Gov. Palin: Another Boot on the Throat of Business

A Wednesday morning tweet from the guv:
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"Boot on the throat of business in the USA. Here's another JOB KILLER that Obama idly watches, while freedom erodes http://on.wsj.com/j2vMAD"

Now the unions presume to dictate where business can and cannot operate. Had enough socialism yet?

- JP

Leftist women whine for their very own 'progressive Palin'

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Just how far to the left are Anna Holmes, founding editor of Jezebel, and Rebecca Traister, author of Big Girls Don’t Cry? In a New York Times op-ed co-authored by the "progressive" pair, they rather surprisingly let a big, feral cat out of the bag.

The opinion piece is just so much anti-Palin drivel, and the seething jealousy drips from every paragraph. But that's not the surprising part of an op-ed which bemoans the fact that the Left has no anti-Palin to call its very own. The slip of the keyboard is found in this nugget from the article:

"Since the 2008 election, progressive leaders have done little to address the obvious national appetite for female leadership. And despite (or because of) their continuing obsession with Ms. Palin, they have done nothing to stop an anti-choice, pro-abstinence, socialist-bashing Tea Party enthusiast from becoming the 21st century symbol of American women in politics."

Socialist-bashing?

These two moonbats are so far out there in la-la-leftist land that they actually express their indignation over Gov. Palin's criticism of socialism. They must believe that being a socialist is something to actually be proud of! They must think that those who believe in economic freedom should be tolerant of socialists. We can only imagine the polite cocktail party conversation that goes something like this:

"I understand your friend Zelda is a socialist."

"Yes... What of it?"

"Oh, not that there's anything wrong with that, of course..."

The problem is that there is plenty wrong with socialism, as this American Thinker commentary explains:

In the late 1930s, the noted economist Friedrich Von Hayek wrote his landmark pamphlet "Road to Serfdom," laying bare the diseased skeleton of socialist/utopian thought that had permeated academia and the salons of his day. With an economy of words that showcased the significance of his conclusion, he pointed out the Achilles heel of collectivist dogma: for a planned economy to succeed, there must be central planners, who by necessity will insist on universal commitment to their plan.

How do you attain total commitment to a goal from a free people? Well, you don't. Some percentage will always disagree, even if only for the sake of being contrary or out of a desire to be left alone. When considering a program as comprehensive as a government-planned economy, there are undoubtedly countless points of contention, such as how we will choose the planners, how we will order our priorities when assigning them importance within the plan, how we will allocate resources when competing interests have legitimate claims, who will make these decisions, and perhaps more pertinent to our discussion, how those decisions will be enforced. A rift forming on even one of these issues is enough to bring the gears of this progressive endeavor grinding to a halt. This fatal flaw in the collectivist design cannot be re-engineered. It is an error so critical that the entire ideology must be scrapped.

Von Hayek accurately foretold the fate that would befall dissenters from the plan. They simply could not be allowed to get in the way. Opposition would soon be treated as subversion, with debate shriveling to non-existence under the glare of the state. Those who refused compliance would first be marginalized, then dehumanized, and finally (failing re-education) eliminated. Collectivism and individualism cannot long share the same bed. They are political oil and water, and neither can compromise its position without eventually succumbing to the other. The history of the twentieth century is littered with the remains of those who became "enemies of the state" for merely drawing attention to this flaw. As Von Hayek predicted, the socialist vision would not be achieved without bloodshed.

Conservative women from Cassy Fiano to Lori Ziganto have argued that the feminism of the left is no longer about empowering women, but rather all about radical leftist politics. By showing their outrage over Sarah Palin's criticism of socialism, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Traister are proving that point made by conservative feminist commentators.

- JP

Sarah Palin on the Fox Business Network

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Sarah Palin appeared on "America's Nightly Scoreboard" on the The Fox Business Network Wednesday...


Part 1: Sarah Palin on the May 18 primaries and putting the country back on the right track:




Part 2: Sarah Palin on the need for immigration legislation and to protect the American border:




Part 3: Sarah Palin on the Greek bailout and the need for financial reform:




Part 4: Sarah Palin on BP, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, corruption, terrorism and national security:



- JP

Majority of Americans agree with Palin on ObamaCare

Forget the town halls just for a few minutes and take a look at the numbers. In an online (and therefore unscientific) poll of its readers conducted this weekend, AOL posed the question:

Do you agree with Palin's characterization of Obama's health plan as "evil"?

The results so far, with 188,220 votes recorded:

Yes 59%
No 41%

If the AOL poll were the only indication of the mood of the country about Obama's plan to socialize medicine in this country, it could be ignored. But three more statistically significant surveys conducted by respected polling organizations tend to back up the AOL results.

A scientific Rasmussen survey conducted late last month produced results which show that a majority oppose the Democrat-sponsored health care bill currently being considered by the congress:

The health care reform legislation working its way through Congress has lost support over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% of U.S. voters are at least somewhat in favor of the reform effort while 53% are at least somewhat opposed.

Today’s 44% level of support is down from 46% two weeks ago, and 50% in late June.

Opposition has grown from 45% in late June to 49% two weeks ago and 53% today.

Rasmussen's findings support the results of a poll conducted in mid-July by Zogby for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston:

"By a 50-42 margin, Americans oppose the House of Representatives' bill introduced July 14," said S. Ward Casscells, M.D., vice president of external affairs and public policy and the John Edward Tyson Distinguished Professor in Cardiology at the UT Health Science Center at Houston. "This bill would call for most employers to sponsor health plans and would also create a Medicare-like plan for those under 65 who have no other health plan. The increased costs would be covered by increasing income taxes on individuals making more than $280,000 and families making more than $350,000."

The UT/Zogby survey revealed that most Americans are unwilling to pay higher taxes and instead want to use the savings from improving care and cutting fraud and waste to fund health care for those who are currently uninsured. Another key finding of the poll is that 84 percent of those who have health insurance are satisfied with the care they are receiving.

A Quinnipiac poll conducted last week shows that Americans are wary of the Democrats' idea of health care reform, and they disapprove of the way Obama has handled the issue:

American voters, by a 55 - 35 percent margin, are more worried that Congress will spend too much money and add to the deficit than it will not act to overhaul the health care system, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released August 5. By a similar 57 - 37 percent margin, voters say health care reform should be dropped if it adds "significantly" to the deficit.

By a 72 - 21 percent margin, voters do not believe that President Barack Obama will keep his promise to overhaul the health care system without adding to the deficit, the independent Quinnipiac University national poll finds.

American voters disapprove 52 - 39 percent of the way President Obama is handling health care, down from 46 - 42 percent approval July 1, with 60 - 34 percent disapproval from independent voters. Voters say 59 - 36 percent that Congress should not pass health care reform if only Democratic members support it.

Americans clearly oppose what the president and the congress are trying to do to our health care system. Unfortunately, the will of the people means little to Obama and the Democrats, who are drunk on power and determined to push through a statist agenda which involves the federal government more deeply in virtually every aspect of our lives.

Obama has motivated his most rabid supporters to "get in the faces" of all who oppose him on this issue, and his internet shock troops are attacking the opposition, especially Rep. Michelle Bachmann and former Gov. Sarah Palin, two of their favorite targets.

Obama has put the United States on a fast track to socialism. Push back. Call your senators and congressmen and tell them, respectfully of course, not just "no" -- but "Hell no!"

- JP

Sarah Palin was right

It's not like she didn't try to warn anyone who would listen of the impending Obaman socialism:

Wealthy Wall Street financiers and other business figures provided crucial support for Mr Obama during the election, backing him over the Republican candidate John McCain as the right leader to rescue the collapsing US economy.

But it is now dawning on many among them that Mr Obama was serious about his campaign trail promises to bring root and branch reform to corporate America - and that they were more than just election rhetoric.

A top Obama fundraiser and hedge fund manager said: "I'm appalled at the anti-Wall Street rhetoric. It was OK on the campaign but now it's the real world. I'm surprised that Obama is turning out to be so left-wing. He's a real class warrior."

h/t: taxmanblog

- JP