Update: Regarding the redistribution of your wealth… Obama: My Plan Will Spread the Wealth Around
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Oh I can feel the love…
McCain supporters march in Manhattan.
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Things to expect with an Obama victory. Or even without it… Michael Barone speaks regarding a liberal thugocracy.
“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors,” Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. “I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.” Actually, Obama supporters are doing a lot more than getting into people’s faces. They seem determined to shut people up.
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These attempts to shut down political speech have become routine for liberals. Congressional Democrats sought to reimpose the “fairness doctrine” on broadcasters, which until it was repealed in the 1980s required equal time for different points of view. The motive was plain: to shut down the one conservative-leaning communications medium, talk radio. Liberal talk-show hosts have mostly failed to draw audiences, and many liberals can’t abide having citizens hear contrary views.
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Speaking of liberal open-mindedness, take a look at what the EU is doing. Limiting MP3 players to 100dB.
[EU spokeswoman Helen Kearns] said regulators would look next year at lowering the EU legal limit of 100 decibels for MP3 players.
Apple was forced to pull its iPod player from store shelves in France and upgrade software on the device to limit sound to 100 decibels.
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Note: I managed to make a statement that was caught by Allen and I want to put it up front – the kind of individual who I had in mind when writing this was the individual who suddenly decides they are the conscientious objector type only when faced with being called up. Allen is very right to point out that there are examples of genuine and honorable conscientious objectors and it should be recognized.
Obama is dizzying himself running around doing contortions while chasing his tail.
Women should register for Selective Service. But he does not approve of a draft. He’s been taking lessons from the Great Prevaricator, WJC.
“And I think that if women are registered for service — not necessarily in combat roles, and I don’t agree with the draft — I think it will help to send a message to my two daughters that they’ve got obligations to this great country as well as boys do.”
How’s about we take a peek at “Selective Service”? We’ll humor Wikipedia and pretend like it is factually trustworthy… in this case it is.
The Selective Service System is the means by which the United States administers military conscription. It entails registering all males between the ages of 18 and 25 with the system for the purpose of having information available about potential soldiers in the event of war.
The description on the Selective Service website (government):
The legislation under which this agency operates is the Military Selective Service Act. Under this law, the mission of the Selective Service System is twofold: to deliver untrained manpower to the armed forces in time of emergency in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Defense, and to administer the alternative service program for conscientious objectors. It is in these instances that my “ought to have the balls” statement should not and cannot apply – Thanks Allen – LK
Huh. So, Selective Service registration essentially has two purposes – one, to gather information for a draft. The second is for conscientious objectors who wish to live here and partake of the freedoms in this country but are too lily-livered to ever follow through with doing their duty if it required actual fighting or service. (Yeah, I feel pretty strongly about this – if your neighbor is man enough to go if/when he is drafted – and possibly die in doing so – you ought to have the balls to do it, too. THAT is why I honor and respect veterans – draftees or voluntary servicemen.)
Obama goes to say:
But he did say women should be expected to register with the Selective Service, comparing the role of women to black soldiers and airmen who served during World War II, when the armed forces were still segregated.
“There was a time when African-Americans weren’t allowed to serve in combat,” Mr. Obama said. “And yet, when they did, not only did they perform brilliantly, but what also happened is they helped to change America, and they helped to underscore that we’re equal.
In no way is there a correlation between blacks and women in combat. NONE.
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