Are They Truly That Stupid?

At the conclusion of the 1800 election for the Presidency, Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address to the nation included the reminder that “a wise and frugal government (the sum of good government)… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.”

Jefferson was a Republican in the truest sense of the word, not in the party definition as we think of it today. He believed that republicanism (small “r”) was a set of institutional arrangements (laws, rights, social processes,) but was highly dependent for its very survival and growth on the character of the people that made up the Republic.

The Declaration of Independence, which we celebrate this coming weekend, has the familiar words, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness… That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

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Thanks to Deengineer

So, here it is… the first few days into Summer and it’s so hot outside I was sure I was getting pretty close to the Gates of Hell (or the US Congress, take your pick). This obviously called for a retreat into the air-conditioned office in order to take a short breather and cool down a bit. And since it’s a slow afternoon, I thought I’d take a run through my typical reading list of Conservative Websites (American Thinker, Big Hollywood, RightBias, Pajamas Media, The Heritage Foundation and so forth). Yes, I am one-sided in this fight…

Alas and alack, it’s the same ol, same ol out there. Gangs of Terrorists Doing Drive-by Shootings, Growing Economic Turmoil, Political Scandal, Constant Noise from the Leftist Media and Incessant Attacks against Western Society… And that’s just the Kansas City news!

There are about twenty pages of commentary that could be done on everything from the recent vote-scandal in Iran, to the illegal firings of Inspectors General who root out corruption that can be directly linked to His Omnipotence, to the obvious ever-increasing train wreck rush to Socialism. But this commentary will be brief and limited to one thing and one thing only…

Why is the GOP in such a quandary these days? Well, I do believe I’ve found the root cause of the problem. Have you looked at the official GOP Website lately? Do you think you can go there and, as a Conservative, find a clearly laid out vision for the future of this country? Not likely, Lucille, not very likely at all. Instead, you get…

PINK ELEPHANTS!!!

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This is from hotair.com’s green room posted at 1:05 pm on June 11, 2009 by dougpowers and it is so true! Read the entire context and feedback at http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/06/11/new-miranda-rights-issued-for-terror-suspects/

1. You have the right to remain salient.

2. Anything you say can and will be used against the people who took you into custody.

3. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning of Dick Cheney and the CIA.

4. If you cannot afford an attorney, the people you’re accused of trying to kill will pick up the tab. Just remember, if you’re released and eventually kill them, there might not be anybody to pay for your attorney the next time.

5. If you’re taken to the U.S., you have the right to sue big tobacco while you’re there.

6. You have a right to irony, such as being placed under the protection of the U.S. Constitution against your will by people who claim to loathe forcing the American way of life on people in other countries.

7. You have the right tell CNN that Nancy Pelosi didn’t know anything about waterboarding.

8. You have the right to consider being read these rights “torture,” and if so you will be allowed to seek asylum at either Amnesty International or in Janeane Garofalo’s basement.

9. Do you understand and agree with these rights? Because if you don’t, we’ll give you a pen and you can cross out the parts you don’t like or add rights you think we should have included.

10. With these rights in mind, are you willing to speak with former President Jimmy Carter and Rep. John Murtha about the charges against the people who captured you?

So I said to him,
“Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, and you ain’t Abe Lincoln.”

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
–Abraham Lincoln

Thanks Patti!