Morning Briefing
For November 1, 2013
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1. Why Unions Are Pouring Money Into Virginia & Why You Should Care
Union bosses and other out-of-state liberals–from Hollywood to New York–are pouring millions into the Virginia governor’s race.
They
are, without a doubt, hell-bent on defeating Attorney General Ken
Cuccinelli and putting long-time Democratic party boss and fund-raiser
Terry McAuliffe into the governor’s seat. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Charles C.W. Cooke eviscerates phony libertarian Virginia governor candidate Robert Sarvis.
Come,
I will conceal nothing from you: while I am friendly to a lot of
libertarian ideas, I am not hard-shelled about it. I am no Lsyander
Spooner or Benjamin Tucker. But I do know enough about the subject to
know that, say, I was name-dropping some of the old-time thinkers there
that the modern anarcho-capitalists like. In other words: I at least
know what a modern Libertarian looks like. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. House Is About To Cave On The Farm Bill
Last week
I wrote on the perils facing an opposition party, especially an
opposition party that only controls one half of one branch of government
and has a leadership that seems mostly composed of ninnies [Obamacare
and the Governing Trap]. Today we have yet another example of what
happens to conservative principles when they come into close contact
with the good governance types.
This particular example comes from the way the farm bill is shaping up. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. You will be made to care
At
some point, those of you on the right who have completely ceded the
field to the Democrats on so-called social issues will need to confront
an uncomfortable reality. There is no floor to the licentiousness of the statist social-engineering agenda. We will not have a liberty-driven prosperous country built upon the ruins of the civil society. We can only go so far with government-sanctioned and mandated gender-bending policies without destroying liberty. Hence, you will be made to care.
As
early as next week, the Senate plans to reintroduce the deceptively
named Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), S.815, which essentially
invites lawsuits on private employers who refuse to accommodate the
subjective and transitory behavior of various “gender identities” –
among them transsexuals and transvestites. For
the purpose of the bill, the term “gender identity” refers to “the
gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other
gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard
to the individual’s designated sex at birth.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Obamacare: End it, don’t mend it.
Over
the next weeks we will hear more and more calls from the left and from
the Vichy Caucus of the Republican party to take action to un-screw
Obamacare. From the left the call will be couched in terms of aiding
people victimized by the violence done to the health insurance market by
the Democrat party. The GOP’s Vichy Caucus will be crying that we need
to “govern” and propose our own ideas. They will point to RomneyCare and
the Heritage Foundation’s support for the individual mandate.
Don’t be
deceived, the people advocating cooperating in finding fixes to
Obamacare are no different than the Democrats who wrote and passed the
bill. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
6. In Alabama, the Chamber of Commerce Fires Shots Against the Tea Party
I
have not really paid attention to the race between Bradley Byrne and
Dean Young in Alabama’s first congressional district. But it suddenly
flew onto my radar yesterday with news that the Chamber of Commerce is
using it as its first base of operations to repel the tea party.
The only
polling I’ve seen has Young slightly ahead but I am not sure about the
quality of polling and my gut tells me that Byrne, an experienced
politician, is ahead. He’s got the money and name ID to be ahead.
In any
event, the Chamber of Commerce is spending $185,000.00 at the end to
help Bradley Byrne. They want credit for repudiating the Tea Party even
in Alabama. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
7. Immigration Reform: One Tiny Step at a Time
The
next challenge facing the conservatives will be the comprehensive
immigration bill so beloved of Democrats and the Ruling Class. The ardor
to pursue this has diminished since the horror of Obamacare has become
evident but the desire is still there . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
8. Arrests, Citations Lurk at Union Group Approved by Obama Admin to Promote ObamaCare in Wisconsin
Among
the 165 groups approved by the Obama Administration to promote or
set-up ObamaCare in Wisconsin is Wisconsin Jobs Now, a liberal
get-out-the-vote group affiliated with the SEIU. According to the
federal Department of Health and Human Services, the organization is
working as a certified application counselor, or CAC. Numerous
individuals who have been employed by Wisconsin Jobs Now or who work
there now have been investigated, arrested or cited by law enforcement
agencies for legal violations. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
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