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The Next Right

I’ve complained in the past about how ineffectual the right side of the blogosphere is; it’s part of the reason I grumble about how I “hate blogging,” in fact. Oh, yeah, we had Rathergate and the Reuters Fauxtography scandal, and a couple other things that hit critical mass, but that’s just a handful of things in the last four years or so. It’s nothing compared to the things the Nutroots gets done, and I’m not even talking about the enormous amounts of money they can raise compared to us.

The difference: While we talk about how they are negative–and they are–they’re also working FOR something. We’re just generally carping from the cheap seats, playing at punditry and media criticism. They’re getting the nutroots agenda heard on Capitol Hill regularly, and they even were able to take down a Senator who was once a Vice-Presidential candidate (Lieberman) in a primary. There’s no way Ned Lamont could have beaten Joe Lieberman in the primary without the Nutroots. And now, the conservative blogosphere is top-heavy with people who are largely lukewarm (or worse) toward our Presidential candidate, and more against the idea of a President Barack Obama. Well, it’s pretty much our own fault as a collective whole.

Enter The Next Right.

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The Next Right is a new project started by Patrick Ruffini, Jon Henke, and Soren Dayton, designed to foster political activism using technology like blogs and other Web 2.0 structures. Patrick Ruffini introduces it here:

If you’re looking for pure-play opinion and link bait on sundry topics from Ann Coulter to Jimmy Carter/Hamas, you won’t find it here. What you will find is in-depth (often unabashedly technical) writing about the election, the polls, the strategy, and the issues. Our analysis will track truth and stay true to the numbers. But it will self-consciously serve a greater purpose — educating YOU to be your own political strategist and start doing something — whether that’s blogging about your local Congressional race or Democratic corruption in your state, organizing fundraising drives, and maybe even managing races or running for office yourself. Only a revival of civic engagement at the grassroots level will create a conservative future we want: one that is pork-free and robust in the defense of our country and its values. We can’t call a switchboard and wait for Washington to fix the mess. We have to do it ourselves, from the ground up, in every state.
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We don’t think this alone will solve the activism gap. Anyone who tells you that they alone have the answer is fooling you. This is not “the Daily Kos of the right.” What we’re hoping to do is create momentum and an intellectual framework for action — because action ultimately starts with narratives and ideas. We want grassroots conservatives and libertarians to start believing that they can make a difference again — a sense all too many have lost. Only you – and not some well-funded 527 — can bring the movement into the future. Only when grassroots conservative have a direct stake in the future of the party are we effective. The Next Right is about creating a vision for a 21st century Republican Party and conservative movement.

We need this. Desperately. Go read more about the how and whys of The Next Right, and sign up to be notified when it’s open for business. TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR GOVERNMENT.

THIS MEANS YOU.

Wordpress theme design contest

Quick bleg: Go here and vote for Nicki’s Wordpress theme, “Translucent Dream.” I’ve used her themes before and I can personally vouch for her l33t coding skillz–in fact, when I first started digging into WP themes, I learned a lot of what I know by studying some of her free themes! Besides, it’s purty. :D

Please please go vote - Translucent Dream! No registration required, just click over and vote!

The Anchoress has a name!

She’s out of the anonymity closet! Yay! Two places to read her! See her other articles at InsideCatholic here.

Okay, so dropping the veil of anonymity is probably not a big deal if you don’t have a blog, but she’s one of my all-time favorite people EVER, and I’m happy she gets to have a name in public. :) Even better, she told me she’s “out” when she sent me the best thing I’ve ever read about end of life issues, and everyone should read it–not just people who are dealing with those things right now, because everyone will at some time.

I know, you wanna put a face to the name too, right? Here. :)

Some days, I hate Google traffic

I STG, it’s like Google sometimes exists (for me) just to bring aggravation in the form of asshat drive-by commenters. Last week, I added at least five white supremacists to The Ban List who descended on the Rozita Swinton post, and yesterday I added a professional troll. The others who bother to comment are almost always either painfully stupid and write like brain-damaged teenagers texting messages to their dumbass friends, they’re dumping massive copypasta, or they’re stupid moonbats spewing their Barry Obama/Howard Dean-supplied talking points. And it’s always on older posts, which means I never get to enjoy a good old-fashioned beat-down on the offenders with the regulars here. Not that a beating is really necessary, when at least 99% of the time they’re just drive-bys anyway. Failtrolls fail.

Sorry, I just had to vent. It’s nice having decent Google search results - it does bring in traffic - but damn, the traffic quality suuuucks.

Internet Fuckwad Theory

Activate the Internet Hate Machine!

Feel like slapping around a real world-class internetard asshat? Remember the Nazi Kier O’Neil? Er, I mean the guy Kier O’Neil, who is unemployed and looking for work?

Have at him.

I wouldn’t normally put out a call like this, but this Kier O’Neil nazi deserves the full Internet Hate Machine treatment. I banned him from here as soon as he attempted to leave his hate-filled fistfuls of poo here. Kier O’Neil has his own website on which he can spout his nonsense.

P.S. Good luck with the job search, Nazi Kier O’Neil. LOL.

Urgent Call for Help

Time to help out one of our own. PLEASE.

For a little background on Stash, he served honorably in the Army for 24 years, most of that time was spent as a psychiatric nurse, some of you may remember Stashiu’s multi-part interview at Patterico’s Pontifications, where he spoke about his time as a Psychiatric Nurse at Guantanamo Bay. He’s always been a good source and unique perspective on issues of terrorist detainees and detention policy, particularly with Guantanamo.

Stashiu is the proud father of two adopted daughters. Unfortunately, Stash later found that the lawyer who was supposed to square away all the legal paperwork for the adoption didn’t quite get it right, so he has to now backtrack with new lawyers to get things right and finally seal the deal. The process is costing Stash and his family a king’s ransom.

The tough financial situation and worry over the prospect of losing his two daughters is unsurprisingly starting to wear him down and take a toll on his health. Several people have been in contact with him over the weekend and suggested he start up a donation account. Stash now has an Amazon account, the Amazon widget should appear on his right sidebar, if you can help, it would be a wonderful thing. Even if you don’t have the financial means to offer any any help, offer him your prayers and best wishes. Stash is a damn good guy, a good father and has given over two decades of service to our nation, let’s see what we can do to can help him.

You know what to do.

On Wright’s “missing context” argument and “attacking the black church”

I think Reverend Wright has made the point a thousand times now–as has Barack Obama and his disciples–that we (the detractors) are taking things out of context. This is the most profoundly stupid argument I’ve heard, and it’s in fact yet another insult to imply such a thing.

Do they think we’re stupid? I thought so at first–that they thought we’d just accept that argument and not bother looking at “the context.” I don’t think so any more. Just what the hell sort of “context” are the apologists talking about? I heard the “context” that they want me to hear, I watched the Moyers interview (accurately called “Nerf Tee-Ball” by Jim Geraghty), I watched the “right-brained” speech at the NAACP and the “attack on the black church” speech and Q&A (accurately called a “horror show” by Baldilocks) and there’s nothing that makes “God damn America” sound like anything BUT “God damn America!” There’s nothing that makes what he said in the sound bites one bit more palatable.

I think some of the Obama/Wright apologists don’t even know what the hell “context” means. I actually think they heard this used as an excuse for some other faux pas somewhere, and thought it’d work in this case. I do not doubt at all any more that Wright and his apologists are that clueless and incapable of seeing how absurd the “context” argument is in this case. I can’t believe there’d be such a well-coordinated, synchronized blatant, nonsensical lie being pushed; it seems like it can only be blindness fueled by the echo chamber. It’s like proclaiming to the world that in fact, two plus two IS five, you dumbass right-wingers!

Of course, we’re all missing the point, the context, because we are racists, we’re evil, et cetera. Of course. If we only heard even more of what he says, we’d see that Reverend Jeremiah Wright is absolutely correct in everything he says. Why, it’s in the Bible! And how could we possibly miss it? It’s our own fault because we don’t like The Black Church™, which, of course, all teaches leftist liberation theology. They all say God damn America!

Baldilocks nails it, though - it’s actually not stupidity, it’s the megalomania and leftist orthodoxy of Wright and black liberation theology:

Megalomaniacs—a special species of narcissist–want the right to say and do anything they wish, but will deem any criticism of what they say and do as “unfair” (or “evil,” if they have some power over the critic). The criticism is never an honest difference of opinion or a mistake. And of course it is utterly impossible that the words, deeds and/or judgment of the narcissist are ever wrong. EVER. So it must be that those who oppose the narcissists words/deeds/judgment are willfully wrong and, therefore being unfair and unjust.

It is “unfair,” you see, to have a different opinion than Reverend Wright because, in his mind, any idea of his, especially one springing from his religion—a religion specially made for the self-indulgent–falls automatically in the realm of Good. Conversely, any opposing idea–specifically, opposing the idea that America is a whole-scale Oppressor, a Devil according to BLT - falls automatically under the rubric of the Enemy and will be judged as “unfair.”

Context. If you’ve seen “the context” and you disagree with Jeremiah Wright’s assessment of God, the world, and America, you are attacking the black church. You’re a hater.

Hater!

“F*ck The South,” 2008 Edition

Nope, it’s not Obama (not this time, anyway). It’s just yet another disciple from his Amen Corner in the media - Michael Hirsch at Newsweek. No need for me to add a single thing to what (the other) McCain has written. Except maybe this…

Shorter Michael Hirsch:

stein hoist Ace (in the sidebar links)

Paultards trying to subvert the National Convention for their guy

I saw this at Digg (where else?) last week, but ignored it after burying it. It seems, though, that Paultards are quite serious about hijacking the Republican Convention. If you don’t want to see the “plan” at the Paultards’ blogs, read it here. Snip:

*The Strategy:*

The strategy therefore must be to get as many Ron Paul delegates selected to represent their states at the National Convention.

That means our delegates need to stay low-key.

Resolutions are a dead giveaway, especially when they are fought over things like opposition to the war, or abolishing the Federal Reserve and the IRS, all signature issues of Ron Paul.

So, the best plan is to shut up, move along, do what you have to do to get selected, sign the pledge to “support” McCain (it doesn’t say you promise not to abstain!) and just get in short of outright lying, of course.

If there are any ethical concerns about this supposed “stealth tactic,” think about what ethical concerns you may have if you allow McCain to become president by your inaction. [Continue reading...]

Ethics? We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics! It’s REVOLUTION! Forget about the sheeple’s votes, this is a coup!
/vomiting

At least one person is fighting back. Heather Johnson of Moms4Mitt.com:

I am a Mitt fan and have a blog for his support. But I have also pledged on my blog my support for McCain as a our GOP nominee. I am trying to do my part in stopping these Ron Paul fans from overtaking the convention with their agenda nonsense and just get McCain officially nominated.

Heather is trying to just GET to the convention, but she needs help (financially) getting there. If you can drop a few shekels her way, you’ll be doing your part to shut up these asshat Paultards. Make no mistake, they are extremely well-organized (online activity and caucus results should tell you that much) and you can be sure they’ll make their presence known at the National Convention. Unless you want to see the GOP have an even more f’d up convention than it looks like the Dems will have, the Paultard kiddies must be stopped.

Ron Paul has even given tacit support to this idea (or that’s how it’ll be read by his fanatic supporters), while leaving his options open for a third party run:

“I’ll be very cautious about what I do,” he said, noting his effort to encourage his supporters to get involved with their local Republican committee.

And you know Ron Paul–he’s a stickler for the last letter of the Constitution. If it can be interpreted to allow this “loophole” that can get him nominated–or at the very least, create chaos–it’s A-OK. He’ll say this is exactly what the Constitution was designed for. (Nevermind the votes for the candidates–the votes for delegates matter more? LOL.)

Please help Heather out - I absolutely vouch for her honesty and ethics 100%. She needs help getting to the Convention, and we need to put the final nail in the Paultard coffin of crazy once and for all.

Ron Paul Revolution = OVER

John McCain in New Orleans

My good friend Greta got to go to John McCain’s town hall meeting today at Xavier University–and she got front-row seats! Lucky! Just as I’d have predicted, after being at the town hall, she’s completely sold. I’m telling y’all, if you listen to him during one of these things, or have the opportunity to call in for one of the blogger conference calls he has, it will make a difference. You’ll *want* John McCain to be President of the United States.

Go read about it at Hooah Wife!

Barack Obama’s Marxist Blogger

How charming. Barack Obama’s official campaign blogger, Sam Graham-Felsen, has an interesting professional background. He’s a writer - or presumably WAS, before moving to the Obama campaign - for the Socialist Viewpoint.

The Socialist Workers Organization was formed to advance the revolutionary Marxist political program in the United States. Our members are long time active participants in the socialist and labor movements. We agree with Karl Marx that society is divided into social classes whose interests are irreconcilable.

The capitalist ruling class of the United States exercises a virtual dictatorship not only over American society, but also over the entire world. This capitalist class rule is the basic cause of the poverty, wars, and the degradation of the natural environment.

Quelle surprise.

Add this guy to Barack Obama’s army, Communist Division. He should fit in nicely with the likes of Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers.

Power to the people! Down with the capitalist pig bourgeoisie! CHANGE! Yes We Can build a Marxist Utopia! We are the ones we’ve been waiting for! We have HOPE for real CHANGE at last, comrade! Да мы можем! Yes we can!

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It’s no wonder the Obamatards think of Hillary as “Republican Lite.” Compared to Obama and his followers, she almost is “Republican lite,” although that would then make me a extreme right-winger.

Got a doctor appointment - go read McCain Blogs (why aren’t you on the blogroll yet?!) and/or the Moronosphere News at Doubleplusundead. I’m kinda pissed I’m going to miss the Pope at the White House on teevee. :sigh:

Kossacks Can’t Read!

ZOMG, BUSH AUTHORIZED TORTURE!!11!

FAIL.

What’s important now we have at least ONE signed memo which establishes George W. Bush as the executive authority making final decisions in the NSC process which established a United States run torture regime; the document shown at the bottom of this post.

Wow, the President is the authority who makes final decisions in the NSC? Stunning news!!! Not.

Here’s the shocking document (PDF) that has all the Kossacks in an uproar. Please take note of items 3 through 5, but read it all thoroughly and tell me–where does he “authorize torture?”

Click the thumbnails to see full-size.

Libs are absurd, hysterical, lying idiots. It must suck having your entire worldview based on lies and fallacy.

(Also not news: Diggtards can’t read, either.)

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