mess to begin with. He wants accountablity. He wants to end the madness by stopping the banks reckless money lending policies the government itself was responsible for creating.

I believe McCain is right. The government intervention caused this mess, and throwing more federal money and regulation around is the worst possible thing we could do to our economy. We need to go back to fiscal responsibility. We need to end the "hand out" mentality that begins with government promising "a roof over everyone's head, a chicken in everyone's pot", cradle to grave entitlement. This mentality extends all the way up to the top, where every failed lending institution is given hand-outs from the government, billions and trillions worth of handouts, so that they can keep giving more handouts to americans who are ENTITLED to the "dignity" of new houses, new cars and universal day care.

NO MORE!

McCain is right. We need to stop the madness, reform the government, demand accountability, and eliminate reckless financial policy. Institutions need to know the government will not step in with juicy hand outs and bail outs when their risky, dangerous monetary decisions backfire.

-MZ

It's Palin!

I cannot remember ever being more politically excited and happy than I am right now. This is fabulous, and goes to the heart of defeating the notion that the best way for women to advance their "sisterhood" is to become a militant feminist, hold quasi-Marxist political views, and blame men for all that's wrong with the world.

Palin is a self-described "hockey-mom" from Alaska. Her son enlisted in the army and will be deployed for duty next month. She's great looking. She is very smart, very likable, and very conservative. She has EXECUTIVE experience as the governor of Alaska.

Hillary is now the jilted, failed feminist. She was going to shatter the glass ceiling, but the "men" who are in the Democrat party first eliminated her as the candidate based on a voting date technicality, and then passed her over for VP despite getting 50% of the Democrat vote in the primaries!

Where do these women who supported Hillary go? Well, the true feminazis who believe the only criteria for a candidate is a pro-infanticide platform will still go Obama, but I bet at least 50% of them jump on the GOP bandwagon.

Signed, sealed, delivered, it's McCain-Palin in November! Until this moment I've been very doubtful, but now, NOW (pun intended) I see no possible way the Dems can win. YES!!!

-MZ