Author: Moe_Lane

So, that ‘Crash the Tea Party’ thing was a bust.

Charlie don’t march*.

Told ya so.  Michelle Malkin has some photos of the fizzle, which should have been obvious to anybody who has been paying attention to the way that the luster of the Left’s vaunted ‘activism’ completely dims when compared to an actual populist movement**.  How bad was this fizzle, in fact?

This bad:

Brooks Alexander, a 23-year-old Olney, Md., hotel worker and Obama supporter who wore an Obama t-shirt to the evening rally, said infiltrators were being disrespectful.

“They’re doing a disservice not only to themselves, but to the people who are here trying to express their views,” said Alexander, who is African American and said he traveled to the rally to verify for himself liberal accounts blasting the tea party as racist.

“All my friends told me I was crazy to come down here in an Obama shirt,” he said. “Obviously I have political disagreements [with the tea party], but I cannot lie. I cannot say that people have been anything but nice to me. They have been shaking my hand. One guy told me I had a lot of [guts] for coming down here. I will definitely walk away from this with a new understanding of the tea party.”

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#rsrh Will Crist jump into the shark tank?

Jim Geraghty apparently thinks so, based on that Q-poll that currently has him barely winning a three-way race and the news that former Senator Connie Mack has quit the Crist campaign after the governor vetoed the education reform bill.  And I will admit that yes, Governor Crist could run as an independent.  Governor Crist could also repeatedly slam a silverware drawer on his hand until he passes out from the pain; which would be the rough equivalent in terms of results.  I’m sure that people are telling him about Lieberman and Specter; but Lieberman didn’t preemptively reject his party prior to the primary (or at all, really), and the real race in PA is over which party gets to make sure that Arlen Specter returns to private life.

Granted, Crist could still do it.  Hope springs eternal, right?

Moe Lane

PS: Rubio for Senate.

Schoen & Caddell explore the urban fantasy genre.

At least, that’s the only rational explanation that I can come up with for them writing this:

To turn a corner, Democrats need to start embracing an agenda that speaks to the broad concerns of the American electorate. It should be somewhat familiar: It is the agenda that is driving the Tea Party movement and one that has the capacity to motivate a broadly based segment of the electorate.

[snip]

Winning over swing voters will require a bold, new focus from the president and his party. They must adopt an agenda aimed at reducing the debt, with an emphasis on tax cuts, while implementing carefully crafted initiatives to stimulate and encourage job creation.

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#rsrh Tea Parties and the Conquest of Paradise*.

(Via Michelle Malkin) Is this even English?

The anti-Bush shirt corresponded neatly with a charge offered by a metro employee who was standing in the crowd. “Where were these people when Bush was president, spending money left and right?” I noted that many of them had been critical of Bush in the protests recently. Does that exonerate them? “Nah, it’s just a double-standard. I mean, we’re a nation of immigrants and they come to this country, and the Indians are already here, and they have some nerve to talk about ‘rights.'”

It’s more like somebody took a handful of progressive tropes, tossed them into a blender, and hit ‘chop.’ Continue reading #rsrh Tea Parties and the Conquest of Paradise*.

My brief foray into fiscal text-based RPGs.

Whatever Microsoft is charging for its “Let’s balance the federal budget!” game that the government has requested…

No.  Really.

…I’m pretty sure that I can bring it in for less.  I even have a script already planned out: Continue reading My brief foray into fiscal text-based RPGs.

#rsrh Geez, Stormy, run in LA-03 if you’re that annoyed about it.

It’s an open seat and a prime Republican pickup, seeing as Charlie Melancon has decided to end his legislative career by losing to David Vitter in the LA-SEN race.  You say you’re a Fair-Taxer, and I believe you: you also say that your, ah, life/work experience gives you a certain useful perspective on the proper role of government in man’s affairs, and I actually believe you on that, too.  But trying to jump from the adult entertainment industry to a Senatorial seat in one go was always going to have people assume the worst of your motivations.  House seat… you might have gotten a pass on that.  Senate seat: no.

Sorry, but that’s the way it goes.  I didn’t design this political system: I’m just trying to manipulate it for my own goals, just like you and everybody else who’s paying attention.

That’s one heck of a commute.

I’d like to be able to say that it’s nice to see that we’re still providing an example of entrepreneurship in something, except that this isn’t what I had in mind:

LA gangs take over UK streets

BRITAIN is becoming a battleground for the notorious Bloods and Crips gangs that once brought fear to Los Angeles.

Around a QUARTER of mobs in London now align themselves with the two crime networks.

Via Drudge.

“My name is RUSS CARNAHAN, Congressman!”

“I own a House seat and a YACHT!”

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“…which I don’t pay taxes on!”

As Americans prepare to file and pay their taxes, it’s come to light that Rep. Russ Carnahan may be skimping on his. The Congressman avoids paying personal property taxes on his 42-foot yacht by docking it in Alton, Illinois instead of his hometown.

“Illinois does not have a statewide property tax. Property is taxed on the local level only, and includes only real property such as land, buildings or permanent facilities.” (St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association; Taxes and Incentives)

(H/T: Gateway Pundit) “Because taxes are for people who aren’t named Carnahan! Like, Ed Martin. Is he a Carnahan? I don’t think so! I don’t think so.”

Moe Lane

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