From Francis Porretto’s latest post:
‘A long time ago back at Eternity Road, in connection with the “McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act,” I wrote:
In his fine 1967 book The American Tradition, Dr. Clarence Carson noted that liberal opinion about freedom had settled on a rather stunted view: that free speech plus a voting mechanism provided all the freedom the nation could ever require. Of course, that view leaves everything else to be legislated, regulated, and taxed to the hilt — an electorally ratified totalitarianism in which everything not compulsory is forbidden — but that’s all right because we’re still free to complain about it.
….It’s all out in the open now, Gentle Reader. The forces of totalitarianism are advancing swiftly. The Democrats are the mobile army in the field; with a few honorable exceptions, the Republicans provide the mere appearance of an opposition. The two groups share a single agenda: more power for each and for all…’

HERE

‘Sarah Palin found a novel way to turn down an interview request from Piers Morgan on Friday, posting a picture on Facebook of a bear she had shot dead and a note saying she was busy.
The former Alaska governor thanked chat show host Morgan for inviting her on his ‘shambolic show’ but added she was ‘kind of busy right now’….’

  Been hunting.  Hot, dusty and thirsty work.

Thomas Sowell:
‘..Even when these attacks are accompanied by shouts of anti-white rhetoric and exultant laughter at the carnage, the racial makeup of the attackers and their victims is usually ignored by the media, and public officials often deny that race has anything to do with what happened…’

Tony Abbott’s communications minister Turnbull:
“I am not only a staunch listener and viewer of the ABC, I’m a great supporter of the work you do. The work of the ABC has never been so important as it is today.
….Those of you here that work for the ABC are working for an immensely important national institution, one that is a vital part of our democracy.”

“A vital part of our democracy”?  The ABC does more to undermine democracy than even the unions, and that’s sure saying something!
Turnbull cannot possibly be unaware of the staggering leftist bias shown by the ABC. Therefore he’s either a liar, or he belongs in the Labor Party. Either way, he has no business being a minister in this government.
Is Abbot so afraid of being knifed in the back by the oleaginous prick? Is this why there has been no suggestion of cutting the one billion dollars of annual funding to Pravda Down Under and no insistence that it fulfils the terms of its charter?

Wabbit has little doubt that this was a propaganda stunt.

Obama wants Marines to wear ‘girly’ hats

‘…”We were told they were at the airport,” a senior administration official said. “We were told delegations were split up. We were told they weren’t going to meet.” So imagine Mr. Obama’s surprise when he arrived for the bilateral powwow and found all four leaders in the room already in deep discussion. “Are you ready for me?” he said with an “uncharacteristic edge” to his voice, according to a CBS News report.
…Obama’s inability to concede the serious faults in his “signature legislative achievement,” his refusal to take into account any of the positions or statements of his political adversaries, his enduring hostility toward Fox News for daring to employ editorialists who question his policies, and his repeated use and encouragement of the foulest terms of denunciation for the GOP have made it perfectly clear: the “most powerful man in the world,” who cannot abide being omitted from a meeting of other national “leaders,” is a megalomaniacal narcissist, an egotist of the highest degree. And he has three more years to run roughshod over the United States of America…’         Francis Porretto
UPDATE:
Francis now has part 2 up. I urge you to read it.
The Egotist Part 2: “Laws Are For Using Against The Little People”

We’re screwed.